Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R 6904, for Dan Markham, Connecticut

SERVICE
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Markham, Dan
196904
CONTENTS

At a term of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County of Summit in the State of Ohio, begun and held at the Court House in the Town of Akron on the 12th day of March A D 1830 by and before the Honorable Benjamin F. Wade President Judge and Sylvester H. Thompson and John May associate Judges of said Court among other proceedings then and there is the following to wit
Dan Markham application for a Pension
The declaration of Dan Markham a Revolutionary soldier of Green Township in the County of Summit with the certificate of Jonathan Grable and Adam Klinefelter on oath thereto affixed made in conformity with regulations adopted by the war department being this day presented in Court by Samuel W. McClure Attorney for said Dan Markham in order to obtain for said applicant the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832 entitled "an act supplementary to an act for the relief of surviving officers & soldiers of the revolution" The Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter 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 Adam Klinefelter who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident at Green Township about one mile from the residence of said applicant, that he resides nearer to said applicant than any other Clergyman who is well acquainted with said applicant. That Jonathan Grable who has also signed the same preceding certificate is a resident of said Green Township is well acquainted with said applicant since he has resided in said Green Township and that their statements are entitled to credit.
The State of Ohio Summit County
I Lucius G. Hark of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said Summit County do hereby certify that the foregoing is truly copied from the Journal of said Court at the March Term 1830
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court at Akron this 2 nd day of April A D 1830
Lucius G. Hark Clerk By N. P. Stone att

1 st Question, where & in what year were you born  born
2 nd " Have you any record of your age, if so where is it
3 rd " Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary War; & where do you now live,
4 th " How were you called into service; were you a conscript, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute; if a substitute, for whom,
5 th " State the names of some of the Regular officers who were with the troops where you served; such Continental or Patriotic Regiments as you can recollect, & the general circumstances of your service
6 th " Did you ever receive a discharge from the service? If so, by whom was it given & what has become of it?
7 th " State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood or who can testify as to your character for veracity & that belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution,
Answer to the first interrogatory. ans. to the second int.
I was born in the town of Lansingburgh in the state of New York on the fifth day of September A.D. 1764 - And it is recorded in Hutchinson's office Salisbury Connecticut. The record of my birth is, I believe, in the town of Salisbury in the state of Connecticut in the year of
ans to the third int.
I was living in the town of Salisbury in the state of Conn. since then I have lived in said Co. for about 6 years from there I removed to Ohio & resided in Jefferson Stark & Carroll counties about 44 years

in until the last two years when I have lifted up to the in green in Summit Co My present place I understand as a substitute for William Bennett a private who was drafted into the service.
Ans to the Fifth part.
The colonels name was — Arnold the name of my Captain was Benjamin Franklin and I don't know his name any other.
Ans to the Sixth part.
I never had a written discharge and whole company was marched out about 1/2 mile from the City of New Haven and dismissed by the Captain.
Ans to the Seventh part.
Adams Johnathan Charles A. Parsons Jonathan Prindle John Hunt- Hunsford William McNeill,
Dan Markham

No 37750
Dan Markham Ohio
at 7 June 1832
Reported and not Samee G. M. Davis

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of June 7th 1832
State of Ohio Summit County
On this nineteenth day of March A.D. 1850. Personally appeared in open court before the Court of Common Pleas Non Sittings, Dan Merhake a Resident of Green in the County of Summit & State of Ohio aged fiftyfour 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 entered the service of the United States as a private under the following named officers & served as herein stated. The Name of the Colonel of the Regiment was Arnold - the Name of the Captain of the Company was Benjamin Caudlin That he entered the service about the first day of September A.D. 1781 to serve during the continuance of the war That after the declaration of Peace he was honorably discharged about the last day of October A.D. 1781. That the place of his residence when he entered the service as aforesaid was Salisbury Litchfield County in the state of Connecticut That he marched from Salisbury to the City of New Haven, Ct. where he remained on duty until his discharge as aforesaid embracing a period of service of about two months, That he has no documentary evidence to render the above period of time more specific & there is no person whose testimony he can prove to render the same more certain. That he volunteered into the service as aforesaid as a substitute of William Bennett, (a private of said Company) who was regularly drafted into the service by competent authority,
Also That on the 26th of June 1784 he enlisted into the service of the United States for a term of 8 years under Colonel Harners command, of the Regiment called the first American Regiment, the Name of the Captain of the Company was Jonathan Hart & Nick Shively was the orderly sergeant. That at the time of said enlistment he was a Resident of Salisbury in the state of Conn. & enlisted in the town of Sharon Conn. That upon said enlistment he marched to Hartford City, Ct. from thence

to West Point in New York - from thence to Pittsburgh Pa from thence to the Mouth of the Muskingum River in Ohio, where he built a Fort called Fort Harmar, from thence to French Creek in the State of Pa from thence down the Allegheny & Ohio Rivers back to said Fort Harmar where he was honorably discharged on the 28th of June A.D. 1797. He hereby relinquishes every claim what- ever to a Pension or Annuity except the present & declares that his Name is not on the Pension roll of the agency of any State.
Dan Markham
Given to subscribers the day & year aforesaid
B. Flower Pres Judge
We Adam Klingfetter a Clergyman residing in the Green Township and Jonathan Grable Residing in the Township of Green hereby certify that we are well acquaint- ed with Dan Markham who has subscribed & sworn to the above declarations; that we believe him to be eighty five years of age; that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a Soldier of the Revolution, & that we concur in that opinion.
Adam Klingfetter Jonathan Grable
Given to subscribers the day & year aforesaid
B. Flower Pres Judge
Subscribed to my presence by the Court to the above Petition of Dan Markham as presented by the Board of Commissioners for Pensions. Whereof in what year were you born? Ans. In the town of Lansdown in the State of New York on the day of on the first day of September A.D. 1764. Q. Have you any record of your age? if so when is it? (Ans.) There is a record of my age I believe in the town of Lanesburg, Connecticut I have myself myself. Q. Where were you living when called into service; Ans. In the town of Lanesburg in the State of Connecticut

The State of Ohio Summit County ss I Lucius J. Peck Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do hereby certify that the Honorable Benjamin F. Wade whose name is subscribed to the foregoing and accompanying affidavits was at the time and still is President Judge of the Courts of Common Pleas in the Third Circuit of said State of Ohio and that Summit County is embraced in said Circuit and that his signature here is genuine.
Attest my signature and the seal of said Court at Akron this 12th day of March A.D. 1858 Lucius J. Peck Clerk By N. P. Stone Supt

No 37750
Dan Markham
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Letter Hon. John Brownell 22 April 1850
6904
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Daniel Markham v. suspended Louisiana case State of Ohio.
Show Mr Cartter the papers J.E. Heath

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
REJECTED 6904
P. O. Daniel Markham
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

Wilmes
Hon. J. Crowell HR

Wahington April 14. 1850 Hon. J. L. Edwards Comm: of Pensions
Dear Sir
Inclosed I send you two applications for Pensions to which I hope you will find it convenient to give early attention.
Very Respectfully Yours & John Brownell