Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 23,476, Daniel A Ward, New York

SERVICE
Ward, Daniel A
NUMBER
New York
S. 23476
CONTENTS

24.181 24. 18
New York
Daniel A Ward-
of Connecticut in the State of New York who was a Private in the Comp. commanded by Captain Toler of the Regt. commanded by Col. Graham in the New York line for 2 Years
935
Date of death under 473.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 day of Nov 1833 and South Claimant Sheldon. Connecticut.
Arrears to the 4th of Apr. '34 $ 266 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Mo. '35 11 $ 277
5 Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Col. (Stiles) Clerk, Book E. Vol. 1. Page 128

Daniel A Ward Official name affidavit
State of New York Cayuga County
Hannah Smith a sister of
Solomon Ward within named being, duly sworn, deposes & saith that she has no interest in the event of the application of Daniel Ward for a pension and that she is knowing to the facts stated in the within affidavit in the manner therein set forth that she has no doubt her brother Daniel served in the Revolutionary War in the manner stated in his affidavit herewith annexed & the within affidavit of Solomon Ward & further saith not
Hannah * Smith Mark.
Cayuga County ss. Personally appeared before me, Hannah Smith to me known and made solemn oath that the foregoing affidavit by her subscribed is true. Said J. William Allen One of the justices of the peace in & for the county aforesaid further certify that the said Hannah Smith is known to me to be a credible witness August 2 th 1818
William Allen Justice Peace

State of New York Cayuga County
Solomon Ward of the town of Cicipis in the County of Cayuga and State of New York being duly sworn deposes and saith that he is a brother of Daniel S. Ward, the applicant within named, that he has no interest in the event of the application and knows that his brother Daniel entered in the army of the United States upon the Continental Establishment the Spring before the execution of Major Andre, and that he thinks he was absent from home, from that time, until the end of the war, and was reputed & supposed by this deponent and the rest of the family to be in the army; that once during the time he recollects that his brother came home, and wore a light uniform -try hat, the same as wore by the corps under Maurice De Lafayette and that he this deponent has no doubt but that his brother Daniel, did offered wore as aforesaid; And further saith not.
Spent the 18th Solomon Ward Day of August 1818 before me John Groves Judge of Cayuga Co. N.Y.

I do hereby certify that I was well acquainted with the above named Solomon Ward who has subscribed and sworn to the above affidavit before me than a Judge as aforesaid previous to the year 1815 and since that time during his life time and that he the said Solomon Ward was a credible person and reputable for truth and morality and strict integrity and that the greatest confidence ought to be placed in his affidavit. Dated July 6, 1833
John Grover Justice
John Grover Esq. Judge,
Seneca, Cayuga County, New-York.
Daniel A. Ward, New-York line, Revolutionary Claim.
Not found on the New-York rolls.
Not found on the rolls
Daniel A. Ward
I certify to the Hon. the Secretary of the War Department that some of the names of persons mentioned in the list of persons who have been allowed a pension from the War Department are in Reduces Circumstances of Slavery in which of absence from his country for his support.
John Grover

I, Certify to the Hon the Secretary of the war Department that Daniel A Ward within mention is in Reduced Circumstances & Stands in need of Assistance from his Country for his Support Johnson
Daniel A. Ward

