Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 26,591, for Daniel Oaks, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Oaks, Daniel
W. 26,591
or Oaks,
B.L.W. 16.146-160-55-
Deborah D.
CONTENTS

3653
Massachusetts
Daniel Oaks
of Boston in the State of Mass who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain of the Regt commanded by Col Wheeler in the Mass line for 11 Mo 11 Days
Inscribed on the Rolls of Mass at the rate of 37 Dollars 87 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 th day of Dec 1832 and sent Joseph Willard Boston Mass.
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 $56.30 Semestral allowance ending 21 Mar 33 18.43 $75.73
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Aged June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J H C Bland Clerk, Book D, Vol. 2 nd Page 71.
Dead
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of April 1838, from 4. March to 2. April 1838 Regt Notified 27. Oct 1844.

4453
Massachusetts.
Deborah D. Oakes, widow of Daniel Oakes,
who served in the Revolution
ary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 37 Dollars 87 Cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued 19 th day of August, 1853 and sent to
Israel Perkins Danvers Mass:
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under a February 3, Page 143 Vol. A
132
July 17/1886 to Hon J. F. Mitchell. Service of which see rough minutes

129,636 } Act March May 12/53-
Deborah O. Oakes Wid of Daniel Oakes Pri: Child
Private Revolutionary War Claimant in Penna new Act Feb 5 1853
Map Mil,
Res: War.
160 acres Feb: 12/52, full
Map Feb 53- 4453
Israel Perkins Danners Mass
Vol 0. page 1.

4 649
Daniel Oaks
Private
11 Mos. & 11 days
Albany
$37.87.
Joseph Williams Esq. Boston Mass

BRIEF in the case of  Daniel Oak of Boston — in the State of Mass.  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 72 y - 6 m  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     In 1777 Sept 29 — 1 3 private Gen. Warren Col. Whelock   78 Sept 12 — 1 15 " " Reuben Libby — " J. Whitney   81. " 20 — 2 23 " " Nathaniel Wright — D. Dury   80 — — 6 — " " Haskell — Col. Bradford   10 41   11 m 41 d  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Newport  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Westborough  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Documentary proof — Traditional evidence  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Examining Clerk.
241 20 17

Know all Men by these Presents, That I,
Deborah D. Calko of Boston in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts have made, con- stituted, and appointed, and by these presents do make, constitute and appoint Israel Perkins of Danvers in the County of Essex State of Massachusetts my true and lawful Attorney, for me and in my name, place and stead,
To prosecute before the Honorable L. P. Waldo Commission- er of Pensions, a County Fund Claim I have against the United States Government , under the act of Congress , passed March Third Eighteen hundred and fifty five
giving and granting unto my said Attorney, full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully, to all intents and purposes, as I might or could do if personally pres- ent, with full power of substitution and revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney or his substitute or substitutes shall lawfully do, or cause to be done by virtue thereof.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal the twentieth day of March in the year one thousand eight hundred and
Signed, sealed and delivered in presence of Myrta Bullock
Lydia M. Stacy
Deborah D. Calko
State of Massachusetts } ss. County of Suffolk }
On this twentieth day of March A. D. 1855, before me the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, within and for said County, personally appeared Deborah D. Calko and acknowledged the foregoing power of Attorney to be her free act and deed for the purposes therein mentioned, and also made oath that is a party directly interested in the above mentioned as a claimant.
Myrta Bullock
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.

