Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 1573, John Darby, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Darby John Derby Elizabeth
W 1573 B.L. 24.154-160-55.
CONTENTS

8742
New York
John Darby
at Saratoga in the State of New York who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Brown of the Regt. commanded by Col. Tilton in the Mass? Militia for 19 mo.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 63 Dollars 33 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 day of Sept 1833. and sent to Seth M. Higgins Half Moon
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $126.16 Semi-ant. allowance ending Sept — 31.66
$158.32
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk Book C Vol. 4 Page 17

Declaration, in order to obtain the act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
STATE, OF NEW-YORK, } ss. SARATOGA COUNTY }
On this sixth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open court, before the court of Common Pleas of the county of Saratoga and State of New-York, now sitting, John Devers , a resident of Half moon in the county of Saratoga, and State of New-York, aged seventy 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 act of Congress passed June 7, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
That in the Year 1775 about the Month of June of the same this deponent left Equimont Massachusetts as a volunteer and went to Roxbury when I entered the service of the United States as a Substitute in a Company of State troops for one Daniel Tuller in a Company commanded by Captain William Bacon of which company Michael Loomis was first Lieutenant John Harker of Sheffield was Second Lieutenant in a Regiment commanded by Colonel John Fellows that at this time he then deponent entered as a Substitute in Enlistment and took the place of Daniel Tuller as above stated whose name was erased from the roll and the this deponent's name was substituted that I served in said company seven months and was dismissed with the remainder of the Company at a place called Bridgewater near Roxbury.
That in the Year 1776 about the last of March in this deponent enlisted again in the Regular service of ten months in a Company commanded by Captain Shepherd of which Gelas Townsend of Barrington was first Lieutenant. States was Second Lieutenant that the Regiment to which we belong was commanded by Colonel Porter that we marched from Equimont about the first of April in the year above stated through Spencertown Troy from there to Fort Edward from there White Hall at that place we took boats and crossed Lake Champlain went down the east side of the same until we came to a lake called St. Peters then crossed said Lake Canada at a place called Three Rivers at which place we met the British troops in their retreat from Quebec Canada we returned back with them to a place called Toronto there the army from Quebec was attached with the Small Pox and a general order was made for an inoculation of the soldiers in the camp after he was inoculated he together with others was sent to Montreal to

to a Hospital where he remained until we were in a highly infla- atory stage of the disease when our army at Oriskie retreated and left us to the defenceless, after a short time and before we heard from the Encampment information was received that the Enemy was advancing, we were then taken from the Hospital and came across the River to Saratoga from there we went to St Johns where after a short stay at that place we passed up the Lake to Crown Point from which place he together with with the remainder of the Sick was removed to the Hospital at Lake George where we staid about six weeks when he recovered my health. He joined his Regiment at Mount Independence when they had gone from Crownpoint at place I performed the duty of an orderly corporal (then called) which duty was to draw provision for the company and divide the same, that I served as orderly corporal until I was discharged at the end of the term for which I was enlisted which was in the month of February, 1777.
Also in the Year 1777 about the first of October I was drafted in a Company of militia of the State of Massachusetts for a company commanded by Enoch Noble. In this Regiment thinks, but the names of the other officers either Steele or Sullivan cannot now recollect that they marched from Cambridge Massachusetts to a place called Botten Kill on the Hudson near opposite Saratoga where we staid until after the Surrender of General Burgoyne. which in this deponent had a personal view of from the opposite side of the river, that in this deponent was dis- missed at that place together with the rest of the Company and returned home after a Service of two months that the whole time in this deponent was in actual Service of his country during the revolutionary war by enlistment and draft as stated in the preceding statement was one Year and Seven months

To the inquiring propounded by the Court I answer as follows 1 I was born in a place called Van Hanock Columbia County State of New York on the thirty first day of May A D 1754
2 I have a record of my age together with that of my family in my Bible at home in Halfmoon
3 I lived in the town of Coeymans State of Massachusetts at the time I entered the Service of the United States at the several times set forth in the statement made by me that at the close of the Revolutionary War I lived in the town of Chatham Columbia County State of New York that I now live in the town of Halfmoon Saratoga and have lived in said town for the last thirty years past
4 th I was called into the service at three different periods during the Revolutionary war, the two first periods I enlisted and was drafted the last
5 th To this I give the name of the following officers Colonels John Fellow - Porter Captains William Bacon - Shepherd Noble of the Militia For the general circumstances of my service I would refer to the annexed statement made by me
6 I never received a written discharge was only dismissed verbal
7 th The persons to whom I am acquainted in my present neighbourhood I offer the names of Gilbert Lyon Eldu of the Methodist Episcopal Church and William Prince to whom I am known in my present neighbourhood who can testify as to my character for veracity and their belief of my service as a Soldier of the Revolution that he has no documentary evidence of his service and that he knows of no persons whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service I am A. D.

