Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 18,541, for Daniel Murdock, Connecticut

SERVICE
Murdock, Daniel Lurana
NUMBER
W. 18541
CONTENTS

8389 New-York  Albany
Report
Suzana Murdock widow of Daniel Murdock born Private who was a
in the Revolution
Husband died 3 August, 1813
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 30 Dollars 22
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2nd day of August '48 and sent to
J. C. Walworth Burlington New York
[Acts of March 3, 1843, and June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book W Vol. 2 - Page 80

Daniel Morlock Born March 1754 Lurana Morlock Born February 20 1766 John Murdock Born July 26 1766 Diana Morlock Born March the 30 1784 George Morlock Born March 1786 Lurana Morlock Born April 29 1789 Daniel Morlock Born July 1793 Alexander Morlock Born March 23 1785 Murdock Born 1797

THE NEW TESTAMENT Of our LORD and SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST,
Translated out of the ORIGINAL GREEK;
And with the former
TRANSLATIONS
Diligently Compared and Revised, By His MAJESTY's Special Command.
Appointed to be Read in Chu-

March 28/18 Surona Murdoch Widow David

Owego County } Town of Hartwick } Feb 23 rd 1848 I here by certify I am personally acquainted with the within named deponent hereof knows and that he is esteemed a man of truth and veracity and further I have been acquainted with the within named deponent for the last forty years and knowing the said deponent to hold Office in the Town of Hartwick for a number of years to my certain knowledge and further the within deponent made Oath before me that the within affidavit is just and true according to his knowledge and belief.
Moses Luther } justice of the peace
STATE OF NEW-YORK, } I, Charles McLean, Clerk of said county, do here- Otsego County, ss. } by certify, that Moses Leether the person subscribing the foregoing Affidavit and before whom the same was taken, was on the 23 rd day of February 1848 therein mentioned, a servant of the peace in and for said County of Otsego, and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Moses Leether and verily believe that the name subscribed to the said Affidavit is his proper and genuine signature.
In Testimony Whereof, I have caused the seal of the said County to be hereunto affixed this 23 rd day of February A. D., 1848.
Chas. M. Leake Clerk.

Otsego County } Town of Hartwick }
I Comport Chase do before and Say that I am seventy one years of Age was Born in Plainfield State of Connecticut Windham County and was then and there Acquainted with Daniel Murdock and his wife and they since in Voluntown his wife parents lived in Voluntown I the said Comport Chase did Marry George Murdock's Eldest daughter Daughter to Daniel of George Murdock Daniel & George Murdock then lived in one house in the Town of Plainfield in 1803 the said Daniel Murdock moved into the State of New York County of Otsego and Town of Hartwick I Comport Chase moved to the Town of Hartwick in the year of 1804 and bought Lands joining the said Daniel Murdock and lived there until he the said Daniel Murdock died which was in the year of 1812 and attended the funeral of the said Murdock and saw Lunona Murdock Baptised when I was about fifteen years of age and further I have been acquainted with the whole family of Murdock ever since John Murdock was born July the 26 th 1785 - Eldest son of Daniel Murdock and Diana Murdock was born March the 30 th 1787 George Murdock was born March 24 th 1789 Lunona Murdock was born April 2 nd 1791 Daniel Murdock was born 17 th day of July 1793 Alexander Murdock was born March 23 rd 1795 Polly Murdock was born 1797 Diana Murdock & Hulda Murdock & Andrew Murdock & Philinda Murdock & Ira M Murdock & Harvey Murdock the last six above names appears to be torn up from the record the said John Murdock died the 14 th day of July 1833 and the eldest daughter died at the age of three years old and further this deponent saith he believes the Old record annexed hereunto to be a true record according to her best knowledge and belief and further saith he now joins with George Murdock the eldest son of George Daniel Murdock in stating that the said George keep the family together until they all be of the age of twenty one years and further this Deponent saith not
Comport Chase

Otsego County } ss I George Murdock do hereby and say Town of Hartwick } That I am 59 years old in march next and the is the eldest child of Daniel Murdock deceased now living and further this deponent saith that the old record of the Murdock family attached here unto to be his Father's hand writing that is Daniel Murdock and also he lived with his Father at the time his father died and has keep the family together and brought them all up since the death of his father and further this deponent saith he has made proper arrangements with all of the heirs of Daniel Murdock deceased and further this deponent saith that the old record of Daniel Murdock deceased family was found in the hands of John Wm Murdock a grand son of Daniel Murdock deceased and further this deponent saith not
George Murdock
Otsego County } ss Feb 23 rd 1848 Town of Hartwick } I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named deponent and that he is esteemed A man of truth and veracity and after I had committed the above affidavit to writing lawfully read the same to him in his hearing when he made oath in due form and subscribed his name in my presence and before me
Moses Luther } justice of the peace
I further certify that I have been acquainted with the Murdock family I have been school mates with quite a number of said family about forty years since
Moses Luther
NB and also put out of the bill the old record of the Murdock family and attached it to this affidavit Moses Luther

I hereby certify that on application for evidence of the services of Daniel Murdock in the war of the Revolution I have examined the Revolutionary Rolls and other documents relating to that war which have been from time to time deposited in the archives of the Connecticut Historical Society and that among such papers and documents I find a document which is headed as follows, viz.
"Travil Pay Role of Capt. Andrew Backus Company in Col. John Douglas Regt. who joined the American army in the State of New York Sept. 1776"
On the aforesaid document I find the name of Daniel Moredock engaged "Sept. 7 th 1776" "21 days travil to and from Camp 200," "amount of travil 1 L. 3 S. 6 d." Said document is signed. "Capt. Andrew Backus Capt." and I do hereby certify that I verily believe that document above described to be an old genuine document and what it purports to be.
Chas. Hosmer, Recording Secy Connecticut Historical Society
Sanford, Nov. 19 th 1867.

