Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 13,861, for Daniel Marshall, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Marshall, Daniel
S 13,861
carded
CONTENTS

1425 New York
Daniel Marshall Whitestone in the State of New York
as a Private in the Company, command Captain Hawley & others of the Reg't command Lt. McKimster vs. in the New York for 18 months
Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of — 60 Dollars — Cents per annum commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
First rate of Pension issued the 3rd day of October 1832 — and issued to the Beneficiary
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 — $ 90. 00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4th Mar '33 30. 00
$ 120. 00
{ Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Book D
Geo. C. Steele
Clerk,
Vol. 5
Page 11
Dead. See letter Nov. 21. 1831/32. died 10th. was July
C. Baker 1844.
Dead
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of April 1838 from 4 March 1831. to 12 Oct 1832. Age notified 29 Oct 1844.

3635
New York
admitted
18 mo
$60.

3635
BRIEF in the case of  Daniel Marshall, - Whitestown,  Co. of Oneida  in the State of New York  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Judge  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? It does.  3. How old is he? 70 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.     Thinks in May 1779 Spring of 6 private Gen. Cap. Howley, Col. J. McRae, Col. S. DePeyster, Lt. Pitelot, Maj. G. Esselstine, Col. L. DeBois.   May 1780 5 Substitute Cap. Pitelot, Cap. J. Putnam, H. B. Woodworth   "about 1 st May 1781 6 private Col. P. Van Ness, Cap. C. Hoogeboom   "Same year or year previous" 1 " Cap. J. DeLong, Col. G. Esselstine, Col. Van Ness.  
 5. In what battles was he engaged?  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Claverack, Columbia Co. N.Y.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Living witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
W. Sawcett Examining Clerk.

Declaration in order to be admitted on the Pension list under the Act entitled "An Act Supplementary to the "Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the revolution", Approved June 7 1832
For the purpose of obtaining the benefits of the Act entitled "An Act supplementary to the "Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the revolution", approved 7 th June 1832. I Daniel Marshall of Whitesboro Oneida County & State of New York aged seventy years do hereby declare that I served as a pri- =vate soldier in the army of the revolution during the years 1779 1780 & 1781 in the whole for about the term of eighteen months at the times & in the manner following viz
On the Spring of 1779 I enlisted at Claverack in the County of Columbia & State of New York for the term of six months in the Militia called the New levies in the Company com- =manded by Captain Hensley in the Regi- =ment commanded by Colonel John Mc Huntee, that I was stationed a part of the time at West Point & a part of the time at Fish- =kill at which last place I was honorably discharged & was in the service at that time a few days less than six months
In the month of May 1780 I again enlisted for five months at Claverack aforesaid, in Captain Pitchers Company & was afterwards transferred to Captain Putnam's company of rangers under Lieutenant Solomon Wood- =worth, that we were stationed at Johnstown in the State of New York & staid there about a month & was then transferred to Stone Arabia in said State & remained there until my

term of enlistment had expired when I was honorable discharged
On or about the first of May 1781 I again en- =listed in Colonel Peter Van Kepp Regiment of Infantry in Captain Hoopboom Compa- =ny, that afterwards Captain Barnes belong had command of the company & Colonel Gabriel Spelstine took command of the regiment, that I was engaged under this enlistment for the term of six months & re- =mained in the service that time, part of the time I was stationed at Schenectady & a part of the time at Fort Hunter on the Mohawk river, I was honorable discharged
That in the same year I was in the service as a volunteer about one month on the Moh- =awk river in Colonel Van Kepp Regiment
That I am not entitled to any benefit under the Act for the relief of certain surviving officers & soldiers of the revolution passed the 15 day of May 1828 & that I do not now nor ever have re- =ceived any annuity or pension under any law of the United States providing for revolution- =ary officers & soldiers Dated 30 June 1832. David L. Marshall
Before Me Augustus S. Johnson a Justice of the peace in the Town of Whitesboro in the County of Oneida in the State of New York personally ap- =peared this day Samuel Marshall to me well known to be the person who executed the foregoing declaration who being by me duly sworn

1 The foregoing declaration by him subscribed are true & I further certify that the said Ben- cett is generally reputed & believed to have been a soldier in the army of the revo- -lution. Witness my hand this 30 th day of June 1832
A. S. Johnson Justice