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State Sworn in Open Court the 6 th day of September 1832 Thomas Palmer Clerk
John Darby John Darby
We Gilbert Lyon clergyman residing in the town of Halfmoon County of Saratoga and State of New York and William Prime living in the neighborhood of John Darby in the County aforesaid hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Darby of the town of Halfmoon County and State aforesaid mentioned who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that in belief him to be seventy nine years of age that he is upstate and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolutionary war and that we concur in that opinion Sworn in Open Court the 6 th day of September 1832
Gilbert Lyon
Thomas Palmer Clerk William Prime
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 certify that it appears to them that Gilbert Lyon who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the town of Halfmoon County of Saratoga & State of New York, and that William Prime, who has also signed the same is a resident in the same town is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit -
I Thomas Palmer Clerk of the County of Saratoga of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Darby for a pension -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 6 th day of September 1832 Thomas Palmer Clerk
John Darby - 10957 admitted 19 vs Private

1 Brief - N o 10,957
John Darby
admitted 19 mo. Private
4
proof of comp. neg.
15 Sep 1832 10 Dec 1832
P 143.
Seth W. Higgins Half Moon Saratoga Co N.Y.

N o 10,957.
BRIEF in the case of John Darby of Halfmoon County of Saratoga in the State of New York (Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?
Before a Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he?
79 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.     In 1775 about June — 7 — private Gen. Capt W m Bacon - Col o Jno. Fellows   1776 about 31 March — 10 — orderly corporal Capt Shepherd - Col o Porter   1777 about 1 st Dec r — 2 — Enoch Noble  
5. In what battles was he engaged?
None
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?
Egremont. Massachusetts
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?
By traditionary Evidence
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
They appear to be correct
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
James Ord
Examining Clerk.

Resides in
Died Aug 26, 1856
Reg 3 m 55-32989
197 Al New York
Elizabeth Carly widow of John Carly
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private
Massachusetts Line Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
63 Dollars 83
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the
14 day of March 49 and sent to
Hon. Hugh White Member of Congress
Entered on Roll of Pensioners under act March 2, 1848, Page 53 Vol. 1
Hugh White

32,989
Set Nov. 3/53
Recd Apr. 2/55
Elizabeth Derby widow of John Derby Pres.
War of Revolution
Receives Pension Maj. Troops
Adm. Alln. Apr. 16/1856
July 48 - S. H. H. W.
Buxton
As Aug 15 th R
S. W. Higgins Clifton Park N.Y.

Cristoforo Colombo Aug. 15/85 Cristoforo G. Colombo Oct. 2/85 " D. de Ligorio Nov. 8/85 Bul. L. no 97
July 28/89 St. Mark's Church by order of the Committee before the Commission
Ms. D. 10

Exhibit A-1 Exhibit B-1 Exhibit C-1 Exhibit D-1 Exhibit E-1 Exhibit F-1 Exhibit G-1 Exhibit H-1 Exhibit I-1 Exhibit J-1
July 28/59 Let to J. M. Smith P.M. Nicholson It is noted that prohibition was the only reference to common law and office the
W. D. 105

Apparant in case of Elizabeth Darby act of 3 March 1855 N o of declaration on file 32,989
Boynton

State of New York County of Saratoga
Seth William Higgins of Clifton Park in the County and State aforesaid doth on his oath depose and say that he is fifty three years of age and a resident of Clifton Park in the County and State aforesaid. That as an Attorney for John Darby deceased late of Galpearn in said County and State aforesaid he knew a Declaration for said Darby claim- ing a Pension for his services under the Act of Congress of 7 th of June A.D. 1832, which services was allowed by and sworn to in Open Court in the Court House Sitting at Ballston Spa in said County of Saratoga by the said John Darby, and on which claim in the said John Darby was placed on the Pension list at the rate of sixty three dollars and thirty eight Cents per annum payable at the Pension Office in the City of Albany State of New York and continued to receive his semiannual payment at said Office until to the date of his death when due and demanded.
And this deponent further says that Elizabeth Darby now the Widow of the said John Darby deceased Pensioner aforesaid a resident of said County of Saratoga aforesaid did under the Act of Congress of July 29 th 1848 make an Application for and was placed on the Pension list as the widow of said John Darby at the rate of sixty three dollars and thirty eight Cents per annum during her natural life unless she should again marry which Certificate bears date the 14 th day of March 1849 and is made payable at the Pension Office in the City of Albany State of New York at which Office she

receives her Semi Annual payment when due and due and paid up to the date hereof And this deponent further declares that the said Elizabeth Darby is the identical person who made a declaration under the act of 3 rd March 1855 claiming Pension Land for services rendered by her said husband and the said John Darby in the Revolutionary War and that her declaration N o 32,989 is now on file in the Department
And this deponent would further declare that he was personally acquainted with the said John Darby Soldier and Pensioner for many years from his death and up to the date of his death and knows him to have been a Pensioner as afore stated. Also that he has been and now is person- ally acquainted with Elizabeth Darby the Widow of the said John Darby dec d and has been for many years and knows her to be a Pensioner as afore stated in having had the care of her Pension Certificates at times since she was placed on the Pension roll and knows her to be the identical person named in and delineant in the declar- ation by her made as afore alluded to
J. H. W. Higgins
Taken before me & subscribed { this 18 th day of October 1855 { before me Abram Sickle Justice of the Peace
J. Abram Sickle the Justice of the Peace before whom the above

named S. W. Higgins appeared and swore to the foregoing Affidavit. Do hereby Certify that I am personally acquainted with said Higgins who made said Affidavit and that he is of good moral Character and his Statement as above made is entitled to the fullest credit and I further certify that the said Higgins is not interested in the claim of the said Elizabeth Darby as named in the foregoing Affidavit to my knowledge Abraham Sickler Justice of the Peace

State of New-York, } ss. SARATOGA COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE.
I, James W. Horton, CLERK OF THE SAID COUNTY, do hereby certify That Francis Becker was, on the day of the above Declaration and Certificate, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly elected and sworn, and that the signature to the Jurat of the above Declaration and to the above Certificate purporting to be his, is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF I have hereunto set my name, and affixed the Seal of said County, this 24th day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty five
James W. Horton
CLERK.

