Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R 2,645, Job Daniel, N.C.

Nb.
Daniel Job
R 2645
or Joab
Elizabeth
CONTENTS

2645
Joseph Bryan of H. L.

In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress passed July 4 th 1836 Declaration
State of Tennessee } Franklin County } S.S.
On this 17 th day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty two personally appeared before the Subscribed an acting Justice of the Peace Mrs Elizabeth Daniel aged ninety one year old past, and being first duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath make the following Declaration That she is the widow of Job Daniel who served in the North Carolina line in the war of the Revolution and also in the militia of the same State, that he first went from home to Kingston in the State of North Carolina and enlisted to serve officer therein for the term of the war but only being four months he served only that length of time, but previous to this term of service he served two terms of three months each, that all this service was done after affiant was married to the above stated Job Daniel in the State of North Carolina that he did the above service the affiant thinks it was done in the year seventeen hundred and eighty

one and two, Affiant further declares that she was married in the year Seventeen hundred and Seventy eight in the County of _____ in the State of North Carolina Affiant further declares that her husband Job Daniel before mentioned died in the year eighteen hundred and Twenty four, teen leaving her a widow that she has not intermarried but still continues the widow of Job Daniel Affiant further declares that she has no papers nor evidence in her possession by which to establish, the service of her husband service, nor her marriage but hopes to establish the same by the proof accompanying this declaration as otherwise furnished
Elizabeth his X Daniel
Be it known that on this 17 th day of June A.D 1852 personally appeared before me an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State above mentioned Mrs Elizabeth Daniel, and signed and swore that the facts set forth in the foregoing Declaration are true, and I would certify that Mrs Elizabeth Daniel who makes the above Declaration is personally known to me and that she is a person in whom true faith and credit can be placed and that her oath would be taken in any Court where she is known, I would further certify that it is common knowledge among all the old citizens, that I know Job Daniel (the husband of Elizabeth Daniel who makes the above Declaration)

That he served in the War of The Revolution In Testimony where of I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Seal The day and year last above written
D. D. Smith Justice of The Peace for Franklin Co, Tennessee
State of Tennessee Franklin County } To Wit, I, Wm C Gaylon Clerk of The County Court in and for The County and State aforesaid would hereby certify that D. D. Smith Esq before whom the foregoing Declaration acknowledgment and affidavits were taken is an acting Justice of the Peace duly Commissioned and Sworn, and the signature purporting to be his are genuine
In Testimony where of I have hereunto Set my hand and affixed my Seal of office at office in Winchester this 21 st day of June 1832 Wm C Gaylon clk

State of Tennessee } Franklin County } S.S.
On this 5 th day of September in the the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty three personally appeared before the subscriber an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County John Wagoner. Aged. years past and being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following affidavit that he was raised in the State of North Carolina and there first knew Job Daniel who was a Revolutionary soldier in the war of the Revolution that he knew him when a boy and often talked with him in regard to his service in the war that he left his wife at home while he was in service this was shortly after the close of said war and shortly after he said Daniel had come out of the service that he spoke of being at Charleston South Carolina and returned home from there - and in the neighborhood in which they lived in North Carolina Job Daniel was looked on as a man who had served during the war of the Revolution - that affiant did not see Job Daniel enter the service though I saw him when he came home from the service and affiant further was not in the war previously and took effort to find out of Job Daniel to see him when he came home and they talked of the service - at the time and at that time he had three children and his wife had to support said children while he was in the service. affiant further declared that he afterwards knew Job Daniel in Tennessee and that his wife was still living with him - her name was Elizabeth Daniel - and she was the identical same person who was his wife when he came out of service that she said Job Daniel died some forty years past and was buried in the neighborhood in which affiant now lives - being Elizabeth Daniel a widow and she has never intermarried but continues a widow - affiant is so sure of the service of the above stated Job Daniel in the war of the Revolution that he thinks if any are showed him a pension on account of the services of their husband in the Revolution

Mrs Elizabeth Surill should be absent further declares that he has no interest in her application for a pension in any way whatever -
John Wagoner
Sworn and subscribed before me an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County above written and I would hereby certify that John Wagoner who makes the above affidavit is an old citizen of said County and full faith and credit should be placed in his statements in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand - this 5 th day of September A.D. 1853
Thos. French (Seal) Justice of the Peace for Franklin Co., Tennessee
State of Tennessee } Franklin County } S.S.
Job
I - Wm C Gaylon, Clerk of the County
not in and for the County and State above written would hereby certify that Thomas French Esq before whom the foregoing affidavit was taken is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and sworn and his signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of said County this 11 th day of September A.D. 1853
Wm C Gaylon Clerk

Mailed without check with P.L. August 22, 1930.
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Mrs. Adam J. Kahler, Route #2, Box 169 Crane, Missouri.
BA-J/ILL/CC Job Daniel R.2645
Dear Madam:
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in pension claim, R.2645, based upon service of Job Daniel in the Revolutionary War.
Job Daniel married in Wayne County, North Carolina, about 1778, the date not given, Elizabeth Andress and lived with her in New Bern, North Carolina, at the time he entered service in the Revolutionary War; he returned to that place and died "about two years after the big shake", the date not given; it was stated also that he died in about 1814, and was buried in the neighborhood of Franklin County, Tennessee.
Elizabeth Daniel, the widow of Job Daniel, was a resident of Lawrence County, Tennessee, on December 28, 1844, at which time she was aged about eighty-two years. She was referred to then as the widow of a soldier and the mother of soldiers; the date and place of her birth and the names of her parents are not shown. She applied then for the pension which might have been due for service of her husband in the Revolutionary War, and made a second application in June 1852. It was stated then that Job Daniel served two tours of three months each as a private, that he enlisted at Kingston, North Carolina, and served twelve months as private in Captain Rickerson Weeks' (not clearly written) company, was present in Charleston, South Carolina "at a feast given when peace was made just before his return", that he came on a vessel which was dismantled and sunk; it was stated also that he served about two years in the Revolutionary War.
Her claim for pension was not allowed as she failed to furnish proof of service of her husband, Job Daniel, as required by the pension law under which she applied.

Reference was made to three children of Job Daniel and his wife, Elizabeth; Abner, the oldest, who died when young, William and Isaac Daniel. In 1852, said William resided in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee; his age was given then several years past sixty-two years, also, as at least seventy-two years. William and Isaac were then the oldest living children of the soldier. There are no further data in regard to the soldier's family.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

1939 - April 23 - Hist to Felix W. Mottlow - J.L.R. 1939 - Aug 22 - Hist to Mrs. Aden J. Kahler C.G.
Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
2645
P. O. _____
Elizabeth Daniel
Service: _____
Joab
Enlisted: _____, 18
REJECTED
Discharged: _____, 18
Printed Volume - Rejected - Suspended Pensions - Page 394 -
Application filed: Reason for Suspension 481
For proof of service from the Raleigh records, and the date of the marriage
Alleges: Act of July 4 - 1836.
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

No 7849 Elizabeth Daniel widow of Job Tenn
Joseph Bryan Sep 9 1852
Surge 6th 6 "
J. C. Brent June 11 1853
No 11413
Elizabeth Pames Mdm of Job
215 William P. Pyles April 18 J. W. Newman Oct 9/53
Act 4 July 1886

The National Archives
Washington, D. C.
OFFICIAL BUSINESS
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Administrator of Veterans' Affairs Veterans' Administration Washington 25, D. C.

