Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 32,204, Archibald Daniel, N.C.

SERVICE
NUMBER
N.C.
Daniel Archibald
S. 32,204
Rowan Va-
CONTENTS

Illinois 26757
Col H. M. Reynolds June 10 1836
Archibald Daniel of the  Gallatin Co in the State of Ill who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Will of the Regt commanded by Col Smith in the No  Carolina line for service
6 No P $ 20.00
Inscribed on the Roll of Illinois at the rate of 20 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 st day of March and July to 1834 M c W. Derris — Frankfort, Ill
Arrears to the 4th of March 34 60.00 Semi-ann. allowance ending 2 d Sept. 10.00 $ 70.00
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by D. P. Sprague Clerk. Book C — Vol. 8 Page 56.
Roll of Pensioners
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On this 3 d day of June in the State of Illinois Franklin County 3/3 year of our Lord 1833. personally appeared in open court before the
Judges of the county Commissioners court of said county - and State of Illinois now sitting. Archibald Daniel a resident now of Gallatin county in said State. Aged sixty-eight years last March, 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 1838 - for the relief of Invalid Pensioners in the United States under the
He entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated
He was born in the year month of March 1765. He resided in Surry county North Carolina. When he went into the service of the United States. He entered the service as a substitute for one William Sproul who was draughted. some time in the first days of December 1780. for the term and time of three months all of which time he served before he left the said service. He was marched from Salem Surry county North Carolina where the company to which he belonged first rendezvoused. commanded by capt. William Hill of the militia. Thence towards Wilmington North Carolina until they came within several miles of the last mentioned place where they joined the Heel quarters of the army commanded by General Breytherford. They were then organized into a brigade under Col. Smith and composed a corps of Cavalry or Mounted infantry and kept there and thereabouts as a corps of guards for the protection of the main army for a month or six weeks. During which time they went by a forced march in the vicinity of the Brick House near Wilmington North Carolina.

Where the British and Tories were posted in conjunction - where they were taken by surprise just after day light in the morning. When an engagement took place between Col. Smith's corps. and the British and Tories who laid outside of the house, and pickets which was placed there for the protection of the house. When the British and Tories were defeated with some loss. as well as some of the men under the command of Col. Smith were killed to the number of four or five - and some wounded of which latter number he was one. He recd a wound on his left hand from a blow with a sword which wound disabled his hand for the time but he has since recovered the use of it. He was then kept (together with the balance of Smith's command) in guarding the main army for the space of four or five weeks and reconnoitring the country - and until the evacuation of Wilmington by the British and Tories to which place they was marched by command of the officers - and when they got in to Wilmington General Rutherford was in possession of the town. He was then kept at that place (together with the balance of Smith's command) for several weeks in guarding the main army. He was then (which was about the first of March 1782) discharged at Wilmington - and in returning home the fourth night after leaving the main body he was together with five others taken prisoners by Major Blood a Tory commander and remained as such for one night and day and the next night after he was taken he made his escape from the Tories by taking one of their horses and riding him

3 away and in his attempt to make his escape he was discovered by some of the Tories who had him in custody and fired a great many guns at him but none proving effectual he made his escape -
The above campaign is well known as the Rutherford's campaign to Wilmington. He being a man of an aged man and his memory somewhat failing him he cannot recollect all the particular incidents nor does he deem it necessary to state all those little incidents which transpired during his services.
He does not recollect any of the names of the regiments with which  also (any of the names of the regular officers) which he served. He was a native Halifax county Virginia & from thence moved to Surry county N.C. where he lived during the time of his services. He then moved together with his father to Rutherford county North Carolina on the frontiers where the settlements were very much disturbed by the Indians and Tories for several years during which time he was employed in various scouting parties after the Indians and Tories to the number of twenty times off and on - sometimes for one, two, three, & four weeks at a time - But he was never attached to any regular corps except the one above described. Tho' he was engaged constantly in protecting the frontier settlements from the Indians & Tories.
He was engaged in that kind of scouting service for three years and was for one year at least in actual service - He went to Virginia after the expiration of these three years, and remained there for two years - after which time he moved to Lincoln county Ky - from thence to Tennessee, and from there to Madison county Alabama and thence to

