Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 14765, Daniel Ver Valin, New York

SERVICE
New York
Vrr Valin. Daniel
NUMBER
S 14765
boarded
CONTENTS

13.322
Henry No Valin
admitted.
7 mo. Corporal
7 mo 2 nd Lieut
Alex s Forbes Poughkeepsie - N.Y.

BRIEF in the case of  Daniel VerValin  of Lagrange  in the State of N. York  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? a Judge  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? it is so certified  3. How old is he? 78 years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days. As a Gen.     Spring of 1776 7 Corporal Capt. Dorland Col. Humphrey  N. York   May 1777 7 2nd Sgt. Capt. Henry Wyckoff N. York Militia  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None named  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Fishkill  N. York  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional evidence, and the living witnesses who testified to both terms of service  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? they are properly authenticated 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
H. Gordon Examining Clerk.

8833
New York
Daniel Verbalin
Lagrange in the State of New York who was a Lieut. Col. in the Company commanded by Captain Dorland of the Regt. commanded by Col. Humphrey in the N.Y. one line for
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 60 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 day of Apr 1833 and sent to A. Forbes. Poughkeepsie
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $121.32 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept " 30.33
$151.65
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk, Book E Vol. 4 Page 34

Reborn
14765 INVALID.
File No. 14765
Daniel V. V. V. Sergt. Boer War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. / , Page 389
[Arrangement of 1870.]

13 322
2
admitted
7 mo. Corporal 7 mo 2 nd Sergeant
22 3.66 35 60.66

State of New York
Dutchess County ss: On this twenty fifth day of September in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty two before me Joseph I. Jackson one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Dutchess in the State of New York, personally appeared Daniel Ver Valen resident in the town of La Grange in said County of Dutchess, aged 78 years, who being by me 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 served as is herein stated. That in the spring of 1776. he entered as a volunteer in Captain Dorland's Company of Militia of New York, in Colonel Humphreys regiment, under Gen James Clinton, James Sleight was first Sergeant of the Company, joined at Fishkill and went to Fort Montgomery in the Highlands, remained and served there as Corporal of the company for seven months and was discharged at said fort, with the said James Sleight Colonel Du Bois Regiment of the New York line was then at said fort. In May 1777 deponent entered as a private in Captain Henry Wyckoff's Company of New York Militia of which the said James Sleight was first Lieutenant, was stationed at Fort Constitution in the Highlands, after Fort Montgomery was taken, they evacuated Fort Constitution, marched to Fishkill thence crossed the river to Newburgh, from there went to Kingston and was near that place when it was burned by the British, after the enemy came down the river, our troops returned to Newburgh where the deponent was discharged after a service of seven months as Second Sergeant. That the deponent was born in the town of Fishkill now La Grange on the same farm on which he now resides on the third day of November 1754 and has always lived in the same township, the record of his age is in a family bible, and is now produced. He has not any direct proof of his services except as is hereto annexed and deponent names the Reverend  James  Wyckoff and Gideon Ver Valen to testify to his character and reputation as to his revolutionary services. He hereby relinquishes 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. Deponent had not any written discharge after either service.
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid before me. Jos. I. Jackson
his Daniel Ver Valen mark

State of New York Dutchess County } ss. James Sleight of the town of La Grange in the County of Dutchess aged 81 years being duly sworn doth depose and say that he knows Daniel Ver Valen who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration, and knew him during the Revolutionary war, knows that he served in Captain Dorlands Company of militia in 1776 for seven months as stated by him, deponent was at that time first sergeant of the Company and was discharged at the same time at Fort Montgomery. In 1777 the said Daniel Ver Valen went with this deponent from Fishkill to across the river back of New Poughkeepsie under General Clinton & then to Kingston & this deponent & the said Daniel Ver Valen were near Kingston when it was burnt by the British & that the said Daniel Ver Valen served on this occasion about seven months & then was discharged together with this deponent at New Poughkeepsie. Sworn to and subscribed this 25 th day of September 1832 before me Jos. I. Jackson James Sleight
State of New York Dutchess County } ss. We Gideon Ver Valen and Peter R. Sleight both of the town of La Grange in the County of Dutchess do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Daniel Ver Valen who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration and have known him from our earliest recollection for more than twenty years, that we believe him to be of the age therein stated, 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, that the character of the said Daniel Ver Valen for truth and veracity is good and unexceptionable, and that he is

entitled to full credit on oath. Sworn to and Subscribed this 25 th day of September 1832. before me Jos. I. Jackson
Peter R. Sleight Gideon Ver Velin
I Joseph I. Jackson Judge as aforesaid do hereby certify that above applicant Daniel Ver Valin is unable to attend court by reason of bodily infirmity, And I do hereby declare my 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 I do further certify that it appears to me that James Sleight Peter R. Sleight and Gideon Ver Velin who have sworn to and subscribed the above affidavits are residents of the town of La Grange in said County of Dutchess and that they are credible persons and that their statements are entitled to credit.
Jos. I. Jackson
I Henry I. Praver Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Dutchess do hereby certify that Joseph I. Jackson above named is a Judge of the said Court duly appointed and sworn, and his signatures above written are in his proper hand writing, with which I am acquainted. And that the foregoing contains the original proceedings before the said Judge as certified by him in the matter of the application of Daniel Ver Valin for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court this twenty fifth day of September in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
Henry I. Praver Clerk