Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 25,510, Samuel Daniels, Conn.

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(8-1776)
SERVICE  NUMBER
Conn.  Daniels, Samuel  W. 25,520
Lydia  B. L. Wr. 11179-160-55

CONTENTS

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20.962
New York
Samuel Daniels
of Lyme Co. in the State of New York who was a Private in the Comp commanded by Captain Avery of the Regt. commanded by Col. Pierson in the New York line for 11 months and 4 days ~

Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 37 Dollars 10 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 23 day of Oct. 1833 - and sent to R. H Gillett
Ogdensburgh

Arrears to the 4th of Sep. '33  $92"75
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 M'34 18"55
$111"30
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Go. C. Stiles Clerk,
Book E. Vol. 4. Page 95

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State of New York Ss:
St. Lawrence County
On this 21st day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty two personally appeared before me Samuel Daniels, a resident of the town of Madrid in the County of St Lawrence & state aforesaid, aged seventy years in the month of April last past 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 7. 1832. That he ^that he was born in New London Ct 1792 enlisted ^also volunteer in the town of Lyme in the (then) County of New London, in the State of Connecticut, in the malitia, in a company commanded by Captain [illegible, crossed out] Avery ^[illegible] his Christian name [illegible] in a Regiment commanded by Colonel Pierson, he thinks the given name was usually called Mark or something like it, & he thinks it quite probable that it was only a contraction of a longer name & he also says that he is not certain but his sirname was spelled Parsons; he cannot recollect the name of any other field officer, or of the [illegible] of the company in which he served, but he is quite confident that the Adjutant's name was Morgan, & his given name he believes was Jonas. That shortly soon [crossed out] after he enlisted he was on [crossed out] sent on a Sargeant's guard near the sea shore on the premises of the (then) Lieutenant Governor Giswold; that after being there a few days he was sent to & joined the main body of

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the Regiment at New London, where he continued until he was discharged by the Colonel. There were no written discharges given at that time the whole regiment was paraded in the morning & the Colonel made a short address to the Regiment & then informed the whole that they were discharged. That this enlistment was for six months & on the time of discharging as aforesaid the six months had expired during all which time this deponent served faithfully in said Regiment as a private soldier. This deponent cannot now state the year of this service, but he can confidently say he enlisted early in the year, & he thinks about the month of May & the year he rather thinks was 1777 or 1778. That at this time he was quite young & was previous & after this service an apprentice of the Blacksmith business in the town of Lyme - at this time Deponents parents resided in the Town of New London - the principal business of the soldiers at the time & place above mentioned was to take care of prisoners brought in by privateers & to erect a small fort partly between New London & the mouth of the River, & in doing the duties of guard near the light-house. This deponent has no evidence he can produce of this service that he is aware of he was once taken a prisoner & obtained the parol of which the annexed is a copy

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that after the above mentioned service, to wit, in the forepart of June 1780, he believes, this deponent again enlisted in what was called the continental line, in the said town of Lyme in the County & State aforesaid, for six months. That he was enlisted by a Lieutenant Spencer who was a recruiting officer, who took this deponent a a few other to a place then called [illegible, crossed out] ^[illegible] bank point, opposite West Point on the Hudson river - He was asked to whose regiment he wished to go into & he replied Col. [illegible, crossed out] Sills regiment & he was told that ^that was Col. Starrs Regiment [illegible, crossed out] & that this Col. Sill was a Lieut Col. He has no recollection of being put into any company in particular, but all the Regiment were drilled together some three or four days, or perhaps more when Genl. Baron De [illegible] came along in front of the Regiment & ordered occasionally a private to step forward & among others he was called out - the number so called out were formed into a company & part under the command of a Capt. Dorance, & he believes his given name was Samuel - The Regiment was then Commanded by one Colonel Swift - the major's name was called Cleft, the Brigade was commanded by Genl. Poor - the company was a small one - General La Fayette was then called our major General. He went about the time of this

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organization with the Regiment to Kings Ferry over the Hudson River & crossed over the River & went into the state of New Jersey. The Regiment was most of the time going from place to place all summer in said state.
He thinks Genl. Poor died that summer at or ^near Hackensack - In the latter part of the Season he with the regiment returned & crossed over again at Kings ferry & went up to the High Lands on the Hudson River where he was discharged on the fifth day of December 1780 He has no evidence of his service, in his power, except his discharge which is hereunto annexed- He also annexes some of the continental money which which [crossed out] he received as a part of his pay for said service. He had more of it, but it has been lost. Deponent served this time the term of six months, as he fully believes, as a private soldier. After the death of Genl. Poor, Col. Swift acted as Genl. as he understood. Genl. La Fayette was about that summer in New Jersey & occasionally was present with the Regiment that summer [crossed out] Deponent served in.
Deponent hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension, or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state - Deponent ^removed to Woodbury Ct. & then to Kinsbury Ny & from thence to Madrid Ny, but the times he cannot state.
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid. Samuel Daniels
A. C. Brown Justice Peace

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15.962
Samuel Daniels
Lawrence Co N York

Admitted 11 Mo & 4 days
[illegible]

Discharge of
Col Swift
See Rolls

36 66
44 /
37 10

76 20
18 55 /
92 75

R H Gillet
Ogdensburg
N.Y.

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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 are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew 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, shewing the Service of Samuel Daniels
Period when the service was rendered. | Duration of the claimant's service. | 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 applicant was engaged. | Country through which he marched. | Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. | Evidence by which the declaration is supported.
 | Years. | Months. | Days. |
May 1777 or 1778 | | 6 | | Private | Capt Avery | Colo Pierson |  | N London where he continued until discharge | 70 years - Lyme Connecticut | Tradition of his Discharge
June 1780 |  | 6 |  |  | Capt Durance | Colo Starr Colo Swift Genl Poor |  |  |  | 

on [illegible]  5 4
11. 4

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 the 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 or 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 he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and 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. [pointing hand symbol] This form is to be varied so as to apply to the 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 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 set my hand and seal of office (i) this
  day of  &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declarations, 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 of   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 or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation or his claim, and in 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 a 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 now live?
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 general 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 the answers 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 and 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 of County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such 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 transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and 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.

[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 be served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable 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 saith, 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 - 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, 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 device 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. [brace to right of following paragraph]
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which must 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 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. [brace to right of following paragraph]
[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 witnessses, who are required 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 well 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 of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[pointing hand symbol] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, 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.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the Interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

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Declaration
In Order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th July 1838, entitled 'An Act grating half pay and pensions to certain Widows
State of New York
St Lawrence County Ss On this Eighth day of January 1845 personally appeared before me Anthony C Brown One of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of St Lawrence and State of New York Lydia Daniels of Madrid in Said County aged Eighty One 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 provisions 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 Samuel Daniels who was a soldier during the War of the Revolution and at the time of his death a pensioner of the United States receiving thirty seven Dollars and twenty five per annum
That her Said husband departed this life on the twentieth day of February One thousand Eight Hundred and forty two That since that period declarant has continued the Widow of Said Samuel Daniels & Single and unmarried and so remains. And declarant further States that she was married to the said Samuel Daniels, (who at the time was Samuel Daniels Jr) on the tenth day of October in the year seventeen Hundred and Eighty four at the Town of Lyme in the State of Connecticut by the Reverend Daniel Minor who at that period of time was preaching in that Town and a Congregational minister - That She was married at the House of one Giles Sill who was then and who [illegible] of Said town, and now dead, that these witnesses present at the Said marriage all of whom are now dead according to the best information and belief

