Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 10838, Daniel Hills, Conn. Continental

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn. Continental
Hills, Daniel or Hill
S 10838
Carded
CONTENTS

8803 New York Daniel Hill*
Hon D.T. Jones Jny 13 1854 " D.T. Jones 19 Apr 1854. Liscum July 10/59
was in the State of New York who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Miller - of the Regt. commanded by Col. Burfield in the At. no. 3 was for 7 mo 20 ds.
Daniel Hill* Conn. Continental Records
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 25 Dollars 53 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 day of Apr 1833 and sent to R. L. Hester C. C. Anson
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $ 51.06 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept. 12.76
$ 63.82
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk. Book 6 Vol. 4 Page 59

Daniel Hill
12077
admitted
7 mo. 20 days Private.
23.33
2.20
25.53
R. L. Hester Clk Onondaga co. N.Y.

BRIEF in the case of Daniel Neill of Manhattan in the State of New York (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? in Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 71 years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days. As a Gen.     Aug 1778 In 1778 substitute 20 Private Capt Mills Col Coartine   Oct 1778 1778 20 " " "   Nov 1779 2 " Capt Allen   Aug 1781 3 " Capt Cook Col Coartine   Dec 1782 1782 substitute 20 " Capt Patten   " 20 " " "  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Monmouth  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Newport R.I. Connecticut  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? By living witnesses & tradition  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Reported as correct 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
x He also served as a Teamster
Richard D. Coates Examining Clerk.

Daniel Hills
12.077
admitted.
7 mo 20 days Private

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7th 1832 -
State of New York } Onondaga County } On this 11th day of September 1832 personally appeared
in open Court before Daniel Manley Esq. Vice Chancellor of the Seventh Circuit of the State of New York at a Court of Oyer and terminer, for said State, at the Town and in the County of Onondaga now sitting
Daniel Mills, a resident in the Town of Fabius, in the County of Onondaga, and State of New York, aged Seventy one years next December, 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 7th 1832 - That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers, & served as herein stated - That he first entered the service of the United States in the revolutionary War, in the year 1778, as a substitute for Josiah Hollister who belonged to a Company of Artificers in the service of the United States, commanded by Capt William Mills, Lieutenant Clarke & Lieutenant Nimbley, that he left home where he then resided in the Town of Glastonbury, County of Hartford and State of Connecticut about the month of August of that year, and commenced labor with said Company on a bridge called Newtown bridge, near Southbury, and remained there in said service as a substitute for said Hollister for the term of ten (20) days, and then returned home - Afterwards the said Company was removed to Hartford, in Connecticut aforesaid, in, or about the month of October, and that while in Hartford he again joined that Company as a substitute for Joseph Mills who also belonged to said Company, which was then attached to two or three Brigades of Massachusetts troops then at that place, commanded by Generals Patterson, Poor and Larnard, & the whole were soon marched to Fishkill, in the State of New York, that he did duty in said Company at Fishkill, a number of days, which was then marched to Kings Ferry below Fishkill, and was there relieved and

and discharged by the said Joseph Mills coming & taking his place in the company, who was enlisted for during the War, after serving as his substitute for the term of twenty days. That Col Carleton had the superintendence of the work at Newetown Bridge - That in November 1779, while still a resident of Glastonbury aforesaid, he was drafted to go in the Militia for the term of two Months, & was attached to Capt Allen, Company of Suffield, Lieutenant Butler, of Wethersfield, Rockyhill, & Ensign King and was mustered at Newhaven in Conn, & soon marched to at Milford in the same State, & after remaining there about four or five weeks, were marched back to Newhaven, and were there dismissed, and arrived at home some time in January 1780 - That there were no other troops at those places, & that the duty of said Company, was to guard the coast, keep garrison &c. That when the alarm on account of the Enemy's taking Newhaven occurred, he turned out & marched under Capt Miller about thirty miles, towards Newhaven, & returned back on being informed shortly within about twelve miles of Newhaven, that the Enemy had gone & left the place - That afterwards in 1780, about the month of August, the deponent in company with a brother by the name of Josiah Mills, now deceased, and one William Taylor, also deceased, all of Glastonbury aforesaid, were employed by Capt John Strong, of Marlborough Society in said Town, to furnish a team for the public service, that they did so furnish a team consisting of two yoke of Oxen & a Cart & other necessary utensils such as chains &c. That said team went into the public service in August aforesaid, & was driven by the said Josiah Mills & William Taylor till about the first of October 1780, when the deponent took charge of said team at Fishkill, after having been first in search of the team, to Westpoint, at which place, and for some time before, it was employed in the care of said Taylor, when Andre was taken & executed, & served with said team at Fishkill till the last of December, or first of January 1781, which completed the five months for which it was enlisted under the said Captain Strong, three months of which service was performed by the deponent as aforesaid - There was also a Capt Phelps and other Captains besides the said Captain Strong, who had charge over the teaming Com-