Sep. 14, 1853.
Let. in case of Elizabeth Waniel, Widow of Joab 2
William Waniel, Lawrenceburg, Tenn.
Washington City D. C.
Off. of the President of Tennessee

Lawrenceburg Tennessee
Sept 6 th 1853.
Dear Sir
Hearstofore my Mother Mrs Elizabeth Darnil, filed her application for a pension, as the widow of Joel Darnil a Revolutionary Soldier, who served during the Revolutionary War as a private in the Continental line, will you write to me at this place, the condition of my Mother's application, and the defect in the proof if any, and such other facts necessary for full understanding of the case, and a copy of such papers as are on file in your office in relation to the pension of Mrs Elizabeth Darnil.
Very respectfully
your ob st Servt.
William Darnil.
To
The Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City, D. C.

6413
Elizabeth Daniel now of Noab Petition for pension act 4 July 1836
W th February 25. 1895
Adm l C. Brooke
Jacob
Perk Q.S. P214. R100

State of Tennessee Lawrence County } ss.
On the 28 th day of December 1844, personally appeared before me, William A. Edmiston a Justice of the peace of said county Elizabeth Ann Daniel, a resident of said county, in said state, aged, as she believes, eighty two years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of such provisions as have been made by acts of Congress: That she is the widow of Joab Daniel, who was a soldier in the wars of the American Revolution, that her said husband served in various places in North Carolina & at Charleston South Carolina, at which last place he was present at a feast given when peace was made just before his return to Newbern, North Carolina where he resided before he went into the army, and after his return for many years. This affiant, by reason of her great age & infirmities & the troubles which have afflicted her is unable to remember the names of the officers & places with whom & where her said husband, served particularly: she remembers that he served one tour of duty under Capt James  Richard Weeks & that he was long absent & that on his return home from Charleston by sea the vessel was dismayed & sunk by which disaster he lost his discharge & that she has no documentary evidence of these facts whatever.
This affiant further saith that she is

by reason of her said infirmities & loss of memory unable to state the precise time of her marriage, but she affiant to her said husband before the com- mencement of said war; that her said hus- band died about two years after the said battle which she believes is then thirty two years ago: that she has remained a widow ever since as will more fully appear by the proof hereunto annexed, her husband served about two years in age Sworn to & subscribed } Elizabeth her Daniel before me this December } mat h the twenty eighth one thous. and eight hundred & forty four
W m A Edmiston (P)
I William A. Edmiston, the justice of Peace afore said, hereby certify that I am acquainted with Mrs Elizabeth Daniel, the affiant aforesaid & that I consider her a respectable old lady, entirely worthy of credit. That she is very infirm & appears to be very aged. I have no doubt, from the open- of persons long acquainted with her & from the common belief of her neighbors that she is the identical person she represents herself to be in the foregoing affidavit. She states that she knows of no one, near her, or anywhere else, now alive, who served with her said husband & that she did not know until lately, within a year or two that a pension would be allowed to widows of old sol- diers. Given under my hand this day a date aforesaid (Dec r 28/44)
W m A Edmiston (P)

State of Tennessee Lawrence County } ss.
In the County Court January Term 1845 Be it remembered that the foregoing declaration of Elizabeth Daniel, made before William A. Edmiston Esq. was this 6 th January 1845 proved in open court by the oath of said William A. Edmiston at the date of said declaration, one of the Justices of the peace for said county, & ordered to be recorded. The court further say that they believe the said widow is, as she states, the widow of Job Daniel & that they fully believe, from the evidence before them that she has stated the truth as far as her great & close of memory enable her to do
I Stephen A. Carrell Clerk of the county court of Lawrence County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said court in the matter of the application of Elizabeth Daniel, widow of Job Daniel deceased, for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & seal (there being no public seal in my office) this 8 th January 1845 1845
{ Private Seal }
S. A. Carrell clerk

To
Gen Tho. S. Jessup.
Sir
These are the papers which ought to have accompanied my letter to you, soliciting your good offices in behalf of petitioner. I hope you will be able to give her petition success
Respectfully &c.
W. H. Rowles
Late Sup. Creek. vol.

I know all men by these presents That I Elizabeth Daniel of the County of Franklin and State of Tennessee do here by nominate constitute and appoint Faye W. Newman of the County of Knox and the same here my True and Lawfull Attorney for me and in my name place and stead to prosecute the General Government of the United States for a pension due me under act of Congress of July 4 th 1836 for services rendered by my late husband in the war of the Revolution, giving power to my Attorney to do any and every thing that an Attorney can do  in my name and in my name whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this 17 th day of June A.D. 1852,
Signed sealed and delivered { Elizabeth her Daniel in presence of { mark
State of Tennessee { Franklin County { S.S.
Be it known That on this 17 th day of June A.D. 1852 personally appeared before me an acting justice of the Peace Elizabeth Daniel and acknowledged the foregoing power of Attorney to be her act and deed for the purposes therein contained
D. D. Smith
Justice of the Peace for Franklin Co Tennessee

Elizabeth Davis
Additional testimony
J. Bryan off H. C.

State of North Carolina
Wayne County } I John T Green clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions of the County of Wayne State aforesaid, do hereby certify that I have made diligent search in my office for a marriage license or Bond for Job Daniel to Elizabeth Andrews and cannot find any such paper in said office. I would further state that the records of this office at that date viz 1779, & 80 are very imperfect.
In witness my hand & seal of office at Goldsboro this the 14 th day September A D 1852
John T Green clerk

Elizabeth Daniel To } Power } attorney W. P. Rowles
Jobb 3
Book 25. B 214. R 100-

State of Tennessee } Lawrence County }
Know all men by these presents that I Elizabeth Daniel, widow of Job Daniel a Revolutionary soldier, do hereby constitute & appoint W. H. Rowles my lawful attorney for me & in my name to apply for have & receive for my use whatever pension may be allowed by act of Congress to the widows of Revolutionary soldiers. Hereby confirming & ratifying all the legal acts of my said attorney in the premises. Witness my hand & seal This 28 th December 1844
Sealed and } delivered in } presence of } John Stephenson
Elizabeth Lee X Daniel mark Seal
A. S. Alexander proven Jan 20 th 1845 by A. S. A.
State of Tennessee } Personally appeared before me Lawrence County } Stephen A. Carrrell clerk of the county court of said county John Stephenson & A. S. Alexander subscribing witnesses to the above power of attorney who after being duly sworn depose & say that they are acquainted with Elizabeth Daniel whose name is signed to the above power of attorney & that she signed sealed or acknowledged the same in their presence to be her act and deed for the pur- poses therein contained & upon the day it bears date Witness S. A. Carrrell clerk of said court at office Jan. 20 th 1845.
S. A. Carrrell clerk
Private seal -

6413 / 214.
5 Feb. 1845
Hon. A. V. Mann
No Letter
No 6389.
Re Feb 25. 1845.
Elizabeth Daniel
Wards in the papers in regards to a pension for Mrs. Elizabeth Daniels. —
Respectfully ref. to the correspondence of Pensions.
W. J. G. H. p. encl.
Joab 4 Feb 25 th / 45.
Book 25. P 100.
See February 5. 1845.

