Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 2622, for Daniel Lee, Massachusetts

SERVICE
Mass.
Lee, Daniel Pamph
NUMBER _____
W. 26 2 2. B.L. Wt. 84-60-55
CONTENTS

27790
act March 3/55
March 3/55
Hannah Lee, widow of Daniel Lee Private
Col: Sproat, Miss: contl. line
Pensioner
Rev War
W: 60 acres (H: 16/55) Oct: 9/1855
Warrant Bighorn
Subs.
60 acres
col. off. chs of mag. & anthr. pap.
C O Bowman Knoxville Tennes Co
let: to C.O. Bowman, Aug: 10/55 " " " " Sept: 21/55 " " " " Oct: 22/55
Feb 53 - no 1511

2129 New York
✓ Daniel Lee
Private Massachusetts Line Dec 79 - June 83
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence the 9 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 th of Aug 1818 and sent to John L. L. Esq. Cooperstown, Ohio - W. York
Arrearages to 1 st Sept 1818
$100 26/30 th  $38 93
{ Revolutionary claims, } { Act 18th March, 1818, }
Bureau

1511 Pennsylvania Phila Annah Lee widow of Daniel Lee
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Pirate
Mary Sine Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 96 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1818. 3 a February 1853
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 th day of August 1853 and sent to
B. B. Smith Wellaboro Tioga Co; Pa
Entered on Roll of Pensioners under act March 2, 1818 Page 104 Vol. A 3/53
1878
Ry 3 m. 55. No 27790

Schedule
District of New York Albany County - ss
On the affirming Eight day of February 1823 personally in open Court the Deponent being a court of record for the County of Albany Deponent Sec. aged sixty years resident in the Town of Rensselaer in the said County who being duly sworn according to Law doth declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows to wit - That he enlisted in the month of December in the year 1779 under Lieut Miller at Newburgh in the County of Orange in the State of New York in a company attached to the twentyth Massachusetts Regiment on the Continental establishment That the enlistment was made for during the war - That he continued to serve in said Reg- iment till he was transferred to the first Massachusetts Regiment commanded by Col. Joseph Vose when he continued to serve till June 1783 when he was discharged by Genl George Washington at a place called New Windsor in the State of New York That the whole service was on the Continental establishment & that the date of his original Declaration was on the ninth day of April in the year 1818 - and that the number of his certificate is 2129 -
And I do also 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 in any other manner any disposal 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 & Naval Service of the United States in the Revolution any were passed the 18. th day of March 1818 since 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 herunto annexed and by me subscribed - That I have now residing with me seven children. The oldest child aged 17 years is able to do little more than earn his own living. Jerusalem aged 13 years also not able to support herself. Mary aged 11 years not able to support herself. Moses aged 9 years not able to earn his own living as is also the case with James aged seven years. Isaac aged 5 years and Thomas aged 3 years - My wife Hannah is aged forty eight years has had eight children - and is in such a state of health as not to be able to work laboriously - as to my self I am sixty years old last September pretty much worn out by a course of laborious handicrafts having thought a large family of children. having by my present wife eight children and by a former wife thirteen children - I am not able to work but little being severely afflicted by asthma and rheumatism - I am by occupation a farmer - but possess neither farm nor other means of support my own to procure my support were I able to work -
Sworn & Subscribed in Open Court this 8. day of February 1823. William Nichols Clk. } Dorner Lee }

The following is a correct Inventory or account of my property real and personal - to wit
Real Estate Two acres of land lying in the town of Milford worth about $15. per acre which I occupy in right of my wife having no other title except that which accrued to me by my marriage with her. I therefore estimate my right in it worth about $7.00.
Personal Estate
  Two cows $ 20.00.   Two Swine 18   One Sheep 1   4 Beds & Bedding gear 1.50   1 Table 3.00   6 Old chairs 1.50   2 Tables 3.00   6 Old Benches 4.00   2 Iron Kettles 2.00   2 Iron pots 2.00   1 Set of moderate Kitchen crockery 12.00   1 plough old 12.00   1 Sledge 3.00   2 Axes 2.00   2 Axes 25   2 Scythes 50   4 Rakes 1.00   2 pitchforks   1 Hand Saw   Daniel Lee 
Probably also are none which I estimate worth any thing being either out loaned or against persons totally insolvent -

Debts owing by me to wit - Due to Walter Stewart of the City of Albany about seven hundred 28 Dollars which is now in Judgment against me - The above debt was contracted by becoming bail for one Jacob Peterson who wholly failed and became unable to pay -
Daniel Lee -
Albany County Clerk's Office
I William Nichols Clerk of the court of com- mon pleas in and for the county of Albany in the State of New York do certify that the foregoing order and the Schedule thereto annexed are true copies from the records of the said court - and I do further certify that in the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is One hundred & four Dollars - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court on this Eight - day of February 1828 -
William Nichols Clerk

