Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 18354, Daniel Clark, Conn.

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Conn.
Clark, Daniel
S. 18354
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No 18453
Vermont
Daniel Clark
Letter to Hon: Hiram Walden - PA of Refrs - Jan 27/57
Windsor Co. in the State of Vermont who was a Pr. Sergt. in the company commanded by Captain Churchill of the Regt commanded by Col. Myllis in the Staff Troops time for 14 months Priv.
46.66 7 " Supt. 35.00 $81.66
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 81 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 nd day of Sept. 1833 and sent to Reuben Marshburn Ludlow Vt.
Arrears to the 14th of March 1833 163.32 Semi-ant. allowance ending 16 Sept. 1833 40.83 $204.15
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by G. Brown Clerk, Book E, Vol. 3 Page 57

Declaration of Daniel Clark
State of Vermont, District of Windsor ss.
On this ninth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, personally appeared in open Court, before the Probate Court within and for the District of Windsor in the state of Vermont, now sitting, Daniel Clark a resident of Plymouth in the County, and District, of Windsor in the state of Vermont aged nearly 80 years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress passed June 7th. 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as hereinafter stated - viz. -
That at Middletown in the County of Hartford, now Chatham, in the County of Middlesex, and state of Connecticut, where declarant then resided, on the 20th day of April 1775 there was an alarm given of the Battle of Lexington - Declarant started same day, with the Militia company of said Middletown for the vicinity of Boston - but proceeded no farther than Pomfret in said state of Connecticut, when the said company was ordered to return and enlist - Declarant, at said Chatham, immediately enlisted as a private for 6 months, as he believes - into Col. Wyllys Regiment - Company - the company was afterwards commanded by Capt. Scott - joined the Regiment, and marched to Ashbury in Massachusetts, near Boston, where the Regiment was stationed till some time in December, when the Declarant was discharged, having served 8 months -
The declarant further states that a few days after, to wit in said month of December 1775, at Chatham aforesaid, he enlisted for 2 months as a private into the company of Capt. Joseph Church - the name of the Col. who commanded the Regiment, he has forgotten - marched from Chatham to Brookline, near Boston - went on to Dorchester heights - was there when the British evacuated Boston. The day before his company was discharged, declarant was taken sick at Brookline, where he lay about a month, making his time of service, including sickness about 3 months -
On this ninth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, personally appeared in open Court, before the Probate Court within and for the District of Windsor in the state of Vermont, now sitting, Daniel Clark a resident of Plymouth in the County, and District, of Windsor in the state of Vermont aged nearly 80 years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress passed June 7th. 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as hereinafter stated - viz. -
That at Middletown in the County of Hartford, now Chatham, in the County of Middlesex, and state of Connecticut, where declarant then resided, on the 20th day of April 1775 there was an alarm given of the Battle of Lexington - Declarant started same day, with the Militia company of said Middletown for the vicinity of Boston - but proceeded no farther than Pomfret in said state of Connecticut, when the said company was ordered to return and enlist - Declarant, at said Chatham, immediately enlisted as a private for 6 months, as he believes - into Col. Wyllys Regiment - Company - the company was afterwards commanded by Capt. Scott - joined the Regiment, and marched to Ashbury in Massachusetts, near Boston, where the Regiment was stationed till some time in December, when the Declarant was discharged, having served 8 months -
The declarant further states that at said Chatham, in the month of May, as he thinks, he enlisted as a corporal for 6 months, into Capt. Church's company, and Col. Sages Regiment, but there being a want in the number of Sargants, the declarant did duty as Sargant the principal part of the time - marched from Chatham to New Haven - thence by water to New York - after staying in the city a while, Col. Sages Regiment went on to Governor's Island - was on Governor's Island at the time of the Battle on Long Island - the next day after said Battle left Governor's Island - declarant's health, at this time, being poor, he was ordered to the hospital - was then unable to do duty - the retreat of the American Army out of the City - Then Declarant went to New Jersey, to Passaic - as soon as he recovered his health he joined the Regiment at White Plains, the day before the Battle - he was in said Battle - he remained with the Regiment till December, when he was discharged, having served 7 months -
The declarant further states, that at Chatham aforesaid, in March 1777, he entered as a volunteer into a company of Mechanics, commanded by Capt. J. Cleveland, and superintended by General Israel Putnam, to build and repair waggons for the use of the Army - continued in this service till May 1778 - Declarant says, that for his services under Capt. Cleveland he received 90 dollars in an emigration of Bills that were out of circulation by order of Congress, and of no value to the declarant - The declarant does not recollect precisely the date of the several terms he served in Militia, but was out at a number of Alarms, at one time served 2 months near New Haven - was one in the Militia when New London Conn. was burnt - was also at Royalton Vermont the time that place was destroyed -