Franklin county Ills & thence to the adjoining county (Galatin) in said state. Where he now lives.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension role of the agency of any state. or He has no documentary evidence by which he can establish his claim nor no person living by whom he could prove the same that he knows of any that can.
Given to and subscribed the day and year afore said. Archibald Daniel
We John Browning a clergyman residing in the county of Franklin and State of Illinois and Robert Carr residing in Washington county  the above county and State of Ills hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Archibald Daniel who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be sixty eight years of age that he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion. Given and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. John Browning Robert Carr
And the said county commissioners 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 applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the court further certifies that it appears to them that John Browning  who who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the county of Franklin and that Robert Carr who has also signed the same is a resident in the of Washington Ills same county and an credible witness and that their statement is intitled to credit.

State of Illinois } Franklin County } I S M Hubbard Clerk of the County Commissioners court do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Archibald Daniel for a pension And I do further certify that the county commissioners court is a court of record made so and recog- nized by an act of the Legislature of this State Passed March 22 d 1819
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court at Frankfort this 3 d day of June 1833.
S. M. Hubbard CLK

2/6. 877.
Archibald Daniel Illinois
Return
Am d 6. Months
Martin W Dorrip Frankfort Illinois

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
17 th October 1833.
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 subjunct 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 Archibald Daniel
   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.     1781. 3 priv Capt. Hill Col. Smith 68 years. Surry Co N.C. Traditionary   Sum of service up service One year.  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

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
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[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.

October 13, 1938
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Archibald Daniel-S.32204 William Daniel-S.32201
Mrs. R. T. Head 1472 Willard Street San Francisco, California
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Archibald Daniel, pension claim, S. 32204, and of his brother, William Daniel, of Virginia, later lived in Indiana.
The records of Archibald Daniel and William Daniel follow, as found in pension claims, based upon service in the Revolutionary War.
Archibald Daniel-S.32204
The data concerning Archibald Daniel which follow were obtained from papers on file in claim for pension, S. 32204, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
Archibald Daniel was born in the month of March, 1765 in Halifax County, Virginia. The names of his parents were not given.
While a resident of Surry County, North Carolina, Archibald Daniel served as a substitute for William Daniel, from early in December, 1781, as a private in Captain William Hill's company, Colonel Smith's North Carolina regiment, went on "Ruth-
see her letter in this claim Archibald Daniel
S.32204

lo see erford's Campaign to Wilmington", was in a skirmish with British and Tories, where wounded in the left hand, and was discharged at Wilmington, in the month of March, 1782; on his way home, about the fourth night, he with, five others, was taken prisoner by the Tories, held one night and one day, made his escape. He moved, with his father, from Surry County, to Rutherford County, North Carolina, and served at various times in scouting parties in pursuit of British and Tories, under Captains William Collins, Jourdan, and Kilgore. Length of entire service about one year. by some
The soldier, Archibald Daniel, after the Revolution, returned to Virginia, and lived a short time, then moved to Lincoln County, Kentucky, lived about two years, to Tennessee, to Madison County, Alabama, to Franklin County, Illinois, thence to Gallatin County, Illinois.
He was allowed pension on his application executed June 3, 1833, then a resident of Gallatin County, Illinois.
The papers on file in this claim contain no reference to wife or children of the soldier, and it was not stated that the William Daniel, for whom he served as substitute in the Revolution, was a relative.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D. C., and furnish the following data-
Archibald Daniel, certificate #26151, issued March 21, 1834, rate $20.00 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, Illinois Agency.
*****
William Daniel-S.32201
The data relative to William Daniel furnished