I respectfully return these papers to the Pension Office & request Colonel Edwards to cause them to be filed Miss. G. L. S. up Feb. 24 th /65.

Table for the Pay of the Soldiers of the Continental Service at the Rate of 7/6 Dollars or 90 Pence
(PRIVATE) File No. 32,809
   Days 1-----$00.20 16----- 3.50   2----- .40 17----- 3.70   3----- .60 18----- 4.00   4----- .80 19----- 4.20   5----- 1.10 20----- 4.40   6----- 1.30 21----- 4.60   7----- 1.50 22----- 4.80   8----- 1.70 23----- 5.10   9----- 2.00 24----- 5.30   10----- 2.20 25----- 5.50   11----- 2.40 26----- 5.70   12----- 2.60 27----- 6.00   13----- 2.80 28----- 6.20   14----- 3.10 29----- 6.40   15----- 3.30 Month 1-30----- 6.60  
   Month 2 - 60 $13.30   Month 3 - 90 $20.00   Month 4 - 120 $26.60   Month 5 - 150 $33.30   Month 6 - 180 $40.00   Month 7 - 210 $46.60   Month 8 - 240 $53.30  
I certify that the above is a true copy of the Table for the Pay of the Soldiers of the Continental Service as found in the records of the Old Records Section, Adjutant General's Office, Department of the Army, National Archives, Washington, D. C.
James E. Donahay  JAMES E. DONAHAY
Authority: Veterans Administration Form 4505
AUG 22 1949

Washington 7 June 1855
Sir
In the suspended case of Elizabeth Danie of Tennessee widow of Job for pension under the Act of July 14. 1836 the name of the deceased soldier is in one or two of the papers erroneously spelt Job & the Department has looked upon it as two cases - numbered 7849 & 6413 - whereas the applications of 28 Decr 1844 & 17 June 1852 were made by the same individual. I therefore respect- fully request that the papers in these cases be put together & We shall be prepared to furnish any additional testimony required by the Department to make out this case. The proof of service is sustained  forwarded as to Com- mon report is sustained  forwarded by several witnesses, as is also the age of the children & that the declarant is the widow of Job Danie decd. The Certificate of the Comptroller of A.C. shows that he received $750.00 for his Military Services
Am D Waldo Comm'tee.
Sincerely J Carroll Brent for J.M.C.

July 8 th 1850
In the Matter of Mrs. Eliz to Davis widow of Job of Lumpkin
Kirby
Joseph Bryan of this

State of North Carolina { Comptroller's Office
I, William I. Clarke, Comptroller of public accounts in and for the State aforesaid, do hereby certify that it appears of record in my office, among the payments made by said State to sundry persons for Military services in the Revolutionary War, as follows, to wit:
Job Daniel, a soldier of the Continental Line.
Vol. 10 "Payments, in 1782 to the 18 months' drafts"
Job Daniel $76 \frac{60}{100} Seventy six dollars, and sixty cents.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal of office this 20. day of July 1852 Wm. I. Clarke Comptlr.

Washington City Oct 12. 1852.
J. E. Heath Esq. Comd. of Pensions.
Sir.
I beg to enclose herewith a certificate of the plunk of the County Court of Wayne County N.Y. in relation to the marriage bond of Joel Daniel & Elizabeth his wife which I ask may be filed with the papers of Dr. Elizabeth Daine now on file
Very respectfully &c Joseph Bryan

Advt Ev: not does prove any length of service - affiant only believes he was in service having seen him return & talk with him
Inst 7

Winchester Tennessee Sept 6 th 1853
L P Waddel Esq Commissioner &c Washington City
Sir enclosed you will find further additional evidence in the case of Elizabeth Daniel widow of Job - you will please report the same to me
Your Most Abt Servt &c Isaac M Newman Esq Winchester Tennessee

Washington City July 2. 1852
Genl. G. Smith Esq. Comd. of Pension
Sir
I have the honour to submit herewith the declaration of Mrs. Elizabeth Stanley of Tennessee & widow of Col. asking for a Pension under the act of Congress of the 4 th July 1830.
Very respectfully &c Jas. Bryan

100.
Rowles
Lawrenceburgh Tenn
Jan. 6. 1845.
Mr. P.
resonance
The enclosures referred to were not received. -
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Very Hon. Mr. T. H. G. G. Washington D.C.
January 20th -
Joab
Book 25.
The. Jan. 16. 1845.

Dec 25 Tue Jan 16 1845
Jan 20/45 W. Lawrence
52 Park St.
Washington D.C. My dear Sir,
The enclosed referred to was not received. - 18
Lawrenceburg Ind. Jan. 6. 1845.
100 30 Yours truly J. M. [unclear]
I respectfully refer this letter to Genl. Lawrence, and request that Dr. Hawles be informed of the testimony required to establish the claims of Mr. Dwight to a share of the patent.

Wm P.
Rowles
Lawrenceburgh Tenn
Jan. 6. 1845.
The enclosure referred to were not received. -
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Washingtn D.C. Gen. Thos. J. Gist
January 20th -
7 Feb.
I respectfully refer this letter to Genl. Edwards, and request that Dr. Rowles be informed of the testimony required to establish the claim of Mr. Daniel to a pension.
Wm P. Rowles Jan. 20 th / 45.
Book 25.
The. Jan. 16. 1845.

Lawrenceburg Tennessee January 6/45
Gen. Jessup.
Dear Sir,
The very kind & efficient aid you gave me, some years since, in having a claim, for services in Florida, settled, has induced me to invoke your influence in behalf of a most deserving & needy old lady, the widow of a revolutionary soldier. The papers, herewith enclosed to you, will show that Eliz th Daniel, widow of Job Daniel, is 82 years old, has no written proof of her husband's services, nor any knowledge of living witnesses. I examined her myself before the certifying magistrate, & am fully satisfied she has a clear title to a pension, as widow of a private under the statute of 1836 as amended by subsequent statutes. If she can obtain the benefit of her country, at all, she must have it soon. She is old, feeble & poor, but, for one of her age & sphere in life, a very respectable old lady.
In applying to me to assist her, she said, "as you have been a soldier I feel confident you can feel sympathy for the sorrows & sufferings of one who was a soldier's wife, & the mother of

soldiers before you were born." My heart responds to these touching words. And I, who only have the honor of having passed a few months under the flag of my country in Florida, beg leave to turn over the old lady's appeal to one who has spent his whole life in the "tented field," & not only knows how to feel for a soldier, but, fortunately for many who have written a friend, occupies such a position as enables him to give them most valuable assistance.
I hope, sir, there is nothing improper in requesting you to second this petition to the pension office with such remarks, from you , as will secure it early & favorable attention. I shall feel much gratified if, by your friendly aid, I shall be able to tell the old weather-beaten relic of a gallant soldier, that his country has provided for her wants.
I will remark that the weather this winter has been uncommonly mild; not a particle of snow, but little rain, temperature often 75^{\circ} F. Peaches & other fruits very large, several of the summer birds have straggled back to their old quarters.
Very Respectfully
Your ob. S t
W. P. Rowles
Formerly Surgeon Creek Vol.

A BILL
To provide for the erection of a memorial at the grave of Elizabeth Daniel, the widow of Joseph (Job) Daniel, a Revolutionary War soldier.
By Mr. McKELLAR
JUNE 24 (legislative day, JUNE 2), 1949
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration
JULY 20 (legislative day, JUNE 2), 1949
The Committee on Rules and Administration discharged and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

81ST CONGRESS 1ST SESSION
S. 2143
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
JUNE 24 (legislative day, JUNE 2), 1949
Mr. McKELLAR introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration
JULY 20 (legislative day, JUNE 2), 1949
The Committee on Rules and Administration discharged, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To provide for the erection of a memorial at the grave of Elizabeth Daniel, the widow of Joseph (Job) Daniel, a Revolutionary War soldier.
1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 3       That the Secretary of the Army is authorized and directed 4       to cause to be erected at the grave of Elizabeth Daniel (the 5       widow of Joseph (Job) Daniel, who served in the Revolu- 6       tionary War from November 4, 1775, to May 16, 1777, 7       as a member of the First South Carolina Regiment and 8       during 1781 and 1782 as a member of the Continental Army 9       in North Carolina), at Ridgeville, Moore County, Tennessee, 10       a memorial bearing a suitable inscription and costing ap-

1 proximately $886, the amount of the pension which she 2 was entitled to receive but which was not paid to her, the 3 Commissioner of Pensions having failed to render a decision 4 upon her application for such pension prior to her death.
5 SEC. 2. The Archivist of the United States is authorized 6 and directed to cause a copy of this Act to be placed in 7 the pension case file of Job Daniel (R-2, 645) in the 8 Archives of the United States.

Pension Office
June 11 1855
Sir
The papers in the two cases of Elizabeth Daniel of Lynn have been put together, at your request, though I cannot conceive how it will benefit your clients, Elizabeth Daniel, who claimed to be the widow of Joab , seems to have been of Lawrence Co Lynn, she claimed that her husband rendered much service in North & South Carolina, and John Wagoner declared that while he did not see him in service, he saw him on his return from service.
The last declaration was made in Franklin Co Lynn, the widow, with a certificate of the N.C. Comp-troller before her, declares that she is the widow of Job Daniels, who served one year and John Wagoner, who seems to be acquainted with both widows & their husbands, testifies as to the age of some of the children but does not say or word about any knowledge that he had of her

Husband's service,
Now taking it for granted that one and the same widow made both these declarations, and I have no doubt of it - It is not strange that her two  two two statements should not more nearly correspond, especially when she declares that the service was rendered after her marriage? and it is to be presumed she could not be ignorant of when and where and how long her husband served,
The case can only be admitted upon the clearest evidence of her husband's service, and proof of the date of her marriage,
I would, also, observe that I do not find any authority among the papers to you to prosecute the case,
June 11/55
J. C. Brent Esq
Present

State of Tennessee } Franklin County } S.S.
On this 18 th day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty two personally appeared before the subscriber an acting justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid Joseph Smith and being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following affidavit That he was well acquainted with Col Daniel the husband of Elizabeth Daniel who now lives in the County of Franklin Tennessee That he knew Col Daniel at a very early day in the settlement of this County and he was a man who was strictly honest , and a upright man, and affiant has always heard and it has always been understood among the neighbors and in the neighborhood in which said Col Daniel resided that he served in the war of the Revolution That he affiant thinks and believes that he served in said war affiant further declares that, Elizabeth Daniel above mentioned is the identical widow of Col Daniel above mentioned, that he was well acquainted with the oldest living children of the aforesaid Col and Elizabeth Daniel , and he affiant being now sixty one years of age past, and

he thinks that William Daniel the oldest Child is several years older than he affiant is and he has understood that there was one older than William Affiant thinks that if anyone is entitled to a pension it is Daniel's widow Eliza Daniel is Joseph Smith
I sworn and subscribe before me and acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County and I would certify that Joseph Smith who makes the above affidavit is a Minister of the Gospel and a man in whom true faith and credit may be placed.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto Set my hand this 18 th day of June A.D. 1852
D. D. Smith
Justice of the Peace for Franklin Co. Tennessee

State of Tennessee } County of Franklin } S.S.
On this 17 th day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred fifty two personally appeared before the subscriber an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County Mr John Wagoner aged Sixty four years past and being duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following affidavit That he is well acquainted with Elizabeth Daniel The widow of Job Daniel who was a soldier in the war of The Revolution, That he is well acquainted also with the oldest children of Job and Elizabeth Daniel, William Daniel and Isaac Daniel who are the oldest living children, That there was one older than either of the of the above name whose name was Abner Daniel who died while quite young, affiant would further certify that comparing his own age being now sixty four years of age past , with the age of William Daniel who is now living, He thinks he must be at least eight years older than he affiant now is, for he has conversed with William Daniel in regard to his age and they have compared ages, and from his acquaintance with him he thinks he must be of the age he states him to be Affiant further declares that he has for many years understood that Job Daniel

The husband of Elizabeth Daniel Service in the war of the Revolution and he thinks if any one is entitled to a pension Elizabeth Daniel is,
John Waggoner
Sworn and subscribed before me an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County and I would certify that John Waggoner who makes this affidavit is a man in whom full faith and credit may be placed In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 17 th day of June AD 1852
D. D. Smith
Justice of the Peace for Franklin County
John Waggoner
State of Tennessee } Franklin County } S.S.
On this 17 th day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty two personally appeared before the subscriber, an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid Anna Waggoner aged fifty five years past and being duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath make the following affidavit That she is well acquainted with Elizabeth Daniel who now lives in the County of Franklin and State of Tennessee, and was also well acquainted with Job Daniel the husband of Elizabeth Daniel above stated, and that he has often told affiant of his service in the war of the Revolution

That he served Three months twice and that after that he served one year leaving his wife at home where he was in the service, that he enlisted in the service at Kingston North Carolina Affiant further declares that she is well acquainted with the oldest living children of Job and Elizabeth Daniel above stated and she would undoubtedly certify that she thinks that William Daniel must be at least seventy two years of age, and she has always under- stood that they had one child older than him
Anna Waggoner
Sworn and Subscribed the day and year last above mentioned and I would certify that Anna Waggoner who makes the above affidavit is a person in whom full faith and credit may be placed and that her oath would be taken in any court where she is known, In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand,
D. D. Smith
Justice of the Peace for Franklin County Tennessee