The declarant states, that he hired a man to serve in the Revolutionary Army during the war, for which he gave him from his own funds $75.00 in addition to what he received from government, which exempted declarant from liability to be drafted - so that in all cases the declarant volunteered - Declarant has 2 written discharges, both which, have long since been lost. Declarant moved from Chatham Conn. to Brooklyn in S t . State of Vt. where he lived about 20 years, then to Plymouth in the County of Windsor and State of Vermont, where he has lived about 28 years.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any state. He was born in Middletown, now Chatham, in the State of Connecticut, on the thirteenth day of October 1752. He has no record of his age. Was living in said Chatham, when called into service, and now resides in said Plymouth. He states the names of Rev d Joseph Freeman and Asa Briggs, Esq r , as persons, to whom he is known in his present neighbourhood, and who can testify, as to his character for veracity, and their belief of his service as a Soldier of the Revolution. (Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.)
Daniel Clark
Isaac Proctor Judge
We Joseph Freeman, a clergyman, residing in the town of Cavendish in the County of Windsor and State of Vermont, and Asa Briggs, residing in the town of Plymouth in the County and State aforesaid, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Deacon, Daniel Clark, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be nearly eighty years of age; that he is respected and beloved in the neighbourhood, where he resides, to have been a Soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. (Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.)
Jos. Freeman
Asa Briggs
Isaac Proctor Judge
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 Joseph Freeman, who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the town of Cavendish in the County of Windsor and State of Vermont, and, that Asa Briggs, who has also signed the same, is a resident in the said town of Plymouth, and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Isaac Proctor Judge
I, Reuben Washburn, Register of the Probate Court, within and for the District of Windsor in the State of Vermont, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Daniel Clark for a Pension.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said Court, this ninth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
Reuben Washburn
Daniel Clark
No 5782

Supplementary Declaration of Daniel Clark.
State of Vermont. } On this twenty fourth day District of Windsor, ss. } of May in the year of our LORD one thousand eight Hundred and thirty three, personally appeared in open Court, before the Probate Court within and for the District of Windsor in the State of Vermont, now sitting, Daniel Clark, a resident of Plymouth in the County of Windsor and State of Vermont, aged Eighty years the 13 th day of October now last past, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath, make the following Supplementary Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7. 1832.
That in respect to his term of Service of Eight months, as stated in his original Declaration, here- unto annexed, he was stationed at Roxbury, Mas- sachusetts, during the Battle of Bunker Hill, and was at said Roxbury on the arrival of General Washington to take the command of the Army.
That he was discharged on or about the 20 th day of December 1775, having served the full term of Eight months, and received a written Discharge, which was one of the two written Discharges, men- tioned in his said original Declaration.
That in respect to his next term of Service, as stated in his said original Declaration, he was in the first detachment, which, preparatory to the reduction of Boston, moved to Dorchester Heights on the night of March 4 th 1776, under the Command of General Thomas. That he assisted in the construction of a Redoubt, and was upon the ground every other