panies, and the whole was under the superintendance and direction of an Officer by the name of Hubbard. - That during the whole of the said term the deponent drew rations for himself & forage for the said team from the public stores - That sometime in August 1781, the deponent again went as a substitute for Abraham Ballister of Glastonbury aforesaid, who was drafted to go in a company of Militia under Capt Cook of Hartford, Lieutenant Lapsions, and Ensign Dix, of Wethersfield, and deponent joined said Company at Westpoint, where it was attached to Col Canfield's Regiment, and did garrison duty at that place, where he was discharged in the month of November at Westpoint, after serving three months, during which time that part was commanded by General McDougal - That in November or December 1782 he again served as a substitute for the said Joseph Hills in the same company of Artificers then commanded by Captain Thomas Patton, Lieutenants Wright & Tharpe, for the term of twenty Days at Westpoint & below & struck in a blacksmiths shop, and was relieved by the coming of the said Joseph Hills to take his place in the company - That he then continued on, serving in the same company at the same place, as a substitute for Meishai Marko of Wethersfield or Newington in Connecticut, who also belonged to said Company of Artificers, for the term of twenty days more, making forty days, & then was dismissed & returned home - That the Port of Westpoint was commanded at that time by General Knox. - He has no documentary evidence, and that he knows of no person, whose testimony he can procure, except the deposition of Joseph Hills hereto annexed, who can testify to his service - That there is no regular Clergyman in the Town of Fabius, with whom he is acquainted, who can certify as to his age & reputation as a soldier of the revolution, the late Clergyman of said Town having recently removed to Monroe County - 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. -
Daniel Mosley Circuit Judge
Daniel Pills

We Nathaniel Bacon & George Pittet — residing in the Town of Fabius, County of Onondaga & State of New York hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Daniel Wills who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be Seventyone years old next December, that he is respected and beloved, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion — Sworn and submitted the day & year aforesaid. George Pittet Nathl Bacon
Daniel Mosely On our judges
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories pre- scribed by the War department, that the abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. — And the Court further certifies that it appears to them, that George Pittet & Nathaniel Bacon — who have sign- ed the preceding certificate are residents of the Town of Fabius in the County of Onondaga, are credible persons, & their statement is entitled to credit, both of them being personally known to some of the members of this Court. —
Daniel Mosely Dr Chancellor
I Reuben L.kep Clerk of the Court of Common pleas in & for said County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Daniel Wills for a Pension. —
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of this day of 1832.

We rather the To be
I Daniel J. Mosely Deputy Clerk of the court of Chancery for the Seventh district do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Daniel Hilly
for a pension — In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office — this 11 th day of September one thousand eight hundred and thirty two — Daniel J. Mosely Deputy Clerk

State of New York } Onondaga County }
In this 14 th day of August 1852 personally appears before George Pettit a Judge of the County Courts in & for said County, Joseph Hills, a resident of the Town of Frazier in said County, who, being duly sworn before him the said Judge, doth on his Oath, depose and say, that he was a Soldier in the revo- lutionary War, that he was acquainted with Daniel Hills, who is brother to the deponent, and that said Daniel served also in the revolution - that the deponent belonged to a company of ar- tillery commanded by Capt William Mills Lieutenants Clarke and Kirkbride at the time of his Enlistment, which was in the year 1777, and for during the War, but afterwards commanded by other officers, that while said Company was at work on a bridge called New Town bridge near Southbury in Connecticut, the said Dan- iel came there and served in said Company as a substitute for Josiah Walliston, of Glastonbury, where also said Daniel & deponent lived, for the term of twenty days - that afterwards in October 1778, while said Company was at Hartford Conn., said Daniel again entered said Company as a substitute for deponent, & served for him twenty days more, during which time said Company was marched to Fishkill in the State of New York, where deponent resumed his place in said Company, & said Daniel returned home - That in November or December 1782, said Daniel again served in said Company, then commanded by Capt Thomas Patten, Lieutenants Wright & Thorne, at Westpoint in New York, as a substitute for Deponent, twenty days, when deponent took his place, and then said Daniel continued and served twenty days more in said Company, at the same place, as a substitute for Absalom Marks, who also belonged to said Company of Artillery. - That deponent is well knowing to the time when said Daniel returned from serving in the war with a team of two yokes of Oxen & Cart, in company with other teams & teamsters, which was the latter part of the year 1780 - & further that he was reported to have served at other times in the revolutionary war.
Sworn and subscribed the day & year aforesaid before George Pettit Judge of Onondaga County Courts
Joseph Hills

