Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 17704, Timothy Danielson, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Danielson Timothy Abigail
W 17704
CONTENTS

S 20648 New York Timothy Danielson Otsyr in the State of New York who was a Serjeant in the Comp commanded by Captain Morrison of the Regt. commanded by Col Ruggles in the Mass due for 4 M. Serj. $20 10 " Pensions 333 $53.33
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, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 day of Apr. 1833 and due to H. Molonthe Burlington
Arrears to the 4th of Apr '37 $ 133.33 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4th '34 26.66 $159.99
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. G. H. Stiles Clerk.
Recorded by Book E. Vol. 1, Page 95.

Declaration
In Order to obtain the benefits of the provisions of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832
State of New York
Albany County ss On this 16 th day of October - 1852 personally appeared in Open Court it being a Court of Common Pleas of Albany County it being a Court of Record Timothy Dunelson a Resident of the Town of Pattenkill in the County of Albany aforesaid aged Eighty One Years Who being first duly sworn according to Law On his Oath maketh the following Declaration
Saith that he was born in the Town of Brimfield in the State of Massachusetts in the Year One Thousand Seven Hundred and fifty One That in the Year One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy five in the Month of April he Volunteered at Hunsdale (formerly a part of Brimfield) in a Company of Infantry (as a private) Commanded by Captain Joseph Thompson (of Brimfield) in Colonel Timothy Dunelson's Regiment of the Mass- achusetts Line for the term of Eight Months - That he marched in said Company to Cambridge in the State of Massachusetts and was stationed at Cambridge aforesaid a few days and then went to Newbury and that he served in said Company the remainder of the eight months (except two months which he was absent from sick leave) and was discharged by Col. Dunelson verbally the last of November and returned to Brimfield Then again in the Year One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy Six he Enlisted as a

private, in Captain Daniel Henshaw's Company of Infantry in Col. Timothy Danyerson's Regiment in the Massachusetts Line for the term of four Months that he marched with said Company to Ticonderoga. Through Springfield Northampton Pittsfield and White Hall. And was attached to a Regiment Commanded by Col. Ruggles Woodbridge under the Command of General St. Clair. and served at Ticonderoga four Months being the full term of time for which he enlisted. And also that during the time he served at Ticonderoga he served as a Sergeant and was discharged By Colonel Woodbridge Verbally. and returned to Springfield
Then again in the Year One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy Seven at the town of Springfield in the month of May. was drafted in the Militia does not recollect the Captain's name in Colonel Hales Regiment for two months and marched through Sunderland and Albany to Mount Independence and served the full term of two months at that place and was discharged two days after the evacu- -ation of Ticonderoga Verbally
That he has a Record of his age in his proprietor
That he has no documentary evidence to prove his service by.
That he never received any written discharge
That his Brother Calvin Danyerson is knowing to a part of the service rendered and Hannah Ellsworth of the other part
That since the war he has resided in the town of Springfield and for the last forty years has resided in the town of Pittsfield in the County of Berkshire

The new President
Her thereby Relinquishes every Claim to a pension or an annuity except the present and declares That his name is not on the pension Roll of the agency of any State I subscribe and swear that the year and day aforesaid is Open Court
Horace Lathrop Clerk Timothy D. Richardson

No 1819 3/4 Timothy Danielson Otsego County New York
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Admitted Serjeant 4 mos Private 10 "
Jas. C. Wolworth Burlington Otsego County New York

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
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 Timothy Danielson Otsego County New York
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Vol. Apr 1775. - 8 - private Capt Thompson Col. Gates Col. Ruggles Col. Danielson Marched to Cambridge, to Roxbury, 81 years Munson Massachusetts Traditionary & living Witnesses certified Credible, no Clangimow   Enl. 1776 - 4 - private Capt Mungas Col. Danielson Marched to Ticonderoga No reason given - papers not properly attached -   Drafted May 1777 - 2 - private - Col. Hale  
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 day 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 enquiry 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.
[k] 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.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

4727.
New York Albany.
Abigail Danielson widow of Timothy Danielson who died on the 22 d March 1843, of Otsego in the State of N. York who was a Serjt. in the Chuff y commanded by Captain Thompson of the Reg t commanded by Col. Ruggles in the Mass. line for Genl. Serjt. Mass 10 - per.
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 53 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1836. 22 d March 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 th day of April 1849 - and sent to Mrs. Abigail Starkweather Cooperstown, N.Y.
Arrears to the 4 th of Semi-annual allowance ending
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3 d Section }
Recorded by G. S. Perkins Clerk, Book Vol. 1. Page 112
Reprinted Apl 7. 1849

State of New York Otsego County. Town of Butternuts
On this twenty seventh day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty three personally appeared before me Hiram Kime one of the Judges of Otsego County Court Abigail Danielson widow of Timothy Danielson deceased who being by me first duly sworn upon her oath aforesaid makes the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed July 4th 1836 and the act Supplemental thereto passed in 1843 granting half pay and pensions to certain widows that she is eighty eight years of age that she is the widow of Timothy Danielson deceased that the said Timothy Danielson was a Soldier and Sergeant in the Revolutionary Army that previous to her marriage with said Timothy Danielson her name was Abigail Ellwood that she resided in Brimfield now Hampden County Massachusetts that she was married to the said Timothy Danielson at the Town of Munson in said County on the fifteenth day of December in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy four by the Reverend Jesse Jones that she knows of no record evidence of her marriage that her late husband Timothy Danielson died at the Town of Butternuts aforesaid on the twenty second day of March last that she has not intermarried but remains his widow that her said husband was in the service of the Revolutionary Army at various times during the Revolutionary War but deponent cannot recollect how long he served or what were the names of his officers but refers for proof of these facts to the evidence on file in the War Office of the United States that her said husband was at the time of his death a Revolutionary Pensioner the certificate of which is hereto attached and further saith not
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 27th day of May 1843
Hiram Kime Judge of Otsego County Court —
Abigail her Danielson mark
A-13 The words 'Linn' and 'Jones' written on Erasure before signing Hiram Kime Judge etc

I certify from personal observation that the within named Abigail Danielson from age and infirmity, is unable to appear in open court and I have for that reason administered the oath to her out of court that the reason she made her mark is that she never learned to write and that she is a creditable person to whom statements full credit is due
Hiram Hemen Judge of Otyo County Court
State of New York Otyo County - { Town of Butternuts
Calvin Danielson of Said Town aged Eighty Eight years having been by me first duly sworn said that he is well acqu- ainted with the within named Abigail Danielson that he is the brother of her late husband that her Maiden name was Abigail Alvord that he was present at her Marriage with Timothy Danielson at the Town of Munson Hampden County and State of Massachusetts on the fifteenth day of December one thousand seven hundred and seventy four that the Marriage ceremony was Solemnized by the Reverend Jesse Dyer and further saith not Sworn to and Subscribed this 15th day of June 1840 before me Calvin Danielson _____

Tim Danielson married to Abigail Ellinwood Monson Dec r the 15 th 1774
Abigail Danielson the Daughter of Tim & Abigail Born in Monson on Thursday February 29 th 1776
Patty Danielson The Daughter of Tim Danielson & Abigail Danielson Born Sunday October the 4 th Monson October 7 th 1777
State of New York { Otsego County { So Joseph T. Gilbert being duly sworn and examined before Hiram Kline Surrogate of the County of Otsego doth depose and say that he is sixty five years of age that he was well acquainted with Timothy Danielson deceased late of the town of Butternuts in said County a Revolutionary Pensioner and also with Abigail Danielson now his widow that he has been acquainted with them during the period of fifty four years
during all which time up to the time of the death of the said Timothy they cohabited together as man and wife that this deponent has been a Member of the same church with the said Abigail during the term of forty two years that this deponent was well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Timothy Danielson and he verily believes the instrument in writing herunto attached purporting to be a record of the marriage of the said Timothy and Abigail and of the birth of two of their children to be in the own proper handwriting of him the said Tim- othy Danielson
Subscribed & sworn to before me this 1st day of December 1848 Hiram Kline Surrogate
Joseph T. Gilbert

