Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 17358, David Colver, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Colver, David
S. 17358
CONTENTS
carded

Ohio. 19.7.19
David Colver.
Madison in the State of Ohio. who was a Private in the Co. commanded by Captain Dale of the Reg. commanded by Col. M. Mott the New York line for 1 Year & 9 months,
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio. at the rate of 70 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 day of Aug 1831 and sent to John Moore. London Ill. Ohio.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1831. 14 0. Semi-ann. allowance ending Sept 33. 3 5.
$175.
d. Oct. 24. 1847
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Wm. H. Gannett Clerk. book 6. Vol. 8. Page four
Hon. Moses B. Cummings 13 June 1854.

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of an act of Congress passed June the 7th AD 1832.
The State of Ohio Madison County ss
On this 19th day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the court of common pleas now sitting David Colson a resident of the township of Sur- burs in the county of Madison and State of Ohio aged sixty eight years who being first duly sworn according to law saith on his oath that the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832. That he entered the service and served under the following named officers, as herein after stated, to wit, That he entered the service by enlistment about the first of August AD 1781 for the term of four months and served under Captain Aaron Hale in the regiment commanded by Col. Moring Wittet, and was discharged about the last of November 1781. That he resided at the time of enter- -ing the service at Spencer Town in the now county of Columbia State of New York, That during the four months service he moved from Spencer Town to Albany from there to old Schoharie and was stationed at the Middle Fort until the term of service expi- -red, that he had no written discharge, that during that term was engaged in various skirmishes against the Indians, that his detachment fell in with a body of Indians near the head of the Schoharie River at a place since called Hoopes Field, that a skirmish ensued in which Johnacket and Yocham Holkenburg were killed and a number of others of his party wounded in the shoulders. That about the first of April AD 1782 he again entered for the term of nine months that at the time he resided at Spencer Town where he entered

in the said County of Columbia New York, when he entered in the service a second time, that he marched from Thence to Albany there joined left W itsits leaving in Col Wittits Regt, and there about the first of June A d 1782 enlisted for the term of three years was attached to left Peter B. Gosen's Company belonging to the same Regt commanded by Col Wittit marched from Thence to James town, Thence to Stone Arabia from thence to Fort-plain, from thence about the month of February 1783 marched to Oswego for the purpose of assaulting the enemy's works at that place, but the weather became so inclement and the troops becoming so effected by cold and hunger that the project was abandoned and the troops returned a- part to Fort plain, and a part to Albany  Fort  plain  which that this applicant remained there until the end of his term of service or until he was discharged, that he recd a write discharge signed by Capt George (which is since lost) about the month of January A d 1784. That Capt Pierce , Newell , Harrison Wright and Conner belonged to the same Regt also Majors Seix and Benedict  Seljeat  Sunday Lieutenant Wheaton commanded the forlorn hope in the expedition against Oswego, That in said expedition Col Wittits Regt was joined by what troops called the Road Island Regiment, that he has no documentary evidence other than what is herewith exhibited, that he can procure no further testimony of his service.
And this applicant hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid John Moore clerk David John

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 1 st Was born June 25 th 1764 at Spencer Town in the state of New York.  2 nd has no record of his age, his age was recorded in a book of Records belonging to his father's family, that said Book of records is not in the possession of this applicant.  3 rd Was living at the time he entered the service at Spencer Town in the state of New York; That he has resided since the Revolutionary war a number of years at Spencer Town, removed from thence to the town of Champlaine Clinton County N.Y. adjoining the province of Lower Canada, resided there about fifteen years from thence to the state of Ohio Champaign County, resided there five years; from thence to the County of Madison in said state where he has resided fifteen years, at which place he now resides.  4 th Was called into service by enlistment as stated in the body of the declaration of this applicant.  5 th Can make no further statements than are contained in the body of this declaration which is referred to for answer to this interrogatory.  6 th That he did receive a discharge from Col l Troup's signed by himself which is lost or destroyed.  7 th That in the neighbourhood where he now resides he is known to John Asbucke, Shadrach Willard, John Runday, John Roberts, John LeGue, Philip Lucas, John Moore, Henry Warner, John Kinkley, Israel D. Bates, John Fleming, Asa Bates, Abiel Hox, James H. Spain, William Kelly, Ebenezer Aven, Andrew Staly, & Jesse D. Bates. 
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid   John Moore Clerk  David Johnson 
We John Rathbun acknowledged and Philip Lucas residents of the county of Madison & state of Ohio hereby certify that we are well acquainted with David Colburn who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be sixty eight years of age the age he represents himself to be; that he is reputed and believed

