Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 2,627, Elisha Dakin, New York

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Service 
New York
Dakin, Elisha
Fanny
Number
R. 2627

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24.594
New York
Elisha Dakin of Alleghany in the State of New York who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Woodward of the regt commanded by Col. Clinton in the NY ma for 14 mo.

Inscribed on the Roll of New York in the rate of 4 (illegible) Dollars (illegible) Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1834

Certificate of Pension filed the 18 day of (illegible) 1834 and (illegible)
Hon:  E Howell (illegible)

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833     $116.65
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 March 34 - 23.33
_________________________________________________
                                                              $139.98
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832

Recorded by W. L. Williams clerk
Book E  Vol. 4  Page 96

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23398

In the matter of the application of Elisha Dakin for a Pension-
   Declaration and affts. of service--
    I hereby certify that the within papers passed through the hands of the clerk in the service state they now are.  January 8th 1834

Howell
(Illegible)

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State of New York
Allegany County
On this 30th day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open Court before the Judge of the Courts of Common Pleas of the said County of Allegany now sitting Elisha Dakin resident of the Town of Bolivar-in the said County of Allegany and State of New York aged eighty-one - 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 Act of Congress passed June 9th 1832-
  That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated - Viz
  That in the year 1776 but he cannot state the month, he enlisted [deleted word] for the term of ten months in the company commanded by Captain James Rosenkrans and Lieutenant Thomas Lee in the regiment of Colonel James Clinton and was stationed at Fort Montgomary, and that he continued  in the service at that place until the expiration of his term of service where he was dismissed and returned home.
     That in the year 1775 he enlisted for the term of six months in the company of Captain James Rosenkrans and Lieutenant Lee, but he cannot recollect the name of the Colonel that a short time after he went into the service he was taken sick, and did not recover until after the term of service for which he enlisted had expired.
     That sometime in the month of February in the year 1776 he enlisted in the company of minute men commanded by Captain Woodard and was marched to New York where he remained about one month where he enlisted to go to Fort Montgomary as above stated.
     That in the month of January in the

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year 1777 he entered the militia service as a substitute for one William Colwell in the company of Captain Joel Mead and Ensign Hill but he could not recollect the name of the Colonel that he marched to a place called (illegible) near fort Independence at which place General Putnam and Leut. Worcester commanded, and continued in the service about one month when he was dismissed-
     That sometime in the Spring of the year 1772 as he thinks he was drafted in the militia service for the term of nine months that has hired a substitute by the name of Titus Caufield but he cannot state the names of the offical as he did not rendezvous with the company.
     That he was in the service  (illegible) during the war at short periods but he cannot state particularly how long he served.
     He was born on the first day of October in the year 1751-in the State of New York-
     He has no record of his age that he knows of-He never received a written discharge.
     When he first went into the service he lived in Frederickstown in Dutchess County in the State of N.Y - that he had lived at various places in the said State until about eight years ago when he moved to the Town of Bolivar in the County of Allegany in the said State where he now lives-
     That Samuel King, Stephen Smith and Josiah Utter are his neighbors and will testify as to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a Soldier of the revolution -
     He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or (illegible) except the present and declared that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State -
     Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid

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JW Sherman                    Elisha Dakin

     We Josiah Utter residng in the Town of Friendship in the said County and Cary Crandal residing in the said Town [bland line] hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Elisha Dakin - who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be eighty one 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 - 
            Cary Crandal
            Josiah Utter

Sworn & Subscribed the day & year aforesaid}
J W Sherman, Clk
     And the said Courts do hereby declare this 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 Josiah Utter who has signed the preceding certificate is a resident in the said Town of Friendship and that Cary Crandal who has also signed the same is a resident in the said Town of Friendship and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit - 
                  John Griffin }   Judges of Common  
                  Asa S. Allen }    Pleas of Allegheny    
                 Josiah Utter  }    County   
      
     I Judson W Sherman Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County of Allegany do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matte of the application of Elisha Dakin for a pension - 

     In testimony where I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 30th day of October in the year one thousand wight hundred thirty two.

