Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 2,623, Nathaniel Daley, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass.
Daley, Nathaniel
NUMBER
R. 2623
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30.429 2623
Nathaniel Dailey New York
Peter J. —
J. W. Taylor Wallabara New York

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
17 April 1834
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 subjoined 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 Nathaniel Dailly
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     1778 0 6 — Pvt Capt Loomis Col Hea cov { Massachusett   1779 0 9 — " " Nathan Benjamin same {   1780 0 7 — " " Swan { N.Y.   1781 0 3 — " " Boas-Jon.  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
JAMES L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
Proof required — and particularly as he alleges that he entered the service when between 15 and 16 years of age.

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 days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I,                      Clerk of the Court of                      do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this                      day of                      &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services. 
 6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
 7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is learned 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 inquiry 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.
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.

State of New York County of Saratoga ss
On this 31 st day of December - - - 1833 Personally appeared in open court, before the Court of Common Pleas, held in & for the County of Saratoga in the State of New York, Nathaniel Dailey of the Town of Day in said County. Aged Sixty Nine 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 provisions of the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832.
That he entered the services of the United States under the following named Officers, and served as herein stated.
He was born in Egremont, in the County of Berkshire in the State of Massachusetts the 28 th day of January 1764; he has no record of his age,
3. To the 3 d Question Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live??
To the 3 d Question He answers & says In Egremont, in the County of Berkshire and State of Massachusetts, where he lived until the Year 1786, when he moved to Clifton-park in (Albany) now Saratoga County and State of New York, where he lived about two years & removed to Egremont aforesaid, where he lived five or six years, when he moved to Schenectady in the state of New York, where he lived until 1828 when he moved to Day in the County of Saratoga in the State of New York aforesaid, where he has lived ever since & where he now lives,
To the 4 th Question How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer; or were you a Substitute? & if a Substitute, for whom? He answers and says, That in May 1778, when he resided in Egremont aforesaid, he enlisted and entered into the service of the United States as a Private in Captain

Nathaniel Dailey for a Pension
The excuse for taking the traditional evidence out of court is alleged by the court -
A. Nash agent

no (1)
Loomis Company of Infantry, in Colonel — Hecock's Regiment of Massachusetts State Troops or levies and served as a Private for Six months, in the following manner, to wit, Immediately after his said Enlistment, he with the Company to which he belonged, marched under the aforesaid officers, from Egremont aforesaid, through Noble- Town, Spencer Town, Kinder Hook, and Green-Bush to the City of Albany, in the State of New York and were stationed in the Barracks on the Hill, where the Powder- House now stands, where we continued one month doing Garrison duty. At Albany Hill there were several Regiments of Conti- nental & Militia Regiments Troops at Albany Barracks aforesaid during the period we were there, but he this deponent does not recollect the name or names of any of their officers, he was here attached to Captain Light Hall  Knapp Company in Colonel — Militia  Traps Regiment of New York, — He was Lieutenant under the said Captain Knapp  Light Hall  Knapp & served as such. And we marched through Sche- nectady and Fort Hunter to Fort Plank, under Sergeant Winchell where we were stationed & did Garrison duty under the aforesaid officers (last mentioned) when we returned on the same route to Schenectady, Guard-House under the aforesaid officers  Sergeant where we continued doing duty on Guard &c one month, under the aforesaid officers  Sergeant from there he with the said officers  Sergeant marched to Schenectady and from there to Albany and continued at the Guard-House on the Hill doing duty as aforesaid under the aforesaid officers until the period of his said Enlistment was expired, having served Six months as a private, and was in November 1778 discharged by the said Captain Light Hall Knapp at Albany, Guard-House aforesaid, his discharge has long since been lost, or destroyed he does not know how, he further states that he has no documentary evidence of his said services, nor does he know of any person or persons now living by whom he can prove the same or any part thereof,
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In April 1779 when he this deponent resided at Eggemont aforesaid, a draft was ordered to be made out of the Company of Militia Infantry in which this deponent was enrolled private as a private, under Captain Nathan Benjamin in Colonel — Hecock's Regiment of Massachusetts Militia the quota of said Company was made by Volunteers of which this de- ponent was one and Saphat Wood, John Conner, J. — Guilder — Winchell, & — Willard being six the number required out of said Company, we entered the service as 7 mo Volunteers, he this deponent served as a private for Seven months & served in the following manner To wit, we were put under the command of a Sergeant of the said Regiment, (his name I do not recollect) and marched from Eggemont aforesaid through Noble Town to Livingston's Manor otherwise called Sukram in the State of New York where he this deponent with his Associates ( herein named) joined the company of Drafted Militia — commanded by Captain — Smith, he this deponent was not unacquainted with any of the officers or privates of said Company until he joined the company except his said Associates, continued there about twenty days it being a place of Rendezvous there were some New England Companies of Militia there, don't recollect the name or names of their Officers we marched under the said Captain Smith to Albany City, in the said State of New York, and were Stationed at