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309 North Atlantic Street Tullahoma, Tennessee June 1, 1949
Div. of Chief of Veteran's Records, The National Archives, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
I am inclosing a copy of a petition which will be submitted by the descendants of the Revolutionary soldier, Job Daniel, referred to in the pension case file, Daniel, Job, R 2,645, with the purpose of obtaining (through the aid of our Congressmen and Senators) an act of Congress, directing the Memorial Branch of the Army to place a memorial at the grave of Elizabeth Daniel, widow of Job Daniel, at a cost approximately equal to the amount of the pension which she would have received, if her claim for pension had been allowed.
We have positive evidence that this soldier enlisted November 4, 1775, under his correct name, Joseph Daniel. in the 1st South Carolina Regiment, commanded by Col. Charles C. Pinckney, (a part of which regiment was recruited by Pinckney, then a captain, in various towns in North Carolina, including Newbern, the home of Joseph Daniel); that Joseph Daniel was on the rolls of this regiment on December 31, 1776, and omitted from the rolls May 16, 1777--which proves that he served in the 1st South Carolina Regiment (which was at Charleston, S. C.) at least 14 months, and probably 18 months.
Elizabeth Daniel's second declaration of his service, signed June 17, 1852--sustained by the Certificate of the Comptroller of North Carolina, signed July 2, 1852--proves that this soldier, under his nickname, "Job" Daniel, served one year and six months in the Continental Army in North Carolina during the years 1781 and 1782.
The total of his two enlistments was at least two years and eight months, and probably three years.
The record in the National Archives denies any service of Job Daniel in the Revolutionary War. I do not ask you to express an opinion as to the justice of this petition, since, as custodian of the records, it is not in your province to pass judgment on decisions of former Pension Commissioners. But will you, or someone in your Division, be kind enough to help me compute the amount of the pension which Elizabeth Daniel, widow of Job, would have received, if her claim for a pension had been allowed.
I am inclosing a copy of the act of Congress, approved

July 4, 1836, which states that "such widow shall be entitled to receive, during the time she may remain unmarried, the annuity or pension which might have been allowed to her husband, by virtue of the act aforesaid (Act of June 7, 1832), if living at the time it was passed."
The Act of June 7, 1832, states that the soldier's pension would be the same as the pay he received in the army; this does not give any definite information by which I could compute the amount of pension which Elizabeth Daniel would have received, if her claim had been allowed.
By comparing the pensions received by other widows of Revolutionary War soldiers, which are in your files, and not available elsewhere, will you please tell me approximately what a widow would have received in the following assumptions:
Assuming that her husband served 3 years as a private, what would she have received during a period of 19 years (from July 4, 1836 to 1855)?
Assuming that her husband served three years as a private, what would she have received during a period of 11 years (from 1844 to 1855)?
Judging by the pensions allowed to widows, under the act of July 4, 1836, was it customary for the pension to begin at the date of this act (July 4, 1836), or at the date of the claim, or at the date on which the pension was allowed?
As I am trying to submit this petition during this session of Congress, I would greatly appreciate an early reply. I will greatly appreciate any information you may give me in computing the amount of this widow's pension (comparing it with pensions that were allowed), as a Congressional committee would require such information to be submitted with the petition.
This is my first request for records in 1949.
Please return the enclosures.
Yours very truly,
Felix W. Motlow.

Tullahoma, Tenn., April 19, 1937.
The Administrator of Veterans' Affairs, Veterans Administration, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
Was the pension provided by Congress for soldier's widows of Revolutionary War soldiers allowed to Elizabeth Daniel, wife of Joseph Daniel who lived at Newbern, North Carolina, at the time of the Revolutionary War and died in 1813 at his home in Franklin County, Tenn.? Lived near boundary line between Franklin & Lincoln Cos.
Elizabeth Daniel lived near Lynchburg, Lincoln County, Tenn. with her son, Calaway Daniel, and died in 1853. She had other sons and daughters in Franklin County with whom she resided part of the time after the death of her husband. She also had a son named Isaac Daniel in Wayne County, Tenn., and probably other sons or daughters in Lawrence County, Tenn. with whom she visited.
Elizabeth Daniel told her descendants that her husband, Joseph Daniel, was a soldier in the Revolutionary War and that he went through the war. His service was in a South Carolina Regiment, though he resided in North Carolina. He was in the 1st South Carolina Regiment, commanded by Colonel Charles C. Pinckney, who as a captain in 1775 enlisted part of this regiment at Newbern and other towns in North Carolina. She did not have all this information at the time she applied for a pension, but her descendants have discovered it after her death.
It is believed that she applied for a pension while visiting one of her sons or daughters in Lawrence County, Tenn., in 1844. We have part of a copy of an affidavit executed by her in Lawrence County, Tenn., which reads as follows:
"State of Tennessee) "Lawrence County )
"Elizabeth Daniel on the 28th day of December 1844 appears before a justice of the peace to make declaration of service of her husband, Job, Joel or Joseph in Revolutionary War. Had no papers to prove same and no living comrades to prove service of her husband. Stated that on the 28th day of Dec. 1844 she was 37 years of age. That her husband served at various places in North Carolina and at Charleston, S. C., at which place he was present at a feast given when peace was made just before his return to Newbern, N. C. where he resided before he went into the Army and after his return for many years. At time of affidavit 1844 she said her husband died two years 'after the big shake'. She was married before the Revolutionary War."
The above is all of the affidavit that could be read as part of it was torn off. Please send a complete copy of this affidavit if it can be found from the records on file.
Respectfully yours,
Felix W. Motlow (MOTLOW)
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Crane, Mo. August 15, 1939, Veterans Administration, Washington D. C.
Dear Sirs:—
A group of ladies of Crane, Mo. are trying to work up a D.A.R. organization, and as I am one of that group, find I need more information about my grandfather, Reuben Daniel and my great grandfather, Job Daniel .
Mrs. Frank D. Harris, State vice-Regent Columbia, Mo. suggested I write you for this needed information.
Will give you the facts as I got them from a book that has some family history — A Reminiscent History of the Ozark Region . This book is in my possession.
Job Daniel probably was born in England. Do not know in which month or year, but his son Reuben was born in North Carolina and when a young lad moved with his parents from Georgia to Franklin Co. Tenn. , where Job Daniel died. Do not know in what year; neither do I know when he came to America, or to whom, or when he married, or when he moved from N.C. to Georgia.
However he was a soldier in the Revolution. Do not know if he was a Rev. pensioner.