herein were obtained from papers on file in claim for pension, S. 32201, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
The date and place of birth of William Daniel were not given, nor were the names of his parents stated.
While a resident of Orange County, Virginia, William Daniel enlisted sometime in May, 1778, served three months as private in Captain Garland Burnley's company, Colonel Francis Taylor's Virginia regiment, stationed at Albemarle Barracks, guarding British prisoners. He served in the spring of 1779, three months in Captain Richard Graves' company. He served three months in 1780, as a substitute for John Daniel "a relative", under Lieutenant William Thomas; degree of relationship to the John Daniel not stated. He served in 1781, three months in Captain Richard Webb's company, and went home with "a stock brother" a few days before the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown; name of brother was not shown.
William Daniel was allowed pension on his application executed June 2, 1834, at which time he was seventy-three years old, and living in Boone County, Kentucky, where he had lived about twenty years. He moved in the fall of 1835, to Shelby County, Indiana, and was still living there in 1841.
Reference was made in 1838 to John M. Daniel, son of the soldier, William Daniel, then residing in Indiana, having moved there with his family, from Kentucky; names of the members of the family of John M. Daniel were not designated.
Peter Daniel was living in 1834 in Boone County, Kentucky, sixty-nine years old, stated that he lived during the Revolution in Louisa County, Virginia, that he was a "distant relative" of the soldier, William

Daniel, and then referred to a James Daniel as living in Orange County, Virginia during the War of the Revolution, but did not state any relationship to himself or to the soldier, William Daniel.
Reference was made to another William Daniel as living in Campbell County, Kentucky, in 1834, the brother of the Peter Daniel, named herein.
The papers on file in this claim contain no further discernible data in regard to family.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of this pensioner, you should use the same address as given herein, and furnish the following data-
William Daniel, certificate #27633, issued September 23, 1834, rate $40.00 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, Indiana Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

3220H Rev INVALID.
File No. 32,207
Archibald Daniel
Ph Rev War
Act: June 1 st 32 nd
Index:—Vol. 9 , Page 103
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1917 Mar 3. Mrs. L. J. Walker advised to apply to Aud. Int. for date of last payment. AW see her letter in Abel Dortch 832221 1938- Oct 13 - L. J. Walker Mrs. R. J. Head

Frankfort. Ill March 1st - 1834
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Gen. Lewis
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Col. Secy of War Washington City
Col. St. H.
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Illinois
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Frankfort Illinois
Dr Sir In the absence of Mr. Dorr, by his request I have attended for him to amending Mr. Daniel's Declaration, which enclosed I sent you. I deem it not impertinent for attys who draw up declarations and have an opportunity of hearing from the mouth of the applicant, a history of his case with numerous episodical narrations too prolix and irrelevant to enter into the body of the declaration yet explaining and confirming more material facts set out, to give their opinion of the case; having too, an opportunity of more, correctly arriving at the truth from witnessing the manner of the applicant in his narration of his history, than the officers of Government who have to form their Judgements from, in some instances, the meagre, skeleton declaration of the facts which the applicant can remember to relate. Upon the above assumption permit me Sir to say that Mr. Daniel, from his manner of relating his history seems to revert back to, & possess a the ardor enthusiasm & patriotism of the Revolutionary period. On the achievement of our liberties, the glorious object of the struggle having been attained, men (& particularly young men like this applicant-) naturally thoughtless, & imprudent of the effects & changes in our happy system of government, did not preserve the evidences of their services, or impress their memory with the incidents & facts, which were the result of the part they acted in the contest: the end being gained, and the depreciated continental currency, not being an object of regard as to pay. They could not foresee the policy of the government would at last be grateful in the adoption of the pension system to pay the long arrears due such meritorious services.

Mr Daniel's declaration, I must confess Sir, is very bare of historical incident; but I must account for it on the above grounds - that the pay, that the soldiers did get, was valuable, and, that they never expected, nor could foresee that any system of policy would be adopted to reward their services and consequently, that those facts would not aid them in obtaining the justice and bounty of their government Another fact - necessary to be attended to, that most of those little towns, were merely, unanticipated, sudden excursions after Tories & Indians, & not any regular, embodied enemy and are not historical facts; and a relation of the facts would afford no additional light on the case. Mr Daniel's memory is considerably impaired: He has a distinct recollection of having served, & of the length of the tours, generally, but his recollection of the times is faint. My opinion, from his history & manner of relating it, & his general good reputation in his neighbourhood for veracity & respectability, is that he was a soldier of the Revolution Permit me further to state Sir, that the seal of the Court of County Commissioners was lost last fall, & the law in such case permits the use of the private seal of the Clk And for a certificate of the official character of the Clerk. I refer you to the certificates accompanying Mr McElroy's declaration, and by comparing the signatures of the Clerk there certified with the signatures to these papers you will find them genuine
Accept Sir the high consideration of Your Most-
February March 1 st 1834 Obt Servt Walter B. Seate
Hon. Lewis Cass

