Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 12695, Daniel Clark, Conn.

SERVICE
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Clark, Daniel
S. 12695
CONTENTS
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9826. Connecticut.
Daniel Clark.
of Housatonic in the State of Conn. who was a 1 st Corporal in the Co. — commanded by Captain Barker, of the Reg. t commanded by Col. Bradley, in the Conn. line for 8 months & 9 days. 1 mo. of this as a Corporal. — $28.
Inscribed on the Roll of Conn. at the rate of 28. Dollars 00. Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 day of June 1833 and sent to Abijah C. Post. Salisbury.
Arrears to the 14th of March 33. 56.00 Semi-ann. allowance ending 1 st Sep r 33. 14.00 $70.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Miss Palmer. Clerk. Book E. Vol. 3, Page 8

8987
Daniel Clarke
Hon
Samuel Church Esq Judge of Probate for the District of Sharon

State of Connecticut p. County of Litchfield, Probate District of Sharon. September 8 th A 1832.
At a court of Probate held at Salisbury within and In the District of Sharon on the 8. day of September A 1832. Present. Samuel Gherick Esq. Judge.
On this 8. day of September A 1832 personally appeared in open court before the court of Probate for the district of Sharon now sitting (Darius Clark a resi- dent of the town of Sharon in the County of Litchfield and State of Connecticut aged Seventy years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declarations in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Honors passed June 7 1832. That he entered the Service of the United States under the following named offices and served as herein stated.
I was born in the town of Windsor in the County of Hartford State of Connecticut, in

the Service of the United States I resided in the said town of Windsor, and since the Revolutionary war I have resided in the town of America in the County of Dutchess and State of New York and in the said town of Sharon, and for the last twenty years I have resided entirely in the said town of Sharon, and I now reside in said Sharon.
In the Spring of the year 1778 as I think, but perhaps in the year 1777 I was drafted into a company of Connecticut Militia, the name of the Captain I have forgotten, but the name of the Lieutenant was Pelatiah Mills. Said Windsor, nor do I remember the name of the Ensign, I was drafted for one month and marched to Stormington Point in the County of New London & State of Connecticut. We were employed in keeping guard at that place, there were other troops there but I cannot recollect the names of the Officers, there were no Continental troops there, I served one month in this tour of duty.
After this, but I don't recollect the year, but I believe the year after, I was again drafted into a company of Connecticut Militia commanded by Capt. Barker of said Windsor, I don't remember the names of Lieutenant or Ensign, but the name of the Sergeant was King of Windsor, I was

mustered for One months Service, and was marched to New Haven & East Haven in Connecticut, and was engaged chiefly in East Haven in erecting a Fort or fortification in the said town of East Haven and I served in this town One month , there were some other troops there but not many, & I do not recollect the names of any officers, or all those already mentioned; nor do I know of any person now living whose testimony I can procure by whom I can prove either of the terms of service aforesaid, nor have I any documentary evidence by which it can be proved.
In the Spring of the Year 1780, or at any rate the Spring of the same Year Major General Greene was taken I entered into the Continental Army into a company of  for Nine Months then , I do not remem- ber the Captain of our company as he was not with us much, being unwell and at home as I understand nor do I remember the Lieutenant, he was not with the troops being as I remember, but the name of the Captain who had command of our company was James Knapp Knapp, and our orderly Sergeant's name was James Knapp, we were attached to Colonel Bradleys Regiment, the Adjutant's name was

Rogers, we belonged to  either General Huntington's or General Parsons Brigade. We went from Hartford to Danbury where we staid about a week, and and then a few days after Danbury was burnt We soon left Danbury and joined the Continental Army on the East side of Hudson River opposite West Point, we staid there a while and then crossed the Hudson River at Kings Ferry and marched into the Jerseys, at Saffron. I was present at the execution of Major Andre, I served out my full term of enlistment, and was discharged at the Highlands in December I think in the year 1780. I received a written discharge I think signed by Col. Bradley. This discharge has not been seen by me as I recollect, since I returned home, nor do I know where it is.
I am known to Hon John Cotton Smith Hon Amos Storrs, Hon Hugh G. Schuyler, Rev. David L. Perry and many others in my neighbor- hood who can testify to my character for veracity and their belief of my services as a soldier of the Revolution.
I have stated above that I enlisted into the Continental Army for nine months but perhaps it was not strictly an enlistment.

I belonged to a Club, which by the laws of Connecticut was bound to furnish a man for service, I was hired by the Club to serve Nine Months & then I entered the army.
In the last year of the war, I enlisted into Company A State troops and I suppose in the month of April, under Lieutenant Abiel Wilson. I don't remember the name of the Captain or Company, I enlisted as a corporal to serve one year, I was ordered to Stamford in Connecticut & remained there in doing such duties as were required for a little more than a month, when I hired a man as my substitute by the consent of my officers to take my place to serve for one month my year should expire, and then I returned home after having served for a month or more.
Before I entered the Continental Army I must recollect the year I was drafted as a horse to guard some prisoners floored with powder from Hartford to New Britain in the State