Where all men by these presents that S. Israel Perkins of Danvers in the County of Essex and State of Massachusetts, have made constituted and appointed, and by these presents do make constitute and appoint, W m Young of the City of Washington D.C., my true and lawful Attorney for me, and in my name, place and stead to prosecute before the Hon. L. P. Waldo, Commissioner of Pensions the Claim of Deborah D. Dakes for County Land under the act of Congress passed March 3 d 1855
Witness my hand and seal this tenth day of April A.D. 1855
Signed sealed and delivered
In presence of
Israel Perkins
Francis B. Patterson
May B. Patterson
State of Massachusetts } ss. County of Essex }
On this tenth day of April A.D. 1855, before me the subscriber a justice of the peace, within and for said County, personally appeared Israel Perkins and acknowledged the foregoing power of Attorney to be his free act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned.
Fitch Poole
Justice of the Peace
959 b2/ with Poole
Note the words of Deborah Dakes was interlined between the ninth and tenth lines from the top before signing. Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, May 3 rd 1855.
I Hereby Certify , That at the date of the attestations hereunto annexed,
William W. Bullock was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Suffolk
Also at the same time Titus Poole was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Essex in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
E. M. Wight Secretary of the Commonwealth.

State of Massachusetts,
County of Suffolk ss.
On this twen eight day of March A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fiftyfive, personally appeared before me, Wm Bullock , a Justice of the Peace, within and for the county and State aforesaid, Deborah D. Dakes aged Eight one years, a resident of Boston in the State of Massachusetts who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Daniel Dakes deceased, who was a Soldier in the Revolutionary war, and served as a Private in manner particularly set forth in the papers on file in the Pension Bureau, in the matter of her application for pension under the act of February Third Eighteen hundred and fiftythree that she is now a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States, at the rate of Thirty Seven dollars, Reigned per annum; that her pension certificate was issued to her under date of August eighteen hundred and fifty four and that she is now a widow. She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the Act approved March 3, 1855. She also declares that she has not received a Warrant for Bounty Land under this or any other Act of Congress, nor made any other application therefor.
Deborah D. Dakes
We, Anna Wilson and Fanny Stacy , residents of Boston in said County and State, upon our oaths declare, that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Deborah D. Dakes in our presence, and that we know her to be the identical widow of Daniel Dakes who was reputed to have been a soldier in the Revolutionary war; that she is a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States, and that she is now a widow.
Anna Wilson Fanny M. Stacy
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
Wm Bullock Justice of the Peace.
Note The word (sent) was interlined between the eleventh and twelfth lines from the top before signing Wm Bullock Justice of the Peace

I Stephen D. Lindsey, depose and say that I am Clerk of the town of Norridgewock in the county of Somerset, in the state of Maine, and I have the custody of the records of said town and that the following is a true copy from said records, to wit:
"The following is a list of persons whom I have joined in marriage the year past viz.
"I joined in marriage Dec r 29 th 1800
"Mr. Daniel Oakes of Canaan
"with
"Miss Deborah Fletcher of Seven Mile Brook.
"April 30. 1801.
"John Harlow, Justice of the Peace.
"Attest John Harlow Town Clerk."
A true copy of record
Attest Stephen D. Lindsey, Town Clerk
Somerset ss.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this fifteenth day of June A.D., 1854.
Dennis Moore Justice of the Peace.
And I hereby certify that Stephen D. Lindsey is now Clerk of the town of Norridgewock in said county and state
Dennis Moore Justice of the Peace.

State of Maine
Somerset ss.
I, George A. Hoos, clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court within the county of Somerset, do certify that Dennis Moore, before whom the foregoing proceedings were had, was at the time, and now is a justice of the peace within and for the county of Somerset, duly qualified to act as such; and that the foregoing signature, purporting to be his, is genuine.
In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand, and affix the seal of said Supreme Judicial Court. This sixteenth day of June A. D., 1854.
Geo. A. Hoos, clerk

State of Massachusetts County of Suffolk
On this twentieth day of July A.D. 1854, Personally appeared before me Thomas Russell, a Justice of the Police Court of the City of Boston in said state
(Leah Dakes, a resident of Westborough in the County of Worcester in said state aged eighty years, who first being 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 February 1853, granting pensions to the widows of persons who served during the Revolu- tionary war.
That she is the widow of Daniel Dakes, who was a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States, under the act of Congress passed on the 7 th June 1832, at the rate of Thirty Seven dollars and Eighty Seven Cents, per annum, and was paid by the United States pension agent, for paying pensions in said state; and served in manner particularly set forth in the papers on file in the pension Bureau in the matter of his application for pension under said act.
She further declares that she was married to the said Daniel Dakes on the Twentieth day of December in the year Eighteen hundred.
That her said husband resided in the Town of Harvard in the County of Middlesex in said state at the time he entered said Service That her said husband died in the City of Boston in the County of Suffolk in said state on the Third day of April in the year Eighteen hundred and Thirty Seven

