Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 23,189, George Darrow, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Darrow, George.
8 23 189
CONTENTS

Ohio 24.0 Albany New York
George Darrow
Private in the Company commanded by Captain Marshall of the Regt. commanded by Colonel Courtland in the N.Y. Mil.
18mo 5 - No 24474
New York, Albany.
Enrolled on the Roll of New York at the rate of 10 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 31 day of Dec r . 1833 and sent to Hon. A. H. H. H. Rep r .
to the 4th of Sept 1833. $150.00 Pension allowance ending March 31. 30.00 $180.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. Williams, Clerk, Vol. 4 Page 96

to be paid on 13 June
to Pension Agent 5 July
Ohio from 4 th March 1838
July 1839. Notification to
DeLand Mount Vernon Ohio
Letter to Jas Kenyon Esq
First Clinton Wayne Co Ohio June 22 nd
1842
Letter to S Anderson and H
H. White Esq, Washington City
Oct 6 th 1842.
Paid at the Treasury under the
Acts of April 6 th 1838 and Aug
23 rd 1842 from March 4 th to Sept
4 th 1841. Agent notified Oct
18 th 1842.
Letter to P. A. G. Sept 19. 1843
To Albany N.Y. from 4. March
1843, 18. Nov 1843. Notification
to T. A. Osborn Mayville N.Y.

Declaration of Geo. Darrow, of Regular & Volunteer N.Y. Troops for 1840
Pension under act of June 7, 1832
231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240
J. A. Osborne Agent Mayville, Cham. Co., N.Y.
Allowed

George Darrow's Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7 June 1832.
State of New York }
Chautauque County } ss. On this twenty eighth day of October 1832 personally appeared, before the court of Common Pleas, in & for said county, George Darrow, previous to the decease of his father, known by the name of George Darrow Junior, a resident of the town of Chautauque in said county & state, aged seventy years in March next, 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 7, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States, in the year 1782 with Capt. Wheelers and served in the second regiment, (as he thinks it was numbered) in the New York line under the following officers. His regiment, was commanded, by ei-ther Col. Courtland or Col. Van Schaick. As his uncertainty, as to which of these Regiments he belonged, has on a former occasion, been un-favorably alluded to, by the War Department, he feels it due to that Department, & just to himself, to explain why he could not abso-lutely designate between the two regiments. He enlisted in the town of New Concord, Columbia County, New York, where he then resi-ded, about the middle of March 1782, & joined the Army at Pumph-ton Fluts, where both the 1 st & 2 d New York Regiments lay; the one commanded by Col. Van Schaick, the other by Col. Courtland. Col. Van Schaick was then absent, & Col. Courtland was the only Col. then with the troops. After a short period, Capt. Wheelers left the company, & declarant, was under the command of Lieut. Carpenter, for a short time, until he was sent to Smith's Cove, as one of a guard to protect the inhabitants from the incursions of the Cow Boys. He remained there on duty, until ordered to Winter Quarters, late in the fall of 1782. While at Smith's Cove, he was under the command of different lieutenants, who were changed once in every three weeks. { Among them, he recollects the names of Lieuts. Wisenfett, Peterson, John-son, & Willson. Col. Courtland & Maj. Fish were the regimental Field & Officers present. The main army under Washington lay near New-burgh. On entering winter quarters, Sergeant Clark, who had been with declarant through the summer at Smith's Cove, came to him & told him, that he had got a place for him, with Forage

Master Evans; he accordingly went & staid with him, until the 16 th day of December 1782, when he procured a pass from  for the Huts at Snake Hill to Newburgh where Genl Washington was encamped, & went thence & had an interview with Genl Washington, who agreed to discharge the company, to which declarant belonged. On the next day the 17 th December 1782 a discharge was sent to him, signed "G. Van Schaick Col. Comt". Declarant's winter quarters were at the Huts on Snake Hill. His discharge, by frequent opening & closing became very much worn, & in time some of the pieces got lost. What remained of the original he annexed to an application intended to have been made to Congress, to have his name placed upon the Pension Roll, & directed J. A. Osborne to forward the same to the Hon. E. F. Norton at that time a member of Congress from the state of New York. This was about four years past, & since that time declarant has never been able to recover said discharge, or to ascertain after repeated efforts for that purpose, what disposition the said Norton made of that, or other of declarant's papers. These are the facts in relation to declarant's services, in the Regular Troops. From Courtlands being present while he was with the troops, he thought him to be his Colonel, but from Van Schaick signing his discharge as colonel commandant, Declarant did not know but he must have been in his regiment, and can only again declare, that he served in "either Col. Van Schaick's, or Col. Courtlands regiments." The period for which he thus enlisted was for nine months, & he served his term faithfully, without losing a single tour of duty. He recollects among his companions Joseph Ipuk, Lobus Vanderwerker, Peter Combs, & James Scott of the troops then at Newburgh & Asa Gils of the Connecticut Line, which lay across the swamp near Newburgh, & with whom declarant had been acquainted at home, he living in New Lebanon nearby, but whether either of them are now living, or where, or any other person who served then with him, he does not know.
The said George Darrow, does further, now here in open court, before the Judges of the court of Common Pleas, aforesaid now sitting, on his oath, declare, that he also entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers, & served as herein stated. That on or about the first day of April 1781, he enlisted in

Col. Marinus Willetts Regiment of New York Volunteers, of which the following officers were in command, for a portion, or the whole of the time during his services, - Major Throop. Adjutant Bloodgood. Captain Marshall & Lieutenants Cannon & Loop. He resided at New Concord (now called Chatham) Columbia County, New York, & enlisted on or about the said 1. day of April 1781 under Lieut. Cannon & proceeded to Albany, where he passed muster, under Capt. Marshall, who was also muster master. After remaining in Albany about four weeks he marched to Johnstown under Lieut. Cannon & continued there about six weeks; then marched under the same lieutenant to Fort Plain, on the Mohawk River, & continued there about four weeks; when he was sent by Col. Willett then at Fort Plain, with a letter to the commanding officer at Herkimer, whose name declarant does not now recollect, but who he believes was a French Major. This was the day previous to the battle at Sharon. He remained at Herkimer, according to orders, & was soon joined by his company, of whom there had been killed at the Sharon battle M c Kean, Allen & one other man. After continuing at Herkimer about two months, Declarant, returned with the company to Fort Plain. While at Herkimer he was, with 29 others, ordered to Fort Plain, to guard the provisions, there, & had proceeded to Fall Hill about seven miles from Herkimer, when they  we saw the smoke of buildings at Hocks Mills on east Canada Creek, & at once called in their front & rear guards, & resolved, every man to push his way to Fort Plain, through the enemy if they met him. They then proceeded on to Fort House seven miles further, upon a run, where they met Col. Willett, & joined him in the pursuit of the Indians & were out three days & two nights, with but one cracker & a half of provisions to each man. He remained after his return to Fort Plain, about six weeks, & stood on guard, every other twenty four hours during that period. From thence he went again to Johnstown, & remained about three weeks, when he was sent with a letter to an officer whose name, he thinks, was Col. M c Kinstry, at Saratoga, where by permission of Col. Willett, he remained with his father's (Capt. George Darrow's) company, until he was discharged,