           J W Sherman Clk

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Elisha Dakin
Allegany Co N York Affd
Done

23 398

e.e.
Admitted
Private 14 months

93.32
23.33
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116.65

Hon. E. Howell

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          War Department,
               Pension Office,
                    June 3 1833

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 a 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 show what is necessary to be done.  Those points to which your attention in more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: } ).  You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

A Statement, showing the Service of Elisha Dakin

Period when the service was rendered
1776
Duration of the claimant's service
10 months
Rank of the claimant
Private
Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served
Capt Rosenkrans
Names and Rank of the General and Field officers
Colo Clinton
Battles in which the applicant was engaged.
--
Country through which he marched
Fort Mongomery
Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period
81 years
Dutchess Co New York
Evidence by which the declaration is supported
(illegible) 2 living witnesses

Period when the service was rendered
#1775
Duration of the claimant's service
6 months
Rank of the claimant
Private
Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served
Capt Rosenkrans
Names and Rank of the General and Field officers
Colo not recollected
Battles in which the applicant was engaged.
--
Country through which he marched
Fort Mongomery

Period when the service was rendered
Feby-X1776  (illegible)
Duration of the claimant's service
1 month
Rank of the claimant
Private
Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served
Capt Woodard
Names and Rank of the General and Field officers
--

Period when the service was rendered
1777 (illegible)
Duration of the claimant's service
1 month
Rank of the claimant
Private
Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served
Capt Mead
Names and Rank of the General and Field officers
Colo not recollected
Battles in which the applicant was engaged.
(illegible)


Spring 1782      18 months
Hired a substitute    2 months not specified
------------------------------------------------
                          14 months
X  after (illegible) enlisted (illegible) at Fort Montgomery
#  Taken sick a short time after he entered the service

          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 tolls 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          age (c)          years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the fenefit of the provion 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:

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No. 14.191.

Delaration of
    Fanny Dakin
    widow of Elisha

Act. July 7, 1838

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State of Michigan
County of Ingham

     on this 24th day of June, (illegible year) personally appeared before me William Tompkins a Justice of the Peace in and for said county Fanny Dakin aged, seventy eight years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, (illegible) July 7, 1838, entitled "An act granting half pay and previous to certain widows.  That she is the widow of Elisha Dakin who (illegible) a pension under the Act of June 7, 1932 at the rate of Forty Six dollars and sixty six cents per annum that he served as a private in the Revolutionary war - that she does not remember the name of the Captain or Colonel under whom he served.  That her husband (illegible) was placed on the pension Roll of the State of New York and was paid as the se believes to the 4th day of March 1842.
     She further declares that she was married to the said Elisha Dakin on the twelvth day of October Seventeenhundred and ninety three; that her husband the aforesaid Elisha Dakin died ont he ninth day of  June one thousand eight hundred and forty two in the Town of Friendship Allegany County in the State of New York;  that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage to him took place previous to the first of January Seventeen hundred and ninety four viz at the time above stated.
Sworn to and subscribed on the twenty eight day of June on the day and year first above written

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State of Michigan
County of Ingham } ss.
I, Henry P. Atwood Clerk of said County of Ingham DO HEREBY CERTIFY, that William Tompkins [illegible] whose name is subscribed to the certificate or proof of acknowledgment of the annexed Instrument, and therein written, was at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment, a Justice of the Peace for said county, duly elected and qualified, and duly authorized to take the same: AND FURTHER, that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of such Justice of the peace and verily believe that the signature to the said certificate or proof of acknowledgment, is genuine: I FURTHER CERTIFY, that said instrument is executed and acknowledged according to the Laws of this State,
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said county, at Mason this 28th day of June A.D. 1850
HP Atwood
Clerk.

