Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 43,457, James Danley, Continental Mass.

SERVICE
Danley, James
NUMBER
Continental Mass.
S.43457
CONTENTS

19143 New York
James Danley
of Clinton Co in the state of New York wh was a Sergeant in the company commanded Captain Chapman of the regiment commanded Colonel Tibbets in the Penna for the term of 1780-1 year.
scribed on the Roll of New York the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 1 of March 1823.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 d of Dec 1822 and sent to the Hon. M. Harvey House of Reps.
Dollars to 4th of Sept 1823 $ 49.00 Bal. all'ce ending 4 Mar. 1824 . 48
$ 97.00
{ Revolutionary claim, Acts March 18, 1818, and May 1, 1820. } $
1 March 1823

James or O'Leary  Leary  Logan aff + inventory + Deed around $300 + aff'ts to obtain Pension
830
Orig. Claim
This is a very doubtful case
Messrs Palmer & Walworth Pittsburgh New York Recd. 20 Oct 1820
Not found on roll anywhere Oct 27 Ap. 10 21.

State of New York Clinton County ss
James Danley of the town of Pown in the County & State aforesaid being duly sworn doth depose and say that he was in the revolu- tionary army on the Continental establishment for upwards of seven years, and that the following is an account of his service during the Revolutionary War as near as he is able to give it, that he turned out and went to Lexington on the alarm spread through Massachusetts by the Battle there in 1775, he then enlisted into the Massachusetts levies and marched to the neighborhood of Boston that he then belonged to Capt. Bancroft's Company in the Regiment commanded by Col. Bridge under whom he fought in the Battle of Bunker Hill that the term of enlist- ment was eight months which expired while the Army lay at Cambridge after the Battle of Bunker Hill That he then continued with the Army as an artificer until it arrived at New York in 1776 he then enlisted into Capt. Gales Company in the Massachusetts Regiment commanded by Col. Brewer he thinks for the term of three years in which Regiment he fought at the Battles on Long Island New York Kingsbridge White Plains and Red Bank - after which last mentioned term of service had expired he enlisted into the Company of Capt. Chapman in the Regiment commanded by Col. Flowers at Philadelphia and he thinks in the Pennsylvania line, he was then made a Sergeant and served as such in the said Regiment a consid- -erable time when he was appointed to the command of a Corps of Artillery artificers and remained while acting in that Capacity and which continued until the peace he received the pay of sixty four dollars per month besides rations, he cannot recollect from when he had this appoint- -ment but calls it a commission and says he was a captain and that he wore epaulettes but the appointment or commission he has lost, that he had a regular and honorable discharge every time his term of service expired all of which are lost or destroyed, he however has a faint impression that when peace was made he sent his appointment or com-

-mission to the war department with his accounts and that he has never had it since but that he cannot distinctly recollect, that he is now sixty six years of age is very poor and infirm and in great need of assistance from his country and that he knows of no other evidence within his power in addition to the foregoing except that of Mr. Halsey, Rev. Peter annexed and that they are the only persons to his knowledge in this vicinity who knew him while in the said service and further saith not —
Sworn to subscribe this 5 th 6th day of May A.D. 1818
James Donley
Before me Caleb Nichols
a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Clinton, which Court is a Court of Record
And the said James Donley being duly sworn doth further depose and say that at the end of every term of enlistments above mentioned during the revolutionary war he was honorably discharged, but that his discharges are all lost and he is now unable to state when or where he lost them. He thinks however that the third and last one he outlined which was on the restoration of Peace was sent to the (then) war department with his accounts and further saith not —
Sworn to subscribe this 6th day of May 1818
James Donley
Caleb Nichols
a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Clinton

State of New York
Clinton County ss. Ebenezer Peters being duly of the town of Plattsburgh in the county of Clinton being duly sworn doth depose and say that in the year 1775 and before that time he was acquainted with James Dunley the Deponent in the annexed affidavit mentioned that he terminated with him at the time he mentioned mentions in the said affi- -davit immediately after the Battle of Bennington that he knows that the said James Dunley did serve as he states in and about Boston and knows that he left Cambridge with the army for New York but he this deponent did not go with him and does not know from his own observation of the further ser- -vices of the said James Dunley but he further saith that from information derived from his conversations from time to time during the revolutionary war and since that time he has no doubt that the statement given by the said James Dunley in the said annexed affidavit of his services on the Continental establishment is substantially correct, and further saith that the said James Dunley is now as this deponent well believes more than sixty years of age and far in need of assistance from his coun- try - sworn to this
Ebenezer Peters
30 th day of April 1818
Before me Caleb Nichols
A Judge of Clinton Common Pleas

