Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 24101, David Campbell, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Campbell, David S. 24101
CONTENTS

25,888 Pennsylvania 25886
David Campbell of Bedford Co in the State of Penn a who was a Dr in the Company commanded by Captain Forsale - of the Reg t commanded by Col Willett - in the Arm y N.Y. line for
19-8 Mo 3 day 66.98
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 50 Dollars 98 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 d day of Jan y and sent to 1832 Hon David McKean, Senate
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833 167.40 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Mar '34 33.48
200.88
{ Revolutionary Claim, { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. D. Sprague Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 5 Page 10
Due 15-1844 83-

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832,
On this 27 th day of September 1832 personally appeared in open court before the honorable Edward Horick President & the honorable John Whren & Jonathan Sturges his associates judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said county now sitting David Campbell a resident of Burlington Township in the county of Bradford & State of Pennsylvania aged sixty seven 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 th 1832 That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers & served as herein stated he enlisted as a private about the month of Janu- -ary 1782 in a volunteer regiment commanded by Col Maurice Milet in a company commanded by Capt Percell (or some name sounding like Percell) in Nobletown in the state of New York & was mustered in Albany & joined the reg t at that place - remained in Albany with the regiment until the last of May or the first of June following the enlistment when we marched to Fort Plain for the Mohawk river & remained there the greatest part of the summer & then went to German Flats & remained through the winter & in the spring went to Fort Herkimer & remained there till the next winter & then went (he thinks) in January or February for an expedition with the regiment of Col Milet & in company with Col Holton's regiment to Orisk but did not reach Orisk by reason of being led in a wrong course by an indian pilot & went beyond it & was drove back by a superior force of British & indian & returned to Fort Stanwix in March or April (as he believes) & built some stores & block houses for the use of the troops & remained there till December following when the regiment was discharged - he received a written discharge signed by Col Milet Capt Percell & by Oliver Moore the adjutant which discharge was con- -cerned on his house being burnt about twenty four years since - during the expedition to Orisk he froze one foot which has occasioned lameness to the present time - the regiment during the above time was occasionally divided & stationed at different places - the above statement as to times & places is according

to his last revolution - Col Hutton's regiment was stationed in the Mohawk country from the time of the expedition to Oswego till we were discharged - he has no documentary evidence of his service - he enlisted for three years & since two years & seven months - was not in any engagement - his native place is Bradford Massachusetts - his parents resided in the town of Noblestown (then) Albany county now York at the time of his enlistment & he resided with them till he enlisted - he lived at Noblestown for several years after the war when he removed to Pennsylvania & has resided in (now) Bradford County for the last forty years he has no record of his age & no proof of his service except his mother's deposition is hereto annexed there is no resident clergyman in the township of his residence - He hereby relinquishes all claims whatever to any pension except the foregoing and declares his name is not on the pension list of the agency of any state in the Union
David Campbell
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid Sept 9 th 1843 (He used "New York" instead before signing)
W. Bell, Prob.
Neither Ballou residing in the township of Burlington & Benjamin McLean residing in the township of Columbia both in the county of Bradford & state of Pennsylvania hereby certify that we are well acquainted with David Campbell who has subscribed & sworn to the above declarations that we believe him to be sixty two years of age - that he is reputed a man of veracity - that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to be a soldier of the revolution & that we concur in that opinion.
Benjamin McLean
Nathl Ballou
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
W. Bell, Prob.
and the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states - & the court further certify that it appears to them that Benjamin McLean and

That Ballard who have signed the foregoing certificate are respectable inhabitants & creditors - the first of the township of Columbia & the other of the township of Burlington in said county of Bradford and are credible persons and that their statements are entitled to credit
By the Court
J. P. Bell Prob.
State of Pennsylvania } I James P. Bell Clerk of Bradford County } the court of Common Pleas of said county do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of David Campbell for a pension - I also certify that John Wilson who signed the affidavit of Jane Campbell is sworn at the date of signing the same an associate judge of Bradford Common Pleas duly commissioned as such not for said county said affidavit being hereto annexed
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office This 10 th day of September 1833
J. P. Bell
State of Pennsylvania } David Campbell the foregoing Bradford County } applicant being duly sworn saith that by recurring to matters within his memory he recollects that he enlisted under Capt. Pearsall in Col. Miley's regiment as set forth in the foregoing declaration on the 1 st day of January 1782 - he recollects its being next year's day from other circumstances occurring at the time
Sworn & subscribed before me Nov 16. 1833
David Campbell
E. G. Goodrich Jus Peace

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12435
Adm. 1 year 8 Months 83 days.
Hon Sam e Mc Keau Senate U.S.

State of Pennsylvania Bradford County ss 3
I James P. Buel Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of Bradford County do certify that E. S. Goodrich before whom the within additional Certificate was sworn & subscribed is an acting Justice of the peace in & for said County, & that the signature thereto attached purporting to be his is Genuine. Witness My hand & Seal of office this 16th day of November A.D. 1833.
J. P. Buel

State of Pennsylvania Bradford County
On the 7 of Apr 1833
Personally appeared John Campbell aged eighty nine years resident in the Parish of Berks County of Bradford & State of Pennsylvania who being duly sworn known by me to be the person described that he is the said David Campbell resident of the State of Pennsylvania enlisted into the Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War about the month of January - 1775. He enlisted in Noble County in the State of New York & his discharge was entered in the Service in Col. Willets Regt. & at the end of the War he returned home & there is no doubt but what the said David Campbell served in the Revolutionary War from about the month of Jany. 1775 until the end of the same Sworn & Subscribed John Campbell Before me Apr 7. 1833 Jane McLean Associate Judge Bradford County State of Pa
I certify that the above named John Campbell is an credible person & that his claim may be heard on his oaths Apr 7. 1833
Jane McLean Associate Judge Bradford County State of Pennsylvania

State of Pennsylvania Bradford county ss
I James P. Bell Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said county do hereby certify that the foregoing contains John W. Kneen's Who signed the foregoing is & was at the time of his signing the same an acting assistant judge of the Court of Common Pleas of said county duly commis- sioned as such & that I am acquainted with his hand writing & believe the foregoing to be his proper signature
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office Sept. 10. 1833
J. P. Bell
State of Pennsylvania Bradford county ss
I David Campbell being duly sworn further saith that

May 16, 1936
David Campbell S. 24101 BA-J/AWF
Mrs. W. B. Greenough Troy Pennsylvania
Dear Madam:
The data furnished herein were obtained from papers on file in pension claim, S. 24101, based upon the service of David Campbell in the War of the Revolution.
David Campbell was a native of Blandford, Massachusetts, date of his birth not given.
While residing, with his parents in Nobletown, Albany County, New York, David Campbell enlisted January 1, 1782, served as a private in Captain Pearcey's company, Colonel Marinus Willett's New York regiment, on an expedition to Oswego one of his feet was frozen, which caused permanent lameness, he continued in service until sometime in December, 1783.
Several  several years after the Revolution, he moved from Nobletown to the state of Pennsylvania.
He then  He was allowed pension on his application executed, September 9, 1833, at which time he was aged sixty-seven years and living in Burlington Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania; he then stated that he had resided in Bradford County for forty years.
His mother, Jane Campbell, was eighty-nine years of age in 1833, and then residing in Burlington Township, Pennsylvania; the name of his father is not given.
The soldier, David Campbell, died December 15,

1848.
It is not stated that the soldier was ever married.
If you desire information in regard to the name and address of the person paid the last payment of pension of this widow  pensioner , you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D.C., and give the following-
David Campbell Certificate # 25886 or 25888 Issued January 22, 1834 Rate $66.96 per annum Commenced March 4, 1831 Act of June 7, 1832 Pennsylvania Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Revolution
24 101 INVALID.
1908 Nov. 14. Hist. to Chas. J. Campbell. 1916 Dec. 28. Mr. Campbell notif. only one statement to each person. 1917 Jan. 6. Hist. to Miss Kate L. Campbell. 1936 May 16 - list L. Mrs. W. B. Brennan
File No. 24, 101
David Campbell
Rev War
Act: June 7 th 1791
Index: — Vol. 2 , Page 61
[Arrangement of 1870.]

J. L. Edwards Commis r of Pensions
Gen. S. M c Lean
Burlington
Tenn a

War Department
Pension Office
July 8. 1833
Sir,
In answer to your letter of the 5 th instant, I have to inform you that I have made a search for the papers in the case of David Campbell, and they cannot be found. Owing to the extraordinary press of business in this office, and the number of new and inexperienced Clerks introduced here in consequence of the increase of business, some papers have occasionally been mislaid. I would advise him to send a new declaration.
I have the honor to be Sir, Your Ob t . Servant J. L. Edwards

War Department Pension Office November 8 th 1833.
Sir,
The papers in support of the claim of David Campbell have been examined, and are herewith enclosed to you,
He must state on what day of January he was enlisted, and as his pension can only be computed for service up to the 3 rd day of September 1783, the date of the ratification of the definitive treaty of peace,
I have the Honour to be Very respectfully Your obedt Servt J. L. Edwards
Hon D r M c Kean Burlington
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CHARLES J. CAMPBELL COUNSELOR AT LAW NEW YORK LIFE BUILDING Nos. 346-348 BROADWAY
24101
Enc
NEW YORK, November 4, 1908.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
agency 15886 HCH
Dear Sir:-
I am informed that David Campbell, who died in Burlington, Bradford County, Pa., in the latter 40's, drew a pension of $96. per year, on account of disability resulting from his service in the Revolutionary War. If this is so, will you please inform me when the pension was granted, the nature of the disability, from what place he joined the service, in what military organization he served, and the nature and extent of his service ?
I desire to use this information in support of an application for membership in the "Sons of the Revolution", and shall greatly appreciate any assistance which you may be able to give in the matter.
Yours truly,
Chas J Campbell

Rev Sec
CAMPBELL & BOLAND COUNSELORS AT LAW 51 CHAMBERS ST. NEW YORK
December 13, 1916.
U. S. Pension Bureau, Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
Refer to I. S. C. Sur. File 24101 R.E. V. W. A. War.
Please send me a record of services of David Campbell a Revolutionary War pensioner with such information as you may have on your files.
Yours very truly,
C/E

Campbell 30

Rev sect 1 J.G.  CAMPBELL & BOLAND COUNSELORS AT LAW 51 CHAMBERS ST. NEW YORK
December 29, 1916.
Hon. G. M. Saltzgaber, Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
Answering your letter of December 28th, in reply to mine of December 13th requesting the record of David Campbell, Sur File No. 24101 Rev. War:
The history which you mailed to me as re- quested was filed by me with the Sons of the American Revolution in connection with an  my application for member- ship therein.
The one which I have now requested was to file with the Daughters of the American Revolution in connection with the application of my sister Kate L. Campbell, 280 Montgomery Street, Bloomfield, N. J. She was requested by that organization to furnish such a history.
With this explanation I trust you will mail the history either to my sister at the address named, or to me.
Yours very truly,
Send to the Sister  Charles J. Campbell
CJC/F

Troy, Pa., May 5, 1936
Bureau of Pensions Washington, D.C.
Dear Sirs. Kindly send the War records of the following Revolutionary War Soldiers:
1) ✓ James (2) Campbell Sr., born and enlisted in Blandford, Mass. Married Jane Knox. Died Dec. 28, 1813 aged 75 years. Buried in Campbell Flats cemetery near Burlington, Bradford County, Pa. 2) ✓ David (1) Campbell . born at Blandford, Mass. Enlisted at Blandford, Mass. Jan. 1, 1782, served as a private until Dec. 1783, under Capt. Peasey & Col. Marmius Willet. He died Dec. 15, 1848, aged 83 years. Buried in Campbell Flats cemetery near Burlington, Bradford Co., Penna. Thanks. Mrs. H. B. Greenough.

Troy, Pa., May 5, 1936
Pension Department Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir - Kindly send the service records of the following Revolutionary soldiers: (5) and
1) James Van Horn who served as Lieutenant of First Battalion of Somerset New Jersey, under Capt. Van Eyck. He was in the battles of: Long Island, Trenton, Princeton, and Monmouth.
(2) ✓ William (4)  Matt of the Dutchess County N. Y., militia - Captain and Mayor in S.E. Precinct - 1775. Born in 1735 - died in 1790 at Newburgh, N. Y.
(3) John (3)  Matt - born 1745 in New Jersey. Died in 1823 in New York. Served as private in Burlington County New Jersey militia.
Yours truly
Mrs. W. B. Greenough.

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of David Campbell a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his ( or his widow's ) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. L. 24101
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Jany. 1782 to Dec. 1783 Private Pearsey Marinus Willett N.Y.   In expedition to Oswego one   of his feet was frozen,   causing permanent lameness.  
Battles engaged in, ✓
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Nobletown, Albany Co., N.Y.
Date of application for pension, Sept. 9, 1832 His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Burlington Township, Bradford Co., Pa.
Age at date of application, 67 years - born at Blandford, Mass.
Remarks: he was the son of Jane Campbell of Blandford aged 89 yrs. in 1833. He died Dec 15 - 1848 - Agency Book - All's Dec 15 - '36
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

May 16, 1936
BA-J/AWF
Mrs. W. B. Greenough Troy Pennsylvania
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letters in which you request information in regard to the following Revolutionary War soldiers-
David Campbell, born in Blandford, Massachusetts, served as private with New York Troops, and died December 15, 1848 in Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
James Campbell, born about 1738 in Blandford, Massachusetts, died December 28, 1813 in Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
John Mott, born 1745 in New Jersey, private in Burlington County, New Jersey Militia, died in 1823 in New York.
William Mott, born in 1735, Captain and Major in Dutchess County, New York Militia, died in 1790 in Newburgh, New York.
James Van Horne of Somerset County, New Jersey.
Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained from claims for pension and bounty land, which have been made to the United States, based upon service in that war.
A search of the records fails to show such claims on file on account of the Revolutionary War service of a James Campbell as described, or of any William Mott.
You were furnished, October 18, 1930 the record of the only James Mott of New Jersey, found on file
John

in the Revolutionary War records of this office.
The data furnished relative to James Van Horne, are not sufficient to enable this office to identify the record of that soldier in whom you are particularly interested. You will please furnish as much as possible of the following data in regard to James Van Horne- approximate dates of birth and death and places of residence at enlistment and after service.
The record of David Campbell is furnished herewith as found in claim for pension, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator