Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 21350, Daniel Howard, R.I.

SERVICE
NUMBER
R.L.
Howard, Daniel Dorothy
W. 21350
CONTENTS

Rhode Island 893
Dorothy Howard widow of Samuel Howard
who died on the 14 Sept. 1827 of Providence Co. in the State of R. Island who was a Sergeant in the Company commanded by Captain Sheldon of the reg't. commanded by Col. in the R. I. Militia time for 14 mo. 10 day
A. B. She died Jan. 19-1843.
Inscribed on the Roll of Rhode Island at the rate of 71 Dollars 66 Cents per annum. to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 day of May 1837 and sent to Saml Howard Esq Foster, Mt. Vernon.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1837 $ 430. Semiannual allowance ending 4 Sept 37 35.83
$ 465.83
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3 }
Recorded by Wm L. Almy Clerk, Book Vol. Page 105

No 316 Dorothy Howard R. Island Act 4 July 1836
admitted 14 mo 10 day Sept
Recd 14 Sept 1837
Danl Howard Hostes Mount Vernon P.O., R. I.

State of Rhode Island County of Providence
On this 3 rd day of September 1886
Personally appeared before me Joseph Westcott, assistant justice of the court of Common Pleas within and for the said County of Providence Dorothea Howard a Resident in the town of East Greenwich in said County of Providence & State of Rhode Island aged Seventy eight years, who being duly sworn according to Law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed July 24 th 1884. That she is the widow of Daniel Howard who was a Sergeant in the Army of the Revolution. That he performed his first Services after she was married to him and left home in the fall of the year Seventeen hundred and Seventy six, and that they went to Haverkipping in the month of June of the same year and that he performed that tour at Bristol and was gone from home about one month and served under Captain Stephen Sheldon. She further declares that she has been informed and believes that the said Daniel Howard enlisted into Capt. Stephen Sheldon's company of minute men in the year Seventeen hundred and Seventy five and was a Sergeant and served as such in said company, two or three months, at several places in the State of Rhode Island, which was previous to her marriage. She further declares that her said husband Daniel Howard was after wards a Sergeant in the Rhode Island Militia in Capt. William Howard's company, four or five years and served as such in the Revolutionary war at several places in said State, and particularly Relates of his Service at Woonsocket, and on the Island of Rhode Island and that he was on Rhode Island in Gen. Sullivan's Expedition at the time of the Great Storm in the month of August Seventeen hundred and Seventy Eight, and that his last Services were performed towards the close of the war, she does not Relate the particular periods of his several terms of Service other than above stated, but Relates, he was generally gone about a month at a time. She further declares that he turned out at all times when he was called on in the General Alarm, during the War and that he went on those occasions short terms several times. She is unable to specify his Services in the Revolutionary war, in a more particular manner than above nor the names of the Captains that he performed actual Service under, but Relates of his Service under Gen. Cornwall a great part of the time, she further declares that her said husband Daniel Howard resided in the town of Seekonk within the present limits of the Town of

Yester when he first entered the Revolutionary Service and continued to live in the same place until the time of his death. She further declares that she was married to the said Daniel Howland on the Fourteenth day of February in the Year One Thousand Eight Hundred and Seventy Six, but that there is no Record or certificate of her marriage as she knows or believes, she must therefore rely on other testimony to prove it. That her husband the said Daniel Howland died on the Fourteenth day of September Eighteen Hundred and Twenty Seven, and that she has remained unmarried since that period, and is now his widow. all which will appear by the testimony hereto annexed, and that she has no documentary evidence in support of her claim so far as respects the services of her said husband, Wherefore she requests that the same pension which might have been granted to her said husband under the act of June 7 th . 1832. if he had been alive, may be extended to her.
Dorothy the Howland X mark
I swear to and subscribe before me the day and year aforesaid. And I further certify that the said Dorothy Howland from old age and bodily infirmity is unable to appear in person, and that she is a creditable person with whom I am well acquainted.
Josiah Westcott, Justice of the Court of Common Pleas County of Providence

Daniel Howard was born in July in the Year 1752. Dorothy his wife was born the Sixth day of June 1758. Amy Howard their daughter was born February 25 th 1776. Isaac Howard their son was born Tuesday the last day of March 1778. Elizabeth Howard was born Tuesday the 22 nd day of February 1780. Died July 28 th day 1803. By Daniel Howard Town Clerk.
I hereby certify that the above is a true Extract from Foster Town Records for Marriages, Births and deaths, first Book, Page 44. I further certify that I am the Town Clerk of the said Town of Foster duly authorized to act in said capacity. Witness Daniel Howard Town Clerk.
State of Rhode Island } County of Providence } ss - In Foster in said County of Providence On this thirtieth day of September 1836, Personally appeared Richard Howard a justice of the Peace in and for said Town of Foster. Daniel Howard above named and being duly sworn according to law, made oath to the truth of the above Certificate by him subscribed. I further certify that the said Daniel Howard is the Town Clerk of the said Town of Foster, and is entitled to full credit.
Richard Howard Justice of the Peace.
State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations Providence ss. I Dyer Randall Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within & for said County, being a Court of Record, do hereby certify that Richard Howard before whom the above is sworn is a justice of the Peace in the Town of Foster in said County; that he is duly qualified and authorized to take depositions and administer oaths & that his signature above written is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court at Providence, this 30 th day of September A.D. 1836. Dyer Randall Clerk.

November 13, 1934.
Mrs. Louis S. Lansing 318 Sherman Street Watertown, New York.
BA-J/ILL Daniel Howard W. 21350
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Daniel Howard, whose widow received a pension in 1840.
The record of Daniel Howard is given herein as found in the papers on file in pension claim, W. 21350, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
Daniel Howard was born in July 1752, in that part of Foster, Providence County, Rhode Island, which was then called Scituate; the names of his parents are not shown.
While a resident of Scituate, Rhode Island, he was a minute-man in Captain Stephen Sheldon's company in 1775, in which company he was appointed sergeant, and was called out on several tours in that year, one in December; subsequent to the summer of 1776, he served on various monthly tours as late as 1781 under Captains Stephen Sheldon, William Howard (no relationship to Daniel shown), Jonathan Knight, Isaac Hopkins, Simeon Harrendeen, and Samuel Wilbur, and Colonel William Benton in the Rhode Island troops, and was in General Sullivan's Expedition. His entire service amounted to about twenty-two months, all rendered as sergeant; no specific dates were shown.
The soldier married February 14, 1776, in Scituate, Rhode Island, Dorothy Clark, who was born June 6, 1758. The wedding ceremony was performed by Nathan Young, a clergyman, at the home of her father, William Clark.
Mrs. Finch said use this.
Daniel Howard, the soldier, died September 14, 1827, in Foster,

Providence County, Rhode Island; he had never moved from his home there.
Dorothy Howard, the soldier's widow, was allowed pension on her application executed September 3, 1836, at which time she resided in Foster, Rhode Island. She died January 19, 1843.
The names of the children of Daniel Howard and his wife, Dorothy, are recorded as follows:
Amy Lewis Howard, born February 25, 1776. Isaac ... " " March 30, 1778. Elizabeth " " February 22, 1780.
On September 30, 1836, Daniel Howard, town clerk of Foster, Rhode Island, stated that these dates given above were a copy of the records of Foster, recorded July 28, 1803, by Daniel Howard, town clerk. No relationship between these persons is shown. One Richard Howard was a Justice of the Peace for Foster, Rhode Island, in 1836.
There are no further family data.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

Jan'y 4-1901 Daniel Howard Windsor Locks Conn 1910 July 22 Hist. to James Herbert Howard 1920 May 4 Hist. to Mrs. Daniel Howard 1934 Nov. 12 - Hist. to Mrs. Louis S. Lansing - Ill.
Rev 21,350 WIDOW, &c.
File No. 21,350
Dorothy Howard widow of Daniel Howard Sergt Rev. War
Act: July 4 th /36
Index:—Vol. 8 , Page 349
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Dorothy Nomad R Island
Suspended let. 6 Nov 1936 Nomad.

D. Howard Nov 6. 1832
Rec Vol 39 Page 194

War Dept. Pen Office Nov 8 1882
Sir,
The papers in the case of Dorothy Howard widow of Daniel Howard have been ex. d filed with suspended cases. Before a decision can be had the precise duration of each term of actual service performed by her husband should be stated. The witnesses should also state in their affidavits when specifying the terms of service how they became acquainted with with the applicant's service alleged and some corroborative evidence of the alleged service having been  as a sergeant should be exhibited to entitle the claimant to a pension for services in that grade.
Daniel Howard Esq. Foster.
Connecticut R. Island

Oct 10
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4 July 36
Scratch Board
on paper
Geo. W. ... Esq.
Acting Commissioner of Police
Washington City
(S.G.)

Foster October 4 th 1836,
Geo. W. Mem Prump Esq c Acting Commissioner of Pensions —
Sir, I herewith transmit (enclosed) transmit the Declaration of Dorothy Howards residing in said Foster, the Widow of Daniel Howards late of the said Town of Foster, deceased, for the purpose of obtaining the benefit of the provision of the Act of Congress passed July 4 th 1836, together with the evidence in support of her claim, Please to send her pension certificate to me in case there is one granted, and direct the same to Mount Vernon Post Office, Foster, Rhode Island (which is her request), or any other communications relating to the subject —
Yours, Respectfully,
Daniel Howards

Josiah Harrington of the Town of Foster in the County of Providence in the State of Rhode Island being Seventy Six years of age and duly sworn according to Law do Testify and say, that I was well acquainted with Daniel Howards late of the said Town of Foster deceased that the said Daniel Howards was a Sergeant in the army of the Revolution that he enlisted into the Minute Company (so called) Commanded by Captain Stephen Sheldon in the year 1775 and was appointed the first sergeant of said Company and performed two months actual service in said Company, at Block Island and the Islands of Connecticut in the State of Rhode Island which tour commenced in the fore part of the fall or latter part of the Summer of that year, and that he performed actual service in said Minute Company one month in the fall of the same year at the Town of Bristol in said State, I lived at the time when he performed the above service within two miles of him and was intimately acquainted with him and well remember that he went and performed said service And that the said Daniel Howards performed actual service one month in said Captain Stephen Sheldon Company I think, at the said Town of Bristol in the year 1776, and was there in the month of December of that year I was there with him during that tour And that the said Daniel Howards performed actual service four tours of one month at each tour in the Rhode Island Militia at the Town of Warwick in said State in the year 1777, he then belonged to the 6th Company of Militia in the Town of Scituate, whether said Company was then commanded by Captain Stephen Sheldon or Captain William Howards I cannot now certainly say, I know that said 6th Company of Militia was commanded by Captain Stephen Sheldon in the fore part of the War and by Captain William Howards in the latter part and that Captain William Howards was appointed Captain of said Company either in the year 1777, or 1778 and the said William Howards continued to be the Captain of said Company until after the close of the War and that James Wells was the Lieutenant of said Company and Samuel Perkins was the Ensign while Captain Sheldon commanded said Company, in the time of the Revolutionary War, and also during the time Captain Howards commanded said Company.

until the year 1781, Captain William Howard was a Sergeant in said Company, and was advanced to the office of Captain at the time said Captain Stephen Sheldon ceased to hold said office, And that the said Daniel Howards was the first Sergeant in said Company during the whole time that the said Captain Sheldon and Captain Howard commanded said sixth Company of Militia, during the War, the Militia was divided into three classes in the year 1777, and the four monthly, saying that the said Daniel Howard performed at Warwick in the year 1777, was by him performed by him as a class man and that his first Warwick tour commenced that year in the Month of February, the men of course served under different Officers at those Tours, I belonged to Captain Simeon Harradene's Militia Company in the said Town of Scituate, but I served with the said Daniel Howard two of said Warwick tours, and he served all the time I was with him in the office of first Sergeant and always called the roll when I was with him in service and did the necessary writings and was very capable and good officer, And that at the other two tours at Warwick I saw him there at the commencement and at the closing of said tours, And that the said Daniel Howard performed 1,10 one tour of actual service of one month and ten days as first Sergeant at the Towns of Tiverton and Littlecompton in the fall of the same year, at the time of General Spencer's expedition to Rhode Island in said sixth Company of Militia I was there with him during that tour, he performed actual service one month at Rhode Island in the year 1778, in General Sullivan's expedition, under General Cornwall, in Captain William Howard Company, and was there at the time of the great storm in the Month of August, I saw him there at the close of said tour when I came down to perform a monthly service on said Island, He also performed actual service one month at Warwick in the fall of the same year in the same Company, I was there and served with him during that tour, and that he performed actual service one month

at Bristol, in the year 1779, and served that tour under Captain Jonathan Knight, I was there and served with him during that monthly tour, And that he performed actual service one month at Warwick in the year 1780, and served that tour under Captain Isaac Hopkins I was there and served with him during that monthly tour, And that he performed actual service one month at Warwick in the year 1781, and served that tour under Captain Samuel Wilbur I then I went to Warwick to bring a man home that was there sick and saw the said Daniel Howard there on duty, I further testify and say that the said Daniel Howard performed several short tours of duty in times of the general alarm during the Revolutionary War a few days at a time which would amount in the whole to as much as one month actual service, I served with him in all the tours of duty that he performed in the General Alarm. I further testify and say that the said Daniel Howard acted and did the duty of first sergeant during the whole time of his service in the Revolutionary War that I have knowledge of
Josiah Harrington
State of Rhode Island } County of Providence, } In Foster in the County of Providence on the third day of December 1836,
Personally appeared before me John Brangton a Justice of the Peace in the Town of Foster in said County, Josiah Harrington above named, and being first duly sworn according to law, made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed And I further certify that the said Josiah Harrington is a credible person with whom I am well acquainted and that he is entitled to full credit as a witness. John Brangton Justice of the Peace

State of Rhode Island
Providence ss
I Dexter Randall Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within & for the County of Providence being a Court of Record do hereby certify that John Brayton Esq r before whom the foregoing affidavit was sworn, is a justice of the peace in the Town of Foster within said County; that by Law he is duly authorized and empowered to take depositions and administer oaths and his signature within written is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court at Providence this twelfth day of December AD 1836
Dexter Randall Clk

I John Hammond of Foster in the County of Providence & State of Rhode Island now residing in country in the County of Kent & State aforesaid being eighty years of age and duly sworn according to law do testify and say, that I was well acquainted with Daniel Howard late of the Town of Foster in the County of Providence and State of Rhode Island deceased, that the said Daniel Howard was a Sergeant in the Army of the Revolution, that he enlisted into the minute company commanded by Captain Stephen Sheldon in the year Seven-teen Hundred and Seventyfive, and was Appointed the first Sergeant in said company on the Day of his said enlistment and served in said Office during the whole time of the continuance of said minute company, and that he served a tour of one month in said Captain Sheldon's company at the Town of Bristol in the State of Rhode Island in the year 1776, I served with him that tour - And that the said Daniel Howard was afterwards in the year 1777, the first Sergeant in the Sixth company of Militia in the Town of Scituate commanded by Capt Stephen Sheldon, in the first part of the War and by Capt William Howard in the latter part, and continued to be the first Sergeant in said company during the remainder of the War, but I cannot say positively that I ever served with him any other tours except in the general alarms. The Militia was divided into Clapers, and I was also a Sergeant in said Sixth company of Militia, and think the reason why I did not serve with him at other times is because it was not common for more than one Sergeant from the same company to serve as a clapper man at the same time, and I am fully of the opinion that he turned out and performed his duty at all times and served his regular tours during the whole time of the Revolutionary War. I don't recollect that he ever failed to go and perform his duty a single tour, and am fully impressed with the belief that he performed as many months

Actual Service in the Revolutionary War as any other Militia man performed that I was ever, or am now Acquainted with, but I don't think after so great a lapse of time that I can recollect all the tours that he performed actual Service with me in said War, and do believe that I served with him several monthly tours, and do also believe that he performed as many as twentytwo or twentythree months actual service in the whole, During the Revolutionary War, I further testify and say, that the said Daniel Howard was the first Sergeant in the said minute company, and also the first Sergeant in said Militia Compa- ny and served as such During the whole time of the Revolutionary war, after he enlisted into said minute company in 1775, as before stated - I belonged to the same Militia company that he did during the whole time, and since the War I was captain of said company and never since the War, have I seen any muster rolls of said company or other Documents which would show who the Sergeants or corporals of said company were in the time of the Revolutionary War, Neither do I believe there are any such muster rolls or Documents now to be found -
The said Daniel Howard resided at the time he entered the Revolutionary service in the Town of Scituate, within the present limits of the Town of Foster, and continued to reside in the same place until the time of his Death.
John Hammond
State of Rhode Island County of Kent
At Coventry in said County of Kent, on the 2nd day of December 1836
Personally came before me George Vaughn a justice of the peace in and for said Town of Coventry in said County, John Hammond abovenamed, and being first duly sworn

State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.
Secretary's Office Decem r 14. A D 1836
I certify, that at the session of the General assembly of said State on the third Monday of June last, George Vaughn (whose genuine signature is to the certificate annexed) was elected a Justice of the Peace for the town of Coventry in the County of Kent, for and until the first Wednesday of May next, and has been commissioned accordingly, as appears of record in this office.
Witness, Henry Bowen Secy