Daniel Lee.
9 April

State of New-York, } ss. Daniel Lee aged 56 years being OTSEGO COUNTY } duly sworn, saith, that he is a resident of the town of Milford in the County aforesaid, and has served as a private soldier in the war of the revolution against the common enemy, for the term of Nine Months and longer, at a certain period of the war herein after mentioned, on the Continental Establishment, and is yet a resident citizen of the United States ; and by reason of his reduced circumstances in life, he is in need of assistance from his country for support. And this deponent further saith, that he never has received any pension from the U- nited States, and doth hereby relinquish his claim to every pension that may have been heretofore allowed him by the laws of the United States, excepting and reserving to himself the right of claiming, and he doth hereby claim a pension under an act entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," passed 18th March, 1818. And this deponent doth further declare under oath, that the time he entered the army of the United States in the war of the revolution aforesaid, on the Continental Establishment, the officers under whom he served, and the line to which he belonged, together with the time and manner of leaving the service, are all correctly set forth, according to the best of his knowledge and recollection, in the following manner ; that is to say, he the said —
Daniel Lee did, at Newburgh in the State of New York in the Month of December Seventeen hundred and Seventy nine enlist for during the war, under one Lieutenant Miller in the 12 th Regiment com- manded by Colon Brewer belonging to the Mas- sachusetts line. served until after the declaration of peace and was honorably discharged before Washington near New Windsor in the State of New York in June 1783 - which discharge the said Daniel delivered to one James Beard who purchased the said Daniel's arrears of pay and for the the deponent saith not.
Given under my hand before me this Ninth day of April 1818.
J. Miller
Chas. Russell Chas. G. Groom

State of New-York, OTSEGO COUNTY,
} ss.
I John Rapell one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for
the County aforesaid, do certify that I am satisfied the said Daniel Lee with whom I am acquainted served in the revolutionary war as aforesaid, against the common enemy, for a longer term than nine months, as stated in the affidavit of the said Daniel Lee _____ hereunto annexed—And I do further certify
that full credit is due to the deposition of the above named Daniel _____ _____ and also that the evidence on which I have founded my judgment is contained in the affidavit of the said Daniel _____
Given under my hand at Cooperstown this ninth day of April 1818. John Rapell Judge of Common Pleas.

State of Pennsylvania County of Tioga
On this twenty sixth day of March A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five, personally appeared before me a Justice of the peace, duly authorized by law to administer oaths for general purposes within and for the County and State aforesaid Hannah See aged 70 Seventy nine years a resident of Coal Run township in the State of Pennsylvania who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Daniel See deceased who was a Soldier in the Revolutionary War and also a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States at the rate of Ninety Six Dollars per annum. That she the said Hannah See is also a pensioner of the United States at the rate of Ninety Six Dollars per annum, as will appear from an original Certificate in her possession at the present time of which I certify the following is a true Copy.
Department of the Interior Pension Office
I certify that in conformity with the 2d section of the act of February 3, 1853, Hannah See, widow of Daniel See who was a private in the revolutionary war is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Ninety Dollars Six Dollars per annum commencing on the 3d of February 1853 and continuing for life, unless she should again marry in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such remarriage.
Given at the Department of the Interior this twenty fourth day of August one thousand eight hundred and fifty three
P. M. Williams Secretary of the Interior
Examined and countersigned
L. P. Waldo Commissioner of Pensions

She further declares that she never made application for bounty land; nor never received a land warrant under any act of Congress, heretofore passed, that she is not married, but continuing the widow of the late Daniel See.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the "act approved March 3, 1833."
Hannah her See mark
We James Scott and the Stephen Wade residents of Chatham Township in the State of Pennsylvania upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Hannah See in our presence and that we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be.
Stephen Wade James Scott
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above mentioned written; and I certify that I believe the affiants to be credible persons, and that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
J. E. White J.P.

State of Pennsylvania } Tioga County } ss.
On this 2 nd day of May one thousand eight hundred and fifty three person- ally appeared before the Court of Common Pleas now held at Wellsborough in & for the County of Tioga aforesaid Hannah See a resident of Chatham township in the said County of Tioga & State aforesaid aged seventy seven years who first being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the fol- lowing declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 3 rd of February 1853 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war; that she is the widow of Daniel See who was a private in the Revolutionary war, as she thinks in the Massachusetts line, and as she also thinks during the war - (For proof of his service she refers to the evidence in the War Department) - that her husband was a pensioner at the rate of ninety six dollars a year under the act of 18 th March 1818, the original Pension Certificate which issued to him is in her possession and is hereto attached. Her husband the said Daniel See died in Chatham township, Tioga County aforesaid, on the 15 th of September 1841 - that she was lawfully joined in marriage with the said Daniel See in the town of Milford County of Otsego & State of New York by the Rev. Alexander Conkey a Presbyterian Clergyman of that place on the 25 th day of August 1808 - She further declares that she was not married to the said Daniel See