State of New York
Otsego County
Surrogate's Office
I Hiram Haine Surrogate of the County of Otsego do hereby certify that the foregoing affidavit of Joseph T. Gilbert was duly taken and sworn to before me in open Court this 1st day of December 1848
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Seal of Office this 1st day of December 1848
Hiram Haine Surrogate
Otsego County ss Hiram Haine being duly sworn and examined before Eben B. Morehouse one of the Justices of the Supreme Court of the State of New York deposes and says that among the papers of Timothy Daniels late of the town of Butternuts in said County deceased (a Revolutionary Pension) was found some paper folded in the form of a Book from which this deponent cut a leaf which is hereto attached purporting to be a record of the Marriage of the said Timothy Daniels with Abigail  Emily Ellenwood and of the birth of two of their children and this deponent further saith that he was well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Timothy Daniels and verily believes the said record to be in his own proper hand writing
Sworn before me this 23rd
Hiram Haine
day of December 1848 and
the word Abigail was interlined
by deponent before being sworn
E B Morehouse S. Sup. Court N.Y.

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 17704
Abigail Danielson Wid. of Timothy Danielson Sergt. Rev. War
Act: July 4, 1836
Index:—Vol. 14 , Page 171
[Arrangement of 1870.]

General Development of the United States and Canada with full details of the General Development of the United States and Canada

6192 Abigail Danielson NY
Set to Hon J. E. Carey
July 2. 1824
Set to same Feb 5. 1840
Set to Wm. G. A. Hartwell the
April 20. 1848 Set to H. Remond Nov 11. 48
act July 4. 1836

Lt. Gen. G. A. Harweather March 26. 49

Feb 27/66 My Dear Sir I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 24th inst. and in reply to inform you that the same has been forwarded to the proper authorities for their consideration

Cooperstown March 31 st 1849
Hon G. A. Starkweather Sir
Yours enclosing a communication from the Pension Office respecting the case of Abigail Danielson widow of Timothy Danielson who is an applicant for a Pension is just rec d in which it is stated to my surprise that the only evidence on file at the department of their marriage is the affidavit of Conrad Danielson. When I first presented her case to the department some four years ago in addition to the affidavit of Mr Danielson there were other affidavits among which was one by a Mrs Nichols who was present at the wedding and although I forwarded with the papers at that time the original certificate of Timothy Danielson I rec d a communication from the department requiring his service to be proved for again no exception was taken at that time to the proof of Marriage; last November I rec d a communication from the department admitting the service but requiring further proof of the Marriage. On some of the first days of December last I forwarded to the department an original record of their Marriage and the birth of two of their children in the hand writing of the said Timothy Danielson with the affidavit of Joseph T. Gilbert myself + I think one other person that such record was in the own proper hand writing of the said Timothy Danielson I am not positive there was more than two affidavits of that fact but I think there was then there was proof also that they cohabited as man and wife more than fifty years and I think Br G Gilbert testified that Mr Danielson and himself were members of the same church more than 40 years.
Mrs Nichols is now dead. Some of the papers in

This case must have been mislaid or overlooked at the Department. I have been acquainted with these persons since my boyhood they were Presbyterians of the strictest sect and persons of most exemplary reputation. The old lady is poor and it is time tardy justice was done her.
Yours Respectfully Hiram Williams
Hon Geo A Starkweather

Washington 25 Febry 1849
Wm. J. L. Edwards Sir,
I enclose the letter of Judge Hirsche, or that part of it which relates to the case of Mrs. Donibson, and hope it will receive your early attention - I pray you will look at the letter & the case without delay
Yours Respectfully Geo. A. McSwathem

