Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 2,951, Daniel Dike, Mass.

SERVICE
Nass.
Dike Daniel Molly
NUMBER _____
R. 2951
CONTENTS

The State of ohio Perry county ss I Samuel M Dike of Saltlick township Perry county ohio do make solemn oath that he is the legitimate son of Daniel Dike son was born April 16 th 1854 my Mothers name Before Marriage was Molly Stratt her fathers name was Anthony if I rightly remember I was born in Sutton Worcester county Massachusetts my father moved to Vermont the June after I was one year old and one year from the time August was killed by the fall of a tree being in the year 1856 at the time of my fathers death there was three minor children Catherine John and myself I am the youngest of the family and the only survivor of eight children whose names are as follows Daniel Sarah Elias Rhoda Mary Catherine John Daniel Childrens names are as follows Dennis Frances Elias Sarah Lydia & Mary Sarah Childrens names are as follows Mary Caplane Samuel Caplane Sarah Caplane Rhoda Caplane Anna Caplane Ira Caplane & Elizabeth Caplane Elias Childrens names are as follows John W Daniel Annah David Wilby two whose names are not known Rhoda Childrens names are as follows Anna Penelope Velvoda Carter French Catherine Childrens names are as follows Levi Benjamin Sylvia Eliza John Truman Brian heirs of John Brian John Childrens names are as follows Warren Joel Calvin these are the Childrens names of my Brothers & Sisters as far as I know of Mary the having died without issue and further this affiant sayeth not
Samuel M. Dike
sworn to and subscribed before me this 24 th Day of August AD 1856
Robert Register Notary Public

The State of Ohio Perry County ss
I John Beckwith the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County do hereby certify that Robert Negele before whom the foregoing affidavit was taken was at the time of taking the same an acting Notary Public in and for Perry County duly commissioned and qualified as such and I believe his signature thereto is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of said Court this 21 st day of May 1887
John Beckwith Clerk

No 15,456
Willy Pike
near, same
Ohio.
July 7. 1828, x
John Beckwith.
Somers, Ohio
July.
William of John

I, Elias Dike of Woodstock in the County of Windsor and State of Vermont, of lawful age depose and say that I am acquainted Mrs. Hannah Gibbs of Bethel in said County and State and furthermore that she is of a strong mind, her mental faculties not being impaired by age, and furthermore that she possesses a memory uncommon in strength to persons of her age. And further the deponent saith not.
Elias Dike.
Sworn to before me
Norman Williams Dr. Notary Public
Woodstock Vt. June 28. 1856.

STATE OF VERMONT, WINDSOR COUNTY, ss.
I, NORMAN WILLIAMS, Clerk of the County Court, of the County of Windsor, in the State of Vermont, do hereby certify that
Norman Williams was, at the date of the paper writing to which this is attached, and still is, a
Notary Public
in and for said County duly qualified to administer oaths and take the acknowledgment of deeds, and that his signature
foregoing is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name and affix the seal of said Court, at Woodstock, in said County of Windsor, this 28 day of June A. D. 1856.
Norman Williams
Clerk.

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
2951 own
P. O. _____
Molly Dike
Service: wid. of Daniel
REFUSED
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
1838 O.
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

any communication please send to me, as Mr. Magennis has gone
21 May 1857
John Beckenbach
Summit
Perry County Ohio

John Beck
St. - G. 7
Sample
Map - 18
Abt
George C. Williams Consignee of Pensions Washington D.C.

No 15,456.
Mark B. Bickel 295 1/2 Main Street
Ohio
B. J. Bickel Jan 1/55 Lyman Wadsworth 7/1/55
John Bickel

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, June 27 th 1856.
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 Daniel Dike is borne on roll of time in Capt. Woodbury's Comp. Col. Learned's Regt. 50 miles as private from Sutton. Dec. 9. 1775. Also on pay roll of Capt. Benjamin Richardson's Comp. Col. Nicholas Dike's Regt. from Sept. 4 th to Nov. 28 th 1776 2 mos. 24 days, as private from Sutton. Also on Continental Army Books in Capt. Blanchard's Comp. Col. Weston's Regt. from Feb. 22. 1777 to Dec. 31. 1780. 46. mos. 9 days, as private from Sutton.

Also on 4 th old 9 th Col. Henry Jackson's Regt. of "Final Settlement"
No. 13.722. Jan'y 1. 1782 $60.30
No. 14.172 " " " " 22.12
No. 15.005 Jan'y 1. 1783 " 80.00
No. 15.827 Nov. 4. 1783. " 3.88.
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.
Francis De Witt Secretary of the Commonwealth.

New Lexington. 6. Feb 2 nd 1858,
Hon Geo C Whiting
Dear Sir
You have my thanks for the document lately transmitted to me respecting applications for bounty land and on one point I should be pleased to receive further information. Some old soldiers have asked my assistance in obtaining bounty and their names are on no record. The question I wish explained is, what are the rules & regulations prescribed to prove military service by plant evidence?
I have here a letter from your office dated June 1 st 1857 in which allusions are made to papers filed by you on the 21 st of the month preceding.
Those papers were submitted with the view of obtaining back pay due for the services of Daniel Sike in the Revolutionary war. The name of Molly Sike, his widow also appears on the papers. By mistake of the agent of the petitioner, a pension seems to have been sought or asked instead of bounty land and money due and unpaid for services in the war of 1776.
I know not whether it be a part of your official duty to act upon that petition, but if it is, please decide upon it & inform us. If this is the part of

other officials to hear such applications, you will favor us by transferring the papers to them with a request to act upon them, signed or if your time will not permit that by returning them to us.
Very Respectfully Yours Lyman J. Sackson
Geo. C. Whiting, Commissioner Washington D.C.

I Mrs Hannah Gibbs of Bethel in the County of Windsor and State of Vermont, being of lawful age does an say that Samuel Dike was the son of Daniel Dike the 2 d formerly of Sutton in the County of Worcester in the State of Massachusetts it removed to Bethel in the State of Vermont in June 1885 and was killed by the fall of a tree in August 1886, further the deponent saith not
Bethel June 26 th 1886
her Hannah H. Gibbs mark
I own to refer me
J. D. Cushing, Justice of Peace
STATE OF VERMONT, WINDSOR COUNTY, ss.
I, NORMAN WILLIAMS, Clerk of the County Court, of the County of Windsor, in the State of Vermont, do hereby certify that
Josiah J. Cushing — was, at the date of the paper writing to which this is attached, and still is, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly qualified to administer oaths and take the acknowledgment of deeds, and that his signature — Josiah J. Cushing — is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name and affix the seal of said Court, at Woodstock, in said County of Windsor, this 28 th day of June — A. D. 1856.
Norman Williams Clerk.