STATE OF NEW-YORK, Cayuga County, } ss.
ON this sixth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen before me, the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the county of Cayuga in said state, personally appears Daniel A. Ward  aged in his 58th year, resident in the town of Seneca in the county of Cayuga and state aforesaid, who being by me first duly sworn according to Law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval Service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War:"
That the said Daniel A. Ward enlisted in the Spring before the execution of Adjutant General Andre at Clinton in the state of New York in the Company commanded by Captain Daniel Delevan in Col. Cortlandt regiment of New York troops; Col. Cortlandt being afterwards promoted, this deponent came under the command of the Marquis De La Fayette
that he continued to serve in the said Corps, or in the service of the United States, until the peace in 1783
when he was discharged from service at Tottaway river state of New Jersey that he was in the battles of the White Plains at the storming of Stony Point , & at the taking of the cattle at Bowles Hook and is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his Country for support, and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services.
Sworn to and declared before me, the day and year first aforesaid.
Daniel A. Ward John Grover Judge of Cayuga Com. Pleas
I, John Grover Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the county of Cayuga as aforesaid, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said Daniel A. Ward did serve in the Revolutionary War, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress. Dated this sixth day of May 181 8
STATE OF NEW-YORK, Cayuga County, } ss.
I certify that John Grover before whom the foregoing declarations under oath were made, and by whom the foregoing certificate was made, was on the day of the date thereof, and still is one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the county of Cayuga duly commissioned and sworn as such Judge, and that full faith and credit are given to his acts in such capacity. I further certify that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Judge, and know the foregoing signature to be his.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the seal of the said Court, and my name subscribed. This sixth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
E. T. Mitchell Clerk

State of New York Cayuga County ss.
Daniel A Ward Official name when alive
Hannah Smith a sister of Solomon Ward within named being duly sworn deposeth & saith that she has no interest in the event of the application of Daniel Ward for a pension and that she is knowing to the facts stated in the within affidavit in the manner therein set forth that she has no doubt her brother Daniel served in the Revolutionary War in the manner stated in his affidavit herewith annexed & the within affidavit of Solomon Ward & further saith not her.
Hannah X Smith Mark.
Cayuga County ss. Personally appeared before me, Hannah Smith to me known and made solemn oath that the foregoing affidavit by her subscribed is true. Said J. William Allen Owe of the justice of the peace in & for the County aforesaid Further Certify that the said Hannah Smith is known to me to be a credible witness August 2 th 1818
William Allen Justice Peace

Daniel C. H. Wards Pension papers
18048
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State of New York
Genesee County
ss - On this fourth day of June in the year 1833 personally appeared before me the undersigned Frederick C. Farnham a Justice of the peace in and for the said County of Genesee. Daniel A. Ward of the Town of Sheldon in the County of said who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he is the very same identical Daniel A. Ward who has subscribed and sworn to the declaration for a pension herunto annexed - And further he the said Daniel A. Ward deposeth and saith that by reason of Old age and the consequent loss of memory he can not swear positively as to the precise length of his service - But he knows that he did not serve less than the period mentioned below and in the following order that he enlisted the first of May 1776 and served as a private soldier for the full term of Eight months and was duly discharged and served in Captain Faller's Company and Colonel Grahams Regiment for the said term of Eight months as he has stated in his first term of service in said declaration - That he served in the field -
1st
That in September 1777 he entered the service for the term of three months which term he served and was duly discharged as stated in his second term of service in said declaration as a private in Captain Beals Company - That he was not

attached to any Regiment and had no Colonel or field officers - That he served in the field -
That in the month of April in the year 1777 he entered the service for the term of four months and served the full term of four months as he has stated in his said third term of service in his declaration in Captain Ferricks company That he knows it was in the year 1777 because the next fall General Burgoyne surrendered That he served as a private soldier - That he stated in said declaration that it might not have been in the year 1777; but now he knows it was in that year - That it was nearly September when he was duly discharged - That he served four months just - That he was attached to no Regiment and had no Colonel or field officers - That he served in Garrison
That in the month of June 1780 he enlisted during the war into the Continental service in Captain Delamans company and Colonel Cortlandts Regiment and General La Foyettes Division - That Lieutenant Brown was Lieutenant of his said company whom he did not remember when he made said declaration Captain Cherry and Captain Blake commanded companies in said Regiment - That he served in said company and Regiment till October 1782 and that from the time he enlisted till he was discharged he served in the field as

he has stated in his fourth and last term of service in said declaration for the full term of two years and two months and he is certain and positive that he served the whole of that time and he has no doubt but that he served for the term of two years and three months -
That he served all of said terms with an undivided corps called into service by competent authority; and for the terms during which the said service was performed he was not employed in any civil pursuit - That he served in the whole of said terms as a private in the Revolutionary War for the full term of three years and five months and for which services he claims a pension - And further saith not -
Daniel A Ward
Sworn to and subscribed this fourth day of June 1833 before me
Frederick C. Farnam
Justice Peace