Newlisbond Feb 23 rd 1848
I William Murdock of the town of Newlisbond and county of Derry do depose and say that he is thirty seven years old this day of december last and I am the son of John Murdock and grand son of Daniel & Lunona Murdock and further my father gave me the bible a few days before his death and he said he would give it to me (for his) your grandfather gave it to him and further this deponent saith that his father has been dead fourteen years last july the 14 th day and the bible that the record was in that is here attached to these certificates has been in my fathers house ever since I can remember and I very believes it to be a true record of my grandfather family so far as it extends
William Murdock
On the 23 rd day of February 1848 the above named William Murdock personally appeared before and Made Oath to the above affidavit and said it was true according to his best knowledge and belief and further I believe the above named deponent to be a man of truth and veracity and I am personally acquainted with him
Moses Luther } justice of the peace

12457 In the Matter of the Application of Lucina Morlock for Pension Widow of Daniel N.Y.
Act 7 July 1838 on Roll Capt. Gordon priv. aw 1 mo. 25 days Capt. Life 7-7- 9 mo 20 days
J. C. Walcutt Burlington N.Y. Oct

Declaration under the act of the 7 th July 1838 (State of New York) Albany County } ss
On this 22 nd day of November A. D. 1845 personally appeared before me James C. Walworth a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Albany aforesaid. Suranna Murdock a resident of the town of Hartwick in the County of Albany and State of New York aged seventy six years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on oath make the fol- lowing declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made in the act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838 entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain Widows (and the subsequent acts of March 3 rd 1843, and acts of June 17 th 1844) that she is the Widow of Daniel Murdock deceased who was a private in the war of the revolution both in the militia and in the regular service that she has often heard her late husband tell of his service at Boston and Roxbury in the year 1775 and of his enlistment in the army of the Revolution and his serving at White Plains but from old age and the consequent loss of memory she is unable to particularize
She further declares that she was married to the said Daniel Murdock as she now thinks in the month of May in the year one fifteen hundred and eighty five at the town of Wol- verton in the State of Connecticut by Asahel Cole Esq a Justice of the Peace that her maiden name was Suranna Mathewson that she has no record of said marriage she had a record of her said marriage in her bible but it has been

dishevelled for many years and that she does not know of any record of said marriage and that her husband the aforesaid Daniel Murdock died in the said town of Hartwick in said County of Otsego on the 3 rd day of August in the year A D 1813 that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place prior as to the first day of January seventeen hundred and ninety four by at the time above stated and that she has not intermarried but still continues the widow of the said Daniel Murdock
Lucana her Murdock Mark
Sworn and Subscribed Before me this 22 nd day of November 1845 James C Walworth Judge of Otsego County Courts
And I the undersigned Judge do certify that from a personal acquaintance with the above declarant and after putting all necessary interrogatories to her I am fully satisfied of the truth of her statements and that she is a credible person And that from Bodily infirmities she is unable to attend the courts
J. C. Walworth Judge of Otsego County Courts

State of New York Otsego County ss
William Pierce of the town of Hartwick in Otsego County aforesaid being duly sworn according to law doth depose and say that he is 52 years of age that in the in the month of October last (1845) he went to the Thorne Clark's Office in the town of P'keepsie in the state of Connecticut as the agent of Lucerne Murdock and there searched the said town records of the said town for the record of the said Daniel Murdock and said Lucerne Murdock's marriage and could find no such record of said marria- ge and that he went to the descen- dants of the late Asahel Cole Esquire in said town and enquired for the records of for the said Asahel Cole Esquire deceased and could not find any of his records subscribed and sworn this 22 nd day of November 1845 Before me James C. Waldo the a Judge of Otsego County Courts
William Pierce
Otsego County ss
I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the Plaintiff William Pierce and that he is a creditable person and entitled to full credit in his statements
J. C. Waldo the Judge

State of New York Otsego County ss
Daniel Carr an assistant of the town of Hart- wick in said County being duly sworn according to law doth depose and say that that he is in his eighty-fourth year of age that he well knew Daniel Morlock of Plainfield Windham County Conn. during the Revolutionary War and that said Daniel Morlock was half brother to his deponent's father and that he well knows that said Daniel Morlock went in to the Army about the last of the year 1775 or the beginning of the year of 1776 and was stationed at Roxbury or Cambridge and served two months and returned home and his deponent's father but said Morlock his father to serve that time with him, he is not certain but thinks he went under Capt. James Gordon of Dotsborough and he further has some recollection that when Militia was called out in the fall of 76 to 77. to White Plains N.Y. and that his father went and he thinks his uncle Daniel Morlock went, and stayed 3 or 4 months. And he further recollects that about 60 years since he was invited to attend the Wedding of said Daniel Morlock and Lurana Matthews of Esopus below Dotsborough but he did not go to said Marriage the wedding was at the father's of said Lurana Matthews in Dotsborough before execution
Daniel Carr
Subscribed and sworn before me this 12th day of December 1845
J. C. Walbridge the Judge of Otsego County ss.
I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the above deponent and that he is a credible person
J. C. Walbridge the Judge N.Y.

I Reubin Bryant of Plainfield County of Windham and State of Connecticut of lawful age do testify and say He deposes and say that I am eighty two years of age that I was well acquainted with Daniel Mordock before the commencement of the Revolutionary war I saw said Mordock at White Plains serving in the militia and I think he he served three or four months the present time I do not recollect I think it was in the year seventy six I returned home to visit my friend on a furlough while in the service and saw Daniel Mordock and found that a company of militia had just been drafted to go to New London among which was the said Mordock and I saw the said Mordock start with the rest of the company for said New London I also think and believe that said Mordock enlisted into the service for one or two small towns and served the time for which he enlisted after being dismissed from the army I returned home and saw said Mordock and had conversation with him and I think from my own knowledge and from what said Mordock told me that said Mordock served in the army for eighteen months or more I was well acquainted with said Mordock for several years after the close of the war and had full confidence and belief in the truth of the statement which he made said Mordock was about seven years older than myself
Reubin Bryant
W. Wilson Clerk

