Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 40262, for Daniel Pierson, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Pierson, Daniel
S. 40262
CONTENTS

see letter 13 May 1829 to D. Pierson.
Sept 19 to 4 Oct 29
16.4125
Ohio.
16412
Daniel Pierson, of Montgom y . co. in the state of Ohio who was a 1 st lieut. in the regiment comd Colonel Martin, of the New-Jer line, for the term of nearly 3 years.
scribed on the Roll of Ohio, at the rate of 20. Dollars per month, to the 20. of December, 181
Certificate of Pension, issued the 31, and sent to hon. W. B. Member of Congress
process to 4th of section of mi-anl. all ce ending 4. All
1819 69

Ohio, Montgomery County ss,
On this seventeenth day of December eighteen hundred & nineteen before me the subscriber President of the Courts of Common Pleas in the first Circuit in the state of Ohio, personally appeared Daniel Pierson aged sixty nine years, resident in the County of Montgomery in the said district of Ohio, 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 & Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War" that on or about the eighth day of February seventeen hundred & seventy six, he received a warrant from the then Provincial Congress as Second Lieutenant in the Company commanded by Capt. William Eugene Imlay, that he was employed as Second Lieutenant as a part in the recruiting Service, that afterwards when said Company was filled he the said Daniel Pierson received a Commission as Second Lieut. in said Company commanded by the said Capt Imlay, of the Third New Jersey Regiment commanded by

Col Elias Dayton for the Continental estab- lishment, that he served in the said company & regiment one year, in the war then service. that he then returned to New Jersey that same time in the Spring of Seventeen hundred & seventy seven, he the said Daniel Pierson received a commission as first Lieut. in the company com- manded by Capt. Jonathan Burman in the form the New Jersey Regiment, commanded by Col. Ephraim Martin on the Continental establishment, that he continued to serve in the said last mentioned com- pany & regiment nearly two years, when in con- sequence of ill health he was obliged to resign his commission, at Elizabeth town in New Jersey that he was in the battles of Brandywine & though in the latter battle the Reg t to which he belonged was in the reserve & not actually engaged Red Bank, & that he is in reduced circumstan- ces, & stands in need of the assistance of his country for support, & that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services
Sworn to & declared before me the day & year aforesaid Joseph H Crane
(Dan t Pierson)
J oseph H Crane President as aforesaid certify

that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Daniel Prison did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy for the term of nine months on the Continental establishments yet that he is in reduced circumstances stands in need of the assistance of his country for support & I now transmit the proceedings & testimony taken & had before me to the Secretary for the Depart- ment of War pursuant to the directions of the afore- mentioned Act of Congress.
December 20th 1817
Joseph H Crane
The State of Ohio Montgomery County
I Benjamin Van Clief Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County aforesaid do certify that Joseph H Crane before whom the foregoing deposition is made & who has certified as aforesaid is President of the First Circuit of the Courts of Common Pleas of the State of Ohio (the County of Montgomery being within said First Circuit) and his official acts are entitled to credit as such
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of our said Court at Dayton the twenty first day of December One Thousand eight hundred & nineteen
B. Van Clief

I perfectly recollect Daniel Pierson, within named, and that he was a Lieutenant in the 3 d New Jersey Inf y . upwards of one Year & more than a Year in the 4. th Regt. of the New Jersey Brigade - and I am certain it is the same Man, who I knew in service, as the Judge before whom the said deposition was taken, is also well known to me & that said Pierson before resided in Essex, previous to their emigration to Dayton in the State of Ohio - I therefore believe full credence is & ought to be given to the within Deposition.
— Jan y 10 th 1820.
Joseph Bloomfield.

64-16412
Ohio Agency
Cy. Jacket John
3-1609 Department of the Interior BUREAU OF PENSIONS
If not called for in 15 days, return to The Commissioner of Pensions. WASHINGTON, D. C.

64-16412
Ohio Agency
C. J. Jackson John
3-16004 Department of the Interior BUREAU OF PENSIONS If not called for in 15 days, return to The Commissioner of Pensions. WASHINGTON, D. C.

40262 INVALID. Rev
File No. 40262
Daniel Wilson Lieut Geo W
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 8 , Page 89 1/2
[Arrangement of 1870.]
✓
1909 Jan. 6 Park + Ash furnished J. W. Sparrow Letter in 1932. 1928 Nov. 3 H. E. Nutt adv. names of those who testified. His letter in cl. of Geo. Snyder 86135. MMS

Jos. A. Crane
H. L. Lichen
1 - 14 L. for 36
Jan 25. 1844
Vashington City
Mr. Joseph A. Crane Esq.
See the enclosed prospectus.

