Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 21,726, Solomon Daniels, N H

SERVICE
NUMBER
1676
Daniels, Solomon.
S 21.726
CONTENTS

N. 11.727 Vermont
Solomon Daniels
of Shesbroke Co. in the State of Lower Canada who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Pike of the Reg't. commanded by Col. Davis in the N. Hampshire Troops time for 9 months & 23 days Private $ 32.55
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 32 Dollars 55 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 th day of June 1833 and sent to S. F. Redfield Derby Vt.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 65.10 Semi-ant. allowance ending 1 st Sep. 1833 16.27
$ 81.37
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk, Book E. Vol. 3 Page 60

See let.
S. F. Redfield
28. Sept. 1883

Solomon Buel Declaration
J. Fletcher Redfield Agent and Attorney. Duluth Vermont.
12.348

State of Vermont on this 15 th day of August District of Vermont B. D. 1832 This personally appeared before the Honorable Robert Lord within and out for the district of Vermont affirmed now telling Solomon Daniels of Shipton in the County of Franklin & Dis- trict of New Brunswick Province of Lower Canada aged twenty years and being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration under truth in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832 that he takes the oath of the United States under the following names of which he is known after State. That in the year 1777 he resided in the town of Nottingham in the State of New Hampshire and enlisted as a volunteer for the term of six months in the company commanded by Enoch Dyer of Effingham in said New Hampshire in the regiment command- ed he thinks by Colonel Davis belonging to the Militia of the State of New Hamp- shire; he marched with said company to Warwick in the State of Rhode Island where he found the company under Cap- tain Dike & also the company under Captain Maeston; he with Captain Dyer went to Bristol and went to the north portion of Rhode Island and was stationed at a place called Little Compton, while there Colonel Boston went onto the Island State

a British officer named Prescott a general he thinks, while here as when he was laid to make a sortie upon the British on the Island and he with about 15,000 men down to Howland's ferry but the enemy were apprised of their intent & beat them back with the loss of a few men; he then returned to Little Compton & from thence to Loid (Providence) where he remained until his six months' service was discharged but without writing. He next resided in the town of New Bedford at New Hampshire in the year 1788 in the service of the Continental Army for the term of six months; in the month of July he removed to Springfield in the State of Massachusetts & resided inmediately to West Point in the State of New York and joined the Army in the company commanded by Lieutenant Pennycuick in the regim- ent commanded by Colonel Scammon in the Brigade commanded by General Porter Colonel Cilly the senior Colonel commanding in the absence of the Brigade General. After drilling a short time he left West Point crossed the river & resided to Orange Town in the State of New York, where in the security he was stationed until after the discovery of the treason of Arnold when he was recalled to West Point and crossed the river to a place called Robinson's farm and was there stationed until November when he went back

into the woods & was employed in build- ing huts until his term expired on the first day of January 1781 when he was discharged by writing signed Lieutenant Colonel Henry Drake, which he has since lost not supposing it would be of any benefit. As for the rest he does not know of any testi- mony which he could procure further than the oaths & affidavits. He was born in said Nottingham in the year 1762 and does not believe there is any where a record of his age except in his father's family record. Since the revolutionary war he has lived in New North ofpton four or five years; in Middletown in the State of New Hampshire three then years; in Danville in the State of New Hampshire twenty five years; in said Shipton seventeen years; he entered the service of said as a volunteer.
# Subscribed & sworn to the day & year last above Solomon Daniels
We Nathan Barlow and William Randall both Residents of Shipton in the Province of Lower Canada do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Solomon Daniels as he has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration and we believe him to be seventy years of age ... That he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides We have been a soldier of the Revolution and we concur in that opinion
Nathan Barlow Wm Randall

And I the said Solomon Baugh do hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present at my name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state from the I subscribed the day & year aforesaid Solomon (Baugh)

12,348. N.H.R. Solomon Daniels Sherbrooke co Lower Canada
Roll - 9 mo. 23 days in both tours
admitted 9 mo. 23 days Private $32.55
S. H. Redfield, Esq. Derby Vermont.

BRIEF in the case of Solomon Daniels  of Shipton  Province  in the State of Lower Canada  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? On Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 70 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 1777 July 1780 — 64 25 Rolls 23 As a Gen. Lord Howe Col. Davis Col. Pike Col. Manton Lt. Pennycuick Col. Scamell Genl. Howe   Rolls  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Nottingham New Hampshire  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
N. P. Lath Examining Clerk.

Revolution
21726 INVALID.
File No. 21,726
Solomon Daniels
Br Rev War
Act: June 7 th 32 nd
Index: Vol. 2 Page 100
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Dent. A.E. 10. Sept.
Free
On J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Grey. Two's Office.
Washington City D.C.

Gen. J. L. Canards Com. of Pensions etc.
Dr. Sir The inclosed pension certificate for thirty two dollars and fifty five cents was granted on the Applicant's declaration for two terms of service of six months each. One term in Penns Bayda, Lehigh Rgt. and Pennsylvania Co. "Continental line". 1782; the other term in 1777 6 months Col. Davis Rgt. Brock D. Co. Company; the records of this service are of course found on the rolls at Washington and we think there must be some mistake or the certificate would be $40. plus pay!
Will you see it corrected and return it to me one of these is a mistake put it in such a shape that Francis can receive his balance of both pay; he is poor and should receive all that is his due. I was absent at the time the certificate was received or it would have been returned immediately for correction, but in my absence he was anxious for the money and drew what was allowed him.
Yours J. Fletcher Ridgfield Agent And Attorney
Dubey W. Sept. 9. 1883

N.H.
Solomon Daniels
9m 23 11 25-3
80 2.5-3 32.55

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Solomon Daniels  lower bound which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? no III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? yes IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service; and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? no
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? no
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? yes
XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? yes
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? yes
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. † Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
†QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
‡QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.