Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 609, Daniel Bates, Mass. N.J. N.Y.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Bates, Daniel
P 609
N.J.
N.Y.
CONTENTS

Daniel Bates, of N. York - rev. claim, Rejected, not having served on the cont. establishment. See letter to him, Dec. 22. 1823.
609

Can of 10 David Bates
James Finch jun Judge Goshen. Orange Co. recd 1 June. 1818.
City of Washington
the Secretary of the Department for the ment of war
Goshen N.Y.

State of New York } Orange County } On this 15 th day of May 1818, before me the Sub- -scriber one of the Judges of the Court of - Common pleas in and for the said county of Orange, personally appeared Daniel Bates aged sixty years - resident in the Town of Deer Park, in the said county of Orange, who being by me first duly sworn, according to Law doth on his Oath, make the following dec- -laration, in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress Entitled An act to provide for certain persons en- -gaged in the land & Naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war that he the said Daniel Bates enlisted in the spring of the year 1778, in the Town of Pittsfield in the State of Massachusetts for the term of nine months, as a private soldier, in the company commanded by Captain Enoch Noble in Col. Wood's Regiment, that he joined the said Regim- -ent, at Sheffield in the said State of Massa- -chusetts, and march from thence to the White Plains in Westchester County in the State of New York, and there joined the Brigade commanded by Gen. M c . Dugal, and that he continued to

seve in the said corps, in the service of the United States, until the end of the term for which he enlisted, when he was discharged from service at Peaks-kill Hollow in the said county of Westchester, in the State of New York, that he was in a battle near White Plains in the said county of Westchester and this deponent further saith that he received a written discharge when he left the said service, which he has lost and that he is in reduced circumst- =ances, and stands in the need of the Assistance of his country for support and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services Sworn to and declared before me The day & year aforesaid -
James Finch Junr      Daniel Bates
I, James Finch Junr. one of the judges of the court of common pleas in & for the said county - of Orange, Do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Daniel Bates did serve in the service Revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months on the continental establishment, and I now transmit the proceedings & testimony taken & had before me, to the Secretary for the Depart- =ment of war, pursuant to the directions of the afore- =mentioned act of Congress. 15 th May 1818. James Finch Junr

State of New York Orange County
§ I David M. Westcott, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Orange aforesaid, do hereby certify that James Finch, Junr. is one of the Judges of the said Court and that his name set to the preceding certificate and Affidavit is the proper hand writing of the said James Finch Junr. In witness whereof we have hereunto affixed the Seal of the said Court the 26 th May 1818.
D. M. Westcott, Clerk

Daniel Bates, late a resident at Deer-park, on the borders of the township of Minisink, near the River Delaware, being reduced to a State of abject Poverty, and conceiving himself entitled by Law to a Pension from Government, in consideration of his military Services in the revolutionary War, has lately come to this City, in pursuit of the abovementioned Object. The account he gives of himself is as follows. That he was born in the township of Bethlehem, County of Hunterdon, and then Province of New Jersey, in the month of September, in the year of Our Lord, One Thousand, seven hundred and fifty seven; that he was brought into this City when he was only four years of age, and continued to reside here fourteen years; the latter part of the time he served as an Apprentice to the Shoemaking business under Garret Devow; and when the War broke out between this Country and Great Britain, he enlisted as a private in Col. St. Dougall's first New York Regiment; he was in a Company commanded by Marinus Willett Esq., and accompanied him to Canada; that he served there several Months under General Montgomery, assisted in the capture of Fort St. John's and Montreal, and continued to serve in Canada until late in the month of February, in the year One thousand, seven hundred and seventy six, when he marched down to Albany, with Col. Willett and was soon afterwards discharged from the Service, being according to the best of his recollection, between nine and ten Months from the time of his enlistment; that about in the month of May or June in the same year which he cannot ascertain precisely, he enlisted in Capt. Marseilles's Company and Col. Van Dyck's Regiment, in which he continued only six Months, at Fort George, at the head of Lake George; that from thence he went to the town of Old Paltz in Ulster County where he again enlisted in a Company, commanded by Capt. Dinshead with whom he marched to Stillwater, to join the Army there assembled; that they there fought a severe battle, in which General Arnold was wounded, and Genl. Fraser of the British Army, was slain. This battle terminated General Burgoyne's Career, and was succeeded by the capture of the said General, and the forces under his Command; that after this event, (the purpose for which he enlisted having been effected) and his time of Service having expired, he repaired to the town of Pittsfield in the State of Massachusetts, enlisted with Capt. Enoch Noble, and served under him nine Months, after which he proceeded to Pequanock, in the County of Morris and State of New Jersey, and listed as a private in Col. Shreve's own Company; he joined the Regiment at Tappan, and marched from thence to West Point, where the Troops were quartered; that nothing very material happened while in this Regiment, until he obtained his discharge from Col. Shreve at Springfield, in the Spring of the year, One thousand, seven

hundred and eighty. That he then retired from the continental Service, but was several times afterwards called out to serve in the Militia of New Jersey, commanded by General Heard of Woodbridge. The War having terminated in the complete Establishment of the Liberties and Independence of his Country, the said Daniel Bates travelled into the interior of the Country, and soon after the War, effected a Settlement in the Vicinity of the Cayuga and Seneca Lakes, where he continued to reside for several years, until his declining State of health pointed out to him the Necessity of removing to a more salubrious Climate; that he then bid adieu to the Lake Country, and took up his residence in the County of Ulster, in which and the County of Orange he has dwelt ever since; that he has made out to get a Support by the labor of his hands, until very lately, when no Employment could be had, and all his dependance was at an end. He is now upwards of Sixty three years of Age, has had the great Misfortune of losing an eye, and is crippled in one of his hands; so that by reason of his Age and infirmities he is utterly disabled from doing anything further to maintain himself. In this forlorn State, he implores the Commisera- -ation of those of his fellow Citizens particularly, whose Duty it is to prevent him from perishing; either by granting him a Pension adequate to afford him a decent Support, Provided his claim thereto are justly founded, or by making some other provision for him whereby he may be rescued from the jaws of Famine, and the serious distress, which must otherwise inevitably befall him in his advanced Stage of Life, and totally helpless condition be thereby seasonably and effectually prevented.
New York December 26 th 1820.
I Marinus Willett formerly a Colonel in the continental Service do hereby certify that the above named Samuel Bates was a Soldier in my Company in the early part of the Revolutionary war against Great Britain that he conducted himself well while under my Command, and that his statement I believe to be correct as to the time of his discharge, but the precise time of his enlistment I cannot ascertain, my papers respecting those transactions having long since been lost or destroyed but I suppose it may be known by referring to the muster rolls and pay rolls of the regiment, which were undoubtedly transmitted and lodged in the war office. - I further certify that I find him honest in his declarations, and that he has given me true answers to all the questions I have asked him, He appears to be very poor and needy and I believe him to be well deserving a pension as a faithful servant to his Country's interest. Marinus Willett

Ex'r.
INVALID.
100. 609
RECEIVED
Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
Daniel Bates
P. O. _____
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____