and lived in the neighborhood where he used to have him a soldier of the revolution and that we are ever in that opinion.
Given to and subscribed this day and year aforesaid. John Moore Clerk P. Lewis
John Rathbun
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 soldier in the Revolution and served as he states - And the court further certifies that it appears to them that John Rathbun who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergy- man resident in the county of Madison and state aforesaid, and Philip Lewis who has also signed the same is a resident of the county and state aforesaid, and is a credible person; and their statements are entitled to credit.
I John Moore Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the county of Mad- ison in the State of Ohio, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of application of David Colvin for a Pension -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at London this 25 th day of September A.D. 1832
John Moore Clerk
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David Oliver
London
Madison Bay
Ohio
N. York state
Not Pet. 14.
Adm 1. year & 9. months.
J. Moore C. J. London Madison Co O.

BRIEF in the case of  David Colver, of Deer Creek Township  County of Madison  in the State of Ohio  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? a Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 18  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.     Enlisted 1 st August In 1781 — 4 — private Gen. Messrs. Willett } New York Capt. Aaron D. Hale } troops   ditto 1 st April 1782 — 2 — ditto Capt. Henry } "   ditto 1 st June 1784 — 1 — ditto Capt. Peter B. Deyo } "   was discharged about January 1784 1 1 — ditto Sam. Ryer } "  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? not any  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Spencertown, New York  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional & by living witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? no 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
1. born 4 months 1 st April 1782 25 1 st June " enlisted for 3 years
Chas. S. Wilson Examining Clerk. 2 a , July 1833

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section.
March 16, 1925.
Mrs. Wilbur A. Jones, 215 High St., Klamath Falls, OREGON.
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in Revolutionary War pension claim, S.17358, it appears that David Colver was born June 25, 1764, at Spencertown, New York.
While a resident of said Spencertown he enlisted August 1, 1781, and served four months as private in Captain Aaron Hale's Company, Colonel Marinus Willett's New York Regiment, and was in a skirmish near the head of the Delaware River.
He enlisted April 1, 1782, served in Captains Henry and Peter B. Tearce's Companies, Colonel Marinus Willett's New York Regiment, and was discharged January 6, 1784.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 19, 1832, while a resident of Deer Creek Township, Madison County, Ohio. He died October 24, 1847.
There is no data on file as to his family.
Respectfully,
Acting Commissioner.

Bump ✓ official
Francis Hughes Testimony.

State of Ohio Richland County ss Before me Thomas Edgington a Justice of the Peace of said County this day per- sonally came Frederick Bumpus of Washington Township of said County who being duly sworn according to law deponeth and saith that about the first of April A.D. 1782 he enlisted for a term of nine months service to commence on the first of April of that year and that on that day or within a few days after he joined his Regiment at Albany to perform said ser- -vice & there immediately became acquainted with Daniel Culver who had enlisted for the same term to commence at the same time & the both belonged to Captain Henry's Company of Colonel Munnings Willets Re- -giment Shortly after arriving at Albany they were both put into Captain Teyre's Com- -pany & in June following said Culver en- -listed into the three years service in Captain Teyre's Company after which on camp- -ing was separated & sent to different pla- -ces and I was not afterwards much ac- -quainted with said Culver. I know him to be the same Daniel Culver at whom instance this affidavit is

taken & who is present at the taking thereof & who now lives in Madison County in the State of Ohio. FREDERICK BURNETT
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 29 th day of April 1833 at Mansfield in said County of Richland Th. Edgington Justice of the Peace
I Thomas Edgington the Justice of the Peace before whom the above affidavit was taken do hereby certify that I have been acquainted with the said Frederick B. Burnett for over eight years past and believe him to be a credible witness. As witness my hand this 29 th day of April 1833
Th. Edgington Justice of the Peace
The State of Ohio } Richland County } ss. I Eazy Hays Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County State aforesaid do hereby certify that Thomas Edgington before whom the foregoing affidavit of Frederick Burnett was taken now is was at the time of taking the same an acting Jus- tice of the Peace in for said County State duly commissioned & qualified to all of

Whose official acts as such free faith & credit it is & ought to be given as well in courts of record as elsewhere when an Indenture whereof I have hereunto set my hand & sealed the seal of said court at Newbern this 29 day of April 1833
Ebenezer H. Allen