by Col. McAlister on the first day of January 1782. This discharge he has lost, probably in some of his removals. That such documentary evidence as he has, of the last mentioned services, he believes is on file in the War Department, & consists of his former declarations & sundry affidavits. As the fact, that in his first Declaration he stated that he served in Willetts Regiment, but after he found a pension would not be granted him for such service, he made a new declaration, in which he declared that he served in either Col. Van Schaick's or Col. Courtland's regiments, has likewise been unfavorably alluded to by the War Department he will on this occasion explain that circumstance. When he made his first declaration in 1818, he resided at Sandy Creek, Jefferson County N.York, & employed Judge Dunlap of that county to do the necessary writings for him. He stated to Judge Dunlap his services as above narrated both in the years 1781 & 1782. Judge Dunlap stated that nine months service was sufficient & no more need be set forth. Declarant's father Capt. George Darrow, was then living, & his services in Willetts regiment could be easily proved by him , & consequently that period was selected by Judge Dunlap. On this application the Department decided, that state volunteers could not draw pensions. Soon after his removal into the county of Chautauque, he applied to an attorney of that county to assist him. His pecuniary circumstances were low & he found himself embarrassed in procuring aid. He knew of none of his Revolutionary associates in the Regular service living; He continued, however, using such endeavors as he was capable of, to trace out some of his companions in that service, sometimes hoping, & sometimes despairing, until at length he found the persons & obtained the depositions annexed to his last declaration. That declaration set forth the nine months service under Willett in 1781 & the nine months in the Regular Troops in 1782. Of such declaration, or of the affidavits annexed, he retained no copies. He begs to refer to them in support of his present declaration. That of his brother John Darrow, he thinks stated that he enlisted under Captain Cannon in Willetts Regiment. If so, it is so far incorrect, as this, that

Cannon was at that time a lieutenant, although subsequently a captain. He thinks too, that Col. Willett signed declarant's discharge, but declarant is confident that it was Col. McKinsty. This witness is yet living, but resides in Bridgewater, Pennsylvania, & the expense of obtaining a new deposition, would, by declarant, be severely felt. Benjamin Delamater whose deposition is likewise annexed to that declaration, is since dead, & he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure, who can testify positively to his services, or with more certainty than what he supposes & believes those did, in their several depositions annexed to his two prior declarations. He hereby relinquishes, every claim whatever, to a pension or annuity except the present, & declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any state. In answer to the particular interrogatories propounded by the court now here, he says,
1. I was born in Preston, Connecticut March 31. 1763. 2. I have no record of my age in my proposition, but have heard that it was recorded, by the then Rev. Mr. Hart, in the Preston Parish Register, where I believe it may be found. 3. I was living at what was then called New Concord, now Chatham, Columbia County N. York, when called into service. After the Revolutionary War, I removed to what was then called Warrens Bush, now Florida, Montgomery County N. York & lived there about three years; then moved to Cherry Valley, Otsego County, & lived about ten years; then moved to Unadilla in the same county, & lived sixteen years; then returned to Cherry Valley & lived about two years; then removed to Sandy Creek, Jefferson County, & lived about nine years, & from thence removed to Chautauque, my present residence, where I have lived about ten years. 4. I voluntarily enlisted in the service, & served for myself & not another. 5. There were no regular troops lying near Willett's Regiment, but some companies were relieved by us, & among them I recollect Capt. Moodie's Artillery company, at Fort Herkimer. No militia regiment was near us, Col. Willett had the whole command of

of the Mohawk River. The circumstances of my services are above set forth in my declaration.
6. I received two discharges, one signed by Col. McKinstry which I recollect seeing at Sandy Creek, some time during my residence there, but never recollect to have since seen it, & have no doubt it is now lost. The other was signed G. Van Schaick Col. Commandant, & the most of which including my name, its date, & signature, I annexed to an application intended to be made by me to Congress, & left with J. A. Osborne to forward to the Hon. E. H. Norton then a member, about four years since, I have never since seen it, & although I have caused several letters of enquiry to be written to said Norton on the subject, have never heard what became of it, & have no doubt it is likewise lost.
7. I am known to the Rev. Rufus Murray, William Peacock, Ipe Brooks, J. A. Osborne & others in my present neighborhood, who, I presume can testify as to my character for veracity, & their belief of my services as a soldier of the Revolution.
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
George Darrow
McKinstry
Judge Chas. C. Van Buren
J. A. Osborne of the town & county of Chenango, do certify that about four years ago, the above named George Darrow, with whom I am well acquainted, produced certain fragments, which he said he had unexpectedly found among his old papers, & which he believed to be parts of one of his old revolutionary discharges. I assisted him in arranging the pieces, & found that the most of the discharge was there. It was dated I think in this manner "Pumpkin Flats near Newburgh Dec. 17. 1782" It purported to discharge from the service "George Darrow Jr. who I have no doubt was the same George Darrow, who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration, & it was signed in a coarse heavy hand, I believe in this manner "G. Van Schaick Col. Com d " That from the paper, ink, handwriting & correspondence of words divided by the paper being torn, I have no doubt that the several fragments were part of one & the same discharge. That such discharge was attached to an application in.

tenda to have been made to Congress by said Darrow, to have his name placed on the Pension List, & was forwarded by me to the Hon. E. A. Norton then a member of Congress; at the then next session, since which I have understood from said Darrow, & believe that said discharge is lost. I believe the said George Darrow to be in the seventieth year of his age, that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, & that I concur in that opinion.
Sworn & subscribed the } day of year aforesaid }
J. A. Osborne.
William Peacock
Judge of the Court
We Rufus Murray, Rector of St. Pauls Church, Mayville, a clergyman residing in the town & county of Chautauque aforesaid, and William Peacock residing in the same place, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with George Darrow, who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be in the seventieth year of his age, that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in that opinion.
William Peacock
Sworn & subscribed the day of year aforesaid
Rufus Murray
William Peacock
Judge of the Court
And the said court, do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant, was a Revolutionary Soldier & served as he states. And the court further certifies that it appears to them, that Rufus Murray who has signed the last preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the town & county of Chautauque, & that William Peacock who has also signed the same, & J. A. Osborne who has signed the first preceding one, are residents of the same town, are credible persons, & that their statement is entitled to credit.
Judges

