Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 15071, James Dannels, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Dannels James
S15071
boarded
CONTENTS

11616
8467
New York
James Dannels
of Montgomery in the State of N. York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Paulding of the Regt. commanded by Col. Dichtinger in the N. York line for 9 Mts. — — — — —
Inscribed on the Roll of N. York — at the rate of 30 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 th day of May 1833 — " — and No. 7,041 Palatine
Arrears to the 4th of Mar '33 $ 0 0 Pemi-ant. allowance ending 1 st M ch '33 1 5
$ 1 5
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by G. G. Stiles Clerk, Book E, Vol. 4, Page 17.

State of New York
Montgomery County S.S. On this 19th day of September A.D. 1832. personally appeared before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County of Montgomery, James Daniels a resident of the Town of Grafton, County of Montgomery, State of New York aged Seventy Six Years last Christmas day, 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 1776. with Capt. Jonathan Paulding & served in the Col. Ritzmore Regiment of the Continental line, under the following named officers - that he enlisted, as he recollects, in the Spring, in the month of April 1776. & left the service in April 1777. having served one year in the Company of which Capt. Jonathan Paulding was the Captain, recollects the names of his other Company officers. that he lived in North-Castle near the White Plains when he enlisted entered the service as a private - the names of the field officers he can recollect were Col. Ritzmore - Genl. McDougall, commanding the Regiment or troops in said Company belong to that he marched in said Company from White Plains to the City of New York, & from thence to the White Plains where he was engaged in the battle at White Plains where the Americans were defeated retreated & on the retreat he met Genl. Geo. Washington with a reinforcement of that he remained the greater part of the time in the City of New York before the battle at White Plains - & after the battle at White Plains the troops remained for a while he belonged say some time about six weeks weeks near the White Plains about four miles distance from it - He continued served said year in said Company keeping a short time about three months of said time that he was sick & unable to follow & march with his Company. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a Pension or an Annuity, except the present He declares his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any state & that he received no discharge in consequence of his being lost behind by reason of his sickness at the expiration

of said Year's Service - that he nearly lost his memory from illness more fully state the circumstances of his service than as aforesaid - that he has no person who can testify to his service & hence of more living - his memory & state enclosed ther
James X Dannels
19th day of Sept. 1832
before me - Henry J. Dierendorff a judge of the court of common pleas of the city of New York
We Thomas J. Grahame & John J. Failing residing in the Town of Ossining, County of Dutchess State of New York do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with the above named James Dannels who has sworn & subscribed to above declaration that he believes him to be about seventy five years of age & that he is related & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution & that he is in that respect
That J. Grahame
the day of year aforesaid the said John J. Failing Henry J. Dierendorff aforesaid do hereby certify that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served in the states - & that there is no clergyman in the neighborhood of said applicant
I George D. Ferguson Clerk of the said court of common pleas of the county of Montgomery aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of James Dannels for a pension as his testimony whereof have hereunto set my hand at the close of office this 19th day of September 1832
Geo. D. Ferguson

State of New York Montgomery County ss. On this 19 day of January A.D. 1833 personally appeared before me Henry A. Dickerson of one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County James Dannels the same applicant for a Pension mentioned in his preceding original declaration & which is hereby intended to be amended, who being truly sworn says in order to amend his said original declaration, that he is nearly blind - poor - & has a seventy seven years last Christmas day & is informed that by reason of his increasing bodily infirmities he cannot with safety attend the Court of Common Pleas of said County Further says on his said oath to amend his said declaration that by reason of old age & the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his services, but according to the best of his recollections he served not less than the period mentioned below in the following grades - viz: That he served as a private soldier in Capt. Jonathan Pudding or Pawling Company from the fifteenth day of April 1776. to the fifteenth day of January 1777. for nine months - that he had enlisted for one year, but owing to sickness that three months of said year he was unable to serve in said company, but considered still considered himself as in the service for one year from 15 April 1776. to 15 th April 1777. & claims an allowance of a year's service instead of nine months, if the Department of War shall consider him entitled to it if not then only for nine months as aforesaid - that in the Battle at White Plains in which he was engaged his tent mates were missing after the battle & he thinks they were killed or taken prisoners - That he was so sick as aforesaid the three last months of said year's engage- ment to serve -
And in answer to the several interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, he says, that he was born according to his recollection information the twenty fifth day of December 1755. - that he has no record of his age - that he lived in the Town of North Castle, County of Westchester in said State when he entered said service aforesaid - that he has lived since the revolution & now lives in the Town of Oppenheim, County of Montgomery that he enlisted & served as a private soldier - That while in said service aforesaid he saw Genl. George Washington with his army or part thereof - He cannot recollect any other officers than those mentioned in said original declaration that he cannot recollect as his memory is poor any other general circumstances of his service than those already stated by him - that he received no discharge from service by reason of his sickness to follow his company.
(over)

