Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 45372, Darius Howe, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass.
Howe, Darius
NUMBER
S. 45 372
CONTENTS

2942.
New York Roll
Darius Howe 4 Capt Stone
Lieutenant Massachusetts Line the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
scribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of Twenty Dollars per month, to commence on the 15 th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 th of Sep. 1818 and forwarded to John Groom Esq. Auburn Cayuga Co. N York
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818 $93 33 semi-ann. all'co ending 4 Mar 1819. 120. 00
Arts 4 Mos. 20/30 $213: 33
Brave { Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
6 years
Conte... Braves, Cayuga Co.
-Dead- see letter to Hon. G. W. Lar Feb. 26. 1836 - Do. to same May 26. 1836 G. L. Ames July 11. 1854
Internal Reproduction and Dec. 28. 1820 to Pension New York

John Gaover, Esq; Judge, Auburn, Cayuga County, New-York.
Darius Howe abt. 15 Massachusetts light line Revolutionary aged 15 claim. Admitted
found on the rolls of Col. Brewer's regiment. as Ensign, 26 th Nov. 1779.
The judge is desired to certify, under the seal of the Court, that he is satisfied that the appli- -cant is in indigent circumstances, and needs the support of his country. dated April 15, 1818.

Darius Howe with Commission Enclosed

State of New York Seneca County ss.
Darius Howe of the Town of Brattle & county of Seneca aforesaid being duly sworn deposes & saith that on the year 1775 he enlisted under Capt. Sibley in Colonel Fellows Regiment in the Massachusetts line of minute men & served till June 1776
In February 1777 he enlisted during the war under Capt. Stone of Seneca in Col. Samuel Bowers Regiment in Genl. Patersons Brigade. & served till May 15. 1781 when he was discharged at New Windsor in New York, which discharge is on his Lieutenants Warrant not now in his possession
This deponent further saith that he was appointed & made an Ensign while in the service in Colonel Ebenezer Sprouts Regiment, his Warrant is dated Nov 28. 1779: which said Regiment was the 12 th in the Massachusetts line as by the Warrant inclosed will appear. And that in 1781 he was made a Lieutenant in the first Massachusetts Regiment but did not get a Commission as he was discharged before it came on And further that his Ensigns Commission is now at Seneca in Seneca County. And he further saith that by reason of reduced circumstances he is in need of assistance from his country for support.
Darius Howe

State of New York
Cayuga County ss
Darius Howe personally appeared before me John Grover Esq. Judge of the court of common Pleas in and for the County of Cayuga, above named, and to me known, are to me known and made oath upon the Holy Evangelists that the contents of the above affidavit are true and I the said Judge do- certify to the Hon. the Secretary of the War Department that I am satisfied that the above affidavit is true.
Dated Apr. 15 th 1818.
John Grover Judge of Cayuga Co. Pleas
State of New York
Cayuga County ss
I, John Grover Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Cayuga, do further certify that I am personally acquainted, with the above nam- ed Darius Howe, and again certify that I am satis- fied that the said Darius swore perfectly correct when he swore he was in indigent circumstances as he is a man of truth probity & integrity. But from my own knowledge of his circumstances, I certify that he is poor & in reduced circumstances and has been so for these ten years past. John Grover Judge of Cayuga Com. Pleas

State of New York County of Cayuga
I hereby certify that John Grover Esquire before whom the within Affidavit appears to have been made, is a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County acting under the authority of this State, that full faith and credit are due to his Official acts in that Capacity and that his Signature thereto subscribed is Genuine —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of said County the fifteenth day of April 1878 —
E. T. Woop Clerk

Darius Howe Jr New York
Geob. Ames Present.

State of New York
Wyoming County ss - On this twenty second day of June in the year of Our Lord One thousand Eight hundred and fifty four appeared before me, Charles B. Benedict a justice of the peace of said county. Frank C. Howe  Charles B. Benedict a President of the Town of Hoback  Cheyenne in the County of Wyoming and state aforesaid aged sixty years who being known 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 th 1832 and also the Act of May 15 th 1828 and all other acts of Congress granting Pensions to Officers and Soldiers who served in the Revolutionary War & their Widows & Children.
That he is the Child and only son and the Only Child and Son of Darius Howe and Louise Howe his Wife deceased and the said Louise Howe's maiden name before her marriage with the said Darius Howe was Louise Church -
He further declares that the said Darius Howe was married to the said Louise Church before the war  in the year closed as he has been informed and believes.
He further declares that the said Darius Howe died on the twenty third