prior to the 2 nd of January eighteen hundred, but at the time above stated. She further declares she is now a widow - She also declares that she has been the mother of six children by the said Daniel Lee - three of whom are now living, to wit Jerusha, Mary and Moses - the youngest of which is now thirty eight years old - She further declares that she does not know that any record evidence of her marriage exists, but there is living witnesses of the fact - one of whom Gideon Ray is now present -
Sworn & subscribed in open Court before the Judges thereof this 2 nd day of May 1853
J. H. Donaldson J ty } Hannah her Lee mark
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said Court the day and year aforesaid -
J. H. Donaldson, Prothon.
State of Pennsylvania } Tioga County } ss.
On this second day of May One thousand eight hundred and fifty three personally ap- peared in open Court before the judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the said County of Tioga now in Session at Wellsboro' Gideon Ray a resident of Catharine township Tioga Co. Pennsylvania aged sixty six years who first being duly sworn according to law did depose and say that he has been acquainted with Hannah Lee widow of Daniel Lee

who makes the aforesaid declaration for fifty years and rising and was also well acquainted with Daniel See aforesaid - that he resided near them in Milford Otsego County New York in the year 1808 and was at their wedding - They were married as he well remembers in the month of August 1808, eighteen hundred and eight the day of the month he does not recollect at the town of Milford aforesaid by the Rev Alexander Bulkey a Presbyterian Clergyman of that town - Deponent further saith that he knew Daniel See was reputed a Revolutionary Soldier and knows he drew a pension, and that the present Applicant Hannah See, is his widow - Deponent further saith that he has no interest in the matter of the application of the said Hannah See for a Pension -
Then & there Subscribed before me Gideon May in open court before the Judges thereof this 2nd day of May 1853 J. H. Donaldson, Clerk.
State of Pennsylvania) Tioga County } ss.
On this second day of May 1853 Personally appeared before the Judges of the Court of Com. Pleas now in Session at Wellsboro' in for said County Benjamin Vandusen a resident of Catham Township Tioga County aforesaid aged forty six years who being duly sworn in open court deposes and saith - That he was acquainted with Daniel

See named in the forgoing Declaration for about fifteen years previous to his death - and also with his wife, now widow, Hannah See - that the said Daniel See was a Revolutionary Pensioner and died at the time and place fixed in the Declaration of the said Hannah, to wit at Chatham aforesaid on the 15 th Sept. 1841 Deponent being at his funeral - The said Daniel and Hannah lived together as man and wife while he knew them, and raised a family of children - and the said Hannah is of good repute for truth and veracity - Sworn & Subscribed in open court in presence of the judge thereof, Berry Vandusen before me, the 2 nd day of May 1833. A. H. Donaldson Prothly
Tioga County ss.
Henry Curren being duly sworn at the same time and place saith that he is forty six years of age - resides in Chatham Tioga County aforesaid - is acquainted with Hannah See the widow of Daniel See - was acquainted with her husband the said Daniel some five years before he died - knows he was a pensioner - that he died at the time specified & helped to lay out the corpse - believes all the facts stated in the preceding declaration of the said Hannah are true - He has no interest in her application for a pension -
Henry Curren
Sworn and subscribed in open court in presence of the judge thereof, the 2 nd day of May 1833. In testimony

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Lee, Daniel GRADE Private LINE Massachusetts
WARRANT NUMBER 4556 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Dec. 14, 1789 and Ht. 84-60-55)  Ht. 4556 - To Richard Platt
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.

September 4, 1936
*****
Mrs. Florence S. Whelan Tecumseh Michigan
DANIEL LEE W. 2622 BA-J/MCS:MLB
Dear Madam:
The data herein were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, W. 2622, based upon service in the Revolutionary War of Daniel Lee.
Daniel Lee was born in September, 1762; the place of birth and names of his parents are not given.
He enlisted at Newburg, Orange County, New York, in December, 1779, served as private in Captain John Prey's company, Colonels Brewer's and Joseph Vose's Massachusetts regiments, and was discharged in June, 1783.
Daniel Lee was allowed pension on his application executed April 9, 1818, at which time he was a resident of Milford, Otsego County, New York. He died September 15, 1841, in Chatham Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania, having moved to that state in 1833.
The soldier married August 25, 1808, in Milford, New York, Hannah _____. The date and place of her birth, maiden name and names of her parents are not shown.
Daniel Lee's widow, Hannah, was allowed pension on her application executed May 2, 1853, at which time she was a resident of Chatham Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania, aged seventy-seven years.
Daniel and Hannah Lee had the following children: - Jerusha, Mary, Moses, James, Seneca and Thomas.
In 1823, the soldier stated that besides his wife, Hannah, the following children were residing with him:- Milo, aged seventeen years; Jerusha, aged thirteen years; Mary, aged eleven years; Moses, aged nine years; James, aged seven years; Seneca, aged five years, and Thomas, aged three years.

