Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 22086, for Daniel Rice, Connecticut

SERVICE
Conn. Continental.
Rice, Daniel Jemima
NUMBER _____
N. 22086.
CONTENTS

Daniel Rice of Genesee Co in the State of New York who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Pettibone of the Regt - commanded by Col. Arnold in the St. Lawrence line for 16 mos.
Col Arnold Capt Pettibone
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 53 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 day of Feby. 1834 and Set forth Nathaniel Tyrele Johnson
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833. - $133.32 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 March 34 - 26.66 $159.98
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk, Book E Vol. 4 Page 118

Daniel Rice
v 18121
[Faint, mirrored handwriting, likely bleed-through from the reverse side of the page.]

State of New York Essex County Town of Schroon
On the 22 day of October 1832
personally appeared before me Walter Tyrrell one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Essex Daniel Rice a resident of Schroon in the County and State aforesaid aged seventy seven years the fourth day of June last, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 That he enlisted for seven months in the year 1775 do not recollect the name of the officer under which he enlisted thinks he served in Captain Pettibone's Company, that he resided in the Town of Totten State of Connecticut at the time he enlisted. in the month of May the same year he marched to Roxbury was at that place three months according to the best of his recollection then marched to Cambridge and was about there until he volunteered with Colonel Brnold to go on his Canady expedition the name of the Captain he volunteered under is not recollect, that he was sick and did not reach the Camp Cooper and Ensign Knowles were the Company officers, marched from Cambridge to Newburyport stayed a few days then went on board of a sloop and sailed to port

Western where we landed stayed a short time from that place we marched up the Kennebec river to the dead river from that place to Chandlers pond passed thence down Chandlers river to the river S.S. Lawrence crossed over the S.S. Lawrence to Wolf's Cove from there went up the heights on to Abrams plains lay there until joined by General Montgomery he thinks the part of December, the term for which he had enlisted expired about that time, General Montgomery offered a suit of Cloaths to all those whose time of enlistment had expired if they would volunteer to stay one month, he volunteered and received the suit of Cloaths, on the last day of that month General Montgomery attacked the City and attempted to take it by storm, he was in the division commanded by Colo Arnold Maj. Mays & Maj. Bregalow he was one of those that scaled the walls and got in to the lower town Colo Arnold received a wound and did not go in to the City, Mays & Bregalow got in to the City and he believes that about the whole that got in to the City was taken prisoners, he understands that General Montgomery was killed that night in attempting to force his way in to the upper town, he understands that in consequence of the fall of General Montgomery the expedition failed and the City was not taken

he was taken prisoner in the lower Town and put in to a Gaol in the Upper Town and kept in close confinement until the next spring or summer until after the British fleet had landed at Quebec and the army commanded by General Bourque had marched up the river as he understood
he understood that Governor Carlton had paroled the prisoners and he was taken out of prison and went on board of a British vessel and sailed to New York did not land at New York the vessel then sailed to Elizabeth Town New Jersey where he was permitted to land he thinks the last of September or the first of October as the City of New York was taken by the British before he arrived there, from Elizabeth Town he went to the Town of Sutton Connecticut the place where he resided when he enlisted, he thinks he got home the last of October or the first of November he saith that he lost all his Cloaths at the time he was taken prisoner except what he had on, that the Gun he had when he was taken was his own and that he paid twenty Dollars for it, and that he never had received any pay for the above mentioned services, and that he did not know whether he ever was exchanged or not

he saith that Lieutenant Cooper was killed in the action in the City of Quebec
he saith that he served under General Ennis at Schenbury three months that he was unemployed during an Lake Champlain the principal part of that time, he did not recollect the names of the officers that he served under at that time as he was with them but little an account of his being on the Lake to which services he returned
that he has never used any written discharge for the above mentioned services, at the expiration of the three months he was discharged by his officers -
That he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person living by whom he can prove his services
And he further saith that he is known to Henry Woodward a clergyman and Joseph Johnson
both residents in the said town of Schenbury to have been by repute a soldier of the revolution.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state
Sworn and the signature Daniel his Reu acknowledged before me mark the day and year above written Walter Pyrrl Judge