BY HIS EXCELLENCY,
John Brown Francis
Governor, Captain-General, and Commander in Chief of the State of Rhode- Island and Providence Plantations.
BE IT KNOWN, that the name, " HENRY BOWEN, " to the afore-written attestation subscribed, is the proper hand writing of Henry Bow- en, Esquire, who at the time of subscribing the same, was Secretary of the State aforesaid, duly elected and qualified according to law: Wherefore unto his said attestation full faith and credit are to be rendered.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and
caused the seal of said State to be affixed at Prov-
dence, this fourteenth day of December in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty- Six and of Independence the sixty- first
John Brown Francis
By His Excellency's Command.
Henry Bowen Seery

according to Law, made solemn Oath to the truth of the aforegoing  affidavit Affidavit by him Subscribed. And I further certify that the said John Hammond is a Clergyman Residing in said Town of Coventry and is a credible person with whom I am acquainted and entitled to full credit as a Witness.
George Vaughn Justice of the Peace

Hon, J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D. C.

Boston December 19 th 1836
Hon. J. L. Edwards, Commissioner of Pensions.
Sir,
I herewith transmit the Affidavits of Josiah Bennett and the Rev. John Hammond to be used as further evidence in the case of Mrs. Dorothy Howard and in support of her claim for a pension on account of the services of her late husband Daniel Howard as a Sergeant in the Army of the Revolution, in conformity to the requirements stated in your communication of the 6 th of November 1836, taken for the purpose of showing the precise duration of each tour of actual service performed by her said husband, and how the Witness became acquainted with the services alleged, and as corroborative evidence of the alleged services being as a Sergeant — You will perceive that the testimony of the Rev. John Hammond corroborates the testimony of Asahel Bennett and Josiah Bennett respecting the said Daniel Howard's services as a Sergeant and that he fully believes that the said Daniel Howard served as much as twenty two or twenty three months in the whole in the Revolutionary War, but is unable from the great length of time since said services were performed to say positively that he served with him more than one tour, excepting the general alarm, but believes that he served with him several monthly tours, and states as the reasons for his not serving with him more tours, that he was also himself a Sergeant in the same Militia Company and that it was not common for more than one Sergeant in the same Company to serve as a Clap man at the same time —

As to the statements of Josiah Herrington respecting the precise duration of each term of service, and how he became acquainted with the services alleged, they are the same in substance as they were stated by him to the Justice when he gave his first Affidavit, which was annexed to the widows declaration, and therewith transmitted, but were at that time thought unnecessary to be embodied in said Affidavit.
It is not thought necessary to take the Affidavit of Asahel Bennett over again, as he (as I think) stated how he became acquainted with all the services mentioned in his Affidavit which were not contained in Josiah Herringtons, and particularly, one months service in Captain Stephen Sheldons minute company in the month of December 1775, at the Islands of Rhode Islands —
The few survivors of the Rhode Island Militia in this part of the State, and the circumstance of their being so far advanced in life (being most of them between Eighty and Ninety years of age,) after the lapse of so many years, render it extremely difficult for Applicants to prove positively in a definite manner all, or near all the services rendered by militiamen who served therein — —
Please to send the Pension Certificate (in case the same is granted) or any other communication relating to the subject, to me, at Mount Vernon Post Office. Foster, Rhode Islands,
I am respectfully Your Ob t Serv t
Daniel Howard

I Mary Bennet of the Town of Foster in the county of Providence in the State of Rhode Island being eighty one years of age and duly sworn according to law do testify and say that I was well acquainted with Daniel Howard late of the said Town of Foster deceased who was in the army of the Revolution and am acquainted with Dorothy Howard the widow of the said Daniel Howard who now resides in the said Town of Foster. I further testify and say that the said Daniel Howard and the said Dorothy Howard whose maiden name was Dorothy Clark were married in the month of February Seventeen Hundred and seventy six according to the best of my recollection and belief they then lived and were married in the Town of Scituate within the limits of the present Town of Foster I was not present at their marriage but was a near neighbor of her Father the clergymans name was Nathan Young and I well recollect the evening on which they were married the clergymen called at our house on his way there and stated that he was then going to the house of William Clark for the purpose of joining the said Daniel Howard and the said Dorothy Clark together in marriage and on his return the same evening he again called in at our house and stated that he had joined them together in marriage I further testify and say that the said Nathan Young died a great number of years ago and that the said Dorothy Howard now resides in the said Town of Foster and that she the said Dorothy Howard has never been married since her said husband Daniel Howard died but still remains a widow
Mary Bennet