Application of Elizabeth Darcy
FOR BOUNTY LAND,
Under act March 3, 1855.
S. W. Higgins Ag't Clifton Park N.Y.
PRESENTED BY
LEMUEL JENKINS, Albany, N. Y.

32 989

DECLARATION
Of a REVOLUTIONARY Widow who claims a Land Warrant under Act of March 3, 1855.
State of New York, } City and County of Saratoga }
On this twentieth day of March A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, personally appeared before me, a Commissioner of Deeds  Justice of the Peace within and for the city, county and state aforesaid Elizabeth Darby aged Ninety years, a resident of Saratoga County aforesaid in the State of New York, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of John Darby deceased, who was a private in the War of the Revolution and a Pensioner at the date of his death under the act of 7 th June A.D. 1832 That the Company Paymaster and Services was set forth in a Declaration made by my said husband John Darby die d under said act aforesaid . And I further declare that I applied for and received a Pension Certificate as the Widow of the said John Darby under the act of 29 th of July 1848 which Certificate bears date the 14 th day of March 1849 and that I am inscribed on the Pension Roll at the Albany Agency at the rate of Sixty three dollars and thirty three cents per Annum
She further states that she was married to the said John Darby in Saratoga on the about the 13 th day of February A. D. 1898 by one Benjamin Rossmann a Justice of the Peace and that her name before her said marriage was Elizabeth Corps that her said husband died at Saratoga on the 29 th day of December A. D. 1843 , and that she is now a widow. and that she requests that her certificate may be sent to S. W. Higgins her agent of Clifton Park N.Y. and that she has no record of the date of her marriage as to the day of the month and would refer to the proof of the same now on file in the Department under the Claim and Act 29 th July 1848 under which she was pensioned
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act approved March 3, 1855, and she hereby requests the Commissioner of Pensions to forward her warrant to LEONARD JENKINS  S. W. Higgins  N.Y. , and appoint him my attorney to receive the same for me. S. W. Higgins of Clifton Park the Commissioner as above was made and Entertainment of the words 'Sanity', Justice of the peace,
Elizabeth D. Darby mark
We Joseph Taylor and Isaac Degeoff residents of Saratoga County in the state of New York upon our oaths declare, that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Elizabeth Darby in our presence, and that we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents herself to be.
Joseph Taylor
Isaac Degeoff
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me, on the day and year above written, and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons, that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim. and I further certify that the said Elizabeth Darby is unable to write her name by reason of blindness—
D. M. [unintelligible] Justice of the Peace

State of New York,
City and County of Albany.
do hereby certify that
certificate, a
and qualified, and that the signature thereto, purporting to be his, is genuine.
I,
James M. Horton
Clerk of the said county,
was, on the day of the date of the foregoing
within and for the said County, duly appointed
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and
subscribed my name this
21
day of
March
A. D. 1855.
James M. Horton
Clerk

June 24, 1938
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Mr. Howard W. Derby #367 Hearst Avenue San Francisco, California
RA-J/EHL Edward Derby-S.43479 John Derby-W.1573
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to five soldiers of the Revolutionary War, who drew pensions on account of their services, namely Edward Derby, of Cayuga County, New York; John Derby, of Saratoga County, New York; Samuel Derby, of Saratoga County, New York; Samuel Derby, of Cheshire County, New Hampshire; and Samuel Derby, of Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
Because of the great demand for Revolutionary War data and the limited trained clerical force available for furnishing such information, it is impossible to comply in full with each request pertaining to soldiers of that war. The records of Edward Derby and John Derby are furnished you herein.
Edward Derby S.43479
The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, S.43479, based upon the military service in that war of Edward Derby.
The date and place of birth and names of the parents of Edward Derby are not shown.
Edward Derby enlisted at Sheffield, Massachusetts, in March, 1776, served in Captain John Shepard's Company, Colonel Porter's Massachusetts Regiment, went on an expedition to Canada, was in a skirmish at Fort Ann and served nine months; he enlisted in January or February, 1777, served in same company and regiment, was at the capture of General Burgoyne, after which he guarded prisoners taken at that time to Boston; length of this service, ten months.