Daniel H. Ward, Pension papers

State of New York Genesee County
I, Timothy Fitch Clerk of said County certify that Frederick C. Farnam before whom the within affidavit purports to have been taken and made was at the date of taking the same a Justice of the Peace in and for said County and that I am acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice and verily believe his name subscribed to said affidavit is genuine —
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my name and seal of office at Batavia this thirteenth day of June 1835
Timothy Fitch Clerk By B. Pringle Dep. Clerk

Daniel A. Ward Pension papers
Please forward certificate to Moulton Farnham Attn Genesee County New York -

State of New York } W. Hannah Smith of the Cayuga County } Town of Springport of the County and State aforesaid being duly sworn deposes and saith that she was Sixty three years of age on the Twenty Second day of February last. And further this Depo- nent saith that she is a sister to Daniel C. Ward who has subscribed and sworn to the Declaration for a pension herunto annexed. And further that she has no interest in the event of the application of the  of the said Daniel C. Ward for a pension And further this Deponent saith that the said Daniel C. Ward in the latter part of the Spring or fore part of the summer in the year 1780 enlisted as a private soldier in to the continental establishment during the war into La Fayette's Army and that he served as such private soldier as she understood and was infor- med and believeth believes during the War and returned from the service in the fall of 1782 That he was absent full two years and three months. That the next winter after he so enlisted he returned home to his father's in the Nine parts Dutchess County New York on a furlough and had on a light infantry hat and was dressed in soldier's clothes and before his furlough expired he the said Daniel C. Ward retur- ned to the Army and never returned home again till the fall of 1782 - That she heard him say he served in Gilean's Company -

And further this Deponent saith that she has no doubt but that the said Daniel A. Ward served as a private soldier during all the term aforesaid in Captain Delano's Company as above stated which term was full two years and three months and that when the said Daniel A. Ward enlisted and returned from the service as above stated he and this Deponent lived with their father in the nine partners aforesaid in the Town of Washington - And further saith not
Sworn to and subscribed
Hannah her Smith mark
this sixth day of July 1883
before me Abram Burlew Justice
I certify that I saw the above named Hannah Smith make her mark and that I am acquainted with her and that she does not nor can she write her name - And I further certify that I am well acquainted with the said Hannah Smith who has subscribed and sworn to the above affidavit before me this day and that she is a credible Witness and reputable for truth and veracity and strict integrity - Given this 6 th day of July 1883 Abram Burlew Justice