State of New York } County of Onondaga } ss.
I Reuben S. Hef Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County do hereby certify that George Pettit before whom the within affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same one of the Judges of the said Court which is a Court of record and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name within subscribed to be his proper hand writing and genuine signature. Witness my hand and Seal of Office this 13th. day of September 1832.
R. S. Hef Clerk

State of New York Onondaga County
On this 17 th day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & fifty three, personally appeared before the Surrogate's Court of said County, Samuel Hill, aged sixty three years and upwards, a Resident of the Town of Fabius in said County, who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that he is a Son of Daniel Hill, who was a Revolutionary Soldier — that his Father, the said Daniel Hill, received a Revolutionary Pension of Twentyfive Dollars & fifty three cents a year, and his disbursement verily believed his certificate for the said Pension, hereto annexed, was issued at the War Office of the United States, on the 30 th day of April in the year 1833, according to the Act of Congress, passed June 7 th 1832 — that the said Daniel Hill died in said Town of Fabius, at the house of his declarant on the 25 th day of February in the year 1851. No. 4 leaving now widow. — that he left seven Children surviving him, No. 1. whose names are Benjamin Hill, Daniel Hill, Samuel Hill, Elijah Hill, David Hill, Hephzibah Sears, & Elisha Hill, for whom this Declarant is empowered to act in this matter, by a power of attorney hereto annexed — that he makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the balance of Pension which was due to his said Father, but which he failed of obtaining, for want of the evidence herewith presented from the Comptroller's office in the State of Connecticut, such evidence being unthought of by applicants and their Agents generally in proceedings under said Act at that early day — the declarant further says that he is now the sole Administrator of the estate of said Daniel Hill deceased, who drew his said pension of twentyfive Dollars & fifty three cents, down to the 4 th day of September 1850 No. 5 and that his own name, and the names of his said Father & brothers have sometimes been written Hill & sometimes Hills. N. B. Erasures were made at subscribed down to before me in open Court
No. 1, 2, & 3, before signing, and discovering the mistake after this note thus far, figure 1 at No. 4, was altered from a figure 2 to the caption at No. 5, was altered from figure 1. & all before signing.
the day & year first above written. J. Harris his mark Surrogate
Samuel Hill

I, L H. Hiscock, the Surrogate before whom the foregoing Declaration was sworn to, do hereby certify, that I believe the statements contained in the said declaration to be true: and I further certify, that the said Samuel Hill is the lawful Administrator of the Estate of the said Daniel Hill deceased, who was a Revolutionary Pensioner, at the rate of twentyfive Dollars and fiftythree cents a year, as appears from his Pension certificate hereto annexed, and that satisfactory evidence has been adduced before me, that the said Daniel Hill deceased, died at Fabius in the County of Onondaga and State of New York, on the 25 th day of February in the year 1851, and that he left seven Children surviving him, whose names are Benjamin Hill, Daniel Hill, Samuel Hill, Elijah Hill, David Hill, Hephzibah Sears, & Elisha Hill — that these are all the children of the said Daniel Hill now alive — that there is not now any Widow of said Daniel Hill alive & that I am not interested in this claim. And further, that the same alteration of the year of his death that is noted within, was made above, before Samuel Hill was sworn to or signed the declaration within, also. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal, at Tully in the said County of Onondaga and State of New York, this 17 th day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and Fiftythree.
J. Harris Hiscock Surrogate

