Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 12732, Jonathan Dan, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Dan, Jonathan
S12732
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CONTENTS
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20.582 New-York Jonathan Dan
of Chenango in the State of New York who was a Sept 9 Sept. Private in the Com. commanded by Captain Plate of the Regt. commanded by Col. Holmes in the New York line for 4 M. Sep $20 2 " 27 " 13 $33
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 33 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 day of Sep. 1833 — and to P. B. Prindle Nomine
Arrears to the 4th of Sep. '33 $ 82.50 Semi-ann. allowance ending 4 Mo. '24 16.50 $99.00
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. G. C. [Signature] Clerk,
Recorded by Book E
Vol. 1. Page 95 -

State of New York County of Chenango ss
On this eleventh day of October AD 1832 personally appeared in open court before the court of Common Pleas of said County now sitting Present
John Tracy Nathan Taylor Levi Bigelow Neechiah Reed Charles York } Judges
Jonathan Dan, a resident of the town of Norwich in the County of Chenango and State of New York aged eighty years and upwards who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated
In 1775 in the fore part of July he enlisted or volunteered for six months at the town of North Castle Westchester County State of New York into a company commanded by Jonathan Platt Captain David Dan Lieutenant had no Ensign as he recollects
The regiment to which his company was attached and belonged was under the command of James Holmes Colonel the names of the other regimental officers does not recollect. Always understood that General Schuyler was the commandant of the Brigade but was never reviewed by a General. passed muster at Bedford West- chester County about a week after enlisted and then joined the regiment. remained at Bedford and then returned to North Castle and there remained about two months - this deponent acting as a Sergeant and then marched to Sing Sing and there remained one day and then went up with his company to Albany in a Schooner remained at Albany four or five days - then marched through Albany, Menon and Saratoga to Fort George about three

a four days. after they arrived at Fort George (his detachment was taken sick with the camp fever and was sent at the Hospital. While he was in the Hospital his company left the Fort and went up to St Johns as he understood remained in the Hospital about four weeks and when he recovered the Hospital Physicians told him to go home as his regiment had left and there was no way for him to join his regiment and in a few days he did go home he had no discharge although what the physicians at the hospital told him should be considered a discharge as there was no one at the Fort to discharge him - was engaged in no battle or skirmish. Gilbert Webb Sergeant. Silas Scofield James Worren Samuel Tucker John Budd Privates and John Thompson drummer served in the same company with him
about the first of July 1776 enlisted for six months at North Castle Westchester County New York into a company commanded by Benoni Platt Captain thinking one Nathaniel Gray was a lieutenant The reg- -iment to which his company was attached and belonged was under the command of Colonel Thomas Thomas The names of the other regimental officers does not recollect. Understood that General Clinton was a commandant of the Brigade but was never reviewed by a General - joined the company in about a week after he enlisted at Long Tarrytown and then marched down to Fort Independence and were there stationed and remained there building the fort about two months or ten weeks and then marched with his regiment to White Plains and was there about two weeks before the battle of White Plains. - In a few days

White Plains after they arrived at Fort Plain  Westchester was taken sick and was put into the Hospital and the day before the battle he went home being discharged verbally by the captain on account of his sickness and if he recovered so as to be able to do duty he was to return to his company but he did not recover so as to be able to do duty until after the six months for which he had enlisted had expired - was engaged in one battle or skirmish during this term of service Moses Simmons I one Mason Sergeants Abraham Akely Abraham Green Benjamin Young and Washburn privates Served in the same company with him
and he further states that he has no documentary evidence of his services and knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his services except Silas Scofield of Lyndon Onon- -daga County whose affidavit is herewith annexed
In answer to the interrogatories required to be put by the War Department to applicants for Pensions he answers as follows viz
1
He was born at North Stamford Fairfield County Connecticut the twenty seventh day of March 1852
2
Has no record of his age
3
Each time he enlisted he resided at North Castle Westchester County New York and remained in Westchester County until the year 1783 and then went to Stamford Duchess County and there remained four years and then lived at Catskill then

removed back to Stamford and then removed in the year 1792 to Norwich County of Chenango where he now resides and where he has ever since resided,
4 th He enlisted voluntarily each time
5 th Was always discharged verbally once by the Captain and once by the hospital Physicians
6 th Saw General Heath and General Scott at Fort Independence - there were several Continental regiments joined his regiment at Fort Independence but he knows not the names of the Commanders
The general circumstances of his services are stated as fully in the body of his declaration as he can recollect them
7 th
He gives the names of Obediah German late Judge Peter Randall late Clerk Davis H. Pike Clerk Samuel Pike Justice of the Peace James Birdsall Cashier of the Bank of Chenango Edmund Perboe Farmer all of Norwich Chenango County his present residence as men to whom he is known and who can testify to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution. He also gives the names of Rev. Sedadiah Randall and John Randall also of the same town & County.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any State
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Jonathan H. Hall
H. Pike Clerk

