Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 30982, Nezer Dailey, Mass.

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Dailey, Nezer
S. 30982
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Name 18.239
Elizer Dailey
of Axford Co in the State of Maine who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Briggs of the Regt commanded by Col Sullivan in the Mass  line for 16 mo.
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 53 Dollars 33 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 day of Augt . 1833 and sent to Dame, Starr. Jay.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $ 106.66 Semest. allowance ending Sept - 26.66
$133.32
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. Wheeler Clerk, Book E Vol. 1 Page 11

W. Dailey
19007 ✓

STATE OF MAINE.
COUNTY OF Oxford ss
ON this 19 th day of September A. D. 1832, personally appeared in open Court, before the Court of Probate now sitting, Niver Daily a resident of Easton in the county of Oxford and State of Maine, aged 70 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 act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. That at Easton in the
act of Congress, passed June 1, 1852. That at Boston in the State of Massachusetts, he enlisted the last of May or first of June 1778, to fill up the year's service of the Provincial Troops who were then in the service at Block Island in the State of Rhode Island, and was mustered in Taunton by Abner Leonard who was Muster Master, then marched he thinks by Lieut. Liseomb, to Block Island where he joined the Army in a Company commanded by Capt. Briggs, Lieut. Liseomb, Ensign Forster, in Col. John Jacob's Regiment, in Genl. Crossin's Brigade, stationed there till General Sullivan arrived with his Troops, the next day marched with all the Troops to Howland's Ferry, there on to the Island to Battery Hill at the head of the Island, that the British Troops left the day before, remained there till after the great Storm, then he marched to the lower end of the Island near New Port two days before the battle, General Sullivan was the Commanding Officer in the battle, after the engagement our Troops retreated off of the Island, at Howland's Ferry, that part of the Regt. he was in marched to Little Compton where he was stationed till he went into winter-quarters at Peaverton, while at Little Compton Capt. Briggs was arranged out and Capt. Isaiah Fuller took the command of the Company. The last of January 1779, he with the Regiment were discharged at Peaverton, the discharge he & the Regt. received was Verbal, that he served seven months in this campaign. Also for Asa Kinsley of Milford was with him during this service. The first of March 1779, a draft was called for by General Sullivan on the Town of Boston for Troops to go and Little Compton, it being left destitute by Col. Carver's Regiment being called off, he with others enlisted for an indefinite time to remain in the service till he was released by other Troops, he joined a Company commanded by Capt. Nathaniel Eddy in Col. Hathaway's Regiment, he was stationed at Little Compton till the forepart of June when he received a Verbal discharge, he believes he served in this campaign three months or more . Also Asa Kinsley of Milford was with him in this service. 1780. at Boston in May, he enlisted in the Continental service for six months , was mustered at Taunton, soon after he marched with other soldiers to Springfield in Massachusetts where he was mustered again, then marched by Capt. Warren for West Point in the State of New York, but being taken sick at Litchfield in Connecticut, was stopped there a few days, then went on and joined the army between West Point and Durbanks Point at Kings Ferry, entered Capt. Abner Leonard's Company in Col. Lord's Regiment, from thence he marched to the Great Plains below the English Neighborhood, while stationed there they built a Block House near Dabers Ferry, then marched to Orange Town where he was stationed till after Major Andross was executed, then marched to Stempsee thence to Talcuway in the Jerseys, thence to East Point where he went into winter-quarters, stationed there till about the 20th of January 1781 when he received an honorable discharge, but have forgotten the name of the signer, Col. Eben Sprout commanding the Regiment. He was last in, which was in Genl. Patterson's Brigade, also Asa Kinsley of Milford was in this service with me. He was born in Easton in the County of Bristol State of Massachusetts, 1762, where his home is in the Town Records of said Easton. In Easton; In Taunton in said County of Bristol, Simmore in the County of Bristol & State of Maine, in Taunton in said County of Bristol. Voluntary enlistments. knew Generals Sullivan & Crossin, Col. Sprout, Carver, Jacob, Bailey & Genl. Patterson as before stated, he received Verbal discharge in the first service by Capt. Isaiah Fuller - second Verbal by Col. John Hathaway - third at East Point was written he has forgotten the name of the officer that signed it, he gave it to Mathew Randall of Easton to draw his pay at the State Treasurer's office at Boston he expostulated it is in the said Treasurer's office - He first served in the service of the Continental Army
He 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 and year aforesaid. Henry Bailey
Before
Stephen Emery, 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 applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. He being well known to the Court as a man sustaining a fair reputation for truth & veracity, & alluding in corroboration of his own declaration to the deposition of Abel Hinsley on oath duly administered.
Stephen Emery Judge
I Joseph Glale Register Clerk of the Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Abel Hinsley for a pension.
IN testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 19 th day of September A. D. 1832.
CLERK.
Joseph Glale Register