State of New-York, Onondaga County Clerk's Office,
I Certify, That L Harris D r iscuss , whose name is subscribed to the Certificate of the Proof or Acknowledgment of the annexed instrument, was, at the time of taking such Proof or Acknowledgment, a Surrogate in and for said County, and duly authorized to take the same; and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing; and verily believe that the signature to said Certificate is genuine. And I further Certify, That the said instrument, and the Acknowledgment hereof, are executed according to the existing Laws of the State of New-York. In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County, at Syracuse, this 22 day of December , 1853.
Barnard Sweeney Clerk.
State of New-York Onondaga County
Be it known to all concerned, That on the 13 th day of December, in the year of our Lord, one thousand Eight hundred & Fiftythree, personally appeared before me, Thaddeus Thompson, a Justice of the peace, in and for the said County, John Sherrill H. Corbin & Jonathan E. Pittit, who, being duly sworn before me, according to Law, do each depose & say, that they are acquainted with Samuel Hill, whose name appears in the foregoing Declaration, & that they know him to be a man of good moral character, & whose word is entitled to credit — & they each further depose & say, that both of them are residents of the same vicinity with said Samuel Hill, in the Town of Fabius, in the County and State aforesaid.
Subscribed & sworn to, before me, the day & year above written
John D. Doubleday Jonathan E. Pittit
Thaddeus Thompson
Justice of the peace
I, Thaddeus Thompson, the Justice of the peace before whom John Doubleday  Sherrill H. Corbin & Jonathan E. Pittit made oath to the above deposition, do hereby certify, that they are credible persons — & that I am not in any way interested in the prosecution of this claim for an addition of Pension to Daniel Hill deceased, or to his heirs Administrators or assigns. N.B. The words "Sherrill H. Corbin" were erased, & the words "John Doubleday" were interlined twice as above on this page, before signing.
Thaddeus Thompson Justice of the peace

State of New York Onondaga County } Be it known to all whom it may concern, that on the 13 th day of December, in the year of our Lord, 1853, before me, Thaddeus Thompson, a Justice of the peace, in & for said County came Hiram Hill & John Scullen who, being duly sworn before me, according to Law, did depose & say, that they were well acquainted with Daniel Hill, late of the Town of Fabius in said County, and formerly a native born citizen and resident of the Town of Glastonbury in the State of Connecticut, deceased, who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, as reported & as deponents verily believe - that said deponents were present & witnessed the death of the said Daniel Hill, which occurred in said Town on the 25 th day of February in the year of our Lord 1851, at half past 9.
O. Clock P. M. & further the deponents say not. N.B. the figure 1 in the next line above the last, was altered from a figure 2, before signing & sworn to. Subscribed & sworn to before me, } Hiram Hill this 13 day of December in the } John Scullen year of our Lord 1853, & the alteration as noted was made before signing Thaddeus Thompson Justice of the peace
his of Co. and the early day,
Edward Stevens Clerk.

This 1
State of New-York, } ss. Onondaga County Clerk's Office, }
I Certify, That Thaddeus Thompson , whose name is subscribed to the Certificate of the Proof or Acknowledgment of the annexed instrument, was, at the time of taking such Proof or Acknowledgment, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, and duly authorized to take the same; and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe that the signature to said Certificate is genuine.
And I further Certify, That the said instrument, and the Acknowledgment hereof, are executed according to the existing Laws of the State of New-York.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County, at Syracuse, this 22 Day of December , 185 7 .
Bernard Slevin Clerk.
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State of Connecticut Comptroller Office Hartford Sept. 10 th 1853
I certify, that on application for evidence of the service of Daniel Hills or Hill, formerly a resident of Glastenbury in Conn. I have examined the documents remaining in this office, and find the name of Daniel Hill, on a Pay Roll under the following heading, viz, "Settlement with the 11 th Connecticut Regiment John Durkee Esq. Colonel before January 1 st 1780," where the said Hill is credited with service as a private from Dec. 21 st 1776 to Jany 1 st 1780 = 3 yrs. 10 ds. In a settlement with Col. Durkee's Regiment "for the year 1780," I also find the name of Daniel Hill, where he is credited with service as a private from Jany. 1 st 1780 to Jany. 1 st 1781 = 1 year. In another settlement with Col. Durkee's Regiment "for the year 1781," I also find the name of Daniel Hill, where he is credited with service as a private from Jany. 1 st to Dec. 31 st 1781  12 months.
From documents on file in this office, it appears that the service above certified, was all performed by the same man, and that he belonged to the town of Glastenbury,
R. G. Pinney Comptroller by Geo. Robinson Clerk.

Pension certificate to Daniel Hill April 30th 1833.
Payments to be made at New York by Shad. U. S. B. Bank Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of New York
Recorded in the Pension Of- fice, in Book E Vol. 1 Page 50 by W. S. Williams Clerk.
11.41 1.00 12.76 25.53

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Daniel Hill of the State of New York who was a Private in the war of the Revolution is entitled to receive Twenty Five dollars and Fifty Three cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 30 day of April one thousand eight hundred and thirty-Three
J. P. Kirtland
Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. §
J. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.