Reg. Colo. 30th Oct 1845 of Windham and State of Connecticut being of full age & of sound mind
State of Connecticut Windham County ss. Plainfield October 28 th 1845 Then the above named Reuben Bryant who in my presence subscribed the foregoing deposition which had been by me in his presence reduced to writing and carefully read to him made solemn oath to the truth of the statements contained therein before me and I further certify that said Reuben Bryant who is well known to me is a credible person and that his statements are entitled to full credit and belief Benjamin Bacon Justice of the Peace
State of Connecticut ss County of Windham Office of Clerk of County Court October 31 st A.D. 1845
I, James H. Hook Assistant Clerk of the County Court for said County, do hereby certify, that Benjamin Bacon whose signature is above written, is at this time & at the date hereof, a Justice of the peace within the said County of Windham, and as such is qualified by the laws of this State to take Depositions, Administer oaths &c, & that full faith & credit are, & ought to be given to all his official acts. In testimony whereof I have this day set my hand & the Seal of said Court.
James H. Hook Assistant Clerk
State of New York ss Albany County ss I do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the original thereof and that the same is now on file in my office and of the whole thereof James H. Hook

State of Connecticut
I Elizabeth Douglass of Plainfield in the County of Windham and State of Connecticut being of lawful Age do testify and say that I am Eighty Three years of age and that My Brother Daniel Morelock was about seven years older than Myself we at the time of the revolutionary war lived with our father in the Town of Plainfield aforesaid I recollect of seeing my Brother Daniel Married to Lucina Mattewson and that the Marriage Ceremony was performed by one Asahel Cook Esq, and I knew that My Brother Daniel enlisted as a Soldier in the Army in the year of one thousand Seven hundred & seventy five and went to Boston and I have heard him say that he was in the Battle at Bunker Hill, and after that he went to White Plains as I understood from him, and that he went several times down to New London and that I should think in the whole time it would amount to eighteen Months or More
Attest
Daniel D Beech
her Elizabeth Douglass Mark

State of Connecticut Windham County ss 45 At Plainfield October 29 th 1845 then the within Named Elizabeth Douglass who in My Presence and in the Presence of Daniel D. French subscribed the within Deposition which had been by me in her presence reduced to writing and carefully read to her Made solemn oath to the truth of the statements contained therein before Me, and I further certify that Elizabeth Douglass who is well known to Me is a credible Person and that her statements are entitled to full credit and belief.
Justice of the Peace
State of Connecticut, ss County of Windham, Office of Clerk of County Court.
I James Holbrook Assistant Clerk of the County Court for Windham County do hereby certify that Oliver Perkins whose signature above mit- ten, is at the date hereof a Justice of the Peace within & for the County of Windham, & as such Justice of the Peace is duly authorized by the laws of this to Administer oaths & take depositions, & that his official acts are to full faith & credit. In testimony whereof, I have this 31 st day of October A.D. 1845 set my hand & the Seal of said Court.
James H. Holbrook Assistant Clerk

Comptroller Office, Connecticut ?
Hartford Decm 3a 1845
On application for evidence of the service of Daniel Murdoch, in the war of the revolution I certify that I have examined the documents in this office relating to that war and find a paper headed, "A payroll of 6th Company, 6th Regt raised by order Genl Assembly 1775" whereof Watermon Clift is entered as Capt, containing the name of Daniel Murdoch who is stated to have enlisted May 8th and to have been discharged December 15th - time of service seven months & 7 days.
Harrington, Comptroller

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Wm Pierce Esq
Hartwick
Otsego County
N. Y.

Sir
The certificate contains all the service that is found for Daniel Murdoch, we have no rolls of the service at White Plains, nor of that at New London.
Respectfully Yours Abarrington, Comptroller

State of New York County of Allegany ss 3 I George D Wilson Clerk of said County do hereby certify that The Hon James C Walworth before whom the annexed declaration of Lemuel Munderock, and the annexed Affidavits of William Price & Daniel Carr purport to have been sworn was on the date of the same a Judge of the County Courts in and for the County & State aforesaid and duly authorized to take the same And further that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of said Judge And verily believe his signature to the several depositions of said affidavits to be genuine
Witness My hand & seal at office this 12 th day of December 1845
Geo D Wilson Clerk

June 5, 1935
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Daniel Murdock, W. 18541
Anna F. Murdock 219 E. Navarre Street South Bend, Indiana
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your request for the record of the Revolutionary War soldier, Daniel Murdock.
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, W. 18541, based upon the military service of Daniel Murdock.
He was born March 4, 1754. The place of his birth and the names of his parents were not given.
While a resident of Plainfield, Windham County, Connecticut, he enlisted April 8, 1775, and served until December 15, 1775, as private in Captain Waterman Clift's Connecticut company and was in the battle of Bunker Hill. He later served as private with the Connecticut troops under Captains James Gordon and Andrew Backus and Colonel John Douglass and his entire service during the Revolution amounted to eighteen months or more.
Daniel Murdock married in May, 1785, at Voluntown, Connecticut, Lurana Mathewson or Mattison who was born February 20, 1769, and was the daughter of George Mathewson or Mattison.
Daniel Murdock died August 3, 1813, in Hartwick, Otsego County, New York.
His widow, Lurana, applied for pension November 22, 1845, while living at Hartwick, Otsego County, New York. Her claim was allowed.

