Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 43273, Daniel Webster, Conn.

SERVICE
Conn.
Webster, Daniel
NUMBER
S. 43273
CONTENTS

19513
New York
Daniel Webster
of Catskill in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain L. Allen of the regiment commanded by Colonel Saml. Elmore in the Connecticut line, for the term of one year from April 1776 to May 1777
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 15th of September 1825
Certificate of Pension issued the 28th of Oct 1818 and sent to the Hon. D. Webb Canandagua New York
Arrears to 4th of portion of Semi-ann. all'ce ending March 1825 $45.25
Revolutionary claim Acts March 18, 1818 and May 1, 1820.

In the matter of Daniel Webster a pensioner
Original claim

State of New York Ontario County ss. On the nine-tenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty five personally appeared in open Court in the Court of Common pleas in and for said County being a resident of the town of Bloomfield in said County, Daniel Webster, Court of record in and for said County, Daniel Webster, aged sixty seven years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of Congress of the 18 th of March 1818 and of the 1 st May 1830; that he the said Daniel Webster enlisted for the term of One year on the fifteenth day of April in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy six at Montreal in the province of Lower Canada in the company commanded by Captain Nathaniel Allen, in the regiment commanded by Col. Samuel Clmore in the Connecticut line in the Continental Establishment; that he continued to serve in the said corps until the month of May in the year One thousand seven hundred and seventy seven when he was discharged from the service at the town of Herkimer in the County of Herkimer and State of New York; that he hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a pension except the present; that his name is not to his knowledge on the roll of any State except the State of Connecticut, and that the reason

for his not making earlier application for a pension on account of the aforesaid service, was the want of proper proof to substantiate the fact of his said Revolutionary Services independent of his own oath.
As in pursuance of the act of the 1 st May 1830 I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any other manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of the 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" passed on the 18 th day of March 1818 - and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me any property, securities contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed
   Articles Value Articles Value     1 old table $1.00 1 old foot wheel $1.00   6 chairs 1.00 One chair .20   2 chests 1.75 Shovel & tongs 1.25   3 barrels .75 1 old axe .50   2 quilts 2.25 1 hoe .50  

   4 white cloths 3. 38 Old frying pan .50   6 old towels 1.00 Small kettle .38   Contents of an old chest 2.00 Tea do 1.00   1 old basket and contents 1.50 1 Girdle 1.50   1 old bedstead 1.00 Iron pot 1.50   Blanket in an old chest 1.50 Dish kettle 1.25   Cookery &c 2.00 Old griddle .50   Old tea box & East India ware 1.50 Spider .50   1 Candle stand 1.00 Crane hook .25   Order line .50   Spandrin 1.50   Old wheel 1.00   2 tubs 1.00   1 Steel yard .50   21. 63   15. 63   21. 63   $ 37. 26  
Daniel Webster -
That this declarant is by occupation a farmer - but that from the hardships of his youth, his old age and consequent infirmity he is disabled from pursuing it with effect; that there is no one living in his family excepting himself and wife aged about 55 years who is very weak and infirm - That no changes have taken place in the property of this declarant since the 18th of March 1818 except that at that time he owned a cow and two pigs which in the year 1819 he was obliged to dispose of for the

purpose of defraying a Doctor's bill for attendance upon himself during a fit of sickness -
Daniel Webster
Subscribed Sworn and declared to this 19 th August 1825
Michael Brooks a Judge of Ontario County Courts -
Ralph Lester Deputy Clerk of the County of Ontario do hereby certify that it appears to the satisfaction of the Court that the said Daniel Webster did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the preceding decla- ration against the Common Enemy for the term of nine months under one engagement on the Con- tinentals Establishment - I also certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto an- nexed are true copies from the records of the said Court, and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is truly Seven dollars and twenty five cents - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County on this fifteenth day of September A.D. 1825.
Ralph Lester Dep. Clk

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Daniel Webster , a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. L. file #3273
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Apr. 15 1776 Nov 1777 Priv. Patrick Allen Samuel Clinch Penn                                                   
Battles engaged in, ✓ Residence of soldier at enlistment, ✓  at Mountbatten Date of application for pension, Aug 19 1825  Albany Residence at date of application, Bloomfield, Ontario Co., N.Y. Age at date of application, 67 yrs.
Remarks: He was a member of the 1st Regt. Penn. Key Stone Battery. He did not receive a pension from the State of Pennsylvania. He is entitled to a pension from the U.S. for his services during the Revolutionary War. He is now 67 years of age and has been residing in the State of New York since 1825.