State of New York Cayuga County
ss. John Forbes of the Town of Hurley in the County and State aforesaid being duly sworn deposes and saith that he is eighty nine years of age or upwards and that he was well acquainted with Daniel C. Ward who has subscribed and sworn to the declaration for a pension herunto annexed, and that he this Deponent was acquainted with the said Daniel C. Ward till about fourteen years ago - And further this Deponent saith that in the forepart of May in the year 1776 he this Deponent and the said Daniel C. Ward enlisted together as private soldiers for the term of eight months at Washington in the New Jersey Detachment New York where they both then went in to a company of New York Militia commanded by James Taller and then and there joined said company and that he this Deponent and the said Daniel C. Ward served in said company under the said Captain Taller for the term of eight months and were discharged at Paterick Hill New York and that the said Daniel C. Ward was discharged on or about the first day of January 1777 and that this Deponent was re-discharged till some time after as he was a guard over the Continental stores and was held after his term expired - That said company after they so enlisted marched to Fishkill and there joined
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Colonel Grahams Regiment and Lieutenant Colonel Hoppins - That said Regiment belonged to General Shletons Brigade - That he this Deponent and the said Daniel O. Ward with the said Regiment marched from Fishkill to Kingsbridge - That they worked on fort Independence and marched from thence to White Plains and he this Deponent and the said Daniel O. Ward were in the Battle at White Plains - That after the said Battle they all marched back to Fishkill and went into Winter quarters in the highlands and there remained till they were discharged as aforesaid - That he saw the said Ward every day almost and knows that the said Ward served eight months in the said Company Regiment and Brigade as aforesaid - And further this Deponent saith that in the year 1750 he this Deponent lived about three quarters of a mile from the said Daniel O. Ward at Washington aforesaid and that in the Spring or Summer of 1750 the said Daniel O. Ward enlisted into the American army in the Conti- nental Service and went into the Army and was gone away from home more than two years and during the rest of that Deponents recollection and he understood he served all that time in Captain Edwards Company - Colonel Cartlands Regiment in General McFaydens Division - That after he said Daniel O. Ward came to Washington aforesaid from the Army on a furlough and was a light infantry

Cap such as was worn in Lafayette's army and that he thinks he never saw the said Daniel H. Ward again till in the fall of 1782 when he returned from the Army - and this Deponent further saith that he has no doubt but that the said Daniel H. Ward served more than two years in Captain Stewart's Company and Colonel Rutledge's Regiment in Lafayette's Division as a private soldier and was duly discharged -
And further this Deponent saith that in September 1777 at Washington, though he knows that Daniel H. Ward afterwards entered the Philadelphia Service as a private soldier for the term of three months in Captain Beall's Company and this Deponent further saith he served with the said Daniel H. Ward in said Captain Beall's Company for the said term of three months and he knows that the said Daniel H. Ward served the said three months in said Captain Beall's Company at Fishkill on the Hudson River which said Company was not attached to any Regiment - That he this Deponent frequently saw the said Daniel H. Ward at Fishkill when he served in Captain Beall's Company -
And further this Deponent saith that in the month of April in the year 1777 he this Deponent enlisted in to Captain Herries's Company at Washington for the term of four months and that there and there the said Daniel H. Ward entered the said Company with this Deponent but whether he enlisted or took the place of a blank he does not know - and this said said Company at Washington

of ordain under Captain Herrick - That they marched to Barnegat near Fishkill and there went on board of a Schooner and landed at Fort Independence or near that place and the said Company was stationed there four months - That the Deponent knew the said David Servis in said Captain Herrick's Company for the term of four months and was only discharged at Poughkeepsie - that he served as a private soldier during that time - That he fre- quently saw the said David Servis in said Company during the said four months service in Captain Herrick's Company - And further this Deponent saith that she thinks the first term of service herein above mentioned was eight months but it might be less - And further saith not
Sworn to and subscribed this 19 th day of July 1833 before me
John Fowler
E. Brachbach Justice of Peace
I do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the above named John Fowler who has subscribed and sworn to the above affidavit before me and that he is a credible person and reputable for truth and veracity and strict integrity and that the greatest confidence should be placed in his affidavit Dated July 19, 1833
Isaac D. Diefenbach Justice of the Peace