Daniel and Lurana Murdock had the following children: John, born July 26, 1785, and died July 14, 1833; Diana, born March 30, 1787, died at age of three years; George, born March 24, 1789; Lurana, born April 29, 1791; Daniel, born July 17, 1793; Alexander, born March 23, 1795; Polly, born in 1797; Diana; Hulda; Andrew; Philindo; Ira W.; Harvey; dates of birth of the six children last named were not given.
William Murdock, son of the soldier's son, John, was born December 1, 1810, and was living in New Lisbon, Otsego County, New York, in 1848.
The soldier had a brother, George, whose eldest daughter married Comfort Chase, her first name not given.
In 1846 Elizabeth Douglass, widow of James Douglass, was living in Sterling, Windham County, Connecticut, aged about eighty-four years, and she stated that her eldest child, Rebecca, was born in March, 1783.
In 1845 one Daniel Carr, aged seventy-nine years, stated that the soldier was his father's half brother.
Hannah Taylor, born October, 1774, was the widow, Lurana's, sister and in 1847 she was living in Volney, Oswego County, New York.
The papers in said claim contain no further data relative to the soldier's family.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Rev 18541 WIDOW, &c.
File No. 18541 Lyra Murdock Widow of Daniel Murdock Brinkerhoff
Act: March 8 1875
Index:—Vol. M , Page 73
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Mar. 17-1897- History to Miss - Carrie C. Murdock - Cooperstown, N.Y.
March 28-1901 Geo. E. Murdock Newark N.J.
June 8-1901 Mrs. Miles Westcott Hartwick N.Y.
1912 June 13. Mrs. Myrtle C. Murdock
1924 Apr. 3. hist. to Mrs. J. C. Taylor
1935 June 5. hist. to Anna F. Murdock
1936 Apr. 29-Ann F. Murdock adv. only Daniel Murdock

Burlington N Y
Dec 15 th 1845
L. L. Colesworth Esq
Sir
I sent you annexed the Declaration and Proof of Lucina Mordock for a Pension forwarded on the Service of her late husband Daniel Mordock in the Revolutionary War, you will please to examine the same and forward to me her certificate for a pension as set forth in her annexed Declaration
J. C. Waldo Jr Debarants Atty

W M M M M To the Pension Office, Washington.
Would you please tell me if on the pension rolls for the Revolutionary War is found the name of Daniel Murdock. I think he lived in Vermont before the war, but afterward came to Hartwick, Otsego Co. N. Y. I think he died about 1832, I have not the exact date, but can get it. His wife was Euracia.

Matleson or Mathewson, and after his death she had a pension. anxiously awaiting a reply, I am
(Miss) Carrie Burdock, Dorsetton, Otsego Co. N.Y.
Feb. 10, 1897.

all
Hon. Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
Sir:-
Will you please inform me whether the name of Laurana Murdock , widow of Daniel appears on the pension records of the Revolutionary war. My great grandfather is said to have enlisted at Cooperstown, Otsego Co. but his name is not on the rolls of the War Department although his widow drew a pension or is said to have done so for several years preceding her death. Any information you can give me will be thankfully received.
Very truly yours,
E. J. Murdock
41 Kearny St. Newark, N.J.
March 16th, 1901.

PA 47 W.C.I.
Rev. War
Hartwick Otsego Co N.Y. June 4 th 1901
Hon. Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
Sir:-
In order to complete inscription of my Grandfathers headstone I want to get Company, regiment and date of death , which I understand can be found in your office O.W. & A. Div. L. W. D. H. 18541
His name was Daniel Murdock, a revolutionary Soldier in Capt Wateman Bluffs Co. Col Saml Holden Parsons Commanding the regiment.
Trusting you will give this your immediate attention
I am Very Respectfully Yours Mrs. Miles Westcott
MI 18541

Will you please send me The official record of Daniel Murdock, a patriot in the Revolutionary war, found in Div. L. W. B. W. 185 41. and greatly oblige
Mrs. Myrtle C. Murdock, 81 Chestnut St., Cooperstown, N. Y.
June 6, 1912.

So. Bend Ind., April 1, '36.
Veterans Bureau, Washington D.C. Dear Sir,
Tradition says my great grandfather Dan Murdock (Murdock) who married Melitable Crofoot before 1811 perhaps has second wife, was a native of New York. He died in Ohio in 1817. In 1812 he had a deed for 100 A of land in Newark County Ohio. His wife Melitable died in 1849. Do you have the name of the Dan Murdock on your list of soldiers in the American Revolution. It has been said that his mother's maiden name was Thompson .
Could you suggest

how I might secure data on his parents or family? Any suggestions you may have I shall be very grateful to receive.
Sincerely,
Adm. Murdock, 219 E. Harrison St. No. Bend, Ind.

So Bend, Ind., May 22 '32
Pension Dept., Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir,
only one
Have you any record of Daniel Murdock, his captain was Waterman Clift, company became merged with Col. John Douglas 2 nd Conn. Regiment, where he served under Captain John Backus. Still later this Regiment was consolidated with 13 th Continental Regiment in which he served to the close of war or wounded at Yorktown. Daniel Murdock 1754 - 1813.
Thanking You for this courtesy
Sincerely Yours
Anna L. Murdock. 219 E. Navarre St.
So. Bend, Ind.

Answered Apr 4 1934
Mentone Ind. April 4, '34
The Pension Bureau Washington D.C.
Could you give me the following record from your list of soldiers in the American Revolution?
The ages and place of residence of the following Isaac Lucas perhaps from Plymouth Mass. son of Benjamin Lucas. Robert Garrison from Cumberland County Penn. Daniel Murdock from New York State.
Very truly Mrs H C Taylor Mentone Ind

Mantua Ind
March 27 '34
The Veterans administration Washington, D.C.
My great great grandfather Isaac Lucas was born Jan 6, 1759, died April 8, 1848. He was the son of Benjamin Lucas of Plymouth Mass who was born 1730 and died Jan 19, 1824. Do you have any record of Isaac Lucas as a Revolutionary soldier? His family later went to Pennsylvania and from there into Ohio. Do you have a record of Robert Simson from Cumberland County Pennsylv- vania as a Revolutionary

1812 Soldier? Do you have the names of the parents of John from Cumberland Ky. Surrisan, who served in the war of 1812, and was discharged from the army at Newport Kentucky in 1814?
Do you have record of a Daniel Marback as a Revolutionary soldier probably from New York?
Yours very truly
Mrs G C Taylor Mentone Indiana

Newton Ky March 3, '34
To The Russian Bureau Washington D.C.
My great grandfather born in 1781 and lived in Cumberland County Penn- sylvania. Had a brother John Simison born in 1768 who served in the war of 1812 and was discharg- ed in 1814 at New Port Ky. Do you have a record of who the parents of John Simison were and did his father serve as a soldier in the American Revolution?
Very Sincerely
Mrs G C Taylor
Dora Simison Taylor.