That she was not married to him prior to the second January Eighteen hundred, but at the time with him stated, she further declares that she is now a widow, Deborah Dakes
Attest
Thomas Russell
Marshall S. Rice
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year last within written
Before me Deborah Dakes
Thomas Russell
Justice of the Police Court of Boston
And I hereby certify that I have no interest or concern in the allowance of any claim there may be due Deborah Dakes, the above declarant, from the United States Government.
Thomas Russell
Jus. Pol. Court

State of Massachusetts, County of Suffolk } S.S.
On this Twentyth day of July A.D. 1854 Personally appeared before me William W. Bullock the undersigned a justice of the Peace within and for the County of Suffolk in said State. William D. Winslow, a resident of the City of Boston in said County and State aged Thirty One years who first being duly sworn ac- cording to law, doth depose and say, that he was well acquainted with Daniel Dakes, late of said City of Boston, who was a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States.
That he is well acquainted with Deborah Dakes of Westborough, in the County of Worcester, in said State, the widow of said Daniel Dakes.
That said Deborah Dakes, is the identical widow of said Daniel Dakes. That she has remained his widow ever since his death.
That he has no interest or concern in the allowance of any claim there may be due said Deborah Dakes, from the United States Government.
William D. Winslow.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year last above written Before me
Justice of the Peace
And I hereby certify that Mr D Winslow the above deponent sustains a good character for truth and veracity and his words and attestations are entitled to full faith and credit. And I further certify that I have no interest or concern, in the allowance of any claim, there may be due Deborah Dakes, above mentioned, from the United States Government.
W. W. Bullock
Justice of the Peace

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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Suffolk ss. On this twenty seventh day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in open court before the Honorable Judge of the Municipal Court now sitting at Boston in and for said County, Daniel Daks a resident of Boston in said County, aged seventy two and a half 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 act of Congress passed June 7th, A. D. 1832.
II. THAT he was born at Harvard in the County of Worcester & Commonwealth of Massachusetts — on the twenty second day of February A. D. 1760, and that there is a record of his birth in said Harvard : that he was in the United States service from the 27 th day of September A. D. 1777, to the 30 th day of October A. D. 1777 as a private in the Massachusetts Militia : that he was residing at Westborough in the County of Worcester when he entered the service; that he enlisted on the 27 th day of September 1777 and served for the period aforesaid under the command of Captain Joseph Warren in Lt Col Wheelock's Regiment of Massachusetts Militia : that he marched from Westborough through Belchertown Massachusetts, Brimington in Vermont, to Full Mills in the State of New York, 12 miles from Stillwater : that he served with said Wheelock's Regiment at said Mills under the General Command of General Gates of the main Army, who was at said Stillwater, and believe there were none of the regular troops; and stationed at said Mills or rather are now recollect except Genl Gates and Genl Arnold : that none of the regular officers were known to him; that he was in battle
and at the end of his service received a discharge : that he left the service on the said 30 th of October A D 1777 and that since the Revolutionary war he has resided at said Westborough, also in Connecticut Waltham & Watertown in Mass ts & Worcester, Samson's cottage, Bristol & Canaan in Maine, and for the last several years in the City of Boston ALSO : that he was in the United States service from the 12 th day of September A. D. 1778, to the 27 th day of October A. D. 1778 as a private in the Massachusetts Militia that he was residing at Westborough when he entered the service; that he enlisted on said 12 th day of September A D 1778 and served for the period aforesaid under the command of Capt t Reuben Sibley in Col Joseph Whitney's Regiment of the Massachusetts Militia : that he marched from Westborough through the south part of the County of Worcester to Seekonk, and crossed over the ferry to Newport in Rhode island : that he served with two brigades a regiment of Regulars besides several of the regular troops; and Count D'Estang of the French Fleet and General Sullivan, and divers other officers whose names he cannot now recollect — regular officers were known to him: that he was in The battle previous to Genl Sullivan's retreat, when the British troops came out of Newport, and followed the American troops that at the end of his service he received a discharge and left the service on the said 27 th of October A D 1778 .
III. ALSO : that he was in the United States service from the 30 th day of September A. D. 1781, for two months and twenty three days  for two months and twenty three days as a private in the Massachusetts Militia that he was residing at Westborough Bolton, in said County of Worcester, where he was working the season when he entered the service; that he enlisted on the said 30 th day of September A D 1781 and served for the period aforesaid under the command of Capt t Nathaniel Wright in Col Luke Drury's Regiment of Massachusetts Militia : that he marched from Bolton through Worcester Spencer Spring field Mass ts Litchfield Connecticut to Patterson's huts 12 miles from West Point thence to North River & crossed over to West Point : that he served with none of the regular troops; and that Genl Mac Dougall was then in command at West Point, but the names of the other officers he cannot recollect regular officers were known to him; that he was in battle that at the end of his service he received a discharge and left the service on the twenty third day of December A D 1781 .