State of Rhode Island County of Providence } In Foster in the county of Providence on the Eight day of September 1836. Personally appeared before me John Brayton a Justice of the Peace in and for said Town of Foster in said County, Mary Bennett afore named and being first duly sworn according to law made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed. I further certify that the said Mary Bennett is a reliable person with whom I am acquainted and that she is entitled to full credit as a Witness. John Brayton Justice of the Peace
State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations Providence } I, Dexter Randall Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County - being a Court of Record do hereby certify that John Brayton Esq. before whom the within foregoing affidavits were sworn is a Justice of the Peace of the Town of Foster in said County; That he is duly qualified & empowered by Law to administer oaths and take depositions; and that his signatures before written are genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Providence, this 30th day of September A.D. 1836.
Dexter Randall C.C.

I Asker Vernal of the Town of Foster in the County of Providence in the State of Rhode Island being eighty two years of age and duly sworn according to law do testify and say that I was well acquainted with Daniel Howard late of the said Town of Foster deceased that the said Daniel Howard was a sergeant in the army of the Revolution that I enlisted into Captain Stephen Sheldon company of minute men so called in the month of December Seventeen Hundred and Seventy five and when I enlisted into said company the said Daniel Howard was a sergeant in said company I worked at New Providence in the State of New York the summer previous to my enlisting into said company and enlisted into said company immediately after I returned to Rhode Island I did duty in said company with the said Daniel Howard one month under the aforesaid enlistment and understood at the time that the said company had been on duty some time at the Islands of Block Island and Conanicut and other places within the State of Rhode Island he was afterwards a sergeant in the Militia and served as such one tour at Bristol in the year Seventeen Hundred and Seventy six and was there one month under Captain Simon Harrindeen as I now think, he was a sergeant in Captain William Howards Militia company and served as such at Warwick in the year Seventeen Hundred and Seventy seven I do not recollect how many tours but I was with him two tours of one month each - he also served one tour of one month or more the same year at Tiverton and Little Compton at the time of General Spencer's expedition at Rhode Island in Captain William Howards Militia Company under General Coddington - he served at Rhode Island one month in General Sullivan's expedition under General Coddington in Captain William Howards company in the year Seventeen Hundred and Seventy eight and was there during the great storm in the month of August he served one tour in the year Seventeen Hundred and Seventy Nine and was at Bristol one month under Captain Jonathan Knight I think - he afterwards performed service at Warwick in said company of Militia commanded by Captain William Howards about one month but don't recollect in what year the last mentioned service was performed but think it was in the year Seventeen Hundred and Eighty - he also turned out and did duty five or six times when there were General alarms - I further testify and say that the said Daniel Howard was a sergeant and served as such during the whole time of his Revolutionary services as above mentioned and that he resided in Scituate within the limits of the present Town of Foster when he first entered the Revolutionary service and continued to live there until the time of his death which happened in the month of September Eighteen Hundred and Twenty seven I further testify and say that I am acquainted with Dorothy Howard the widow of the said Daniel Howard her maiden name was Dorothy Clark they were married in the month of February Seventeen Hundred and Seventy six according to the best of my recollection and belief and the said Dorothy Howard has never been married since her said husband Daniel Howard

died but still owning his widow
Ashe Bennett
State of Rhode Island } County of Providence. } ss In Foster in the county of Providence on the eighth day of September 1836 — Personally appeared before me John Branton a justice of the Peace in and for said Town of Foster in said County — Ashe Bennett aforementioned and being first duly sworn according to law made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed I further certify that the said Ashe Bennett is a credible person with whom I am acquainted and that he is entitled to full credit as a witness John Branton Justice of the Peace

Town Clerk's Office,
Foster September the third day 1836,
I hereby certify that Daniel Howard late of the said Town of Foster in the County of Providence in the State of Rhode Island, deceased, died on the fourteenth day of September in the Year Eighteen Hundred and Twenty Seven. Aged Seventy Five Years, and about two months, as appears of Record in this Office it further appears that the same was Recorded on the 24 th day of October 1827, I further certify that I am now the Town Clerk of the said Town of Foster, and duly authorized and qualified to act in said Capacity —
Witness. Daniel Howard Town Clerk —
State of Rhode Island } County of Providence } ss — At Foster in said County of Providence, on the third day of September 1836 Personally appeared before me Josiah Westcott. Associate Justice of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County Daniel Howard subscriber to the above Certificate and made solemn oath that the statements therein contained are correct and true — I further certify that the said Daniel Howard is the Town Clerk of the Town of Foster and is entitled to full credit — Josiah Westcott Justice of the Court of Common Pleas County of Providence

