Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 37639, for Daniel Lord, New Hampshire

SERVICE
N. H.
Lord, Daniel
NUMBER
S 37639
CONTENTS
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14.259 R
District of Maine
Daniel Lord 3 d
of Elliott in the state of D. of Mea who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Long of the N. Hamp. line, for the term of One year
Inscribed on the Roll of District of Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 27 of June 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 of Sep r 1818 and sent to Benjamin Green S. Berwick D. of Maine
Arrears to 4th of Sep r 1819. 114.1
Semi-ann. all'ce ending Mar. 1820. 48.
4 Mo. 8 30
$ 162.13
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
09-18 York

37639 Rev. INVALID.
File No. 37639
Daniel Lord
His Rev War
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 238
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Daniel Lord
Daniel Lord (pseud)
Col. Longs Regt.
Keokuk line
1877-12 months
Decla. June 27.
1878.
The line with the state
which has been rectified - as
This applicant was mistaken as to the date of his service which has been rectified - as within - Ben. Greene
It does not appear from my records that Adm. Lord Col. Longs Regt. was in the Continental service in the year 1877; the certificate of service of that Regiment, to prove the facts as stated in the declaration, will be required, to substantiate the claim of the applicant.
Pension Office
March 23 d 1879.

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
YORK, ss. } ON this twenty seventh day of June A. D. 1818, before me the subscriber, Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit in said Commonwealth, personally appears Daniel Lord aged sixty nine resident in Elliot in said county of York, 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 Lord in the month of July 1776, enlisted as a private soldier in the Continental Army, under Capt. Daniels, in the Reg t commanded by Col Long and served at Fort Sullivan in Massachusetts, and at the expiration of said term, he was honorably discharged but received no written discharge.
(And in evidence of the truth of the foregoing declaration made by the said Daniel Lord, Samuel Remick and John Stacy, two credible witnesses personally appear, and being by me first duly sworn according to law, they upon their oaths do say that the said Daniel Lord did serve in the continental Army under Capt. Daniels of the Regiment commanded by Col Long for the term of twelve months as he has testified. That they were at the same time & place with him, and that he was an honorable & faithful soldier and was honorably discharged.)
That he is reduced in his circumstances and needs 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 above said.
Benj a Greene
I, BENJAMIN GREENE, Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit, in the Commonwealth aforesaid, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Daniel Lord did serve in the revolutionary war against the common enemy, as he has stated in his declaration aforesaid—and that he is reduced in his circumstances, and needs the assistance of his country for his support.—And I do 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 before mentioned act of Congress.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this twenty seventh day of June Anno Domini, 1818.
Benj a Greene

I George Long of Portsmouth. State of New Hampshire My age of the age of Fifty-five years. testify & say that I am the reputed Son of Col. George Long of S. Portsmouth. who formerly Com- manded a Regiment in the Continental service, (as I often heard him say) in the year 1776 & 1777. which regiment was when first raised stationed at the Forts in the Harbour of Portsmouth but in the course of a few months were ordered to Ticonderoga where it arrived in the fall of 1776. and was stationed by order of Genl. S t Clair on mount Independence, for its defence, where it continued until the evacuation of that place in 1777. - at the time Genl. Burgoyne invaded that fortress And I further say that the Commission of Colonel. Peirce Lens came into my hands, being the only Son & Executor to S t Pe r Longs estate. And that having frequently seen said Commi I well remember it was signed by John Hancock. as Presid of (the continental) Congress. and I often heard my father so he received his Commission from Genl. Washington. — And I further declare that having ever considered the said - Commission a precious relic. I have ever kept it as choic- as the Wards of my father's Estate, and that to the said - over

Communion was burnt in my Store with abundance of my valuable books, papers, and other property, which was in the year One thousand eight hundred & ten when a large portion of the Town of Portsmouth was consumed.
CADISON
State of New Hampshire to Rockingham ss Portsmouth
On this twenty fifth day of July A.D. 1879, before me Daniel Humphreys of S t Portsmouth Esq. a Notary Public duly qualified to act as a Justice of the Peace in the County of Rockingham, State of New Hampshire personally appeared George Long Esq. of Portsmouth a Citizen to me well known, and made oath in presence of me that the facts of the above written deposition are true to the best of his knowledge, information and belief. and I certify that the said George Long is a disinterested & credible Witness. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my Notarial Seal the day & year last before written Dan l Humphreys Not y Pub b . of Jus. P e & Q m