The soldier, Daniel Lee, stated that he had thirteen children by a former marriage. The name of this wife is not shown, nor were the names of any other children given.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

August 6, 1930
Rev.& 1812 Wars Section MCS:MLB
Nancy C. Morrow Box 597 Chautauqua, New York
Dear Madam:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 2622, that Daniel Lee was born in September, 1762, place not shown.
He enlisted at Newburg, Orange County, New York, in December, 1779 and served as a private in Captain John Pray's Company, Colonels Brewer's and Joseph Vose's Massachusetts Regiments, and was discharged in June, 1783.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 9, 1818, at which time he was a resident of Milford, Otsego County, New York.
He died September 15, 1841, in Chatham Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania, having moved to that state in 1833.
The soldier married August 25, 1808, at Milford, New York, Hannah _____.
She was allowed pension on her application executed May 2, 1853, at which time she was a resident of Chatham Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania, aged seventy-seven years.
Daniel and Hannah Lee had the following children:- Jerusha, Mary, Moses, James, Seneca and Thomas.
In 1823, the soldier stated that besides his wife, Hannah, the following children were residing with him:- Milo, aged 17 years; Jerusha, aged thirteen years; Mary, aged eleven years; Moses, aged nine years; James, aged seven years; Seneca, aged five years,

and Thomas, aged three years.
He stated that he had thirteen children by a former marriage. The name of this wife is not shown.
Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner

Widow No. 2622, Hannah, widow of Daniel Lee, Revolutionary War.
Feb. 7, 1905.
Madam:
In reply to your recent communication, you are advised that the records of this Bureau fail to show any claim for a pension filed by Jerusha Page Lee .
The above-mentioned Hannah Lee, however, is pensioned as the widow of one Daniel Lee, a Revolutionary soldier, who applied for his pension April 9, 1818, at which time he was a resident of Milford, Otsego County, New York, and fifty-six years of age.
He stated that he enlisted at Newburg, New York, in December, 1779, under Lieut. Miller in Col. Brewer's 12th regiment, and was afterwards transferred to Capt. John Pray's company in Col. Joseph Vose's 1st regiment, both in the Massachusetts Line on the continental establishment, from which he was honorably discharged in June, 1783, near New Windsor, New York, by General George Washington.
His claim was allowed.
Soldier married August 25, 1808, at Milford, New York, Hannah _____, and had eight children.
In 1823, the members of his family residing with him were: wife Hannah, aged 48 years, and seven children; Milo 17, Jerusha 13, Mary 11, Moses 9, James 7, Seneca 5, and Thomas 3 years. He stated that he had thirteen children by a former marriage.

He removed to Pennsylvania in 1833, and died September 15, 1841, in Chatham Township, Tioga County, Pa., where his widow continued to reside and was pensioned in 1853.
Very respectfully,
Acting Commissioner.
Marion L. Evans,
209 West Thomas St.,
Rome, New York.

September 4, 1936
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Mrs. Florence S. Whelan Tecumseh Michigan
Daniel Lee, W. 2622 Ebenezer Lee, S. 42829 BA-J/MLB
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letters of August 10, in which you request the Revolutionary War record of John Hoover, of Seneca County, New York, whose wife was Mary, and whose daughter, Sarah, married Samuel Spalding in 1808 in Romulus, New York, and daughter, Nancy, married Daniel Peters, and daughter, Elizabeth, married John Emerick, also, records of Daniel and Ebenezer Lee, United States pensioners.
There is no claim for pension or bounty land on file based upon service in the Revolution of the John Hoover, under any spelling, as described by you. Such claims are the source of Revolutionary War data furnished by this office.
The records of Daniel and Ebenezer Lee are furnished herewith.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Jan. 2, 1905, Hist. to Mrs. Laura L. Armstrong, Bridgeport, Conn.
Feb. 7, 1905 Hist. to Marion L. Evans, Rome, N.Y.
Mar. 15, 1906. Hist. to Mrs. N.C. Lusk
1917 Mar. 14. Mrs. Laura Lee Armstrong advised record not furnished twice, of cost of copies, and 25 cents returned to her and called on for data as to father Daniel Lee.
1919 Aug. 21. Photostat copies mailed to Laura Lee Armstrong, an
1930, Aug. 6. Hist. to Maggie C. Morrow
1936, Sept. 4. Hist. to Mrs. Florence Wheeler (See file in Clm. D. 42829 of Ebenezer Lee - WKS: MFB
105024
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 2622
Hannah Lee Widow
Daniel Lee Pri. Res. War
Act: Feb. 3, 1853
Index: —Vol. 2 , Page 426
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Letter to Royal Chan- berlain, Sept. 9. '46.

MS.
Daniel de
Rec. 17 Nov. 1823
Milford N.Y. } Nov 9 th 1823
50 50
L. Edwards Esq. War Department Washington City

Milford N.Y. } Nov 9 th 1823
50 50
J. L. Edwards Esq. War Department Washington City,
Ms. A. 9. 2. 20
Daniel Lee
Recd. 17 Nov. 1823

Milford Strigo Co P.R. 9 Nov 1828
Sir
Enclosed I send the further declaration of Daniel Lee a revolutionary Soldier. pursuant and to the instructions forwarded from the War Department under date of July 21 st 1823. Should this be found satisfactory; an early assertion of the result will be expected If not please inform what further is neces- sary -
Wm H. Lee
Joseph Lee Atty for
Daniel Lee
J. L. Edwards Esq. War Department