DAILEY, NEZER (MASS.) S-30982

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J. L. Edwards Esq m
Pension Office Department
City of Washington D.C.
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Jay Maine June 22 1833,
J. L. Edwards Esq m
Sir. I received, from the war Department, Pension Office, five applications for pens- as recd. station - Rhinney, Isaac Melchuron, Silas Alden, Jacob Lothrop & Oliver Dailey- and Samuel Jackson & William French certificates. The informality and objections named in Isaac Melchuron, Silas Alden & Oliver Dailey papers have been corrected and I have enclose them to you, presuming they will now meet the approbation of the department and certificates granted thereon. The other two, Rhinney and Lothrop, I hope to be able to return them to you in a few days, executed to your satisfaction, and the objection as to Rhinney, removed -
Believing that the duties of your office relative to pension claims, is arduous and perplexing, by reason of the almost numerous applicants, and the enquiries that will be made by them, it is with reluctance that I trouble you, but being pressed by Lieut. Daniel Lothrop, who resided in Leeds in the County of Kennebec, State of Maine, when his application was made, who now lives in Jay- and who employed Robert C. Rose Esq m to assist him in presenting his claim for a pension, and having no return, whether approved or rejected, he is very anxious to know what is the cause- he says that Mr. Rose informed him that his claim was allowed when he was at Washington on the 9 th of Feb. last, that he had the promise of the certificate at that place on Monday the 11 th of Feb before he left, but did not receive it, that he had written for it six times and received no answer - I make this enquiry at the request of Mr. Lothrop who we consider it a great favor if you would inform me by letter whether his claim has been allowed, and for how much, and whether his certificate has issued if so to whom sent- any information on the subject will confer a favor on him. I am Sir in respectfully your Oblt. Servt. James Patten

30 982 Ray INVALID.
File No. 30 982
Meier Dailey Rev Rev Wao
Act: June 1 st 39
Index:—Vol. 3 , Page 103
[Arrangement of 1870.]

I, Azel Kinsley of Minot in the county of Cumberland, and State of Maine, aged seventy two years - on oath declare, that to my certain knowledge, Neyer Daily of Canton, was a neighbor of mine at Easton, in Massachussetts, and in 1770 left home as a private, in the war of the revolution, to march to Rhode Island. he returned the winter following - and I have no doubt that he served for the term of six months -
In March 1779 said Dailey and myself enlisted in the company commanded by Capt. Pelethiah Eddy in the regiment commanded by Col. John Hathaway we marched from Easton to Little Compton in Rhode Island, he there served for the term of three months - where he was discharged at the expiration of said term by Col. Hathaway verbally - In the month of June 1780 said Dailey and myself again enlisted at said Easton for the term of six months - we marched to West Point N. Y. where he was attached to the company commanded by Capt. Abner Howard, in the regiment commanded by Col. John Bailey and at the expiration of said term we were both discharged by said by Capt. Adams Bailey commandant - Azel Kinsley.
State of Maine.
Oxford ss. August 25. 1832 - The above named Azel Kinsley personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed - Before me.
Thomas Clarke Justice of the Peace -

STATE OF MAINE.
OXFORD COUNTY, ss.
I, RUFUS KING GOODENOW, Clerk of the Judicial Courts in and for said County of Oxford, hereby certify, that
Thomas Clark Esq
whose genuine signature is annexed to the foregoing Deposition of
A. M. Kinsley is a
Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Oxford.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office, this 18 th day of October in the year A. D. 1832
R. K. Goodenow
{ Clerk of Oxford County Courts.