I James B. Lowry, Clerk of the court of common Pleas, in & for the county of Chautauque, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains, the original proceedings of the said court, in the matter of the application of George Darrow, for a Pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this twelfth — day of October Eighteen Hundred & thirty two.
James B. Lowry Clerk

State of New York }
Chautauqua County }
Personally appeared before the undersigned a justice of the peace in & for said county George Darrow, who being duly sworn deposeth and saith, that he knows of no person living now, who served with him in the war of the Revolution. That Capt. Whelpey, Lieuts. Carpenter, Wisenpitt, Peterson, Johnson, & Willson, Sergeant Clark. Forage Master Evans, Privates, Joseph Sepup, Cobus Vanderwalker, Peter Combs, James Scott, Asa Giles, John Sabine drummer, James Spinkins, were with defendant when he served in 1782 & could testify for him, if he could ascertain whether they were living, & when they could be found.
That Maj. Throop, Capt. Marshall, Lieuts. Cannon & Loop, Privates, David Cady, William Williams, a man by the name of Cranny, brother to Corporal Cranny who was killed in the Sharon battle, Izae Hicks, William Lusk, Jacob Lusk, Adam Todd, a man by the name of Bous who was wounded at Sharon, Stephen Valentine, was with defendant, acquainted & served with him under Col. Willett in 1781 & could testify for him, if he could ascertain if any of them were living & where. All his other companions & witnesses of his services, whom he now recollects, he knows to be dead.
Sworn & subscribed before me }
This 24. day of May 1833 }
Issued by the J. P.
George Darrow

State of New York Chautauqua County } ss. Clerk's Office
I James Blony Clerk the Said County do hereby certify that Jesse Brooks before whom the within Affidavit purports to have been sworn was, at the time of the same purports to have been taken an acting Magistrate in & for said County and that I am acquainted with his handwriting & verily believe his name subscribed to said Affidavit is genuine And that the papers attached hereto contain the original proceedings, in the application of George Parrow for a pension as will appear by my hand, and seal of Office affixed thereon reference being thereunto had In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office this twenty fourth day of May 1833
James Blony Clerk
14.840
George Parrow

14840
George Darrow
j. mode of authen.
adm. 18 mo. fri 60 $.
Hon A. Hastings J. A. Osborne Moayville Chautauqua County N. York

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
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 George Darrow of Chautauqua 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.     1782 Vot. ap. 1781 9 Private Capt. Wheep Col. Courtland or Vandchaick Mon from New Concord to Albany New London Columbia County New York aged 70 years Traditional Evidence   9 " Major Willet  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.
Such a length of service rendered at so late a period of the war is susceptible of proof & the regulations require the best evidence in the power of the claimant to produce - His name is not found on the Rolls -
Vide additional afft. annexed, & enclosed letter

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.

21,875 Pension Papers of G. Darrow In. Mrs. Colbin in V. Schaeffer's or Costtends N. Y. Line.
July 24, 1832
Pension Offer
see letter to Darrow Feb. 25, 1832

A schedule made & subscribed by George Darrow, an applicant for a Pension under the acts of Congress of the 18 th March 1818 & the 1 st May 1820 & 1 st March 1823, containing his whole estate & income (his necessary clothing & bedding excepted) and Exhibited to the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Chautauque on the 28 th 1831. —
I have no property of any kind name or nature and am wholly supported by my Children & have been so for ten years except what necessary I have earned by my own labour. I have a wife sixty years of age & we are both now too infirm to labor much if any towards our support & both live upon the Charity of our Children.
George Darrow
I George Darrow do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day March 1818 & that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner whatever disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby 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 & naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War" passed on the 18 th day of March 1818 & 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 herunto annexed by me subscribed.
George Darrow
State of New York Chautauque County f. I James Henry Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County, do hereby certify that the above named George Darrow took & subscribed the above written Oath before the said Court of Common Pleas in open court on this 2 nd day of July of the term of June 1831 (the said said Court being a court of record proceeding according to the course of the Common Law having a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings having power to fine & imprison & having seal)

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section.
January 28, 1924.
Mrs. C. B. Persell, Mayville, N. Y.
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in pension claim S.23189 it appears that George Darrow was born at Preston, Connecticut, March 31, 1763. While living at New Concord, Columbia County, New York, he enlisted April 1, 1781, and served nine months as a private in Captain Marshall's Company, Colonel Marinus Willett's New York Regiment, and Captain George Darrow's (his father) Company, Colonel McKinstry's New York Regiment.
He enlisted about the middle of March 1782 and served as a private in Captain Whelp's Company, Colonel G. Van Schaick's New York Regiment, until discharged December 16, 1782.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 19, 1829, while living at Chautauque, Chautauque County, New York. In 1831 he referred to his wife , aged 60 years, name not stated. She died in 1841.
In 1839 soldier was living in Knox County, Ohio, with a son-in-law, Truman or Freeman Porter, name of wife not stated.

In 1843 he was living in New York with a son, name not stated.
There is no further data on file as to his family.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

23/89 INVALID.
23/89
George Harrison
the other man
Age June 7 32
Index - Vol. 2 Page 116
[Arranged at 1891]

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New York Revol. George Darrow Suspended
See letter to T. N. Osborn 14 Aug. 1833 adm d
Act June 1802

I hereby certify that George Darrow in the annexed Declaration & affidavits named & described personally came before me, in open court & took & subscribed the oath & declaration by him as aforesaid made, & offered in evidence the affidavits annexed to said declaration, in support thereof, from which it appears to my satisfaction that the said George Darrow served in the Revolutionary War, against the common enemy for the time being in the manner set forth in said declaration & affidavits. Dated June 2, 1831.
Artemas Harrick Judge of Chautauqua County Courts