that he is acquainted with Thomas J. Galtman John S. Frailing who signed the preceding certificate in his original proceedings for a pension to whom he has been for years past & still is well known that they are neighbors of his - that no clergyman resides in his neighborhood - That the said Galtman & Frailing have testified in his original proceedings as to his character for veracity & their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution Subscribed & sworn to this 19 th day of January A. D. 1833. before me -
James his Dannels mark -
James Dannels paper for a pension
Henry D. Davenport Judge of Montgomery County Court
And I, Henry J. Dieffendorf, a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in the County of Montgomery State of New York do hereby certify that the applicant James Dannels cannot from bodily infirmities attend the said Court & declare my opinion after investigating the matter & after putting the interrog- atories prescribed by the War Department that the said applicant James Dannels was a soldier of the revolution & served as he states - & further certify that it appears to me that Thomas J. Galtman & John S. Frailing who signed the preceding certificate in the said original proceedings are respectable & credible persons & that their statement is entitled to full credit - that they both reside in the said Town & County wherein the said applicant resides are neighbors of said applicant - & that I administered the oath to them in the said original proceedings - & that it appears to me that the said applicant is a credible person that his statements are entitled to credit - In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 19 th day of January A. D. 1833. -
Henry J. Davenport Judge of Montgomery County Court
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State of New York Montgomery County ss. I George D. Ferguson Clerk of the said County & of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do hereby in conformity with the direction of the said Court certify that said Thomas J. Galtman & John S. Frailing who signed the certificate in the preceding original proceedings for a pension are respectable & credible persons residing in same Town with said applicant - & I further certify that Henry J. Dieffendorf by whom the above certificate reports to have been signed & by whom the above oath as well as the oaths in the preceding original proceedings purport to have been administered was at the date of the same one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said County & that I am acquainted with the handwriting of the said Henry J. Dieffendorf & readily believe his name subscribed to the above certificate & affidavit to the affidavits in the preceding original proceedings to be his proper handwriting & signature - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of my office this first day of February A. D. 1833 - Geo: D. Ferguson

No 11616
James Dannels. —
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John Vellis. Agent Patulin Montgomery County New York — " —

No. 11616.
BRIEF in the case of James Daniels, of Schoharie, County of Montgomery in the State of New York. (Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?
At Open Court before a Judge.
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
Yes
3. How old is he?
76 Years.
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years. Months. Days.     April In 1776. 1. excepting abt 3 months when Sick. As a Private Gen. M c Dougall. Capt. Paulding — Col. Ritzmuller.  
5. In what battles was he engaged?
Battle of White Plains.
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?
North Castle, near White Plains.
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?
By traditional Evidence.
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
None
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
James D l
Examining Clerk.

15071 INVALID.
File No. 15,071
James Dannels Briv. Rev. War.
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 428
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of James Dannels. which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?
Yes.
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?
Yes.
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?
_____
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served?
Yes.
V. * Has he mentioned 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? No
No.
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?
Yes.
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?
Yes.
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion?
Yes.
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate?
Yes.
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?
Yes. (Seal not distinguished)

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?
No
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
Yes
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
Yes
XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? _____ Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office?
_____
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
_____
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?
Yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? No
_____
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. 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 the 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.
†QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
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 claimants 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.
†QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end 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.