State of Tennessee
Franklin County
Personally appeared before me the undersigned an acting justice of the peace Archibald Daniel 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 & in the following services - First, I served as a private (as substitute for William Daniel) three months under the command of Capt. McHill. He commanded by Col. Smith. After the expiration of the above specified three months I moved to Rutherford county North Carolina - in the year 1782. In which year I was called on (together with all the adjoining neighbors) to go & rout a body of Tories who had been murdering & plundering the peaceful citizens in the neighborhood. In this expedition I was under the command of Capt. Collins & served for one month . The above described body of Tories was I think commanded by Foster.
A short time after my return home from the last service I was again called out on a similar service as the last - under the command of Capt. Jordan - in which expedition I served for one month .
I was again called out on a similar expedition under the command of Capt. Kilgore, in the year 1783. in which scout I was occupied three weeks . I was again called out under the command of Capt. Collins for the purpose of routing a body of Indians who had committed some murders in the neighborhood & stole some horses. In which service I was occupied for one month . I was again called out in the latter part of the year 1783. under the command of Capt. Daniel to rout a body of Tories who had been committing

Note 1st. This affidavit states that with the exception of the three months first described he was not regularly mustered into any company nor had he any other officers than the captain therein described. But he acted as a spy or guide to the frontier settlements ready to act on every emergency. He further states that he had a regular pay from the first three months but was not paid on every emergency. He further states that the reason he does not claim pay for the months he was not regularly mustered into any company was that it is now over 40 years since he was in the service and he cannot prove it - This affidavit states that the reason he does not claim pay for the months he was not regularly mustered into any company was that it is now over 40 years since he was in the service and he cannot prove it - This affidavit states that the reason he does not claim pay for the months he was not regularly mustered into any company was that it is now over 40 years since he was in the service and he cannot prove it -
some murders & stealing horses in the neighborhood in which service I was occupied for six weeks . The Tories I think was commanded by Bennington . I was again called out in the same year under the command of capt. Daniel on a similar service as the last mentioned in which I was occupied two weeks . I was again called out in the spring 1784 under the command of capt. Jonathan to sort a body of Indians who had committed some murders etc. in the country in which tour I was occupied for six weeks . I was again called out under the command of capt. Daniel to sort some Tories who were committing some depredations in the country in which service we overtook the Tories & killed three of their number. I was occupied in this last mentioned service for three weeks - I was employed in similar service as the above but do not now recollect the particulars. See note 1st The above described service amounting in the whole to eleven months which I served as a private for which service I claim a pension. Archibald Daniel
Given to & subscribed before me an acting justice of the peace in & for said county this 4th day of Nov 1833
State of Illinois } Franklin County }
Thos M. Morris J.P. (read)
I Simon M. Hubbard clerk of the county commission court do hereby certify the above named Thos M. Morris whose name is subscribed to the foregoing affidavit is an acting justice of the peace duly commissioned & qualified
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of office done at Frankfort this 4th day of Nov 1833.
S. M. Hubbard

