Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 42915, for Daniel Matthews, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Matthews, Daniel
S 42915
CONTENTS

19.055 R
New York
Daniel Matthews,
of Madison Co in the state of New York who was a Private in the Compy commanded by Captain Burnham of the regiment commanded by Colonel Tupper in the Mass. line, for the term of Byron
discharge within
Inscribed on the Roll of NEW YORK at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 17. of June 1823
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 of Sept 1823 and Subs John G. Haver Esq Canajoharie - New York
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1823 20.80
Semi anl. all'ce ending 1st Dec 1824 48
16 18 4.80 1.30
$ 68.80
7.00
{ Revolutionary claim, Acts March 18, 1818, and May 1, 1820. } L
March 1. 1820

State of New-York Maderin County ss. On this 17 th day of February June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & twenty three personally appeared in open court in the Court of common pleas of the County of maderin, being a court of records for the said County of maderin established as such by the laws of the State of New-York. Daniel Smith Matthews aged fifty nine years on the eighteenth day of May XXXX & resided in Lilesville in the County of maderin & State of New York who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath depose & say that he was in the pre-revolutionary war as follows according to the best of his recollection he enlisted into the Continental army in the month of August 1782 to serve for the term of three years. That said enlistment was into the Tenth maderin under Colonel Supper that he was after- wards transferred to the Eighth maderin Chambers Regiment, where he continued a short time longer, & was again transferred to the Three Regiment of the Massachusetts line, where he continued to serve almost a year when he was honably discharged, which discharge is hereunto annexed, & he further saith that he did serve for more than one year under said enlistment before he was discharged

& according to the best of his belief for about four years & a half. and this informant further saith that about thirteen years ago he had a fit of apoplexy which rendered him unable to give a statement of facts that occurred so long ago. & that he is unable to recollect with certainty the names of any of his officers, but he believes his Captain at one time to have been one Burnham, & he further the Colonel of the tenth Regiment to have been one Tupper, the adjutant in which regiment was the son of said Colonel Tupper - and he further saith that he made an original declaration hereto annexed on the 19th day of May 1819 before me Sitch one of the Judges of the Court of common pleas of the County of Washington in the State of New York. and I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818, and that I have not since that time, by gift sale or otherwise in any manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the trade & naval service of the United States

in the Revolutionary war passed on the 18th March 1818. and I have not nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities contracts or debts due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed & by me subcribed to wit Real property I have none, debts or securities I have none. Of personal  estate I have the following articles:
  One one horse wagon worth $35.00   One cow ————— 9.50   Several articles of iron ware 5.00   1 Shovel 1 Crane & tongs & and bars 2.00   Plows & breaking plow & tin ware 1.50   Wooden dishes ————— 1.50   One set of one horse harness 9.00   Six old chairs & one old table 1.12   One old chest ————— glass 25   Old knives & forks 2 spoons & looking glass 37   One saw 80.1. Pickaxe 12.2. two hoes 37.2 1.00   Put upon the shelves 3.00   One horse 40.00   108.24 
Besides the above I have nothing clothing & bedding also
I am by occupation a tailor, but from loss of sight, & the effects of the apoplectic shock before spoken of I am unable to do more than one fourth of the labor of an able bodied man. The value of my family consists of my wife Ruth Matthews aged fifty nine years who is able to perform one half the labor of an able bodied woman, & my son Daniel

Matthews aged four years who is sickly & unable to render me any aid in the support of my family Daniel Matthews I was to of die ten in open Court on the 17th day of May June. 1823 A. H. Sloan Dep. Clk
I Bennet Bucknell Clerk of the Court of common pleas of Madison County in the State of New-York do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule hereto annexed are truly copied from the record 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 foregoing schedule is one hundred & ten nine dollars & twenty four cents
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said Court on this seventeenth day of June 1823 1823. Bennet Bucknell Clerk By A. H. Sloan Dep. Clk