Edward Derby was allowed pension on his application executed April 14, 1818, while residing in Shereham, Addison County, Vermont.
In 1821, he was residing in Cornwall, Addison County, Vermont. At that time he gave his age as sixty-two years and that of his wife as sixty-four years, but did not give her name or any other data in regard to her and no reference was made to children. In 1823, he had moved to Cayuga County, New York.
He died May 18, 1834, place not shown.
* * * * *
John Derby W.1573
The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, W.1573, based upon the military service in that war of John Derby.
John Derby was born May 31, 1754, at "Tankannock", Columbia County, New York. The names of his parents are not shown.
While residing in Egremont, Massachusetts, John Derby volunteered in June, 1775, and served seven months as a private in Captain William Bacon's Company, Colonel John Fellows' Massachusetts Regiment; he enlisted the latter part of March, 1776, and served as "orderly corporal" in Captain Shepherd's Company, Colonel Porter's Massachusetts Regiment, went on an expedition to Canada and served ten months; he enlisted October 1, 1777 and served two months in Captain Enoch Noble's Massachusetts Company; he stated that he witnessed the surrender of General Burgoyne from a point on the opposite side of the river.
This seen in Mass S. S. but I gave date given by Col. that chose given in book
At the close of the Revolution, he was living in Chatham, Columbia County, New York.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 6, 1832, while residing in Half Moon, Saratoga County, New York, where he had lived for thirty years.
He died at said town of Half Moon, December 29, 1843.

John Darby married February 1, 1796 or February 15, 1796 (both dates were given by the widow) Elizabeth Gerpe or Corps, date and place of her birth and names of her parents not stated. Previous to her marriage, she had lived in the town of Stillwater, New York. They were married at John Darby's own house on his farm.
Soldier's widow, Elizabeth, was allowed pension on her application executed December 26, 1848, at which time she was aged eighty-four years and resided in Half Moon, New York.
March 20, 1855, Elizabeth Darby, then residing in Half Moon, New York, applied for the bounty land which was due on account of the service of her husband, John Darby, in the Revolutionary War. She was granted one hundred sixty acres of bounty land on Warrant No. 24154, under the Act of March 3, 1855.
In order to obtain information in regard to the location of the land cited above, you should address The Commissioner of the General Land Office, Interior Department, this city, and furnish that official the number of the warrant, the acreage and the act under which said warrant was issued.
from aC Elizabeth Darby died August 26, 1856, place not stated.
No reference was made to children.
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Very truly yours
A. D. HILLIER Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

Q & W
WIDOW, &c.
1938 June 24. Visit to Howard J. Darby. Letter in case of Edward Verley - B43429 EK
File No. 1579
Elizabeth Darby Widow
John Darby Prin. Rev. Mass
Act: July 29, 1848
Index: Vol. 2 , Page 166
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Bur Alt 29 th July, 48, N.Y.
C. G. D.

32989
Clifton Penn N.H.
April 3 rd
Elizabeth Steele
John
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Dear Steele
Committee of Steele
Washington
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Additional business of the National Council of Women Belgium held March 1885
Mrs. J. Murch Commission of Pensions Washington D.C.
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32989 Elizabeth Darby Clifton Park City Letter 6 July 48-49
67810 Lydia Taylor John V.K. July 53-749
Boynton
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Mississippi Avenue
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Elizabeth Dotty wid of John
NY
act 29 July 1848
Maria 1796
husband died 1843
Adm. $113 33 per
July March 1848
Hon Hugh White M.C.

State of New York Saratoga County 3/
I Henry Rosekrans, a resident of the Town of Half Moon, of lawful age being duly sworn according to law do depose and say that I am a son of Benjamin Rosekrans, deceased, and who died in July of 1818, in said Town of Half Moon. That I have received and have now in my possession the papers, Books, and effects of my said father, said Benjamin Rosekrans Esq. deceased, who was for many years a Justice of the Peace in this the said Town of Half Moon and who married many people in this vicinity. That I have made diligent search for a marriage Register or Record of the marriages the ceremony of which was performed by my said father while acting as such Justice of the Peace, but have not been able to find any such Register or Record of such marriages kept by him and I verily believe that there is now no such Register or Record in existence if the said deceased ever kept any which is doubtful. In 1792, the said deceased was a member of the Legislature of the said State of New York and at that time to wit, in 1792, the said Benjamin Rosekrans was a Justice of the Peace as I verily believe, and for many years thereafter in said Town of Half Moon.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 25 th day of November A.D. 1848, and I certify that the said Henry Rosekrans is a credible witness
Henry Rosekrans
Moses Clements Justice of the peace in and for said County,

State of New York } Saratoga County } ss.
William Fullerton, a resident of the Town of Stillwater in said County of Saratoga aged Seventy Six years in July last being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that he was well acquainted with John Derby and his wife Elizabeth of the Town of Half Moon adjoining said Town of Stillwater. That Deponent was married to his present wife Rebbecca in said Town of Stillwater, on the 4th day of June in the year Seventeen hundred and Ninety Seven. That in the year Seventeen hundred and Ninety Six and the year before Deponents said marriage, the said John and Elizabeth Derby were duly married to each other in said Town of Half Moon, as Deponent then understood and verily believes true. Deponent was not present at the said marriage of the said John and Elizabeth Derby but well remembers the report of their said marriage in the neighborhood at the time it occurred in the year Seventeen hundred and Ninety Six as aforesaid. The following is a true Extract from Deponents family Record, to wit, "Stillwater June 4 th 1797. William Fullerton and Rebakkah Southward was married." The said John and Elizabeth Derby were living together as husband and wife at the time of Deponents said marriage and had been married to each other as aforesaid in the year before Deponent was married as aforesaid and in the year Seventeen hundred and Ninety Six as aforesaid. Deponent was acquainted with the said John and Elizabeth Derby before they were married in 1796, as aforesaid. The said John Derby then lived in said Town of Half Moon. The said Elizabeth then lived in the said Town