W.C. 98337
My grandfather, Reuben Daniel, was a soldier in the First Arkansas United States Army, but died at his home, in Washington Co., Ark. in April 1868, while on a furlough. Do not have his birth date nor when he was married to Susan Watts, a native of Franklin Co., Tenn. To this union eleven children were born:
The mother died in Stone Co., Mo. (I can get her birth & death dates from her grave stone) and was a Civil War pensioner .
My father, Isaac H. A. Daniel was also a pensioner having been a soldier in Company B, First Arkansas Cavalry, Union Army. Was born 9-30-1830. Died Dec. 17-1891. Was married to Margaret Butler 9-12-1854. They were the parents of 18 children.
Can give the names of my father's sisters & brothers some of which were also soldiers in the Civil War. One, Andrew Baxter Daniel, was killed at the battle of Missionary Ridge.
Am greatly hoping you can help me, and am thanking you in advance.
Sorry I can't give you more facts to work from. Do not know which State Job Daniel served from.
Sincerely
Mrs. Adam J. Kahler, Crane, Mo. R.2. Box 169.

A PETITION TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES
Submitted by the descendants of the Revolutionary War soldier, Joseph (Job) Daniel, and his wife Elizabeth Andress Daniel.
Whereas Elizabeth Daniel, widow of a Revolutionary War soldier, Joseph (Job) Daniel (who died, 1814, in Franklin County, Tennessee), applied, December 28, 1844, for a pension which was due her for the service of her husband in the Revolutionary War (as provided by an act of Congress, approved July 4, 1836); and whereas she submitted a second application for her pension on June 17, 1852, and both claims for pension were suspended (as shown in Exhibit B, pages 9 & 10) until Elizabeth Daniel died, about 1855; and whereas the evidence contained in Exhibits A and B, enclosed herewith, (which contain true copies of all the papers in the pension case file, Daniel, Job, N 2,645, recorded in the National Archives, Washington, D. C.), prove that Job Daniel, husband of Elizabeth, served in the army of North Carolina one year and six months, during the years 1781 and 1782; and whereas this statement of the service of Job Daniel was presented to the Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C., in Elizabeth Daniel's second claim for a pension, signed June 17, 1852 (a true copy of

which is shown in Exhibit A, page 4), and this service of Job Daniel was confirmed by a Certificate of the Comptroller of North Carolina, signed July 2, 1852 (a true copy of which is shown in Exhibit B, page 3); and whereas, despite this evidence that Job Daniel, husband of Elizabeth, served in the Continental Army in North Carolina, one year and six months during the years 1781 and 1782, the Commissioner of Pensions suspended a decision on Elizabeth Daniel's application for a pension until she (Elizabeth Daniel) died about 1855, and she never received a pension; therefore, we, citizens of the United States, and descendants of Joseph (Job) and Elizabeth Daniel, respectfully petition the Congress of the United States to compensate for this miscarriage of justice by authorizing and directing the Memorial Branch of the Army to place at the grave of Elizabeth Daniel, widow of the Revolutionary soldier Joseph (Job) Daniel, (the location of which grave is described in Exhibit B), a memorial, bearing suitable inscription, at a cost approximately equal to the amount of the pension which was withheld from Elizabeth Daniel.
We, the undersigned, respectfully petition that this be done as a just compensation for this miscarriage of justice, and as a correction, or vindication, of the soldier's record in the National Archives (which denies any service of Job Daniel in the Revolutionary war); that this be done to correct an error carried in this soldier's record for one hundred years, and to restore to the numerous descendants of Job Daniel their rightful heritage as descendants of a Revolutionary War soldier.

EXHIBIT --Pertaining to Daniel, Job, R 2,645.
(Act of Congress, approved July 4, 1836--Articles which pertain to Pension Claim, Daniel, Job, R 2,645.)
I, Felix W. Motlow, certify that the following quotations are true copies of extracts from a Book in the Tennessee State Archives, Nashville, Tenn., entitled, "Congressional Debates," Vol. XII, Part IV--1835-36, under the heading, "Appendix--To Gales & Seaton's Register," page xlvii--"Laws of the United States"-- "(24th Cong. 1st Sess.)"
("No.78")--"AN ACT granting half pay to widows and orphans where their husbands or fathers have died of wounds received in the military service of the United States in certain cases, and for other purposes."
(Section 1 and Section 2 do not apply to Pension Claim, Daniel, Job, R 2,645, but the following Section does apply to this Pension Claim.)
"Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That if any person who served in the war of the Revolution, in any manner specified in the act passed the seventh day of June, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, entitled 'An act supplementary to the act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution,' have died leaving a widow whose marriage took place before the expiration of the last period of his service, such widow shall be entitled to receive, during the time she may remain unmarried, the annuity or pension which might have been allowed to her husband, by virtue of the act aforesaid, if living at the time it was passed."
(Section 4 prohibits the pledge or sale of claims under the preceding Sections.)
"Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of War shall adopt such forms of evidence, in applications under this act, as the President of the United States shall prescribe."
"Approved July 4, 1836."
.....
Felix W. Motlow
Subscribed and sworn to before me, a Notary Public of Coffee County, Tennessee, this 1st day of June, 1949.
W.W. Richardson
Notary Public.

The Judge Advocate General The Department of the Army Washington 25, D. C.
SEP 21 1949
Dear Sir:
This is in reply to the letter (CWAGC/1-327877) of August 30, 1949, from Lieutenant Colonel Thomas E. Rhodes, Assistant Chief of Claims and Litigation Division, concerning S. 2343, 81st Congress, "A Bill To provide for the erection of a memorial at the grave of Elizabeth Daniel, the widow of Joseph (Job) Daniel, a Revolutionary War Soldier," which provides as follows:
"That the Secretary of the Army is authorized and directed to cause to be erected at the grave of Elizabeth Daniel (the widow of Joseph (Job) Daniel, who served in the Revolutionary War from November 4, 1775, to May 15, 1777, as a member of the First South Carolina Regiment and during 1781 and 1782 as a member of the Continental Army in North Carolina), at Ridgeville, Dore County, Tennessee, a memorial bearing a suitable inscription and costing approximately $250, the amount of the pension which she was entitled to receive but which was not paid to her, the Commissioner of Pensions having failed to render a decision upon her application for such pension prior to her death.
"SEC. 2. The Archivist of the United States is authorized and directed to cause a copy of this Act to be placed in the pension case file of Job Daniel (R-2, 645) in the Archives of the United States."
The Veterans' Administration has secured the records pertaining to the pension claim of Mrs. Elizabeth Daniel from the Veterans Records Branch, National Archives (file number R-2,645). These records disclose that Mrs. Daniel filed a claim for pension as the widow of "Job Daniel", dated December 20, 1844, and a second claim for pension as the widow of "Job Daniel", dated June 17, 1852. In her affidavits, Mrs. Daniel alleged that her husband "was a soldier in the wars of the American Revolution";