the old Barracks and did duty on Guard about two weeks then marched through Niskayuna to Schenectady & were stationed in the Schenectady Barracks where a guard was kept up, when our Company was so divided that he this de- ponent & his five Associates before named were placed under the command of Captain — Swan. He thinks the the name of the Lieutenant was Prime. In this deponent continued doing duty as a private at the Garrison on guard and that he with his said Associates were frequently employed to guard the public Waggons & Carts conveying Military Stores from Albany to Schenectady. He served as aforesaid at Albany & Schenectady & between the two places, until the last of August, when he this deponent with two others, to wit Wood & Guilder were attached to a Company of Militia commanded by Captain Joseph Boas and went on a a Scout through Norman's Kill, the Pine Woods, & Ketter Barrack to old Schoharie. The Scout consisted of from 15 to 20 men commanded by the said Captain Boas and Sergeant Spiary continued at Schoharie a few days, a Company of Regular Troops he thinks was there. & some Militia Companies, at Colonel Harper com- manded. We continued scouting from place to place to Charlotte Creek & so on, to, near the Susquehannah River & returned to Harper's Field, and stopped at Colonel Har- per's House

continued at Harper's Field to rest from our Fatigue caused by traveling over mountains & through wet low lands & were out in a heavy rain Storm, we continued at Colonel Harper's a week and did duty on guard &c from Colonel Harper's we marched to the head of the Delaware River under the aforesaid officers on a Scout for several days through the Woods & Mountains till our provisions were exhausted when we returned to Schoharie & did duty on guard not many days, from there we marched through Duane's Bush to Schenectady, continued there doing duty on guard & going on Scouts & from there we went on a Scout through Ballston to Lake present Desolation, in (now) Greenfield in Sar County where the Enemy frequently passed from Canada, returned through Clifton Park crossed the Altapetes creek to the Schenectady Barracks where we continued doing duty under the said Captain Seant called the Indian Hunter and was verbally discharged by the said Captain Seant, at Schenectady aforesaid having served at least Seven months
no 7 mo and further this deponent deposes & says that he has no documentary evidence of his said services, nor does he know of any person or persons now living who can testify to his services aforesaid or any part thereof.

In April 1781, when he resided in Eggemont aforesaid he again entered into the service of the United States, and was hired by a Militia Class, of Captain Soomins' Company in Colonel Hooke's Regiment of Massachusetts Militia and served for three months in manner following, he, with five more taken out of said Company Marched immediately & joined the company to which he he belonged (by the engagement with said Class) at Salisbury in the County of Litchfield and state of Connecticut — the Company was commanded by Captain Stearns Sears and Lieutenant — Winckel, he with the said Company continued at the place of Pinderau, did duty on guard & one month, we then Marched under the said Captain Sears (the company consisted of about 100 men) through Dover and Oblong to Frederick's burgh, & continued there a few days from there we marched over Beaker-Hill to Danbury continued there 10 or 15 days & did duty on guard. At Danbury there were Continental & Militia Troops, He does not recollect the name or names of the their Officers from there he with the Company to which he belonged, marched through Frederick's burgh to Poughkeepsie Poughkeepsie, continued there a few days doing duty until he was Sick & unable to perform Garrison duty and was Verbally discharged by the said Captain Sears at Poughkeepsie & returned home having served at least three months, he further states that he has no documentary evidence of his Services aforesaid nor does he know of any person now living by whom he can prove the same or any part thereof.
3 mo.
The said applicant further states that he lives at least 25 miles from where the Court sits & is in such indigent circumstances that he cannot without Great inconvenience and Expense produce in court the Inactionary Evidence required by the War department and that there is not at present a Clergyman residing in his neighborhood so or in the said Town to whom he is known

5 To the question, 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 service.
He answers and says, That he can answer no further than he has already, herein
6 To the question, Did you ever receive a discharge from the service; and if so by whom was it given and what has become of it?
He answers & says that in 1778, he received a discharge for 6 months service as stated herein, which is lost as stated; that he received no other written discharge.
7 To the question, 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. He names the following - John Hunt a Justice of the Peace in & for the County of Saratoga, & Samuel Stimpson and Samuel DeLong who are also Justices of the Peace in & for said County & Andrew Collins, also Joseph Rockwell. Post Master of the said Town of Day
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a Pension or annuity, except the present, and declares his name is not on the Pension roll of the agency of any State.
Sworn to and Subscribed
the 18th of
22 d day of October 1833
Oran G. Oris,
Resworn in open Court the day & year first above
A Goodrich Clerk
Justice of the Peace of Saratoga County