Union Office, Aug 13. 1853
Sir,
Please certify the time & which the within named pen- sions was paid; or (if it is your power) the date of his death.
Very respectfully Your obed Servt.
J. Cole
For the Commr.
Hon F. Burt 3 d Auditor
Daniel Lee, act 1818. $8.p.m. Paid to 4 th Sept. 1841. — no date of death on our Books. on Philadelphia Roll.
F Burt Auditor.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim
I CERTIFY, That in conformity with the Law of the UNITED STATES,
of the 18 th March 1818. Daniel Lee -
late a Private in the Army of the Revolution
is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the New York Agency, at the rate of Eight dollars cents per month, to commence on the ninth day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
GIVEN at the WAR OFFICE of the UNITED STATES,
this Sixth day of August
one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
J. C. Calhoun Secy of War

Milford N.Y. Augst. 14 th 1834
Dear Sir
J. S. Edwards Esq. War Department Pension Office Washington
Recd Aug. 1834

Milford 14. Sept 1824.
Sir
The additional duration of Daniel Lee's claiming to be continued on the Pension list of the U.S. is enclosed. In which compliance with your last requirement has been effected as far as practicable and as nearly as the same has been apprehended or understood - Should any thing further be required you will please to suggest it - In the mean time I would desire that a decision of the question early as may be convenient will be very agreeable to the applicant whose pecuniary situation is truly distressed like -
With the Joseph D. Lee

PH
Causer

CT s 1694
Hannah Lee, widow of Daniel Lee, Let B. B. Smith Aug 2/53 (Ry)
Rev d
Act 3 rd February 1853

Suspended - See letter to Joseph Rice, 20 Nov 1823.

734.
Milford NY July 12 1823
Daniel Lee
Recd 19 July 1823
Supp. D. Letter to Joseph Rice, 21 July 1823.
Sir
Hon. Joseph
Calhoun
Secretary of War War Department Washington City

Milford Otsego Co N.Y. - 11 July 1823
Dr Sir
I enclose you a copy of the Declaration & Schedule of property, thereby annexed made by Daniel Lee as a Revolu- tionary pensioner; pursuant to an act of Congress heretofore passed forbidding any further payment to such as have been placed on the pension Roll till such Schedule and Declaration were furnished and the Secretary of War should certify that the distrubut was to be continued -
I wish therefore that the papers may be examined and the result communicated to me with all reasonable dispatch The papers have already lieid over for some time - for the reason that they were last winter sent to Mr Howells our representative in congress but were by mistake forwarded by him with other papers to the Treasury Department. and it has not been in my power till lately to obtain them I trust they be found informal have the goodness to return them with a spe- cification of the errors -
Yours Joseph Rice Atty for Daniel Lee

New York Pennsylvania
Amiel Lee - private.
61 yrs - a farmer - is afflicted with rheumatism & asthma. Wife not in good health aged 60 yrs. - has 7 children residing with him - 1 son aged 17 yrs 1 daughter 13 yrs 1 D. 11 yrs 1 son 9 yrs 1 D. 7 yrs 1 D. 5 - 1 D. 3 yrs old. -
Served from 1779, to the end of the war.
Sched: dated 8 th Feby 1823, exhibits his life estate in 2 acres of land, worth $15 per acre - occupies the land in right of his wife - his right in it, worth $7. - 2 cows, $20. - 2 swine, $10. - 1 sheep $1 - 4 beds & bedding, poor - $1. 50 - Gold chains, $3. 2 tubs, $1. 50 - 6 old Bbls, $3. - 2 iron kettles, $4. - & some farming utensils - Amt of sched: $104. - Says he owes to Walter Stewart of Albany, about $750. In addition to this schedule he states that since 18 th March 1818, he disposed of no property other than such as he raised, & used towards support of his family - 2 steers & a few sheep used as above. States that on the 18 th March 1818, he was in possession of some property which he did not exhibit in his schedule, because it was liable to be sold from him as bail for Israel Edson, in the sum of about $700. Indgement was obtained against applicant in Nov. 1822, all his real & personal estate was sold by
(which as were exempt by law) - and also on account of another execution for money due for land, which he possessed in 1818 - says he got over about $3,000 & has no means of paying the same, and liable to be imprisoned on account of the same. - In a statement made by applicant 17 June, 1824, he says, subsequent to 18 March 1818 & prior to 8 Nov. 1822, he sold to divers persons sundry articles of stock, a produce of the land, which went to pay debts contracted for necessaries for his family. The certificate of the Sheriff, duly authenticated, is within, stating that the property so mentioned by the applicant, was sold by his Deputy Sheriff, who has since resigned and moved away. The executions were placed in the hands of the Sheriff in the 1 st instance.
May 3 rd '34 see let to P.A. to know when last paid - as per to Penna p. 1, 1/1/33 - sent to Huber on 12 th May - with Leopa 6 th Pa.
Continued 2 Octo: 1824, and sent to Joseph Rice Esq. Milford Sept: 1818 { M. York.

Brief in the case of Hannah Lee, widow of Daniel Lee Tioga County and State of Pennsylvania act 3 d February 1853.
Claim, ("original," or " revised ")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner under the act of 18 th March 1818.
Parol proof of marriage, Certificate to be credible
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
B. B. Smith Esqr Wellsboro,
Name and residence of Agent Tioga Co
Pa a
W. D. D.
Examining Clerk.