State of New York } Washington County } ss. Daniel Mott. -was being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he was a soldier of the Revolutionary Army of the United States in the Continental establish- ment - That he enlisted as such soldier to the Town of Sheffield in the County of Berkshire in the State of Massachusetts according to the best of his recollections liking in the Month of August 1782 in the South Massachusetts regiment for three years - that he continued in said regiment a short time when he was transferred to the eighth Massachusetts regiment in which he continued a still further and other time, when he was transferred to the third regiment of said Line where he continued about one year until the end of the war, when he received an honorable discharge at West Point from Genl Knox on the 22 nd day of December 1783, which discharge he hereby forwards to the Honorable the

Secretary of War - and he further saith that the names of his Colonel and Captain have entirely escaped his recollection And he further saith, that at all times of his respective enlistments he belonged to the Light Infantry Companies. And he further saith that his memory has been impaired as of a number of years ago by a fit of the Apoplexy, which prevents him from giving a collected & precise account of his said service and that he served as of between one and two years - And he further saith that he is now fifty five years old, of firm body & that from his reduced circumstances in life he is in need of assistance from his country for support - and that he now lives in the town of Lebanon County of Madison and State of New York And that he has thus made this his Declaration in order to obtain the provision of 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 — Daniel Matthews
Declared & Sworn this 13 th day of May 1819 before me Asa Fitch one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in the County of Washington & State of New York
I Asa Fitch one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in the County of Washington & State of New York do Certify that it appears to my Satisfaction that the said Daniel Matthews did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the preceding Declaration against the Common Enemy & from the foregoing Testimony together with the Affidavit of Suboz Matthews accompanying this Declaration I am Satisfied that he is in Reduced Circumstances & absolutely needs the Assistance of his Country for Support & I now transmit the proceedings & Testimony taken & had before me to the Secretary for the Department of War pursuant to the Directions of the afore- mentioned Act Given under my hand at Salem this 13 th day of May 1819
Asa Fitch

BY THE HONOURABLE MAJOR-GENERAL KNOX, Commanding the AMERICAN FORCES on Hudson's River.
Daniel Mathews soldier — in the light Infantry Company, Massachusetts Regiment, being inlisted for Three Years, is hereby honourably DISCHARGED from the Service of the United States.
Given in the State of New-York, the 22 nd Day of December 1783 —
By the General's Command,
HN Knox
REGISTERED in the Books of the Regiment,
John C. Hapgood Adj t

State of New York Washington County ss. I, Jabez Matthews -being duly sworn deposed and saith that he is well acquai- -nted with Daniel Matthews the person who has signed the accom- -panying affidavit in order to obtain a Pension, and that he is fully sat- -isfied from a knowledge of his circumstances that the said Daniel Matthews is in need of assistance from his country for a support - And he further saith that he is in no way or manner interested in the said application of the said Daniel Matthews for a Pension Sworn to this 13 th day of May 1819 before me Jabez Matthews
Asa Fitch one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in the County of Washington & State of New York -

Daniel Matthews,
Deerfield Green
B. Mayhew with Ref.
Resear
1702 - with 1703 Det.
(1 year)
discharge within.
Direct to the care of
John G. Walker
Fort Edward
Washington County
New York
The name of the Capt: 2 The Col: under whom the Regiment served, must be stated in the declaration.

State of New York Washington County
I, Theodore Shepherd Deputy Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do certify that Asa Fitch Esq r before whom the within Affidavit was made was on the 13 th day of May and Fitt is a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of said County acting under the authority of the said State and that the name Asa Fitch signed within is his signature & hand writing. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this 14 th day of May 1819 D. Shepherd Dep Clerk.

42915
INVALID.
Rev
Rev
File No. 42915
Daniel Matthews
Rev Rev Rev
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 8 , Page 307
[Arrangement of 1870.]

18,920
Observed
Daniel Matthews Madison 6° W 24
John G. Stower, Hamilton, N.Y.
Rec. 18th Sept. 1823.
Hamilton N.Y. Sept 24
True John G. Stower Service proved Discharge within Sixty days Washington City
John G. Stower

Hamilton Madison Co. N. Y. July 24. 1820
L.
I enclose the original declaration of Daniel Matthews, & accompany- ing proof
Very respectfully
Geo. G. Stone
Hon J. C. Parkhurst Esq. Secretary of War