Mentone Ind Feb 28, '34
To Pension Bureau Washington D.C.
I am writing to you to see if I can find an ancestor who was a Revolutionary soldier. My great grandfather Robert Simison lived in Carbon County Penn. Could you tell if any of Simison's were Revolutionary soldiers. My great great grandfather Deac Lucas shown in 1759 was son of Benjamin Lucas of Plymouth Mass. Did he take part in the American Revolution? Other ancestors were Craighead . Guradock , McKinzie . Neither the name of American soldiers in the Revolution
sincerely
Dora Simison Taylor (Mrs G C Taylor)

April 4, 1934
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Mrs. G. C. Taylor Mentone Indiana
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letters of February 28, March 3, and March 27, requesting information relative to Revolutionary War soldiers, Isaac Lucas, Daniel Murdock, and soldiers surnamed Crawfoot, McKinzie and Simison.
Because of the large number of requests for records of Revolutionary War soldiers and the lack of clerical force available for furnishing such information, this office is unable to send more than two records to each inquirer. You are furnished herewith the records of Isaac Lucas, S.46391, and Daniel Murdock, W.18541, the only soldiers of these names that are found in the Revolutionary War records of this office.
The surnames, Crawfoot, and Simison, do not appear in the Revolutionary War records of this office.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

April 3, 1934
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BA-J/MCS Daniel Murdock W.18541
Mrs. G. C. Taylor Mentone Indiana
Dear Madam:
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, W.18541, based upon the military service of Daniel Murdock.
He was born March 4, 1754, place not stated. and names of parents not given.
While a resident of Plainfield, Windham County, Connecticut, he enlisted April 8, 1775, and served until December 15, 1775, as private in Captain Waterman Clift's Connecticut company and was in the battle of Bunker Hill. He later served as private with the Connecticut troops under Captains James Gordon and Andrew Backus and Colonel John Douglass and his entire service during the Revolution amounted to eighteen months or more.
Daniel Murdock married in May, 1785, at Voluntown, Connecticut, Lurana Mathewson or Mattison who was born February 20, 1769, and was the daughter of George Mathewson or Mattison.
Daniel Murdock died August 3, 1813, in Hartwick, Otsego County, New York.
His widow, Lurana, applied for pension November 22, 1845, while living at Hartwick, Otsego County, New York. Her claim was allowed.
Daniel and Lurana Murdock had the following children: John, born July 26, 1785, and died July 14, 1833; Diana, born March 30, 1787, died at age of three years; George, born March 24, 1789; Lurana, born April 29, 1791; Daniel, born July 17, 1793; Alexander, born March 23, 1795; Polly, born in 1797; Diana; Hulda; Andrew; Philindo; Ira W.; Harvey; dates of birth of the six children last named were not given.

April 3, 1934
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BA-J/MCS Daniel Murdock W.18541
Mrs. G. C. Taylor Mentone Indiana
Dear Madam:
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, W.18541, based upon the military service of Daniel Murdock.
He was born March 4, 1754, place not stated, and names of parents not given.
While a resident of Plainfield, Windham County, Connecticut, he enlisted April 8, 1775, and served until December 15, 1775, as private in Captain Waterman Clift's Connecticut company and was in the battle of Bunker Hill. He later served as private with the Connecticut troops under Captains James Gordon and Andrew Backus and Colonel John Douglass and his entire service during the Revolution amounted to eighteen months or more.
Daniel Murdock married in May, 1785, at Voluntown, Connecticut, Lurana Mathewson or Mattison who was born February 20, 1769, and was the daughter of George Mathewson or Mattison.
Daniel Murdock died August 3, 1813, in Hartwick, Otsego County, New York.
His widow, Lurana, applied for pension November 22, 1845, while living at Hartwick, Otsego County, New York. Her claim was allowed.
Daniel and Lurana Murdock had the following children: John, born July 26, 1785, and died July 14, 1833; Diana, born March 30, 1787, died at age of three years; George, born March 24, 1789; Lurana, born April 29, 1791; Daniel, born July 17, 1793; Alexander, born March 23, 1795; Polly, born in 1797; Diana; Hulda; Andrew; Philindo; Ira W.; Harvey; dates of birth of the six children last named were not given.

William Murdock, son of the soldier's son, John, was born December 1, 1810, and was living in New Lisbon, Otsego County, New York, in 1848.
The soldier had a brother, George, whose eldest daughter married Comfort Chase, her first name not given.
In 1846 Elizabeth Douglass, widow of James Douglass, was living in Sterling, Windham County, Connecticut, aged about eighty-four years, and she stated that her eldest child, Rebecca, was born in March, 1783.
In 1845 one Daniel Carr, aged seventy-nine years, stated that the soldier was his father's half brother.
Hannah Taylor, born October, 1774, was the widow, Lurana's, sister and in 1847 she was living in Volney, Oswego County, New York.
The papers in said claim contain no further data relative to the soldier's family.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