Office of D. Hungerford

State of New York Chautauqua County ss George Darrow of the town of Chautauqua in the said county being duly sworn before me, deposes and testifies that in and for the said county of Chautauqua deposeth and saith that in eighteen hundred and nineteen he made application to the Secretary of War for the pension of a revolution- ary soldier through Smith Dunlap Esq. of Oswego county New York and stating to him that he served in Col. Willett's Regiment of volunteers and in the N. York Regiment that he through mistake sent that he served in Willett's Regiment only for which being a Regiment of volunteers was returned as not being entitled to pension that he then moved to Chautauqua and made no further exertions for some three years when visiting Paul Houghton of Pinedale an attorney who neglected for four or five years to do any thing. Then applied to Thomas A. Osborn attorney at Mayville who wrote to Congress to the members from this district when the member from Chautauqua County D. G. Garmey wrote to him that there was some lack of proof and that he this deponent sent his discharge and papers to Ebenezer P. Norton Representative from Erie County New York and that he has since frequently wrote to the said Ebenezer P. Norton to give some information respecting what had been done in the premises or that he should return or account for his discharge and papers which he has never done Sworn and Subscribed this 13 th day of January 1832 before me Jesse Brooks, S. George Darrow

State of New York
Chautauqua County ss I James B. Dorr Clerk of said County Do hereby hereby Certify that Jesse Brooks Esq before whom the within deposition or affidavit appears to have been taken
was on the day of the date of the same one of the Justices of the Peace in & for said County & that I am acquainted with his hand writing verily believe his name subscribed to the said Affidavit to be in his proper hand writing & signature
In testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Affixed the seal of said County this 13 th day of January 1832 James B. Dorr Clerk

State of New York } Chautauqua County } ss.
On this twenty second day of June 1831 personally appeared before the undersigned, a judge of the court of common pleas, in & for the county of Chautauqua, the same being a court of record proceeding according to the course of the common law, having a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, having power to fine & imprison & having a seal. George Darrow, late George Darrow Jr. resident in said county, aged sixty eight years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of the 18 th March 1818, the 1 st of May 1820 & the 1 st March 1823, that he the said George Darrow then known & called by the name of George Darrow Junior, enlisted for the term of nine months, in the continental establishment in the war of the revolution, on or about the last of March or first day of April 1782, in the company commanded by Captain Whelps, that he was mustered at Albany under Captain Marshall & joined at Purnpton in New Jersey, the second York Regiment, commanded either by Col. Van Schaick, or Col. Courtland, in the New York line; that he faithfully served under his said enlistment until he was honorably discharged by Col. Van Schaick at Newberg huts, the last of December 1782. That previous to this service in the continental establishment, he had faithfully served nine months in the New York State Troops commanded by Col. Marinus Willett. That he has suffered much, & devoted the best energies of his youth, to the service of his country, & has never as yet shared in the bounties which that country has extended to so many of her revolutionary defenders, & is now wholly destitute of property, & in need of assistance from his country for support.
Sworn & subscribed before me this 22 nd July 1831 in open Court
George Darrow
James Dorr Clerk Chan. Com. Pleas

State of New York } Chautauqua County } ss. Henry Harris being duly sworn, deposes & saith that he was in the service of the United States during the Revo- lutionary war, & served in Capt. Halletts com- pany, in Col Van Cortlands Regiment known as the second York Regiment, and although at the time deponent had no personal acquaint- ance with George Darrow junior, yet from facts & circumstances disclosed to deponent by the said George Darrow relative to the occurrence as of that period, deponent is fully satisfied, & is certain, so far as evidence can produce cer- tainty that the said George Darrow, served in the same regiment, and further deponent knows, that the soldiers discharged at Platts- burgh Mills , in Newbury Huts in 1782 were nine months men, & must have served for that pe- riod in the regular continental army of the United States. And further deponent saith that that he was personally acquainted with Lieuts. Wisner & Johnson, & Ensign Peterson who left the garrison at Smiths Cove, the two former of whom were officers in the said second York Regiment.
Henry Harris
Sworn & subscribed this 2 31. day of March 1831
Artemas Herrick a judge of Chautauqua County Courts

State of New York } ss Chautauqua County }
Danuel Hungerford
Lawful age being sworne on his oath says that he became acquainted with George Darrow in the year 1783 and likewise James Cannon his Lieutenant and has frequently heard him and the said Darrow Cannon together on the subject of their services in the Revolutionary war and this deponent further on his oath says that he believes the said George Darrow served as a regular soldier in the United States army during the Revolu- tionary war for the term of Eighteen months and this deponent further saith not sworne and subscribed this 16th } Danl Hungerford Day of May 1431 before me }
Internal Revenue Judge of Chautauqua County Court

Susquehanna County State of Pennsylvania
John Darrow of Middletown in the County of Susquehanna County in the State of Pennsylvania being duly sworn doth depose and say that his brother George Darrow of the town and County of Catskill in the State of New York is listed in the service of the United States in Capt James Cannon's Company in Coln Willets Regiment in Cherry Valley in the State of New York and continued in the service for the space of nine months whose discharge signed by Coln Willets this deponent has seen. And the deponent further saith that the said George Darrow again enlisted in Capt Whipple's Company in Coln Van Schaick's Regiment in the New York line for the term of nine months) in the month of March 1782 and that the said George returned from the service in the month of December 1782 bringing with him his discharge signed by Coln Van Schaick, and that this deponent saw the said discharge
Sworn & subscribed this thirty first - day of October - A.D. 1831
Before me Joshua W. Maynard, J.P.

Susquehanna County ss. State of Pennsylvania
Peter Herkimer of Brooklyn in the County of Susquehanna State of Pennsylvania being duly sworn doth depose and say that he hath been acquainted with the within named John Darrow for five or six years last past and believes him to be a man of truth and veracity. For I have subscribed before me October 31. 1831 Joshua W. Mayguford, J. Peace
State of Pennsylvania Susquehanna County ss
Asa Dnick h. Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of said County, do certify - That Joshua W. Mayguford esquire, before whom the within and above depositions appears to have been taken, and whose sig- nature in his own proper hand writing appears to the attestation of each, was on the thirty first day of October last and now is, an Acting justice of the place in and for said County, duly Commissioned and qualified by Oath - As appears of record - and that full credit should be given to his Official Acts.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said County at Montrose, the fourteen the day of December A D - 1831.
Asa Dnick h. Proth

State of New York Chautauqua County
Benjamin D. Lamater of the town of Busti in the County aforesaid being duly sworn doth Depose and say that in the year 1791 this Deponent was acquainted with George Darrow that he this Deponent and the said George Darrow joined together in the war of the rebellion that they served in a Company Commanded by Capt Marshall the term of nine months of that year said Company belonged to a Regiment Commanded by Col Maurice Willett this Deponent doth further swear that in the spring of 1862 the said George Darrow enlisted into a Company Com- manded by Capt. Whipple in the second New York Regiment Com- manded by Col. H. G. D. Scholl in which Company the said George Darrow served the term of nine months as this Deponent saith according to the best of his knowledge this Deponent doth further swear that the within named George Darrow is the same now present Benjamin D. Lamater Sworn & Subscribed This 11 day of January 1862 Before me Joseph Garfield J. Peace