We Hermon Hermon Woodard Clergymen and Joseph Johnson both residing in the Town of Schram hereby Certify that we are well acquainted with Daniel Rice who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration that we believe him to be seventy seven years of age that he is respected and beloved in the neighborhoods where he resides to have been a soldier of revolution and we concur in that opinion Sworn and subscribed at Hermon Woodard Clergymen Schram the day and year Joseph Johnson above written Walter S. S. Judge
And I the said Judge do hereby declare that that in my opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogation prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states, and I the said Judge further certify that the above named applicant

is unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity and that the said applicant has been confined to his house for more than two years, and I further certify that I know Abram Woodward to be a clergyman and Joseph Johnson hath residing in the Town of Schenectady who has signed the foregoing Certificate and that they are creditable persons and are intitled to Credits Walter Dyer Judge
And I do hereby certify that I have been acquainted with Daniel Rea the said applicant for more than twenty years, and know him to have been a soldier of the revolution by repute and have heard him give a narrative of his revolutionary services ten or fifteen years ago, and the foregoing declaration is substantially the same, though not so perfect as he has forgot the names of many of the officers under which he served

after the passage of the first pension Law for the benefit of revolutionary officers & soldiers he spoke to me concerning his getting a pension I informed him that he must make proof of his services in order to obtain a pension, he said that there was one man that went with Col. Arnold to Quebec that belonged to the same company that he did, that had gone to the North part of this State a few years ago, but whether he was dead or alive he could not tell The said applicant has been confined to his bed for three or four years and the greater part of the time to his head from bodily infirmary and his memory thereby has become much impaired
Walcott Dyer
State of New York County of Seneca ss. I, Leonard Storrs Clerk of the county of Seneca ss. do hereby certify that Walcott Dyer before whom the above or foregoing proceedings were taken and had been at the rate of the same a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of said county duly elected and qualified as such and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Judge and truly believe his name subscribed as above or foregoing is his genuine signature & hand writing
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name & office my seal & affixed this twenty seventh day of October in the year 1832
Leonard Storrs Clerk
- he ever was exchanged or not

18121
Daniel Rice
Essex county New York
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Walcott Tynell Schroon, N.Y.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office.
27 May 1833
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, showing the Service of Daniel Rice, Essex county N.York
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Enlisted 1775 8 private Captain Atkinson Col Arnold 77   a prisoner of war 9 10 Maj. Hays Quebec Roxbury Seton tradition   Boatswain 3 Maj. Hays Cambridge Conceit.   Major Newburyport   Byron to Canada   Col. Cross Skene-   burg  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
It must be specific. & it must appear clearly that he was actually engaged on duty when taken prisoner & he must produce the best evidence possible.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I, _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this _____ day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____ hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the _____
and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services. 
6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons -one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For ————— year ————— months, and ————— days, I served as a —————. For ————— months and ————— days, I served as a —————; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must fix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
J. G. Bradford

Reported
855 New York Albany Jermina Rice widow of Daniel Rice Map who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 53. Dollars 32.
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25, day of July 1848 and sent to
E. B. H. Smith Chester New Y.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 175 Vol. 4,

Mr. J. G. 1783
Hun and 14 Nov 1835

State of New York County of Warren ss
on this second day of Nov. A.D. 1840 personally appeared before the undersigned a judge of Warren County courts Jerimiah Rice a resident of the Town of Chester in the county of Warren aforesaid aged Seventy three years (73) who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838 entitled an act: granting half pay and pensions to certain Widows - That she is the widow of Daniel Rice who was a private in the revolutionary War whose services are set forth in the said Daniel Rice's Declaration on which the said Daniel Rice obtained his pension certificate which certificate is herunto annexed. She further declares that she was married to the said Daniel Rice on the seventh day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and Eighty three (1783) at the Town of Walpali in the county of Cheshire State of New Hampshire by the Rev. Thomas Fessington. That she knows of no record of her marriage and thinks there is none. That her father lived about forty miles from the place where she was married with whom she lived so that they as soon as they were married returned home to her father's House. The said Daniel had a family Record of his marriage and family in the Bible and gave the bible to one of his daughters and let it get torn to pieces and destroyed entirely. That her husband the said Daniel Rice died on the fourteenth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty five and previous to his death for several years he lost the use of his limbs so that he could not walk a step and she the said Wife took the care and nursed him until his death with whom she had lived over half a century and raised a large family of children. That she was not married to him previous to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first of January 1794 as above stated and that she remains his Widow and never has married since - Subscribed and sworn before me this 2 nd day of November 1840
Thos. A. Leggett Judge of Warren County Com. Pleas. Copy to Mr. Rice Thos. A. Leggett Attest
Jerimiah Rice Widow