day of February in the year of Our Lord One thousand Eight hundred and thirty seven at the Town of Covington in the County of Genesee and State of New York -
He further declares that the said Darius Howe served as a commissary in the Revolutionary War six years and as a Lieutenant One year to the close of the War and his children drew and received Bounty Land for his said services not far from the year 1838 -
He further declares that the said Darius De Howe received a pension and was a Revolutionary Pensioner at the rate of two hundred and forty Dollars per annum till he died under and by virtue of the Act of Congress passed 18 th March 1818 and for the proof of his said services the declaration hereby refers the Commissioner of Pensions to the papers, proofs, and documents now on file in the Pension Office on which his claim for said Pension was granted and also on which the said claim for Bounty Land was granted.
He further declares that he is the son and child and the only son and child of the said Darius Howe deceased & is over the age of twenty one years & that he left no Widow surviving him -

and that of the said Declarant was discharged & is over the age of twenty one years & that he left no Widow surviving him -
He further declares that he makes this Declaration to obtain an increase of Pension under the acts aforesaid to which his father the said David Hove was entitled and which he never received in his life time and the Declarant says that no person has applied for nor received such increase to his knowledge -
He was paid at the Albany Agency -
The Declarant can not tell nor does he know when and where the said David Hove entered and left the service nor under whom he served nor in what Corps or Regiment but refers to said papers for those facts -
David C. Howe
David C. Howe
David C. Howe
Attest Clinton Farnham
B. N. Farnham
Subscribed and sworn to } this 22 d day of June 1854 before me
Chas B Benedict J.P.
State of New York
Wyoming County ss -
Clinton Farnham and Rev. H. Farnham of the Town of Attica in the County and State aforesaid being duly sworn do hereby depose and say that they reside in the said Town of Attica and that they know the above named David C. Hove to be the same identical David C. Hove who has subscribed and sworn to the above affidavit or declaration for increase of Revolutionary Pension and that they have subscribed their names under his name

as attesting witnesses to his signature thereto subscribed and sworn to, Hamilton Farnham this 22 d day of June B. H. Farnham 1854 before me Chas B Benedict J P
I do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Hamilton Farnham and B. H. Farnham and that they are persons of good character known respectability and are reputable for truth and veracity and that they reside in the Town of Athens in the County of Wyoming and State of New York -
And I further certify that I have no interest in the result of the application of the above named David L. Howe for increase of Revolutionary Pension and that I am not concerned in the prosecution of his claim for such increase - Dated June 22 d 1854
Chas B Benedict J P
State of New York
Wyoming County ss - I, Chas B. Currier clerk of said County and of the County Court thereof do hereby certify that Charles B. Benedict Esquire before whom the annexed Affidavit, were made and taken and who has thereto officially subscribed his name was at the time of so doing a justice of the Peace of said County duly commissioned and sworn and authorized by Law to administer oaths and that his signatures thereto are genuine

his signatures thereto are genuine
And I further certify that at the said county court held at Warsaw in and for said county that satisfactory evidence was exhibited to the said court that Darius Howe was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States at the rate of two hundred and forty Dollars per annum - that he was a Resident of the Town of Conington in the County of Genesee (now Wyoming county) and State of New York and died in the said Town of Conington on the twenty third day of February in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight hundred and thirty seven; that he left no widow surviving him; but he left one child surviving him who is now living and is over the age of twenty one years whose name is Nouch L. Howe and that he is the only child which he left surviving him -
And I further certify that the said county court is a court of Record -
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court at Warsaw aforesaid this 24 day of June in the year of our Lord 1854
N. P. Durrin clerk

Darius Howe
Property $59.00
Debts owing 149.00
29/12 March 1819
S. Cummings Esq. of the County of New York