II. As to the first term of service said Oaks further states that after Burgoyne's surrender he was one of the guards of the troops who surrendered & marched with them to Rutland in Massachusetts. There he returned to Westborough his term of service having expired. III. As to the second he further states that he was on the island of Rhode Island helping to throw up the line of entrenchments between two and three miles in extent under cover of the French fleet commanded by Count D'Estaing; the British troops occupying the town of Newport to which Gen Sullivan laid siege. The French fleet left the harbor for fear of being blockaded by the British fleet and the Americans prepared to evacuate the entrenchments & retreat under Gen Sullivan from the island. He said Oaks was ordered out on a hill about thirty rods from the entrenchments with a detachment a guard in the rear of the Army. The British left their redoubts in the town of Newport and followed the American Army. The third man from said Oaks in said detachment was killed. The Americans retreated under the Fort Ticonderoga. The two armies fought awhile and the British retreated into town. He said Oaks recollected of the American Army, in the battle two brigades of artillery troops, also a regiment of negroes with white officers. On a succeeding Sunday morning there was a skirmish, an English man-of-war in the stream. The same night the fort was evacuated and the troops were ordered over to the main land. Said Oaks' company went over in a sloop. Said Oaks remained there one or two days. Then marched through Providence Rhode Island to Pawtucket where he remained till his second term of service expired. IV. As to the third said Oaks states that soon after he reached West Point he was detailed to work in making mortar and casting shells for the large building which a Capt. Chesman was erecting for Government in Galloway Hollow. He recollected that while he was there one night the British were encamped in the Hudson river. He said Oaks enlisted with several other Bolton men viz. Sergeant Daniel Harris, Sergeant Hamlin, Matthew Atkinson, Nathl. Homer and John Barnard, all of whom are now dead. And the said Oaks further declares that he is known to Messrs Francis Garrears and Franklin Smith of Boston, but is not acquainted with any clergyman whom at present he can call upon to attest. 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.
Done at Boston
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year first aforesaid. before me Peter O. Thacher Judge &c.
We Francis Garrears aged seventy nine years, three months residing in the City of Boston by trade a Baker and Franklin Smith residing in said City of Boston hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Daniel Oaks who has been examined as to his qualifications for the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy two 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 as aforesaid. before me Peter O. Thacher, Judge &c
F. Garrears Franklin Smith
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the answers to which are embodied in the foregoing declaration interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the court further certify that it appears to them that Francis Garrears who has signed the preceding certificate, was formerly a Baker resident in the City of Boston aforesaid; and that Franklin Smith , likewise a Baker , who has also signed the same is a resident in Boston aforesaid and that both are credible persons; and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Peter O. Thacher, Judge of the Municipal Court of the City of Boston.
I of the 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 hereunto set my hand and seal of office on the day and year first aforesaid.
See Clerk's Certificate on next page.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Suffolk ss
I, Thomas D. Phillips, Clerk of the Municipal Court of the City of Boston, a Court of Record, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Daniel Pales for a pension; also that the Honorable Peter O. Thacher is sole Judge of said Court & that the signatures on these papers, purporting to be his, are genuine. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hands & the seal of said Court at said Boston this twenty seventh day of August A.D. Eighteen hundred & thirty two.
Thomas D. Phillips, Clerk.