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of the declarant. And declarant further saith that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January Seventeen Hundred and Ninety four viz on the Tenth day of October Seventeen Hundred and Eighty four as once before Stated
She further declares that she can not state the particulars of his services in the Revolution War but that he was a private and during his live [illegible] has heard him often talk about his services, and declarant believes, that he did and performed active and faithful service during said War of the Revolution And declarant further saith that previous to her said marriage she resided in the said Town of Lyme that her maiden name was Shipman, and that from the time of her marriage until the period when her late husband departed this life as above stated she lived and cohabited with the said Samuel Daniels Jr as his lawful and Wedded wife, and now remains and is the widow of the said Samuel Daniels Jr Single and unmarried.
And declarant would further State that the Annexed Record, commencing on the 34th page of the old book [underlined] and ending on the 38th page containing a state of removal from place to place giving a Record of the birth of the said Samuel Daniels Jr and of the declarant of the time and place they were married, of the birth of their children Since that marriage is a true and correct Record as far as it is in the power of Declarant personally to Knowe That the said entries so made are in the hand writing of the said Samuel Daniels her deceased husband - that the annexed Old book [underlined] was in the possession of the said Samuel Daniels at the time of his marriage with the declarant and has ever remained in his possession up to the period of his death. The said book containing the Records as

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aforesaid was always Kept by the said Samuel Daniels very carefully and produced and Shewn from time to time by the said Samuel Daniels as occasion might require to shew dates or otherwise - That the said Old Book and Record was Kept by her said carefully in a chest where he Kept other papers and the said Record or Book was found in Said Chest after his death and remained in possession of the declarant until the present period with the exception of about a year when it was in the possession of Mary Wright sometimes called Sally the oldest daughter of declarant for the purpose of copying and then returned to Declarant

Subscribed and Sworn  her
this Eighth day of Decemb [crossed out]  Lydia X Daniels
January 1845 before me  mark
and I certify that the
above Lydia Daniels is a
credible witness and further
that owing to old age and
bodily infirmity she is unable
to attend Court

A C Brown Judge
StLaw Cy Cts [illegible]
Shep. Ct

State of New York
St Lawrence County Ss I Ziba N. Ellis Deputy Clerk of the court of Common Pleas of the County and State aforesaid do hereby Certify that Anthony C. Brown whose name is subscribed to the foregoing Certificate and affidavit was at the time of taking the said affidavit one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the county aforesaid duly

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commissioned and qualified and duly authorized to take the same And further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Judge and that his signature Thereto subscribed is genuine
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said county this 15th day of January 1845
Z. N. Ellis
Deputy Clerk

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[left page]
Certificate corrected & notification sent
Oct. 9. 1849.

[right page]
5170,
New York AC
Lydia Daniels ~
widow of Samuel Daniels 
con
who served in the Revolutionary was, as a Private ~

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 37 ~ Dollars 10 ~ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.

Certificate of Pension issued the 25th day of Sept. 1849. and sent to
Honble. R. H. Gillett
Solicitor of The Treasy.~

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 20 Vol. 4,

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Act March 3/55
92,664
April 23 /55
Lydia Daniels
Widow of
Samuel Daniels, private

CT: Cont Line,
Revolutionary
War.

Pensioner
Oct: 160 A [illegible] Nov: 27" 1855,
N.Y. Feby 48 - [illegible]

[written slantwise across preceding text] [illegible] O 11179 if [illegible] /55

[written sideways up page] [illegible]

Morris & Vary,
Ogdensburgh,
N. Y.

[right page] Vol. D. 5. ~

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92.664

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State of New York
St Lawrence County Ss: On this 13th day of April 1855 personally appeared before me a magistrate in & for the county & state aforesaid Lydia Daniels aged 91 years a resident of Madrid, who being duly sworn according to law declares that she is the widow of Samuel Daniels who was a Private in the Revolutionary War
That she applied for and obtained a pension under act of 2. February 1848 the pension commencing March 4, 1848 and obtained such pension, the certificate of which is dated September 25 1849 - giving to her a pension at the rate of thirty seven dollars & ten cents per year, and is recorded in the Pension office on the Roll of Pensioners under act February 2d 1848 page 60. Vol 4 - to the proofs to obtain which she refers, to prove her husbands  service and her marriage & the death of her said husband.
She further states that she is now a widow - she makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she

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may be intitled under act passed March 3d 1833 never having received any bounty land for any service She revokes all former application previously made for bounty land & hereby appoints Mrss Morris & Vary her attorneys to prosecute her above claim & to receive for her the bounty land warrant to which she may be intitled
her
Lydia X Daniel
mark

Sworn to & subscribed to before me the day & year above written and on the same day personally came before me Oliver Fairbanks a resident of Oswegatchie and Hannah Bailey a resident of Cornwall C. West to me known to be creditable witnesses who being duly sworn declare that they are personally acquainted with Lydia Daniels who subscribed & made her mark to the foregoing declaration
That they were personally acquainted with Samuel Daniels in his life time, and knew that they lived together

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as man & wife & to be so reputed and they believe the said Samuel Daniels was the identical person who performed the services above referred to - that the said Samuel is now dead & the said Lydia is now a widow
that they saw her subscribe the above declaration & that they are [illegible]
Hannah Bailey
Oliver Fairbanks

Sworn to & subscribed
before me the day & year above written
Asaph. J. Barnhart
Justice of the Peace,

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STATE OF NEW YORK,
St. Lawrence County, ss.
Clerk's Office,

I, GEORGE S. WINSLOW, Clerk of said County of St. Lawrence, and also Clerk of the Courts of Record directed by law to be held therein, do hereby certify, that Asaph J. Barnhart before whom the annexed affidavit was made, was, at the time of taking the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, and duly authorised to take the same; and I further certify that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice, and verily believe his signature to the jurat of the annexed affidavit is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County and Courts, this 17th day of April 1855
George S. Winslow CLERK.

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O. W. & N. Div.
L. W. B.
W. 25510,
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 28th, 1896.
Sir:-
Replying to your personal request for information concerning the military record of Samuel Daniels, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, I have the honor to advise you that he made an application for pension on July 2lst, 1832, at which time he was a resident of the town of Madrid, State of New York, and seventy years of age; and, from an examination of his pension papers it appears he was born in New London, Conn., in 1762: That he enlisted as a private in 1777 or 1778, at Lyme, Conn., in a company commanded by Capt. Avery, Col. Parson's Regiment, and served a term of six months: That in 1780 he again enlisted at Lyme, Conn., and served under Capt. David Dorrance and Cols. Starr and Swift, for a term of between five and six months.
His pension was allowed for his actual service as a private for a period of eleven months and four days' in the Conn. troops, Revolutionary war. There is no mention made of his having participated in any battles.
His widow, Lydia Daniels, to whom he was married October 10th, 1784, (her name prior to marriage being Lydia Shipman) made an application for pension on September 11th, 1849, at which time she was residing at Cornwall, N. Y., and 86 years of age, and her pension was allowed for the actual service of her husband as above set forth.

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The names and dates of birth of their children, as set forth in a diary once belonging to the said Samuel Daniels and now on file in
this Bureau, are as follows:-
Mary Daniels, born September 12th, 1785.
Sarah Daniels, born April 4th, 1787.
Samuel Daniels, born May 13th, 1789.
Lydia Daniels, born October 29th, 1791.
Michael Daniels, born May 12th, 1794.
Franklin Daniels, born May 21st, 1796.
Phineas Freeman Daniels, born March 2nd, 1799.
Hannah Daniels, born April 4th, 1801.
Anna Daniels, born September 29th, 1803.
Emily Daniels, born February 3rd, 1806.
Date of soldier's death not stated.
Very respectfully,
Acting Commissioner.
Hon. N. M. Curtis,
House of Representatives.

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Revy
WIDOW, &c.

File No: 25:510
Lydia Daniels
Wid of
Samuel Daniels
Priv Rev War

Act Feb 2nd 1848
Index: Vol A, Page 173
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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May 27 96 [illegible]
period to
Hon N.M. Curtis M [illegible]
1908 May 28: Hist. to
T. J. Wright c  [illegible]

[illegible] 3 96 Requirements
necessary for
obtaining [illegible]
W H Daniels, Ogdensb'g
N. Y. thrd Hon N M.
Curtis [illegible]
June 19 96 Diary returned
to Mrs M Tallman
thrd Hon N M Curtis
[illegible]

May 15. 1897 Hist. to . L. W. Campbell
Sen. agt. Great Northern R. R
Chicago - Ills-

[written down center page] 1917 July 16. Hist. to Mrs. John Washington. c

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No. 92664
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.

Received Apr. 23, 1855.

Saml. Daniels Dac. Pri -
Ct. Cont. Line.
Rev. war

11179 - 160 - 55

Morris & Vary.
Ogdensburg
N. Y.

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Saml Daniels [illegible] on this day
[illegible] for [illegible]
[illegible] provision [illegible] 12th [illegible]
[illegible] H Swift [illegible] Samuel Daniels
[illegible] Connt W. 25510, Conn.

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Camp Highlands [illegible]th Dec 1780.
Samuel Daniels a short Levy soldier in the 11t Connt. Regt. is hereby Discharged the service of the United States to draw provission untill the 12th. [illegible]
H. Swift Colo Connt.

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6750
Albany
New York

Lydia Daniels,
widow of Samuel Daniels who was a Private in the N, Y, [crossed out] Conn Line,

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 37 Dollars 10 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.

Certificate of Pension issued the 1 day of Apl 1845 and sent to
Names Redington
Washington
N York

[Act of March 3, 1843.]
and June 17. 1844
Recorded in Book A
Vol. 2 Page 714

[right side of page] repd,

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11.179

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[illegible] 2d. Feb: 48. N, Y
Boynton

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Samuel. Daniels
15962
v

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We Alexander Richard, Postmaster at Waddington a village in the town of Madrid in the County of St Lawrence & State of New York, Gouverneur Ogden Attorney & Counsellor at Law - Jason Fenton an Inspector of the Customs for the District of Oswegatchie & John Crawford, a Major Genl of the Militia in said State, all residing in the town aforesaid, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Samuel Daniels who has subscribed & sworn to the annexed declaration; that we believe him to be seventy years of age & that he is reputed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution & that we concur in that opinion  John Crawford
Subscribed & sworn
before me this  Jason Fenton
day of 15 day of August 1832  Alex. Richard
Jno. Horton J Peace  Govnr. Ogden
Madrid

Subscribed & sworn this 30th day of August, Jason Fenton Alexander Richards & Governor Ogden before me | I hereby certify that I am
Jas L. Thayer | acquainted with John Crawford
J. Peace | John Fenton, Alexr. Richards
Madrid - | and Gouverneur Ogden and
can cheerfully say that they are men of credibility and veracity and possessing good reputation as citizens - Dated June 6th. 1833
Jas. L. Thayer

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State of New York
St Lawrence County Ss
I Alvin C Low Clerk of said County do hereby certify that John Horton and James L Thayer before whom the foregoing affidavit of John Crawford Jason Fenton, Alexander Richards and Gouverneur Ogden purport to have been made were at the time of taking the said affidavit, Justices of the Peace in and for said County duly Elected and Sworn, and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justices of the Peace and verily believe the signatures to the said affidavit purporting to be theirs are genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and affixed the seal of said County this Twenty fourth [something written above, illegible] day of September One thousand Eight Hundred and thirty two
A C Low Clk

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And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above applicant was a revolutionary soldier & that he served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them, that [illegible, crossed out] Alexander Richards, Governeur Ogden, Jason Fenton & John Croford & others who have signed the preceding certificate are residents in said town of Madrid & are credible person & that their statements are intitled to credit.

I Alvin C Low - Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of St Lawrence in the State of New York do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of Samuel Daniels application for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of St Lawrence this twenty ACL. fourth day of ^September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty two.
A C Low Clk

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State of New York
St Lawrence County Ss
Franklin Daniels being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he resides in the Town of Madrid County of St Lawrence and State of New York. that he is a son of Samuel Daniels who died on the twentieth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight Hundred and forty two, and this deponent further saith that from the best of his information and belief he was born on the 21st day of May in the year of our Lord 1796, and that he is nowe forty Eight years of age. And this deponant further saith that at the time of the death of the said Samuel Daniels he was a pensioner of the United States and received at the rate of thirty seven Dollars and twenty five cents per annum or about that amount, this deponant is not precisely certain, for the Certificate of Pension which would establish the amount was sent on to the Pension office at Albany to ennable the widow to claim arrears of Pension due the said Samuel Daniels at the time of his death. And this deponant further Saith that the said Samuel Daniels left a Widow the mother of this deponant who is now living and still remains the Widow of the said Samuel Daniels deceased and this deponant would further State that the said Samuel Daniels and his Said Widow lived and cohabited together as man and wife as far back as this deponant can rember and up to the period of the death of the said Samuel Daniels. And this deponant further saith that the annexed Old Book or Record he recollects of Seeing in his fathers family when he was quite a small boy, seven or Eight years old - that his father was very careful about Keeping the Book and Kept it in an Old Chest among other papers- has often seen his father go to the

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Said chest and get the said Book for perusel and deponant has often looked over the Book himself - And this deponant further Saith that he was acquainted with the hand writing of his father in his life time and that the entries made in the Said Old Book from the thirty fourth page therof and ending on the thirty Eighth is in the hand writing of his said deceased father - that this deponant saw his said father make the entry on the the 34th page 'April 16th 1811 [illegible] to [illegible] [illegible], and that entry is a correct entry. does not recollect of seeing him make any other entry but the one above mentioned, and this deponant further saith ^that he was always very careful in the Keeping of the Said Book and he verily believes that the entries made by him commencing on the 36th page and ending on the 38th page and which are in his hand writing are true and correct entries. And this deponant further Saith that he has often heard his father converse in relation to the said book. Has heard him say that the figuring and calculations which appear in the Said book was done previous to his marriage by a school master by the name of Young that previous to his marriage he attended the School of the said Young at which time the figuring was done And this deponant further Saith that he has often heard his father Speak of his Revolutionary Services and this deponant would further State that his mothers name is Lydia Daniles. - that from the time of his grandfathers death whom this deponant has often been informed was named Samuel his father went by the name of Samuel Daniels Sr he having a son named Samuel and who up to

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the time of his death (that is deponants father) was called Samuel Daniels jr
And this deponant further Saith that it is about Eighteen years since he left his fathers family but he always lived on an [illegible] up to the time of his death
Sworn and subscribed before me, this 10th day of December 1844, and I certify that - Franklin Daniels
the above Franklin Daniels is a credible Witness
Chs. C. Montgomery J. P.

State of New York
County of St Lawrence Ss I Ziba N. Ellis Deputy Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the county and State aforesaid do hereby certify that Charles C. Montgomery Esq whose name is subscribed to the foregoing affidavits and certificate was at the time of taking such affidavits a Justice of the Peace in and for said county duly elected and sworn and duly authorised to take the same And further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and verily believe that his signature thereto subscribed is genuine In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County this 15th day of January 1845
Z. N. Ellis
Deputy Clerk

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[circular stamp] WADDINGTON
JAN
10
N. Y.