At a court of Common Pleas held at the village of Batavia, in and for the county of Genesee, in the State of New-York; on the sixteenth day of June of the term of June 1820, being a Court of Record, in pursuance of the 41st article of the Constitution of the state of New-York, which has unlimited jurisdiction, keeps records of its proceedings, and has immemorally exercised the power of fine and imprisonment.
Present, the Hon. John H. Long, Richard Smith Isaac Wilson & Moses Hayden Judges  GENESEE COUNTY, ss. —On this sixteenth day of June 1820, personally appeared in open Court, (being a Court of Record,) Darius Howe aged seventy one years, resident of the town of Maulebury in said county, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows:— As an officer one and a half years. Served in Captain Remix's Company in the first Massachusetts Regiment Commanded by Col Voce when he was discharged in May in the year 1781 served previously in Capt Stone's Company in Col Pomeroy's Regiment of the Massachusetts line that his declaration is dated 15 April 1818 & his Certificate numbered 2942. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident Citizen of the United States, on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, since that time, by gift sale or in any manner whatever, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," passed on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed.
Inventory or Schedule
 one Cow & Calf — 2 Swine  8. Sheep & five lambs — 1 Common old Cherry table  2. Common low chests — 2 old Spinning wheels  1. 6. gallon Brass Kettles — 1 meat tub  2. wooden pails — 3. Old common Chairs  1 tea kettle. 1 pot. 1 skidder — 1 trammel  1 pair shovel & tongs — 1 Churn  2. flat Irons — 2 Iron candlesticks — 5 Earthen plates  2. Cups & saucers — 2. Earthen Bowls  2. pint tin Basins — 2 Earthen & 1 tin milk pans  3. Iron Shoos — 2 Common Caskoons  1. Hand saw — 1 hoe & 1 old sickle — 3 small tubs  1. Vinegar Barrel 
I am owing debts to the following persons viz.
  To H. J. Reafield of Leroy $ 40.00   To Thaddeus Loy do 17.00   To C Burly Esqr 15.00   To Leadijah Smead 35.00   To Mr Cushman 7.50   To P. L. Tracy 34.00   $149.00 
and the deponent further says he is a farmer by occupation but is not able to labor but very little.

that he has a wife aged sixty eight years who is an infirm weakly woman. and a grand Daughter named Fanny Spencer aged thirteen Years. And that the necessary wearing Apparel and bedding for himself and family do not exceed the sum of sixty Dollars in value
Sworn and subscribed the 16 th day of June 1820 Before me
Darius Howe
S. Cummings Clerk of Gen. Com. pleas in open Court
Darius Howe
I Simon Cummings, Clerk of the Court of common pleas in & for said County of Genesee do hereby certify that the foregoing oath (or Schedule affirmations) & the Schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the Record of said Court; And I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is fifty nine Dollars —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court on this 18 th day of August 1820 —
S. Cummings Ck of the Court of Com. Pleas
Darius Howe
Properties $59.00 Debts owing 149.00
2742 March 1819
[Handwritten signature/initials]

that he has a wife aged sixty eight years who is an infirm weakly woman. and a grand Daughter named Fanny Spencer aged thirteen Years. And that the necessary wearing Apparel and bedding for himself and family do not exceed the sum of sixty Dollars in value
Sworn and subscribed the 16 th day of June 1820 Before me
Darius Howe
S. Cummings Clerk of Gen com pleas
I Simeon Cummings for the county of Genesee, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath (or affirmation) and the
Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and schedule thereto annexed, are truely copied from the record of the said court; and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is fifty dollars and _____ cents.
$59.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court, on this Seventeenth day of 1820.
S. Cummings Clerk of the Court for the county of Genesee.
Darius
do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is fifty nine Dollars —
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of Said Court on this 18 th day of August 1820.
Ex 8
Darius Howe
Property $59.00 Debts owing 149.00
2242 check 1519
S. Cummings Ck of the Court of Com. Pleas

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Jan 17/95 Mr. Harbor City history of from  Clay  Co.
H 5 372 Rev INVALID.
File No. 45-372
Darius Horne
Lieut. Rev War
Act: 18 th March 1818
Index:—Vol. 3 , Page 233
[Arrangement of 1870.]