State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations
I, Dyer Randall Clerk of the court of Common Pleas within & for the county of Providence & being a court of Record, do hereby certify that Sarah Westcott Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn is a justice of said court that he is duly qualified and authorized to take depositions & administer oaths and that his signatures before written are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said court at Providence this 30 th  of September AD 1836
Dyer Randall Clerk

Joseph Hamilton of the Town of Foster in the County of Providence in the State of Rhode Island being Seventy six years of age and duly sworn according to law do testify and say, - That I was well acquainted with Daniel Howard late of the said Town of Foster deceased and that the said Daniel Howard was a sergeant in the army of the Revolution he enlisted into Captain Stephen Sheldon's Company of minute men so called I don't particularly recollect the term of said enlistment but he performed actual service under said enlistment two or three months at Block Island and the Island of Connicut and other places in the State of Rhode Island and that the said Daniel Howard resided at the time of his enlistment in the Town of Scituate in said State which was in the year Seventeen Hundred and Seventy five he served one other tour the same year and performed about one month's service at Bristol, he served one tour at Bristol in the Militia in the year Seventeen Hundred and Seventy Six of about one month of about one month I don't recollect the name of the Captain he served under while there - he served four tours of about one month each at Warwick in the year Seventeen Hundred and Seventy seven - the first of said four tours at Warwick commenced in the forest of the year - he then belonged to Captain William Howard's Militia Company - he also served one tour of one month and about ten days the same year at Overton and Little Compton at the time of General Spencer's expedition at Rhode Island under Colonel William Benton in Captain William Howard's Militia Company, he served at Rhode Island one month in General Sullivan's expedition under General Cornwall in Captain William Howard's Militia Company, in the year Seventeen Hundred and Seventy Eight and was there during the great storm in the month of August - he also served one month at Warwick in the same year in the same Company he served one tour in the year Seventeen Hundred and Seventy Nine and was at Bristol one month under Captain Jonathan Knight he served one tour in the year Seventeen Hundred and Eighty, and was at Warwick one month under Captain Isaac Hopkins he served one tour in the year Seventeen Hundred and Eighty One and was at Warwick one month and as I think served under Captain Samuel Wilbur - I further testify and say that the said Daniel Howard was a sergeant during the whole time of his services in the Revolutionary war and served as such. he also turned out and went and did his duty at all times in the General Alarm, during the Revolutionary war and went on those occasions as much as six times short tours amounting in the whole to as much as one month actual service according to the best of my recollection and belief I further testify and say that I am well acquainted with Dorothy Howard the widow of the said Daniel Howard her maiden name was Dorothy Clark they were married in the forest of the year Seventeen Hundred and

Seventy six according to the best of my recollection and belief they then resided in the Town of Scituate in that part of the then Town of Scituate which is now Foster and continued to live in the said Town of Foster until the time of his death which happened in the month of September Eighteen Hundred and Twenty seven I further testify and say that the said Dorothy Howard has never been married since her said husband Daniel Howard died but still remains his widow
Josiah Harrington
State of Rhode Island County of Providence } ss In Foster in the County of Providence on the twenty ninth day of September 1836 Personally appeared before me John Brayton a Justice of the Peace in and for said Town of Foster - in said County Josiah Harrington above named and being first duly sworn according to law made solemn oath to the truth of foregoing affidavit by him subscribed - I further Certify that the said Josiah Harrington is a credible person with whom I am acquainted and that he is entitled to full credit as a witness
John Brayton Justice of the Peace

Post S. 16
Windsor, Conn.
April 14, 1920.
Commissioner of Pensions Washington D. C.
Dear Sir,
In order that I may join the Daughters of the American Revolution I desire to secure from your Bureau the pension record of my

ancestor, Daniel Howard of Rhode Island. He enlisted as a soldier of the Revolutionary war in 1775. His widow made application for a pension, Sept. 3, 1836 and was pensioned at $71.66 per annum from March 4, 1837.
I shall be very grateful to receive from you a copy of the official record.
Very truly yours
(Mrs Daniel)
Sarah H. Howard 380 Broad St., Windsor, Conn.

November 1, 1934.
MRS. LOUIS SHERMAN LANSING 318 SHERMAN STREET WATERTOWN, NEW YORK
The Pension Department, Veterans Administration, Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:-
Will you kindly send me, as soon as you conveniently can, what you have in regard to
DANIEL HOWARD
of Foster, R. I. His widow was getting a pension in 1840. I would like his war record(Rev.) and especially the names of and addresses of his children, if mentioned. Daniel Howard died Sept. 14, 1827.
Thanking you for the above information, I am,
Yours very truly,
(Mrs. L. S.) Grace M. Lansing.