On request of _____, received of the military history of Daniel Murdock , the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- file in this Bureau.
W. file 18,541
   DATE OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     1775 and served Private Waterman Clift ✓ Conn.   18 mos. James Gordon Geo. Douglass   or more. Andrew Backus ✓  
Battles engaged in, Bunker Hill
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Plainfield Windham Co. Conn.
Date of application for pension, by widow Nov. 22, 1845.
Residence at date of application, Hartwick, Otsego Co. N.Y.
Age at date of application, seventy six years.
Remarks: Solomon { born Mch 4, 1754 } Volunteered Conn. May 1785, Lurana { b. Feb. 20, 1769 } daughter of Solomon. he d. in Hartwick Aug. 3, 1813 and her claim was allowed.  son George Mathison
Ch. John { b. July 26, 1785, d. July 14, 1833 } Diana { b. Mch. 30, 1777, d. at the age of 3 yrs. } George b. Mch. 24, 1789. Lurana b. Apl. 29, 1791. Daniel b. July 17, 1793. Alexander b. Mch. 23, 1795. Polly b. — 1797. Diana, Hulda, Andrew, Philinda, Ira W., & Harvey.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

military ary soldiers widows were muster and pay War and the in the possession are on file in the Office, War Depart- olls and other records service in the Revolution- also be found on file in the many of the original States.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
March 17, 1897.
O. W. & N. DIV. REVOLUTIONARY.
Madam:-
Replying to your request for information concerning the military record of Daniel Murdock, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, you are advised that Lurana, widow of Daniel Murdock, made an application for pension on November 22, 1845, at which time she was 26 years of age and residing at Hartwick, N. Y., and her pension was allowed for the actual service of her husband as a private in the Conn. troops, Revolutionary war, for a period of nine months and two days; officers under whom he served and place of enlistment not stated.
Very respectfully,
unrecorded officers are named, Commissioner.
Miss Carrie C. Murdock, Cooperstown, N. Y.

April 29, 1936
AWF Daniel Murdock-W.18541 BA-J/AWF
Ann F. Murdock 219 E. Navarre Street South Bend, Indiana
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Dan Murdick or Murdock, soldier of the Revolution, a native of New York, married Mehitable Crofoot "before 1800", he died in Ohio in 1817. You state that his mother's maiden name was Throope and that you wish to secure data in regard to his parents and family.
You were furnished, June 5, 1935, the Revolutionary War record of Daniel Murdock, pension claim, W. 18541. This is the record of the only Daniel Murdock on file in the Revolutionary War records of this office. The surname was searched under various spellings.
This office has no general genealogical data on file, hence no data relative to the family of the Daniel Murdock in whom you are interested. The Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained from claims for pension, which have been made to the United States, based upon service in that war.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

I Elizabeth Douglass of Sterling in the County of Windham and State of Connecticut widow of James Douglass Deceased, aged about 84 years, being duly sworn as the law directs, on my oath do depose and say, That I am sister of Daniel Murdock formerly of Plainfield in the County & State aforesaid and late of State of N.Y. Deceased. — That I gave my Deposition before Esq. Perkins in relation to my Brother Daniel's services as a soldier in the Revolutionary war, some months ago - and am now informed by letter from William Pierce of Hartford N.Y. That I or Esq. Perkins omitted to so state in relation to my brother Daniel's Marriage as to be understood in relation to the time. Therefore upon my oath do state in relation thereto that My Brother Daniel Murdock and Lucy Mattison were lawfully joined in marriage at Voluntown in the County of Windham aforesaid In the month of May 1785 by John Cole Esq a Justice of the Peace That I was present at the wedding and saw them married.
Why I more particularly recollect the time of the marriage is from the age of my oldest Child Rebecca who was two years old in March before the May when my brother Daniel was married and Rebecca was born in March 1783 and the May following, two years after My brother Daniel was married.
Signed in Presence of
Sara Keach
Wm C Stanton
Her Elisabeth X Douglass Mark

State of Connecticut } Windham County } to Sterling April 9 th 1846
Then Personally appeared Elizabeth Douglass who has subscribed to the foregoing Deposition by her mark and who is personally known to the subscriber as a witness whose testimony is entitled to full credit and belief and made solemn oath to the truth of the same before me
Wm G Stanton Justice of Peace

State of Connecticut Windham County ss.
I Daniel Fairman of Killingly in the County and State aforesaid aged 86 years and upwards after being duly engaged according to law do Depose and say That during the Revolutionary war I resided in South part of Killingly and high to north line of Old Voluntown and was during the Revolutionary war well and intimately acquainted with Daniel Mordock then of that part of Old Voluntown which is now Sterling. That I had an Uncle who during the war lived high to S. Mordock & I used to visit him & Mordock being high my age a little older we used to be together some. The distance we lived apart was about four or five miles.
That I well remember of seeing the aforesaid Daniel Mordock in 1775 when he, with my Uncle Alexander Williams and some others came up from Voluntown to join the Company to march to Roxbury for a term of duty. Those who had enlisted from north part of Old Voluntown & from South Parish in Killingly met at Eaton's Tavern from whence they marched for Roxbury. I went up to the Tavern and see them start, and know they were gone from some time in May 1775 to some time about 1 st Jany 1776, or last of December 1775.
I also knew of the aforesaid Daniel Mordock being gone to Roxbury Mass. again in the winter of 1776, after he came home from his first tour I should think he was not at home more than a month or six weeks before he went again and was gone about two months. He went in Capt. Gordon's Company. His son and Ebenezer Sparks, Seth Short of Killingly went in the

same company with him -
The aforesaid Daniel Mordock in September 1775 went a tour to New York how long a tour he served this time I do not know should think he was gone as much as two or three months.
The aforesaid Daniel Mordock married a Matteson girl a few years after the war and from Old Bethlehem moved away to the state of N.Y.
In presence of Admiral Fairman Wm. C. Stanton
His Daniel M. Fairman mark
State of Connecticut
Windham County } to Killingly April 10 th 1846
Then personally appeared Daniel Fairman who has subscribed to the above and foregoing Deposition by his mark and who is personally known to the subscriber as a witness whose testimony is entitled to full credit and belief and made solemn oath to the truth of the same before me.
Wm. C. Stanton Justice of Peace
2
1846

I Elisha Potter Town Clerk of the Town of Voluntown do hereby certify that I have made diligent search for evidence of the Marriage of Daniel Woodcock to Lucy Mathison. I have not been able to find any evidence of the Marriage on the Records of Marriage in this office. Town Clerk's Office. Attest Elisha Potter Town Clerk April 9 th 1846

State of Connecticut County of Windham 3 of
I Thomas Gray Clerk of the County Court for the County of Windham hereby certify that William C. Stanton Esq. who has subscribed the foregoing affi- davits was at the time of signing the same a Notary Public in & for the State of Connecticut, and a Justice of the Peace for said County of Windham, and duly commissioned & qualified, and that the signatures thereto purport- to be his true and genuine signatures.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County this 17 th day of April A.D. 1846.
Thomas Gray Clerk