W. N. R.
3-871.
RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Briefed by A. M. D. 18/8/10
Claim No. _____
Certificate No. _____
Claimant _____
Soldier Daniel Webster
Service Allen's Co. Conn.
Additional Service Rev.
No. _____ claim, State records _____, 191____
No claim, combination records _____, 191____
REMARKS:
Jur. 7. 4 3,273

Mar. 30, 1900 Rev. M. R. Webster Bradford Pa
1910 Aug. 19. Hist. to Mrs. Jason McElvain
43273
Rev INVALID.
File No. 43,273
Daniel Webster Pa. Rev. Pa
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 3 , Page 552

19.7.64.
Daniel Webster, Ontario Co. N.Y.
Hon. D. Marvin, Canandaigua, N.Y.
Recd 25 Oct. 1825.
application as the old
Chas. James
Secretary of War
Washington City
1825

Dear Sir
Mr. [unclear] has enclosed to the pension office in behalf of a very poor and worthy old patient in this vicinity who who to be placed on the pension list - I conclude there can be no doubt of his right to draw a pension if he is correct in his statement to me - He informs me that Dolly one of his witnesses is now on the pension roll by reason of her services in the same regiment - If the service is of the proper character the application no doubt ought to be granted as the old man is bound to a pension -
With great respect
Your obedt servant
Dudley Mann
Canandaigua Oct 17 - 1848
Wm James Nason
Secretary of War

Jonathan Peak affidavit

State of New York. 3 Columbia County ss 3 Samuel Doty of the Town of Canaan in the County and State aforesaid. Blacksmith being duly sworn upon oath and faith, That he was personally knowing Daniel Webster who now resides in the Town of Bloomfield in the County of Ontario and State aforesaid, That on the fifteenth day of April one thousand seven hundred and seventy six enlisted as a private soldier, (in Canada) in the Company of Captain Lothrop Allen in the Regiment called Colonel Samuel Almore in the Connecticut Line - under the Continental service, the said Webster did then serve as a private soldier as aforesaid in the United States from the said fifteenth day of April one thousand seven hundred and seventy six till the first day of May, then following being in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy six from one year seven when the aforesaid together with the said Daniel Webster was duly discharged by the said Almore Colonel of the said Regiment aforesaid - Samuel Doty
Sworn before me James H. Parker one of the Justices of the Peace in the Town of Chatham in the County of Columbia this day of May 1875 James H. Parker Justice Peace

I do also certify That I am well acquainted with Samuel Doty the within Witness who has subscribed his name thereto - who is a Credible Witness, whose character stands fair and unimpeached at the above date
James H. Burke Justice Peace
Sam L. Doty - affiant

Columbia County ss Jonathan Drake of the Town of Chatham in the County and State aforesaid Farrus, being duly sworn depon't and saith he is personally knowing Daniel Webster, who now resides in the Town of Bloomfield in the County of Ontario and State aforesaid That on the fifteenth day of April one thousand seven hundred and Seventy five he said Webster enlisted as a private Soldier in the Company of Captain Lothrop Allen, in the Regiment called Colonel Samuel Almore in the Connecticut Line under the Continental Army The said Webster did then and there as a private Soldier as aforesaid in the United States from the said fifteenth day of April one thousand seven hundred and Seventy six till the first day of May then following being in the year one thousand seven hundred and Seventy seven, over one year Service, when this deponent together with the said Daniel Webster was duly discharged by the said Almore Colonel of the said Regiment as aforesaid -
Sworn before me James H Parker Jonathan Peak one of the Justices of the peace in the Town of Chatham in the County of Columbia this 3 rd day of May 1875
James H Parker Justice Peace

COLUMBIA COUNTY, } ss. CLERK'S OFFICE, }
I, JUSTUS MCKINSTRY, CLERK OF THE COUNTY OF COLUMBIA, do hereby certify that James H. Parke whose signature appears on the annexed Certificate was on the date of the said Certificate & Affidavit a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Columbia,....IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County, the sixth day of May
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty- five
Justus M. McKinstry

I do also Certify That I am well acquainted with Jonathan Peake a The within Witness who has subscribed his name thereto who is an Credible Witness, whose character stands fair and unimpeached at the above date
James H. Brooke Justice Peace

EMILY VIRGINIA MASON CHAPTER DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION HASTINGS, MICHIGAN
Aug. 13- 1910.
Commissioner of Pensions.
Washington D. C.
Dear sir; - Will you kindly send me what records you have, in regard to Daniels Webster who served, as a private in Captain Lathrop Allen's Company, Colonel Samuel Edwards' Battalion of Connecticut troops, Revolutionary War. He was granted a pension and we need some of the facts recorded in connection with his application for same.
Very truly (Mrs. Jacob)
Lois M. Edwain Sergeant.
AUG 17 1910