State of New York Cayuga County ss
Abiah Forbes being being duly sworn deposits and saith that she is 77 years of age and that she resided in Washington of Onondaga during the Revolutionary War and was then and now is the wife of the above named John Forbes who has subscribed and sworn to the next preceding affidavit herunto annexed and that she was well acquainted with the said David G. Ward during the Revolutionary War and that the facts set forth in the affidavit of the said John Forbes are true according to the best of her recollection and that the said David G. Ward enlisted into the Continental service in the Spring or Summer of 1780 in Capt Tams Schuyler's Company Colonel Carllandt's Regiment and never returned till the fall of 1782 when she will recollect that the said David G. Ward returned from the Army as a discharged soldier a light infantryman - And that she has no doubt but that the said David G. Ward served in the Revolutionary War as the said John Forbes has stated in his affidavit and that the said David G. Ward has stated in his declaration for a pension herunto annexed - And further saith not
Abiah F. Forbes mark
Sworn to and subscribed This 19. day of July 1853 before me D. Benedict Justice of Peace
I do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Abiah Forbes and that she can not write her name and that she is a credible person and reputable for truth and veracity and that she subscribed and sworn to the above affidavit before me - Dated July 19. 1853
D. Benedict Justice of the Peace

State of New York Cayuga County
§ I Michael L. Myers, clerk of said § County, do certify, that John Gner Esq. was, § on the eighteenth day of August 1818 a Judge § of the Court of Common Pleas of said County, § & that on the sixth day of July 1833, the said § John Gner was a Justice of the Peace of said County, & that I am acquainted with his hand-writing & verily believe that his signature subscribed to the of  with annexed affidavit of Solomon Ward, and also his signature subscribed to the certificate accompanying the same to be genuine; and further that Abraham B. Burlew Esq. was on the sixth day of July 1833 a Justice of the Peace of said County, that I am acquainted with his hand-writing & verily believe his signature to the annexed affidavit of Hannah Smith & the certificate of credibility accompanying the same, to be genuine; and I further certify that Bradley Benedict Esq. was at the date of the annexed certificates & affida- vits of John Forbes & Abiah Forbes, a Justice of the Peace of said County, and that I am acquainted with his hand-writing and verily believe his signatures subscribed to said affidavits & the certificates of credibility accompanying the same, to be genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name & affixed the seal of said County at Auburn, this fifteenth day of July 1833
M. L. Myers

City of New York Genesee County
ss. Manlton Farnham of the Town of Attica in the County and State aforesaid being duly sworn deposes and saith that he is well acquainted with Daniel A. Ward who has subscribed and sworn to the declaration for a pension herunto annexed - And further this Deponent saith that at the time the said Daniel A. Ward made his said declaration for a pension and the amendment thereto the said Daniel A. Ward supposed and verily thought that John Forbes who has subscribed and sworn to the affidavit herunto annexed was dead - And this Deponent further saith that that on the sixth day of July instant he went into the Town of Scio Cayuga County New York for the purpose of obtaining the affidavit of Solomon Ward who subscribed and swore to the affidavit herunto annexed in August 1818 and there this Deponent ascertained that the said Solomon Ward died last November - and there and there this Deponent ascertained that one John Forbes was living in said County who had served in the Revolutionary War with the said Daniel A. Ward and this Deponent soon thereafter procured his the said John Forbes said affidavit herunto annexed And further this Deponent saith that the said Daniel A. Ward is a person of truth and veracity and has no doubt but that the said Daniel A. Ward served as he has stated in his said declaration
Sworn to and subscribed this 20 th day of July 1833 before me
Manlton Farnham
Benjamin Pringle Dep. Clerk of Genesee County
I do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Manlton Farnham who has subscribed and sworn to the above affidavit before me and that he is a credible person and reputable for truth and veracity - Witness my hand and seal this 20 th 1833 Benjamin Pringle Deputy Clerk of Genesee County

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832
State of New York } ss County of Genesee }
On this sixteenth day of October in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County of Genesee now sitting, Daniel H. Ward a resident of the Town of Sheldon in the County of Genesee and State of New York aged Seventy two years and five months 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 7, 1832 -
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and service as herein stated. -
That on or about the first of May in the year seventeen hundred and seventy six he enlisted for the term of Eight months at Washington in the Nine partners in the County of Dutchess in the State of New York as a private soldier into the Militia of New York into the Company