Cooperstown February 21 st 1849
Dear Sir
Some time in December last I forwarded to the Pension Office further proof of the marriage of Abigail Danielson who is entitled to a Pension. I had previously forwarded an affidavit of a Mr Nichols who was present at the wedding. I have a letter from the Department admitting the service of Mrs Danielson's husband and I am wholly unable to account for so long delay of the Pension Certificate. The old lady is Capt Dan Smith's wife, mother (with whom you are well acquainted) she is almost an hundred years old and I think the Department ought not to require her to live forever to obtain her Pension. She is a very worthy woman and is entitled to a Pension beyond the possibility of doubt and her application has been hanging by the gills 3 or 4 years. Will you have the goodness to call at the Department and get her certificate and forward it to me. I wrote to you a long time ago on the subject but have rec d no answer.
From Fanny Skinner

Yr affec son J. L. Edwards
Look for all the Papers in the Card
FREE
Mr. A. Matthews
Mr. C.
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Washington
Hon. Geo. A. Matthews

FREE
Gen. A. Washington M c
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Washington
W. H. L. B.
Wm Lloyd

Leavenworth 2 d April 1849
Hon J. L. Edwards
Sir,
I enclose you, from Kinneys letter on the sub- ject of Mrs. Donihons pension. From the statement he has made it ap- pears to me the proof must be full and ought to be satisfactory. Allow me to call your person- al attention to this case - Will you have patience & again examine the papers in this case and then com- municate with me, whether you can not allow the proof to be suffi- cient
Respectfully Yours Geo. A. Harlan

Dec: 30, '48
addl proof
Abigail Darnell
Miss
Hiram Keene,
War Department Pension Washington City

Dec. 30, 48
with history
Hegeil Samson
John
Hebrew Name
War Department Pension Office Washington

Cooperstown Otsego County N.Y. Dec 23 rd 1848
Compts of Pensions
Sir Enclosed I forward you further proof of the marriage of Abigail Danielson with Timothy Danielson her late husband. She says they resided at the time of their marriage in the town of Brenfield but went into the town of Monson to be married for the reason that there was no ordained Minister in the neighbourhood where they resided and the desire of the peace Stated badly. This probably the reason why the marriage does not appear upon the town or church record. I forwarded with the paper first sent to your department upon this application the affidavit of a Mrs Nichols who testified she was present at the ceremony. (Myt Nichols) She has since died.
I think the evidence now furnished in addition to what has already been furnished must be satisfactory to the Department particularly when it is taken into account they cohabited as man and wife 68 years
Yours Respectfully Hiram Minne

Payments to be made at New York by Pres. U.S. N.M. Agent for paying Pension= ers, in the Agency of
New York
Recorded in the Pension Of= fice, in Book E. Vol. 1 Page by D. L. Steele Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Merethy  Danielson of the State of New York who was a sergeant &c. in the Revolutionary Army is entitled to receive Sixty-Three dollars and Thirty three cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 20 day of September one thousand eight hundred and thirty- three
John B. H. Acting Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. }
J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions.

Friend Cary I have forwarded to the Pension Office the papers of Abigail Danilson who is an applicant for a pension her husband was a pensioner and I have forwarded his Certificate she is of one of our most respectable families Grandmother to Jesse Smith Esq who resided here in your Village the papers have been filed and will you have the goodness to slip into the Department and let them know it is all right
Yours Respectfully J. K.
Gilbertville May 10 1844
Hon J. E. Cary
P.S. Will you get the Certificate and forward to me J. K.

House of Reps. Jan'y 29 th 1845
Honble J. L. Edwards.
Sir -
I am requested to forward to you the accompanying Certificate in the Case of the Widow of Timothy Danielson - I hope there is no further obstacle to the granting her Certificate - She is now I am informed Eighty Nine years old and her husband was about 100 years old when he died her age & infirmities and the death of Most of their contemporaries renders it difficult to obtain new proof of all the services of her husband - I understand it has been Once proven to the satisfaction of the department and it does not seem reasonable now to require her to prove it again - I have no doubt you will do what is deemed by you to be right
Yours Respectfully
J. V. Cady

Finn's Bay, December 1882
Walworth
Timothy Dargason
Esq. F.R.S.
18/12/82
Westward Ho!
near the Farnes
to Wardour Street
Burlington Otago
County St. George

State of New York
Onida county - ss - Hannah Ellenwood - of the Town of Onida aforesaid being duly sworn according to law - deposes and says: That he is well acquainted with Timothy Donaldson - of the Town of Butte and County of Stego - in the State aforesaid - and has been acquainted him from the infancy of this deponent - That in the year seventeen hundred and twenty five - the said Donaldson and this deponent resided in the Town of Brimfield - County of Hampshire - State of Massachusetts - That in April of the year aforesaid, the said Donaldson - & this deponent volunteered - at Brimfield aforesaid, in the company of Infantry - (as privates) commanded by Joseph Thompson - (of Brimfield) - in Colonel Timothy Donaldson's Reg't of the Massachusetts Line) - That this deponent and said Timothy Donaldson - (first above mentioned) - marched in said company to Cambridge - in the State of Massachusetts - and were stationed at Cambridge aforesaid - several days - and were then stationed - at Roxbury - during the remainder of the said term of eight months - (except two months - which the said Donaldson - was - absent from Cambridge - sick) -
That in the year - seventeen hundred and seventy six - the said Timothy Donaldson (last named) and this deponent volunteered in as privates - in Captain Gabriel Spungen - company - of Infantry, in Colonel Timothy Donaldson's Regiment - in the Massachusetts
The words - "for the term of eight months" - "except two months" - informed - the facts of "July" Cambridge - and number were - before - signing - & hereby to the aforesaid. Good Sir,

Line for the term of four months - That said company - was marched to Tuonderoga in the month of July  August the year last aforesaid - That on said company arriving at Tuonderoga - it was attached to a regiment commanded - by Colonel Bray Woodbridge - under the command of Genl H. Gates, in said service - and was stationed at Tuonderoga four months - being the full term for which said Donaldson enlisted - That said Donaldson served the said last named term - as a sergent: That he served the full term of six months under said first enlistment and the full term of four months - under said last mentioned enlistment: And that he was - honourably discharged at Cambridge Portbury - aforesaid in the month of December  October in the year first above mentioned - and that said Donaldson - was honourably discharged at Tuonderoga - in the month of December nineteen hundred & twenty six - from said last named company.
And this deponent further says that said Donaldson - is a reputable person and that his statement is entitled to credit and that this deponent believes him to be eighty one years of age -
Sworn to & subscribed this 10 th day of October 1832
of the said at Ellinwood
L. Pond Deponent of the peer

State of New York
Oneida County ss.
I Julius Stone - one of the Justices of the peace in and for said County - do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Hannibal Ellsworth - who has subscribed and sworn to the above affidavit - that he is a man of truth - and a regular inhabitant of this Town.
Forkland Oct 10 1832
Julius Stone
State of New York
Oneida County ss.
I George Brown - Clerk of the County of Oneida - do hereby certify that Julius Stone - whose name is subscribed to the foregoing affidavit was at the time of the date of said affidavit - one of the Justices of the peace in and for said County - that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice - and that J. Stone's subscription to said affidavit is the proper hand writing of said Justice - and his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand - and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas of said County.
This 10 th day of Oct 1832
Geo. Brown Clerk

State of New York Otsago County ss. I Horace Lathrop Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the said County do certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of Timothy Danielson for a Pension & I further certify that James C. Hallworth before whom the preceding affidavit of Calvin Danielson purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same a Judge of Otsago County Court & that I am acquainted with his hand writing & verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit to be his proper hand writing & signature In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office This 19 th day of October 1832 Horace Lathrop By Thos K Clegg Deputy

