Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 45321, Daniel Canner, Continental Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Continental Mass.
Canner, Daniel or Conner
S. 45 32 1
CONTENTS

N. 250 New York
Daniel Cannon
Conner
of in the state of Vermont who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Bailey — of the Massachusetts line, for the term of 3 years 1777 — war —
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of $8 — Dollars per month, to commence on the 4 th of May 1815
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 nd of June 1819 and sent to Victory Birdseye Esq. Pompey New York
Arrears to 4th of Mar: 1819 10 mo 1/2 = $80. 25 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sep: 1819 48.
$128.25
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
Rep'd No 31
Let. No 4. P. G. ...
Jan 18/1816
Let. 7. Davis
May 12/57
Notification from ... Oct 30th 1820 to ... Thomas ...

Documents of Daniel Canner - a Revolution- ary soldier - for a Pension -
Certificate of Pension to be sent to Victory Bridge say Rev. Martin Luther on or before Jan 30th.
Adams
To Victory Bridge, Eng. Cambridge Mass. 1841
time of entering service must be within 2
Respectfully

State of New York
Onondaga County: Daniel Causer of the town of Fabius in the County of Onondaga & State of New York, of the age of Sixty three years upwards being only known deposed & saith that in the Spring of the year seventeen hundred & seventy five State of Massachusetts by the Respondent then living in Great Barrington in Berkshire County, went to Roxbury in Massachusetts as a volunteer in the service immediately upon the alarm in consequence of the battle at Lexington - That soon after his arrival there he enlisted into Capt. Brins's Company in the Regiment of Col. Fellows of the Massachusetts line for the term of eight months - The whole of which time he served against the Common Enemy - That at the expiration of that term of service he was at Dorchester in Massachusetts upon the expiration of that term he entered & enlisted again into the service again for the term of one year into the same Company in the Regiment of Col. Hood in the Massachusetts line - That there was no interruption vacation between the said two terms of service but the one directly succeeded the other & that he served for the said term of one year - That during the said one year he was taken prisoner at Fort Washington on York Island - & remained a prisoner between nine & ten months - after which he remained at home about three months where being sufficiently recruited he again entered the service of the United States - The Respondent then enlisted into Capt. Warner's Company in the Regiment commanded by Capt. Col. Bailey in the Massachusetts Line for the period of three years That he continued to serve the said United States until about one month (as near as he recollects) before the said term of three years had expired, when the Respondent enlisted for during the war - That the last time of enlisting as aforesaid he enlisted into a Company commanded by Capt. Woodford
cont.

in a Regiment, Com manded by Col. Ebenezer Spauld in the Massachussetts line that he continued from there to serve against the Common enemy until the end of the war - That he was Discharged in the month of June or July in the year of nineteen hundred & eighty three at New Windsor in the State of New York - & had a written Printed Dis- charge from the service signed by Genl. Markins- ton - That he is confident that that Discharge certified that he had served for eight years and one month - The Deponent further saith that about two years after the war he went up into the State of Vermont to live & lived there a- bout two years - That when he went to Vermont he left his said Discharge with his mother then living at Great Barrington aforesaid - That when he Returned from Vermont he could not find his said Discharge - That his mother had died in his absence - that paper had got lost & that he could never find it afterwards - The Deponent further saith that his claim for bounty bonds he sold about four years after the war to Jonathan Smith of North Haven in the State of Connecticut - The Deponent further saith that John Phelps - and Benoni Markins now of Talcott were both acquainted with this Deponent while in said service & will give corroborative evidence of his said services - The said John Phelps served three years in the same Company with this Deponent - he being a three years man at the same time this Deponent was - A further this Deponent saith that from his adverse circumstances in life he needs the assistance of his Country for his support - That he knows

real property whatever & but a very trifle of Personal property - & that he is a weakly built man - & has been so for the most part of the time since he came out of the war - A part time he saith not. -
Sworn to before me this fourth-day of May A.D. 1840. Jonathan Stanley a Justice of Onondaga County N.Y.
Daniel Carr
State of New York
Onondaga County ss: John Phelps of the town of Fabius in said County being of the age of fifty nine - years & upwards being duly sworn deponeth & saith that in the month of June - in the year seven hundred and seventy seven he the Deponent enlisted into Capt. Warner's Company, in Col. Bailey's Regi- ment in the Massachusetts line for three years & faithfully served for the said term of three years - & the Deponent further saith that he well knows that Daniel Carrner was a soldier & served in the said Company with this Deponent for the time he hath above stated. That the Deponent was before the war a fellow townsman with him. That during all the time this Deponent was in service for the said three years he knew the said Daniel Carrner to be in service as he hath above stated - and he verily believes that the account he hath above given of his service before & after that is correct. The Deponent further saith that

he well recollects that soon after the date of the discharge of the said Daniel Cannon, by him above described & he verily believes that he hath above correctly described the same & further he saith not.
Sworn to before me this 8 th Day of August - 1810. Jonathan Stanley a Judge of Onondaga Common Pleas
John Phelps
State of New York
Onondaga County ss: Benson Haskins of Fabius in the County of Onondaga being duly sworn maketh oath & saith that the above Discharge of Daniel Cannon this Deponent personally knows to be the revolutionary war that they were fellow Townsmen. The Deponent further saith that in the year eighteen hundred and six he was in service as a six months man in a Company commanded by Capt. Aaron Browley — in a Regiment of the Massachusetts Militia commanded by Col. Smith — The Deponent further saith that while in said service he was well acquainted with the said Daniel Cannon & knows that he was then in service as he hath above stated. The Deponent further saith at the close end of the war the Deponent knows that the said Daniel Cannon returned from the said service and knows his Discharge such as he hath above described. The Deponent further saith that he has no doubt that the said

Daniel Canner served during the re- -volutionary war for the time since the manner he hath above stated. The Deponent further saith that he believes himself to be in real need of the assistance of his Country for his support & further he saith not. —
Sworn to before me this 8 th Benoni Hopkins
Day of July. AD 1818. Jonathan Stanley a Judge of Onondaga Common Pleas —
State of New York
Onondaga County ss: Jonathan Stanley a Judge of Onondaga Common Pleas hereby certify that I have been for several years acquainted with the above named Deponents. Daniel Canner & John Phelps & Benoni Hopkins. & that they are all credible witnesses. I further certify that I am satisfied that the said Dan- -iel Canner served during the Revolutionary war a- -gainst the Common Enemy for the time since the man- -ner he hath above stated. & that all the documents & testimony produced before me on this application are the deposition of the said Daniel Canner, John Phelps & Benoni Hopkins all of which are here- to annexed and all of which I hereby certify and transmit to the Secretary for the Department of War. Given under my hand at Faneus this 24 th day of May. AD 1818. I further certify that the said Canner I know to be absolutely in want of the assistance of his Country — Jonathan Stanley a Judge of Onondaga Common Pleas

State of New York Onondaga Co: I, Isaac Adams Clerk of Onondaga County hereby certify that Jonathan Sturtevant before whom the within Depo- sitions have been taken & who hath signed the within certificate was, at the day of taking the said Depositions at the day of making said certificate an acting Judge of Onondaga Com- mon Pleas in the said County, duly Commissioned & sworn - He further that the within are his signatures & that In Witness whereof I have hereunto at my hand subscribed the seal of the said Court. This eighth day of March - A.D. 1829. - Isaac Adams Clerk

State of New-York, } ss : Onondaga County }
On the first day of September 1820, personally appeared in open court in the court of common pleas in and for the county of Onondaga, being a court of record proceeding according to the course of the common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, and keeping a record of their proceedings, Daniel Conner aged Sixty Seven years, resident in Hobins in said county, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows:— viz in the year Seventeen hundred & seventy five at the time of the alarm at Lexington he enlisted for six months in a Company commanded by W m King & Seward that time & then upon the expiration of that service he again enlisted into the said Company commanded by said William King in Col. Wards Regiment in the Massachusetts line. The six months service was in Col. Fletchers Regiment in the same line & that he served out the full period of his said enlistment & after that period expired he again enlisted for three years into Capt. Warrens Company in Col. Baileys Regiment in 2 d Massachusetts Regiment & that he served out the full period of that enlistment, & then enlisted for during the war in Captain Bradfords Company in Col. Sprouts Regiment in the Massachusetts line & served out the full period of that enlistment & was then discharged at New Windsor in June or July 1783 —
and I do solemnly Swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed. and further
The deponent further saith that his occupation is that of a Labourer, and that taking one day with another is able to do about half a days work per day on an average. My family consists of a wife & three daughters. My wife is fifty six years old. She is weakly & unable to do much. Three daughters, aged 21 years, 14 years & 12 years respectively, the oldest is able to maintain herself, & the other two are not able to maintain themselves being both of them weakly & under the doctors care & have been so for about three years; and that he is now on pension list of the United States under the said act of 1818. & that his certificate is numbered 11250 and his application therefor was made on the fourth day of May in the year 1818 and the deponent further saith that

He has received occasional assistance from the poor masters of Falmouth. Daniel Conner.
Falmouth August 30th 1820. An Inventory of the goods and chattels of Daniel Conner of the Town of Falmouth.
   Item $ Cents     1, one Cow $15 —   1 one hog 1 —   1 one bed & bedding 8 —   1 one Chest — 75   1 one Table — 75   2 Two wheels — 2 —   2 Two barrels — 1 - 75   1 one Looking glass — 50   1 pot, Dish kettle, one Teakettle, Spider — 2.00   1 one warming pan 1 —   4 four knives and forks — 50   6 six Spoons — 50   1 one plate platter 1 00   5, five plates — 75   3 three tin pans 1 50   2 Two pails 1 —   1 one tin pail — 50   1 one firkin for butter — 31   1 fire Shovel and tongs — 3.00   5 five Chairs — 1.75   1 one axe one hoe — 2.00   3 three cups and saucers and other tea table furniture — 1 —   1 one Sythe one Sickle — 1.50   1 Sugar tub and Ruler — 1.00   52.06   Debit bed & bedding 8   Dollars 18.06   Two acres of corn 10 —   56.06  
Daniel Conner
Sworn in open Court this 1 day of September 1820 J. C. Wattle Judge of Onondaga

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section AWF/eel
October 5, 1929
Mrs. Henry T. Poston Box 96 Nelsonville, Ohio
Dear Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 45321, it appears that Daniel Conner or Canner, while residing at Great Barrington, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, marched on the Lexington Alarm to Roxbury, Massachusetts, and soon after enlisted and served eight months in Captain William King's Company, Colonel Fellows' Massachusetts Regiment; he re-enlisted and served in Captain William King's Company in Colonel Ward's Massachusetts Regiment, was taken prisoner at Fort Washington and held several months when he returned home.
He enlisted in June, 1777, was in Captain Warren's Company, Colonel Bailey's Massachusetts Regiment, and served almost three years when he re-enlisted and served in Captain Bradford's Company, Colonel Ebenezer Sprout's Massachusetts Regiment and was discharged in June or July, 1783.

He was allowed pension on his application executed May 4, 1818, at which time he was living in Fabius, Onondago County, New York, aged sixty-three years "and upwards".
About two years after the Revolution, he went to live in Vermont and stayed there two years and then returned to Great Barrington.
He stated that his mother, her name not given, lived in Great Barrington and died while he was living in Vermont.
In 1820, the soldier referred to his wife as aged fifty-six years and to his three daughters aged respectively twenty-one years, fourteen years and twelve years, but he did not give the names of any of them.
The soldier died May 28, 1831, leaving a widow, Mary. She died January 22, 1839.
It is stated that they raised a family of six children, the eldest was born September 24, 1794, and was still living in 1856, no names of children given.
Very truly yours,
EARL D. CHURCH Commissioner.

45321 Rev INVALID.
File No. 45321
Daniel Banner
Pri Rev War
Act: 18 March 1818
Index: —Vol. 3 , Page 74
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1929-Oct. 5-Hick L. Mrs. Henry J. Boston news.

Daniel Conner
No. Canner
11.250
Con

I, Truman Adams, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Onondaga, do hereby certify that the foregoing and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is fifty six dollars and Six cents.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, on this Twenty first day of September 1820.
Truman Adams Clerk of the court for the County of Onondaga.

Dr Sir
Apulia Aug 18 th 1856
At the request of the heirs of the widow of Daniel Conner I give a short statement of their case. Daniel Conner was a Revolutionary Soldier belonging to Massachusetts and Rec d a full Pension under the act (date not recollected) that granted pensions to those only whose Estate Amounted to $250, or less Said Daniel Conner Died May 28 th 1831 Leaving Mary Conner his widow who lived till the 22 nd Jany 1839 The proof of his service can be obtained Positive proof of the date & legality of their marriage , it is more difficult to get as I have ascertained by writing to persons residing in the town they moved from when they came into this state that no Records of Marriage were kept till 1796 and we know of no person now living who was present at the time they were married & the only family Record kept by them was on a blank leaf of a family Bible that was Burned in a house destroyed by fire some 23 or 24 years ago. Circumstantial proofs can be abundantly obtained as follows 1 st by those who have heard them both say in conversation alluding to former times that they were married 2 nd that they lived together as Husband & wife for near forty years and raised a family of six children and until he died. The only Proof of the date of their Marriage would be by the age of their Oldest Child who was born Sept 24 th 1794 and is now living. If the above would be deemed sufficient proof of the date & legality of their Marriage then the application might with some degree of safety be made for the Pension due the widow. if insufficient it would be better to abstain from the expense of making Application proofs of service &c & then fail for want of showing the date & legality of Marriage. Although it may seem some what out of order to decide on testimony before it is produced in a legal form yet under the present circumstances of the parties concerned you would greatly oblige us if you would inform us what your Decision would be if just such evidence & no other were legally produced for the above purpose Respectfully Yours &c Com ee of Pensions Washington D.C., Julius Davis
Please direct to Apulia P.O. N.Y.

Hon. A. P. Granger
Jan. 18, 1856,

Public Office Jan 18, 1856.
Sir, I herewith return the letter of Justus Davis, Esq. and have the honor to state, that Double banns  the one in 1831, and left a widow to whom he was married in 1833. She was, at the death, entitled to a portion under the Act of July 7, 1838. The amount due under which can be obtained by her children or the probate of the testimony required by the regulations under said Act, which are herewith returned.
I have &
Hon. A. P. Granger, House of Reps.

Terrace Office May 17, 1857
Sir,
In reply to your letter relative  of the to the claim in right of the widow of James Cannon, who, at his death was a pensioner on the New York Roll under the Act of March 18, 1818 & May 1, 1820, you are informed that in course, under the Rules, it requires a opinion upon testimony where it is submitted for our examina- tion. I, however, enclose you the regulation under the Act of July 7, 1828, and if the children of the deceased widow can show that she was the widow of the pensioner above referred to, that he died in 1831 and that she was named to him prior to the 1 st of January 1784. They can obtain the annuity due to her from July 4, 1836 to the day of her death. In addition to the testimony required by the

Agreeing, a list of Records should certify after the under dated and state the number and names of the children now living.
Julius Davis, Esq. Spencer New York

Nelsonville, Ohio
July 19, 1929
To the Commissioner Bureau of Pensions, Revolutionary War Section, Washington, D. C.
My dear Sir:
I am in search of more data concerning my Revolutionary ancestor - DANIEL CONNER . Please note enclosure.
Was he granted a pension?
Respectfully,
Mrs. Henry T. Poston
(Estella W. Poston)
P.O. - Box 96

19" DATA - Serg. Daniel Conner
In the spring of 1778, seven three years men were provided by the town, to wit: Barnabas Chapman, Samuel Hopkins, Josiah Phelps, Moses Breck, DANIEL CONNER, Moses Orcut, Jonah Pixley, to each of whom a bounty was paid by the town. (Meaning Great Barrington, Mass.)
Page 255 - History of Great Barrington, by Taylor, 1882.
Description list of enlisted men dated West Point, Jan. 12, 1781. DANIEL CONNER - age 22 yrs; stature 5ft. 11 1/2 ins. complexion dark, hair dark, occupation yeoman; b. Great Barrington, residence Alford. Serg. 2nd Mass. Regt., who did not receive gratuity by Resolve of January 15, 1781.
Soldiers and Sailors of Mass. Vol. 3 - Page 900-901.
only record Census of 1790 Mass.
Daniel Conner - Berkshire County, Great Barrington town.
1 male over 16 years 3 males under 16 years 1 female
His son, John Conner married Fanny Hulbert in Great Barrington, Mass. Sept. 1. 1807, and came to Ohio in 1810.
Mrs. Henry T. Poston, Box 96 - Nelsonville, Ohio.