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State of Michigan
County of Ingham
John B. Labdell being duly sworn deposits and says that the above memo is a true copy made by this deponent from an original Bibb record in the hand writing of Elisha Dakin mentioned in the above memo that this deponent made the above memo and copy at the request of the above named Elisha Dakin He alleging as a reason for having it copyed that that his Bible in which it was then made was small and much worn that his deponent is well acquainted with this known writing of the late Elisha Dakin mentioned in the above memo and believes that the original from which (?) this deponent made the above copy was in the hand writing of the above mentioned Elisha Dakin.
John B Lobdel [signed]
Sworn to and subscribed before me this twelfth day of February AO 1850
William Tompkins Justice of the Peace

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State of Michigan
Count of Ingham
I (?) Clerk of Said County do hereby certify that William Tompkins whose name is subscribed to the (?) is of the annexed affidavit is a Justice of the Peace duly elected and qualified and has been since July AD 1818 and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of such Justice and believe his signature to said (?) is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereinto set my hand and affixed my official Seal at (?) and Said County this fourteenth day of January AD Eighteen hundred and fifty.
H. P. Atwood Clerk [signed]

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State of Michigan
County of Ingham
Jacob Dakin being duly sworn deposits and says that he saw the original memo made by the late Elisha Dakin his Father in the Family Bible and that this deponent has examined the memo made by John B Lobdell at the request of the late Elisha Dakin his Father and believes it to be a true copy of the original and further this deponent saith not.
Jacob Dakin [signed]
Sworn to and subscribed to before me this twelfth day of February AD 1850
William Tomkins Justice of the Peace

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Family Record
Marriages
Elisha Dakin was married to Fanna Van Velson Oct 12th 1793. Jacob Dakin was married to Mahala Bartlett December 18th 1818. Judson Dakin was married to Polly Guftalin March 11th 1820.  Polly Dakin was married to Isak Jordan February 22th 1821. Charity Dakin was married to John B. Lobdell February 22th 1823. John Dakin was married to Aminelli Southwick Sept 20th 1828. Betsey Dakin was married to Danel Labar March 7th 1823.  Hubbard Dakin was married to Mary Smith July 4th 1844.

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FAMILY RECORD
BIRTHS
Lorisa Dakin was born Sept 20th 1794.  Jacob Dakin was born March 8th 1796. Judson Dakin was born Sept 17th 1799. Polly Dakin was born March 1th 1802. Charity Dakin was born June 20th 1804. John Dakin was born April 18th 1806. Betsey Dakin was born December 9th 1808. Abraham Dakin was born March 10th 1811. Hubbard Dakin was born October 17th 1814.

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[Top right] Rev. and 1812 Ware section [small hand drawn squiggle underneath "wars" and in top left]

June 7, 1828

John T. Horton
510 Woodlawn Ave
Buffalo, N. Y.
Sir:
I advise you from the paper in the Revolutionary War pension claim R. 2627, Elisha Dakin was born October 1, 1751 in the state of New Jersey.
While residing in Frederiokstown, Dutchess County, New York, he enlisted in March 1776 and serves eleven months as a private in Captain Jame Rosecran's Company, Colonel Jame Clinton's New York Regiment; and serves other short tours, no details stated.
He was allowed Pension of his application exe-outed October 30, 1832, while a resident of Bolivar, Allegany County, New York.
The soldier married October 12, 1793, Fanny or Fanna Van Velson. He died June 9, 1842 in the Town of

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Friendship, Allegany County, New York. In 1850 she was living in Ingham County, Michigan, and aged seventy eight years.
Their children were -
Lovisa born September 20, 1794
Jacob born March 8, 1796, Dec. 18, 1818, Mahala Bartlett
Judson born September 17, 1799, March 11,1820, Polly Huftalin
Polly born March 1,1802, Feb. 22, 1821, Isaac Jordan
Charity born June 20, 1804, Feb. 22, 1823, John B. Lobdell
John born April 18, 1806, Sept. 20, 1828, Amirellis Southwick
Betsy born December 9,1808, March 7, 1823, Danel Labar
Abraham born March 10, 1811
Hubbard born October 17, 1814, July 4, 1844, Mary Smith.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.

