Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 3721, for Daniel Pomeroy, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Pomeroy, Daniel or Pomery
S 3721
CONTENTS
carded

2810
Ohio. Pittsburgh Agency
*Daniel Pomeroy-
of Youngstown in the State of Ohio who was a Private in the Compy: commanded by Captain Clark &c of the Regt commanded by Col. Sage &c in the Connexion time for 10 months from 1776-
Daniel Pomeroy. Records corrected
Inscribed on the Roll of Mar. 30 th Pittsburgh Agency at the rate of $33 - Dollars 33 - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 th day of Nov: 1832 - and sent to E. Paine Chardon, O.
Arrears to 4th of Sept - 1832 49.99 Penzant. allowance ending 4 Mar: 33 16.67
$66.66
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Nathan Rice Clerk, Book D Vol. 2 Page 140

Danub Pomeroy

No. 3860 Daniel Pomeroy Pension Declaration
State of Ohio B.A. # 1372
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The State of Ohio Guang County ss On the 13 th day of August 1832 personally appeared in Open Court before the Supreme Court of the State of Ohio, in and for said County of Guang. now sitting. Daniel Pomeroy a resident of Thomp- son in said County aged eighty 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 7-1832
That he entered the service of the United States, and served as herein stated under the following named Officers, to wit.
That he enlisted at Hebron in the State of Connecticut for the term of two months, about the first of February 1776 in Captain Masons Company in Colonel James Mawson's Regi- ment of Connecticut Militia. Joel Chamber- lain was Lieutenant, and Elias Bliss Ensign of the Company at the same time.
That he entered the service forthwith after and proceeded to Roxbury where he was sta- tioned during the whole of said Tour
That he was frequently out on fatigue, was ordered to Dorchester Heights on the second night of the after commencing the fortification on that hill. & performed sundry of labor there, at the same works afterwards - and was discharged on the first day of April 1776.
That he again enlisted for the term of six months at Hebron aforesaid, in the month of June 1776

in Captain James Clarke's Company, in Colonel Comfort Sage's Regiment, in Genl. James Wadsworth's Brigade of Connecticut Militia. and marched to Norwich Landing and sailed from thence to New York, and joined the Company at New York early in July 1776, and remained there (excepting when detached to Guard the Hoboken Ferry on the Jersey Shore) until after the Battle on Long Island, and retreated with the main army to Harlem Heights, thence to White Plains, and was engaged in the Battle at that place on the 28 th day of October 1776. - After the Battle the Regiment retreated northward until they reached a place called Cronpond, where he was stationed until discharged by Colonel Sage on the 25 th day of December 1776. - And the said Daniel Pomeroy further states that about the first of July 1778 he was drafted out of Captain Thomas Simms's Company of Connecticut Militia, at Hebron aforesaid, & was ordered to join Captain Miller's Compa- ny in Colonel Worthington's Regiment. Daniel White was Lieutenant of the same Company. - That in obedience to Orders he joined Captain Miller's Company at Malbury, and was Or- dered to march from thence to Fairfield. & proceeded as far as New Haven, where the order was countermanded, and the Company ordered to Rhode Island, and marched on to that Island early in August following. That

he was actively engaged in the service until after the Battle in the latter part of August and retreated in the night with the main army off from the Islands. Shortly after, the Main Army moved to Providence where he was stationed until the expiration of his term of service - and was there discharged after having served just two months. The full term for which he was drafted -
That he has no documentary evidence, and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure to prove his service excepting his Brother Ichabod Pomeroy now of Scituate in this County.
That he resided at Hebron during the Revolutionary War. That he now resides in Thompson aforesaid and has resided there for the space of twenty four years.
That 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 in any state. Sworn to & subscribed the day of August 1832 3 Daniel Pomeroy Edward Paine Jnd. Clerk.
Questions By the Court.
First. Where, & in what year were you born? -
ans. In Hebron, Connecticut. in the year 1751.
Second Have you any record of your age, and if so