State of New York Chautauqua County
I do hereby certify that I am acquainted with Benjamin D. Lamater and of the State & County aforesaid and that the said D. Lamater is a man of truth & veracity
Busti January 11 th 1832
Joseph Garfield J.P.
State of New York Chautauqua County p.
I James B. Orry Clerk of the County of Chautauqua do hereby certify that Joseph Garfield Esq. before whom the within deposition appears to have been taken and who makes the above Certificate was on the day of the date of the same one of the Justices of the Peace in & for said County and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the said deposition & said Certificate to be genuine In testimony whereof all hereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County this 13 th day of January 1832
James B. Orry Clerk

State of New York
Chautauqua County } ss.
Juvenal Winter, of the town & county of Chautauqua, aged sixty eight years, being duly sworn deponth saith, that he has known George Darrow Jr. since the year 1783. That this deponent belonged to the Connecticut Line, of the Army of the Revolution, & from public reputation deponent knows that George Darrow, was a captain in the New York Line, during the revolution, & that his son George Darrow Jr. served in the said company, & deponent was well acquainted with Lieutenant James Cannon & has always understood from him, that said George Darrow served in the said company of which he was lieutenant, in that of which this said father was captain. That he has no doubt, from knowledge derived from revolutionary officers, that said George Darrow Jr. served during the said war, at least nine months. That since that period, deponent has lived near the said George Darrow, & that he has ever sustained the character of an honest & upright man.
Juvenal Winter
Sworn subscribed & this 18 th July 1829 before me J. A. Osborn J. P.
State of New York
Chautauqua County } ss.
Joseph C. Croop, being duly sworn, deponth saith that for forty four years he has been acquainted with George Darrow Jr. and he was likewise acquainted with George Darrow, & James Cannon. That from public reputation, deponent knows, the fact was notorious that George Darrow, commanded a company

of militia in the New York line, during the revolutionary war. That James Cannon was the lieutenant in the said company, commanded by Capt. Marshall in Col. Willett's regiment That George Darrow Jr. served in the said company for a period of at least nine months. That previous to the death of the said Capt. Darrow he has frequently heard him say, as he has likewise heard Cannon, that George Darrow Jr. served in his said father's company. in his own That deponent was acquainted with said George Darrow Jr. & has lived near him, the most of the time since, & that said deponent has ever maintained the character of an honest & upright man.  Joseph C. Croft  Sworn & subscribed this 7 18. July 1829 before me } J. A. Osborne J. P.
State of New York Chautauqua County } ss. Daniel Hungerford, being duly sworn, saith that the first year after the close of the revolutionary war this deponent and George Darrow Jr. boarded together, and that for more than forty years has been acquainted with James Cannon, a lieutenant in the army of the revolution. From information derived from said lieutenant & other sources, deponent knows, that the said George Darrow Jr. served in the said army under the said lieutenant Cannon, other for a period of at least eighteen some months, & he concurs in the statements of Joseph C. Croft & Phebe Winters, in their above affidavits, which he has read to him.
his Daniel X Hungerford mark
Sworn & subscribed, by the above named Daniel Hungerford, affixing his mark, from inability to write, this 7th day of August 1829 before me J. A. Osborne J. P.

Affidavit of Writs & Craps in the cause of Danaid.

House of Representatives
Dec. 27, 1837
Mr. Thos. A. Osborne was a Justice of the Peace at the time the foregoing depositions were taken. A. H. Lyttleton M.P.

Hon. J. L. Edwards.

Mayville May 24. 1833
Dr. Sir -
I enclose papers in cases of Peter Barnhart, Elijah Look, & Samuel Waterbury, with amendment as indicated by your instructions. Certificates of Pensions for Richard Whitney , Niles Helmes , Daniel Deming , Levi Adams , & Joseph Jenkins , have been duly rec d .
In the case of Geo. Darrow , whose papers I also enclose, I think in the multitude of business pressing upon your Department, you must have overlooked his evidence. He applied soon after the act of 1818, for a pension on account of his services in Willets Regiment, confining it to that by direction of his counsel. His services then, were proved , by his father George Darrow & his deposition was annexed to & filed with his declaration. That is referred to, in support of his present declaration. His claim then not being allowed, in consequence of the State Troops not coming within the provisions of the then existing law, & he having in the mean time removed to this county, he again applied to your Department, about 2 years ago , & made his declaration as well for his services formerly narrated as for those rendered, in what he believes the Continental Army, in 1782. His services in 1781  that year was also proved by the affidavit of Benjamin Delamater who served with him, & then of 1782 circumstantially supported by the affidavits of Henry Harris , John Darrow , & Daniel Hungerford . Their several depositions were annexed to his last declaration & filed in your office. They are referred to also in support of his present declaration. His Discharge signed by Col. Van Schaick , I have seen, but that is now lost as stated by him. His father & Delamater are now both dead, & he is & must be I fear without proof, other than traditional of his services. I feel extremely solicitous for the old gentleman, as I know him worthy & necessitous & believe his services require the same compensation, as is awarded, to justly, to the other fathers of the Revolution.

I pray you once more, in his behalf, to review his papers. If duty still forbids the allowance of his claim, advise us of any thing that can be done, that is not done, to ensure his success. Would it be satisfactory to have him furnish testimonials of character from the magistrates & first citizens of our County? If positive proof & that alone, must be had will you not aid us so far as to say whether either.
Capt. Whelps
Lieut. Carpenter
Wisenfitt
Peterson
Johnson or
Willson
Sergeant - Clark
Corporal Martin Evans
Privates. Joseph Lipp
Cobus Vanderwerker
Peter Combs
Jarius Scott
Asa Eyles
John Jabins Drummer
or James Shepherd.
who served with the old gentleman at Newburgh & the vicinity in the year 1782
or.
Maj. Throop
Capt. Marshall
Lieut. Cannon or Loop
Who served with him under Col. Willett in the year 1781.
Privates. David Cadle
William Williams
any man of the name of Cranny
Isaac Hicks
William Lusk
Jacob Lusk
Adam Todd
any man of the name of Bouse or Stephen Valentine
are applicants for Pensions, or known to your Department to be living, & when they can be addressed.

If any of them, could be found, I would obtain their depositions & forward them to you. If all are dead, I must leave the old man & his fate in your hands, again commending him and his case to your favorable consideration
I am very respectfully
Yours &c.
T. A. Osborn
Hon. J. L. Edwards.