State of Pennsylvania County of Tioga p 3
I J. E. White a justice of the peace in and for said County, duly authorized by law to administer oaths, do certify that the declaration of Wannall Lee, widow of Daniel, for county land under the act, approved March 3 d 1853 - was duly executed before me on or about the 20 th of March last. Harrisville Sept 27 th 1853 - J. E. White J.P.
Tioga County, p.
I John P. Donaldson, prothonotary of the court of Common Pleas of Tioga county, Pennsylvania do cer- tify that John E. White Esq. is and was on the 26 th day of March last an acting magistrate in and for said county, duly commissioned &c. and that the above signature purporting to be his, is genuine. — In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office the 29 th day of Sept. 1853. J. P. Donaldson, Prothon.

Pension Office, August 10 1855.
Sir,
The Official Character of J. E. White, who verified the papers in the bounty land application of Mrs. Hanna Lee, should be duly authenticated.
Yours Respectfully,
S. Cole for Commissioner.
C. C. Bowman, Esq r , Knoxville, Tioga Co. Pa.,

Wellsboro', Tioga Co. Pa. May 13. 1853
J. P. Waldo Esq. Comm r Pensions
Sir
Enclosed forward Declaration of Rachel Houghton widow of Simon Houghton due for Bounty Land -
Also declarations of Hannah Lee widow of Daniel Lee - and Phoebe Ayler, widow of John Ayler for pensions under the act of 3 rd February 1853 -
The answer to a previous enquiry made by me, whether Revolutionary Pensioners, their widows, &c are entitled to Bounty land in cases where it had not previously been received by them, has not yet been re- ceived - An answer is respectfully solicited, - and in case it is in the affirmative, the necessary forms for that purpose
Very Respectfully
Your Obedt Servt
B. B. Smith

Knobsville Oct 17 th 1833. Wm L. Cole Acting Comr of Pensions Sir
I have just received the land Warrant No 84, issued to Hannah See wid of Daniel See a private in the Revolutionary War, of sixty acres.
I find in Section 1 st of the act under which this Certificate was issued; that all who served &c as contemplated by said act "shall be entitled to receive a certificate or warrant from the Department of the interior one hundred and sixty acres of land" And where a warrant has been received under any previous act, he shall be entitled to a warrant for such quantity as will make the whole with what he may have heretofore recd one hundred and sixty acres.
I also find in Section 8 of said act, that the officers and soldiers of the Revolutionary, or their widows &c are entitled to the benefits of said act.
Now, I am not aware that Daniel See recd bounty land under any act of Congress heretofore passed. If he did not, would not his widow be entitled to one hundred & sixty acres? If so, I will return this warrant for cancellation.
I am Respectfully Your obt servt. W. L. Coleman

Knoxville Sept 17, 1855
Hon. J. Minot Comm. of Pensions Sir,
Yours under date of Sept 12 th is recd. It does not answer the inquiry I made in my letter of the 8 th inst. I am aware that the application of Hannah See wid of Daniel has been recd, as will appear from the letter of S. Cole herewith recd. All I wish, is that said application may be returned if the official character of J. E. White is not sufficiently verified. Her application for Bounty land was forwarded with nine others all authenticated alike, and warrants have been issued & recd. on all except hers - if hers is not correct, if you will please return it I will have it properly authenticated. It is No 27.790
Yours Respectfully H. O. Beman

Pineville October 21 1855,
How J Minot (Com of Pensions.) Sir,
In compliance with Official instructions contained in the letter of P. M. Bow under date of Sept 21 st 1835. I forward the signature of J. E. White esq., the magistrate before whom the papers in the case of Hannah See were executed, whose official character is authenticated as directed. Mrs See's claim application is No 27,790 and was forwarded last March with nine others, whose warrants have been issued & received.
I am respectfully Your obedient servant,
C. O. Bournan

Additional Evidence

State of Pennsylvania Tioga County } ss.
wid of Daniel Res
On this 8 th day of August 1853 personally appeared before me one of the Justices of the Peace in & for the said county of Tioga, Benjamin Vandusen, aged forty six years, who was sworn and testified before me in the matter of the application of Hannah Lee for a pension, the fore part of May last, who being now duly sworn according to law, doth depose & say that he has been personally acquainted with Gideon Ray and Henry Curran, two other witnesses in the said application of Hannah Lee, for twenty years and upwards - they both reside in his neighborhood and are both men of veracity & truth, and so reputed in the vicinity where they reside -
Sworn & subscribed before me the day & year above written
Benj Vandusen
B.B. Smith J.P.
I certify that I am personally acquainted with Benjamin Vandusen who makes the above affidavit, and know him to be a person of truth and veracity - I also certify that his affidavit above is to me perfectly satisfactory as to the character for truth, of the said Gideon Ray and Henry Curran, the other witnesses in the application of the said Hannah Lee for a pension whose evidence was taken before me in the fore part of May last - Witness my hand this 8 th day of August 1853
B.B. Smith J.P.