commanded by James Toller and then and there joined the company and served as a private soldier in said company under the said Captain Toller for the term of Eight months and was discharged at Poughkeepsie on the East side of the Hudson River in the state of New York on the first day of January 1777 but received no written discharge.
That soon after he enlisted he joined said company and marched with said company directly to Fishkill on the East side of the Hudson River and then from there to Poughkeepsie aforesaid and staid there about a month and then from there to Kings bridge about fifteen miles north of the City of New York - When the said company arrived at Fishkill aforesaid it was attached to the Rye of Militia commanded by Colonel Graham Lieutenant Colonel Stephens and he thinks the said Regiment was attached to General Clintons Brigade - He marched as aforesaid from Fishkill to Kingsbridge with the said company Regiment and Brigade - That after the said Brigade arrived at Kings Bridge they were employed in building fort Independence - That he thinks he was stationed at Kingsbridge about three months - and in the month of September after the British had taken Long Island and New York the said Brigade and he with them marched to White

1 plains that in the latter part of September 1776 a battle was fought between the American and British armies and he was in the battle from the beginning to the end - That it was a very severe engagement and General Washington com- manded the American Army during the battle That in about a fortnight after the battle the British burned the barnet house and the plains and the next day after the barnet house was burned the British retired from the plains and he with a party of volunteers captured the the rear guard and the baggage of the British and he thinks the volunteers were commanded by Colonel Hopkins - Soon after that he with the said Brigade mar- ched back to Peekskill and went into winter quarters in the highlands and there the army lay and he with them till the first day of January 1777 when he was discharged as aforesaid - That the following were the officers with whom he served as aforesaid - Captain Tullar, Betts and Paul Penander were Lieutenants in said company William Trumper was Lieutenant of and served in said company till he died at Kingsbridge and then Betts or Penander succeeded him - That he has forgotten the name of the Major of said Regiment The said Graham was Colonel, Hopkins Lieutenant Colonel and Morchouse quarter Master of said Regiment

Bradsby and Montgomery and serjants of said company - That a captain Platt commanded a company during the said term in said Regiment - While he was at Kingsbridge there were a great many troops stationed there besides his Brigade - He saw General Hith and his Brigade there - General Putnam and Washington he saw there friendly and also saw Captain Lamb and his Artillery company there - That at White Plains the Amer- ican army was very large - A great many troops from Connecticut were there - At White Plains he saw Generals Washington Putnam - Hith and Clinton - That he does not recollect the names of any more officers Regiments or companies than he has above mentioned - That he served the said term of Eight months up aforesaid in the said company Regiment and Brigade under the above named officers - That when he entered the service as aforesaid he resided at Washington in the Nine parts aforesaid

That in the month of September but what day he does not know in the year 1777 at Washington aforesaid he with five others were put into a class to furnish a man to serve for the term of three months. That he agreed to go and the other five paid him as bounty to clear them from service about fifty dollars and soon after he joined the company of drafted Militia at Poughkeepsie under the command of Captain Beal and from there he with said company marched directly to Fishkill aforesaid and there the said company was stationed three months under the said Captain Beal - that he served in said company for the term of three months and the said company was not attached to any - Regiment but was employed in ferrying cattle across the Hudson River to Newburg and in the month of December following he was discharged at Fishkill aforesaid but received no written discharge - That the troops lay above the ferry and as he was employed at the ferry all the time he had no opportunity to know any of the officers companies or Regiments in camp - That when he entered the service last above stated he resided at Washington aforesaid -

That in the month of April he thinks in the year 1777 which was before the three months service above stated but it might not have been in the year 1777 a number of militia was called for and a class of Eight persons was formed to furnish one man to serve four months and that he was one of the class. that at Washington aforesaid he agreed to go and clear the others from service and they paid him twenty Eight dollars and then and there he joined the Company of Chiliton under the command of Captain Herrick and marched to Poughkeepsie on the East side of the Hudson River and there he and the whole Company went on board of a Sloop and landed at fort Independence about three miles below fort Montgomery and there at fort Independence he and the said Company were stationed four months that he served in said Company at said fort the said four months under the said Captain Herrick Lieutenant Zopher Weeks, and Ensign Philip Bawne - The said Captain had the command of the fort during said time and during said time there were but two Companies stationed at said fort besides the said Captain