George Dorner

George Darrow of Chautauqua in the county of Chautauqua in the state of N.Y. having several times unsuccessfully sought to obtain the pension of a Revolutionary Soldier. We the undersigned believing him justly entitled and verily worthy of such pension do state that we have for many years been acquainted with him and have often heard him relate circumstances of his soldiership in the Revolutionary War and that he sustains a fair character for truth and veracity and that we have implicit confidence in his statements.
Mayville October 10 th 1833
G. D. Camp
Jesse Brooks
E. P. Upham
Jed. Tracy
H. Linkcom
Richard Newgore
Isaac Haughton
Royal Luff
William Green
M c Birtall Jr
Artemas Hanch
T. A. Osborne
Dexter Barns
William Smith
William Peacock
J. S. Whallon

my
Geo. Clarrow.
Hon. A. Hazelton HR

James L. Edwards Esq.
Mr. George Darrow of Mayville Chautauqua county, N. Y. made application for a pension, some time since, through Thomas A. Osborne, Esquire, of Mayville. He is informed, that further evidence of his services is required. At his request, I have procured from the Clerk of the house of Representatives some papers which were presented to that body in 1829, containing some additional evidence. To those papers is annexed a certificate of the certain persons, neighbors of Mr. Darrow, who state, that he is a man of truth and veracity. With most of the persons who have signed that certificate, I am personally acquainted, & know them to be gentlemen of the first respectability. I have also included with those papers a subsequent certificate, made by some of the same persons, in behalf of Mr. Darrow.
Oliver Hazeltine

No Enclosure
Free
Miss L. Edwards Commissaire of Pensions Washington City D.C.

July 5 Mr. E. Adams
Free "
J. S. J. S. Edwards from mission of Stations Washington City D.C.

County of Knox and State of Ohio ss.
On this twenty second day of June AD 1839 before me the Subscribed a Justice of the peace for the said County of Knox personally appeared George Darrow who on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company Commanded by Captain Mark all in the Regiment Commanded by Colonel Wildt and he was afterwards under Col., Van Gorlanttt in the service of the United States. That his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of New York from whence he has lately removed, that he now resides in the State of Ohio, County of Knox where he intends to remain, and wishes his pension to be there payable in future. The following are his reasons for removing from the State of New York to the State of Ohio he is a blind man and had been living for some years with his son in Law Truman Porter who found it advantageous to remove to the State of Ohio and the said George Darrow came with him
Sworn and subscribed to before
me the day and year aforesaid
Rev F Smith Justice Peace George his Darrow mark
Witness to said George Darrow
signature Columbus O'Land
Sam. J. Updegraff
State of Ohio Knox County ss
Before me the subscriber personally came Truman Porter who being duly sworn deposes and says that the above named George Darrow who has taken the above oath is the identical person described in the above affidavit that said Darrow resides with the affiant & came with the affiant from the state of New York to Knox Co. Ohio where affiant has settled and intends to reside said George Darrow is a blind man and has been so for about three years past
So do hereby certify that Truman Porter was duly sworn to and subscribed the affidavit & that he is a man of veracity Rev F Smith J.P.
Truman his Porter mark

Witness to Human Parlow's signature.
C. Delano Samuel J. Updegraff
I do hereby certify that C. Delano & Samuel J. Updegraff whose names appear as witnesses to the above signature of George Parlow & Human Parlow, signers and that said C. Delano & Samuel J. Updegraff are persons of credibility and respectability.
Given under my hand this 22 day of June O.K. 1839
Ben F. Smith P.T.
The State of Ohio } I, Isaac Hadley Clerk of the Court Knox County } of Common Pleas of said County. do hereby certify that Rev. F. Smith whose name is signed above is a magistrate of said County of Knox aforesaid regularly commissioned and qualified as such, and that his signature is genuine - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of this Court at the Court-house in Mount Vernon this 29 th day of June A.D. 1839.
Isaac Hadley Clerk

J. L. Edwards
In enclosed are the papers for the transfer of George Warrow's interest from the agency of N. Y. to the agency in Ohio
Awaiting your further commands I remain Your obed Servt
Columbus Ohio

7. June 17 New Haven
FREE
J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D. C.

June 7, NEW BEDFORD
FREE
J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D. C.

Met Vernon June 1. 1839
J. J. Edwards Com. Pensions
In On the 31. day of Dec 1833. a pension Certificate was issued to George Sarrow for $60. per Annum Commencing 4th March 1831. & payable Semi Annually on the 4th March and 4th Sept in every year This Certificate is No. 24. 474-N o 99 And is payable at N. York by the U.S. Pr. Bank
Mr. George Sarrow has removed to the County of Knox Ohio and wishes to have his plan of payt changed to the City of Cincinnati Ohio which is the agency for this section of Country
I write to obtain information for him as to the mode of making this change
His pension has not been paid for a long time
Early information will be thankfully acknowledged as Mr Sarrow is entirely dependent on this pension for his subsistence
Very Respectfully &c
Columbus Ohio Met Vernon O.

George Darrow The petition of George Darrow. praying for pension for services rendered during the revolutionary war & for a pension Committee on military pensions.
Dec 16. 1829 Ref to Com - Mil. Pensions
April 24 th 1830 Report against to be
Hon. Oliver Hazeltine. H. R.
Norton 30. Pens

To the Honourable the Senate & House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled.
The petition of George Darrow, formerly known by the designation of George Darrow Junior, respectfully represents, that that his father George Darrow was an officer in the Revolutionary Army, and served in said army at the com- mencement of the contest, & continued therein nearly through its whole pe- riod. That your petitioner at its commencement was but a boy, but yet could scarce repress his anxiety to join his father in the support of the cause of freedom. At length having arrived to that age when his ser- vices would be considered of value to his country, and with the consent of his father, he in the month of April 1781, being then eighteen years of age, volunteered as a private, in the company commanded by Capt. Mar- shall in Col. Mains' Militia Regiment in the New York line. That he joined the said company at Kinderhook in the County of Colum- bia, and passed muster at Albany, under Capt. Marshall who was likewise Muster and pay master. from Albany he marched with the said company to Johnstown, Fort Plain and Herkimer. At Fort Plain your petitioner was on duty every other day, for about six weeks & when on duty, never closed his eyes in sleep during the twenty four hours. While the company was at Herkimer, he went under the immediate command of Col. Willetts on an Expedition in the wilderness in pursuit of the savages & while out was three days and two nights without any other sustenance than one cracker & a half. That he was frequently employed by Col. Willetts as an express to convey messages from one officer to another, and in the performance of this duty, has suffered almost increasable hardships & privations, while traversing alone, a wilderness infested alone by our savage enemies. In this company he served, until the month of October, as your petitioner believes, when he was sent with a letter from Col. Willetts to Col. McIndstry at Saratoga & permission given him to serve the residue of his time (he having volunteered for nine months) in Col. McIndstry Reg- iment provided he could exchange with one of the volunteers of that Regi- ment. That he did exchange with Isaac Elliott, & served until the first day of January thereafter, in the company commanded by his father George Darrow in that Regiment, when he was honorably discharged. That your petitioner, has understood that his father made no return to the