We residing in the Town of in the County of Saratoga and State of New York and of the Town of in said County do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Nathan -iel Daily who has subscribed and sworn to the above declar- ation that we believe him to be Years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he lives to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and we concur in that opinion Subscribed & Sworn to the day & Year aforesaid
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 James L. DeLong who has signed the following certificate attached hereto is a Justice of the Peace in & for the County of Saratoga aforesaid resident in the Town of Day County of Saratoga and State of New York, and that Joseph Rockwell who has also signed the same is a resident in the Town of Day in said County Post Master residing in said Town of Day is a qualified  Post Master and that their Statement is entitled to credit & further the said Court are of opinion that the applicant could not without great inconvenience & expense produce in Court the Revolutionary evidence required by the War Department & that his excuse for not omitting it is reasonable

I, Alpheus Goodrich _____ Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Saratoga County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Nathaniel Dailey _____ for a Pension,
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & seal of Office this 31 st day of December 1833. A Goodrich Clerk

2628
RECEIVED C.W.
P. O. _____
Nathaniel Dailey
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

Suspended Set. to A. stack
Sep. 23. 34
To same 20 Aug. 1840
Rejected
Elias Van Derwerder. 14. May 1841
" same 10 Oct. 1845.
Act 7. June 39

State of New York - 3
Madison County SS. } Personally appeared before me the undersigned Justice of the Peace Nathaniel Daly of Lenox in said State & County above mentioned Deposition & Saith, that he is seventy nine years old and upwards says he was born in the town of Grafton Berkshire County Massachu- setts, the deponent further says that after the taking of Burgoyne By a Military order of Capt. Smith of Grafton aforesaid, all persons able to bear arms were assembled in said town by order of Capt. Smith for the purpose of a draft or volunteers to serve in the Army of the United States and on the assembling of the inhabitants of the said town it was ordered that those able to bear arms should be classed, and one person out of each class should go into the service of the United States or Continental Service, and of the said Nathaniel Daly was duly drawn as one of the men to go into the service and did go, in my own proper person and was attached to the Regiment commanded by Col. Harper then lying at Albany State of New York & served in the same Regiment during the season until the Regiment went into winter quarters further before that I entered said Regiment early in the season I served that season about eight months. Deponent further deposes that at the opening of the spring of the year he joined the above named Regiment commanded by the same Col. Harper at Albany and in the same Regiment and continued under the orders of said Col. and his officers during that campaign. Deponent further says he left the regiment during the winter and the following spring went and joined the Regt. of Col. Lutton or Lutton, Station at Poughkeepsie N.Y. in the course of the summer was taken sick & sent home further the deponent says not Taken to and subscribed before me David Severance Justice of Peace Madison County this 21 st day of March 1845 Nathaniel Daly

State of New York
Madison County Clerk's office
vs J. S. Bentley
Clerk of said County certifies that David Severance Esq the Justin of the Peace
before whom the annexed affidavit was sworn was at the time the jurat bears date a Justin of the Peace in & for said County duly elected and qualified and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Justin and verily believe his said signature is genuine. Witness my hand and Seal of office this 24 th day of March 1843
J. C. Bentley Clerk
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State of New York County of Saratoga } ss
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in & for the said County, Nathaniel Dailey of Day, in the said County, who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age and 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.
No (1)
6mo
In May 1778 For Six months , I served as a private in Captain Michael Loonis's Company of Militia Infantry Infantry and served as a private in manner stated in my declaration; The manner of his entering the service was as follows, there was a call made by Government for a certain Number of Soldiers to be raised from the Militia to go to the Northward for Six months, was required Our Company raised Six men the Company being divided into Six Classes, and each the Class to pay the person who served for that Class , he this applicant enlisted and served as stated in his declaration & was paid in part by the Class to which he belonged, and equipped with Gun, Cartridge Box & Knapsack at his individual Expense & also found his own Clothing, he never received any pay for his services aforesaid, except from the Class to which he he belonged as before stated.
No
(2)
7mo
In April 1779 I entered the service and served For Seven Months and served as a private in the manner stated in my declaration & were called out and paid in the same manner as we were last year & the same five men except the like served with me, it was agreed last year that if a call should be made we would go as we did & formed the same mess & we each equipped & clothed at our individual expense as before, but received our regular rations of Provisions.