"served in various places in North Carolina & at Charleston South Carolina"; "served two tours of three months each " and again for a period of twelve months; "served one tour of duty under Capt Hickerson Weeks"; was present in Charleston, South Carolina "at a feast given when peace was made just before his return to Newbern, North Carolina"; and "that on his return home from Charleston by sea the vessel was dashed & sunk by which disaster he lost his discharge." Mrs. Daniel further stated that she married Mr. Daniel "before the commencement of said war" and again "that she was married in the year seventeen hundred & seventy eight." The affiant also stated that her husband died "about two years after the big shake", the date not given and, again, stated that he died in 1814. In addition, Mrs. Daniel, through her attorney, furnished a certificate from the Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of North Carolina, dated July 3, 1852, showing that in 1782 one Job Daniel, a soldier of the Continental line, was paid $76.60 for services in the Revolutionary War. The records do not disclose whether the Job Daniel referred to in this certificate is the same "Job" or "Joab" Daniel mentioned in the affidavits of Mrs. Daniel.
In a letter dated September 7, 1852, the Pension Office advised Mrs. Daniel's agent that she had not furnished proof of either her marriage to Job Daniel or of his service in the Continental Army, and it was requested that such evidence be submitted, or the absence thereof accounted for. The letter indicated where such information might be obtained. In response, Mrs. Daniel, by means of her agent, furnished a certification from the clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, Wayne County, North Carolina, dated September 14, 1852, which stated that he could not find any "marriage license or Bond for Job Daniel to Elizabeth Andrews" in his office, but that the records covering the period 1779 and 1780 were "very imperfect". In the absence of evidence of the date of Mrs. Daniel's marriage to Mr. Daniel and of his service in the Continental Army, it appears that her claim for pension was suspended by the Pension Office.
In a letter dated June 7, 1855, J. Carroll Brent, writing for Mrs. Daniel, requested that the files pertaining to the claims of December 28, 1844 and June 17, 1852 be combined and further stated that "we shall be prepared to furnish any additional testimony required by the Department to make out this case." A few days later, on June 11, 1855, the Pension Office advised Mr. Brent that, pursuant to his request, the papers had been combined in a single case, but that the evidence was not sufficient to establish Mrs. Daniel's entitlement to pension. The letter further stated that there were certain unexplained discrepancies in the papers in the file and that "the clearest evidence of her husband's service and proof of the date of her marriage" would be required for consideration of the case.

The Act of July 4, 1836 (5 Stat. 127), granted to widows of Revolutionary War soldiers the same amount of pension that their husbands would have been entitled to receive under the provisions of the act of June 7, 1832 (4 Stat. 529), if living at the time it was passed. The Act of June 7, 1832, provided pension to veterans having service of 2 years or more during the War of the Revolution in the amount of his full pay while in the "continental line", and for veterans having less than 2 years, but not less than 6 months service, "an amount bearing such proportion to the annuity granted to the same rank for the service of two years, as his term of service did to the term aforesaid." The allowance could not exceed the full pay of the soldier's grade and in no event the pay of a captain. The 1836 Act further required that the marriage of the widow to the veteran must have taken place "before the expiration of the last period of his service." As noted above, Mrs. Daniel failed to submit evidence that her husband served the necessary period of time in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War and that she was married to him "before the expiration of the last period of his service". Accordingly, the Pension Office was unable to favorably consider her claims for pension under the provisions of the Act of July 4, 1836.
In regard to the service of "Job" or "Joab" Daniel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, your attention is invited to the affidavit of Mrs. Daniel and the certificate of the Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of North Carolina, referred to above. In addition, the mentioned file B-2,645, contains affidavits executed by three acquaintances of Job Daniel who state, in effect, that it was generally understood that Job Daniel had served in the Revolutionary War and that it was their belief that he had so served. One of the affiants further stated that Job Daniel "served three months twice and that after that he served one year". Correspondence in file B-2,645 indicates that certain additional information relative to the dates of service of Job Daniel has been assembled by the Adjutant General's Office, U. S. Army, and is in the files of the Old Records Section, Adjutant General's Office, Department of the Army, National Archives. Such files are undoubtedly available to your office.
S. 2143 appears to be based on the alleged dilatory procedure on the part of the Commissioner of Pensions in that he "failed to render a decision upon her application for pension prior to her death" (lines 3 and 4, page 2 of the Bill). This view is not in accordance with the facts in the case as stated above, since it was the failure of Mrs. Daniel to produce the evidence necessary to satisfy the requirements of the Act of July 4, 1836, and not any dilatory procedure on the part of the Commissioner of Pensions, that barred her from the receipt of pension.

The enactment of the bill would be discriminatory against innumerable others who, in connection with claims for gratuities, by reason of their inaction or inability, fail to produce the evidence necessary to substantiate claims for such gratuities. It should be borne in mind that the burden of proving entitlement to a gratuity from the Government rests upon the one who claims and not upon the Government.
It may further be noted that section 4742 of the Revised Statutes (38 U.S.C. 329) provides:
"From and after the second day of April, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, no claim for a pension, or for an increase of pension, shall be allowed in favor of the children or other descendants of any person who served in the war of the Revolution, or of the widow of such person, when such person or his widow died without having established a claim to a pension."
The bill proposes to authorize and direct the erection of a memorial at the grave of Elizabeth Daniel, costing approximately $686, which, it is alleged, is the amount of pension that Mrs. Daniel was entitled to receive. As previously stated, since Mrs. Daniel failed to meet the requirements of the Act of July 4, 1836, she was not entitled to the payment of pension. In the event that she had met the requirements of that Act, she would have received the same rate as her husband received as pay. According to a copy of a table contained in file R-2,645, if her husband served as Private in the Continental Line, his pay would have amounted to $6.50 per month. Such pension would have commenced from the date of receipt of a valid claim and would have continued during her lifetime, while she remained unmarried. Since the pension files do not contain any information as to the date of death of Elizabeth Daniel, the Veterans' Administration is unable to determine the exact sum to which Mrs. Daniel would have been entitled as pension, had she met the requirements of the Act of July 4, 1836.
The Veterans' Administration does not believe that private bills of this nature should receive favorable consideration.
Sincerely yours,
CARL R. GRAY, JR. Administrator
file R 2,645 R.W. 9-22-49 legio V.A.
SIGNED AND DISPATCHED
SEP 21 1949
ADMINISTRATOR'S OFFICE

CSJAGC/D-327877 (Daniel, Elizabeth)
30 AUG 1940
Veterans Administration 15th & H Streets, N. W. Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
This office is required to prepare a report for the Congress on S. 2143, 81st Congress, entitled "A BILL To provide for the erection of a memorial at the grave of Elizabeth Daniel, the widow of Joseph (Job) Daniel, a Revolutionary War soldier."
This bill provides as follows:
"That the Secretary of the Army is authorized and directed to cause to be erected at the grave of Elizabeth Daniel (the widow of Joseph (Job) Daniel, who served in the Revolutionary War from November 4, 1775, to May 16, 1777, as a member of the First South Carolina Regiment and during 1781 and 1782 as a member of the Continental Army in North Carolina), at Ridgeville, Moore County, Tennessee, a memorial bearing a suitable inscription and costing approximately $886, the amount of the pension which she was entitled to receive but which was not paid to her, the Commissioner of Pensions having failed to render a decision upon her application for such pension prior to her death.
"SEC. 2. The Archivist of the United States is authorized and directed to cause a copy of this Act to be placed in the pension case file of Job Daniel (R-2, 645) in the Archives of the United States."
It is requested that this office be furnished with a succinct statement of the facts relating to the service of Joseph (Job) Daniel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, giving all necessary dates, and also with a full statement of the facts concerning the application of Elizabeth Daniel for a pension as the widow of the said Joseph (Job) Daniel, together with information as to the action taken upon said application. This office would appreciate an expression of your views concerning the merits of this bill.