War Department of the time he served in his company, relying upon their being made for the whole nine months by Capt. Marshall. That while he was in Capt. Marshall's company, he was principally under the immediate command of Lieut. James Cannon, the said Capt. being necessarily absent, discharging his other duties as pay and muster master. Your petitioner would refer your honorable body to the muster roll of the Army, for proof of his enlistment, where it will be seen that his name is entered as George Darrow Junior, & described as being of Light complexion five feet eight, or ten inches in height, and having a scar on the back of the left hand. That his wages for the time he served in Capt. Marshall's company, were paid to William Wilkie in behalf of this petitioner, & that he has never received his wages due for the time served in his father's company in consequence of the returns not having been regularly made by either Capt. Marshall or his father, the one depending upon the other again to make them. That in the month of April 1782 your petitioner volunteered in the company commanded by Capt. Whipple in Col. Van Schorock's regiment, in the New York line, for another period of nine months. That he again passed muster under Capt. Marshall at Albany, & went with said company to Pumpton Woods, in New Jersey, where he did duty, in keeping in check the refugees & cowboys, who infested the country until sometime in November when he went by direction of his officer, to assist Forage master Evans, where he remained until the 16 th December 1782 when he was honorably discharged, by direction of Gen. Washington. That your petitioner and another young man went to Gen. Washington & related to him that they volunteered to serve their country, but as they were then in winter quarters & must, so remained until the close of their period of service, that it appeared to them that they were a burthen instead of being a benefit to that country; that the Gen. after commending their zeal and fidelity immediately gave them a letter to their Col., Commandant directing the discharge of the whole company. Your petitioner in further proof of his services, accompanies herewith several affidavits, etc. to herewith annexed such parts of his discharge as have been saved from the accidents of time, which was on that occasion granted him. Your petitioner further states that said last mentioned company was but

a short time under the immediate command of Capt. Phelps, but under that of a number of lieutenants, among whom now Carpenter Wisenfett, Wilson Peterson and others, the company being drilled only three weeks at a time by the same officer. Having thus as your petitioner conceives faithfully served his country in the day of her peril he respectfully solicits from her in the day of her prosperity, such recompence as her sense of justice & gratitude would warrant her in bestowing. The day of his youth was cheerfully given to her: in those of his age he wishes the showing evidence of her approbation of those services. By the privations and hardships of that period his health through the whole of his after life has been seriously affected. Though his services were voluntary he does not conceive that they were on that account the less meritorious, & he cannot perceive the justice of withholding from him, what is granted to all, who were compelled to perform a nine months service in the continental establishment. With a companion who participates with him, in the infirmities of age & struggling with all the accumulated ills of poverty, your petitioner appeals with confidence to the representatives of a generous people to cheer the evening of their lives with the brightening effulgence of their country's gratitude. He therefore respectfully solicits the passage of a law directing his name to be placed on the pension list Roll, of the Revolutionary army at eight dollars per month, during the remainder of his life. Your petitioner &c
George Darrow
State of New York
Chautauqua County
ss. George Darrow, the above petition being duly sworn, deponeth & saith, that the facts set forth in the above petition, are true according to the best of his knowledge, recollection & belief.
George Darrow
I certify that the above named George Darrow, on this 19. Oct 1829 personally appeared before me & took & subscribed the above oath, & that I am well acquainted with him, & know him to be a person of good moral character & unimpeachable veracity.
T. A. Osborne J. P.

Having applied for a discharge of a New York now lying in Chief Discharged the
near Newburgh this 16 th day of Decemb: 1782 G. W. Whitcomb
I certify that the above are the fragments of the discharge mentioned in the above petition of George Darrow, & that the name of "George Darrow's discharge" is enclosed upon the back of one of the fragments, in the same hand writing, apparently with the same ink, as the body of the discharge. T. A. Osborne S. P.
We the undersigned citizens of the town of Chautauqua being well acquainted with George Darrow the foregoing petitioner do certify that he is a man of good moral character, & of unimpeachable veracity, in whose statements, whether on oath or otherwise, we would place the utmost confidence.
William Peacock Martin Prendergast J. B. Darrow H. Linkcom B. Chenevert Jesse Brooks Joseph Starr Geo. H. Tracy Geo. B. Holbrook
Artemas Hearick William Green E. P. Upham Asahel Lyon C. P. Heman George Kirby Wm. T. Camp A. S. Campbell A. Potter E. H. Jones

James B. Lowry Geo M. Gurnigh J. C. Young Abner Marsh G. Ballard V. P. Prendergast John McMahan
John Pridall Robertson Whiteside Benjamin Evans John Dexter W. F. Howell Dexter Barns Elinor Wood

Hon. Geo. Sweeney. Seamus letter of Dec. Kingham, m c g pension papers of Geo. Sweeney. Cash order to Agent to pay him.
271. Rec June 22/42 Pension Office.
Mr Dandridge, Esq.
Washington
His Representation
General George Sweeney Esq
271. June 22/42 June 11 7
271 June 22/42

Honorable George Sweeney No Representatives Washington
Fort Leavenworth June 11 th
Hon. Geo. Sweeney, Leaves letter of 2nd Kingman, they pension paper of Geo. Sweeney to whom to write pay him. J. P. Lee from 22 nd Mason Spec. J. P. Lee S. Davis

Fort Clinton Ottawa County, Ohio. June 9. 1842.
Hon. Sir,
I beg leave respectfully to submit the following official documents, and humbly request in behalf of the individual for whose benefit they are designed, your honors kind attention to the business of obtaining for him an order for or a grant of his dues.
A few days since I sent, for the old pensioner alluded to below, the necessary certificates duly signed and acknowledged, with a power of Attorney to Sam l Williams Esq. off Cincinnati Ohio who on applying to the pension office was informed that the required pension could not be paid there, in consequence of being more than eight months due, and that erasures appeared on the writing. —
Now as to the causes of the Erasures, as well as of the delay in applying before so long time as eight months had elapsed, I hope that the following statement will be satisfactory, and I will enclose the same papers to your honor, which were sent to Cincinnati.
On the 12 th Ult o I had the pleasure to transmit by post to your honor, some papers containing evidence in favor of a poor Old pensioner of our County named Levi Brown of whom I have previously written.
Your honors most obliged and humble servant James Kingham.