Whereas it is believed that an increase of pension is due unto Daniel Hills, under the Laws of the United States, as they have been modified & amended since the act of 1832, under which he has enjoyed a small pension, Now therefore, we the undersigned Children & Grandchildren of the said Daniel Hills, now deceased, being heirs to his estate, do hereby constitute & appoint Samuel Hills the third Son of said deceased, of Fabius, Onondaga County & State of New York, aged sixtythree years - to be our lawful attorney, authorizing him to act in our behalf in obtaining such increase of pension, & we do hereby sanction & confirm whatever he may do in procuring & collecting the same for himself & us. Dated Fabius September 23 d 1853 Witness our hands & seals the day & year above written
N.B. The words "Grand Children" were inserted above, & three vacant Seals were placed here, under a mistaken impression of the writer, that the former could share in any pension obtained on this application
Benjamin Hills
Daniel Hills
Elijah Hills
Elisha Hills
Hephzibah Sears
David Hills

State of New York County of Onondaga } ss
On this 5 th day of October 1853 personally appeared before me the undersigned justice of the peace for said County Benjamin, Hils Daniel Hils, and Elijah Hils, known to me to be the same persons, who executed the within power of attorney, and they severally acknowledged that they executed the same
Thaddeus Thompson Justice of the peace
State of New York } ss Onondaga County }
On this 7 th day of October 1853 personally appeared before me the subscribers Elisha Hils and Hepsibah Hils and acknowledged that they executed the within instrument and I certify that I know the persons therein described and who acknowledged that they executed the within instrument.
W. Heinckleg } Justice of the Peace in Onondaga County

State of New-York, } ss Onondaga County Clerk's Office, }
I Certify, That Thompson & T. Hine whose names are subscribed to the Certificate of the Proof or Acknowledgments of the annexed instruments were at the time of taking such Proof or Acknowledgments
Justices of the Peace , in and for said County, and duly authorized to take the same; and that I am well acquainted with their hand writing, and verily believe that the signatures to said Certificates are genuine.
And I further Certify, That the said instruments and the acknowledgments thereof, are executed according to the existing Laws of the State of New-York.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County, at Syracuse, this 7 th day of October 1853.
Damascene Clerk.

Tioga County ss.
one 15 th day of Oct one thousand eight hundred and fifty three personally appeared before me one of the parties of the name in and for said county. Isaac Kile and acknowledged that he was one of the persons that executed the within powers of attorney and that he executed the same freely and before me
Daniel Holliday ss
Tioga County ss.
I John H. Donaldson, prothonotary of the court of Common Pleas of Tioga County Pennsylvania do certify that Daniel Holliday, Jr. is a magistrate in and for said county as above, duly authorized to take the acknowledgments of deeds and other instruments in writing and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his, is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office the 13 th day of October A. D. 1853. — J. H. Donaldson, Prothon.

January 5, 1938
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Daniel Hills, S.10838 DA-J/MCS
Mrs. H. G. Davis Ellington Connecticut
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your request for the record Daniel Hill of Connecticut who served in the Revolution and whose pension claim number was S.10838.
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, S.10838, based upon the military service of Daniel Hills (personal signature Hills).
He was born in December, 1761, in Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut. The names of his parents were not given.
While a resident of Glastonbury, Connecticut, he enlisted and served as follows: from about August, 1778, twenty days as private in Captain William Mills' Company of Continental Artificers; from about October, 1778, served twenty days as a substitute for his brother, Joseph Hills, and was a private in Captain William Mills' Company of Continental Artificers; he also served with the Connecticut troops under Captain Miller during the alarm when New Haven was taken by the enemy; from November, 1779, served two months as private in Captain Allen's Connecticut Company; from October, 1780, until the last of December, 1780, or the first of January, 1781, served as teamster under Captain Jabin Strong of Glastonbury, Connecticut; from August, 1781, until sometime in November, 1781, as private in Captain Cook's Company in Colonel Canfield's Connecticut Regiment; from November or December, 1782, forty days in Captain Thomas Patten's Company of Continental Artificers.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 11, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Fabius, Onondaga County, New York.

