Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 44014, Daniel Ward, N.H.

SERVICE
NUMBER
N.H.
Ward Daniel
S 44014
CONTENTS

(2274) New York.
Capt. Daniel Ward, Hutchings private, New Hampshire line
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York, at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 7 th of April, 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 th of Aug t 1818 and sent to Dr. Riker Esq., City of New York.
Arrearages to 1 st Sept r 1818
4 Mos. 28/30. $: 39 46.
{ Revolutionary claims, } { Act 18th March, 1818, }
3 Years Gilly
New York

State of New-York.
CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW-YORK, 33.
I, BENJAMIN FERRIS , Clerk of the City and County of New-York, and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said City and County,
Do hereby certify, That Richard Riker, Esq.
before whom the annexed Affidavits were made, and who hath subscribed his name to the Certificate also hereto annexed, was on the day when the said Affidavits were made and the said Certificate signed, Recorder of the City of New-York and a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, called the Mayor's Court of the City of New-York, and duly commissioned and sworn. And further, that the said Court is a Court of Record of the State of New-York, and that the signature of R. RIKER subscribed to the said Certificate, is the proper hand writing of the said Richard Riker.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, this day of _____ 181_____

To the Hon. Richard Riker
Recorder of the City of New-York, and one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, called the Mayor's Court of the City of New-York, which is a Court of Record of the State of New-York.
The Declaration under Oath of Daniel Ward
formerly a Soldier engaged in the Service of the United States during the Revolutionary War, now a Citizen of the United States and resident of the City and County of New-York, respectfully sheweth,
THAT the said Daniel Ward  Enlisted as a soldier sometime in the in the Spring of the year 1777 for three years in Captain Stutchings Company in Col o  Cilley's Regiment under the Continental Establishment in the revolutionary war against the the Common Enemy and actually served for the term of three years and was then honorably discharged but my discharge is lost and I am now 76 years of age Col o  Cilley's Regiment was from the state of New Hampshire
And the declaration further sheweth, that the said Daniel Ward is now a citizen of the United States, resides in the city of New-York, and is, by reason of his reduced circumstances in life, in need of assistance from his country for support
Therefore the said Daniel Ward conceives himself entitled to the benefit of the Act of the Congress of the United States, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," approved 18th March, 1818, and requests your Honor will examine into the truth of the matter aforesaid, certify and transmit

the testimony in the case, and the proceedings had thereon, to the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War, to the end that such relief may be had in the premises, as is by law in such case made and provided. 'And in support of the facts above set forth, the said Daniel Word refers to Bazaleel
How who was on Office in the same line with me I am not able to procure further testimony at Present of my Service
City and County of New-York, ss.
Daniel Word
of the City and County of New-York, being duly sworn, saith, that the matters by him set forth in the foregoing Declaration, are in all respects just and true.
Sworn before me this Seventh day of April 1818, }
Daniel Word
P Pike Recorder of the City of New York
City and County of New-York, ss.
Bazaleel How
of the City of New York aforesaid. being sworn, saith, that he was well acquainted with the Regiment in which the applicant saith he served in as I was an Officer in the Revolutionary war from the year 1777 and was in the same Regiment that the said Daniel Word claims his pension I have conversed with him and from other testimony and of three Respectable Clergemen of New York and M c Leonard Blake who was an Officer of the Revolution I have every reason to believe that his statement to be correct
Bazaleel Howe
Sworn before me this Seventh day of April 1818, }
P Pike

These are to certify that Daniel Ward of this city whom we have known for several years is a man of good moral character, though in deep poverty, we believe him to be a man of veracity; & that what he has stated relative to his being in the United States Service during the Revolutionary war is strictly correct according to the best of his recollection
New York } April 15 1818 }
Archibald MacLay
Leah Bleeker
Isaac Van Horn John Williams
Johnson Chase

Daniel Ward Soldier
Cilley's Regt.
live not stated.
New Hampshire State
Admitted
12 for
R. Riker, Esq.
New York

City and State of NEW-YORK, ss.
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on this seventh day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen before me Richard Riker Recorder of the City of New-York, and one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, called the Mayor's Court of the City of New-York, which is a Court of Record, personally appeared the aforesaid Daniel Word
who being by me duly sworn to the truth of the facts stated in the foregoing Declaration and from an officer Col. How who at present serv'd in the same Regiment with this applicant serv'd in
WHEREUPON I being satisfied that the said Daniel Word did serve in the Service of the United States under the Continental Establishment in the Revolutionary War, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months and longer, to wit: for the term and the manner stated in the Declaration of the said applicant; and that the said applicant is fairly and justly entitled to the benefit of the Act aforesaid. THEREFORE I DO HEREBY CERTIFY and transmit the testimony in the case, and the proceedings had thereon, as before set forth, to the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War.
GIVEN under my Hand and Seal of the said Court, in the City of NEW-YORK, this seventh day of April in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen
R Riker

1912 Mar. 15- Hist. to W. J. Fitzgerald V.L.M.
44014
Rev INVALID.
File No. 44.014
Daniel Ward
Rev Rev Rev
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 3 , Page 536
[Arrangement of 1870.]

W. T. FITZ GERALD                      S. W. FITZ GERALD ATTORNEY AT LAW                      ATTORNEY AT LAW MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL EXPERTS W. T. FITZ GERALD & CO. Attorneys & Counsellors at Law LE DROIT BUILDING, EIGHTH & F STREETS WASHINGTON, D. C. PATENT PRACTICE EXCLUSIVELY CABLE ADDRESS                      LONG DISTANCE "GERALDINE" WASHINGTON              TELEPHONE
March 9, 1912.
Hon. Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
My grand-father Daniel Ward served in the Revolutionary War from New Hampshire. I do not know whether he ever drew a pension or not. I would be pleased to receive a statement giving me all the information you can in regard to his service, place and date of birth if possible, though I understand he was born in New Hampshire at Nashua.
Very respectfully,
G

information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. Daniel Ward P.F. 44014
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Spring 1777 3 yrs. Pvt. Hutchins Willey N.H.                                     
Battles engaged in, _____ Residence of soldier at enlistment, _____ Date of application for pension, Apr. 7. 1818. His cl. al. Residence at date of application, New York City Age at date of application, 76 yrs. Place and date of birth not stated Remarks: No data as to family.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.