New York, Sergeant Job Cook had a command of this guard, I went this time as a "volunteer" the guard as aforesaid to said Fort Hill and was absent two weeks on this service.
I hereby relinquish every claim what ever to a pension or annuity except the merits and evidence that my name is not on the pension list or roll of the agency of any state
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. Daniel Clark
Samuel French Judge of Probate.
At the same time, Personally appeared Alex- ander Godwin of said Sherborn known to this court as a credible witness, who being been in open court duly sworn according to law, on his oath doth testify and say, that I have lived a neighbor to the above named applicant ever since the year 1783. I have early in that time & frequently since heard Mr Clark speak of his service as belonging to the Continental Army for nine months as he has before stated in his said application. I was at the time he has stated in the Army and was

at the several places mentioned by the said Clark & the I do not recollect Mr Clark in the Army yet in conversing with him regarding the affairs of that campaign I have frequently heard Mr Clark speak of small occurrences, and circum- stances which transpired during the campaign with which I was acquainted, & which the said Clark would not have known unless he had been present with the Army at the time; & I have no doubt but the said Clark served in that campaign in the year 1780 as he states. Given to subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Hugh Godwin
Commissioner
At the same Court said Applicant produced in full in support of his claim for a pension the Deposi- tion of Deborah Giles herewith annexed subscribed and sworn to before Benjamin Hollister Esq Justice of the Peace for the said County of Litchfield on the 29. day of August 1832. Since this Court sits with certainty that the said Benjamin Hollister Esquire whose name is subscribed to the certificate

Cato unsworn A said Deposition is a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Suffolk felic & his name subscribed thereto is in his own proper hand writing. And this Court doth declare its opinion after the investiga- tion of the matter and after putting the interrog- atories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named Applicant was a soldier of the Revolution and served as he states.
By the Court
Abyah C. Peet Clerk
I Abyah C. Peet Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Sharon do hereby certify that the foregoing con- tains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the appli- cation of Daniel Clark for a pension Intersting whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of Office at the Probate Office in Salisbury this 10. day of September 1832
Abyah C Peet Clerk

To the Honorable Court of Probate for the District of Sharon
I Deborah Giles of the Town of Sharon County of Litchfield and State of Connecticut of Lawful age depose and say that David Clark now of sd. Sharon went and served Nine Months in the service of the United States in the Militia in the Revolutionary War Do not recollect the year but think it to be at the time Maj. Andre was taken I recollect likewise his being going into sd. service two or three times in the course of sd. War beside the Nine Months Tower - Do not recollect how long he was served but think some weeks in each tower
Sharon August 29 th 1832
Deborah her X Giles Mark
Litchfield County s.s. Sharon August 29 th 1832
Personally appeared the above named Deborah Giles who subscribed and made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition in due form of law before me
Benjamin Hollister Justice of the Peace

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office.
183
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Daniel Clark Connecticut
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Drat 1778 — 1 — priv Sergt Mills Stonington Point 70 years   1779 — 1 " " Capt Barter Connecticut 70 years Traditionary   Enlist 1780 — 95 3 days serg " Col Brady New Britain Windsor Evidence   1783 — 1 " serg " Genl Parsons East Haven Connecticut   — — — corp Sergt Cook Hartford 2 witnesses   — — — corp Danbury   — — — Simsbury Only certified as credible   — — — Stamford  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this _____ day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____ hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B.
who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

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May 17, 1924.
Margaret A. Older, 326 W. Chelton Ave., Germantown, Philadelphia, Pa.
Madam;
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 12695, it appears that Daniel Clark stated under oath that he was born December 24, 1752 in Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut.
While residing in said Windsor, he enlisted in the the spring of 1777 and 1778 and served one month as private under Lieutenant Peletiah Mills in the Connecticut Troops.
He enlisted the next year and served one month in Captain Barber's Connecticut Company.
Early in 1780, he served two weeks as Corporal under Sergeant Job Cook and guarded three ox teams loaded with powder, from Hartford to Fishkill.
He enlisted in the spring of 1780 and served nine month

as private in Colonel Bradley's Connecticut Regiment.
He enlisted in April "the last year of the War" and served one month as Corporal under Lieutenant Abiel Wilson in the Connecticut Troops.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 8, 1832, while a resident of Sharon, Litchfield County, Connecticut.
There is no data on file as to his family.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

Margaret A. Older
326 W. Chelton Ave.
Germantown
Philadelphia - Pa.
Personal Request
Apr. 16 - 1923
Daniel Clark
Conn Troops - S. 12695.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Daniel Clark , a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. S. 12.695.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Apr. 1777 or 1778 1 mo. Pvt. Lt. Pelatiah Mills ✓ Conn.   Next year 1 mo. Pvt. Barber. ✓   Apr. 1780 9 mos. Pvt. Ensign — Beach Bradley.   April, last year of War 1 mo. Cpl. Lt. Abiel Wilson ✓   + 2 mos. Cpl. Dgt Sgt Cook.  
Battles engaged in, None stated.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Windsor, Hartford Co. Conn.
Date of application for pension, Sept. 8. 1832. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Sharon, Litchfield Co. Conn.
Age at date of application, 6 Dec 24. 1752 in Windsor, Hartford Co. Conn.
Remarks: There is no family data on file.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

Hampton, Ia. Apr. 10 th 1909
Pension Office, Washington. Gentlemen:
Will you please give me a written statement that my great-grandfather drew a Pension, for his ser- vices, in the Revolutionary War. The said Daniel Clark , drew a Pension in 1840, at Sharon, Litchfield Co., Conn. and the record is there in the Pension Bureau.
Sincerely Yours Box 443 Mrs. Pearl Clark Van Tassel.

Rehran
12695 INVALID.
File No. 12,695
Daniel Clark Corp: Beer War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. _____, Page _____
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1909 Apl. 28. Hist to Mrs. Pearl C Van Tassel p. from card
1915. Jan 18. History to Mrs. E. Clark Seller in S.F. 17.341, Daniel Clark M. Btl
1924-May 17 Hist to Margaret A- Older card