Daniel Hills died February 25, 1851, in Fabius, New York.
His wife, her name not stated, did not survive him.
He was survived by the following children: Benjamin; Daniel; Samuel (who signed in person as Hill) aged sixty-three years in 1853 and then living in Fabius, New York; Elijah; David; Hephzibah Sears; and Elisha.
In 1853 reference was made to grandchildren of Daniel Hills but no names were given.
Joseph Hills, brother of Daniel, was living in Fabius, New York, in 1832. Reference was made to another brother, Josiah Hills, who served in the Revolution and was dead in 1832.
One Hiram Hill was living in 1853, relationship not shown.
There are no further data relative to the family of Daniel Hills.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Salina N. Y. Nov 15 th 1854.
To the Com. of Pensions of the U.S.
Sir. I have before me your two communications to the Hon D. J. Jones, under the dates of June 18 th & July 10 th 1854, in reply to the application of the heirs of Daniel Hill, late of this State, deceased, & a pensioner of the U.S. for an increase of his pension for their benefit, both which conclude with a rejection of said application.
Considering it to have been treated disingenuously, if not rather cavalierly, both as respects the applicants & their agent, I take the liberty to present a few thoughts on the subject for your consideration.
First allow me to call your attention to the facts in evidence on the face of the application. These show that Daniel Hill was a resident of Glastonbury, Conn. — that he served in the revolutionary war — that he enjoyed a pension under the act of 1832, for about 7 months service, — that there was but one man of that name, in that town, during the period of the revolution — & that Daniel Hill of Glastonbury, served in that war in Col. Dinkins Regiment over six years.
Confine your first answer to the application, exclusively to the "minutes" & "particulars" of Daniel Hill, in describing the 7 months service in his original declaration, & to the fact that "he did not claim to have served a day under Col. Dinkins" it concludes with the assumption that "the Daniel Hill who served over 5 years, was a different man." Now had this answer embraced the service of this "different man" with the evidence of it, as detailed in the extract below, from your subsequent date, it would have saved to these poor & hardworking men, all the labor & expense of their last effort to obviate the objections it put forth, & at the same time would have demonstrated truly, the character of the Commissioners of Pensions, heretofore described to me,

was a candid gentlemanly man, by a particular friend who had transacted business with him. The extract is in the following words. Va.
"He (the Daniel Hill of Dunbar Regiment) "was a War Man, that is, he "enlisted in Decr 1776, for the War, - served to the end thereof, - received "the badge of merit, - the gratuity of $80, - & also, on the 24 th of Nov. 1791, "a warrant for 100 acres of Land." This is satisfactory good evidence, & seems to have been regarded, as not too good to be kept - in the depart- -ment - & it was kept there - till disclosed, with, at least, a semblance of guilt, to Dr Jones, & in a manner so graphic, that a suspicious mind might not be wondered at, should it see in these proceedings, some indi- -cations of a purpose to show up the application, the applicants, and their agent, as legitimate objects for ridicule. And verily, I should feel myself ridiculous enough, if, with this extract before me, I had been so idiotic, as to loit through & copy the "elaborate statement" of which you speak, & then insult the department by presenting it in aid of an application so manifestly monstrous, while in the absence of the extract, all would appear fair & meritorious. But it wasn't before me, nor had I the least token of the existence of any evidence to relieve the case of its mysterious inexplicable aspect.
These heirs have suffered the loss of more than $25, from the with- holding of this evidence, by which their claim has now been quieted.
Is the blame to be charged to their ignorance or mine, of the existence of this evidence? or is it chargeable to official negligence to apply the evidence at the very appropriate time, purpose & use, for which it is deposited in the department? I am aware that it is not the usage of that office to tender evidence in support of any claim, but it would seem no more than just & proper, when adducing coun- -tervailing evidence, to quiet a claim, that the whole of such

Evidence at hand on the files of the office should be presented, especially in cases where the applicant would see ground for further prosecution of his claim. And now as to "this evidence having been extant & of easy access," it is left to the history of the case of the heirs of Trangil Hill to show how easy they have found it.
In the manner of presenting this case to Dr Jones, ample room seems left for him to infer, that I was cognizant of the existence of this evidence: else, I see no apparent reason for stating it to him, at all, unless to show the ground of your decision in the case, for which purpose, I see still less occasion for any allusion to my "elaborate statement," or to any of its "paradoxes or self-refutations."
If no such inference was intended to be produced, why take my "view No 1," & analyze it for accommodation, & present it as a "fair example of No 2, 3, & 4," when there is no dependence between them, but all predicated upon distinct grounds—& then side by side with the skeleton of No 1, parade this evidence in all its details & specifications?
On the ground that this evidence was unknown to me, I beg to ask another question. Why not select my second hypothesis in order that Dr Jones might have "determined for himself the force of Mr Pettib's conclusions"? There was presented a case that actually occurred, at every point impregnable (if the finding of the papers at last was not an exception), & why could not the same have occurred, in a second & early application by Daniel Hill, & without that exception too?—but leaving him discouraged by the loss of his papers, of even after receiving his application. And it is also plain to be seen, that the happening of the events herein supposed, would show that Daniel Hill did not "consent to not quietly for 18 years deprived of the honor" &c &c.