Warren County ss
I Certify that the within named Jemima Rice cannot attend in open court on the account of bodily infirmity and old age
Chstrn Nov. 4. 1840
Thos. A. Leggett Judge
State of New York
Warren County ss
I Thomas Archibald Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas & Clerk of the same County do hereby Certify that Thomas A. Leggett whose name is subscribed to the sum of the within affidavit and the above Certificate was on the day of his attesting a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County Commission and sworn and duly authorized by Law to take the same and further that this & every word & figure in the hereinafter writing of the said Judge and that his name subscribed to this affidavit is the proper hand writing of the said Judge to testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 23 rd day of December A.D. 1840 Thomas Archibald Clerk

State of New York } ss. Essex County }
Sarah Hodgkins being duly sworn deposeth and saith that she is the sister of Gemima Rice the widow of Daniel Rice deceased, and that she was present at the time of the marriage of the said Daniel to the said Gemima which took place at the Town of Walpole in the State of New Hampshire on the seventh day of October in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty three, by the Rev d Thomas Fesenton that they was married at the house of an uncle of this deponent who resided about a furlong & a half from the residence of the said priest. And this deponent further saith that she was 26 years old at the time the marriage took place, and that she is now eighty years old
And this deponent further saith that she has been acquainted with the said Daniel & Gemima ever since the marriage took place and that she knows that they always lived together as man & wife until the death of the said Daniel And further this deponent saith not
sworn to and subscribed
Sarah Hodgkins
before me at Gehron
this 22 day of September 1888
I do certify that I am personally acquainted with Sarah Hodgkins above named and she is a woman of truth, and her testimony is entitled to credit
Walcott Gysrel Judge
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State of New York ss. Essex County ss.
David Stock of Schoon County and State aforesaid, being duly sworn deposit and saith, that he has been acquainted with Daniel Rice and Geminia the widow of the said Daniel, for more than fifty years previous to the death of the said Daniel, and he knows that they lived together as man & wife until the time of the death of the said Daniel. And this deponent further saith that for a number of years previous to the death of the said Daniel that he the said Daniel had lost the use of his limbs so that he could not walk a step nor help himself much, and that the said Geminia the wife of the said Daniel took care of her said husband until the time of his death and for the most of the time alone.
And further this deponent saith not
sworn to and subscribed before me at Schoon this 22 day of September 1838
David Stock
Wolcott Tyrrell Judge
I do certify that I am personally acquainted with David Stock above named and that he is a man of truth and his testimony is entitled to credit.
Wolcott Tyrrell Judge
State of New York Essex County ss.
I Edward S. Knight Clerk of the County of Essex and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County. Do hereby certify that Hon. Wolcott Tyrrell whose name is subscribed to the jurats of the two foregoing affidavits is a competent and before whom the

State of New York Essex County
I Edward S. Knight Clerk of the County of Essex and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do hereby certify that Hon. Hotevott Juvell whose name is subscribed to the Jurats of the two foregoing affidavits & Certificates and before whom the
Said deponent to have been to him was on the day of the date thereof, a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County Commissioned & sworn and duly authorized by Law to act as such and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Judge and truly believe his signature to said Jurats & Certificates to be genuine
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office at Elizabethtown this 29th day of September 1838.
Edward S. Knight Clerk

July 5-1901.
Reynolds Muncie, Ind.
1938 Apr. 26 Rec report in re to this sol. to G.H. Prindle in case of De Hall N. 26663 - ADM H. J. M. B.
Rev 22,086 WIDOW, &c.
Ms. A.
File No. 22,086
Jerusalem Price widow of Daniel Price His Widow
Act Feb 29 48
Index: Vol 16 , Page 165
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Meadville. June 28th. 1901- Dear Sir.
Will you please look through the pension list of the Rev. Whitney Wm. and see if the names of David Rice, who lived and died at Fort Ann, N. Y. and David Rice who lived and died at Cambridge, N. Y. are on the list -
Yours truly, Address. Wm H. Reynolds - Mrs H. W. Reynolds - Meadville - Pa -