Cooperstown Feby 5. 1849
Friend Stackmearth
I have been several years trying to get a Pension Certificate for Abigail Donaldson (Capt Dan Smith's wife's mother) She is as respectable an Old Lady as there is in our County and as clearly entitled to a Pension as any woman can be her husband was a Pensioner and his certificate has been returned to the Pension Office with proof of their Marriage the 11th of last November I recd a note from the Department saying the Service was admitted but saying no evidence was adduced of their marriage although accompanying papers in the first instance I forwarded an affidavit of a person who was at the wedding In the first part of December furnished the Department further proof since which time I have heard nothing from it will you call at the Department and get the Certificate and forward it to me
Yours Respectfully Hiram Kline
Phenix & Rock Stone is in order
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Sir. By the above letter from Judge Kline, it would appear that you had overlooked the proof of marriage in the above case. Will you examine the papers and inform me how the case stands. Please return this letter with your answer
Respectfully Yours G. A. Stackmearth

STATE OF NEW YORK, Otsego County Clerk's Office, ss. }
I Samuel Phelps Clerk of said County, do hereby certify that Hiram Nium Esquire, whose name is subscribed to the annexed Certificate of Pension was on the date of the same a Judge
in and for said County, and duly authorised by law to take the same. And further , that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of said Judge . . . and verily believe his signature to the said Affidavit is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said County, the 16 th day of
November A. D. 1843.
Samuel Phelps Clerk.

4192
Abigail Danielson
NY.
at 4 July 36

Hiram Kimin Lodge of Otago County Court
I certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Calvin Dunsilber that he is a creditable person and worthy of belief
Hiram Kimin Lodge of Otago County Court

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston:
June 3 18 48.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the rolls of Capt Thompson's Company of Col Parnell's Regt for the year 1775 do not bear the name of Timothy Parnell.
There is no roll of Capt Mungall's Company in this Office.

And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the Commissioner's letter of February 5 th 1845 was filed in this Office; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said letter, and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
W. B. Calhoun,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

June 12. 48
Care of Abigail Allen Abigail Johnson N.Y.
[Faint, mirrored handwriting from the reverse side of the paper]

20 Hiram Kennebec Cooperslow N.Y.
War Department Pension Office Washington City

Adams Kennebec Coopersdown N.Y.
Rev. Schuyler Pension Office Washington City D.C.

Cooperstown June 7th 1848
2) Sir Enclosed I send you paper concerning the application of Abigail Danielson for a pension which I had supposed were in your Office long ago.
The original Certificate granting a pension to Timothy Danielson the late husband of Abigail Danielson was returned to the Pension Office when her application was first made was made. That and the proof her marriage (which was acknowledged to be sufficient in a note I rec d from the department) I had supposed was all the law required to entitle her to a pension. The proof  that  Timothy  Danielson  was  granted  a  pension in the Department who or what were the instructions I am unable to say. They are people of much repeatability and there is no doubt whatever of the justice of her claim.
Yours Respectfully Hiram Albee
[Faint, mirrored text from the reverse side of the page]

Washington 8th April 1846
Hon J. L. Edwards
Sir,
Will you inform me whether Abigail Pownall has made application for a pension, and if so, what is the state of her application
Respectfully Yours
Geo. A. Washington

3314
H. L. E. Gray MD

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston;
Jan y 6 th 1845.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Timothy Danielson is borne as a private upon a pay Roll of Capt n Nehemiah Mayo, Col. David Leonard, in service at Tienderoga, "engaged for two months" - served from May 18. 1777 - including allowance for travel home, 68 days - and is all the evidence which appears in the case. The roll is dated at South Brimfield.