We Jedediah Randall a Clergyman of the Baptist Church a resident of the town of Norwich County of Chenango and John Randall a resident of the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jonathan Dan who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration: That we believe him to be eighty years and upwards of age: That he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion and that we have never heard any doubts expressed by any person as to his having been such soldier.
Jedediah Randall
John Randall
J. Pike Clk.
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 Jedediah Randall who has signed the proceeding certificate a Clergyman of the Baptist Church residing in the town of Norwich County of Chenango and that John Randall who

has also signed the same is a resident of the same place aforesaid and is a credible person and their statement is entitled to credit
Judges of the Court of Common Pleas Chautauqua County N.Y.
State of New York Chautauqua County p I Jarvis H Tike Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Chautauqua do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Jonathan Dan for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this 11th day of October AD 1832
P. B. Prindle Dep. Clerk

Amended Declaration
State of New York Chemango Countyss:
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, Jonathan Dan to me known 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 order to wit:
2nd Sergeant
4 months. For four months I served as a private under Captain Jonathan Platt, in Colonel James Holmes Regiment, as stated in my declaration - I enlisted for six months but was permitted on account of sickness to return home two months before the expiration of the time
6 months; or, 3 mos & 27 days. For the term of six months I served as a private under Captain Benoni Platt in Colonel Thomas Thomas' Regiment as stated in the declaration. If the time after which I was allowed to go home from White Plains and before the six months expired is not reckoned as service within the law, then my term of service this term was three months and twenty seven days. And for the above two periods of time I claim a pension.
He also states that both the above terms of service were both in the New York State militia and that he was called out each time and served each time in an embodied corps called out by the authorities of New York State and that during the time of the services above mentioned he was not engaged in any civil occupation or pursuit.
The great length of time that has elapsed since these services were performed

formed under it impossible to recollect particularly but he has stated according to the best of his recollection and belief & further saith not —
Jonathan Dan
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 28th day of May 1833 (the words "private" on 1st page erased and "Ind Sergeant" written over before signing)
Saml Pike Justice
State of New York
Cheautauqua County ss: I Saml Pike Clerk of the said County do certify that Samuel Pike before whom the within affidavit was have been sworn was at the date of the same a Justice of the peace in and for the said County and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and very readily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit to be his genuine hand writing and signature
Witness my hand and seal of office this 3rd June 1833. P.B. Puddle Dep Clerk

No 18269
Jonathan Dan Chenango County New York
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RB Prindle Norwich Chenango County New York
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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 Jonathan Darr Chemung 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.     Ent? July 1775 x time not stated private Capt Platt Genl Schuyler Genl Nolines Bedford Mt Chester County Surg. Surg. to Albany Co Fort George Tarrytown White Plains 80 years North Castle Worcester County New York traditional evidence 1. living Witness clayman - Witness certificate credible papers not properly Attached -   Enters July 1776 not stated private Capt Platt Genl Clinton Genl Thomas  
* The applicant states that he enlisted } for 6 months -
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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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 he 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.

Clearman
12.732 ✓ INVALID.
File No. 12. 732
Jonathan Dan P. & C. Boer War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. _____, Page _____
[Arrangement of 1870.]

State of New York
Onondaga County
Town of Lysander
ss. On this 15 th day of September
in the year of our Lord 1832 personally appeared before me John Buck one of the Justices of the Peace of the said Town of Lysander in said County & State Silas Scofield a resident of said Town of Lysander in the Village of Plainville in the County and State aforesaid aged Seventy four years. Who being first duly sworn according to law, dath on his oath say that he is well acquainted with Jonathan Dan of the Town of Norwich in the County of Chenango State of New York and knows that the said Jonathan Dan enlisted for the term of six months in the Town of North Castle Westchester County State of New York the fore part of July in the year 1775 under Captain Jonathan Platt David Dan Lieutenant Colonel James Holmes Regiment and this deponent enlisted into the same company at the same time and the said Jonathan Dan marched from there to Sing Sing from there went on board of a Schooner and sailed to Albany from there marched to half Moon point from there to Saratoga from there to Fort George and left the said Jonathan Dan at the Fort and this deponent went across Lake George and returned the fore part of January after to North Castle and understood the said Jonathan Dan returned about the same time and after understood & Believes to be true that the said Jonathan Dan enlisted under Captain Benonice Platt in Colonel Thomas Thomas Regiment and went to Fort Independence in the year of 1776
Silas Scofield
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
John Buck Justice of the Peace

I certify that I am well acquainted with Silas Scofield who has subscribed and sworn to the within affidavit and that he is a man of truth & veracity and in good standing in the Christian Church
John Buck Justice of the Peace
State of New York } County of Onondaga } P I Reuben S. Heps Clerk of the said County do certify that John Buck before whom the above within affidavit purports to have been sworn and also who signed the above certificate was on the 15th. day of September 1832 one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said County and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the said Certificate and the jurat of the said affidavit each his proper hand writing and signature. Witness my hand and Seal of Office this 17th. day of September 1832.
R. S. Heps Clerk
By N. Edwards Jr. Dep. Clk.

Jonathan Darr
18269 v
Direct Russian Certificate if allowed to
P. B. Rindler
Moroneh
Chamango
N.Y.
advised
7 mo. 27 ds pri
dis.
4 mo. Sengt
3. 27 ds pri