of Stillwater and bore the maiden name of Corpe. The said John and Elizabeth Derby lived together as husband and wife, and were recognised as such up to the time of the death of the said John Derby who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States. At the time the said John and Elizabeth Derby were married to each other Deponent lived within three miles of the said John Derby and was therefore well acquainted with him, and the circumstances of his said marriage in 1796 as aforesaid and Deponent recollects the year of his said marriage from the date of Depo- nent's own marriage as aforesaid.
William Fullerton
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 27 th day of November 1848. And I certify that the said William Fullerton is a credible witness. Moses Clements Justice of the Peace in and for said County.

State of New York Saratoga County } ss
Rebakkah Fullerton, a resident of the Town of Stillwater in the said County of Saratoga aged Seventy Seven in August last, being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that she is well acquainted with Elizabeth Derby now the widow of John Derby and a resident of the Town of Half Moon adjoining. That Deponent well remembers the time that the said John and Elizabeth Derby were married to each other. That the said John and Elizabeth Derby were duly married to each other in said Town of Half Moon as Deponent then understood and verily believes true in the year Seventeen hundred and Ninety six. Deponent was not present at their said marriage but well remembers the report thereof at the time it occurred and in the year Seventeen hundred and Ninety Six as aforesaid. Deponent was married to her present husband William Fullerton in the said Town of Stillwater on the 4th day of June in the year Seventeen hundred and Ninety Seven. The following is a true Extract from Deponents family Record, to wit, "Stillwater June 4. 1797. William Fullerton and Rebakkah Southward was married." At the time Deponent was married in June of 1797, as aforesaid the said John and Elizabeth Derby were living together as husband and wife and had been duly married to each other as aforesaid the year before Deponent was married as aforesaid, and in the year Seventeen hundred and Ninety six as aforesaid. Deponent was acquainted with the said John and Elizabeth Derby before they were married in Seventeen hundred and Ninety six as aforesaid. The said John

Derby then lived in the said Town of Holford and the said Elizabeth then lived in the said Town of Stillwater and bore the maiden name of Corpe. At the time the said John and Elizabeth Derby were married to each other in 1796, as aforesaid Deponent lived within three miles of them and was well acquainted with the circumstances of their said marriage. Deponent recollects the year that the said John and Elizabeth were married in from the date of Deponent's own marriage and well remembers that the said John and Elizabeth were married to each other as aforesaid a little more than one year before Deponent was married as aforesaid. The said Towns of Stillwater and Holford are adjoining towns. The said John and Elizabeth continued to live together as husband and wife and were always recognised as such up to the time of the death of the said John Derby who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States.
Rebekkah her Fullerton mark
Subscribed and sworn to before me
This 27 th day of November. 1848.
Moses Clements Justice of the peace in and for said county.
I hereby certify that Rebekkah Fullerton the above Deponent is a credible witness, whose testimony upon any subject is entitled to full faith and credit, that she is unable to write her name, and that she signed the said above deposition before me, by making her mark or cross. And further that the facts contained in the said deposition were by the said Rebekkah Fullerton communicated to me before the execution of the said deposition.
Moses Clements Justice of the peace in and for said county.

State of New York } Saratoga County } ss.
Jane Skinner, a resident of the Town of Half Moon in said County of Saratoga being duly sworn according to law deposit and saith that she was sixty eight years of age last June being born, as appears from her family Record on the 28th. day of June, 1780, and was born and bred in said Town of Half Moon. That Deponent has been acquainted with John Derby from the earliest recollections up to the time of his death. The said John Derby died a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States in the fall of 1843, in said Town of Half Moon and left his wife Elizabeth a widow now still living in said Town of Half Moon. That in the month of April in the year Seventeen hundred and Ninety five, as appears from Deponents said family Record, she was married to her husband by Benjamin Rosekrans Esq. then a Justice of the Peace in said Town of Half Moon. Deponent well remembers that in the month of February following Deponents said marriage, and in the month of February in the year Seventeen hundred and Ninety six the said John Derby was duly married to the said Elizabeth by the said Benjamin Rosekrans Esq. the same person who married Deponent to her husband in April of 1795, as aforesaid. Deponent well recollects that the said John and Elizabeth Derby were married as aforesaid about ten months after Deponents said marriage. The said John and Elizabeth Derby were married at the time aforesaid at the house of the said John Derby and on his own farm, the said John then owned a farm