And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said application, and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John G. Parsons, Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Application of Abigail Danilson for Certificate of Revolutionary Service of her husband Timothy Danilson
The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is hereby requested to furnish evidence from the Rolls in his office of the Service of My husband Timothy Danilson in the War of the Revolution he was enrolled as a Substitute from the Town of Brimfield Hampshire County Massachusetts deponent cannot now recollect the year or who commanded the company or regiment to which he belonged he served as follows two months at one time four months at another and three months at another he was with the Army that went to Quebec
I am now eighty nine years old and my memory does not enable me to state My husband's Services more fully than above stated
Witness My hand this twentieth day of November AD 1844
Signed by Said Abigail Danilson in my presence Hiram Kine Judge of Otsego County Courts
his Abigail Danilson mark
I certify that the reason the above Abigail Danilson makes her mark is that from age and debility she is unable to write
Hiram Kine Judge of Otsego County Courts

Dr Sir
The information from the widow is limited owing to the fact that she is entirely deaf no communication can be made with her except by writing and from her great age and want of light recollections much difficulty attends that
Yours Respectfully
Hiram Kline
Gilbertville Otego County New York
824

State of New York } Be it known that Calvin Otsego County } Danielson a resident of the 3 town of Butternuts in said County being first duly sworn according to Law Deposeth And Saith that he was acquainted with Timothy Danielson in the Revolutionary War and will re- =vret, that in the Year 1775 at Ticonderoga His deponent served Eight Months in Col Danielson's Regiment and that he the said Timothy Danielson was a Soldier in the same Regiment under Captain Thompson and does not recollect the time he served in that Campaign But knows he was taken Sick and was in the Hospital And also knows that in the Year 1777, this deponent being at Mount Independence as a matter to Colonel David Brearley knows that the said Timothy Danielson was a Soldier in the Army, at that place and that he served two Months And that he now lives a neighbor to him and that he is a man of truth and veracity and entitled to full credit and that that this deponent is now 77 Years Old Subscribed and sworn in Calvin Danielson Otsego County true copy and your affirmer before J. C. Mandeoth a Judge of Otsego County
Otsego County ss I the undersigned Judge of the County do hereby certify that I am personally and well acquainted with Calvin Danielson that has subscribed and sworn to the above affidavit before me in Open Court and that he is a credible person and entitled to full credit J. C. Mandeoth a Judge of Otsego County Court

And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the Mather 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 there before the said court further verified that it appears to them that before Davidson and Hannah Parnasson that have subscribed and sworn to the above or annexed affidavits are creditable persons and entitled to full credit
J. O. Moore } Judges E. Root J. Page J. B. Manwaring
I Horace Lathrop Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Oregon do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in said Court in the matter of the application of Timothy Donelson for a pension In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this day of October 28 32

State of New York Otsego County Is.
Answere
Verdon
On this 29 th day of May 1823 personally appeared before me the undersigned Judge of the said county of Otsego further Danielson who being duly sworn deposed and saith that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively to all the particulars of all his service but he positively avers that in the year 1775 he positively served eight months in the company of Captain Thompson as a private in Col. Dairfield's Regiment And in the year 1776 he can swear positively that he served as a Sergeant for the term of four months in Captain Muncy's Company and Col. Dairfield's Regiment and served at Skenesborough under Col. Hugh Woodbridge For the term of two months he can swear positively that he served as a private in the state Militia in the company of Captain (not remembered) and Col. Hales Regiment in the year 1777 and for such service I claim Pensions Subscribed and sworn this day & year aforesaid Before me James C. Muncy a Judge of Otsego County
Timothy Dairfield

I Henry Peck a clergyman residing in the town Butternuts County of Otsego and State of New York hereby certify that that I am well acquainted with Timothy Dawson that has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration that I believe him to be eighty one 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 I am cur- ing that opinion
Subscribed and sworn to this day and year aforesaid Henry Peck
Before me James C. Wardeorth a Judge of Otsego County Courts
I certify that I am fully acquainted with Henry Peck above named and that he is a clergyman residing in the town of Butternuts
J. C. Wardeorth a Judge of Otsego County
The Commission of Persons with Notice that this instrument was read before the same Judge Wardeorth that signed the original certificate of the court in first declaration