Dan F. Vaks
Service 6 mos in Continental Army -
No 4. 649
Who died by Mr.
Phillips P.O. 7.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Suffolk ss.
On this twenty fourth day of August in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in open court before the Honorable Judge of the Municipal Court now sitting at Boston in and for said County, Daniel Oakes a resident of Boston in said County, aged seventy two years and six months , 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 7th A. D. 1832.
: THAT he was in the United States service from the  day of  A. D. 17  , to the  day of  A. D. 17  as a private in the Continental Army : that he was residing at Westborough in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth aforesaid when he entered the service ; that he enlisted and served for the period aforesaid under the command of Captain Haskell, in Col. Samuel Bradford's regiment and General Patterson's brigade : that he marched from  to  , from  to  from  to 
: that he was in  battle
ALSO: that he was in the United States service from the  day of  A. D. 17  , to the  day of  A. D. 17  as a  in the  : that he was residing at  when he entered the service ; that he  and served for the period aforesaid under the command of  : that he marched from  to  , from  to  from  to 
: that he was in  battle
ALSO: that he was in the United States service from the  day of  A. D. 17  , to the  day of  A. D. 17  as a  in the  : that he was residing at  when he entered the service ; that he  and served for the period aforesaid under the command of  : that he marched from  to  , from  to  from  to 
: that he was in  battle
THAT he upon the pension roll under the act of 18  as a  in the  and that at the time of his application, he was residing at
As one of the six months men raised to reinforce the Continental Army agreeably to the resolves of the General Court of Massachusetts passed in June 1780 - that his name is borne on a list of men thus enlisted, in the files of the Secretary's Office of Massachusetts, but the files being incomplete do not show the duration of his service - that he served out his six months and was then honorably discharged as before as stated - And the said Daniel Oakes further declared

that after enlisting at Westborough he was ordered to Springfield Mass and there passed muster. From Springfield he marched with other recruits through Litchfield Connecticut to the North River and crossed over to West Point. From Springfield to West Point he was under the temporary command of Captain Frothingham, an officer in the Mass'tts Artillery State Troops who had been home on a furlough. At West Point he was drilled three weeks, under drill Sergeant Fuller. From West Point he was ordered down Blinder Captain Haskell to Kings Ferry to help ferry the army over to the Jersey shore, and was engaged on this duty for about four days. He then joined the main army under General Washington. For several weeks after this they were encamped in what was then called the English Neighborhood for some weeks. While there he was selected out as aoster to Timothy Pickering, Quartermaster General, and was with him two months in Jersey and went with him to New Windsor to head quarters above West Point, and there remained till the term of his enlistment had expired. He then went down to West Point where his discharge was handed him by order of the hands of only Sergeant Turner of Capt Haskell's company. That he then returned home to Westborough where he he was about twenty two years of age - thence to Westminster, Watertown in Massachusetts, and in settled till he was about about six years past, and has since lived in Boston. That he was so unfortunate as to lose his discharge pocket book containing the certificate of his discharge about fifty years ago in the woods in Westminster in the County of Worcester while in pursuit of some cattle that he had been driving, and never afterwards found it. He remembers Gen. Arnold who took command of West Point, and was at Orange when the unfortunate Andre was executed, and witnessed his execution.
Warrant Damariscotta Bristol and Piscataqua in Maine till
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 to and Subscribed the day and year first aforesaid.
Deferre Peter O. Macher, Judge
Darius Dike
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 abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary soldier - and served as he states,
Peter O. Macher, Judge of the Municipal Court of the City of Boston.
I of the 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 hereunto set my hand and seal of office on the day and year first aforesaid.
See Clerk's certificate on next page

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Suffolk ss
I, Thomas D. Phillips, Clerk of the Municipal Court of the City of Boston a Court of Record, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Daniel Oakes for a pension; also that the Honorable Peter O.
Thacker is sole Judge of said Court and that the signatures on these papers, purporting to be his, are genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court at said Boston this twenty seventh day of August A.D. Eighteen hundred & thirty two. Thomas D. Phillips, Clerk.