where is it? -
Ans. I have a Record of my age in my family Bible, and believe that it is also Recorded in said Town of Hebron
Third. Where were you living when called into service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live? -
Ans. I lived at Hebron during the Revolutionary War, since that war, I have lived about 10 years at Southampton, Massachusetts, about 14 years in Patridgefield (now Peru) in Massachusetts and twenty four years in Thompson, Geauga County, Ohio, where I now reside.
Fourth. How were you called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you drafted & a substitute, if a substitute, for whom? -
Ans. I entered on the two first terms by voluntary enlistment. The last term was performed under a Draft.
Fifth. State the names of some of the regular Officers who were with the troops where you served, such Continental & Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service? -
Ans. I cannot now recollect any regular Officers excepting Genl. Washington & Genl. Putnam. I well recollect Captain Kingsley Captain Brig. & Lieut. Payne who belonged to Colonel Sages Regiment at the same time I did - Captain

Big was mortally wounded in the Battle at White Plains.
Q th . Did you ever receive a discharge, from the service, and if so, by whom was it given & what has become of it - ? -
Ans. I never received any written discharge. Sworn to State the names of persons in your present neighborhood, and who can testify to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
Ans. I would name the Reverend Nath l Cobb,
Sworn to & subscribed to 13 th day of August 1832 in Open Court.
Daniel Pomeroy
Edward Paine Jnd. Clerk.
We Nathaniel Cobb a clergyman residing in the Township of Hambleton in said County of Orange, and Seth Hurlbert residing in Thompson in the same County. do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Daniel Pomeroy who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration. That we believe him to be of the age of eighty years. That he is respected & beloved in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that Opinion.
Nathaniel Cobb.
Sworn & subscribed this 13 th day of August 1832 in Open Court. Edward Paine Jnd. Clerk.
Seth Hurlbert

And the said Court do hereby declare their Opinion. after the investigation of the matter. and after putting the interrogatories presented by the War Department. That the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and lives as he states. and the Court further certifies that it appears to them. that Nathan -iel Cobb who has signed the preceding cer- -tificate is a clergyman, and that Seth Hullbrant who has also signed the same is a resident in the Township of Thompson and is a credible person, and that this statement is entitled to credit.
Edward Paine Jnd. Clerk.
I Edward Paine Jnd Clerk of the Supreme Court of the State of Ohio in & for the County of Geauga do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Daniel Pomeroy for a pension.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Seal of Office this 18 th day of August 1832
Edward Paine Jnd. Clerk.

Daniel Pomeroy Ohio No 3860
for 1776 per 10 months $ 33.33 2
33.33 16.66 49.99

BRIEF in the case of Daniel Pomeroy of Seneca County in the State of Ohio (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 80 Years  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.     Feby In 1776 Enlisting — 2 — Private Gen. Worthworth Col. Mott's Regt Capt. Mason's Comp.   June 1776 Enlisting — 6 — " Col. Comfort Capt. James Clark's Comp.   July 1778 Enlisting — 2 — " Col. Worthworth's Regt Cap. Miller's Company  
Connecticut Militia
 5. In what battles was he engaged? White Plains "Rhode Island"  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Hartford Connecticut  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? one living witness in part traditional  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
C. Little Examining Clerk.

1912 Mar. 26 Hist. to Mr. D. C. Pomeroy. V. 2, ch. 1916 Feb. 14 Hist. to Mr. C. S. Richey
Reuben
3721. INVALID.
File No. 3721
Daniel Pomeroy Print Rev War
Act: June 7. 1832
Index:—Vol. 21 , Page 295
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Rev. Sec. P
# 4705 - South Fremont Ave., Minneapolis, Minn., February 5th, 1916.
Bureau of Pensions., Department of the Interior., Washington, D. C.
Revolutionary War Section.
Gentlemen; -
Do pension files reveal Revolutionary War service of my ancestor, named and described as follows: -
Daniel Pomeroy ( Pomroy, Pamroy, Pomery, etc. ), born April 8th, 1762; married Mar. 29th, 1789, to Mary Loveland; sometime resident at Perue, Berkshire County, Massachusetts., died probally at Thompson, Geauga County, Ohio in 1844.
Service was doubtless with some Massachusetts or- ganization though it may have been with a Connecticut one.
Should his name appear, would you give me a brief transcript of his services and inform me where I could secure original record certifications of evidence doubtless at one time submitted in support of claim.
CSR.
Very respectfully.,
C. S. Picher

D. C. POMEROY UNITED STATES PENSION ATTORNEY ATTORNEY NOTARY PUBLIC WITH SEAL
CLARKSVILLE, N. Y., March 18 th 1912
To the Hon Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C. will you please have the service of Daniel Pomeroy S 3721. who was a member of Captain Mason's Company of a Connecticut Regiment in the Revolutionary War his name appears on a list dated January 26, 1776 also of Nathaniel Pomeroy W 17482 (Pomeroy) who served in the Revolutionary War as a Captain in Colonel Samuel Chapman's Regiment of Connecticut Revolutionary War as myself and two Brothers served in the Civil War War as I want the record of the Pomeroy Family in the Wars of the United States and oblige
D. C. Pomeroy Clarksville Albany Co. N.Y.
PS Nathaniel Pomeroy enlisted August 3 rd 1778

information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
Daniel Pomeroy V. F. 3721
    DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     July 1. 1776 Apr. 1. 1776 Pvt. Mason James Wadsworth Conn.   June 1776 Dec 25. 1776 James Clark Comfort Sage   July 1778 2 mos. Miller Worthington       
Battles engaged in, White Plains, Rhode Island Residence of soldier at enlistment, Hebron Conn. Date of application for pension, Aug. 13, 1832 His d. al. Residence at date of application, Thompson Geauga Co. Ohio. Age at date of application, b. in Hebron Conn. in 1751.
Remarks:
( Brother Ichabod )
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

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 Pomeroy 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? Yes 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? one living witness in proof. 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? Yes Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? Yes 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? Yes 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.

The State of Ohio
Guanga County ss. I Ichabod Pomeroy of
Hamban in said County, being duly sworn according to Law, do on my said Oath depose & say, that in the year 1776 I was a Soldier in Captain Jonathan Allens Company, in Colonel Artemas Wards Regiment, in the Massachusetts line.
That I was in the New York at the time of the Battle on Long Island, and was near White Plains at the time of the Battle at that place. And further that my Brother now of Thompson in said County. Daniel Pomeroy, was in the service of the United States about six months in the same year. That I saw him in the service, at various times near and about the City of New York, while I was stationed in that vicinity.
And further, that in July 1778 I was at the residence of my Brother in Hebron in the State of Connecticut, and there understood that he had been drafted into the service of the United States, and that he had recently received Order to join the Army.
I immediately after left Hebron and do not know, only by reputation, that he was informed the time for which he was drafted.
State of Ohio
Ichabod Pomeroy
Guanga County ss. I do hereby certify that Ichabod has this day made solemn Oath to the truth of the above deposition, before me, that he

has subscribed the same in my presence. and the further, that I am well acquainted with the said Ichabod Pomeroy and believe him to be a credible witness, and that his statement is entitled to full credit.
Cambridge August 13 th 1832
James Hathaway Justice of the peace
The State of Ohio
Franklin County ss
I, Edward Paine Jr. Clerk of the Supreme Court of the State of Ohio, in and for said County of Franklin do hereby certify that James Hathaway Esquire before whom the above oaths appears to have been taken, was a Justice of the peace in & for said County, and that full faith is due to his official acts as such, and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice, and believe that the above signature purporting to be his is true & genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court the 18 th day of August 1832.
Edward Paine Jr. Clerk
Ichabod Pomeroy Affidavit
Genl. Pomeroy case