Willsboro' Tioga Co. Pa. Aug. 8/53
S. P. Waldo Esq. Comm n Pleas, Tioga
Sir
Your Letter of 2 nd inst. notifying me that "the credibility of the witnesses (George Ray, Benjamin Anderson & Henry Curran) must be duly certified by the Magistrate before whom their depositions were taken" was duly received — The Clerk in the Department has fallen into error in two of the names above given — It is Gideon Ray & Benjamin Vanderson — Not having a personal acquaintance with two of the above named I have taken the affidavit of Mr. Vanderson with whom I am acquainted, as to the character for truth of the other two and upon his knowledge and endorsement of them I have no hesitation in making the certificate which will be found on the preceding page of this sheet —
Very Respectfully
Your obedt Servt
B. B. Smith

Rev. Pensioner Sept 18 - Daul Lee Sept 18 & Benj. Warden for transfer from N.Y. to Pa
Presbyterian Church
6th Floor Comptroller of Pensions, Pension Office War Department

J. L. Edwards Esq.
Sir I herewith enclose your two applications for transfers of Mr. Ward's Pension and Dame Lee's also, if the papers are correct please in form me of such transfer as soon as conven- ient
Knoxville 2 nd Jan y 1834
Tennessee
Very respectfully Yours &c
Arch. Knox

Payable on the 4 th March & 4 th Sept r of each year, at the Brooklyn Bank N.Y. — New York
Recorded #

Declaration of Prof

Whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said court, the day and year aforesaid.
J. H. Donaldson, Prothon.

District of New York Otsego County ss 3
On the fifteenth day of October 1823 personally appeared in open court the same being a court of Record for the County of Otsego, Daniel Lee age sixty years resident in the Town of Milford in the said county who being duly sworn according to Law, doth further declare in addition to his former declaration made on the eighth day of February 1823 that he has not disposed of any property since the 18 th of March 1818 other than such property as he has raised and sold to procure the means of support for his family - that the property so raised and disposed of consisted of one pair of stags and a few sheep the proceeds of which have been faithfully applied to the support of his family - That the reason why he has delayed an exhibition of a the schedule of his property till the month of February last, was that on the said 18 day of March 1818 he was in possession of some property not named in the schedule of this declaration which was liable to be sold to pay a debt contracted by this deponent by his being bail for one Jacob Eklund for the payment of a debt of about seven hundred dollars who has since wholly failed and become unable to pay and that a judgment has since been recovered against this deponent for the amount of the said demand and on which during the month of October in the year 1822 all the real & personal property of this deponent was sold by the Sheriff of the said county of Otsego, excepting such articles as are exempted by law by virtue of an execution of issue on the judgment obtained on the said demand - and also by virtue of an execution issued on a judgment recovered against this deponent on a demand contracted by this deponent in the purchase of land of which this deponent was in possession in the year 1818 and which was

Sold by virtue of the said Execution at the time above mentioned - And that the whole amount of demands against this declarant now standing against this declarant and to satisfy which this declarant has no property and on which this declarant is liable to imprisonment of his person is about eight hundred Dollars Sworn and subscribed Daniel Lee in open court this 15 th day of October 1823 William Nichols clerk
State of New York
Onondaga County
Clerk's Office ss
I certify the above to be a true copy from the original filed October 15. 1823. in this office. Witness my hand and the seal of said county this 7 th day of November 1823 A. Patten Deputy

In the matter of Daniel Lees Pason
B o Ex 11

District of New York
Otsego County ss On the 17th day of June 1821 personally appeared in open Court the same being a Court of Record for the county of Otsego Daniel Lee aged sixty one years resident in the town of Milford in the said County who being duly sworn according to Law with further declare in addition to his former declarations the one made on the 8th day of February 1820 and the other on the fifteenth day of October 1820 that since the 18th day of March 1818, that is on the 8th day of November 1822 a a deputy of the Sheriff of the County of Otsego to wit Nathan B Carpenter Esq by virtue of an execution issued out of the Supreme Court of the State of New York on a judgment against this declarant in favor of Martha Leroy Maria Sawyer Womanless and Peter St. John for the sum of about Eight Hundred and Fifty Dollars which judgment was taken on a bond executed by the declarant to the above mentioned plaintiffs to secure the within mentioned sum of money and also for the said plaintiffs to this declarant the following articles of personal property a quantity of Hay which sold at 27.00 a quantity of Oats sold at 22.00 one Cow sold at 28.00 one Sows and Pigs sold at 28.00 one Horse sold at 26.50 one small quantity of Hay sold at 1.00 small quantity of Corn sold at 1.00 one old Cow sold at 5.00