State of Illinois } Personally appeared before me the undersigned Franklin County } an acting Justice of the Peace of the county and state aforesaid Archibald Daniel, 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 accor- ding to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: Most of the year 1781 & For three months I served as a private under Captain William Hell in the first of the winter of 1782. — For one month I served as a private under the command of Captain William Collins some time in the summer of the year 1782. — For one month I served as a private under Captain — Townsend some time in the latter part of the summer or first of the fall of the year 1782. For three weeks I served as a private under Captain — Gilgore some time in the spring of the year 1783. For one month I served as a pri- vate under Captain William Collins some time in the latter part of the spring & first of the summer 1783. for which service I claim a pension. I was  There is  no record of my age in my father's Bible but I do not know what has become of it. I was born in Halifax County Virginia in the year 1765. I lived when first called into service in Surry County N.C. I have lived since the Revolution in Halifax & Rutherford N.C. Lincoln Ky. Ray Leesburg Franklin Ill. & now live in Gallatin County Ills. I first went into service as a substitute for Wm Daniel: all the other times I was neither drafted nor listed, but volunteered every time. I have stated the names of all the Regular & Continental officers that I recollect: and all the circumstances of my service that are matters of note & that I recollect for it was so broken, disconnected a service that I have a distinct recollection of particulars  as to Jones & Indians, & so little transpired or was effected of note, that even if I recollected them they would not tend to elucidate, & confirm the history of my case. I got a written discharge from my first term of service, but I have lost or destroyed it & do not know what has become of it. I have stated the names of persons in my name to whom I am known who can testify as to their belief of my service as a soldier of the Revolution
Archibald Daniel
Sworn to & subscribed before me
This 28th day of February 1834
H. M. Harris
J. B. Scott
State of Illinois } I Simon M. Hubbard Clk. of the county, Commissioners Franklin County } Court - in for the county and state aforesaid, Do hereby certify that Thomas M. Dorris who signed the foregoing Amended Declaration of Archibald Daniel, is & was at the time of signing the same a duly commissioned, qualified & acting Justice of the Peace in

for the county and state of prescia, & that his signature thereto is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my private seal (the Public seal of office having been lost) at Frankfort - This 28th day of February Anno Domini 1834
Samuel H. Parsons Attest He

1472 Willard Street, San Francisco, Calif., October 3, 1938.
Veterans Administration, Washington, D. C.
Re BA-J/MMHF:MLB
Mr. A. D. Hiller, Executive Assistant to the Administrator, Dear Sir:
Thank you for your courteous letter of August 16. Illness and many tasks have delayed earlier attention to the following request for information.
I have the data below:
Archilbald Daniel, born Halifax Co., Va., March, 1765. Moved to and enlisted in Surry Co., N. C., December, 1781, as substitute for William Daniel . Later lived in Virginia, Tennessee and Illinois. (Pension application #S32204, Gallatin Co., Ills., June 3, 1833)
I want to trace the William Daniel named in that item, believing he may have served later in the Revolution and probably was an older brother of Archilbald Daniel, therefore may have been born before 1765 in Halifax Co., Va., or that vicinity.
Bible records state that William Daniel and his wife Incy (or Jiney) moved from Georgia to the West about 1795. Their son, Allen B. Daniel, was born in Gallatin Co., Ills., in 1809. He married in 1828 and it is believed his parents were dead by that time. A pension claim may have been filed by William Daniel's heirs thereafter, from Gallatin Co., Ills., or from Knox Co., Ind.
If the Pension Application of Archilbald Daniel gives any more information about him and his family than is stated above, it would be appreciated if I might have that additional data. It would be interesting to learn whether he served in the War of 1812, and whether William Daniel also served in that War.
With gratitude for prompt attention to this inquiry, I am,
Sincerely,
Mrs. R. J. Head

Rev. War Section.
S 32204
Mar. 3, 1917.
Mrs. H. J. Walker, Hotel Congress, 8" and Flower Sts. Los Angeles, Cal.
Madam:
In reply to your letter of the 17" ultimo, you are advised that for the dates of last payments of the Revolutionary War pensioners, Archibald Daniel, S. 32204 and Abel Dortch, S. 32221, you should apply to the Auditor for the Interior Department, Washington, D. C. citing all of the following data.
Archibald Daniel, Ctf. No. 32151, issued Mar. 21, 1834, rate $20, per annum, to commence Mar. 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, Illinois Agency.
Abel Dortch, Ctf. No. 18921, issued Sept. 25, 1833, rate $33.33 per annum, to commence Mar. 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, Illinois Agency.
Very respectfully,
J. M. Salzgaber
Commissioner.
See letter in Mrs. Files "W" to the above person, who signs both E. S. and H. J. and then lived in Springfield Ills. she is collecting data for tombstones for Ills. pensioners. See her letter of 17" ult in claim of Abel Dortch
Mar. 28, 1912