22086, W.C.L. Daniel Rice
Oct. 22, 1832 Born Schoon N.Y. - 77 June 4, 1755
75 Capt. Pettibone at Col. Arnold Fort 8 mns
Quincy - Dec. 71 Captured Sept. 11 81 Oct. 76
— Capt. Col. Eno Fort 8 mns
Mrs. Jermina Hodgkins Oct. 7, 1832 Walpole N.H. Died Nov. 10, 1835

327 u August 1. 1843.
Jermain Rice March 30/42 Hastertown July 28 th
J. L. Edwards Esq s
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D. C.

Chester July 26 1843
Sir
Enclosed I send you the declaration of Lemina Rice entitled to the benefit of the resolution granting one year additional Pension to those widows who have drawn five years please Forward her certificate & Oblige
Yours respectfully
Ezra B. Smith
Mr J. L. Edwards commission of Pension

7450
Jemima Rice N.Y.
ack. 7 July 38
John L. Brown John L. Brown New York July 7. 1838. Jemima Rice
Nov 13. 1840
J. H. Co.

No 7450. Nov 13. 1840
NY.
July 7. 1838.
Jemma Rice
John Westbury Nov 17 Nov
ack 7 July 38
Jemma Rice NY.
7450
M rs J. P. Adams Com of Finance
Washington City District Columbia
True

Chestertown Warren County New York
Dear Sir if
If there should be any thing more wanting in the within Pension Papers then what we have already you would write  the Particularly what it is and direct all further information or certificates to Mr Gaining Chestertown Warren County New York
Nov 7 th 1840
Mr Gaining

7450
Jemima Rice
Ad. July 7. 1838
Marrid 7 th Oct. 1783
Husband died 14 th Nov 1835-
Col Arnold } 1775-
Capt. Pittsbond }
Prisoner
Admitted
Private 16 mo $53. 32
Uri Young Esq Chautauqua New York

Dec 30. 1840
Miss Joseph Emma Rice
Shelburne N.Y. 24 th Dec.
Ver J. G. Edwards
Com of Fusions Washington City
Free
66-

Christie Town Nanticoke NY Dear Sir I have got the certificate from church as desired in your letter if there is any thing more wanting please be particular to describe the defects so I may understand them
Yours Respectfully Wm Young
J. L. Edwards Washington City D.C.

Aug 2.
Chas. H. H. H.
TRB
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
City of Washington

Schroon July 30 th 1833
Dear Sir
I enclose you the pension papers of Daniel Rees which have been examined at the Pension Office and rejected and sent back. Said Rees has made an additional affidavit in which he has been more specific and stated many circumstances which was omitted in the former declaration.
We send also the affidavit of Davies Hall who became acquainted with said Rees shortly after the Revolution.
We have not been able to procure the testimony of any person who was known to said Rees mentioning the services he has set forth in his declaration and affidavit and know of no person living by whom he could prove that part said Rees has lost the use of his limbs inasmuch that he cannot walk a step and is extremely poor maintenance principally by his neighbors which they prefer doing in preference to sending him to the poor house.
I sent some pension papers to this office last fall for John Hall of Schroon which I have not heard from. The papers had been passed on by the Court of Common Pleas of Essex County. If the papers are rejected I will return them and keep them.

And if a pension has been granted said Will I should like to know it
The papers on his first application have been sent back and Rev d which papers prove a part of his service
I sent some papers to the App n for George Moore in order to obtain a pension for him I learn that the papers have been arrived but are lost
Moore is dead I received a true Copy of all the papers sent I wish to know whether these transcripts would be sufficient to authorize the Commission of pensions to allow or grant a pension
I am respectfully Your obedient servant
Walter Pyne
S. L. Edwards Esq r Com r of Am.

