Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 42,848, for Daniel Lewis, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Lewis, Daniel
S 42,848
CONTENTS

13762
New York.
Daniel Lewis
of Hannibal in the state of New York who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Ward of the Inf'ty Line, for the term of one year. 1776
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 2 d of May, 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 31 st of July, 1819 * and sent to Edmund Hawkins, Esq. Oswego county, N.Y.
Arrears to 4th of Decr 1818. some 3/4/18 84. 83 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 th Sept r 1819. 45. 00
$129.83
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
* An error having been made in the first cert. which was made out which was rec d & destroyed - another correct cert. was made out, having the same date as the first & sent to E. Hawkins as above 7 th Sept r 1819.

Edmund Hawks, Esq. c Judge, Oswego County, New-York.
Daniel Lewis, Massachusetts line, Revolutionary Claim.
Not found on the Mass- ts rolls. The testimony, on oath, of two or more disin- terested and credible persons, proving the statement made by the applicant, is required in lieu thereof. The judge is desired to certify, under the seal of the court, that he is satisfied the claimant is in reduced circumstances, and needs the support of his country

State of New York District of Essex  Essex County, ss.
On this Second day of May 1818, before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Circuit Court of the United States  Common Pleas  for the said District  County , personally appears Daniel Lewis - aged 58 - years, resident in the Town of Hannibal in the said district, who being by me first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by 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:" That he the said Daniel Lewis enlisted in January 1776 - in the state of Massachusetts - in the company commanded by Captain Isaac Trow of the Massachusetts Line that he continued to serve in the said corps, or in the service of the United States until the 18th day of January 1777 , when he was Honorably discharged from service in Parkershill state of New York that he was in the battles of Dorchester Hill, Long Island and City of New York at the evacuation and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support; and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services.
Sworn to and declared before me, the day and year aforesaid:
Daniel Lewis
Edm. Lawrence Common Pleas
I, Edm. Lawrence - Judge, &c. as aforesaid, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said Daniel Lewis did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress.
Essex 2 d May 1818
Edm. Lawrence
I do hereby certify that the county of Essex is a place of the Court of Common Pleas in and in said County and was at the time of signing the above certificate. June 20 th 1818 - Joseph Davis Ch.

Orville Lewis } Pension Papers }
13.762
Dept. 1819

State of New York } Osceola County } p.
On this 19th day of September 1830 personally appeared in open court in the Court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Osceola, being by a public statute of the State of New York a court of record for said county Daniel Lewis aged sixty years resident in the Town of Osceola in the County of Osceola who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath declare that he served in the revolutionary war as follows that he enlisted in the year 1775. in the company commanded by captain Josiah Fay in the regiment commanded by Colo. Jonathan Ware and served one year and discharged at Pehskille in the State of New York And that his first declaration or application for a pension was dated on the 2 d day of May 1818. and in consequence of said declaration or application for a pension was dated a certificate was issued to this applicant numbered 12.762. - And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the united States of America on the 18th day of March 1818. and that I have not since that time by gift. sale or 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 land and naval service of the united States in the revolutionary war passed on the 18th day of March 1818. And that 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 and by me subscribed excepting my pay wearing apparel and bedding etc.

Schedule
Real estate I have none $0. 00 Personal property I have none 0. 00 Debts due me I have none 0. 00
$0. 00
Daniel Lewis
And this declarant upon his oath aforesaid further says that he is by occupation a farmer but is now under the sector's care and is not able to do any labor - and further that he has no family but lives with his daughter who assists in supporting him -
Sworn to this 17th day of Sept. 1820. before me subscribed in open court
John Grant Jur. First Judge vs. Cy.
Orange County
Clarks office 3 p
I Joseph Davis clerk of said county do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copies from the record of the said Court - And I do further certify that it is the opinion of the court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is worth nothing - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court on this 28th Sept. 1820.
J. Davis C.M.

42848
Recy INVALID.
File No. 42,848
Daniel Lewis Dr Rev Geo
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 3 , Page 292
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Mr Schurz 2.6.6.
free Hon. J. C. Calhoun Secretary of war Washington City
Mr. Shelby

Osceola 26 th Aug t 1879
According to the tenor of your decisions in all cases of pension certificates that have passed through my hands the certificates have taken date from the time the applicant first made declaration, the enclosed in favor of Daniel Lives according to that rule ought to have taken date 1878 in lieu of 1879, please to have the goodness to look to his papers on file in your office & see if there has not inadvertently been a mistake in the date.
Edw. Rawls