I Reuben Wing of Livermore in the County of Oxford and State of Maine aged sixty one years, do testify & say that I first became acquainted with Sirar Dailey who now resides in Canton in said County of Oxford, in December in the year 1789 in said Town of Livermore and in the Spring of 1790 I went and lived one year to the next house to where said Dailey lived, which was within one quarter of a mile of him, and during that year I became intimate acquainted with him, and we frequently worked to gather, he frequently conversed upon the subject of his services as a soldier in the revolutionary war, but I do not recollect particulars that he then stated, excepting when he was returning home from one of his campaigns, he was destitute of money and very poorly clothed, that he call d at a house where the woman finding by enquiry that he had been a soldier in the then late war treated him with great hospitality, giving him food, and some articles of clothing. It was then believed in the neighbourhood where he resided that he was a soldier in the revolution- ary war and is still so believed and I fully concur in the same having been personally acquainted with him from the time I first stated to this time
Reuben Winge
State of Maine.
Oxford County ss... Be it known That before me James Starr a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, on the thirteenth day of June, A.D. 1833 personally appeared Reuben Winge and made oath in due form of law, that the foregoing Deposition by him signed is true, and I certify that he is a reputable witness -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, the day and year last above mentioned -
James Starr Justice of the Peace

STATE OF MAINE.
OXFORD COUNTY, ss.
I, RUFUS KING GOODENOW, Clerk of the Judicial Courts in and for said County of Oxford, hereby certify, that
James Starving whose genuine signatures are annexed to the foregoing Depositions of Joseph Adams & Henry Wing is a Isaac West
Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Oxford.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office, this 20th day of June in the year A. D. 1833.
M. Goodenow } Clerk of Oxford County Courts.

State of Maine
County of Oxford ss. Be it known, that before me James Starr a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Oxford, personally appeared Rev. Joseph Adams a Clergyman residing in the town of Jay in said County of Oxford; And Isaac West who resides in the same town of Jay, who being duly sworn, deponeth and saith, first the said Joseph Adams hereby certifies that he first became acquainted with M r as Dailey, in Livermore in said County, in the year 1796- or 1797, and that he is the identical M r as Dailey who now resides in Canton in said County of Oxford, having been well acquainted with him since the time above stated, that he believes him to be seventy years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that he concurs in that opinion. Joseph Adams
Second. The said Isaac West hereby certifies, that in the fall of the year 1780 and the Spring of 1781 he let himself to labor for M r as Dailey above named that he then resided in Livermore in said County, but now he resides in Canton in said County of Oxford that while he lived with said Dailey, they frequently conversed upon the subject of the Revolution or war which had lately closed, they having been soldiers in the same, and he heard Dailey several times state that he was a Soldier in Sullivan's expedition so called, on Rhode Island and that while he was there the American troops had a battle with the British on Sunday; also that said Dailey often stated that he was in the service of the British at West Point in the state of New York at the time M aj . Andre the British spy was taken prisoner, that he had been personally acquainted with said Dailey, from that time to the present and that he believes him to be seventy years of age; that he is reputed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and

and that he concurs fully in that opinion.
Isaac Helt
I hereby certify that the aforesaid deponents are reputable witnesses - subscribed and sworn to the fourth day of June A.D. 1833. - In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand the day and year last mentioned -
James Harr. Justice of the Peace

Admit
16 Nov

Jayellaine, June 22. 1833.
J. L. Edwards Esq. } Comm r of Pension - }
Sir. The Clergyman and two other respectable citizens, affidavits, (who formed an early acquaintance after the war, with Horner Dailey,) have been added to the papers in his case, which I hope will remove the objection no 12. in the "Brief objections to the admission of Pension Claims" returned to me, with his papers from the Pension office - War Department. The reason why it was not put into the papers in his first application, it was considered that where proof was produced as to the services rendered, it was not required. — — —
I am Dear Sir, most Respectfully your ab t serv t .
James Harr. 3