Pension papers of Truman Spencer

State of New York Yates County ss
Truman Spencer of Benton in said County of Yates being duly sworn says that he was a soldier in Col Willets regiment for the term of thirteen months, that in August 1781 David Colver now of Ohio with this deponent enlisted in Capt Hails Company in Col Willets regiment for four months and that the said Colver faithfully served out the the said four months and in April 1782 the said David Colver again enlisted in Capt Harts Company at Albany in the same Year for the term of nine Months and that he this deponent knows that the said David served in the said regiment and that in June or July 1782 the said David enlisted again out of the nine months service in to the three Year service, in Capt Harts Company in Col Willets regiment and further this deponent saith not
Subscribed and sworn this ninth day of July 1832 before me
Truman Spencer
Thomas J. Nevins, commissioner of deeds for said County of Yates
State of New York
County of Yates ss David Colver above named being duly sworn says that he this deponent in the month of January in the year one thou- sand seven hundred and eighty four received a written discharge from the Captain Peter D. Graves at Albany in the State of New York - that the said discharge is since lost or destroyed.
Subscribed and sworn this 9th day of July in the year one 1832 before me - Thomas J. Nevins Commissioner of deeds for said County of Yates
David Colver

State of New York } County of Yates } I George Shearman clerk of the said County of Yates do hereby certify that Thomas J. Nevins before whom the foregoing affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same a Commissioner of Deeds in and for said. and duly empowered by law to administer oaths. And further that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe the signature of Thomas J. Nevins subscribed to the said affidavit to be his proper hand writing. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County at Pittsfield this Ninth day of July eighteen hundred and thirty two. George Shearman clerk

Michael Skunick
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State of Ohio } Huron County ss } Personally came before me Charles Hubbell a Justice of the Peace in said Huron County, Micah Skinner and after being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that he was knowing that David Culver did serve in the Revolutionary war for the term of four months in the year 1781 also joined the Regiment of Col. Maunemius Willis at Albany on the first of April 1782 Mustered under Capt. Henry soon after that put into Capt. Peter B. Sears Company and served until June following then enlisted into the three years service and continued to serve in the same Company & Regiment until discharged on the 6 th day of January A.D. 1784
N.B. the enlistment of the above four months was at the first of August and discharged the first of December A.D. 1781 and I well know the that the said Culver did serve as above and that he is the identical Individual now applying for a pension
Micah Skinner
Taken sworn to and subscribed before me this 1 st day of May A.D. 1833 Charles Hubbell J.P.
I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Micah Skinner above named and that he is a member of the Presbyterian Church in regular standing and that he is a man of veracity and depended on in all cases Charles Hubbell Justice Peace

State of Ohio
Huron County } 3
I David Gibbs clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in said County of Huron do certify that Charles Hubble is a lawfull magistrate as within mentioned & that the signature within purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name & affixed the Seal of said Court at Norwalk this 1 st day of May A.D. 1833. D. Gibbs Clerk H.C.P.

Matthew Collins' affidavit for D. Calver
same D. Calver Notary Public

State of New York Chenango County ss
Matthew Collins of New Berlin in the County and State aforesaid being duly sworn Depreth and saith that about the first of April in the year 1782 he enlisted for nine months and soon after joined the Company of Capt Henry at Albany in Colo Moxins Willets Regiment and served till June following when he enlisted for three years under Captain Peter B. Teyse in the same Regiment and served thereon until after the war was over that during the whole of that time he was well acquainted with David Colver now of Deer Creek Township, Madison County State of Ohio they were together in the same Company both in the nine months and three years service and both enlisted at the same time and served together during that time and that he knows him to be the same Individual now applying for a pension
Taken and subscribed this
Matthew Collins
29 day of June 1832 Before me
Nathan Taylor Judge of Chenango Common Pleas
I do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Matthew Collins above named and that he has been a Magistrate for many years in the neighbourhood where I reside and is a Man that may be depended on in all Circumstances —
N. Taylor Judge

State of New York County of Chenango ss. I, James M. Lake Clerk of the said County do certify that Nathan Taylor, before whom the proceedings within affida- vit purports to have been sworn, was at the date of the same due before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and really believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit to be his proper hand writing and signature Witness my hand and seal of office this 29 th day of June, 1832
P. B. Lunsford Deputy Clerk
Matthew Collins Affidavit for D. Collins

information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. David Collier S.F. 1733-8
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Aug. 1, 1781 4 mos. Pvt. Aaron Hale Marcus Willett N.Y.   Apr. 1, 1782 June 1782 Henry "   June 1782 July 6, 1784 Peter B. Pearce "                                     
Battles engaged in, ✓ Residence of soldier at enlistment, Spencertown Columbia Co. N.Y. Date of application for pension, Oct. 19, 1832. His cl. was at Residence at date of application, Deer Creek Twp. Madison Co. Ohio. Age at date of application, 68 Born June 25, 1764 at Spencertown, N.Y. Died Oct. 24, 1847* Remarks: No data as to family
* from A.B.