pair of old fine dogs sold at $12.00 One old shovel & hammer sold at $12.50 Two or three small pigs sold at $1.25
The said Sheriff then sold on the said Execution and by virtue of another execution in his hands of about $800. against this declarant and one Jacob Eason in favour of one Walter Stewart. That the said Sheriff then proceeded to sell the farm or real estate then in the possession of this declarant and which was and is the same land as was purchased of the said Martha LeRoy Maria Bruguier Woman LeRoy and Peter LeRoy and for the purchase money of which the said Peter was given that the same was bid off and for the price of Eight Hundred and twenty five Dollars that provided to the said 8th day of November 1822 and since the 18th day of March 1828 the declarant sold to one Levi Stewart a pair of three year old steers at and for the price of $27.00 and also that the declarant sold before the said 8th day of November and since the said 18th day of March 1828 to one James Ross twenty seven steers at and for the price of $27.00 that the money which this said declarant received for the said steers and sheep was paid in part to one David G. Ayre a merchant in the said town of Milford to whom this declarant was somewhat and justly indebted for goods and before that time by virtue to this account and which were also in this account

in the necessary support and maintenance of the family of this declarant and in part to one Abel Babcock another Merchant in said town of Milford to whom this declarant was also indebted in like manner as to the David L. Sayres and in part one Peter Baker to whom this declarant was indebted for work done for this declarant as a Black Smith That this declarant has also since the said 18th day of March 1818. sold to the said Peter Baker Four bushels of Wheat in payment of a debt honestly and justly due to him the said Peter Baker The particular date or times of these several sales made to the several persons above mentioned except those made by the said Sheriff cannot be recollected precisely other than as above stated. This declarant has not sold or disposed of to any person or persons, between any other property since the said 18th day of March 1818. That the sale made by the said Sheriff on the said 8th day of December 1818. amounted to the sum of $27.00 and was sufficient to pay the execution first above mentioned and the sum of about $12.00 on the last mentioned execution against this declarant and the said Jacob Gason were due and subscribed in
Open Court June 17. 1819. William Nichols William Nichols Clerk
Small quantity of wheat sold at the same time.

Oregon County Clerks Office
William Nichols Clerk of the County of Oregon & Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County Do hereby Certify that the foregoing offi- cial is truly copied from the Records of the said Court Given under my hand and the Seal of the said Court This 24. day of June 1824.
William Nichols Clerk

State of New York Otsego County ss 3
Joseph B. Watton Esquire Sheriff of the County of Otsego being duly sworn says that the two several executions men- tioned in the declaration of Daniel Lee hereunto annexed came to the hands of this deponent to be executed as Sheriff of the said County of Otsego, and that the same were levied upon the several items of property in said declaration stated to have been sold by Nathan B. Carpenter. That the said items of property were after wards sold by virtue of the said Executions by the said Nathan B. Carpenter then a deputy of this deponent as stated in the said declaration of the said Daniel Lee hereunto annexed - That the said Nathan B. Carpenter has since resigned his office as deputy and has removed from the said County of Otsego - and further this deponent says not -
Sworn & subscribed this 31 st day of July 1824. before me
Joseph B. Watton Sheriff of the County of Otsego
Eliza South Judge of Otsego Common Pleas

State of Norfolk Clerks of Assize County
I hereby certify that Elisha Groot whose signature appears to the annexed affidavit is at this time a Justice of the Peace and a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Norfolk and duly qualified to act as such. And also that Joseph B Watton whose signature is subscribed to the with- in affidavit as the deponent therein mentioned now is and for more than two years has last past has been a Sheriff of the said county. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the Court of Common Pleas for said County of Norfolk this 31 st day of July 1824
William Nichols Clk by J. Patches Jr. Clk.

County of Tioga Pa
On this fourteenth day of December 1833 before me, the Subscribed Justice of the Peace for said County of Tioga personally appeared Daniel Lee who, in his oath, declared that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company commanded by Captain John Drury in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Joseph Root in the service of the United States, that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of New York from whence he has lately removed, that he now resides in the State of Pennsylvania where he intends to remain, and unless his pension to be there payable, in the following are his reasons for removing from the State of New York to Pennsylvania viz: his daughter to live with his children than residing in Pennsylvania
Lebanon and Suburbia This 14 th Dec r 1833
Before me Peter Sturges
Daniel Lee
County of Tioga Pa
Wit it known that on the fourteenth day of December 1833 before the Subscribed Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Tioga personally appeared Isaac Stewart who after being duly sworn according to law, deposed and saith that, Daniel Lee who has taken the above oath is the identical person named in the above affidavit
Isaac Stewart
Lebanon and Suburbia Pa This 14 th day of Dec r 1833 before me Peter Sturges
Has already certified that Isaac Stewart who has been and subject to the above affidavit is a person of integrity. Whereby my name the day and year first mentioned
Peter Sturges

Tioga County ss.
§ §
Jonah Brewster Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas. for said County. Do certify that Colton Enox is an acting justice of the peace, for said County. & further that I am well acquainted with the hand-writing of said Magistrate, & verily believe the signature, "Colton Enox J.P." to the within is genuine. In testimony whereof. I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of office, at Wellsborough, this twenty third day of December A.D. One thousand eight hundred & thirty three.
Jonah Brewster Protho. For A. J. Brewster

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Lee, Daniel GRADE Private LINE New York
WARRANT NUMBER 7414 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Aug. 30, 1790 to — not shown —
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.