day and night, till the evacuation of Boston March 17 th 1776 - That the Declarant Regiment was stationed at Brookline, Massachusetts, where he remained sick, as stated in his said original Declaration, till the first of May 1776, having served, including the time he remained sick, as aforesaid, a few days over four months, instead of three months, as stated in his said original Declaration, the Declarant having probably made the mistake in computing the number of months from the last of December 1775 to the first of May 1776, and reckoning it only three months instead of four months, as it actually is.
That immediately upon his recovery from his said sickness the first of May 1776, he returned home to said Chatham, where he immediately again enlisted for the term of six months, as a corporal, in Capt. Churchill's Company and Col. Sage's Regiment, but after a few days served as a Sergeant for the remainder of that term of service. That he was stationed on Governor's Island, where he remained during the Battle of Long Island, and was one of the Last, who retreated to New York Island August 28 th 1776. Being in ill health, the Declarant went to the hospital, where he remained till the evacuation of the City of New York, when with the other sick he was removed across the River to Paramus in New Jersey. That he was in the Battle of White Plains, as stated in his said original Declaration, and with Washington retreated to North Castle, October 30 th 1776. That he commanded a Sergeant's Guard to conduct some Tories to Peekskill. That he was discharged the last of December 1776, having served seven months, and received a written Discharge, which was the other of the two Discharges, mentioned in his said original Declaration.
That on or about the 5 th March 1777, he enlisted into a Company of Mechanics, as stated in his said original Declaration, which was stationed at Brookline, Connecticut. That he was in this service at the time of the Battle of Bennington, and the taking of Burgoyne, and that he continued in this service till on or about the 5 th of May 1778, when he was

discharged, having served one year and two months.
That on or about the 6 th September 1781, he turned out with the Militia from said Chatham, to oppose Arnold in his attack upon New London, but was ordered to New Haven, Connecticut, near which he served two months in the Company, commanded, according to Declarant's best recollection, by Capt. Blake, but the Declarant does not recollect to what Regiment the said Company was attached.
That besides several other short tours of Service, the Declarant served in all, as a private two years and five months, and as a Sergeant about seven months, making his whole service something more, than three years.
That he has no documentary evidence, and that he knows of no person, whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his service, except David Clark and Amos Clark, whose Depositions are herewith annexed.
That he served his Country heartily and faithfully, and never shrank from any duty, hardship, or danger, nor ever received any censure or reprimand; and now in his old age, when past labour, and in reduced circumstances, he feels, that he is justly entitled to the bounty of his Country.
Daniel Clark
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Isaac Proctor Judge

I, Reuben Washburn, Register of the Probate Court, within and for the District of Windsor, in the State of Vermont, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original and supplementary proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Daniel Clark for a Pension.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, this twenty fourth day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three.
Reuben Washburn.

East Hampton Ct May 30 th
Overcharged $13 3/4 6 1/4
Dea Daniel Clark Plymouth State of Vermont
For David Clarke
Certificates
Is my own

To whom it may Concern. This may Certify that Amos Clark of Chatham Middlesex County State of Connecticut was in the Continental Service during the American Revolution with Daniel Clark then a resident of said Chatham and now residing in the Town of Plymouth in the State of Vermont. The first Campaign of six months was at Roxbury in the State of Massachusetts in Col o Wyllys Regiment. The next Campaign of two months was at Boston and afterwards at New-York six months in Col o Sage's Regiment Capt d Joseph Churchills Company all by enlistment. The above terms of service were performed between the first of May 1775 and some time in December 1776.
Amos Clark
Middlesex County ss Chatham May 21 st 1832 Personally appeared Amos Clark and made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed Before me Nath l C. Smith Justice of the Peace
State of Connecticut Middlesex County ss Chatham June 24 th 1833
I Certify that I am personally acquainted with Amos Clark signer of the foregoing deposition and that he is a man of truth and veracity whose testimony is entitled to full credit.
Nath l C. Smith Justice of the Peace

State of Connecticut Middlesex County ss John Fiske Clerk of the County Court for said County of Middlesex do hereby certify that Nath C. Smith Esq. was on the 21 st day of May 1832 and also on the 24 th day of June 1833 - and now is a Justice of the peace within and for said County of Middlesex as per Commission on file in my office and that his name sub- scribed to the within certificates marked A, B are his proper hand writing and signatures
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Middletown in said County this 2 nd day of July A D 1833.
W. P. W. R. Clerk