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[Crossed out in Black ink] Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873

[on a line] 2627
[A stamp that reads "REJECTED" goes diagonal across the line]

P.O. [Underneath empty line] Fanny Dakin

Service: [Underneath empty line]
widow of Elisha

Enlisted : ___________________, 18
Discharged: _________________, 18
Application filed: _____________, 18

Alleges: _______________________________
______________________________________
Re-enlisted : ___________________________
______________________________________

Attorney: ______________________________
P. O. __________________________________
_______________________________________
____________Recognized.   _________Contract
____________ Cert. Of Dis.  Searched for ________, 18

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1928 June 7 - Hist to John J. Horton see his letter in Zenas Tichenor W. 15961 - AVF

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[Paper very dark, difficult to read in some areas] 
No. 14[?]91
[illegible]
Fanny Dakin
widow of Elisha
Act of July 1838
[Let or Set] E. P. Hastings 27 Nov 1850
2627

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State of Virginia
Randolph County  Before me Godfrey Hille Esq one of the justices of the peace in and for the county aforesaid (?) appears Daniel Caufield of this county and states aforesaid, who being duly affirmed deposits and saith, that he was a private soldier in Captain Rosencrantz company of infantry, in the Regiment commanded by Col. Linton in the Continental (?) of the Revolutionary war at Fort Montgomery in the state of New York in the year one thousand seven hundred and twenty six, and personally knew Elisha Dakin a private of the same company that he served with the said Elisha Dakin from some time in March of that year till the first of January succeeding, when having served the time for which they were entitled they were honorably discharged and went home in Company-and further saith not 
Sworn and subscribed this 26th day of May in A.D. 1828 before me Geoffrey Heille [signed]
I certify that Daniel Caufield he above mentioned deponent is a credible person
Godfrey Heille [signed]

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Virginia
Randolph County
Court Clerk's office
I certify that Godfrey Hill before whom the within affidavit was taken was on the day of the Date of the same an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly authorized and sworn to act as such and further that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the
said Justice and verily believe the signature of Godfrey
Hill subscribed thereto to be in his own proper hand writing
In Witness whereof I hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County at Beverly this 26th day of May 1838.
Archibald Earle Clerk of AC

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State of Virginia
Randolph County
Before me Godfrey Heille of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said County personally appeared Daniel Caufield of the County and State aforesaid, who affirmed in due form of law that he was a private soldier in Captain James Rosecrantz Company of infantry in the regiment commanded by Colonel James Clinton in the Continental Army of the Revolutionary War, at Fort Montgomery in the State of New York in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy six and that he personally knew Elisha Daikin a private of the same company - that he served with said Elisha Daikin from some time in the month of March in the year aforesaid until the first of January following, when they were honourably discharged and went home together- having served the time for which they enlisted-and that he saw and knew the identical Elisha Daikin above named, in the month of April last at the town of Bolivar in the County of Allegany in the State of New York.
Affirmed and subscribed this 2nd day of April A.D. 1829 before me. Godfrey Heille [signed].
Daniel Caufield X [his mark]. I certify that Daniel Caufield the above named deponent is a credible person. [signed] Godfrey Heille.

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Virginia Randolph County 
I Archibald Earle Clerk of the County Court of Randolph aforesaid in the said State of Virginia do hereby certify that Godfrey Heille Esquire before whom the within affirmation was made was at the time of his signing the same and now is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Randolph and states aforesaid duly confirmed and qualified, and that due faith and credit are and ought to be given to all his official acts as such, as well in Courts of Justice as (?)
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the Seal of the said County at the Clerks Office this 2d day of April A.D. 1829.

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Fanny Dakin
widow of
Elisha Dakin
Act 1838
State Mich
P[illegible]
Jno T Neely

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Know all men by these presents that I Fanny Dakin an applicant for a Pension under the acts of July 29, 1848 do hereby constitute and appoint John L. Neely Esq of the City of Washington my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name to apply to the proper department at Washington for any papers which have been filed with my application to transact any other (?) pertain to my claim for a pension which may be necessary to be done.  In witness whereof I have hereto set my hand and seal this 26 day of July 1852. In presence of John R Lobidell [signed]SamuelA.Lobidel[signed]
Fanny Dakin X [her mark]
State of Michigan County of Ingham
Be it known that on the 26th day of July 1852 before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said county personally appeared Fanny Dakin the above named and acknowledged the foregoing power of attorney to be her act and deed. George J. Sly Justice [signed]