Daniel Rice

Schoon January 20 th 1834
De Sir
I inclose an affidavit it being a supplementing to the declaration in the case of Daniel Rice whose papers are on file in the pension Office of the United States
In which affidavit he has fixed the time of his services at 20 months which Mr Rice thinks is a month less than the time he served. Should the department require any thing further please give me notice
I am your most obednt servt Wilbott Fynnis
George W. Crump Esq. cum se

Personally appeared before me the undersigned Justice of the peace Daniel Rice and being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that he enlisted into the service of the United States or Revolution the first of May 1775 and marched to Roxbury immediately after his said enlistment, and he knows that he was on his march to Roxbury on or before the 10 day of May 1775 And that he did not get home to Taren the place where he resided at the time of his said enlistment until after the tenth of October 1776 and he thinks not until the last of that month or the first of November the whole of which time he spent in the way and manner set forth in his former declaration And he further saith that he served under General or Colonel Ely at Scheenborough and on Lake Champlain three months in the manner described in his former declaration
Sworn to and executed before me at Schenectady this 19 day of December 1833
Daniel his R Rice mark
Wolcott Tyrrell Justice of the Peace
The reason Daniel Rice makes his mark is because his fingers have become so crippled that he cannot write his name
Wolcott Tyrrell

State of New Jersey Essex County. Clerks Office ss.
I Edward S. Cagle Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Essex do hereby Certify That Wolcott Tynell before whom the within Affirmavit reports to have been taken was at the time when the same reports to have been taken a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Essex duly Commissioned and qualified in all Respects according to Law to Administer Oaths and Act as such. And that I Am well acquainted with the handwriting of said Justice and verify believe his Signature to the Seal of the within Affirmavit to be his genuine Signature.
In Witness Whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and Affixed Seal of Office this 18th day of January 1834
Edward S. Cagle Clerk

3270
Jemima Rice
N.Y.
abt 3. March
53. 32
Epa B. Smith Chester N.Y.

State of New York County of Warren
E.B.
Declaration
On this fifteenth day of June one thousand eight hundred and Forty three Personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the peace of the town of Chester in the county of Warren Semina Rice a resident of the town of Chester and county aforesaid aged twentyseven years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 3 d March 1843 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War That she is the widow of Daniel Rice who was a private in the Army and served in General Montgomery corps and that the Annual Amount of the pension which she received under the act of July 7 th 1838 was Fifty three dollars and Thirty Two Cents She further declares that she is still a widow
Sworn to and subscribed on the _____ day and year above written before Semina Rice Mark
Thos. A. Leggett Justice
Attest E.B. Smith
I certify that the above named Semina Rice is personally known to me
Thos. A. Leggett Justice
I certify that the above named Semina Rice made her mark to the above declaration on account of her never having learned to write
Thos. A. Leggett Justice

State of New York Warren County
I Thomas Archibald Clerk of said County do hereby Certify that Thomas A. Sayger Esq before whom the within affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the time of the within being of the Justice of the peace in and for the said County and that I am well acquainted with his hand Writing and truly believe his name subscribed to the within affidavit to be his proper hand Writing & Signature In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County this 24 th day of July 1843
Thomas Archibald Clerk

New York - Albany . Daniel Rice act June 7 th 1832 to what time paid? VL
prt. 4 Sep 1835
2H
Nov 1835

N. York 74.50
Jemima Rice
Lot. to Wm Young 25. Nov. 1840 Paper returned
Act. July 1838

Albany, New York 5994
Jemima Rice widow of Daniel Rice, decd.
who was a pensioner under the Act of 7 June, 1832 and who died on the 14 th Nov. 1835 - of Essex co. in the State of N. York who was a private in the Comp y commanded by Captain Pittbone of the Regt - commanded by Col. Arnold, in the N. York line for 16 mos. private.
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany - at the rate of 53 Dollars 32 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 rd day of Janu- ary 1841 and sent to Uri Young, Esq. Chester town, N.Y.
Advances to the 14th of March, 1841
Semi-annual allowance ending
$266:60
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by S. A. Elliott Clerk, Book A Vol. 2 Page 104

Reported
New York 2995
Jemima Rice widow of Daniel Rice who was a Private in the New York line for 14 months
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of Fifty three Dollars thirty two Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the twenty ninth day of November 1842 and sent to Ezra B Smuck Chester New York
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 1 Page 112

Payments to be made at New York by Mrs. Mechanic's Bank Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of New York
Samuel Rice Rev. a Member - 14 - 1831
Recorded in the Pension Of- fice, in Book E Vol. 4 Page 118 by W. L. Williams Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Daniel Rice of the State of New York who was a private in the revolutionary war
is entitled to receive fifty - three dollars and thirty - three cents per annum , during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this third day of February one thousand eight hundred and thirty- four ,
Lewis Cass
Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. }
J. L. Edward
Commissioner of Pensions.