1 1 Herriks company and they were commanded by Captain Joseph Herrick brother to the said Captain Herrick whose christian name was Ani- jah and Captain Hermann - that a brother of Captain Hermann was Lieutenant under him Captain Anijah Herrick had the command of the fort - That he served for the term aforesaid as a private soldier and entered the service as such - That he was discharged at Poughkeepsie That he resided at Washington aforesaid when he entered the service as aforesaid - That he received no written discharge -

That about the first of July  June but on what day he does not know in the year Seventeen hundred and Eighty at West point on the Hudson River in the State of New York he the said Daniel A. Ward enlisted under Captain Dilevan as a private soldier into the Regular Service during the Revolutionary war - That then and there he joined the said Captain Dilevan's Company and served in said Company at West Point about three weeks and marched from there to the English Neighborhood in the State of New Jersey and there the said Company joined the Regiment of light Infantry which belonged to General La Fayette's Division - That La Fayette was at the English neighborhood when he joined said Regiment - That he has forgotten the names of the field officers of said except Colonel Gortandt who commanded said Regiment Regiment - A man by the name of Brown was Lieutenant in said Company but he has forgotten the Ensign's name - That he served in said Company and Regiment under the said Captain Dilevan in La Fayette's Division or army till he was duly discharged on the West side of the Hudson River opposite to  at the mouth of the  Tarrytown, about three miles below West at Talowaw River

3 Point in the fall of 1782 he is very - position but it might be in the fall of 1783 At all events it was at the time that all of said Captain Delano's Company was discharged and at the same time all of Captain Cherry and Captain Blake's companies were discharged there which companies served in said Regiment under the said Captains Cherry and Blake during all the time that he the said Ward served as aforesaid and that he knew them well and at the same time three or four other companies were discharged there and he thinks then and there the said Regiment was all discharged and disbanded - That he received a written discharge signed by General La Fayette which said discharge is lost or destroyed - That he does not know what time in the fall he was discharged but thinks it was in the month of October - That after he joined said Regiment he with the Regiment and Lafayette's Army marched to Tota- wa River and staid there two weeks and then to Paramas and staid there about a month and then marched back to the English Neighbour

hood and La Fayette returned to the English village with the Army - That he with the army went into Winter quarters about three miles from the English Neighborhood and there remained till about the first of April in the year 1781 - That the English village was called head quarters for the American Army under Lay Fayette That he with said Army mar- ched and were stationed within the vicinity of the English Neighborhood - That he frequently saw General Washington that summer - That late in the fall the said Army and he with them went into winter quarters in the same place where they wintered before - That General Green and his Army wintered with La Fayette's Army and came when La Fay- ette's army were at Paramus in New Jersey - That the Army lay in winter quarters till April 1782 - That the Army and he with them marched to Morristown after they had left Winter quarters and from there returned back to the English Neigh- borhood - And remained there and in the vicinity thereof till he was discharged as aforesaid - That he was in no battles - That General Lay Fayette was the commander of

the army in which he served during the said term of service - That he does not recollect any officers companies or Regiments or circumstances except those above mentioned - That from the time he enlisted as aforesaid till he was duly discharged he served at least two years and two months under General La Fayette and never left the army but once during the whole term of service and that was on a furlough to go home three weeks and he returned to the Army before the furlough was out - That he resided at Washington in the Ninepartners aforesaid when he entered the service for the term last aforesaid That he has stated all the facts and circumstances relating to his revolutionary service according to the best of his memory - That he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service in the Revolutionary War except Salomon Ward and Hannah Smith who have sworn to the affidavit hereto annexed - That he was at the taking of the cattle at Barks Hook That said Colonel Cartlandt was promoted and he came under the immediate command of La Fayette soon after he enlisted That he was born at Washington in the Ninepartners aforesaid in the year 1760 -
That he has a record of his age in his Bible at home in Sheldon aforesaid
That he lived at Washington aforesaid when called into service