1929 Dec. 18 Photos mailed to Walter G. Bessard - Fin. Div. notified awg.
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 26591 Deborah D Oakes wid of Daniel Oakes Pris - Slave War
Act Feb 3 d 58
Index: Vol. M , Page 94
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Sir
July 17/86
In response to your personal inquiry in regard to the service of Daniel Oaks a soldier of the Revolutionary War widow Deborah Oaks was a pensioner, I have the honor to state that while the data furnished is insufficient to enable the Office to positively identify the service, a claim for pension made by Deborah Oaks widow of Daniel Oaks a soldier in the Massa-

1929 Dec. 18 Photos mailed to Walter G. Bessard - Fin. Div notified awg.
Rev  WIDOW, &c.
No. 26591
Abraah D Oakes
wid of
Daniel Oakes
Pris Rev War
Act Feb 3 d 58
Index: Vol. M , Page 94
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Sir..
July 17/86
In response to your personal inquiry in regard to the service of Daniel Oaks a soldier of the Revolu- tionary War whose widow Deborah Oaks was a pensioner, I have the honor to state that while the data furnished is insufficient to ena- ble the Office positively to identify the service, a claim for pension made by Deborah Oaks widow of Daniel Oaks a sol- dier in the Massa-

2)
chusetts Line on the Continental Estab- lishment, and in the Militia of other States, has been found, which is believed to be based on the serv- ice of the soldier re- ferred to by you.
This soldier rendered several short tours of service amounting to eleven months and eleven days, to wit: - from about July 5, 1780, Six months, as a recruit in the Continental Army, the names of his officers for this period not being given.

3) one month and three days from Sept. 27, 1777 as a private in Capt. Joseph Warren's company, Lieut. Col. Wheelock's regiment, Mass. Militia; one month and fifteen days as from Sept. 12, 1778, as a private in Capt. Reuben Sibley's company, Col. Josiah Whitney's regiment Mass. Militia; and two months and twenty-three days, from Sept. 30, 1781, as a private in Capt. Nathaniel Wright's company, Col. Luke Drury's regiment, Mass. Militia. Hon. John H. Mitchell U. S. Senate

Thurs 15 th Mar, 1893 B. D. D.

Secretary of State.
Sir:
A Revolutionary pensioner, alleged in his life time, that at Boston, Mass. in March, 1777, he

Danvers Mass ts Aug t 14 th 1857
Hon
L. P. Waldo
Comm ee of Pension
Sir
Please send Mrs Deborah Dooker Pension Certificate, to me, at Danvers Essex County Mass ts
Yours Sir, with Sentiments of great Respect. Israel Perkins

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, August 14 th 1854
I  H ereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestations Thomas Russell and W. W. Bullock were justices of the Peace — and Thomas Russell was a justice of the Police Court of the City of Boston, — all for the County of Suffolk
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; and that to their acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
T. M. Dinsmore Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Know all Men by these Presents, That I,
Deborah D. Dukes of Westborough in the county of Worcester and State of Massachusetts have made, con- stituted, and appointed, and by these presents do make, constitute and appoint Israel Perkins of Sauers in the County of Essex State of Massachusetts my true and lawful Attorney, for me and in my name, place and stead,
To prosecute before the Hon. L. P. Waldo Commissioner of pensions a pension claim I have against the United States Government under the act of Congress passed on the 3rd February 1853 (on account of services rendered by my late husband Daniel Dukes ) in the war of the Revolution
giving and granting unto my said Attorney, full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully, to all intents and purposes, as I might or could do if personally pres- ent, with full power of substitution and revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney or his substitute or substitutes shall lawfully do, or cause to be done by virtue thereof.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal the twentieth day of July in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty four
Signed, sealed and delivered in presence of
Thomas Russell Marshall S. Pierce
Deborah D. Dukes
State of Massachusetts } ss. County of Suffolk }
On this twentieth day of July A. D. 18 54 , before me the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, within and for said County, personally appeared Deborah D. Dukes and acknowledged the foregoing power of Attorney to be her free act and deed for the purposes therein mentioned, and also made oath that she is a party directly interested in the above mentioned as a claimant.
Thomas Russell
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.