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Walpole N. H. Dec. 11. 1840.
I hereby certify that I have carefully, and repeat- edly searched the original and only records of the original, and, during the time here mentioned, the only Church in this Town, of which Rev. Thomas Issueder was Pastor, and Clerk; which records commenced Jan. 7. 1776 - and ended Feb. 27. 1805 - and can find no trace of any record of the marriage of Daniel Rice, and Jemima Hodgkins or Hodgkins.
Abraham Jackson Pastor of the Orthodox Evang. Chh. Walpole. N. H. -

State of New Hampshire,
Cheshire County ss.
I hereby certify, that I have examined the Records of the town of Walpole as requested by Aaron Hadkins and find no record of such a marriage as Daniel Rice and Lemira Hadkins Walpole October 14, A.D. 1846.
William Ruggles Clerk of the town of Walpole.

Recd of Smith County Tenn 27 th day of July 1833. P. Morris Dep Clerk.
Service in trans- port boats not provided for
Service from the time of entry to the period of exchange estimat- ed at 16 mo
adm 16 mo per $53.33
affidavit respecting a part of the P money of the above of Land

State of New York Ohr. County Town of Schoharie
3 ps 2
on the 17 day of July, 1833
Personally appeared before me Wolcott S. Surrall one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said County Daniel Rice the applicant named in the foregoing declaration. Duly being duly sworn according to law, deposeth and saith that he entitled as a private for seven months the first of May 1775 (in Capt. Pettibone's Company he thinks) that at the time he enlisted he resided in the Town of Grafton State of Connecticut that he marched to Roxbury in a few days after his enlistment that he marched thence the Towns of Wiltington & & before the other towns did not meet, was at Roxbury at the time of Bunker's Hill battle, the Company that he belonged to marched to Cambridge when they arrived at Cambridge the Americans were retreating from Bunker's Hill and he and the Company returned back to Roxbury that he was in a skirmish on Boston neck and the party that he was with burnt Brown's house when the British kept a guard was in a skirmish at Roxbury with the enemy that burnt George's Tavern house he saith that he was in actual service from the time he enlisted which he thinks was the first day of May 1775 at Roxbury & Cambridge and about there until he volunteered to go with Colonel Small in his Canada Expedition that a number 15 or twenty out of the Company he belonged to volunteered at the time he did

He saith that they went to Iuka the way that he set forth in the foregoing affidavit that a part of the troops returned back after they had got to Fort Western or up Kennebec River on account of the scarcity of provision.
He saith that he suffered much for want of provision, at one time he lived four days on one day's rations, that they had to carry their rations and provision by land in a number of places in getting thru the woods and carrying them from miles distant, that he has the cables now on his shoulders made there and there in assisting in carrying rations and provisions at that carrying place this carrying place was before they got to Chaudiere Pond that he belonged to May's Maine Company, his Capt was sick and did not go Lieutenant Cooper and Ensign Mools was his other company officers they arrived at Iuka as stated in the former affidavit. The City of Iuka was attacked by the Americans on the last day of December he was in the division commanded by Col. Arnold and in the platoon or company commanded by Lieut. Cooper that they had prepared several scaling ladders for the ladders he should think was about 12 feet long and constructed for two men to go up a boat on the wall when he scaled was about eight feet high he should think.