Klamath Falls Oregon - January 29-1928 -
U. S. Bureau of Pensions Washington, D. C.
Guillemere:-
Please send me a copy of the Pension application of John Rose, who in 1840 was living in Surry County, North Carolina.
Also please send copy of the Pension application of Maria Rose who, in 1840, lived in Potter County, Pennsylvania.
Also please send copy of the Pension application of David Colver, who in 1840, lived in Madison County, Ohio.
Also please send copy of Pension application of David Isham, who, in 1840, lived in Chittenden County, Vermont.
I am endeavoring to establish a D. A. V. line on any or all of these lines. The Rose is on my paternal and the Colver and Isham maternal side of my family.

Is there a published list of the names of all Revolutionary War pensioners - also War of 1812 pensioners? I have the list published in 1840 of all pensioners who were living at that time.
Thanking you for any assistance you may be able to give in this genealogical research, I am,
Yours very Truly Nellie Rose Jones
Mrs Wilbur A. Jones 215 High Street Klamath Falls - Oregon.

MD.
American Bonding Company. Baltimore, Md. March 27. 1908
The Commissioner of Pensions. Washington, D. C.
N 4933 9173 v 8
Dear Sir:
I have the honor to request such data as your records may contain relating to the military service and personal description of one * David Culver (or Culver ), a private in the New York State Militia, Revolutionary War, who was a pensioner under Act of 1832, when the said pensioner was a resident of Madison County, Ohio.
Any information now available for the purpose of a family record will be greatly appreciated.
Very respectfully Frank B. Culver.
* also record of David Culver , private, Conn. Line, whose pension dated from Apr. 1818 (resident of Warren County, N.Y.)

17358 INVALID.
1908 Apr. 6 Hist. to Frank B. Culver v. P.M. 1918 Dec. 21 Hist. to F. G. Hoag Letter in N. F. 10697 Nathaniel Colver 1925, Mch. 16 - Hist to Mrs. Wilbur A. Jones. u.m.
File No. 17358
David Colver
Pre Rev War
Act: June 7 th 32
Index: — Vol. / , Page 440
[Arrangement of 1870.]

W. Moore CC

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Daniel Silver which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? Yes V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? No 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? Yes
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
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?
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? In instance Yes, Rev. my father
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? Yes in every case
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? Yes
XVI. ‡Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? Yes
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.

London Sept 6 th
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War Department pension office Washington Ky D.C.

San Juan September 6 th 1833
ser 3
4 months
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I have just recd my returns from the pension office and being convinced that is an error in sum allowed me, I beg leave to refer to the testimony exhibited by me The time my 4 months service commenced was the 1 st of August 1781 & was discharged the 1 st of December following making 4 months which time I served under Captain Hale; My nine months service commenced the 1 st of April 1782 & the same following I enlisted into the three years service was put into Captain Peter B. Dews' company in the regiment commanded by Colonel Merriam's Rifles where I remained until the regiment was discharged which was between the 1 st & 6 th of January 1784. Michael Skinner one of my witnesses swears it was the 6 th January, I served with him at the same time & place and in the same regiment, the whole time I served was two years & 40 days, Mr Skinner has recd his returns & is allowed $80 and I but $70 I hope it may not be thought in- -decorous in me to ask your attention to the

testimony of Matthew Colkins Michael Shinn Thomas Spencer and Frederick Bumpus, and have the goodness to state to me wherein I have failed in showing full two years of 40 days service, and if upon examination it be found that error both in term & work such instructions from the Department as will enable me to correct the matter, and if the time of the  testimony will permit you will please answer my request soon as they be found practicable -
Yours very Humbly & abt. Servant.
David Colvin

Washington City 9 th June 1854
Concession of Pensions
My dear Sir you will find enclosed a letter to me from fore St G. G. ... and it my constituents & one of the best men in Ohio whom I have known for the last 40 years He is the Administrator as you will see of David Culver a Decentral Nonatubancy Romanay Solomon whom I also will know in his lifetime It seems a divine agent nothing less has occurred with G. ... the Administration that there is money here that properly belongs to the dependents of Mr. Culver & he offers to obtain for them pecuniary compensation The Mr. G. ... writes to comply with his G. ... capacity & calls on me as his representative for light & information in the matter with my dear Sir I being of non sem  informeth in the form to be the likely of calling on you & respectfully asking you to advise me how this matter really stands. If any thing can be done as respects the kind assistance of the mother of the deceased & I will be under no more obligations to you than return the enclosed papers Respectfully yours etc. etc. Pardon of Pensions
Charles B. Brown