State of Massachusetts } County of Suffolk } S.S.
On this Twentieth day of July A.D. 1854. Personally appeared before me, the undersigned a justice of the Peace, within and for said County of Suffolk in said State, Marina Pike a resident of the town of Westborough in the County of Worcester in said State
aged Forty one years, who first being duly sworn according to law, doth depose and say, that she was well acquainted with Daniel Oakes, late of the City of Boston, in said County of Suffolk, in said State, who, was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States. That she is well acquainted with Deborah Oakes, of said Town of Westborough, the widow of said Daniel Oakes, That said Deborah Oakes is the identical widow of said Daniel Oakes. That she has remained the widow of said Daniel Oakes since his death.
Marina Pike Sworn to and subscribed the day and year last above written Before me
W. W. Bullock
Justice of the Peace
And I hereby certify that Marina Pike the above deponent sustains a good character for truth and veracity and her words and attestations are entitled to full faith and credit And I further certify

that I have no intent or concern in the allowance of any Claims that may be due Deborah Danks within mentioned from the United States Government
M. M. Bullock
Justice of the Peace
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State of Massachusetts } County of Suffolk } S.S.
On this Twentieth day of July A.D. 1854, Personally appeared before me the undersigned a justice of the Peace, in and for said County of Suffolk William D. Winslow resident of the City of Boston in said County and State, aged Thirty One years, who first being duly sworn, according to law, doth depose and say, that he was well acquainted with Daniel Dakes late of said City of Boston, who was a Revolutionay Pensioner of the United States. That said Daniel Dakes died in said City of Boston on the Third day of April, in the year one Thousand Eight hundred and Thirty Eight.
William D. Winslow.
Sworn to and Subscribed the day and year last above written Before me.
Wm. W. Bullock Justice of the Peace
And I hereby Certify that William D. Winslow in the above deponed sustains a good Character for truth and veracity and his words and attestations are entitled to full faith and Credit And I further Certify that I have no interest or concern in the allowance of any claim there may be due Deborah Dakes the widow of said Daniel Dakes from the United States Government
Wm. W. Bullock Justice of the Peace

Onit
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, August 22 nd 1832.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that Daniel Oaks of Westborough enlisted in 1780 as one of the six months men raised to re-inforce the Continental Army agreeably to two resolves of the General Court of Massachusetts passed in June 1780. That it appears he was then nineteen years old, and that he marched from Springfield Mass. with many other soldiers July 5 th 1780 under the command of Capt Frothingham of the Artillery to be forwarded to the Army -
Said Oaks name is borne on a list of the men thus enlisted - but said list does not further show the names of Officers nor the duration of his service
Said Oaks also enlisted in Capt Joseph Warren's Company, Lt Col Wheelock's Regiment of Massachusetts Militia Sep t 27 th 1777 - as a private and served therein

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one month and three days, -
He also again enlisted in Capt Reuben Hibbey's Company and Col Josiah Whitney's Regiment of Massachusetts Militia Sept 12, 1778 - as a private and served therein one month & fifteen days
He again enlisted in Capt Nath l Wright's Company & Col Luke Dury's Regiment of Massachusetts Militia as a private Sept 30 th 1781 - and served therein therein as stated in the pay roll - therein - Two months and twenty three days -
Edward D. Bangs, Secretary