Though not in keeping with the uniform respect I have met in my somewhat extended intercourse with the department, I find in the following extract, what seems a taint of suspicion against my veracity, based upon an "if," & followed by a deduction of gratuitous adum. (to wit) "If reliance is to be placed upon the statements of Mr Pettit, Daniel Hill the pensioner for 7 months & 20 days services, abandoned." & Now, speaking with all some confidence, I have nowhere "stated," that Daniel Hill abandoned any thing. Endeavoring to account for the absence of the Durkee service in his declaration, I only "stated" what he "might" have done - but nothing actually done, by him.
For, my entire statement on that point, was based upon hypothesis, which of itself, excludes all positive conclusions.
True to impeach, or even to question, a gentleman's veracity, honorable fairness would seem to require the record to recite the very words of the accused, leaving nothing to be implied in support of the charge. Hence, it is now respectfully submitted, if both, the extract, & your deductions from it, do not appear more or less gratuitous and disingenuous ? In saying "there is in my opinion, not a shadow of a claim, based upon the service in Durkee's Regiment," you say well enough, with the above recited evidence before you, & your liberality will, I trust, allow me to re-iterate my opinion, that without that evidence, or any knowledge of its existence, the case of the heirs of Daniel Hill, as first presented by me, had on its face all the points of a strong case - was entitled to a respectful consideration, & a prompt disclosure of all the evidence in the department, upon which its final rejection was ultimately to be founded.
Your most obedient G. Pettit

The Rev. Alonzo B. Chapin P.D. Rector of St. Luke's Church, Glastenbury, of lawful age & sound mind, being duly sworn, deposes & says, that he has been a resident of Glastenbury for nearly four years, - that soon after his removal to this place, he was requested by several of the principal inhabitants of the town to prepare a history of the Town - that in 1852 he was appointed by a Committee of the Town to prepare such a history for a Centennial celebration to be held in 1853, - that all the records of the Town from its first settlement to the present time were placed at his disposal by vote of the Town, in order to aid in the preparation of such a work, - that all those records, whether relating to marriages, births, deaths, lands, or the civil regulations of the Town, from its settlement to about A.D. 1820, were carefully examined, & that all the doings of the several Ecclesiastical Societies, either as Societies or Churches, situated in the Town were also examined to the present time, - as also all the records of the several School Societies in the Town. Beside these the records of old family Bibles, & the memories of the oldest inhabitants were consulted, & every

Having pertaining to the history of the Town, contained in the State, County, or Probate Records were examined, — & the deponent says, that in all this examination, pursued incessantly for nearly two years, he never heard of but one one Daniel Hills, living in Glastenbury, at, or near the time of the American Revolution, that the one of whom he found some record of service in the war, & some recollection by some of the most ancient & aged inhabitants — that that Daniel Hills was in the regular service of the army of the Revolution from the Town of Glastenbury, — that he is confident there is no mention of any other Daniel Hills in any of the Town, Ecclesiastical Society, Church, or School Society Records, nor any recollection of any other, by the oldest inhabitants now living, & the deponent says, that, after all this search of every possible source of information, without any discovery of any trace of any other man bearing the name of Daniel Hills, living in Glastenbury, at, or any where near the time of the Revolution, that he deems it impossible that there could have been any other person of that name, & that, therefore, he fully believes

that the Daniel Hills who is described in the Records as having been in the service in Col. Durkee's regiment, was the identical Daniel Hills above described. And further the deponent saith not.
Subscribed & sworn this nineteenth day of June, in the year of our Lord One Thousand, Eight hundred & fifty four, In presence of John R. Williams Alonzo B. Chapin
Hartford County, State of Connecticut ss.
Personally appeared, before the subscriber a justice of the Peace for the County of Hartford, the above named Alonzo B. Chapin, & made solemn oath to the truth of the statements made in the foregoing depo- -sition. And I hereby certify that I am acquainted with the above named Alonzo B. Chapin, that he is a man of truth & veracity, & that the signature purporting to be his is genuine. In witness whereof I have set my hand this nineteenth day of June A. D. One thousand Eight Hundred & fifty four. Henry (Raynes) Jus. Peace.

