Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 2424-100, for Daniel Munroe, Connecticut

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Munroe, Daniel
B.L.Wt. 2424-100
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Daniel Munroe
No. 2424
A. L. Lynde Warsaw N. York

Warsaw N.Y. 29th June 1847
J. S. Edwards Esq. Sir
Enclosed I send the declaration, power of Attorney, & Certificate of heirship, in the case of the claim of the heir of Daniel Aburne to bounty Land promised to his father. Daniel Aburne who was a private in Col. H. Smiths Regiment. I have sent to Connecticut for proof of identity, which I expect to receive in season to send & have the claim adjusted before the expiration of the term fixed by law
Respectfully Yours A. L. Lynde

State of New York } Westchester County } ss
Surrogate's Office 19 th June 1847.
I certify that satisfactory evidence was adduced to me to prove that Daniel Munroe is the heir & the only heir at Law in fee to Daniel Munroe who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Col. Heman Swift in the Connecticut Line of the Continental Army
Given under my hand and seal of Office this 19 th day of June 1847
Fred k J. Coffin
Surrogate
Attest

State of New York Westchester County
I Daniel Munroe heir at Law of Daniel Munroe do upon oath testify and declare to the best of my knowledge & belief that Daniel Munroe did enter the service in 1776 for the term of during the war and served as a Private in the regiment under the command of Colonel Newman Swift of the Connecticut Line and that he continued in the service aforesaid until the close of the war in 1783
I further declare that I have never received a warrant for the bounty land promised to the said Daniel Munroe, (and this is only to the best of my information and belief) who was my father, & who resided at Reading in the State of Connecticut at the date of his enlistment & services. on the part of the United States nor do I believe that he ever received it or transferred his claim to it in any manner whatsoever therefore I now all men by these presents that I Daniel Munroe aforesaid do hereby constitute & appoint Albertus L. Lynde of Warsaw New York my true lawful attorney for me & in my name to demand and receive from the Secretary of War of the United States a warrant for the quantity of land due to me as aforesaid. and my said attorney is hereby fully authorized and empowered to constitute and appoint one or more substitutes or attorneys under him for the special purposes above expressed
Attest Israel Pundy
Daniel Munroe
Personally appeared the above named Daniel Munroe subscribed to the foregoing declaration & made oath to the same and in my presence acknowledged the power of attorney therein to be his free act and deed for the purposes therein mentioned Dated 19 June 1949.
Israel Pundy Justice of the Peace

In testimony that the above written Grant  Deed  Grant  Deed was a magistrate authorized to adminis- ter oaths and take acknowledgments in the state of New York and county of Westchester, at the above date and that his name there subscribed appears to me to be his usual signature I have hereunto affixed the County Seal, and subscribed my name & quality at White Plains  White Plains this nineteenth day of June 1847 Munson J. Lockwood Clerk of Westchester County

State of Connecticut
Fairfield County, ss
Before the Subscriber a Justice of the peace in & for said County personally came Molly Merchant aged 76 Years who being by me duly sworn according to law on her oath deposeth & says that at the date of the American Revolution she resided at Reading Fairfield County Connecticut her present place of residence. That at that time she well knew one Daniel Munroe who resided at that time in said town & was a son of Mrs William Munroe of said town & a soldier in the American Revolutionary Army. That immediately after the close of the revolution the said Daniel Munroe having been gone most of the time during the war, returned to said Reading with a woman whom he called his wife & with whom he lived as such. That the said Daniel Munroe & wife after their said return to Reading had one child whom they called Daniel Munroe & who lived in this town until after he became of age & was married here & some few Years after his said marriage removed to the County of Westchester in the State of New York where I am informed he now resides. That I was during the revolution well acquainted in said Reading & with the inhabitants of said town & never knew any other Daniel Munroe than the persons above named, in said town. That I have known the said Daniel Munroe the son of Daniel Munroe ever since his infancy. Molly Merchant
Subscribed & sworn to before me this 5 th day of July 1847. & I certify the
said deponent to be a person of good moral character & entitled to full credit as a witness. Lemuel Sanford, Justice of Peace

State of Connecticut Fairfield County
Before the Subscriber a Justice of the peace in & for said County personally came Daniel Sanford & made oath in the form of law that he is 71 Years old. That at the close of the Revolution he resided in Reading, Fairfield County Connecticut his present place of residence & that about the close of said war Daniel Munroe who was a son of William Munroe of said town returned as then was understood & reputed at said Reading from serving in the Army, to said town brought with him a woman who was called his wife with whom he lived at his father's & uncle's Squire Munroe's & that they had one son whose name they called Daniel Munroe & who was raised in this town & married here & lived here some few years after his marriage when he removed to the town of Southeast, in the State of New York about 15 miles from this place & he has known him more or less from that time to the present. That he never knew any other Daniel Munroe in said Reading except the persons aforementioned.
Daniel Sanford
Subscribed & sworn to before me this 5 th day of July 1847. I certify the deponent to be a person of good character & entitled to full credit as a witness
Samuel Sanford Justice of the Peace
I certify that the interlining between 11 th & 12 th lines from the top of the above deposition of the word, "woman who was called his wife" & the erasure on the 12 th line of the words "wife with him a wife" were done before signing -
Samuel Sanford Justice of the Peace

State of Connecticut Fairfield County ss.
I Bryant Smith Clerk of the county court within & for the county of Fairfield & keeper of the seal thereof of the Commission of the Justices of the Peace for said County hereby certify That Samuel Sanford Esq. was on the 5 th day of July 1847 and now is a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Fairfield duly appointed commissioned & sworn with power by the laws of this State to administer oaths & take the acknowledgment of & attest other instruments. That I am acquainted with his hand writing & that the signature to this instrument subscribed purporting to be his is his genuine official signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said County Court in Brookfield this 6 th day of July A.D. 1847.
Bryant Smith Clerk