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No 4 Sept 1832
Hon Lewis Cass
Secretary of War City of Washington
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Hon Lewis C. of Secretary of War - Sir -
Accompanying this are the papers to substantiate the claim of Daniel Oaks now living in the City of Boston to a pension under the recent laws of Congress. In the regulations which have been adopted by you I observe that if the name of the applicant is not found "on exami- nation of the proper record" when the applicant was in the continental service, that detailed instructions as to the proper testimony will be sent from your department.
If therefore further testimony be needed either in relation to Mr Oaks' service in the Continental line, or Mass-

Church Militia, I have to request that you would forward to me the required instructions, as  to the Attorney of Mr Oaks in procuring a pension -
I have the honor to be with sentiments of respect Yours Svt -
Joseph Willard
Boston, Mass.
Aug 27. 1832 -

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Daniel Oak, Boston. Mass - which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? yes IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes V. * Has he mentioned 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? yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? no XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? yes XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? _____ XIV. †If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? _____ Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? _____ XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? _____ XVI. ‡Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? yes
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. 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 the 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.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
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 claimants 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.
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end 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.

Breif in the case of Deborah L. Oaks, widow of Daniel, Worster County and State of Mass. act 3 d  Friday: 1853.
Claim, ("original," or "for increase")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner under the act of 7 th June, 1832.
Record evidence of Marriage.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Israel Perkins. Esq., Conners.
Name and residence of Agent
Essex Co:
Mass.
"R. Smith" Examining Clerk.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
July 14 th , 1843.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," and the 3d section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, The widow of Daniel Oakley, decd. a Pensioner on the Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of thirty seven Dollars and 87 Cents per annum, under the law of the June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March - to the 1 st April 1838.  Respectfully, yours,
J. Spencer acting Comptroller.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, Present.

All inquiries regarding this job should refer to Requisition No.
38051
Requisition for Duplicating, Addressograph, Photostat, and Blue Print Work.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR WASHINGTON
CHIEF, Division of Publications, Room G 137.
December 11, 1929
Please furnish work specified below.
Bureau ordering PENSIONS
Deliver to Room No. 5033
(ALL COPY FOR DUPLICATING WORK SHOULD BE PLAIN AND WRITTEN IN ELITE TYPE, EXACTLY LINE FOR LINE AS IT IS TO APPEAR ON FINISHED JOB.)
Title and description of job photostat copies of two pages from Revolutionary War pension claim, Daniel Oaks(Oakes), W. 26591.
No. of copies 1 of each Shall form be kept standing? days
For further information see M.H.H. Finch 5033 541 Room No. Phone No.
Approved:
Chief Clerk of Bureau. K.F.W.
Margaret M. Finch Rev. 21812 Wars. Sec.
NOTE: No order made "SPECIAL" unless statement showing necessity is written below and approved by Chief Clerk of Bureau ordering
CHECK WORK DESIRED
Duplicate
Multigraph single or double space? Facsimile signature?
Mimeograph one side or both sides? Facsimile signature?
Folding once or twice?
Assembling Once? Twice? Side? End?
Stapling
Electric typewriter Fill in addresses? Dated?
Addressograph from lists
Table with 4 columns: Item, Size, Item, Size. Rows include Envelopes, Proof list, Labels, Fill in letters, Cards, Pay rolls, Corrections, Tabulation sheets.
Photostat x Size actual Official use? Repay? yes $ 30cts Blue Print Size Official use? Repay? $
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INDICATE BY AN X IN PROPER SQUARE ACTION TO BE TAKEN.
Make new addressograph plate
Change present addressograph plate
Destroy present addressograph plate
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December 11, 1929
Commissioner of Pensions
Dear Sir:
Please furnish me photostat copies (uncertified) from the following Revolutionary War pension claims-
Two pages from Daniel Oaks, W. 26591 Two pages from Daniel Steward, S. 15996
Walter G. Lessard Skowhegan Maine
Box 197
Received payment 60 cents
Antonia H. Ford
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section.