State of New York } Oneida County } ss
Henry Mager of the Town of Western in the County of Oneida being duly sworn deponeth & saith that he is now of the age of sixty eight years, that he has been acquainted with Daniel Marshall of Whitesboro named in the annexed papers & has known him ever since the said Marshall was fifteen years old, & that at the time of the Revolutionary war this deponent resided in the same town & neighborhood with him which was the Town of Claverack now in the County of Columbia & State of New York, & has been intimately acquainted with him ever since, that he knows of his having served as a soldier in the Militia at several different times during the Revolution war, that this deponent knows that on one occasion the particular year this deponent can not state, believes it was the year 1779 or 1780 the said Daniel enlisted as a soldier in the volunteers for the term of six months as this deponent believes, & it was in the spring of the year, that he saw him at or about the time he started, & knows he was absent about six months as was then said & believed, & as this deponent believes in the service in pursuance of his enlistment, when he returned,
And this deponent further says that he saw the said Marshall in the service at Schenectady in Colonel Peter Van Klief Regiment, the particular year this deponent can not now recollect but believes it was in the year 1781, at all events it was the year in which Schenectady  Schenectady was burnt by the British, that this deponent was also a soldier in the Militia at the same time, that this deponent can not testify with certainty as to the time that said Marshall was there, that according to this deponent's best recollection the said Marshall went into the service in the spring & remained there until fall this deponent well recollects that Captain James Belong was in the service & about the time that Mr. Marshall has stated in his Declaration Declaration, that this deponent well knew Col. John McTear & Capt. Cornelius

Knowlton & knows that Mr. Hinster was in the service at about the time spoken of by said Marshall, that from the length of time that has occurred this deponent cannot speak with entire certainty as to dates & as to the length of time which said Marshall was actually engaged in the service but he well recollects he was gone in the service on several occasions.
Given the 18 th day of June 1832 before me Chester Hargrave first page of Oath
State of New York Onondaga County ss. I certify that on this 18 th day of June 1832 Henry Mayer with whom I am well acquainted was before me duly sworn to the truth of the foregoing affidavit - That he is highly respectable in his character standing in community, and entitled to entire credit as a witness and a man of truth - C. Hargrave, first page of Oath
State of New York Clerk's Office Onondaga County ss. I George Brown clerk of the said County do hereby certify that Augustus S. Johnson before whom one of the within affidavits purports to have been sworn was on the day of the same a justice of the peace in & for the said County of Onondaga duly authorized by law to act as such justice - I further certify that Chester Hargrave Esq. before whom the other of said affidavits purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same first judge of the County Courts of said County duly commissioned sworn & authorized by law to act as such - and furthermore that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Augustus S. Johnson and with the hand writing of the said Chester Hargrave and verily believe their names subscribed to the said affidavits respectively to their own proper hand writing and signature. Witness my hand & seal of office this 3 rd day of July A.D. 1832. Geo. Brown Clerk
5633

State of New York
County of Oneida } ss
Personally appeared before the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace, in and for said county, Rosanna Winters of Whitesboro, in said county aged _____ years & upwards, who doth upon her oath make the following Deposition, in order to obtain from the Pension Office, a New Pension certificate, on the account of her father (Daniel Marshall) Revolutionary Services, that the Pension, due the said Daniel Marshall at his decease, - upon an original Pension certificate to him granted - which has been lost - and not collected - may be obtained for the benefit of his children.
That she is a child of said Daniel Marshall who was a Soldier in the war of the Revolution and who in the year 183 - eighteen hundred and Thirty _____ made application from Oneida Co N.Y. for a Pension under the act of June 1832 - eight- een hundred & thirty two, and that in accordance with the provision of the same - a pension certificate was granted - allowing said Daniel Marshall a Pension of about Sixty Dollars per annum - which was not received until after the death of said Daniel Marshall - he dying on the eleventh day of October eighteen hundred & thirty two - ( leaving no widow him surviving ) And in consequence of the death of his Attorney, J. C. Baker of Whitesboro

The business was given up - together with the reason that the heirs were very much scattered - and difficult to obtain the power of attorney necessary to collect the same - Subscribed and sworn before me this 10 th day of July 1841
Rosina Hinter
W. Mcleure Notary

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
July 31 st 1844.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, The Adm rs of Daniel Marshall, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany, N.Y., Agency, at the rate of Sixty Dollars and Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March 1831, to the 12 th Oct. 1832.
Respectfully, yours,
John N. Tappan
Comptroller.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, Present.

Rev. War
13861 INVALID.
File No. 13, 861
Daniel Marshall Rev. Boer War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 289
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Daniel Marshall, New York City, Act June 7. 1832, at $60 per annum. Certificate of pension issued 3 rd November 1832.
Has any payment ever been made in the case; and if so, to what time?
Pension Office July 12. 1844.
no payment has been made
JH

Pension Office, July 15. 1844
Sir,
In the case of Daniel Marshall, dec d I have to inform you that the arrear of pension due from the 4 th of March 1831 to the day of his death, are payable at the Office of P. Hagner, Esq., Third Auditor, in this City. Such vouchers as the enclosed printed sheets point out, should be prepared and sent to Mr. H. It would be contrary to our rules to issue a new Certificate of pension in the case of a deceased Pensioner. In lieu of the original certificate such proof will be required as the 7 th rule of the regulations of November 1833 points out.
I am, very respectfully Your obt Servant J. L. Edwards
W. G. Wade, Esq., Rome, New York.

July 12 44
Dear Marshall
My note 32
See
Hon J. S. Edwards
Comm Pension
Washington
D.C.