I William C. Stanton a Notary Public within and for the State of Connecticut residing in the town of Voluntown in the County of Windham in said State, do hereby certify that I have in my possession a true copy of an original Pay Roll which was attached to the pension papers of the widow Desire Morgan of Norwich in New London County at when she made her application for a pension under the act of 4 th July 1836 which pay roll was headed in the words following to wit,
"et Pay Roll of Capt James Gordon Company in Colo Douglass Regt."
And that it is certified to as follows to wit: "The foregoing is a true roll and State of the Company under my command."
Certified James Gordon Capt.
That it appears on the back of s d Roll from a Justin Certificate Dated at Hartford May 10 th 1876 & signed by Benj Payne Justin of Pean, That Capt Gordon then and there appeared and made oath to the truth & correctness of s d roll.
And I do further certify that on the original Roll was the name of Daniel Morloch as a private in said Capt. James Gordon Company and that said roll shows that the said Daniel Morloch mustered Feb. 10 th and Discharged April 1 st Time in service One Month & Twenty Five Days Entire Wages $3.13.4. I would further state that this original roll as the Hon Commission of Pension inform me cannot be found with or among the s d widow Morgan papers.

I Also certify that I have in my possession Another Roll headed as follows. viz.
"Travail Pay Roll of Capt Andrew Backus in Col. John Douglass Reg t who joined the American Army in the state of New York Sept 1776."
And at the bottom of said roll it is signed as follows in "Test Andrew Backus Capt."
That on said Capt Backus Travail Roll aforesaid is the name of Daniel Mordock. His travail is put down at 280 miles and Mordock's pay for travail is put down on said roll at £ 1. 3. 4. —
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand at Volanton and affixed my Notarial Seal this 8 th day of April A 1846
Wm G Stanton Notary Public

May 18, 1846.
Adair Co.
Surry Mountain
near Boston
Backus
Divine Moxon
20
Edward Commissary of Enrolments Washington

Burlington N. York
May 11th 1846
Hon J. L. Edwards Sir
I send you enclosed further evidence of the services of the late Daniel Morelock to support the claims of his widow Lucracy Morelock for a pension for the Revolutionary services of her late husband. I wish you to examine these papers and forward to me your certificate for her Pension
J. C. Walcutt the Atty for Appointments

I Moses Wylie of Sterling in the County of Windham and State of Connecticut Aged 71 years & upwards on oath do Depose and Say That I was formerly well and intimately acquainted with George Mattison & his family who were formerly inhabitants of the aforesaid town which was anciently called Cohantown. That George Mattison and family used to reside some short of two miles from my Father & I used to attend school with the younger part of the George Mattisons children. The school was kept in a shop close to Mr. Mattisons house which led me to an intimate acquaintance with the family and among the George Mattisons children was a girl whose name was Lurana. That I also knew Daniel Mordock: That Daniel Mordock and the aforesaid Lurana Mattison were reputed to have been married from the best of my recollection in the year 1785. I did not see them married but heard of the marriage at the time of it. That I saw them, the aforesaid Daniel Mordock & Lurana at Mr. Mattisons visiting after the reputed marriage. They appeared together as husband and wife and as such lived together from & after the time they were reputed to have been married until they removed away from this country since which time I do not recollect of seeing them. I always supposed & understood they were lawfully married & were lawful husband and wife. Moses Wylie

Windham County Jan March 2 d 1847
Then personally appeared Moses Wyllie subscribed to the within deposition & personally known to me the subscriber as a respectable person & as being a credible witness & at Sterling in the County aforesaid made solemn oath to the truth of the said deposition by him signed.
Attest
Wm C Stanton Justice of the Peace

Town Clerks office Voluntown Feb. 16 th 1847
I hereby certify that I have carefully examined the Records of Marriages in this office for evidence of the Marriage of Daniel Mondock to Surancy Mattison but am not able to find any record of such Marriage and I do further certify that the Records of Marriages in years past appear to have been imperfectly kept
Elisha Potter Town Clerk
Windham County ss Voluntown Feb. 16 th 1847
Then personally appeared Elisha Potter Esq who is town clerk of sd Voluntown & who is also a Respectable person a credible witness and made solemn oath to the truth of the same before me.
Wm C Stanton Justice of the Peace

STATE OF CONNECTICUT, Windham County,
ss. Brooklyn
I Orvil Fuller Clerk of the County Court for the County of Windham, and keeper of the Seal thereof, do hereby certify and make known to whom it doth or may concern, That William G. Marden is and since the 20th day of June, 1846 hath been a JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, within and for the County of Windham, in said State, duly appointed and commissioned, having full power and authority by the laws of said State, to take the acknowledgment of Deeds, and to certify the same; also to administer Oaths, to take affidavits and depositions out of courts, and to give certificates thereof; and that full faith and credit may and ought to be given to his official acts and attestations.
And I further Certify that I believe the foregoing signature of the said William G. Marden to be genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court, at Brooklyn this 11 th day of April in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Forty Seven .
Orvil Fuller Clerk.

State of New York Oswego County ss Hannah Taylor of the town of Scriba in the said county of Oswego being duly sworn deposes & says that she was Seventy two years of age in October last - That she once had a sister by the name of Lucinda Matteson - who was married to Daniel Murdock in the Month of May 1785 - in the town of Voluntown in the County of Windham in the State of Connecticut - that they were married by a Justing the Peace, by the name of the Cole at her father's house. & that she, this deponent was present at the wedding and saw them married -
Hannah Taylor
Sworn & subscribed before me this 6 th day of September 1847
Ephraim Beardsley Justice of the Peace
State of New York, OSWEGO COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE.
} ss. I,
Iabez H. Gilbert
Clerk of the County of Oswego, hereby certify that Ephraim Beardsley Esq. whose name is subscribed to the jurat of affidavit hereto annexed, was, at the date of said jurat a Jus- tice of the Peace in and for the said county, dwelling in said county, and duly elect- ed and qualified to act as such; that I am well acquainted with his hand-writing, and verily believe his signature to said jurat the County is genuine.
WITNESS my hand and the seal of the Court of Common Pleas of said county this Seventh day of Septm
A. D. 1847
I. H. Gilbert Clerk.