State of New York      Of the Town of Oswego in the County of Oswego & State Oswego County ss. of New York Abram Clark, being duly sworn makes oath and saith, that he this deponent is personally acquain- ted with Daniel Lewis, the person named in the de- claration or affidavit herunto annexed and who claims a pension for revolutionary services, that he this deponent has had frequent conversations with the said Daniel Lewis of and concerning the revolutionary war and of particu- lar battles the said Daniel Lewis had been in, & transactions that took place during the same, & that the said Daniel uniformly told one story relative to the same, which from the own knowledge of this deponent he knows to be true.
And this deponent further saith, that he was in the Mili- tia at the City of New York at the evacuation thereof by the Americans in 1776, that the said Daniel has since told him that he was there at the same time in the Continental or regular service, and mentioned to this deponent circumstances that then and there occurred, to wit the order and manner of the British armed Vessels sailing up the east and north south river, the land force which landed when this deponent & the Militia were stationed, and of the British firing on the Militia, which this deponent believes the said Daniel Lewis could not have known with such precision & certainly unless he had been there at the time.
And this deponent further saith, that he verily believes that the declaration or affidavit made by the said William Daniel Lewis, is in all respects just and true, and that the said Daniel Lewis is in reduced circumstances and needs the support of his Country, and further saith not.
Sworn & subscribed this day of July 1819 before me
Abram Clark

State of New York Osceoga County ss
On the 19 th day of July 1819 Personally appeared before me Peter D. Hargunin one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for Said County Abram Clark well known to me to be a credible person Who being duly sworn deposeth & saith that the facts set forth in the within affidavit to which his name is subscribed are in all respects just & true Further saith not
Peter D. Hargunin Judge Osceoga Common Pleas
State of New York Osceoga County ss
I Peter D. Hargunin one of the Judges of the court of Common Pleas in & for the Said County, do certify to the Hon. the Secretary at War, that I am satisfied from the foregoing affidavits and from my knowledge of the deponents who took & subscribed the same, that Daniel Lewis the applicant for a revolution- ary pension in the foregoing affidavits named is in reduced circumstances and needs the support of his country
Peter D. Hargunin Judge Osceoga Com. Pleas

Oswego County ss
I Joseph Davis Clerk of the County of Oswego having this 19th July 1819 Examined the Commissions and Rolls of Oaths remaining in the office of said County of Oswego do certify that Peter D. Huggins whose name is
Subscribed to the foregoing affidavits is duly Commissioned as a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Oswego and regularly sworn as a Judge of said Court.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the Seal of said Court and Subscribed my name July 19. 1819
Jos. Davis CM
State of New York ss Oswego County ss
I Peter D. Huggins One of the Judges of the court of Common Pleas in & for the said County do certify to the Hon. the Secretary of War, that I am satisfied from the foregoing affidavits and from my knowledge of the deponents who took & Subscribed the same, that Daniel Lewis the applicant for a resolution any pension in the foregoing affidavits named is in reduced circumstances and needs the support of his country
Peter D. Huggins Judge of Common Pleas

State of New York, Onondaga County ss. Ebenezer Collins of the town of Spencer in the County of Onondaga & State of New York being duly sworn makes oath and saith, that he is well & personally acquainted with Daniel Lewis the person who made the declaration or affidavit herunto annexed, for the purpose of obtaining a pension for revolutionary services, that previous to Jan- uary 1776 the said Daniel Lewis resided in the Town of Mat- tborough, in the County of Cheshire & State of New Hampshire, That some time in the Month of January 1776, the said Daniel Lewis took the place of one William Collins an Uncle of this deponent who was drafted as this deponent believes to go to Dor- chester or Dorchester Hill in the State of Massachusetts for the consideration of four dollars, that soon after the said Daniel Lewis arrived at Dorchester this deponent was informed by the said William Collins, that the said Daniel Lewis had sent his gun & blanket back to him the said William Collins, and that the said Daniel Lewis had enlisted for one year in the Company commanded by Captain Josiah Fay of the Massachusetts line in Colonel Jonathan Ward's Regiment. That in consequence of the said Daniel Lewis, enlisting as aforesaid the said William Collins was fearful that he should have be called upon to serve in the militia & lose the four dollars he had paid as aforesaid, which induced him the said William Collins to frequently men- tion the enlistment of the said Daniel Lewis & his And this deponent further saith that he was personally ac- quainted with the said Captain Josiah Fay and Colonel Jonathan Ward in 1776 and 1777 and that from informa- tion this deponent at those times believed to still subsist derived from them & others, that the said Daniel Lewis did enlist as aforesaid in 1776 and continued in the reg- ular service & served therein until January 1777 & that the said Daniel Lewis was Honorably discharged.
And this deponent further saith that some time after the said Daniel Lewis returned home this deponent had various conversations with the said Daniel Lewis, who relat- ed when he had been, the battles he had been in, which in every essential point agreed with the information which this deponent received from the officers & others afo- said, which then induced and still induces this deponent to believe that the

said Daniel Lewis did entire and entirely serve as aforesaid. And this deponent further saith, he verily believes that the declaration or affidavit made by the said Daniel Lewis in all respects just and true, and that he is in reduced circumstances and needs the support of his country. And further this deponent saith not. Sworn to and declared before me, the Ebenezer Collins day of July 1819.
State of New York Osceoga County ss.
On the 19 th day of July 1819 personally appeared before me Peter D. Huggins one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County, Eben- ezer Collins well known to me to be a credible person, who being duly sworn deposited saith that the foregoing affidavit to which he has subscribed his name is in all respects just & true & further saith not
Peter D. Huggins
Judge Osceoga
Com. Pleas