Revolutionary Claim [underlined]
[stamp] FREE
Hon J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
D. C

[written sideways across preceding text] 11.612. [underlined]
Jan 25 45
On.
Lydia Daniels,
July 7, 1838
NY

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Waddington St Lawrence Co N. Y.

Hon James L Edwards
Enclosed are papers to obtain pens [cut off?]
for the Widow of the late Samuel Daniels Sr Judge Brow [cut off?]
when oath was made before him [illegible] in a dash [underlined] around the Record of marriage to [illegible] the [illegible] of the Department [illegible] Letters to me.
I am your obedient sert
James Redington
Jany 17th 1845

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[circular stamp] WADDINGTON
SEP
18
N. Y.

Paid [illegible]
[stamp] PAID [stamp] 10

Hon Ransom H Gillet
Washington

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Waddington Sept 17 1849

Hon R H Gillet
Allow me to trouble you with an application for a pension by Mrs Daniels.
If my memory serves me you were the person that obtained the pension for her husband in his life time and doubtless you have seen ^her
I myself procured her pension for her under the laws of 1843 & 1844 and that application as you will see is under the law of 2 February 1848
Every thing appears from the application that is necessary and if you will have the Kindness to present it to the proper department obtain her certificate and forward it to me you will confer a favor upon her and render her under obligation to ^you as such I should be happy to recuperate
I am your obedient Sert
James Redington

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Solicitors Office
September 2th 1849
Sir,
James Redington of Waddington St. Lawrence N. Y. inclosed to me an application by Mrs Daniels (Lycia I think) for a continuance of her pension, which I sent to you by S. Smith Esq. I now send you Mr Reddington's Letter to me & by [illegible] to add, that I knew Mr. Jms. Daniels, & obtained a small pension for the former many years ago. I do not remember when, where, or under whom he served, & it is not probable that Mrs. Daniels can do so now from her knowledge, or recollection of the matter, But that the applicant is the widow of the soldier who actually served, & entitled to be continued under the act, I fully believe, even if she does not state any thing concerning his service. Both Mr Redington &

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Mr Barnhart, the magistrate are men of great respectability, & you need not apprehend any attempt at fraud by either of them. If not restrained from so doing, by some law, or inflexible rule of the Department, I would advise that you grant Mrs. Daniels application
Respectfully yours
R H Gillet

Col. J L Edwards
Commissioner of
Pensions

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State of New York
St Lawrence County Ss
Samuel Daniels of the Town of Madrid County of St Lawrence and State of New york being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he is a son of the late Samuel Daniels Sr- deceased, and that he will be fifty six years old the thirteenth day of May next - that the said Samuel Daniels his father, died in the said Town of Madrid on the twentieth day of February 1849 and that at the time of his death he was a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States - that he drew at the rate of thirty seven Dollars and a few cents per annum does not precisely recollect the number of cents that he died leaving a widow whose name is Lydia Daniels, that the said Lydia Daniels is still living, and still remains a widow and is the mother of this deponant, that this deponent lived with his said father and mother and : in his fathers family till the year 1812 and : since 1812 he has lived mostly in the immediate vicinity of his fathers family and never living over sixteen miles from them, that his father and mother lived together and cohabited as man and wife from the earliest recollection of this deponant up to the period of his death
And this deponant further saith that the annexed Old Book or record he reccollects of seeing at a very early day of his life - that his father was particularly careful about keeping his papers, that the said old book or record was kept by him in his [illegible] or rather chest , that this deponant has seen him leave the said book and deponant has often seen it and looked it over himself that the entries made in the said Old book commencing on the thirty fourth page and ending on the 38th page is in the hand writing of this deponants deceased father - that deponants father had the number of children that the Record shews that he had, and this deponant further saith that he

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recollects of his fathers moving from Roxbury in the State of Connecticut to Kingsbury Washington State of New York from there to [illegible] to the Town of Madrid, and the entries so made of such removals in the Old book by his father are correct entries, and this deponant saith that from the care and carefulness of his said father he believes all the entries so made by him in the said book are strictly correct
And this deponant further saith that the figureing and arithmetical calculations in the said Old Book he has always noticed when he has seen the said book - that he has often heard his father speak of them, as having been done by the [illegible] Master Young whom he often spoke of as a good penman and scholar - that his father has said that he went to school to the said Young and that the figuring was made previous to the marriage of deponants father and that he owned the said book previous to his marriage
And this deponant further saith that he has always been informed that his grand fathers name was Samuel Daniels - that his father was called Samuel Daniels jr up to his death and then Samuel Daniels sr deponant being called Samuel Daniels jr till his fathers death.
And this deponant further saith that he has many times heard his father speak of his Revolutionary Services - has heard him say that he enlisted firstly for three months and was stationed at New London but dont recollect who he said was his officers and that he enlisted for six months and went to West Point and then he was picked out as one for Fayetts division - that he belonged to Poor Brigade and that [illegible] Swift commanded the Regiment and the company was commanded by Samuel Dorrance

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and that he served his time out. This deponant further saith that he has often seen a discharge given to his father signed by Heaman Swift and this belives the said discharge was sent on to Washington when his father sent on his papers for a pension
Sworn and subscribed before  Samuel Daniels
me this 10th day of December
1844, and I certify that the
above Samuel Daniels is a 
credible witness
Chs. C. Montgomery J. P.

State of New York
St Lawrence County Ss James Redington of the town of Madrid County of St Lawrence and State of New York being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he was acquainted with the late Samuel Sr in his life time and knows that he was a Revolutionary Pensioner has requently seen his pension certificate and sent the same to Albany in order that his widow should draw arrears of pension due the said Samuel Daniels Sr at the time of his death, and this deponant further saith that he is acquainted with the widow of the said Samuel Daniels Sr deceased and knows that she is the identical person who has signed and sworn to the accompaning declaration to obtain a pension
Sworn and subscribed  James Redington
before me this 10th day of
January 1845 and I
certify that the above James
Redington is a credible witness
Chs. C. Montgomery J. P.

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Sept 24/49

[traces of a circular stamp or seal]
6750

[illegible]

Con.
R. H. Gillet
Solicitor

Simeon Smith [crossed out]
in Solicitors [crossed out]
office [crossed out]
Washington
D. C.

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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of the 2d February 1848, making further provisions for surviving widows of the soldiers of the revolution

State of New York
County of St Lawrence Ss  On this Eleventh day of September 1849 personally appeared before the undersigned Asaph S Barnhart a Justice of the Peace of the County of St Lawrence Lydia Daniels a resident of the town of Cornwall Canada West aged Eighty Six 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 acts of Congress passed on the 2d of February 1848 making further provisions for surviving widows of the soldiers of the revolution - That she is the widow of Samuel Daniels who was a private, and that the annual amount of the pension which she received under the acts of March 3d 1843 and June 17 1844 was thirty seven dollars and ten cents, She further declares that she is still a widow  her
Sworn to and subscribed |  Lydia x Daniels
on the day and years | mark
above written before Asaph. J. Barnhart
Justice of the Peace
Witness James Redington

I certify that I have the most satisfactory evidence viz. the affidavits of James Redington and Hannah Bailey who are personally known to me that the declarant is the same

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individual she represents herself to be in the foregoing affidavit
Asaph. J. Barnhart
Justice of the Peace

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I Martin Thatcher clerk of the Supreme Court and of the County of St Lawrence in the State of New York, do hereby certify that Asaph J Barnhart who has signed the foregoing is a Justice of the Peace for the County of St Lawrence aforesaid, and that the above is his signature
In testimony whereof I have hereunto Subscribed my name and affixed my seal of office this - 14th - day of September 1849 at Canton in the County of St Lawrence in the State of New York
Martin Thatcher Clerk

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11612
Lydia Daniels
L Land
Land Book [illegible]
all Property

Lydia Daniels

Received
January 25. 1845.
n.