I Caleb Nichols a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Clinton in the State of New York a court of record pursuant to an act of Congress entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war" Do certify that James Danby of the town of Penn in this County made the annual statement signed and sworn to by him before me, with a view of being placed on the pension list of the United States according to the provisions of the said act, And I do further certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said James Danby did serve in the land service of the United States in the Revolutionary war against the common enemy a number of years And that the said James Danby by reason of his indigence and advanced age is in need of assis- tance from his country for support - I therefore transmit the testimony in this case and the proceedings had thereon to Hon. John C. Calhoun Esq. Secretary of the Department of War - pursuant to the directions of the act aforesaid -
Caleb Nichols
State of New York Clinton County ss
I Charles Platt Clerk of said County do Certify that Caleb Nichols Esquire before whom the within and annual affidavit was made and who made the above certificate at the time the same was made was and at this time is one of the Judges of the court of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Clinton duly commissioned & sworn, and acts in that capacity And that his signature above and within are his own proper hand writing - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and name and affixed the Seal of the said County the 12 th day of May A.D. 1818

At a Court of Common Pleas Holden at the Court-House in Plattsburgh, in and for the County of Clinton, and State of New-York, on the fourth day of October 1830 Present:
Elisha Arnold Caleb Nichols Nathan Larmer & Allen Moore Judges of the said Court.
COUNTY OF CLINTON ss: On this fourth day of October 1830 personally appeared in open Court, it being a Court of Record proceeding according to the course of the common law, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, and keeping record of their proceedings in and for the County of Clinton, James Danley aged sixty eight years resident in the town of Peru in the said County of Clinton, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath de- clare that he served in the revolutionary war as follows: That he turned out im- mediately after the Lexington Battle in the Massachusetts service in Capt Bancroft's company and was in the battle of Bunker's Hill in Col Bridges Regiment he enlisted for eight months and he continued with the army until it arrived at New York in 1776 he then enlisted in Capt Gales company Col Breivers Massachusetts Regiment was in the regiment at the battles of Kingsbridge Long Island & New York White Plains and Andover where he then enlisted in Capt Chapman's Company in Col Howes Pennsylvania Regiment for two years at Philadelphia and was made a Sergeant therein and served out his term and was dis- charged at Springfield in 1781 he was appointed to the command of a Corps of Artillery & served in that capacity till the of the war that his original declaration to obtain a pension under the Act of Congress of the 18th of March 1818 was made the sixth day of May 1818 that he has received a pension certificate Numbered and dated the 18 day of May 1818 And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," passed on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me, nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the schedule, hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.
Real Estate none; personal estate excepting necessary bedding and clothing Six wolf traps, one pistol, and one dog — $30.00

I am by trade a blacksmith & have no family but from age and infirmity have been unable to earn for more than two years and have gained a living by hunting and what people have given me
James Dacey

Sworn to and declared on the fourth day of October 1820 before the above named Judge in open Court Charles Platt Clerk
I Charles Platt, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas held in and for the County of Clinton; do certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the record of the said Court, and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is Twenty Dollars & I further certify That Caleb Nichols before whom the annexed declaration was made was at the time still is a Judge of the said Court and that his name subscribed to the annexed affidavits & certificates is in the proper handwriting of the said Caleb Nichols
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, on this fourth day of October 1820
Chas. Platt
Clerk of the Court for the County of Clinton

43 457
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Rev.
File No. 43 457
James Danby Herz Herz
Act: 18 March 18
Index:—Vol. 8 , Page 133
[Arrangement of 1870.]