No (Q3) In April 1781 I entered the service and served For three months and served as a private in manner stated in my 3mo declaration
And further this deponent states, that after the passage of the Act of Congress of 7th June 1832 in the same year he this applicant, understood it to be necessary to prove his services in order to obtain a Pension, & that it could be obtained in no other way, made an arrangement with Aaron Garrot a person who was going to Eggemont to make diligent enquiry whither any soldiers of the Revolution now living then who lived there during the war aforesaid & gave him the names of all I could recollect & charged him to be particular & if possible to find some person Evident; who returned & informed me he had enquired faithfully, but could find none living then who could testify to any part of my services, I did not doubt but that he did so, & now have no doubt concluded that it was in vain to attempt an application without procuring living witnesses; but being informed that where living witnesses could not be procured a Pension might be obtained on my own oath supported by traditional evidence, that is, on Militia Service or State levies, relying on that, I made application & that no part of my service was on the Continental Line, as he always understood
Subscribed & sworn to this 30th day of August 1834
before me A. Goodrich Justice.

State of New York County of Saratoga ss.
I certify that Nathaniel Dailey of Day in said County who is an applicant for a Pension under the Act of June 7. 1832 is reputed in the neighborhood where he lives to be a man of Character for veracity and that I have been acquainted with him for six years last past during which time I have lived near him and know him well & believe him to be a person of undoubted veracity for truth, and have myself since I have become acquainted with him understood, and it is so believed in the neighborhood where he lives, he served as a Revolutionary Soldier, which I believe is not doubted where he lives & where he has resided for upwards of five years last past
George Hunt
Subscribed & sworn to
12. day of Sept r 1834
James L. DeLoach Justice of the Peace of the town of Day
James Deming Sumner Smith
We the subscribers residing in the neighborhood of the said applicant and near him do hereby concur in the above statement
Henry Deming
Herman Colson William Colley Simon Scott
I certify that Each Person is of good standing as to Character that has signed their names to this Paper Day September 12 1834
James L. DeLoach Justice of the Peace of the town of Day

State of New York
County of Saratoga ss. I Alphens Goodrich Clerk of the County
of Saratoga, Do Certify That Alphens Goodrich before whom the annexed affidavit purports to have been sworn by Nathaniel Dailey, was at the date of the same one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said County, and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit to be in his proper hand writing and signature, And also that James S. DeLong before whom George Flint, P.M., James Deming and Sumner Smith purports to have been sworn to the within affidavit and who signed the Certificate of Charact of the persons named within was at the date of the said affidavit & of the said Certificate a Justice 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 same to be his proper hand writing and signature
Witness my hand and Seal of Office the sixteenth day of September 1834
A Goodrich Clerk
N. Dailey

State of New York County of Saratoga } ss.
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County who being by me duly sworn according to law do depose and say, That Mr George Hunt of Day a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Saratoga and state of New York aforesaid and James L. DeLong of the Town of Day in the County of Saratoga in the State of New York a Justice of the Peace in and for said County and hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Nathaniel Dailey of the Town of Day aforesaid & who is an appli- =cant for a Pension under the Act of June 1832 that we believe him to be Sixty nine years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the Neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolu- tion, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn & Subscribed the 7 day of December 1833
George Hunt
before me Samuel Hinson Justice I certify that the within named Joseph Rockwell is Postmaster of the Town of Day
James L. DeLong Joseph Rockwell
George Hunt Justice of the Peace
And I the said Justice hereby certify that I have been for 16 years last past well acquainted with the above named James L. DeLong that he is a Justice of the Peace in & for the County of Saratoga and state of New York and further that I have been acquainted with Joseph Rockwell for 20- years last past who has also Subscribed and sworn to the above, that he is a resident in the Town of Day aforesaid and is a person of Character for Ve- nerity veracity and that their statement is entitled to credit
George Hunt Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that I have been acquainted with George Hunt for 16 years last past and believe him to be a man of truth and veracity one that he is a resident of the Town of Day and County of Saratoga & certify that he is an acting Justice of said Town
James L. DeLong Justice of the Peace

State of New York County of Saratoga ss. I, Alpheus Goodrich Clerk of the said County Do hereby certify, that George Hunt before whom the within affidavit purports to have been sworn & whose name is also subscribed to the within certificate was at the date thereof of the same 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 thereto to be his proper hand writing and signature and signature Witness my hand & Seal of Office this 31 st day of December 1833 — A Goodrich Clerk

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston;
Sep. 2. 1845.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Nathaniel Dailey is borne upon a Pay Roll of Cap t Ephraim Fitch, Col Ashley from the County of Berkshire as a private from July 8 to 27 1777. 19 days - 110 miles not included — No rolls of the officers named in the annexed application, and the above is all the evidence of service, identified as that of the person for whom service is claimed.

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

Application for certificate of Revolutionary Service, made by the party who rendered the Service.
The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is hereby requested to furnish evidence from the Rolls in his office, of the service of Nathaniel Daley in the war of the Revolution.
I was a native of the Town of Egremont in the county of Berkshire, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, I enlisted from the town of Egremont, aforesaid or was drafted rather, in the year 1778 or 1779 as a private in the company then commanded by Captain Benjamin and was sent to Albany New York to join Col. Harker's regiment and he served as follows viz, and served in Col. Harker's regiment through the season until the regiment went into winter quarters. And was again drafted at Egremont aforesaid the next spring the Capt. then being Loomis, and was again sent to Albany N.Y. and served through the season again under Col. Harker and again drafted the next spring and was sent to Poughkeepsie and served under Col. Loomis all the service were rendered in the state of New York. Was principally employed in keeping Garrison and on scouting parties. I am now seventy nine years old, and my memory does not enable me to state my services more fully than above stated.
Witness my hand at Lenox. New York this 3 rd
day of June 1845.
Signed by said Nathaniel Daley ( Nathaniel Daley in my presence & ) William E. Hasker Justice of the Peace )

To Secretary of State of Massachusetts Sir I send you this affidavit believing it to be according to your Directions if not you will please to inform me and I will endeavour to make out whatever in this is deficient I have the honour to be Sir your most obedient and humble servant Elias Van Dusen Rev
Concord Connecticut September 15 th 1845 To the Hon J. M. Edwards
Dear Sir I must state for your information that Nathaniel Dailey says on reflection that the names Swart and Boas in his affidavit he thinks were not commissioned but were leaders of scouting parties and called Captains Sir I wrote to the Comptroller's office at Albany and that officer informs me Mr. Dailey's name does appear on the rolls in that office no rolls appear in that office of officers or soldiers who served in the Massachusetts militia I remain yours &c Elias Van Dusen Rev

Lincoln Pk Mar - 28 } June 1838 J. Edwards Commissioner of pensions District of Columbia Washington City Nov 29. 1840 Daily 1838

Lenox Lenoality Febll march 28 th 1845 To the Honorable J. B. Edwards Dear Sir this encloses an affidavit of Mr Nathanial Dailey with a certificate of the county Clerk as to the qualification of David Severn Justice of the peace of this county I pray your Decision in the above case and your answer according
Elias Van Dusen

Aug 15. 1860.
N.Y.
FREE
J. S. Edwards Esq u in
Com. of Pensions
Washington City
D. C.

Dear Sir
Ballston Spa August 13. 1840
The case of Nathaniel Dailey an applicant for a Pension under the Act of June 7 1832; The declaration was made before the Com. ssars Court of this County. Dec. 31. 1833, and subsequently transmitted to the War Department; to which afterwards some amendments were required, and some proof or circumstances made as amulatory, was on the 18 th Sept. 1834 transmitted to the Dept. 8 Nov. Mr. Dailey calls on me and desires his application for a Pension to be renewed, and has brought & delivered to me a Certificate of his character for truth & veracity, signed by several of the most most Respectable men in the Town, and who are well known in this Village, but not made oath to. (though no doubt, the court if required), I wish his papers to be reexamined and to be informed what he must do more,
And I am satisfied that his moral character, may be proved to be such, as that his statements, ought to  may be viewed with as much indulgence as the requisitions of the Department will admit, Will you have the goodness to reexamine, and make return to me at this P. O. as early as convenient
I am
Very Respectfully
Your mo. Ob t Serv t Aaron Nash
J. L. Edwards Esquire Com. of Pensions Washington D. C.

J. P. Edwards Esq.
Examinee of Pension
Washington City D. 6

Ballston Spa September 16 1834
Sir
Herewith enclosed you receive the return Papers of Nathaniel Dailey for a Pension under the Act of June 7 1832. It is hoped that the affidavits, certificates & will prove satisfactory. Have the goodness to examine & make return to me as early as any way convenient.
Very Respectfully your ob t Serv t Aaron Nash
J. L. Edwards Esq. Examiner of Pensions &c
P. S.
Sir
On the 13 August last, I enclosed the affidavit of Levi Benedict, a Rev d Pensioner under the Acts of 1818 & 20 for an Increase of Pension (under the Act of June 7 1832) as a Private & Musician in Colonel Sheldon's Regt of S. Dragoons. His Original Pension certificate was also transmitted if the Papers have been received by the Dept t please examine his claim & make return to me. your Respectfully A. Nash