[illegible]
[illegible] of [illegible]
the [illegible] to pay  [illegible]

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April 1806
moved to the Lawrance house

April th
16, 1811
moved to [illegible, crossed out] Bass farm - -

November 1831
moved to my New house

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No 11612
Lydia Daniels
Widow of Samuel
N Y
act 7 July 1838
Rejected husb. died 1842
20, Feby.

Admd. 3 March 1843 and 17 June 1844.
11 mo 4 days private
$37.10 per ann

James Redington
Waddington
N.Y.

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[oval stamp, top center page] SECOND DEPUTY
JUN 18 1896
COMMISSIONER.

S. V. WHITE,
7 WALL ST.

NEW YORK, June 16 1896

Hon. M. C. Murphy,
Comr. of Pensions, [illegible]:
I [illegible] the affidavit of Mrs. Mary Tallman of Ogdensburg, St. Law. Co N.Y. to establish her claim to [illegible] or [illegible] book now in your office.

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I respectfully request [illegible] of the said book be [illegible] to her as she has [illegible] it with [illegible] affid as stated to me by the [illegible] of the O. W. & N. [illegible].
Very truly Servs
N. M. Curtis,
[oval stamp, sideways over signature] CONGRESSIONAL
JUN 17 1896
U. S. Bureau of Pensions.

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Dates of birth of
Samuel Daniels - Apr. 2 "1762
Lydia Shipman - July 13"1763
-Children-
Mary Daniels - Sept 12 - 1785
Sarah " Apr 4 - 1787
Samuel " May 13 - 1789
Lydia " Oct 29 - 1791
Michael " May 12 - 1794.
Franklin " May 21 - 1796
Phineas F " Mar 2 - 1799
Hannah " Apr 4 - 1801
Anna " Sept 29 - 1803
Emily " Feby 3 - 1806

Copied from a diary returned this day to Mary Tallman, Ogdensburg N. Y. thro' Hon. W. M. Curtis
S. W.

June 18"1896

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State of New York | Ss Samuel Daniels Junior
St. Lawrence County | of Madrid in said County being duly sworn deposeth & saith that he is the Son of Samuel Daniels who is mentioned in the annexed papers that this Deponent is forty four years of age
Deponent further says that he ^has often seen the annexed discharge which purports to be Signed by H Swift Col in the possession of Samuel Daniels & that Deponent saw it in his possession more than twenty years ago & that he further always called [illegible] [several words obscured by fold in page] him whom he left the [illegible] Deponent also has known of his fathers having continental [illegible, obscured by fold in page] some of which is [illegible] the [illegible] where he alledged he he recieved a [illegible, ink blot] a soldier in the war of the revolution Deponent has [illegible] since his recollection repeated by Record his father took over his services & he uniformly gave the same [illegible] - that is mentioned in his declaration hereunto annexed. Deponent further says that he has always been & he received opinion of the whole family & also the neighborhood that his father was a soldier of the revolution. Deponent further says that his father is in the habit of attending public celebrations on the fourth of July & that deponent understands that he usually attends in pursuance of invitations given to him as a revolutionary soldier & that he forms in the procession & dines with the soldiers of the Revolution & is recognized by them & all present as having been a soldier in the war of the revolution
subscribed & sworn
before me June | Samuel Daniels Jr.
24th, 1833
R. H. Gillet Com. of Deeds

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State of New York Ss
St Lawrence County
Mary Erwin of of Madrid in the County aforesaid, being duly sworn deposeth & saith that she is the daughter of Samuel Daniels, mentioned in the accompanying affidavits & that she is forty seven years of age, & that she resided in her fathers family until she was nineteen years of age & since that time she has with the exception of a short period resided near her father.  - Deponent says: I cannot say how, but it has always been the understanding of the family that her father served at two different periods in the war of the Revolution as a private soldier & that such has been the received opinion of the neighbours where he resided - That she always understood that her father has in the house his discharge from the army on a paper which he received when he was taken prisoner, & the army discharge she thinks she heard br her brother many years ago. Deponent also saw continental money in her fathers possession more than twenty years since which he said he received as part pay for his services as a soldier of [crossed out] ^in the war of the Revolution. Deponent knows that her father has frequently, for many years, received invitations from Ogdensburgh & other places to attend 4th of July celebrations as a soldier of the Revolution.
Subscrubed & sworn
before me Jun 24. 1833 | Mary Erwin
R. H. Gillet Com of Deeds

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State of New York Ss:
St Lawrence County  On this 24th day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty two personally came before me Michael S. Daniels of Ogdensburgh in the County aforesaid merchant & Auctionier who being duly sworn testifies that he is a son of Samuel Daniels in the annexed declaration named & that he is now thirty seven years of age. That he frequently before the passage of the pension law of 1818 heard his father relate the accounts of his enlistment & services in the war of the Revolution & that he often repeated the facts stated in the annexed declaration & he has also repeatedly heard him relate the same since the passage of said law, & that said Samuel Daniels has every year or nearly so, since deponents recollection been invited by committees of arrangment, to dine on the 4th July as a Revolutionary soldier, & that he has frequently been so invited at the village of Ogdensburgh. This deponent fully believes that said Samuel Daniels served in the war of the revolution as he has stated in the annexed Declaration. Deponent further states he has often frequently since he was a small boy seen his father have the annexed discharge & has often seen him

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exhibit his continental money which he alledged he received as part pay for his services in said war.
Subscribed & sworn
before me this 24th day
of September 1832 in open court | M S. Daniels
A C Low Clk

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State of New York Ss:
St Lawrence County  Sally Wright of Ogdensburgh in the County & state aforesaid, being duly sworn deposeth & saith that she is forty five years of age & is a daughter of Samuel Daniels of Madrid, who is mentioned in the annexed papers - That when she was a quite young girl & residing at home with her father, she recollects to have seen the discharge, parol & continental money annexed Depone [crossed out] in her fathers possession. Deponent recollects that a brother of hers, when her father & mother were from home, used frequently to get his fathers pocketbook & read over these papers & examine the money in presence of deponent & the other children. Deponent well recollects that her father has from her earliest recollection claimed to have served at different periods in the Revolutionary war, & the opinion that he so served has always been firmly believed by the family & the neighbours - Deponent says that one of the annexed papers has always been heald by her father as a discharge [illegible, obscured by fold in page] when he left the army, & the other as a parol given when he was once taken prisoner by the British, & that the annexed continental money he always alledged he received in part pay for his services as a soldier in the revolutionary war. Deponent says that her father has [illegible] at Ogdensburgh upon invitations to celebrate the fourth of July, & that eh walked in the processions as one of the old soldiers. Deponent heard her fathers account above given, of the annexed papers & money & of his services
(over)

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frequently more than thirty years ago, & the belief in his having served became fully established as long ago as that, & long before any pension laws were passed, & before deponent heard of any talk about their being any pension laws passed-  Sally Wright
Sworn before me
June 29th 1833
R. H. Gillet Com
of Deeds

I hereby certify that Sally Wright Samuel Daniels Junior & Mary Erwin who have subscribed & sworn to the three foregoing affidavits are credible persons & whose statements may be relied upon - I further certify that I personally [illegible] that Samuel Daniels is reputed as far as he is known to have been a soldier of the revolution, & that he ^has been frequently invited to Ogdensburgh as a soldier of the revolution, & he walked with the old soldiers in procession. I fully believe Samuel Daniels served as stated by him.
Dated June. 24 & 30
R. H. Gillet COm
of Deeds &
member of Congress
elect from 14th
District
NY

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O. W. & N. Div.
L. W. B.
W. 25510.  DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
WASHINGTON, D. C.,  June 3rd, 1896.