Arnold marched his party party on the North or Northwest side of the Town betwixt the Town and the river, then saw some buildings standing on the bank betwixt the wall of the Town and the river which sheltered them from the fire of the enemy which behind them, Arnold made his attack on the lower Town and they had orders to scale the walls the two men that went up the ladder before him were both knocked off whether killed or not did not know, he went up the ladder and a man by the name of Elijah Marital a deserter with him, and they both got in to the Town he recd a slight wound in the forehead by a bayonet from the enemy Lieut Cooper that commanded the platoon he was in got in to the City and was killed in a few minutes after, in a few feet of him that he was then and there taken prisoner whilst actively engaged in fighting the enemy and whilst under the command officer of his said officer and that he entered the Town under the immediate Command of Lieut Cooper and continued under his command until he was killed there was much confusion in the City at that time the bells all were ringing Cannon and small arms firing and the screaming of people he was taken prisoner in the lower Town and put in to a Jail in the upper Town and continued as stated in the foregoing affidavit

he saith that the prisoners that were taken with him and confined in the same Jail attempted to break the Jail and was discovered and he and all the rest were put in irons that two were shackled together that they were kept in irons until the British fleet came to Quebec the next spring, then the irons were taken off - he saith that there was a spring of water in the Jail where he was confined
He is very positive that he was not landed in Elizabeth Town until the first of October and that he did not get home to Tolland the place where he resided when he enlisted until the last days of that month or the first days of November -
As to his services at Skeneborough he cannot make any addition except the name of his Captain which he thinks was Jacob & Faxon
he saith that he knew General Montgomery Colonel Arnold Colonel Livingston Maj. Meigs and Maj. Bigelow Colon. or Maj. Brown
Then officers he saw at Quebec Swann and Executive before me the day and year first above written his Daniel T. Rees mark
Walter Dymel a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Essex

State of New York Essex County Town of Schuarn
David Steel aged 75 years
being duly sworn according to law saith that He became acquainted with Daniel Rees in the year 1784 and shortly after that time he learned said Rees gave an account of being a Soldier in the Revolution and heard him tell of going through the woods with Colonel Brant to Quebec and the how much he suffered for provision and the fatigue he underwent in getting the boats and provisions after the carrying plans and of his having been taken a prisoner in the battle of Quebec and kept in Jail there for a long time and has often heard him complain that for all his sufferings that he has never received any thing, and I have been acquainted with said Rees and have heard near to him ever since my first acquaintance and I consider him to be a man of truth and as a witness is entitled to credit Sworn and Subscribed upon me at Schuarn this 24 day of July 1833
David Steel
Walter Tyrrell a Judge of the Court of common pleas for the County of Essex

I hereby certify that I know David Stock who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing affidavit that he is a credible person and is entitled to credit
Robert D. Smith, Judge
State of New York County of Essex
I, Richard Munn, Deputy Clerk of the County of Essex, hereby certify that Wil- cott Tyndall, before whom the within affidavits were sworn and by whom the above certificate of character was given, is in the day of the date of said affidavits respectively a justice of the peace of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Essex; and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Judge and verily believe the signature of Wilcott Tyndall to the proof of the said affidavits and to the said certificate is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the
seal of said County this 27 th day of July, 1833.
P. Munn, Dep. Clerk.
Service in trans- port boat not proven for Service from the time of entry to the fusion of exchange at time less at 16 mo
Adm. D 16 mo fine $53.33

admitted
Mr. H. N. Smith Chestertown N.Y.

State of New York {
County of Warren
County of Warren } On this 10 th day of July 1848 personally appeared before John Robertson a Justice of the peace of the County aforesaid duly authorized by law to administer Oaths. Lemina Rice a resident of the town of Chester in the county of Warren aged eighty two years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on her Oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 2 nd February 1848 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war, that she is the widow of Daniel Rice who was a private in the Army of the Revolution and served at the battle of Bunker Hill and was under General Arnold in his attack on Quebec - but in what regiment she is unable to recollect - That the annual amount of the pension which she received under the act of 17 th June 1844 was Fifty three Dollars and thirty two cents She further declares that she is a widow Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before John Robertson Justice Lemina her Rice (Attest to mark) E. H. Smith X Mark
I further certify that the above deponent is personally known to me Shattabson Justice

State of New York Warren County ss
I Thomas Archibald Clerk of the same County do certify that John Robertson before whom the within Official's reports to have been sworn to as the estate of the same one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said County And that I am now with his hand Writing and that his name John Robertson subscribed to the within Official's to be his proper hand Writing and signature
In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said County this 11th day of July 1848
Thomas Archibald Clerk