State of Mass. Bay } To Darius How Genl. Greeting. } ss
Reposing special trust and Confidence in your Ability Courage and good Conduct, do by these presents constitute and appoint you the said Darius How to be an Ensign in the Twelfth Regiment of Foot, one of the Sixteen Battalions raised by this State to serve in the Continental Army whereof Ebenezer Dyer Esq. Lieut. Colonel is Commandant.
You are therefore carefully & diligently to discharge the duty of an Ensign in the said Regiment in all things appertaining thereto obeying such Orders & Instructions as you shall receive from the Colonel of said Regiment, or any other your Superior Officers for which this shall be your sufficient Warrant, until you shall receive a Commission in manner & form printed out by the Resolves of Congress of March the 8 th and June 28 th 1779.
Dated at Boston this 26 th day of November 1779.
John Avery D.L.
By order of the Council
Jer. Bowdoin President
AM
BT

Silas Willock Feb 16 Darius Horwe My roll Vsh 3 Com mutah
James S. Richards Esq. Counsel of Pensions Hon. G. M. Lay Washington

Washington February 15. 1836.
Dear Sir,
The Widow of Elias Kellogg of Genesee County New York who died last summer, wishes to know whether she or her heirs are entitled to the Commutation pay granted to Officers under the Resolution of March 1783. Elias Kellogg was a Surgeon in the Revolutionary Army & was on the Pension Roll drawing at the time of his death $480. dollars per annum. His papers are on file in the Department. The Heirs of David Rowe also of Genesee County wish the same inquiry made for them. His papers are on file also. He has been dead about three years. May I hear from you in answer to these inquiries as soon as you can examine the papers & oblige,
Yours Respectfully George W. Ray.
Genl. S. Edwards Esq. Washington.

Darius Howe Brewer's Regt - 12th
Not on Roll of Supernumeraries nor as entitled to either land- 1 yr's pay - or commutation.

May 23 d
Darius Home
My
25 Sept. 1818
Rev.
James S. Edwards Comm ee of Pensions Washington D. C.
Henry McLay H.R.

House of Representatives, May 21. 1836.
Dear Sir:
I send enclosed a letter this day received from Mr. Dyer. Will you please examine into the subject & write me the result.
Yours Respectfully,
George W. Day
Gen. L. Edwards Clegg

Hon L P Maclod Sir
Washington July 3 rd 1857
Enclosed you will find the application of the Wives of Darius Hove for the benefits of the act of 7 June 32 or 15 May 1828.
Darius Hove was a pensioner under the act of 18 March 1818 at $240 p er ann. I have examined his papers and do not find that he is entitled under the act of 15 May 1828 nor that his Wives would entitle him to a higher pension under act 7 June 1832 than has been allowed - I so informed the parties. In the standing they have sent their papers to me - I desire that they may be filed, that I may get an official report to satisfy them.
Very Respectfully Your obed Servt Geo L Atkins

Darius Stone
IV
at 18 March 1878
St. Anne

Whereas I, Noah C. Howe are the son and only child of Darius Howe deceased -
And whereas the said Darius Howe deceased was my father and served in the Revolutionary War as commissary more than two years for which services he received a pension of two hundred and forty Dollars per annum under and by virtue of the Act of Congress of 18 th March 1818 -
And whereas the said Darius Howe died in the Town of Covington in the County of Genesee and State of New York on the 23 rd day of February in the year 1837 and left no widow surviving him -
And whereas the said Darius Howe did not in his life time receive nor apply for any increase of his Pension -
And whereas also no child or children of the said Darius Howe has or have applied for such increase since his death -
Now therefore Know all men by these presents that I, the said Noah C. Howe as the son and only child of the said Darius Howe do constitute and appoint George C. Ames Esquire of the City of Washington my true and lawful

Attorney for me and in my name to prosecute my claim for such increase of Pension as aforesaid and to do all acts and things which he shall deem necessary in the premises - And I am directly interested in such claim for increase - Given under my hand and seal this 22 d day of June 1854
Paul L. Howe
State of New York Wyoming County ss -
On this 22 d day of June in the year 1854 personally appeared before me Chas B Benedict Esquire a justice of the peace of said County the above named Paul L. Howe well known to me to be the person described in and who has executed the above Power of Attorney and acknowledged that he executed the same which I certify -
And I further certify that he made oath before me at the same time that he was directly interested in the claim for increase of Pension set forth and mentioned in the said Power of Attorney
Chas B Benedict J.P.

I do hereby certify that before whom the above and annexed Power of Attorney was acknowledged and who has thereunto officially subscribed his name to the certificate of such acknowledgment was, at the time of so doing a justice of the Peace of the County of Wyoming in the State of New York duly commissioned and sworn and authorized by Law to administer and take Affidavits and ac- knowledgements,