This certifies that I am personally acquainted with Hannah Taylor - the subscriber to the within affidavit & believe her to be a person of truth & veracity -
John Bransby Justice of the Peace

Sep 21. 47 to Mrs. Ann Dock
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington

Burlington Sept 16 th 1847 Ward Yorks 3
J. L. Edwards Esq. Comr of Pensions etc. Sir
I turn you enclosed petition = as proof of the Marriage of Lorana Mowbray a claimant for a Pension (under the Act of 7 July 1838) on account of the Bad & Intemperate Services of her Husband the late Daniel Mowbray Permits me to request you give her claims an Additional Examination with the additional Evidence of the said Marriage been entered
I refer you to your Letter to me of July 26 th 1846 wherein you state that the Pension in 1735 of 7 months & 7 days may be allotted and 1 Month & 25 days in 1736 the same. You please send a Certificate for that Pension if the Marriage is proved with the additional Proof here enclosed if not I presume we shall not be able to come any nearer of the date of the aforesaid Marriage as no record Evidence can now be found
I am Sir your most Obedt Servant
J. C. Watworth

10462
Report
New York
Lurana Murdock
Widow of Daniel Murdock who was a pensioner under the Act of  and who died on the 3rd August 1813 of Albany in the State of N.Y. who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Clift of the Regt commanded by  in the Revolution for 9 Mo. 2 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 30 Dollars 22 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2nd day of August, 1848 and sent to J. C. W. A. G. Smith Esq. Burlington N.Y. Total amount, $ 
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by J. C. Ransom Clerk, Book 2 Vol. 1 Page 177

No 12457 Surana Murdock MS
Set to Dan. M. Gw. r. 24 July 46 " " J. C. Walworth 20 May " Set to Ditto Oct 15. 47
act- 7 July 1838

ad 43-99 88 N 12457
Lurana Murock wid of Daniel N.Y.
act 7 July 1838
Adm 9 mo 2 days fin $ 30 \frac{22}{5} per an
from 4 March 1836 to 4 March 1841 -
Adm act 3 March 1843 and 77 June 44 $ 30 \frac{22}{5} per an
from 4 March 1843
H. Walworth Burlington N.Y.

Mch 20/48 Pmington NY March 15 J. L. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions Washington
50 3/4

Burlington N.Y. March 15 th 1848
J. L. Edwards
Sir I send you additional evidence in support of the claim of Lucana Morlock for a pension under the act granting pensions to the widows of Revolutionary soldiers of July 7 th 1835 and all the subsequent laws (See Acts of 43 44 th ). It appears by your letter to me of Oct 15 th 1847 that the only difficulty in this case is the proof of the marriage of said claimant to the said Daniel Morlock the deceased soldier.
Now Sir permit me to request you to examine said claimant in her declaration she then swears she was lawfully married to said Daniel Morlock in May 1785 by Justice Cook at Volantown.
Daniel Carr Dye (since dead) of the town of Morristown in his deposition a few days after swears that also at 60 years since before he was invited to attend the said marriage but for some reason did not attend that he lived at that time a near neighbor to said Daniel Morlock and has lived near the said
2 family ever since. Then again the Elizabeth Douglas in her 2 nd deposition positively swears to the said marriage of said Daniel Morlock with said claimant in her last deposition.
3 She swears positively that she is the sister of Daniel Morlock deceased and that she positively attended the wedding & that Justice Cook married them in the town of Volantown in May 1785 and then gave as the reason why she knows it was at that time. See her deposition dated April 9 th 1846 5 th See Daniel Carrmans deposition April 10 th 1846 6 th See Moses Wyles deposition at the marriage of said claimant March 2 nd 1847.
Then again see Hannah Laytons Affidavit

She insinuates that she is the sister of this Claimants and said her married at her fathers house to said Daniel Morlock by Justice Cole at the town of Bolintonon Windham County in the month of May 1785 This makes 2 witnesses to the same Facts that attended the wedding and agree in all the particulars
Then again I see the 2 Certificates of Nathan Potter now Simon Clarke of the town of Bolintonon that he has faithfully reproduced Records of said town would not find any record of said marriage
See the Disposition of William Penn that he has been to the church records of Asahel Cole says that married them in Bolintonon & could not find record of such marriage of said Daniel Morlock often diligent I doubt for some. All the above papers referred to have all been sent to the Pension Office and are supposed to be attached to the Original Declaration
Now Sir permit me to say to you that after much search We have been able to find apart of the Old family record of Daniel Morlock's family in his hand sitting in his Old family Bible that was long supposed to have been destroyed (I believe Beg leave to refer your Honor) here within enclosed and the affidavits of Comfort Chase George Morlock and William Morlock all relating to the Old family record
Now Sir from all the evidence that appears that the Marriage of the Claimants with the aforesaid Daniel Morlock was solemnized in the month of May 1785 and from the affidavits of Comfort Chase

that the Oldest Son of Said Daniel & Surana Moredock (John Moredock) was born July 26 th 1785 that is the same year that they were mar- ried and that the birth of the Oldest Son was within 90 days of that said marriage I think this is a most conclusive reason why there is no record of said marriage to be found. And the reason why the parents would not make a family record for to record their shames and indiscretions of youth for their large family of children the less in their family record the better would they wish to spread it on the public. I should think this a satisfactory reason why there is no records of the said marriage and in particular why the said marriage should be kept out of the family Record.
I likewise send you the Official certif- icate of Charles Hosmer of the recording Scripatures of Connecticut Historical Society and of the documents in his Office in Support of this claim.
I am Sir your Obedt Parents J. B. Waterworth Atty for claimant.