State of Ohio Ottawaya County } ss
Personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, George Darrow who being by me duly sworn saith That being, about the time that his pension became due in September last, severely afflicted by the loss of his wife and severe family sickness. He was unable to attend to the rules and regulations prescribed by the pension laws, for a pensioner residing remote from the pension office which from bodily debility he is unable to reach. — and further that he believed that he could as easily draw a whole year's due in March and therefore delayed the necessary application.
June 9 th 1842
W m B. Craighill J.P.
I hereby certify that the erasures apparent on the pension paper enclosed were first written "eleventh" but should be "eighteenth"
W m B. Craighill

Commercial Bk of Cincinnati Pennsylvania 25. Sept 1843
Sir
Your favor of 19th Sept: has been received - The Pensioner Geo: Darrow, has been paid up to 4th Mch 1843. Has the pension of Sarah Stevens under the New law been granted? the Papers were forwarded from this place -
I am Very Respectfully Yr Obed Servt James Hall Pension Agt By John S. Anthony Clk.
To J. H. Edwards Esq. Comm Pension Washington

July 12 Mr. Evans
James L. Conner Esquire Commission of Pensions War Dept City of Washington

July 12 Mr. Swan
James L. Conrad Esquire Commission of Pensions War Dept City of Washington

MECHANICS' & FARMERS' BANK,
Albany Pension Agency,
July 8. 1839
JAMES L. EDWARDS, Esquire,
Commissioner of Pensions.
Sir,
In reply to your letter of the 5 th inst. I have to state, that George Garrison a Pensioner under the Act of 7 June 1832 — at — 60 Dollars per annum was last paid to the 4 day of March 1838.
I am, Sir,
Very respectfully,
Your ob't serv't,
Thos M. Elliott
PRES'T AND PENSION AGENT.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT, SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
October 11 th , 1842.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," and the 3d section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, George Barrow , a Pensioner on the Roll of the Ohio Agency, at the rate of Sixty Dollars and _____ Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March to the 4 th Sept. 1841.  Respectfully, yours,
William L. Parris Comptroller.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, Present.

Aug 1. /43
free Geo Danou's App. for transp
Mr Wey
James S. Edwards Esq.
Lord of Penrhyn
Washington

July 1/43
free for Danvers copy for them Washington
Mr Henry
James S. Edwards Esq. Comr. of Pensions
Ms. A. 9. 2. 10

Chautauqua County ss On this 22 nd day of July 1893 before me the undersigned a justice of the Peace of the said County, Chautauqua personally appeared George Darrow who on his oath declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain in Marshall in the regiment commanded by Colonel Millet in the service of the United States that his name was placed on the pension Roll of the State of New York  Ohio from which he has lately removed where he now intends to remain and wishes his pension to be there payable in future. The following are his reasons for removing from Ohio to New York to wit that in New York he has a son with whom he now and still expects to live. George Darrow  Subscribed before me this day and my first written Jesse Brooks, J.P.
Samuel J. Whallon being duly sworn before the undersigned justice makes oath and says that he knows George Darrow who made the foregoing affidavit and that he knows him to be the identical person who subscribed to the above affidavit. S. J. Whallon, Sworn and Subscribed before me this 22 nd July 1893 Jesse Brooks, J.P. I certify that Samuel J. Whallon who made the foregoing affidavit is a person of truth and veracity. Jesse Brooks, J.P.
I certify that the above named George Darrow signed by his mark in consequence of having lost his eye sight. Jesse Brooks, J.P.
State of New York } Chautauqua County ss I, John G. Huckley Clerk of said County do hereby certify that Jesse Brooks Esq. whose signature is set to the above of the foregoing deposition & the foregoing Certificat & therein written was on the day of the date thereof, a justice of the Peace in & for said County, dwelling therein & duly Elected, Sworn & authorized to administer Oaths. And further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing

of such charter & verify believe the several Signatures "esse Brooks," subscribed to said charter and to said certificates genuine ~
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto Set My hand and affixed My Official Seal at Mayville in Said County July 28 th 1843 John G. Hinkley Clerk

Mayville, Chan. Co. N. H. July 26. 1843
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commr. of Pensions.
Dr. Sir. Annexed is application of Geo. Darrow, a pension, to be transferred to the N. H. Pension Roll. Please send certificate of transfer to my direction.
Yrs. truly
J. A. Osborne

T. A. Osborne Mayville N.Y.
Oct 4. 1843.
Transfer
Mr Evans
Washington
Genl. G. Brown
James Edwards Esq.
Yrs

Jan
James Edwards Esq. Comt. of Pensions Washington
Mr. E. Brooks Benson
Oct 4. 1843.
J. A. Colborne Mayville NY

Mayville Chan. Co. N. York
Sept. 30. 1843.
James Edward Esq Comd. of Pensions.
D. Sir. On the 22 d day of Aug t  July last. I sent you application of George Garrison for transfer from Pension List of Ohio to that of this state. - I have heard nothing from it. The old man is wretchedly poor, blind & helpless. Lives with a son, but little better off. & depends on his semi annual pittance for his daily bread. He of course is very anxious to obtain his allowance for this month. Please write me, at once how it is.
Yrs. Truly,
T. A. Osborne

483 Orange St. Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
Dear Sir -
I wish to find in what capacity George Darrow served in the Revolutionary war, where he enlisted from, what year he

was born, etc. also Joseph Rest
Kindly send information as soon as possible
Respectfully yours Addie S. Adams (Mrs S. S. Adams) 483 Orange St. New Haven Ct.

Served in the War and obtained the rank as Capt Geo Darrow.
After the War he again resided at Herkimer Co. New York.
Tell you if his name is on the records please send me proof. And greatly oblige
Yours Respt.
May M. Lott
Lake St.
Lehi City
Utah.

024474
Nov. 21 1904 Lehi Utah.
Pension Department. Wash.
Dear Sirs; Did Geo Barrow draw a pension for service ren- dered in the Revolutionary War. If so can you give me proof I wish to be- come a member of the D. R. Society and so I mite hoping you can help me trace my ancestor.
He lived at Herkimer Co. New York at the time and also after the War. I do not know what- yr he enlisted but he came to the United States in 1635

Mayville, N. Y.
December 14, 1923
Dept of Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:-
Will you kindly furnish me with a copy of the application for pension of
George Darrow
who I believe, made application from Chautauqua County.
Thanking you for your attention to this matter,
I am,
Yours very truly,
(Mrs. C. B.) Bernice C. Persell