in said Half Moon, That about two months after Deponents said marriage of Deponent in April of 1795, as aforesaid Deponent went to live in the House of the said John Derby where they said John and Elizabeth were married as aforesaid, and kept house for the said John Derby. until the month of February following being the time of his marriage to the said Elizabeth in February of 1796, as aforesaid, Deponent was also acquainted with the said Elizabeth before the said Elizabeth was married to the said John as aforesaid, The said Elizabeth then lived in the adjoining Town of Stillwater and bore the main- enance of Corp, The said John and Elizabeth continued to live together as husband and wife up to the time of the death of the said John as afore- = said in Half Moon aforesaid.
her mark Jane Skinner
Subscribed and sworn to before } me this 25 th day of November 1848, }
Moses Clements Justice of the peace in and for said County,
I hereby certify that Jane Skinner the above Deponent is a credible witness, whose testimony upon any subject is entitled to full faith and credit, that she is unable to write her name, and that she signed the said above deposition before me by making her mark or crop, And further that the facts contained in the said deposition were by the said Jane Skinner communicated to me before the execution of the said deposition.
Moses Clements Justice of the peace

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Moses Tripp, a resident of the Town of Half Moon, in the said County of Saratoga aged sixty five years being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that he has resided in said Town of Half Moon since he was eight years of age or for the space of fifty seven years last past. That Deponent is now and long has been well and intimately acquainted with Elisabeth Derby now the widow of John Derby who died a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States in said Town of Half Moon, in the fall of 1843. That Deponent well remembers the time that the said Elisabeth was married to the said John Derby. They were duly married to each other in said Town of Half Moon in the Winter of the year Seventeen hundred and Ninety Six, by Benjamin Rose Krans, who was then a Justice of the Peace in said Town of Half Moon. Deponent recollects the year that said marriage occurred in from the fact that at the time said marriage occurred he was a boy of about thirteen years of age, and from the further fact that Deponent's father moved with his family, of which Deponent was a member, into said Town of Half Moon in the year 1791, and had lived in said Town about five years before the said Elisabeth was married to the said John Derby. That Deponent continued to live a neighbor to the said John and Elisabeth Derby from the time of their said marriage in the Winter of the year Seventeen hundred and Ninety Six as aforesaid, during which time the said

John and Elizabeth continued to live together as husband and wife and sustained all the relationship of such husband and wife up to the time of the death of the said John Derby in 1843, as aforesaid.
Moses Tripp
Subscribed and affirmed to before me this 25 th day of November 1848.
And I certify that the said Moses Tripp is a credible witness.
Moses Clements Justice of the Peace in & for said County.

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Thomas Clements, a resident of the Town of Half Moon in the said County of Saratoga, aged Sixty five years being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that in the month of February in the year Seventeen hundred and Ninety Eight Deponent came from the Town of Beekman in the County of Dutchess in said State, to live in said Town of Half Moon and has continued to live in said Town of Half Moon ever since, That in the month of March following, to wit, in the Month of March, Seventeen hundred and Ninety eight Deponent became acquainted with John and Elisabeth Derby then living together as husband and wife in said Town of Half Moon. That it was then and there currently reported and believed that the said John and Elisabeth Derby had been duly married to each other in said Town of Half Moon, about two years previous to Deponents moving into said Town, and that they had then lived together as husband and wife for about two years, which report Deponent verily believes true, That since the spring of the year Seventeen hundred and Ninety eight as aforesaid when Deponent first became acquainted with the said John and Elisabeth Derby, Deponent has continued to live a neighbor to them in Half Moon aforesaid, during which time the said John and Elisabeth Derby continued to live together as husband & wife and until the said John died. The said John Derby died in said Town of Half Moon

a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States in the fall of 1843, and left his wife the said Elizabeth a widow who now still lives in said Town of Wolf Moon, The said John and Elizabeth Derby were always reputed in the neighborhood in which they lived in said Town of Wolf Moon to be husband and wife and were believed to be such and universally acknowledged to be such by the inhabitants of the said Town of Wolf Moon.
Thomas Clements
Subscribed and affirmed to before me this 25 th day of November 1848, and I certify that the said Thomas Clements is a credible witness, Moses Clements Justice of the peace in & for said county,

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Benjamin Chadsey, a resident of the Town of Clifton Park in said County of Saratoga being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that in the year Seventeen hundred and Ninety Three he came to live in the present Town of Clifton Park, then a part of the Town of Half Moon in said County. That Deponent is now a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States. That in the year Seventeen hundred and Ninety Six Deponent came to live on the farm in said Clifton Park where he now resides and where he has resided ever since 1796. As aforesaid it being in the month of November of that year. That in said Month of November in the year of Seventeen hundred and Ninety six Deponent became acquainted with John Derby then living with his wife Elisabeth in said Town of Half Moon and within three miles of this Deponent. That it was then and there currently reported and believed in the neighborhood in which they then resided that they had been duly married to each other in Half Moon, but a short time before Deponent became acquainted with them in November of 1796 as aforesaid, but Deponent is unable to state precisely how long they had been married before he became acquainted with them. That they continued to live together as husband and wife from the time that Deponent first became acquainted with them in November of 1796. as aforesaid until the said John Derby died. The said John Derby died in the fall of 1843. in said Town of Half Moon and was at the said time of his death a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States. That since his death the said Elisabeth, his said wife