Dayton O. Dec 21 st 1819.
Dear Sir,
At the request of Mr. Daniel Pierson, a citizen of this town, I enclose to you his petition for a pension under the late law of Congress. I knew Mr. Pierson many years ago in New Jersey. He has been my nearest neighbour in this Town for several years. He has always maintained the character of a man of worth & integrity & I should think him a very proper object of the bounty of the Govt. He is far advanced in life, unable to labour both from the infirmities of old age, and from a misfortune which happened to him some years ago, that of breaking his leg just below the knee. It is true he possesses real property, but the bulk of it is in a house & lot in town, the residue of an unproductive kind. If his life should be protracted a few years longer, he will be compelled to live upon & perhaps wholly exhaust his capital. He is besides without a profession, & is engaged in no

business which can furnish a support for his family. It is very difficult in this State to procure witnesses of the services in the Revolutionary war of any of the old Officers or Soldiers. He informs me that you commanded a Company in the 3 d Jersey Reg t commanded by Col. E. Dayton while he was attached to it. & that you will probably be able to testify in his behalf if necessary. I am confident that you will render a service to a worthy man, by promo- ting as far as may be proper, the object he has in view, & I am equally confident that nothing will give Gen l Bloomfield greater pleasure than lending his aid toward reward- ing the services of the Revolutionary Soldiers. I avail myself with great satisfaction of this opportunity of expressing my respect & esteem for a gentleman, whose kindness I experien- ced when a mere boy. You have probably

forgotten the circumstances, but I still recollect the time when I first had the honour of your acquaintance, when on a visit at D r Wall's in Woodbridge, in whose family I then was a resident.
I am Sir with much respect Yr ob t serv t Joseph H Crane
Hon ble Joseph Bloomfield Esq r

Lent. Purser.
Springfield
St. Bloomfield

Hon. Rev Joseph Bloomfield Esq.
Washington City
Lt. Genl.

Dear Sir
Montgomery County Ohio Dec. 20 th 1818
I once had the pleasure of being acquainted with you though it is more than 40 years past. we were together in the Army in the Revolution I think you commanded the first or eldest Company in the 3 d N. Jersey Reg t . Commanded by Col. Elias Dayton I held a 2 d Lieutenants Commission in Cap. 88 th Indlays company in 3 d Regiment in order to show that I am no impostor I give this statement. you will recollect that the 3 d Regiment was employed during the summer 1776 at Fort Stanwix on Mohawk River, in autumn was relieved by I think a Regiment from New England commanded by Col. Elmore who then went to Ticonderoga and spent the winter there and across the Lake at Mount Independence if I recollect right yourself and Col. Dayton returned to New Jersey before winter and left the Command of the Reg t . with Major Barker after I returned to N Jersey I received a first Lieutenants Commission in Cap. Jonathan Formans Company in the 4 th Reg t . Commanded by Col. Ephraim Martin I continued in 3 d Reg t nearly two years when my ill health obliged me to leave the service I resigned my Commission sent it on to headquarters and received a Certificate of its acceptance which paper time has destroyed I cant say what has become of it. I have been a few years living in the State of Ohio I am in the seventieth year of my age and had the misfortune to have my leg broke a little below the knee and am in consequence a cripple not able to support myself and family I have a son in the U. S. States army he is a surgeon stationed at Belle Fontain on the Missouri I have stated some things which have past that you may recollect me. I believe it to be a duty to myself and family for

Ohio - Dayton.
Lieut. Dan Liessen.
The facts set forth in this letter are correct - Liessen served on the Continental establishment, a Subaltern Officer in the Jersey Brigade upwards of Three Years.
Joseph Moore per D. Jan'y 10. 1820.

to apply for a pension it has been observed that you advocated in favor of some relief for the Revolutionary officers and soldiers. I will take the liberty to ask a favor which I flatter myself that you will be have the goodness to bestow. you will observe by the papers that I apply for a pension but have no proof of my service agreeably to the late act of your honorable Body. will you be so kind as to take charge of the papers which I shall trouble you with. when they come into the war office will you please to have the goodness to certify that I have served as within mentioned the first year you will be able to testify too if no longer. your aid in accomplishing this will give me a grateful feeling. if it is not too much trouble you will please to let me hear from the war office. or if any thing else is wanting I should be glad to know it.
I am with great respect and esteem your obedient servant
Honorable Joseph Bloomfield
Danl Pierson

my dear
Dear
James L. Edwards Esq. Enfin - Offic. Department of War.
John
James L. Beecher

I cannot, my dear Sir, personally present enclosure, being confined to my room, with a violent cold, like the Influenza - the consequence of your Tea - Night - Party - from which I meant to be excused  excused "deserted" by.
If you inform a friend to Mr. Brown - please send some to me - If you do not, I must visit you & have a talk about the difficulty of obtaining proof in Ohio of Rev. Goff's of the service of the B. & F. - &c.
Yr. Friend &c.
J. H. Stormfield
10 Jan. 1820.
El. Edwards