That since the Revolutionary War he has lived at Washington aforesaid - Ithaca Schenectady County New York - Scipio Cayuga County New York and Sheldon Genesee County New York and that he now resides in the said Town of Sheldon
That the names of persons to whom he is known in his present neighborhood and who can testify as to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution are - That he knows Rufus Kinney the nearest Clergyman and John C. Salisbury post Master
He hereby making in this every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state
Daniel A Ward
Sworn to and Subscribed } the day and year aforesaid } in open Court
Timothy Fitch Clerk
We Rufus Kinney a clergyman residing in the Town of Cattara in the said County of Genesee and John C. Salisbury residing in the Town of Sheldon in said County of Genesee do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Daniel A Ward who has subscribed and sworn to the

above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy two years of age; that he is respected and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Rufus Cheney John Salisbury
Sworn and subscribed } the day and year aforesaid } in open Court
Timothy Fitch Clerk
And the said Board 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 Board further certifies that it appears to them that Rufus Cheney who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the Town of Attica in the said County of Genesee and that John Salisbury who has also signed the same is a resident in the Town of Sheldon in said County and a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit
Isaac Wilson William Mitchell Robert Carr

I Timothy Fitch Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Linn County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the Application of Daniel C. Ward for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of my office this sixteenth day of October in the year 1832 -
Timothy Fitch Clerk

18046
Daniel A Ward
Green co. N.Y.
Calif.
Admitted Private 2 years

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
May 17 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 subjjoined 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. These 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 David Brant Genesee Co New York
   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 1776 enlisted " 8 " Pvt Capt Teller Cols Graham Lt Col Hopkins Fishkill Kings bridge Washington New York Living witness as to part of service   Sept 1777 enlisted " 3 " do Beal White Plains Fishkill do Testimony   Apr 1777 enlisted " 4 " do Capt Housh Lt Webb St Lawrence Great point   June 1780 Capt Delivand La Fayette Col. Cottrell age at 72 years 5 months  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
100 120 20

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 } ss. County of }
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. 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 declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto 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 declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B.
who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application 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 of 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

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 he 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 traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such 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 he 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 months , 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.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are 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.
[k] The notes from [a] to [j] 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.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

May 25, 1931
Miss Marie Squire Suite 2, 106 Chester Street Allston, Massachusetts
Rev.& 1812 Wars Section AWF:MLB
Dear Madam:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 23476, that Daniel A. Ward was born in 1760 in Washington, Dutchess County, New York.
While residing in Washington, New York, he enlisted and served as a private in the New York troops, as follows:
From early in May, 1776, eight months in Captain James Teller's company, Colonel Graham's regiment and was in the battle of White Plains; from April, 1777, four months in Captain Herrick's company and was stationed at Fort Independence; from September, 1777, three months in Captain Beal's company; from June, 1780, until the fall of 1782, in Captain Daniel Delevan's company, a part of the time in Colonel Cortlandt's regiment. He stated that he was at the storming of Stony Point and the battle of Paulus Hook; no further details of this service given.
After the Revolution he lived in Duanesburg and Scipio, New York.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 16, 1832, at which time he was living in Sheldon, Genesee County, New York.
He stated that his father, whose name is not given, lived in Washington, New York, during the Revolution.
There is no reference to soldier's wife or children.
Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner

Resection
23476 INVALID.
File No. 23476
Daniel A. Ward
Rev War
Act: June 7 th 82 nd
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 285
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1931 May 25. Hild. L. Macarie Square Dce her letter in Henry Thomas S. 472473 encl.