Sir:-
In compliance with the personal request of Hon. N. M. Curtis, relative to a certain memorandum book once the property of Samuel Daniels, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, and which is now on file in this Bureau, I have the honor to advise you that under the rules of the Bureau the same can be surrendered to only the eldest, surviving, lineal descendant of the soldier, who is required to furnish an affidavit setting forth his or her relationship to the soldier. If the applicant is not the eldest living relative the consent, in writing of all the older descendants should accompany his or her affidavit of relationship. Upon receipt of such an affidavit the Bureau will be pleased to surrender the document referred to.
Very respectfully,

Commissioner.

Mr. W. H. Daniels,
Ogdensburg, New York.

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O. W. & N. Div.
L. W. B.
W. 25510
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,  June 19th, 1896.

Madam:-
In compliance with the personal request of Hon. N. M. Curtis, I have the honor to transmit herewith a diary once belonging to Samuel Daniels, a soldier of the Revolutionary war. Please acknowledge *receipt of same by an endorsement upon the back of this letter, returning the same to this Bureau.

Very respectfully,

Commissioner.

Mrs. Mary Tallman,
Ogdensburg, New York.

*no "receipt" in this claim. C.

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State of New York
County of St.Lawrence SS
Mary Tallman being duly sworn says that she resides a.t Ogdensburg,N.Y. and has always resided there and is a daughter of Michael Daniels and the oldest child of the said Michael Daniels, that the said Michael Daniels was born May 12th 1794 [7 handwritten over printed 8] and this deponent is of the age of sixty nine years, that the said Michael Daniels was a son of Samuel Daniels who was a soldier in the Revolutionary War and a Pensioner under the government of the United States, that the said Samuel Daniels had ten children. That deponent is acquainted with the families of five of the said children of the said Samuel
Daniels and has made diligent search and inquiry to ascertain and learn the family history and to learn the various desecndants of the said Samuel Daniels.
That in deponent's best judgment and belief from such inquiry and investigation as she has been able to make and according to the understanding and opinion of the other descendants of the said Samuel Daniels with whom this deponent is acquainted she is understood to be and this deponent actually believes she is the oldest surviving lineal descendant of the said Samuel Daniels.
That deponent has not been able to find or learn of any other descendant of the said Samuel Daniels than those with whom she has conversed or has made inquiry concerning the family history, She therefore requests that a certain memorandum book which was the property of the said Samuel Daniels and which is now on file in the Bureau of Pensions
in the Department of the Interior at Washington, D. C. be returned to her as the oldest lineal descendant of the deceased soldier.
Sworn to before me this
12th day of June 1896
Mary Tallman

[oval stamp] SECOND DEPUTY
JUN 18 1896
COMMISSIONER

Frank Johnson
Notary Public

[oval stamp] CONGRESSIONAL
JUN 17 1896
U. S. Bureau of Pensions.

There can be no doubt that Mrs. Mary Tallman is the eldest living descendent of Samuel Daniels. She is a woman of high character.
N M Curtis
22d. N. Y.

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State of New York
St Lawrence County Ss.

I Alvin C Low Clerk of said County do hereby Certify that Anthony C. Brown before whom the annexed affidavits of Samuel Daniels purport to have been made was at the time of taking the said affidavits a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly elected & sworn and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and verily believe the signature "A C Brown" Subscribed to the said affidavit to be genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office this 24th day of September 1822

A C Low Clk

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S. Daniels
& Wilkersons
Parol.

Coppy

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Plumb Island April the 13th. 1782

We Mallichi Wilkerson & Saml. Daniels do acknowledge our Selves Prisoners of war to the King of Great Britain and that we ill not do or Cause to be done, or say of Cause to be said by Word or Deed any thing or things for the Term of three Months & if not Exchangd. in the Term of three Months we will Return to N. York and [illegible] there Deliver our Selves up to the Commissary of Prisoners at N York being Taken by the Prince William whale boat Thos. Bates Commander as Witness our Hands the Day -
Malichi Wilkerson
Samuel Daniels

A Coppy of the Original,

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State of New York
St. Lawrence County Ss
I Alvin C Low Clerk of the Said County do hereby Certify that Ransom H. Gillet Esquire before whom the foregoing depositions purport to have been taken was at the date of the same a Commissioner of Deeds in & for the said County duly authorized to take any oath or affidavit in any cause matter or proceeding to be read and recd in any Court of Law or equity of record or not of record within this State, and before any Office Judicial Executive or administrative before whom any [illegible, crossed out] Such cause matter or proceeding may be pending
And further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the Said Commissioner and verily believe that the Signatures to the said depositions purporting to be his are genuine
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County this 12th day of July 1833
A C Low Clk

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Ogdensburgh Apr. 18. 1855

S. P. Waldo
Dr Sir
Enclosed we send you applications of Lydia Daniels & Abijah Kelly for Bounty Lands
Yours Truly
Morris & Vary
By O. F. Partridge

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[left page]
O W & N M, N
RECORD & PENSION OFFICE
APR 8 475554 1897
WAR DEPARTMENT

Chicago Ill
April 6, 1897.

[circular stamp] PENSION
APR
U. 15 S.
1897
OFFICE

Samuel Daniels
 , Co. , Reg't Rev. War

[rectangular stamp, sideways] OLD WAR & NAVY
APR 19 1897
FILES:

L. W. Campbell
Asks for the record of above named man

WRAPPER. [crossed out]

(515)

[right page]
Record and Pension Office.
WAR DEPARTMENT
Washington, April 9, 1897.
Respectfully returned to

[circular stamp] PENSION
E
APR
U. 15 S.
1897
OFFICE.

Mr. L. W. Campbell,
General Agent, Great Norther Railway,
Chicago,

The name Samuel Daniels has not been found on the rolls, on file in this office, of any New York military organization in service during the war of the Revolution.
It is proper to add, however, that the collection of Revolutionary war records in this office is far from complete, and that the absence therefrom of any name should not be accepted as conclusive evidence that the person who bore the name did not serve in the Revolutionary army.
In view of the statement that the soldier was a pensioner, it is suggested as a possibility that the desired information may be obtained from the Commissioner of Pensions, who is the custodian of the pension records of all wars, and whose office is separate and distinct from the Record and Pension Office of the War Department.

BY AUTHORITY OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR:
F C Ainsworth
Colonel, U. S. Army, Chief of Office.
Per
(800a)

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Form 8048
OFFICE OF
GREAT GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY CO.
MONTANA CENTRAL RAILWAY CO.
NORTHERN EASTERN RAILWAY CO. OF MINNESOTA. L. W. CAMPBELL, GEN. AGT.
PACIFIC COAST LINES.  2205. Clark St.
RAILWAY  Chicago, Ill.
TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT.

Chicago, April, 6th, 1897.