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State of Michigan
County of Ingham
George J Sly the Justice before whom the (?) in acknowledgement was taken to certify that the witness named Fanny Dakin stated to me the reason of her making her wal. She is certified and blind and I believe the statement to be true George J Sly Justice [signed]
State of Michigan
County of Ingham
I Peter Low Clerk of said County and of the circuit court thereof do hereby certify that George J Sly the magistrate before whom the annexed Power of attorney was acknowledged was at the date of taking such acknowledgement a Justice of the Peace in and for said county duly stated and qualified and duly authorized to take acknowledgement of deeds and other instruments that I am well acquainted with his hand writing & verify (?) his signature to said certificate of acknowledgment as also his signature to a justice certificate is genuine. In testimony whereof I have herewith set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 26th Day of July AD 1852. P. Low Clerk [signed]

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E.P. Hastings
27 Nov 1850

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Pension Office 
Nov 27th 1852
Sir: The declaration of Fanny Daikin, widow of Elisha, under the Act of 7 July, 1898,  has been received. As her husband missed the ? of that act she is not entitled to the ? of its provisions. If her marriage before 1800 is forward, she may claim them under the Act 29 July, 1828 under which she shared children. The copy of the family record sent with her application is not sufficient. If the original is destroyed, she must show whether any name exists in the township in which she was united to her husband. If the Town Clerk certifies that he can find no such entry, she may then introduce witnesses who know her as the wife of said Elisha Dakin prior to the 2nd January 1800.
E.P. Hastings Esq. Detroit Michigan

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

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Pension Agency Detroit Aug 15 1850
J.L. Edwards, Esq Commissioner of Pensions
Sir, I enclose the application of Fanny Dakin widow of Elisha Dakin a (?) Pensioner under the act of June 7m 1832 in the Roll of the New York agency for a pension. Re (?) to address to my care I am Sir respectfully your obedient Servant E.P. Hastings

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Elisha Dakin

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State of New York
Allegany County ss-
Personally appeared before me the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace [illegible] for the said County of Allegany, Elisha Dakin, 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-[illegible] -For eleven months I served as a private in the year 1776- For one month as a substitute for a private in the year 1777- For nine months, by a substitute as a private in the year 1782- and for such service I claim a pension.
Sworn + Subscribed this 10th day of August 1833 before me- Elisha Dakin
Warren Wellman J.P.
I hereby certify that I am acquainted with Elisha Dakin the above named [illegible], that he is a respectable and worthy old man and that his statement is entitled to full credit and belief-
Warren Wellman J.P.

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State of New York,
County of Allegany
Clerk's Office ss.
I Judson W. Sherman Clerk of said County do certify that Warren Wellman Esq. before whom the preceding affidavit was made was at the time the same purports to have been done a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Allegany, duly authorizes by law to take the same and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Warren Wellman and verily believe that the signature of the said Warren thereto subscribed to be genuine. Witness my hand and the seal of said County at Angelica this tenth day of August A.D. 1833.
JW Sherman [illegible]

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State of Michigan
County of Ingham ss
I HP Atwood Clerk of the Ingham County Court holden at Mason in and for said County do herby certify that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to said court that Elisha Dakin was a pensioner of the Northern States at the rate of Sixty[crossed out] Forty Six dollars and sixty six cents per annum, was a resident of the County of Allegany in the State of New York and died in the County and State last aforesaid in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty two on the ninth day of June and that Fanny Dakin is his widow and now resides in the County of Ingham in the State of Michigan. 
In testimony whereof I have herewith set my hand and the Seal of the said Ingham County Court at Mason in said County this twenty ninth day of June AD one thousand eight hundred and fifty
HP Atwood 
Clerk

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Payments to be made
at New York
by [illegible] Mechanics' Bank
Agent for paying Pensioners, 
in the Agency of New York
Recorded in the Pension Office, 
in Book E Vol. 4
Page 96 by W. L. Williams
Clerk

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War Department
Revolutionary Claim

I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Elisha Dakin of the State of New York who was a private in the revolutionary war is entitled to receive forty-six dollars and sixty-six cents per annum during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September in every year.

Given at the War Office of the United States, this eighteenth day of January one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four

Lew. Cass
Secretary of War.

Examined and Countersigned}
J.L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions