Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 16,848, Daniel Bleekman, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Bleekman, Daniel or Blackman, or Bleckman, Mary
Nr. 16,848.
CONTENTS

read. See letter to N. S. Benton July 22 d 1834 - do. 2 Oct. 1834 to Mr. Fleming P. G. do. 30 Dec. 1835 to Hon. A. Mann - do. to same person 5 Jan. 1836 - do. to same person Adv. Agt. 14 Jan. 1836 - do. to Hon. A. Mann & Adv. Agt. 10 March 1836 -
28555
New York
Daniel Blackman Blackman of Herkimer Co. in the State of New York who was a Private in the Comp y commanded by Captain Read of the Reg t commanded by Col. Waterbury in the Connecticut line for 13 Months private 1 Month Ensign
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 53 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 day of April 1834 and sent to N. S. Benton Little Falls Herkimer N.Y.
Arrears to the 4th of March 34 - $159.99 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sep r 34 26.66 $186.65
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Mr. Cromwell Clerk, Book E Vol. 4 Page 116

New York 2997
Mary Blackman, widow of Daniel Blackman, Bleekman who died on the 1 st Dec r 1833 of Helderberg in the State of N York who was a First Ensign in the County commanded by Captain Reed, of the Reg t commanded by Waterbury in the Conn. line for 14 m th Conn.
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 5 3 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1834. 2 nd Aug t 1833
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 st day of Aug t 39, and seal in H. Mellon, and Tuckers place, N York
Arrears to the 4 th of Mar. - $297.76 Semi-annual allowance ending 26.68 $314.44
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the }
Recorded by R Burdick Clerk, Book Vol. 2 Page 103
Date of death 1833

In the matter of the application of Daniel Beeckman for a pension under the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832-
Declaration
29.599

State of New York 3/6. County of Herkimer 3/6.
On the 16 day of May 1833- before me Sherman Wooster a judge of Herkimer county courts, personally appeared Daniel Blackman a resident of the town of Salisbury, county of Herkimer and state of New York, aged Eighty five 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 enlisted in the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as here in stated (to wit) That he enlisted in the service of the United States on or about the first of May 1775, in the town of Western, in the state of Connecticut under Captain Reed, for the term of seven Months. in Col. Waterbury's Regiment, and was stationed at New York; The Lieutenant Colonel's name was Whiting according to the best of the deponent's recollection; and the said deponent declares that he served the whole of this term of seven months (except three days) and was dismissed by the commanding officer, had no written discharge.
7 mo.
And the deponent doth further declare, that he enlisted the second time, at the said town of Western in Connecticut aforesaid, on or about the first day of February 1776 under Captain Samuel Wakeman for the term of three months, and was stationed at New York, and served out all the said term of three months, and was dismissed, did not have any written discharge.
3 mo.
And the deponent doth further declare that he enlisted the third time at the said town of Western under Captain Elishalet Sharp on or about the first of November 1777 or 1778 (the year not exactly recollected) for the term of three months, and was stationed between White Plains and New York, and served out all that term, and was dismissed, but had no written discharge.
3 mo.

And the deponent doth further declare that he was frequently called out in the Connecticut Militia and Alarm, in addition to the above mentioned enlistments during the time between these enlistments and the year 1780, does not recollect the officer nor the precise time of the service, but he is certain that these several calls or drafts was not less than five months all together.
And the said deponent doth further declare that he received an Ensigns Commission, dated the third day of November 1780. Signed by Jonathan Trumbull, commander in chief of the state of Connecticut, appointing him the said Daniel Blackman Ensign in the 11th company of the Alarm list in the 4. Regiment in the state of Connecticut, and he held that commission to the close of the war. And the said deponent doth further declare that he was stationed at Black Rock, in the county of Fairfield on or about the 15 day of Nov. 1780 - and by virtue of the said commission he took charge of the Battery at that place, and served there as an Ensign one month. And the deponent says that during the first mentioned enlistment, he was marched under General Montgomery to St. Johns from New York, was at the battle in taking St. Johns then marched to Tienderoga with the British Prisoners and was there dismissed. And the said deponent declares that he was in the Battle at Danbury when General Wooster was killed and the place burned by the British he then belonging to the Connecticut Militia. And also he says he was in the Battles at a Militia man when Fairfield and Norwalk were burnt. And the deponent says that he was chosen Ensign by the Voice of the company and served as such some considerable time before the date of his commission. And the deponent says, that in the Battle at Danbury Ensign Seely was killed close by him.

And the said deponent further declares, that he has no documentary evidence of his services as above set forth, except the above mentioned Ensigns Commission, which is herunto annexed; and he does not know of any person living, whose testimony he can procure to prove the the service by him performed, (except Thomas Bennet of Rome in the County of Oneida in the said State of New York, who is knowing to a part of the service, and whose affidavit is herunto annexed). And the said deponent doth here by relinquish any claim to a pension or annuity except the present, and saith his name is not on any pension roll of any state, or the agency of any state or territory. And the said deponent saith that he thinks the Rev. William Hodgson and Abraham Marsh Esquire will certify to his reputation as a soldier of the revolution, and also as to his reputation as a man of truth & veracity.
And to the several questions propounded by the War Department the said deponent answers (to wit)
7. a
Question 1. Where, and in what year were you born;
Answer, In the town of Stratford in the state of Connecticut on the 26. day of June 1748.
" 2 Have you any record of your age, and if so where is it;
Answer. He has no record of his age in his possession nor within his knowledge
3. a
" 3 When were you living when called into service; Where have you lived since the revolutionary war, and where do you now live? Answer. He says he was living in the town of western in the state of Connecticut when called into service, has lived since the war about 10 years after the war
in western, and then came to Milton Vt. has lived 30 years in Stratford Mass. Genesee Co. and now in Salsbury He has lived  30 years
" 4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute, and if a substitute for whom;
Answer He freely volunteered, was sometimes drafted, but he served as a substitute two months for one Sherwood he  did not under the Captain's name
3. m
13. b

Question 5. State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops when you served; such Continental and Militia regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service — — — — — Answer . General Montgomery, General Wooster. Col. Waterbury. Lieut. Col. Whiting. Capt. Reed. Capt. Wakeman, Capt. Thorp — — — — —
6 Did you ever receive a discharge from the service; and, if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it; Did you ever receive a commission, and, if so, by whom was it signed and what has become of it? — — — — —
Answer That he never received any written discharge from the army at any time, but was all ways dismissed without writing at the close of his enlistments and drafts. And says he did receive an Ensigns Commission, signed by Jonathan Trumbull, which is annexed to this declaration — — — — —
7 State the names of persons to whom you are known 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 — — — — —
Answer Rev. William Hodgson Abraham Marsh Esqre, Col. Jeremiah Dutton
Sworn and Subscribed before me a judge of Hukin's courts county May 16. 1833. — Sherman Wooster
Daniel Bleckmen
We William Hodgson a clergyman, residing in the town of Salisbury and Abraham Marsh residing in the same place do here by certify that we are well acquainted with Daniel Bleckmen, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be Eighty five years of age, and that he is respected and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution. and he is considered to be a man of truth and veracity, and we fully concur in that opinion & consideration
William Hodgson Abraham Marsh
Sworn & subscribed before me the 16. day of May 1833.
S. Wooster Judge of Hukin's County Courts

State of New York Herkimer County
I Sherman Wooster a judge of Herkimer County courts do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the above named William Hodgson, and Abraham Marsh, and know them and William Hodgson to be a respectable clergyman of the town of Salisbury in said County. and that I am well acquainted with Abraham Marsh of the same town and know him to be a credible citizen, and their statements are entitled to full credit and belief given under my hand the 16. day of May 1833
Sherman Wooster
State of New York County of Herkimer
personally appeared before me Sherman Wooster a judge of Herkimer County courts; Daniel Blackman who being duly sworn doth depose and say, that, by reason of Old age and infirmity and consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his services; but according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods below, and in the following grades - For Nine Months I served as a private soldier - For six Months I served as a sergeant - For five months I served as an Ensign, and for such service I claim a pension given under my hand at Salisbury the day of may 1833
Daniel Blackman
Total 20. M.
Sworn and subscribed before me May 16. 1833 Sherman Wooster Judge of Herkimer County courts

In the Matter of Daniel Blackman's application for a pension under the act of Congress of June 7 th 1832

State of New York
Herkimer County } ss. on the twenty first day of June A. D. 1833 before me Nathaniel S. Preston First Judge of the Herkimer County Courts personally appeared James Black a resident of the town of Salisbury in the said County of Herkimer and State of New York aged Eighty five 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 enlisted in the service of the United States un- der the following named officers and served as herein stated. First, that he enlisted in the service of the United States on or about the first day of May A. D. 1775 in the town of Western in the State of Connecticut under Captain Reed for the term of Seven months in Colonel Waterbury's Regiment and that he served in the campaign under General Montgomery in Canada; the Lieutenant Colonel whom was Whiting ac- cording to the best of the deponent's recollection; and the said deponent declares that he served the whole of this term of enlistment being Seven months / except three days / and was discharged by the commanding officer and he had no written discharge.
7 mos.
And the deponent doth further declare that he enlisted the second time, at the said town of Western in Connecticut on or about the first day of February A. D. 1776 under Captain Samuel Wakeman for the term of Three months and was stationed at New- York and served out all the said term of Three months and was discharged and that he did not receive any written discharge.
3 mos.
And the deponent doth further declare that he enlisted the third time at the said town of Western under Capt. Elephlet Hopp on or about the first day of November 1777 or 1778 / the year not being exactly recollected by the deponent / for the term of Three months and was stationed between White Plains and New-York, and served out all that term and was discharged but had no written discharge. And the deponent doth further declare that he was frequently

11 called out in the Connecticut Militia and alarms in addition to the above mentioned enlistments during the time between those enlistments and the year 1780 but he does not recollect the affair nor the precise time of the same but is certain that there several drafts was not less than five months altogether.
And this deponent further declares that he received an Ensigns Commission dated the third of November A.D. 1780 signed by Jonathan Trumbull Governor in Chief of the State of Connecticut appointing him the said David Blackman Ensign in the 11 th Company of the above list in the 4 th Regiment in the State of Connecticut and he held that commission to the close of the war, and the said deponent further declares that previous to his receiving the said Commission and independent of and exclusive of the terms of Service above mentioned he served the term of two months in the militia of the state of Connecticut against the enemy as the substitute for one Matthew Sherwood who was drafted into the service to act against the enemy but this deponent cannot state the names of the officers under whom he served on this tour of duty, and the said deponent further declares that he was stationed at Black Rock in the vicinity of Fairfield in the state of Connecticut on or about the 15 th day of November 1780 and by reason of the said Commission he took charge of the battery at that place and served there as an Ensign one month and the said deponent further states that during the first mentioned enlistment he was recruited under General Montgomery to St Johns, then marched to Ticonderoga with the British Prisoners and was then discharged and the said deponent declares that he was in the battle at Ridgfield Connecticut where Genl. Wooster was killed and the place burned by the British in their retreat to the Connecticut militia and also he says he was in the battles of a militia man where Fairfield and Norwalk were burnt. And the deponent says that he was chosen Ensign by the men of the Company and served as such for some considerable time before the date of his Commission. And the deponent says that in the battle at Ridgfield Ensign Seely was killed down by him.

And this deponent further declares that he has no documentary evidence of his services as above set forth except the above mentioned Enlistment Commission which is hereto annexed; and he does not know of any person living whom he can produce to prove the service by him performed/except Thomas Bennett of Rome in the County of Oneida in the State of New York who is knowing to a part of the service and whom affidavit is hereto annexed/and said the said deponent doth hereby affirm every claim to a pension or annuity except the present and with his name is not on any pension roll of any State or the agency of any State or territory - And the said deponent saith that he thinks
and Abraham Marsh Esquire will certify to his reputation as a soldier of the revolution and also as to his reputation as a man of truth and veracity.
And to the several questions propounded by the last paragraph the said deponent answered as follows:
1. That he was born in the town of Stratford in the State of Connecticut on the 17 th day of June 1748 or June 1748. 2. That he has no record of his age in his possession nor within his knowledge. 3. That he lived in the town of Western in the State of Connecticut when he was called into the service and lived there since the war of the revolution about 10 years and in then came to Milton New York, and has lived 30 years in Stratford Montgomery County and now lives in Salisbury Herkimer County. 4. That he generally volunteered his services, but was some times drafted, and that he served as a substitute two months for one Matthew Sherwood but does not recollect the captain under whom he served when a substitute. 5. That he recollects names of General Montgomery, General Wooster, Colonel Waterbury, Lieutenant Col. Whiting, Captain Reed, Captain Wakeman, Captain Sharp who were with the troops when he served. 6. That he never received any written discharge from the army at any time, but was always dismissed without writing at the close of his enlistments and drafts - and says he did receive

an Enlistment Commission signed by Jonathan Mumball which is annexed to this declaration.
7 The deponent stated the names of the Rev. William Hodgson Abraham Marsh Esq. Colo. Jeremiah Drake as persons to whom he was known in his neighborhood and who can testify to his character for truth and veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution.
And the said deponent doth further declare and depose that by reason of old age and infirmity and consequent loss of memory he cannot say positively as to the precise length of his services; but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods below and in the following grades - for nine months as a private soldier. For six months as an orderly. Sergeant and for five months, he served as an Ensign and for such service he claimed a pension.
Daniel Bleekman
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 21 st day of June A. D. 1833. N. S. Benton First Judge of Herkimer County Courts
Mr William Hodgson a Clergyman residing in the town of Salisbury and Abraham Marsh residing in the same place do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Daniel Bleekman who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be eighty five years of age and that he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution and that he is con- sidered to be a man of truth and veracity and that we fully concur in that opinion and belief.
William Hodgson Abraham Marsh
Sworn to and subscribed this 21 st day of June A. D. 1833 before me N. S. Benton First Judge of Herk. County Courts
State of New-York Herkimer County } ss. I Nathaniel S. Benton First Judge of Herkimer County Courts do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the above named William Hodgson, and Abraham Marsh, and know the said William Hodgson to be a respectable Clergyman of the town of Salisbury in said County and that I am well acquainted with Abra- ham Marsh of the same place and town and know him to be a creditable citizen and that their statements are entitled to full credit and belief. Given under my hand the 21 st day of June A. D. 1833.
N. S. Benton

State of New York
Herkimer County
3 d J. Thomas Bennett of the town of Roman, County of Onondaga and State of New York aged Seventy two years being duly sworn doth depose and say that I am well acquainted with Daniel Blackman formerly of the town of Western, County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut and now of the town of Salisbury, County of Herkimer and State of New York and have been acquainted with him more than sixty years. I was present and saw the said Daniel Blackman enlist into the service of the United States in the town of Western in the State of Connecticut in the spring of the year of 1775 for the term of four months under Captain Reed and marched as this deponent understood to New York, but in the course of this campaign the Troops under General Montgomery went to the North; - and this deponent was informed and believes the same to be true, that the said Daniel was with General Montgomery and was in the battle at the taking of St Johns. And that after the said Daniel returned from that campaign he enlisted in the said town of Western under Captain Samuel Wakeman in a short time in the month of February 1776 for the term of two or three months and he cannot be certain which and was marched to New York as this deponent was informed and believes to be true and when that campaign was over the said Daniel enlisted again for the term of three months at the said town of Western under Captain Eliphalet Shepp and this deponent was informed and believes that Capt. Shepp's company and the said Daniel was ordered to a place called the "Saw pits" in the State of New York and this deponent was informed and believes that the said Daniel served as an orderly Sergeant in this tour and after this campaign was over the said Daniel was chosen Ensign by the voice of the company in the alarm list or what was called the "Non-Resistors Company" in the 4 th Regiment in the Connecticut militia and he resided at the town of Western in the County of Fairfield when the British were very troublesome and caused frequent alarms.

sometimes two or three times a week and the said Daniel always tended out when there alarms were found and this deponent has seen the said Daniel in battalion with the British and Tories and he was very active and behaved like a good American Soldier and that said Daniel was at the battles of Saratoga, Bennington and Stillwater where the plans were taken and burned by the British - and this deponent says that the British were frequently popping up through Long Island Sound and made almost constant alarms in the country where the said Daniel resided - and I the said deponent do declare that with my own knowledge of the services of the said Daniel I have no doubt that he was in actual service during the course of the revolutionary war as a private soldier, sergeant, and captain altogether for as much as two years - and further I do declare that during my acquaintance with the said Daniel Blackman he has sustained a fair character and considered to be a man of truth and veracity and his declarations are entitled to full credit and belief and further this deponent knows not.
Thomas Bennett
Subscribed and sworn to this 21 st day of June A. D. 1833 before me N. S. Benton Esq. Judge of Herkimer County courts.
State of New York Herkimer County ss. I Nathaniel S. Benton Esq. Judge of the Herkimer County courts of the county of Herkimer do hereby certify that Daniel Blackman who is applying for the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 cannot from bodily infirmity attend the court to make his declaration and I do also certify that his mind is so impaired by age and infirmity that his recollections are somewhat indisinct and

Some times two or three times a week and the said Barnie always turned out when there alarms hap- pened and this deponent has seen the said Barnie in battle with the British and Tories and he was very active and behaved like a good American Soldier and the said Barnie was at the battles of Saratoga, Fairfield and Norwalk where the plans were taken and carried by the British - and this deponent says that the British were frequently hoping up through Long Island Sound and made almost constant alarms in the country where the said Barnie resided - and I the said deponent do declare that with my own knowledge of the services of the said Barnie I have no doubt that he was in actual service during the course of the revolutionary war as a private soldier, sergeant, and Ensign altogether for as much as two years - and further I do declare that during my acquaintance with the said Barnie Blackman he has sustained a fair character and candid to be a man of truth and veracity and his declarations are entitled to full credit and belief and further this deponent sits not.
Thomas Bennett
Subscribed and sworn to this
21 st day of June A. D. 1833
before me N. S. Benton Esq.
Judge of Herkimer County Courts.
State of New York
Herkimer County } ss. I Nathaniel S. Benton Esq. Judge of the Herkimer County Courts of the County of Herkimer do hereby certify that Barnie Blackman who is applying for the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 cannot prove bodily infirmity attend the court to make his declaration and I do also certify that his mind is so impaired by age and infirm- ity that his recollections are somewhat indistinct and

broken, but after a full and careful examination of him and an investigation of the whole matter and after putting to him the several interrogatories prescribed by the War Department and taking his answers as above noted and put down I am clearly of opinion that the said Daniel Brackman was a revolutionary soldier and knew as he has above stated and up to the full amount of the time for which he claims to be allowed - given under my hand at Salisbury in the said County of Wiltshire the 21 st day of June A. D. 1833.
Nathaniel S. Benton
Stall of Kelsgarth, Wiltshire County } ss To all whom these presents shall come
I Julius C Nelson Clerk of the said County, do certify that Nathaniel S Benton Esq before whom the foregoing affidavits purport to have been sworn And also before whom the foregoing declaration was made, was on the day of this date the first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas we and for the County of Wiltshire and duly authorized to act as such, And that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said first Judge and verily believe his name subscribed to the said Certificate is the proper hand writing and signature of the said first Judge - In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and here offered my official Seal this twenty fourth day of June 1833
Julius C Nelson Clerk

State of New York } Herkimer County }
Clerk's Office for I John Dyer Clerk of said County do hereby certify that Asaphad Loomis Esq r before whom sev- -al of the annexed affidavits purports to have been taken Was at their dates first Judge of the Herkimer County Courts duly Commissioned and qualified - And I further certify that Solomon Petrie Esq r before whom one of the annexed affidavits purports to have been taken Was at the date thereof a Commissioner to take the Acknowledgements of Deeds & c in and for the said County Duly appointed and qualified and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Judge and Commissioner and Verily believe that their signatures to said affidavits are genuine
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County this 22 nd day of May 1839
J Dyer Clerk
Solomon Petrie Commissioner } Asaphad } Loomis }

State of New York County of Herkimer ss. Abraham Marsh of the Town of Salisbury in the said County being duly sworn, says that Mary Blankman widow of Daniel Blankman deceased is the mother in law of this deponent. That this deponent has been acquainted with said Mary Blankman thirty five years past and upwards, and this deponent says that the said Mary Blankman & Daniel Blankman lived together as husband & wife when he knew them both which was upwards of thirty years before his death and this deponent further says that the said Mary Blank- man lives with this deponent and that she has never intermarried since the death of her said husband Daniel Blankman, who was a revolutionary pensioner of the United States at the time of his death — Subscribed Thereon to the 20 - days May 1829 before me Abraham Marsh Solomon Pote Commiss y of Sds
I certify that I am well acquainted with Abraham Marsh the deponent in the foregoing affidavit and that he sustains a fair character for truth & that his affidavit as far as is entitled to full credit & belief. May 26 th 1829 Solomon Pote Commiss y of Sds

4532 In the matter of Mary Blackman widow of Daniel Blackman and
Declaration of proofs for a pension
4532 Mary Blackman N.Y.
Act 4 July 36
m 73 d 33
admd
13 mo pri
1. Ensign
$53.33
no deduction
Mary Blackman N.Y. H. Noltyn Little Falls N.Y.
H. Noltyn Little Falls. N.Y.

I Charles T. Prentice of Weston in Fairfield County & State of Connecticut of thirty four years of age hereby certify that in the Record of persons married by the Rev d James Johnson who was for many years Pastor of the Presbyterian or Congregational Church in the Parish of Northfield in said Town of Weston is found the following
"Sixteen hundred Twenty Three July 1773, July Daniel Blackman and Mary Houbell were married Charles T. Prentice"
I Charles T. Prentice above named depose & say that I hold the Office of Pastor of the Presbyterian or Congregational Church in the Parish of Northfield in the Town County & State aforesaid & that the above is a true extract from the Records of said Church with the exception of the date which is expressed on the Record in fair legible figures as follows "1773. July
Charles T. Prentice"
State of Connecticut County of Fairfield ss. Weston
On this 13 th day of May 1839 before the subscriber Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Weston in the County & State aforesaid Personally appeared the Rev d Charles T. Prentice to me known to be a clergyman in good standing of truth & Respectibility, who subscribed his name to the above deposition & made oath to the truth of the same Before me
Bradford Winton Judge of the Court of Probate for the District aforesaid

State of Connecticut } County of Fairfield ss. Weston
I Horace Fanton Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Weston in the County & State aforesaid hereby certify that Bradford Winton Esqr is Judge of the Court of Probate for the District aforesaid. duly commissioned & sworn and duly authorized to take Dispositions &c. That I am well acquainted with his hand writing & that the signature of his name to the Disposition of Charles T. Prentice within named is genuine.
Given under my hand & the seal of said Court of Probate at Weston in the County & State aforesaid this 13 th day of May 1839 Horace Fanton Clerk

State of New York County of Herkimer ss.
On the twenty-seventh day of October in the year One thousand eight hundred and thirty eight, personally appeared before me, Asaphad Scorr, First Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County of Herkimer the same being a Court of Record according to the Constitution and laws of said State. Mary Blackman a resident of the Town of Salisbury in the said County of Herkimer aged eighty six years and upwards who being first duly sworn according to law, doth solemnly make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 4, 1836; That she is the widow of Daniel Blackman late of the said Town of Salisbury in said County deceased, who was in his lifetime and at the time of his death a revolutionary pensioner of the United States on account of services which he performed in the armies of the United States in the war of the revolution; that as she is ad- vised and believes the declaration of his revolutionary services, on which his said pension was granted to him are on file in the office of the Secretary of war of the United States at the city of Washington and she prays leave to refer to the same in proof of his said service; that her said husband left home during said war to go into the service and when he returned home he told her that he had been in the service and related to her the particulars, and she verily believes that he served in said war, but from her age and loss of memory, she cannot now give

a particular account of her services. She further states that she cannot remember the names of all the officers under whom she served. The following are the names of some of them viz: Col. Waterbury as she believes
She further declares that she was married to David Daniel Blackman when she was in  the  of June the twentieth year of her age  of her age about the middle of June in the year seventeen hundred and seventy two. That her husband the aforesaid Daniel Blackman died on the first day of August in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty three and that she has remained a widow ever since that period as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto the annexed. The name of deceased  deceased the minister by whom she was married was James Johnson a presbyterian minister at Western in the state of Connecticut. That she has had a certificate of her marriage as does she knows of every record was ever made of it unless it was in the family record in the bible which was burned up many years since with the dwelling house in which she lived. She had seven children by her said husband - her second son who is the oldest now living is Thomas as Blackman of Stratford Montgomery County New York & he was sixty one years of age on the 2 d day of August last. I have subscribed this her Mary X Blackman mark
26 day of October 1838 before me Adonis first Justice of the

State of New York County of Sullivan
for Abraham Marsh after Town of Salisbury in said County of Sullivan being duly sworn according to law deposes & says that he was acquainted with Daniel Blackman for thirty years and upwards before his death and also with Mary Blackman his widow and that they always lived together as husband & wife until her death; that she died on the first day of August in the year 1833 that she then said Mary Blackman has not intermarried but has remained the widow of her said husband ever since her death and further this deponent says that the said Daniel Blackman was in his lifetime and at the time of her death a revolutionary pensioner of the United States— Sworn to and subscribed Abraham Marsh On 26 th day of October 1838 before me A. Lovier in first Judge etc
I certify that I am well acquainted with Abraham Marsh who made and subscribed the foregoing affidavit and that he is a person of fair & unimpeachable character for truth and veracity & that his statement is entitled to full credit & belief— A. Lovier in first Judge & Rep. in Co. etc.

29899
Benjamin Blackman N.Y.
Daniel Blackman No 4164
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Admitted
Ensign 1 mo
Private 13 "
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N. S. Benton Esq. Little Falls N.Y.
must be filed. enough to pay for it.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Daniel Blackman N.Y.
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     May 17/75 * 1 prv Capt Reed Col Waterbury 84 Years. entered Service at Western State of N.H. now lives in Salisbury. Traditionary and a living witness proves some service specially and all generally credible. Certificate of clergyman and neighbour credible. Reason given for not being able to state more particularly.   Feb. 76 3 " Capt Wakeman burg. Herkimer Co N.Y.   77 or 78 3 " Capt Sharp   called out at various times at least 178. 5 Ensign. under various officers under from Alarm   19 incomplete no specification  
14 and Ensign 13 Private
I am, respectfully, Your obedient servant,
JAMES L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.
* except 3 days. I do not find the Ensigns commission. As mentioned amongst the papers G. S. each term must be stated.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted: This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of } On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d), with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of A. B.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) 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 have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 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 the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
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. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of 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 have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services. 
 6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?  { To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
 7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. 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 each 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. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends 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.
Proof of Service.
[j] 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 claimant's 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.
The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

August 9, 1938
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BA-J/HEL Car Daniel Bleekman-W.16848
Mrs. Hannah V. Rulison #117 Dorset Road Syracuse, New York
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Daniel Bleekman wife, Mary, who is listed as a pensioner.
The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, W.16848, based upon the military service in that war of Daniel Bleekman.
Daniel Bleekman(his name appears as Blackman and Bleekman) was born June 17 or June 26, 1748, in Fairfield or in Stratford, Connecticut. Both dates and the names of both towns are shown.
While residing in Western, Connecticut, Daniel Bleekman enlisted and served with the Connecticut troops, as follows: from May 1, 1775, seven months as a private in Captain Salmon Read's Company, Colonel Waterbury's Regiment; went under General Montgomery on the expedition to Canada, and in the siege and capture of St. John's in Canada; from about February 1, 1776, two or three months as a private in Captain Samuel Wakeman's Company; from about November 1, 1777 or 1778, three months as orderly sergeant in Captain Eliphalet Thorp's Company; between the expiration of the last named service and the year 1780, he served on several short tours on alarm, at least seven months in all, dates and names of officers not given; He was at the burning of Danbury, Ridgefield, Fairfield and Norwalk; November 3, 1780, he was commissioned ensign of the 11 th Company of the Alarm List of the 4 th Connecticut Regiment, his commission signed by Jonathan Trumbull; he served five months as such ensign, one month of which he was in command of the battery at Black Rock, Fairfield County, Connecticut; he held his commission until the close of the war.
After the Revolution, he lived for ten years in Western, Connecticut; then moved to Milton, New York; for thirty years,

he lived in Stratford, New York, then in Salisbury, Herkimer County, New York.
Pension was allowed on his application executed May 16, 1833, while residing in Salisbury, New York.
Daniel Bleekman died August 1, 1833, in Salisbury, New York.
The soldier married about the middle of June, 1772, as stated by the widow or in July, 1773, as recorded on the records of the Presbyterian or Congregational Church, parish of North Fairfield, town of Western, Connecticut, Mary Hubbell.
Soldier's widow, Mary, was allowed pension on her application executed October 26, 1838, at which time she was aged eighty-six years and resided in Salisbury, New York.
She died January 4, 1841.
The widow stated that she had seven children by her husband, Daniel Bleekman: her second son, Thomas, born August 2, 1777, was residing in Stratford, New York, in 1838. The names of no other children are given. In 1838, Abraham Marsh, of Salisbury, New York, stated that the widow, Mary Bleekman, was his mother-in-law, and resided with him but did not give the name of his wife.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

Danl. Blackman
— See letter to Jn o . Fleming 2 o Oct. 1834 — do. to Hon A. Mann H. R. 35 o Dec. 1835 — do. to same person Jan. 5. 1836 — do to same + also ag t Jan. 14. 1836 —
Revo
Act 7. June 1832
Suspended
Daniel Blackman
See letter to A. S. Benton Little Falls N. York 26. Oct. 1833

21253
Daniel Blackman
New York
Act 18 March 1828
897
Rejected 19 April 1830
see letter to Hon. B.
Arnold.

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. _____
16848
Mary Blackman
widow of
Daniel Blackman
Priv. Rev. War
Act: _____
July 4, 1836
Index:—Vol. _____
a
Page _____
68
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1931-Oct 26-List to Mrs Hattie Madison Ed
1938-Aug 9-List to Mrs Nancy T. Ralison. Ed

JONATHAN TRUMBULL, Esquire, Captain-General and Commander in Chief in and over the STATE of CONNECTICUT, in AMERICA.
To Daniel Blackman GENT. GREETING.
YOU being by the General Assembly of this State accepted to be Ensign of the 11 th Company of the Light Artillery in the 1 st Regiment in this State
reposing special Trust and Confidence in your Fidelity, Courage, and good Conduct, I DO by Virtue of the Laws of this State, me thereunto enabling, appoint and impower you to take the said Company into your Care and Charge as their Ensign carefully and diligently to discharge that Office and Trust, exercising the inferior Officers and Soldiers in the use of their Arms, according to the Rules and Discipline of War, ordained and established by the Laws of this State, keeping them in good Order and Government, and commanding them to obey you as their Ensign and you are to observe all such Orders and Directions as from Time to Time you shall receive, either from Me, or from other your superior Officer, pursuant to the Trust hereby reposed in you..
GIVEN under my Hand, and the public Seal of this State, at Hartford the third Day of November A. D. 1780.
By His Excellency's Command,
George Wylllys Secretary.
Jonathan Trumbull

State of New York
Herkimer County ss
Thomas Bennet of Rome, County of Oneida
of the age of Seventy one years and over does hereby certify that he was well acquainted with the present Applicant in the Revolutionary war that he has been well acquainted with him for more than Sixty years that more than fifty years of that time he has lived within three miles of the said Daniel that according to the best of his recollection he was present when he insisted in the year 1775 that he served as he understood in that company under Gen Mottgo at the taking of St Johns. that after he returned from that Campaign he insisted in a tour of two months and went to New York in the company commanded by Samuel Wakeman of Fairfield in Connecticut. that after that he insisted in a tour of three months to go to a place called the Saw pits in New York under Capt. Elphinstone that this deponent under stood and believes to be true that in this tour he served as a Sergeant that afterwards he was chosen Ensign in what was termed the House holders Company in the 4 th Regiment of Connecticut Militia that said Daniel Bleekman Resided in the town of Fairfield Conn. a few miles from Long Island Sound where the British Vessels were constantly passing and would run in near the shore and send their Boats land some men and plunder the Inhabitants carry off Stock poultry or any thing they could get which caused frequent alarms some times two or three times in a week that said Daniel used always to turn out was a faithful and good Soldier that this deponent has been in Actions with him where he has been in eminent danger that he never saw him flinch or leave his post let the danger be ever so great when Danbury Fairfield & Norwalk were by the British the said Daniel Bleekman was present at each place behaved with all that ardor and patriotism that became a true American

that the time that we were subject to these alarms was more than four years that he believes that said (Daniel) always went when the Militia were called and ever did his duty as a good and faithful Soldier and further this deponent sayth Not
Thomas Bennett
Herkimer County ss
On this 7th day of August 1832 the above Named Thomas Bennett came before me the above Named Thomas Bennett whom I have personally known for above twenty five years and who is esteemed as a man of truth and veracity and made Oath to the truth of the foregoing Affidavit
Joseph Sabin Justice of the Peace
State of New York } Herkimer County } ss Clerks Office }
I Julius T Nelson Clerk of the said County do Certify, that Joseph Sabin Esqr. before whom the foregoing Affidavit purports to have been sworn, was, on the day of its date, one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said County and duly authorized to act as such, and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and verily believe his name subscribed to the said Certificate to be his proper hand writing and Signature
In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed my Seal of Office this 7th day of December 1832
Julius T Nelson Clerk

The deposition of Samuel Bennett of the Town of Stratford County of Montgomery & State of New York deposeth & saith that he has been personally acquainted with Daniel Blackman ever since the commencement of the Revolutionary war & was knowing to his services in the defence of his Country & the deponent was acquainted with all the Captains in whose Companies he served and that in addition to the above services under enlistments he absolutely did turn out he believes whenever his Country's calls Required it in the Region of Country in which he Resided & the deponent further states that said Daniel Blackman is now unable to labor on account of his old age he is severely afflicted with the Rheumatism & very poor as to property and not able to obtain a living with comfort and that what he has stated in his application to be placed on the Pension Roll is substantially True & further the deponent saith not
The above deposition was
Samuel Bennett
sworn to before me this
23 d day of March 1830
Ebenezer H Blackman Esquire
For said County

Daniel Blackman Passion Affectionum
Stratford March 25
free
Gen l Benedict Arnold
Member of Congress
Washington City

Dear Sir
Inclosed is the application of Mr Daniel Blackman will you have the goodness to present that also he is in worry Indigent circumstances & in Reality I think ought to be considered by his country I directed to tender you Sir his warmest thanks to assist a poor old Revolutionary Soldier in absolute want
with Sentiments of warm affection
I am Dear Sir
Yours Respectfully
Shalford in 24 March 1830
C. Samuel B. Pennycuick

To the Hon ble John H Eaton Secretary of War
Sir I would Respectfully present my Claim to be placed on the Pension Roll to your Hon ble
The undersigned was born in the Town of Fairfield in the state of Connecticut in May 1775 he enlisted in Capt Zalmon Reads Company for Seven Months & was march d to the siege of St Johns in Canada & was there thro' the Siege & capture of that place when his time Expired he Return d home & soon after Returning home he enlisted in Capt Samuel Wakemans Company for three months and was march d to the City of New York & staid untill the three months Expired & was discharged & Return d home & soon after he enlisted in Capt Eliphal Thorp's Company for three months & was march d to Guard the Lines Bordering on New York & served his Tour out & Return d home & was Ready & Willing to turn out & defend his Countrys Liberty & did absolutely turn out on all Emergencies during the war the undersigned is now in his 83 rd year of his age and is Borne down with the Rheumatism & unable to Labor and is very poor as to property under these distressing circumstances he appeals to the Justice of his Claim to be placed on the Pension List to Relieve his absolute wants the small Remnant of his days as your petitioner in duty Bound will Ever pray
Daniel Blackman

County of Montgomery
Personally appeared before me Daniel Blackman who was signor of the within application to be placed on the Pension Roll and made Solemn Oath that all the property he was owner or possessed of either directly or indirectly would not amount to One Hundred dollars. Daniel H Blackman Stratford March 24 = 1850 for 3d County

4164
Daniel Blackman
5. 7. 9. 10. 11. 16. 17.
July 31 '32 Octo. 30 '32
P 6
Sherman Wooster New Paltz New York N.Y. Benton Esq. Little Falls N. York

BRIEF in the case of  Sarah Blackman  of Salisbury in the State of New York.  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? a Judge.  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? yes  3. How old is he? Eighty four 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.     In 1775 June 1. 7. (except 3 days) privat Capt Reed. Col. Waterbury Ref. Lt Col Whitehead   1776 - Jan 1 3 — Capt Sam Wakeman   1777 - 78 (new) 3 —   His Militia on duty up to 1780 Ensign 4 th Reg. Conn. Troop   to end of the war. 1780 3  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Saratoga, Bennington, Red Bank, Brandywine, & others.  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Taunton, Conn.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? John Hainy, Jeremiah Drake and Abraham Marsh, certify to traditionary evidence.  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.
D. Root Examining Clerk.

4164.

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 Blackman — which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? 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? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? 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? no VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? no VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? no 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? no

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? no
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?
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? no
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? no
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 each 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 affidavits must be properly authenticated, as above directed.
‡ QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates 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 ends 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.

Hon Louis Cap Surg. at War

Little Falls N. York
July 17 th 1833
Sir / I have the honor to inclose for the consideration of the War Department the declaration & papers of Daniel Blackman an applicant for a pension under the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832.
The proceedings were first had before one of the judges of Herkimer. Sherman Wooster Esq. who died before they were completed so as to be in conformity to the rules provided by the Department and I was called upon to perfect the papers which are herewith transmitted.
I also inclose sundry papers found in the possession of Judge Wooster's family after his death.
I am respectfully your obedient Servt.
N. S. Benton
Hon Lewis Cass Secy of War.

James L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington

Sitka Falls March 19 th 1834
Sir I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of the inclosed this morning and form an examination of the papers as well as the rec examination of the letter of your printed letter in mark at the bottom of your printed letter in red ink. "I do not find the Ensign Commission as mentioned among the papers &c. &c." I am constrained to think that the declaration taken before me as a judge of the County Courts of Herk. County has not been examined because I could recollect that commission was attached to the papers and forwarded to the Prison office.
A decision upon Mr. Blackman's case was suspended by you and the declaration before me until the inclosed papers should be forwarded to you. I therefore return the papers and ask that this case may be examined upon the declaration before me and forwarded to the Prison office some time next Spring or Summer.
Respectfully yours abt first
J. L. Edwards Esq.
N. J. Burton

wait for an answer to letter of 29 th Oct 1892 to H. Fleming Esq.