CSJAGC/D-327677
In view of the limited time allowed to this office for the preparation of a report on this bill an early reply would also be greatly appreciated.
Very truly yours,
Signed
THOMAS E. RHODES Lieutenant Colonel, JAGC Assistant Chief of Claims and Litigation Division
RECEIVED DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY
NOV 20 1964

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Gas Ryan (of Ala)
Sept 9/52
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113 Pension Office Sep 9 1882
Sir
The application of Elizabeth Daniel widow of Joby Tenn has been received and filed under the act of July 4 1836. The papers are not accompanied by any proof of either marriage or service. Record evidence of both should be furnished or the absence of such proof accounted for. If before her husband performed the service as al- ledged evidence of the fact can be obtained from the Comptroller of the H. — The clerk of the county in which she was married must certify to such evidence as may be in his possession as to the date of that event, and if he has none the family Record should be sent here,
Joseph Bryan Esq (of Ala) Present

AUG 28 1949
8BAAB
Mr. Felix W. Motlow 309 North Atlantic Street Tullahoma, Tennessee
R-2645 Job Daniel
Dear Mr. Motlow:
This is in reply to your letter of June 1, 1949, relative to the claim of Mrs. Elizabeth Daniel, as widow of Job Daniel, who served as a Private in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, which was addressed to the Chief, Veterans Records Branch, National Archives, and referred to the Veterans Administration for attention and reply.
A review of the papers on file in this case discloses that Mrs. Daniel filed claims for pension on February 25, 1845 and June 17, 1852, and that she was called upon to submit proper proof of the veteran's service and of the date of her marriage to him.
The records of service in the Continental Army at the time of filing of the claims by Mrs. Daniel were in the Archives of the different states and Mrs. Daniel, through her attorney, furnished a certificate from the Comptroller of the State of North Carolina showing that Job Daniel, a soldier of the Continental Line was paid $76.60 for services in the Revolutionary War.
However, the evidence submitted did not sufficiently identify the claimant as the wife of this veteran and establish the date of her marriage to him or show whether he was living on the date of the passage of the Act of June 7, 1832, necessary requirements under the Act of July 4, 1836. If, as alleged by Mrs. Daniel in her declaration, "her husband, Job Daniel, died in the year eighteen hundred and fourteen", she could have no entitlement to pension under the Act of July 4, 1836, for the reason that the veteran was not living on the date of the passage of the Act of June 7, 1832.
In view of the above, Mrs. Daniel is not shown to have been entitled to pension under any existing law at the time of her death.
Records subsequently assembled by the Adjutant General's Office, U. S. Army, on file in the Old Records Section, Adjutant General's Office, Department of the Army, National Archives, show that one Joseph Daniel enlisted in 1st South Carolina Regiment November 4, 1775, and his name appears on the rolls of that organization on December 31, 1776, a Private, omitted from roll dated May 16, 1777.

R-2645
Job Daniel
The Company Muster Roll of the 14th Company of North Carolina Regiment dated December 12, 1882, shows that one Job Daniel, Private, enlisted for a period of fourteen months on August 1, 1882.
In answer to the hypothetical questions as to the amount payable under applicable laws in the case of a widow in certain instances, you are informed the widow, if entitled, would have received the same rate as her husband received as pay, in the case of a Private, $6.60 per month, as shown by the Table for the Pay of the Soldiers of the Continental Service, and pension, if allowed, would have commenced from the date of receipt of a valid claim.
It is proper to call attention to Section 11 of the Act of February 28, 1855, which is as follows: "Certain Revolutionary claims of descendants barred.—From and after the second day of April, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, no claim for pension, or for an increase of pension, shall be allowed in favor of the children or other descendants of any person who served in the War of the Revolution, or the widow of such person, when such person or his widow died without having established a claim to a pension".
Very truly yours,
R. J. HINTON
Director
Dependents and Beneficiaries Claims Service
JED JED/ko'm

August 22, 1939.
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Mrs. Adam J. Kahler. Route #2, Box 169, Crane, Missouri.
BA-J/MHF/CC Job Daniel R.2645
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Job Daniel of North Carolina, Georgia and Tennessee. Also the Civil War records of Reuben Daniel and Isaac H.A. Daniel, both of Arkansas.
The record of Job Daniel, the only one from any southern state found in the Revolutionary War records of this office, is furnished you herewith.
For information in regard to Reuben and Isaac H.A. Daniel, you should apply to the National Archivist, this city, and furnish all the data you have in order to identify their records in that Department.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

April 23, 1937.
Mr. Felix W. Moblew Tullahoma, Tennessee.
BA-J/ILL Job Daniel R. 2645
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request to know whether or not Elizabeth Daniel, widow of Joseph Daniel, received a pension for his service in the Revolutionary War, and in which letter you cite a part of her application in Lawrence County, Tennessee, December 28, 1844, when she applied for the pension. You cite the soldier's name in that affidavit as Job, Joel or Joseph. The correct name of that soldier is shown in pension claim, R. 2645, as Job Daniel. There is no claim for pension on file based upon service in the Revolutionary War of a Joseph Daniel or Daniels of Tennessee. The record of Job Daniel follows, as found in pension claim, R. 2645, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
Job Daniel married in Wayne County, North Carolina, about 1778, the date not given, Elizabeth Andress and lived with her in New Bern, North Carolina, at the time he entered service in the Revolutionary War; he returned to that place and died "about two years after the big shake", the date not given; it was stated also that he died about 1814, and was buried in the neighborhood of Franklin County, Tennessee.
Elizabeth Daniel, the widow of Job Daniel, was a resident of Lawrence County, Tennessee, on December 28, 1844, at which time she was aged about eighty-two years. She was referred to then as the widow of a soldier and the mother of soldiers; the date and place of her birth and the names of her parents are not shown. She applied then for the pension which might have been due for service of her husband in the Revolutionary War, and made a second application in June 1852. It was stated then that Job Daniel served two tours of three months each as

a private, that he enlisted at Kingston, North Carolina, and served twelve months as private in Captain Rickerson Weeks' (not clearly written) company, was present in Charleston, South Carolina "at a feast given when peace was made just before his return", that he came on a vessel which was dismantled and sunk; it was stated also that he served about two years in the Revolutionary War.
Her claim for pension was not allowed as she failed to furnish proof of service of her husband, Job Daniel, as required by the pension law under which she applied.
Reference was made to three children of Job Daniel and his wife, Elizabeth; Abner, the oldest, who died when young, William and Isaac Daniel. In 1853, said William resided in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee; his age was given then several years past sixty-two years, also, as at least seventy-two years. William and Isaac were then the oldest living children of the soldier. There are no further data in regard to the soldier's family.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, Executive Assistant to the Administrator.