See Lett. Hon. D. Russell
June 3 rd 36

State of New York
Clinton County ss Epenetus Halsey of the town of Plattsburgh in the county of Clinton aforesaid person- ally appearing before me and being duly sworn doth depose and say that in the year one thousand seven hun- dred and eighty one he was an assistant in the Staff de- partment in the revolutionary army of the United States. That he went with the army from the State of New York in that year to the capture of Yorktown in Virginia, that when on the way he was ordered at Philadelphia to take some of the horses belonging to the said army to the artificers shop then in that place to be shod, that he accordingly took them to the public artificers shop aforesaid and on application to the commander of the Corps of Artillery he procured the work to be done, that the man then in command of the said corps at that place was James Dunly the applicant in the annexed papers mention- ed, that he is now well acquainted with the said James Dunly and has been for ten years past, and from him he has always understood that he belonged to the revolutionary army during the whole of the revolution- ary war, that the said James Dunly is now between sixty and seventy years of age is nearly deaf is destitute of property and is as he the said Deponent verily believes in actual need of assistance of a pecuniary nature from his country —
Sworn to and subscribed this
31. day of March 1818
Before me J. Caleb Nichols
A Judge of Clinton County Common Pleas, a Court of Record

Peter Chartier of Virginia in the County of Adams and State of Vermont, being duly sworn deposes and says, that he was a private soldier in Col d M c Donough Reg t in the Revolutionary war for more than five years, and that he has obtained his pension which is in consequence of services in said Reg t . - And he further says that he was in company with James Darby now of Plattsburgh in State of New York, from the year 1777 up to the year 1780, and well knows he was a soldier in the Penns va sylvania line for more than one year during said term and he has a perfect recollection of seeing said Darby at West Point and Philadelphia with his Reg t .
his Peter + Chartier mark
State of Vermont } City of Vergennes } I, Thomas Boyd Esq r in the absence of the Mayor, acting Mayor of said City, this 13 th day of July A. D. 1817. And I further certify that the above deponent is in my opinion a credible witness. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said City the day and year aforesaid -
Thomas Boyd } First Alderman of said City } and acting Mayor thereof }

Deposition
S. Hobart

I Solomon Hobart of Westford in the County of Chittenden and State of Vermont of Sound mind & Lawful age do testify & say that I am personally acquainted with James Danley, that I perfectly well recognize his looks after a separation of many years. He was in the Service of the United Provinces or States. He was a Sergeant in Capt. Nathaniel Chapman's Company of Artillery, artificers - in Colonel Benjamin Flower's Regiment - during the term of one year which I served in said Company being the term for which I enlisted. This was in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy six and served the latter part of the time at Philadelphia. Soon after we were stationed at Philadelphia. Soon after I joined the Company aforesaid the above named James Danley joined the Company with a number of recruits, whom I was informed and have not the least reason to doubt he as a recruiting Sergeant had enlisted. I well remember that from the time of his joining the Company with recruits as above mentioned he served the whole time that I was in the Company as an Enlisted man and when I left the Service he remained in the Company. And further the Deponent saith not.  Solomon Hobart

State of Vermont } Westford Oct. 20th 1823 Chittenden County } Then Solomon Hobart personally appeared and after being lawfully examined and duly sworn, made solemn oath, that the fore- going Deposition by him subscribed, con- tains the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth — Before me D Wales Just Pe
N.B. The following interlines were inserted by the Deponent viz: "Flower Garden" & "The latter part of the time at Springfield" Danforth Wales Just Pe
Westford Oct 20th 1823
This may certify that the afore said Solomon Hobart is a man of veracity and sustaining a good moral character Danforth Wales Just Pe
State of Vermont } County Clerk's Office Chittenden County } Burlington Oct. 23. 1823.
I Nathan B. Haswell Clerk of Chittenden County do hereby certify that Danforth Wales was a Justice of the Peace on the 20 day of October 1823 duly qualified, acting under the authority of this State and that due credit is to be given to his official acts.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County the day and year above written
Nathan B Haswell

admitted as a private

Washington Dec 18 th 1823.
Sir,
I am requested to transmit the affidavit herewith enclosed to the Pension Office.
I am informed that the applicant resides in the State of New York - that his case was entrusted to the care of Mr Walworth who was in the last Congress from that State.
When the claim is decided please to report to me
Very respectfully
your obed servt.
Matthew Thacker
James L Edwards Esq.