Windsor Locks, Conn.,
Dec. 27, 1900.
Commissioner of Pensions, .
Washington, D.C.,
Dear Sir:-
Dorothy Howard , my ancestor, was a pensioner because of services rendered in the War of the Revolution by her husband, Daniel Howard of Rhode Island. I wish to become a member of the Sons of the American Revolution and am asked by the association to furnish a certificate from you in regard to the pension referred to.
Daniel Howard died in 1827. His widow, Dorothy, died in 1843. I do not know how long she was a pensioner, but I think many years. I found her name on the Pension Census for 1841.
I should like to ascertain if possible the following facts:- What service, when, and where did Daniel Howard of R.I. render? Did he draw a pension personally?
When did his widow draw a pension? how much per year? and what was her age according to the records?
Also any other facts that your records may show, which in your judgment would be of value to me in proving that Daniel Howard was a soldier of the Revolution or rendered service in the cause.

Please inform me of the amount of the fee for certificates of this sort, either before or at the time of sending the certificate, according to your custom, and I will remit.
Yours very truly,
Daniel Howard

"Howard House" 19 Merton Rd., Newport, R.I. July, 14, 1910.
Commissioner of Pensions: Pension Bureau.
Dear Sir:—
I should like to find through your bureau the Revolutionary War records of William Howard, an Ensign Lieutenant and Captain from 1776 to 1781, under Gen. Cornell in Rhode Island, I would like to get his full record if possible as he was an officer of the line.
I also desire to secure the full record if possible of one James Howard, a private, one year about 1780, under Col. Christopher Greene in Rhode Island.
I also would like to get a record of one Daniel Howard a private & Sergeant from 1775 to 1781, under Captains Sheldon; Wright; Hopkins; & Wilbur, in Rhode Island.
I would like to know if it is within the scope of your bureau to tell me, whether one, Thomas Howard, has a record for service in the French & Indian War also the Revolutionary War. He is supposed to have been with Gen. Wolfe at the capture of Quebec.
JUL 18 1910

I also desire to secure the record of Joseph Howard if he has one, it is very doubtful if he has.
I will be very grateful for the information if you can send it to me, as I wish to use it as proof of ancestry to join several patriotic organizations.
If there are any fees collectible; for giving such copies, by yourself or the department please send notice accompanying the reply. I will be very pleased to make any remittance which may be required. I hope to hear from you as soon as it is your pleasure. I am
Yours Very Respectfully, James Herbert Howard, 19 Merton Rd Newport, R.I.
Commissioner of Pensions. Washington, D.C. July 14, 1910.
P.S. Stamp Enclosed.
JUL 18 1910

sion on file in this Bureau.
Daniel Howard wid. file 21350
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     1775- Served at various times Sgt. Stephen Sheldon William Howard Jonathan Knight Isaac Hopkins Samuel Wilbur Simeon Harrendeen William Benton R.I.   14 mos. and 10 days  
Battles engaged in, Genl Sullivan's Expedition Residence of soldier at enlistment, Scituate - R.I. Date of application for pension, Sept. 3 1836. Her el. was al. Residence at date of application, Foster Providence Co. R.I. Age at date of application, She was born June 6, 1758. Remarks: Soldier was born July 1752 married Feb'y 14, 1776 Dorothy Clark, wd. died Sept. 14, 1827 Children: Amey b. Feb'y 25, 1776. Isaac b. Mch 31, 1778. Elizabeth b. Feb'y 22, 1780.

Record Division.
July 22, 1910.
Mr. James H. Howard,
Merton # 19 Newton Road,
Newport, R. I.
Sir:
In reply to your letter dated the 14" and received the 16" instant, you are advised that this Bureau is unable to furnish the record of a soldier of the Revolution unless a claim has been filed on account of his services, and a careful search of the records fails to show that a claim for Revolutionary War pension was ever filed by or for William Howard of Rhode Island. see negative slip
In order to identify such claims if on file for Thomas and Joseph Howard, it is essential that you furnish some of the following data: names of some officers under whom they served, places of residence at enlistment and after discharge, approximate dates of birth and death, given names of widows.
This Bureau has no records of services rendered prior to the Revolution.
Very respectfully,
Acting Commissioner.