has remained his widow single and unmarried. Deponent was also well acquainted with Benjamin Rosekrans Esq. who was a Justice of the Peace when Deponent moved on his present farm in 1796, as afore- said and who was then reputed to have married the said John and Elizabeth Derby in the winter of said 1796, to each other as aforesaid. Deponents Daughter Elisa was a child of about one year old when Deponent moved on his present farm and first became acquainted with the said John & Elizabeth Derby and Deponents said Daughter would be if now living about fifty three years of age, she being born on the 24 th of June 1795. as appears from Deponents family Record.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 25 th day of November A.D. 1848.
Benjamin his Chadsey Mark
Moses Clements Justice of the peace in and for said County.
I hereby certify that Benjamin Chadsey the above Deponent is a credible witness, whose testimony upon any subject is entitled to full faith and credit, that he is now unable to write his name in consequence of the infirmities of age, and that he signed the said above deposition before me by making his mark or crop. And further that the facts contained in the said deposition were by the said Benjamin Chadsey commu- -nicated to me before the execution of the said above deposition. Moses Clements Justice of the peace in and for said County.

State of New York Saratoga County
Anthony S. Badgley, a resident of the Town of Half Moon in the aforesaid County of Saratoga of lawful age being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that in the month of April in the year Seventeen hundred and Ninety nine, Depo- -nent came to live in said Town of Half Moon where he now resides and where he has resided ever since, and then, to wit, in April of 1799 as aforesaid lived within one fourth of a Mile of John and Elisabeth Derby then living in said Town of Half Moon, Said John and Elisabeth Derby were living together as husband and wife passed as such husband and wife, were recog- -nised as such by their neighbors, acquaintan- -ces, and the inhabitants of the said Town of Half Moon, That from the time Deponent first became acquainted with the said John and Elisabeth Derby in the month of April in the year 1799, as aforesaid they continued to live together as husband and wife until the said John died, The said Elisabeth is now the widow of the said John Derby and still lives in said Town of Half Moon.
Anthony S. Badgley
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 25 th day of November 1848, And I certify that the said Anthony S. Badgley is a credible Witness.
Moses Clements Justice of the peace in and for said county.

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James Dunn a resident of the Town of Stillwater in the said County of Saratoga aged Sixty Three years being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that he is now well acquainted with Elizabeth Derby who is now the widow of John Derby who died a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States in the adjoining Town of Half Moon in the month of December in the year 1843. That Deponent, although young at the time, well and distinctly remembers the time that the said John and Elizabeth Derby were married to each other. Deponent was born and bred in said Town of Stillwater and has been acquainted with the said John and Elizabeth Derby from his earliest recollection and before the said John and Elizabeth were married to each other. The said John and Elizabeth Derby were duly married to each other in said Town of Half Moon in the year Seventeen hundred and Ninety six. Deponent was not present at their said marriage but well remembers the report thereof in the neighborhood at the time it occurred and which report Deponent verily believes true. That the said John and Elizabeth continued to live together as husband and wife from the time of their marriage in 1796 as aforesaid, as husband and wife up to the time the said John died as aforesaid. The said John lived previous to his said marriage in said Town of Half Moon and the said Elizabeth then lived in said Town of Stillwater and bore the maiden name of Corpe. At the time the

Said John and Elizabeth were married as afore- said in 1796. Deponent was about Eleven years of age and Deponent is now aged Sixty three years as aforesaid and then, to wit, in 1796, lived near the said John and Elizabeth.
James Dunn
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 27 th day of November 1848. And I Certify that the said James Dunn is a credible witness.
Moses Clements Justice of the peace in and for said County.

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Peter Dinn a resident of the Town of Stillwater in said County of Saratoga, aged Sixty Eight years, being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that he was well acquainted with John Derby deceased of Wolf Moon in said County and is now well acquainted with his widow Elizabeth who now resides in said Town of Wolf Moon adjoining said Town of Stillwater. Deponent was born and bred in said Town of Stillwater and has been acquainted with the said John and Elizabeth Derby from his earliest Recollections, That Deponent well remembers the time that the said John and Elizabeth Derby were married to each other. They were duly married to each other as Deponent then understood and which he verily believes true in said Town of Wolf Moon, in the year Seventeen hundred and Ninety Six. Deponent was not present at their said marriage but well remembers the report thereof at the time it occurred in the year of 1796 as aforesaid. Deponent was at the time the said John and Elizabeth were married as aforesaid about Sixteen years of age and Deponent is now aged Sixty Eight as aforesaid. Deponent has continued to be acquainted with the said John and Elizabeth Derby up to the time of the death of the said John Derby during which time the said John and Elizabeth Derby continued to live together as husband and wife from the time of their said marriage in 1796 as aforesaid until the said John died. The said John Derby died a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States in the month of  in the year 1843, in said Town of Wolf Moon and

and left his wife the said Elizabeth his time surviving who now still lives in said half Moon. The said John Verley previous to his said marriage lived in said Town of Half Moon and the said Elizabeth then lived in said Town of Stillwater and bore the maiden name of Corpe.
Peter Dunn
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 27 th day of November 1848. And I certify that the said Peter Dunn is a credible witness
Moses Clements Justice of the peace in and for said county.
State of New York } Saratoga County }
I James W. Horton Clerk of the said County of Saratoga, do hereby certify that Moses Clements Esq. before whom the foregoing deposition of Peter Dunn, and the annexed deposition of Henry Rosekrans, William Fullerton, Rebecca Fullerton, Jane Skinner, Moses Tripp, Thomas Clements, Benjamin Chadeay, Anthony S. Badgley, and James Dunn, purport to have been sworn and executed, was at the respective dates of the said depositions and during the month of November, 1848, an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the said County of Saratoga duly elected and qualified and authorized to act as such Justice, and that his respective signatures to the jurats and certificates of the said depositions are genuine and all and each of them in his own proper hand-writing.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of the said County this 11 th day of January A.D. 1849.
James W. Horton Clerk of Saratoga County

John Daily, Saratoga Co NY, act 7 June 1832/6333
To what time was he last paid?
Pension Office
4.6.8.
March 6. 1849
Died 29 th Dec r 1843
Price to his death 1843

State of New York } Saratoga County } Amended Declaration of John Darby as required in the Brief transmitted with his Bill, which Amended was made on Oath before Joseph Reed a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Saratoga on the 2nd day of January
1833
In answer to the 10 th paragraph the declarant would refer the Department to the declaration that in June 1775 Entered the Service as a Volunteer that on Entering, he Enlisted and took the place of one Daniel Vallar & served seven months and was discharged with the remainder of his Company at a place called Dagestie or Dorchester near Roxbury, Reference to full declaration.
That in the Year 1776 he again Enlisted in the Month of March (the last of the same) for ten months as stated in the full declaration that he served in the manner as stated in the declaration made by him before the Court and was discharged as stated after the term of service for which he enlisted had expired which was ten months.
That in the Year 1777 in the Month of October was drafted in a Company as stated in my Declaration marched to a place called Totten's Hill was out on duty as stated in declaration two months.
This statement embraces the different Sums and the aggregate of which will amount to Nineteen months for which Service I claim a pension.
And I further certify that it is not within my power to prove the term by which I held the office of County Colonel. I therefore relinquish it and now declare for the Service of a private only.
John Darby
I Joseph Reed a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Saratoga certify that on the 2nd day of January 1833 personally came before me the within named John Darby who subscribed and sworn to the above declaration and I further certify that I am personally acquainted with the said John Darby and believe him to be a man whose character for truth and veracity stands high in the estimation of the public.
Clifton Park
Joseph Reed Justice

State of New York Saratoga County } I Alpheus Goodrich Clerk of the County of Saratoga do certify that Joseph Reed before whom the within Affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same one of the Justices of the peace in and for said County & that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name sub- scribed to the said Affidavit to be his proper hand writing and Signature —
Witness my hand and Seal of office the seventeenth day of January 1833 —
A Goodrich Clerk

Mechanicsville Sept 25 th 1855
Dear Sir
I want to Enquire at your office whether a Person named Seth W. Higgins or David W. Waite, has applied for a Certificate of Bounty Land for Elizabeth Darby, who is a Pensioner under the act of July 29 th 1848 and Widow of John Darby, who was a Private in the Revolutionary war. The Individuals above named Came to her Residence on the 20 th of March last Past and Taken her Deposition to send to your office. They have uniformly told that they had so done, until Saturday the 22 nd Instant, when they both deny having sent on for it at all. And say they will not send unless paid for what they have already done - All Evidently to Extort Money from an old decrepid Lady whose only mode of Living is on the Bounty of Government. By addressing a line to the undersigned would Confer a Great Favour as to what has been done in the Matter of her Land Warrant to John G. Grant Hon Robert McClelland Secretary of Interior Washington D.C. Mechanicsville Saratoga Co N.Y.

John G. Grant Mechanicsville - Md.
September 25. 1855
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Enquiring whether Seth W. Higgins, or David W. Watts, has applied for Bounty Lands, for Mrs Elizabeth Darby widow of John Darby, a soldier of the Revolution
Ms. July 48 - no 97
Respectfully referred to the Comm. of Pensions for attention.
Dept. of War Sept 28/55
Chas. S. Fairley
Aug. 1855
Refer to Pension Off.
Boynton
28 Sep 1855

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, March 26 th 1856.
I Hereby Certify , That from an examination of the Books and Documents relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of John Darby is borne on pay roll of Capt. William Barron's Comp. Col. John Fellows's Regt. from April 21. to Oct. 6. 1775 as private, from Groton.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
H. D. Wells Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Clifton Park NY March 29 th 1858
Dear Sir
I forward you the Enclosed Certificate from the Secretary of War as referred to by letter of the 8 th Nov 1855, Mrs Elizabeth Hanby Wid of John Hanby Declaration under the Act of 3 rd March 1855 N o 32,989 is suspended for want of Record Evidence of his services the Certificate I enclose I hope will be satisfactory
Yours Respectfully
J. W. Higgins

Washington 30 January 1849
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of pensions
Dr. Sir
Herewith enclosed are the papers of Elizabeth Derby, widow of John Derby, claiming the benefits of the recent laws upon the subject of pensions. The parties, witnesses and most of them well known to me, and are persons of high respectability and entitled to full credit and belief.
Respectfully Yours
Hugh White