I R th Man. of Castleton of lawful age do hereby swear that being enlisted into the United States service by Sargent James Danley. I know the said James Danley and know that the deponent was enlisted by the said James Danley who was then acting as orderly Sargent in Col. Nathaniel Chapman's Company of Artillery artificers in Col. Benjamin Howers Regiment on the Pennsylvania line in the year 1861 in the Spring that the said James Danley continued to serve in the said Company and Regiment until May 1862 then he was Hon- orably discharged at Springfield Mass. That during the said term the deponent and the said James Danley were attached to the artificers
The Deponent further saith that his
Wm X Man mark
Sworn and subscribed to before me at Castleton in the County of Rutland this 2 nd day of August 1820
Bery ss Caver justice Peace
I Certify the Deponent is a credible witness
Bery ss Caver Justice Peace

State of Vermont
Rutland County ss } I Robert Raymond Clerk of Rutland County Court do certify that Benjamin Caver Esq is a justice of the peace for said County of Rutland & that the within is his signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Rutland in said County this 9 th day of August A 1820
R. Raymond

Thomas Kempis Affidavit

I Thomas Kemp now residing in Henniker in the County of Merrimack & State of New Hampshire, of lawful age testify and say that I was Lieutenant in the Company commanded by Capt. Nathaniel Chapman of Col. Benjamin Flowers Regiment in the Revolutionary War that I have a perfect & distinct recollection that one James Danley served in said Company as Sergeant for a year & a half or more while said Company was stationed at Philadelphia & Springfield Mts. When I left the service said Danley was performing the duty of Sergeant in said Company - How long he remained in the service, after I retired I cannot say - I further testify that the said James Danley, who I am informed has his home in Peru N.Y., is now in my presence & I recognize him as the same man who performed service under that name as above related - I further testify that I am the same Thomas Kemp to whom a pension is granted as a Lieutenant of the Company aforesaid.
T. Thomas Kemp
Henniker Dec. 2 d 1823.

State of New Hampshire
Merrimack ss. December 2 d 1823. Then personally appeared the above named Thomas Kemp, who is a fair and credible witness, and made oath that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed is just & true -
Before me Artemas Rogers Esq. Peace
State of New Hampshire
Secretary's Office
I hereby certify that Artemas Rogers Esq. whose name is subscribed to the foregoing certificate is a Justice of the peace within and for the county of Merrimack in said State duly appointed and commissioned, and that to his acts and attestations as such, faith and credit are due -
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the public seal of the said State this fourth day of December A.D. 1823.
Sam l Sparkhawk Secretary

James Dawley. N.Y.
May 30
Wm D. Russell JMR
J. L. Edwards Esq. Pension Office D.C.

May 30
James Baugh. Esq.
H. J. G. [unclear] J. L. Schwenk Esq. H. D. Russell Esq. Junior Esq. Esq.

Hann. & Rep. D.C. May 30 th / 1836.
J. L. Edwards Esq m
D r Sir
I am requested to
inquire whether James Darby of New York is now entitled to draw his pension as a Revolutionary Soldier, and if not what objection exists to his drawing it.
Permit me to submit your answer as soon as may be convenient
I am Respectfully
D. Russell

To H. P. Walworth at Ballynagh

Mr. Walker then ordered after my money that was due to me By which I got it and he told me that my Name was returned from W and W By that A being put in they could not find My name on the Roll the Clerk being in with Man there A must be kept in the Ward to Give satisfaction I give the rank of my Officers My Captain was Chatman and my Lieutenant Name was Campbell and Lieutenant Watson The sergents Name was Davis and Brooks and Henry Peru January 6 th 1821. James Davis

free The Hon. the Secretary of War
Washington
Received 1821
Section of Parsons

Plattsburgh N.Y. Jan 13. 1820
Sir
Enclosed I send a statement from James Darly whose application for Rev. Pension remains in the office which may enable you possibly to trace his name on the rolls. He is absolutely poor & penniless & if his name can be found he ought to receive the pension. He was of Irish descent & I think his name may be James O'Darly on the rolls
Yours &c
Palmer H. Caldecott
A. S. Edwards Esq.
W. H. Caldecott Jan 13. 1820

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Danley, John GRADE Sergeant LINE Massachusetts
WARRANT NUMBER 4018 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Aug. 10, 1789 to Richard Platt
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.