I David Clark of Chatham Middlesex County State of Connecticut Depose and say According to Record I was born in May 1760 and well remember my Brother Daniel Clark's Enlisting into the United States Service in the Spring of the year 1775 for six months & served that time at Roxbury near Boston, Afterwards two months at the time the British left Boston in 1776 Soon after his return from Boston, He Enlisted into Capt. Joseph Church's company for six months went to New York and returned home some time in December 1776. And afterwards engaged as a Mechanick or Waggon maker and worked at Brooklyn in Windham County State of Connecticut making Baggage Waggons for the United States I think something more than one year. —  David Clark
State of Connecticut County of Middlesex —
St. Chatham May 28 th 1832
Personally appearing David Clark Esq. the foregoing deponent and made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition, and I certify that said David Clark Esq. is well known to me and is in every respect a competent and credible witness. —  Before me
Franklin G. Comstock Justice of the Peace State of Connecticut Middlesex County ss John Fiske clerk of the county court for said county of Middlesex do certify that Franklin G. Comstock Esq. was on the 26 th day of May 1832. and now is a Justice of the peace within and for said County of Middlesex as per commission on file in my office and that his name subscribed to the above certificate is his proper hand writing and signature —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said court at Mid- dletown in said County this 2 nd day of July AD 1832.  M c J. W. C. M.

Rev. and 1812 War Section.
July 14, 1926
Frank S. Loomis 457 Central St Springfield, Mass
Sir:
I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 18354, it appears that Daniel Clark was born October 13, 1752 in Middletown (later called Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut.
While residing in said Middletown, he enlisted and served in the Connecticut Troops, as follows-- In 1775, as private in Captain Scott's Company, Colonel Wyllie's Regiment, and served eight months.
From December 1775, four months as private in Captain Joseph Churchill's Company, Colonel Sage's Regiment; and from March 1776, seven months as Corporal and Sergeant in same company and regiment, and was in the battle of White Plains.
From March 5, 1777 to May 5, 1778 as Artificer

under Captain James Cleveland.
From September 6, 1781, two months in Captain Blake's Company.
He was out on the alarms when New London was burned and when Royalton was destroyed. He had other short tours, officers not stated.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 9, 1833, while a resident of Plymouth, Windsor County, Vermont.
It is not stated that soldier was married.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

P 18354
INVALID.
File No. 18,354
Daniel Clark
Serjt Rev War
Act: June 7 th 32
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 431
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1914 Nov 21 - History to Miss L. Rogers. DD. B. H-
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Daniel Clark
14 mi private 7" Sergeant
Reuben Washburn Esq. Sudlow
Vt

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
May 20 1838
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 subjoined 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
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.      
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
Mr. Daniel Clark

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 A. B. Sworn to 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 (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), who has 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 days 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

(will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services. 
6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
(a) The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
(b) The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
(c) The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
(d) The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
(e) Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of 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 that 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 shown 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.
(f) The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
(g) The opinion of the Court is always required.
(h) The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
(i) The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he 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.
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 papers 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.
Proof of Service.
(j) 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 claimant's 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.
(k) The notes from (a) to (j) are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note (j) applies to continental troops only.
(l) This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
(m) If no witness can be found, the declarant must state the fact.
(n) The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

Springfield Mass May 30th 1926.
U.S. Commissioner of Pensions.
Dear Sir,
Will you please look in your Revolutionary War records for me. and send me a copy of the Military record turned in by.
Daniel Clark. born Middlesex com. in 1752. - June 1/1840. this Daniel Clark. was on the pension roll. at Ply mouth, Ot. and living with Caleb Weaver.
If you will look this up for me will thank you very much.
Respectfully yours. Frank B Loomis.
457 Central Street Member Mass society S.A.R.

ATI
Nov 14/14
Gentlemen
Kindly send me the military history of the following persons.
1 - Daniel Clark private and sergeant - Connecticut Continental Line resident of Plymouth & Windsor Co Vermont - in 1840. 2 - Joseph Clark private; corporal sergeant - New Hampshire Militia

Pensioner 1833.
3 - Samuel Clark resident of St. Johnsbury Vt. in 1840 and drew pension.
4 - John  Clark drew pension 1840 then resident of North Caledonia Co. Vermont-
and oblige (Miss) L. Rogers
174 W 89 St - New York.