Rome July 10 th 1844
J L Edwards Esquire Sir
In behalf of the heirs of Daniel Marshall - a deceased Revolutionary Soldier - do I transmit the enclosed Deposition, not being in propo- -sition of any form, for an application of this kind, - it may be possible that all facts necessary are not set forth -
I conclude that, all that is necessary for an investigation is contained in the enclosed - if otherwise you will favor me with the particulars and oblige -
Your humble Servant W. G. Wade
J L Edwards Esquire Comm Pensions Washington D. C. -

declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 1832
State of New York Herk Co. County
On this thirteenth day of August 1832 personally appeared before Chester Hayden Esquire First Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Herk Daniel Marshall a resident of the Town of Whitestown in the County of Herk and State of New York (who by reason of his bodily infirmity is unable to appear in Court) aged seventy 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 7 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. That he was born at the Town of Pine Partners Dutchess County State of New York has a record of his age transcribed into his Bible from a former memorandum That he lived at Claverack in the County of Columbia in the State of New York where he was called into the service & that he removed from that place to Herk County & from there to Rome in said County from Rome to Gravelly Hill before Coeymans & from Coeymans back to Rome & from Rome to Whitestown where & that he now lives in the Town of Whitestown in the County of Herk State of New York & has lived there for the last eight years
That in the spring of the year 1779 he thinks in the month of May he enlisted as a volunteer at Claverack in the County of Columbia & State of New York for the term of six months in the militia called the New Levis in the Company commanded

by Captain _____ Hawley in the regiment commanded by Colonel John Mc Tinker, that I was stationed a part of the time at West Point & a part of the time at Fishkill at which last place I was honorably discharged after having been in the service a few days less than six months. That the name of the Lieutenant was Pitcher & the Major was Gabriel Spelstone, that Col Lewis de Bois was at Fishkill with his regiment at the time he was there
That in the month of May 1780 I again enlisted in the service of the Continental Congress in the service of the Continental Congress
in Captain _____ Pitchers company, that he was afterwards transferred to Captain John Patricks Company of _____ under Lieu- tenant Solomon _____ that he was sta- tioned at Johnstown in the State of New York & staid there about a month & was then marched to Stone Arabia in said State & remain- ed there until my term of enlistment had expired when I was honorably discharged
That on or about the first of May 1781 I again enlisted as a volunteer in the military in Colonel Peter van Vels Regiment of Infantry, at Catskill as aforesaid in Captain Cornelius Hoogeboom's company that afterwards Captain James Delong had command of the company & Colonel Ga- briel Spelstone took command of the regiment that I was in the service engaged under this enlistment for the term of six months that a part of the time I was stationed at Schenectady & a part of the time at Fort Hunter on the Mohawk river & was honorably discharged. That Francis Delong was the Lieutenant. That in one of these two last years he was at Fort Stanwix on a scouting

party.
In the year previous That in the same year I again volunteered on the militia was called out in force at Claverack aforesaid & was in the service about one month on the Mohawk river near Colonel Van Riper's Regiment, when I was honorably discharged That a part of the time I was at Albany & a part of the time at Schoenectady
That the whole time I was engaged in the service as aforesaid was about the term of eighteen months. That I never received any written discharge
That he knows of no person except Henry Mager of New- town Meigs, whose affidavit he has already procured who is the only living witness that he knows of that can testify in relation to his services.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pen- sion or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state
Daniel Marshall
Sworn to and subscribed the day & and year aforesaid
Christian Heyman first page Onondaga County
The Mayhew & Mott Clergymen and James B Brumhall Mechanic residing in Whitesboro aforesaid hereby certify that We are well acquainted with Daniel Marshall who has subscribed and sworn to the above decla- -ration That he believes him to be about seventy years of age, That he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion & that he is a man of truth & veracity
Mayhew D Mott J. B. Brumhall
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid by Mott & affirmed by Brumhall Christian Heyman first page Onondaga County County

and of the said Chester Hayden first page of the said County Court do certify and declare my opinion that the said applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served in the State which opinion is founded on his answers to the questions presented by the War de- partment and an investigation of the matter - and I do further certify that it appears to me that Mayhew D. Mott who has signed the preceding cer- tificate is a clergyman residing in the said town of Hoopeston and that James B. Brimmer who has also signed the same is also a resident of the said town, his considerable person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. Dated August 13 th 1832
Chester Hayden, first page of order County
and here further certify that the said applicant is from his bodily infirmity unable to attend a court of record
Chester Hayden, first page to
State of New York Clerks Office Oneida County ss: I George Brown Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Oneida which is a Court of Record do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of Chester Hayden first page of said Court in the matter of the applica- tion of Daniel Marshall for a pension & further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said judge and verily believe the several signatures "Chester Hayden" above subscribed to the several papers are in his own proper handwriting.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand at Trial of Office this 14 th day of August A.D. 1832
Geo Brown Clerk
Joseph B. Read Dep. Clk.