Mechanics Bank
New York Sept 30 1834
Sir
I enclose for your examination the Papers in the case of Daniel Blackman, who died before the Pension Certificate was issued.
John Jones whose pension is suspended as stated in your letter of the 22 d inst. was paid on the 9 th inst.
I am very resp. Sir
Yr obedt.
W. Fleming Pres t of Pensions
W. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions.

Jan 9.
Dad Blackburn Army 20th Infantry 59th
James H. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
Jan 9

Mechanics Bank New York 7 th January 1836
Sir
Your Letter of the 5 th Inst t is received, and in reply I have to state, that the name of Daniel Blackman a Private & Ensign at $53 33 per Annum, residence unknown, was inserted in the Albany List, if he resided within the limits of this Agency, will you be pleased to re-transfer his name from the Albany, to the roll of this Agency.
I am very Respectfully Your Ob t Serv t J n Fleming. Pres d upon ag t
James L d Edwards Esq r Commissioner of Pensions

4532
NY May 27
July 1836
Mary Chapman
Mr. J. David
Washington City
Comt. of Bureau
Dear Sir
Respectfully & Sir
Rule - formally cc the ly ew

Henry L. Edwards
Sir
Enclosed is the case of Mrs Mary Blackman - Her declaration & proofs conformably to the rules of the department are enclosed - Please enclose the certificate if granted
Yours truly
M. Melton
May 23 rd / 39

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
March 15, 1854.
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 third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the Pension agents,
the children of Mary Blackman, dec.
a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany Agency, at the rate of fifty three Dollars and 33 Cents per Annum, under the law of the 4 th July 1836 has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept. 1840, to the 4 th Jan'y 1841.
Respectfully, yours,
J. M. Brooke Comptroller.
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To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS,
Present.

117 Dorset Road, Syracuse, N.Y. July 19, 1938
Veterans Administration, Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:-
Will you kindly send me any records of the Revolutionary service of Daniel Bleekman, that may be contained in the pension application of his widow, Mary Bleekman, of the Town of Stratford, Fulton Co., N.Y., with any important family records.
Daniel Bleekman died in August, 1833, at Stratford, N.Y., and his widow is listed on the 1840 Census of Pensioners. Daniel Bleekman's service may have been in Connecticut.
Very respectfully,
Eleonora D. Rulicon (Mrs. Howard V. Rulicon)

Stamp Enclosed
No. 6 No 4 Nelson Blk Herkimer N Y Oct 8-1931
To The Commissioner of Pensions - Sir Washington D C
The Adjutant General referred me to you. I wish to find the Revolutionary war record of Daniel Bleekman or Bleakman; I have been told the spelling of the name has been confused. Daniel Bleekman is supposed to have enlisted in the state of Connecticut. About the year 1907 or 8 he moved to Stratford New York state, North of the Mohawk Valley. What the name of post- office was at that time I do not know but it is now Stratford N.Y. Daniel Bleekman wife Mary Bleekman drew a pension. I am a Great Granddaughter of said Daniel Bleekman Thanking you for ever ask Mrs Hattie P Madison

Ex'r.
INVALID.
No. 897
RECORDED
Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
Daniel Blackman
P. O. Con't Service
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____ _____
Re-enlisted: _____ _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____

October 26, 1931
BA-J/EBL
Mrs. Hattie J. Madison No. 6, Nelson Block Herkimer, New York
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter relative to Daniel Bleekman, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The data furnished herein are obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, W.16848, based upon the military service of Daniel Bleekman in that war.
Daniel Bleekman(the name also appears as Blackman and Bleckman) was born June 17 or June 26, 1748, in Fairfield or Stratford, Connecticut. Both dates and the names of both towns appear in the claim.
While residing in Western, Connecticut, he enlisted and served with the Connecticut Troops as follows: from May 1, 1775, seven months as a private in Captain Zalmon Read's Company, Colonel Waterbury's Regiment; went on the expedition to Canada and was in the siege and capture of Fort St. John's in Canada; from about February 1, 1776, two or three months as a private in Captain Samuel Walceman's Company; from about November 1, 1777 or 1778, three months as orderly sergeant in Captain Eliphalet Thorp's Company; between the expiration of the last named service and the year 1780, he served on several short tours on alarms, at least seven months in all, dates and officers names not given; he was at the burning of Danbury, Ridgefield, Fairfield and Norwalk; November 3, 1780, he was commissioned ensign of the 11 th Company of the Alarm List of the Fourth Connecticut Regiment, his commission signed by Jonathan Trumbull; he served five months as such ensign, one month of which he was in command of the battery at Black Rock in Fairfield County, Connecticut; he held his commission until the close of the war.
Could not verify Capt Walceman nor Capt Eliphalet Thorp as of Conn
After the Revolution he resided for ten years in Western, Connecticut; then moved to Milton, New York; he lived for thirty years

in Stratford, New York; then in Salisbury, Herkimer County, New York.
Pension was allowed on his application executed May 16, 1833, while residing in Salisbury, New York.
He died August 1, 1833, in Salisbury, New York.
The soldier married about the middle of June, 1772, as stated by the widow, or in July, 1773, as recorded on the records of the Presbyterian or Congregational Church, parish of North Fairfield, town of Western, Connecticut, Mary Hubbell.
Soldier's widow, Mary, was allowed pension on her application executed October 26, 1838, at which time she was aged eighty-six years and resided in Salisbury, New York.
She died January 4, 1841.
The widow stated that she had had seven children; her second son, Thomas, was born August 2, 1777, and was residing in Stratford, New York, in 1838. The names of no other children appear. In 1838, Abraham Marsh, a resident of Salisbury, New York, stated that the widow, Mary Bleekman, was his mother-in-law and resided with him, but did not give the name of his wife.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator.
Date of death from report of Comptroller of the Treasury