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. 18354.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     - 1774 8 mos. Pvt. Scott Wyllys Conn.   Dec 1775 4 mos. Pvt. Joseph Churchill Page   May 1776 7 mos. Cpl & Sgt. Joseph Churchill Sage   Mch. 5, 1777 May 5, 1778 Captain James Cleveland   Sept 6 1781 2 mos. Blake   In several short tours of service, officers not stated.  
Battles engaged in, White Plains Residence of soldier at enlistment, Middletown (later called Chatham) Middlesex Co. Conn. Date of application for pension, Aug 9, 1832. His claim was allowed. Residence at date of application, Plymouth, Windsor Co. Vt. Age at date of application, 6 Oct 13, 1752 in Middletown, Conn.
Remarks: ✓
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

Ludlow (Vt.) July 6. 1833. —
Hon. J. G. Edwards, Commissioner of Pensions. —
Dear Sir,
At the request of Deacon Daniel Clark of Plymouth, I inclose to you his Declarations for a Pension, and, if satisfactory, wish you to forward his Pension Certificate to me as soon, as convenient.
I am, Dear Sir, with very great respect and esteem, your obedt. Servt.
Reuben Washburn. —

State of Vermont Windsor County }
Supplementary Declaration In order to Obtain an Increase of Pension due to Daniel Clarke under the Act of June 7 1832.
On the 7 th day of October A.D. 1850 Personally appeared before me John M. Bennett a justice of the Peace in and for said County of Windsor Daniel Clark Aged 97 years & upward A Pensioner of the United States under the act of the 7 th June 1832 at the rate of $81.66 per annum
Being first duly sworn according to Law does on his Oath make the following Declaration in order to Obtain Increase of Pension as he this Declarant served as an Artificer in the War of the Revolution for the Term of one year and some over under Captain James Cleveland from the Springs of to the Spring of very soon after his return from the Army at New York. And was attached to the Carpenters and Wagon making business in the State of Connecticut at Brooklyn.
On the breaking out of the Revolutionary War or soon after its commencement I was at Chat- ham Conn & enlisted I think for 8 months, I think in Col. Willis's Regiment & served out this time in Boston & vicinity & was a part of the time in Capt Scott's Company on my return home I immediately enlisted the second time & went to Boston & Dorchester for two months This was the time that Gen. Gage left Boston. I served out this two months & was taken sick - this brought me to the close of the first year. Then in April enlisted for N.Y. & served under Capt. Churchill - held a Corporals Commission but took a Sergeants place under Churchill

The next Spring after my return from New York I went to work under Capt. Cleveland at Brooklyn Conn, & worked some over a year this was about the year 1778 but I am so old I cannot remember dates very well but I distinctly recollect that I worked at the wagonmaking business under Capt James Cleveland. And I very distinctly recollect that once Gen. Green lost his carriage in some skirmish & ordered Capt. Cleveland to make him another & Capt Cleveland ordered me to make the wheels. this I did nice & complete much to the satisfaction of Capt. Cleveland & Gen. Green.
I worked more than one year under Capt Cleveland I also went on several other occasions to repel the British from places invaded by them.
I made application in the year of 1833 and received my Pension Certificate which bears date on the 2 nd day of September 1833 and as I was not unacquainted with the pension Laws I did not apply so particularly in relation to my service as artificer as I should have done if I had understood the Pension Laws. I did not know that an artificer received more than a common Soldier. — I have not known till of late that I was entitled to more pay & Pension.
I am very Old, I forget many of my officers names and would beg the favor of the Pension Office to examine my old papers on file at the pension office. I am very Feeble and need all that is due me from the United States as I have labored hard & suffered much indeed while in said service to obtain what

we now enjoy our blessed Independence And this is still very dear to me - tho I can enjoy it but few days - Then let the generation to come be benefitted by my suffering and fatigue.
Please to see my old papers and Reply my Case to Hon. H. Walden
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 7th day of October A.D. 1850 and I cer- tify that I am acquainted with the said Daniel Clark he is a man of strict integ- -rity - a very Credable old Gentleman - He is a Pensioner of the United States. Full confidence can be put in the foregoing
Daniel Clark
John M Bennett justice of the Peace
STATE OF VERMONT, } I, Norman Williams, Clerk of the County Court of the County Windsor County, ss. } of Windsor in the State of Vermont, do hereby certify that
John M. Bennett
is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified; that his commission was dated on the 30 th day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty one and will expire the thirtieth day of November next, and that his signature foregoing is genuine.
Given under my hand and the seal of said County Court, at Woodstock, in said County of Windsor, this 8 th day of October A. D. 1851.
Norman Williams Clerk.