Mr. F. C. Ainsworth,
Colonel U. S. Army, Chief of Office,
Record & Pension Office, War Dept. Washington, D. C.,
Dear Sir;

Will you kindly furnish me the record of Samuel Daniels, of Madrid, New York, who was an officer in the Revolutionary War, and was a Pensioner, as I understand it. I would be pleased to have you send me the record as shown by the War Department. Thanking you in advance, I remain.
Yours truly,
L. W. Campbell
General Agent
C-

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[map of the western half of the United States showing rail lines] GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY AND CONNECTIONS

| GENERAL AND TRAVELING AGENTS. | Portland, Ore., 122 Third St... H. J. GREENE, Contracting Agent.
| | San Francisco, Cal., 11 Montg'ry St... W. N. PRICE, General Agent.
Boston, Mass., 211 Washington St... W. A. SEWARD, General Agent. | Helena, Mont... C. E. DUTTON, General Agent. | P. D. McCARTY, Trav. Pass. Agt
J. I. FOGG, Traveling Agent. | J. W. SEARLS, Live Stock Agent. | Seattle, Wash., 612 Front St... R. C. STEVENS, G'l West. Pass Agt
Buffalo, N. Y., Cor. Main & Seneca.. H. S. NOBLE, Trav. Freight Agent. | Milwaukee, Wis., Pabst Bldg... JAS. YOUNG, General Agent. | J. A. MILLER, Traveling Agent.
Butte, Mont... J. E. DAWSON, General Agent. | W. M. ROMINE, Traveling Agent. | L. H. GRAY, Gen'l Agt. Frt [illegible, cut off]
Chicago, Ill., 220 So. Clark St... L. W. CAMPBELL, Gen'l Agt. Frt. Dept. | Minneapolis, Minn., 300 Nicollet Ave., H. A. KIMBALL, Gen. Agt. Frt. Dept. | GEO. P. CAVE, Cont. Freight [cut off]
W. M. LOWRIE, Gen'l A. Pass. Dept. | V. D. JONES, C. P. & T. A. | Spokane, Wash... C. G. DIXON, General Ag[cut off]
MAX BASS, Gen'l Imm. Agent. | Montreal, Que., 1761 Notre Dame St., W. G. McLEAN, Trav. Agt. | H. A. JACKSON, [illegible]
GEO. G. CROSE, Trav. Pass & Land Agt. | New York, 375 Broadway... L. W. LAKE, General Agt. Frt. Dept. | St. Louis, Mo., 505 Olive St... W. J. EVANS, [illegible]
C. W. PITTS, Trav. Pass. Agent. | E. D. SPENCER, Gen'l Agt. Pass. Dept. | A. E. WARD, Con[cut off]
R. H. MARTIN, Cont. Freight Agent. | T. F. COLLIGAN, Contracting Agent. | St. Paul, Minn., 199 E. Third St... W. J. DUTCH [cut off]
O. L. ALLEN, Trav. Freight Agent. | JAS. W. DEANS, Contracting Agent. | F. A. WIL[cut off]
P. E. MEANY, Cont. Freight Agent. | Philadelphia, Pa., 42 So. Third St... J. H. GRACE, Gen'l Agent Frt. Dept. | St. Paul, Minn., Cor. 3d & Broadway.. E. A. FRA[cut off]
Cincinnati, O., 5th and Walnut Sts... W. J. BYRTH, General Agent. | A. C. HARVEY, District Pass. Agent. | H. B. P[cut off]
E. A. JONES, Trav. Passenger Agent. | G. L. McDONAUGH, Trav. Pass. and | W. J[cut off]
L. D. KITCHELL, Traveling Agent. | Land Agent. | M[cut off]
Des Moines, Iowa, 404 Walnut St... S. J. ELLISON, Trav. Pass. & Land Agt. | J. H. DOEBLER, Cont. Freight Agent. | Tacoma, Wash., 1116 Pacific Ave... [cut off]
J. S. WATSON, Trav. Pass. Agt. | Pittsburg, Pa., 94 Fourth Ave... J. H. McADOO, District Freight Agent. | 
Detroit Mich., 157 Jefferson Ave... E. B. CLARK, General Agent. | C. C. MORDOUGH, Dist. Pass. Agent. | Toronto, Ont., 2 King St. E...
A. J. CASWELL, Traveling Agent. | H. W. BOSWORTH, Trav. Pass. Agent. | Vancouver, B. C...
Duluth, Minn., 432 W. Superior St... JAS. ROBERTSON, Gen'l Agt Frt. Dept. | H. H. MARSH, Trav. Freight Agent. | Victoria, B. C...
C. D. HARPER, Northern Pass. Agent. | Portland, Ore., 122 Third St... WM. HARDER, Gen'l Agent Frt. Dept. | West Superior, Wis., 81[cut off]
Fargo, N. Dak... M. J. COSTELLO, Trav. Freight Agent. | A. B. C. DENNISTON, C. P. and T. A. | Winnipeg, Man., 50[cut off]

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GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY

Form 8048.
OFFICE OF
GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY CO.
MONTANA CENTRAL RAILWAY CO.
EASTERN RAILWAY CO. OF MINNESOTA. L. W. CAMPBELL, GEN. AG'T.
PACIFIC COAST LINES.  220 S. Clark St.,
Chicago Ill.
TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT.

Chicago, April, 13th, 1897
Commissioner Pensions,
Washington, D.C.,
Dear Sir;
I enclose to you reply to a communication addressed to Col. F. C. Ainsworth Chief of Office, Record & Pension Office, War Dept. Washington, D.C. asking for record of Samuel Daniels, Madrid, N.Y. who was an officer of the Revolutionary War and was a Pensioner, as I am informed by my mother.
You will kindly notice Col. Ainsworth advises me the name of Samuel Daniels has not been found on the rolls on file in his office, and farther adds the collection of Revolutionary War records in his office is far from being complete, and the absence therefrom of any name should not be accepted as conclusive evidence that the person who bore the name did not serve in the Revolutionary army, calling my attention to the fact I had mentioned Samuel Daniels as a pensioner, the Colonel suggests as a possibility, that the desired information may be obtained from the Commissioner of Pensions, who is the custodian of the Pension records of all wars, and whose office is separate and distinct from the Record and Pension Office of the War Department.
May I ask in this connection, will it be your pleasure to furnish me such information as is at hand regarding my great grandfather, whose name is mentioned above. Thanking you in advance, and requesting the return of the enclosed papers from Col. Ainsworth, I am
Yours truly,
L. W. Campbell
General Agent

C-
Encs.

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[map of the western half of the United States showing rail lines] GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY AND CONNECTIONS

| GENERAL AND TRAVELING AGENTS. | Portland, Ore., 122 Third St... H. J. GREENE, Contracting Agent.
| | San Francisco, Cal., 11 Montg'ry St... W. N. PRICE, General Agent.
Boston, Mass., 211 Washington St... W. A. SEWARD, General Agent. | Helena, Mont... C. E. DUTTON, General Agent. | P. D. McCARTY, Trav. Pass. Agt
J. I. FOGG, Traveling Agent. | J. W. SEARLS, Live Stock Agent. | Seattle, Wash., 612 Front St... R. C. STEVENS, G'l West. Pass. Agt.
Buffalo, N. Y., Cor. Main & Seneca.. H. S. NOBLE, Trav. Freight Agent. | Milwaukee, Wis., Pabst Bldg... JAS. YOUNG, General Agent. | J. A. MILLER, Traveling Agent.
Butte, Mont... J. E. DAWSON, General Agent. | W. M. ROMINE, Traveling Agent. | L. H. GRAY, Gen'l Agt. Frt Dept.
Chicago, Ill., 220 So. Clark St... L. W. CAMPBELL, Gen'l Agt. Frt. Dept. | Minneapolis, Minn., 300 Nicollet Ave., H. A. KIMBALL, Gen. Agt. Frt. Dept. | GEO. P. CAVE, Cont. Freight Agent.
W. M. LOWRIE, Gen'l A. Pass. Dept. | V. D. JONES, C. P. & T. A. | Spokane, Wash... C. G. DIXON, General Agent.
MAX BASS, Gen'l Imm. Agent. | Montreal, Que., 1761 Notre Dame St., W. G. McLEAN, Trav. Agt. | H. A. JACKSON, Traveling Agent.
GEO. G. CROSE, Trav. Pass & Land Agt. | New York, 375 Broadway... L. W. LAKE, General Agt. Frt. Dept. | St. Louis, Mo., 505 Olive St... W. J. EVANS, General Agent.
C. W. PITTS, Trav. Pass. Agent. | E. D. SPENCER, Gen'l Agt. Pass. Dept. | A. E. WARD, Cont. Freight Agent.
R. H. MARTIN, Cont. Freight Agent. | T. F. COLLIGAN, Contracting Agent. | St. Paul, Minn., 199 E. Third St... W. J. DUTCH, City Pass. and Tkt. Agt.
O. L. ALLEN, Trav. Freight Agent. | JAS. W. DEANS, Contracting Agent. | F. A. WILLARD, Gen'l Agt. Frt. Dept.
P. E. MEANY, Cont. Freight Agent. | Philadelphia, Pa., 42 So. Third St... J. H. GRACE, Gen'l Agent Frt. Dept. | St. Paul, Minn., Cor. 3d & Broadway.. E. A. FRADENBURGH, Trav. P Agt.
Cincinnati, O., 5th and Walnut Sts... W. J. BYRTH, General Agent. | A. C. HARVEY, District Pass. Agent. | H. B. BRIGGS, Trav. Freight Agent.
E. A. JONES, Trav. Passenger Agent. | G. L. McDONAUGH, Trav. Pass. and | W. J. MAGNER, Trav. Freight Agent.
L. D. KITCHELL, Traveling Agent. | Land Agent. | MOSES FOLSOM, Immigration Agent.
Des Moines, Iowa, 404 Walnut St... S. J. ELLISON, Trav. Pass. & Land Agt. | J. H. DOEBLER, Cont. Freight Agent. | Tacoma, Wash., 1116 Pacific Ave... M. J. B WHITE, Gen'l Agt.
J. S. WATSON, Trav. Pass. Agt. | Pittsburg, Pa., 94 Fourth Ave... J. H. McADOO, District Freight Agent. | J. B. HAMLIN, Ticket Agent
Detroit Mich., 157 Jefferson Ave... E. B. CLARK, General Agent. | C. C. MORDOUGH, Dist. Pass. Agent. | Toronto, Ont., 2 King St. E... H. G. McMICKEN, General Agent.
A. J. CASWELL, Traveling Agent. | H. W. BOSWORTH, Trav. Pass. Agent. | Vancouver, B. C... F. J. WHEFLER, General Agent.
Duluth, Minn., 432 W. Superior St... JAS. ROBERTSON, Gen'l Agt Frt. Dept. | H. H. MARSH, Trav. Freight Agent. | Victoria, B. C... J. H. ROGERS, Agent.
C. D. HARPER, Northern Pass. Agent. | Portland, Ore., 122 Third St... WM. HARDER, Gen'l Agent Frt. Dept. | West Superior, Wis., 813 Tower Ave.. W. K. ADAMS, City Pass. and Tkt. Agt.
Fargo, N. Dak... M. J. COSTELLO, Trav. Freight Agent. | A. B. C. DENNISTON, C. P. and T. A. | Winnipeg, Man., 508 Main St... O. H. DINGMAN, Agent.

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[illegible]
Kennewick, Wash., 5/13/08.
[written sideways in left margin] Rev
Department of Interior,
Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:-
Can you give me any further information as to the military record of Samuel Daniels a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
Below is all the information that I have:
Samuel Daniels was a soldier of the Revolution at an early age. He enlisted as a private in 1777 or '78 at Lyme, Conn., in a Company commanded by Capt., Avery, Col, Parsons Regt. In 1780 he again enlisted at Lyme, Conn., and served under Capt., David Dorrance and Col's., Starr and Swift's Reg't., for a period of six months. One record also says that he also served in Capt., Daniel Deweys Co., Col., Obidiah Johnson's Regt., and was stationed at Providence? R. I.
Any additional information will be greatly appreciated. I would also appreciate it if you can varify the above information.
Thanking you for any information you may be able to furnish I remain,
Yours truly,
T. J. Wright.

Box 685
Kennewick
Wash.

[circular stamp] PENSION
B
MAY
U. 18 S.
1908
OFFICE.

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Washington
12

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July 11, 1917
$2 [illegible] received

Chief Clerk Pension Bureau-
Dear Sir-
Would you be so kind as to give me the date of the marriage of Samuel Daniels who married Lydia Shipman?
Samuel Daniels was born in Conn. on Apr. 2, 1762, was a citizen of Litchfield Conn., and died in Madrid N. Y. Feb. 20, 1842, Enlisted at Lyme Conn. as a private Aug. 18, 1778. Service as a private in Conn. troops Revolutionary war, a part of the time under Capt.

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Avery and Col. Parsons. was granted a pension July 21, 1832. I would like the date of this marriage to fill out D. of. R. papers as I am a decendant of Samuel Daniels. If you could get the marriage date for me I would greatly appreciate it & thank you in advance for the favor.
Very Respectfully yours
Mrs. John Washington
809 K st. N. E.
City

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In reply to your request of [blank line], received [blank line]
for a statement of the military history of Samuel Daniels [name handwritten and underlined]
a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
[illegible handwritten word in left margin]

W. 25,510 [handwritten and underlined]

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. | LENGTH OF SERVICE. | RANK. | OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. | CAPTAIN. | COLONEL. [Captain and Colonel are subheadings under Officers column] | STATE.

May 1777 or 1778 | 6 mos. | Private | Griswold Avery | Marshfield Parsons | Conn.
June 1780 | 6 mos. | " | Dorrance | Starr | 1" Conn.
discharged | Dec. 5, 1780 at the Highlands, N.Y. | Herman Swift [name listed under Colonel column]
[first two columns indicate a check mark] | He was captured by Capt. Bates' whale boat "Prince William"
& paroled from Plumb Island on Apl. 13, 1782 for 3 mos.

Battles engaged in, [blank line containing a check mark]
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Lyme, Conn.
Date of application for pension, July 21, 1832. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Madrid, St. Lawrence Co. N.Y.
Age at date of application, born Apl. 2, 1762 at New London, Conn. son of Samuel Daniels.
Remarks:
Soldier married at Lyme, Conn. Oct. 10, 1784. Lydia Shipman born July 13, 1763. He died July 20, 1842 at Madrid, N.Y. where she was allowed pension in 1845. Their daughters Mary Erwin & Sally Wright were alive in 1833. See supplemental family data.

Respectfully,
[unsigned]
Commissioner.

Continental money not in the claim - C. [handwritten note]

5-2856

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Rev. War Section.

July 16, 1917.

Mrs. John Washington,
809 "K" Street N.E.
Washington, D.C.

Madam:

In addition to the military history of Samuel Daniels
W. File No. 25,510 Rev. War, you are furnished the following family data from the papers in the claim.

Samuel Daniels born April 2, 1762.
Lydia Shipman  " " July 13, 1763.

Children

Mary Daniels born September 12, 1785.
Sarah     "          "    April 4, 1787.
Samuel  "          "    May 13, 1789.
Lydia      "          "   October 29, 1791.
Micheal  "          "   May 12, 1794.
Franklin  "          "   May 21, 1796.
Phineas F. "        "   March 2, 1799.
Hannah   "         "   April 4, 1801.
Anna      "          "   September 29, 1803.
Emily      "          "   February 3, 1806.

Very respectfully,
G M Saltzgaber
Commissioner.