Fabius June 23 d 1854.
Wm L. D. Jacus.
Dear Sir,
In my late communication to you, I think was intimated an expectation of further testimony from Connecticut in support of the claim of the heirs of Daniel Hills for an increase of his Pension.
I have the pleasure now of enclosing that account in an affidavit by the Rev. A. B. Chapin, received by me this morning. I repeat, that it is with pleasure, because the testimony seems entitled to great consideration in the the final decision of the case, & must have weight in disposing of it favorably to the applicants.
The testimony is the result of thorough examinations by the witness, (made for another purpose & therefore immaterial,) into every possible resource for the truth, applicable as well for the purpose of this case, as for the purpose alluded to, & consists firstly of important facts, stated upon his own knowledge of the records examined - secondly of information derived from the most aged men of Glastonbury - & thirdly of his firm belief, as a matter of truth that this very Daniel Hills was the man who served in Decker's Regiment - & you know Dr, that all affidavits in our Courts - for the adjournment of causes, for the procurement of witnesses deemed indispensable for the trial - & for other other purposes, are commonly predicated on the belief of the deponent making the affidavit. So also ought the belief of a credible witness in this case to be received as evidence.
Hitherto, in the Pension office, there has sometimes been a disposition, especially among the subalterns, for special pleading, & technical objections, & now it may be manifested in the case of Mr Chapins affidavit on account of his dotation - or because some of his statements depend upon information , or on his belief , &c.

I sent a skeleton of a proper form of an affidavit to him, according to the regulations of the department, in order to be sure to have it executed & authenticated correctly, but I see nothing incorrect in form , but the omission of the videlicet , &c, and the name of the State & County preceding it, for the heading of the affidavit, but all this is supplied by the Justice at the close of it. There is also an omission by the Justice, to note at the bottom of the affidavit the Erasures & interlineations therein, as, I think, the regulations require. But in fact, neither of these are to be found in it — it appears that the writer, finding it necessary to alter a word, or phrase, uniformly wiped off the ink before it dried, & then wrote his alteration on the blot, the latter in certificate excepted. But when poor men, like these Heirs , make out a clear right to the benefits of the pension laws, as they have now done, prima facie at least , (& a prima facie case, you know, is sufficient until it is overbalanced) it would be manifestly contrary to the liberal spirit of those laws, to reject such a case, for the mere lack of punctilious conformity to every technical provision found in them, or in the regulations under them. It is deemed important that the case of these heirs, in all its aspects & propositions, be seen, & deliberately considered by the Commissioner himself , & if expedient or necessary, by the Secretary of the proper Department also. Entrusting this case to your care, & I am happy to add, in confidence of your attention to it, it is cheerfully left in your discretion, to avail yourself of any of the suggestions in this letter, or of the letter itself, to further & sustain the object sought.
I have seen no account of the day fixed for the final adjournment of Congress, but before it occurs I hope you will be favoured with a favorable decision of this subject. Most respectfully your obedient &c G. Pettit

Dec 1776
x 1777
1778
17

Mon D T Jones.
Dear Sir.
Enclosed herewith, I transmit an additional certificate in support of the claim of the heirs of Daniel Hills for an increase of his Pension, accompanied by a communication under my own hand. I own hand. I have only to regret that the subject required so much length, but put it to it, could not seemingly be done with any thing less.
Your courtesy hitherto encourages me to hope for your aid in this matter, even your personal attention, for I have found such attention very effective, heretofore rendered by Mr Grant & Dr Taylor.
Indeed the former on one occasion actually obtained the reversal of an adverse decision already made.
Be so good Sir, as to com over my argument before you deliver it, & possess yourself of the main points in it. And what I have most specially to request, is, to have it known that the Commissioner himself has given the case a thorough personal examination before it is decided, adversely especially . For it has been heretofore a known habit, in cases of much detail, to hand the papers handed over to a Clerk for final & decisive action. I am vain enough to think, & indeed have said, that the case as now presented, affords ground for an irresistible conclusion, that the Father of the present applicants was the man that performed the five years service.
I have lost time since the date of this certificate of March 14 th , hoping to receive further proof from Connecticut but seeing a resolution offered to adjourn Congress early in July, I concluded to wait no longer. If it come I will forward it forthwith
Very Respectfully your Obedt Servt George Pittit

Darius Hile
Given this case a careful examination & report the complaint to Hon. D. T. Jones. R.P.M.
Col
D. T. Jones Korn of Ref.

Fabius Onondaga County
N. Y. June 2 nd 1854.
To the Commissioner of Pensions of the United States.
Sir
Herewith I take the liberty to present for your consideration, & by the favor of the Hon D. D. Jones, additional evidence in support of the claim of the heirs of Daniel Hill, for an increase of their Fathers Pension, with the following communication in relation to the same, & am very respectfully
your Obedient Servant. George Pittit.
The Com. of Pensions.
Sir your decision upon "the application of the children of Daniel Hill of N. Y. for an increase of his Pension," addressed to the Hon D. D. Jones, under date of January 15 th 1854, has, by his protitence, come into my hands.
My early relations to Daniel Hill, & necessity to his children, in the matter of this pension, seem to render it necessary, & I trust, not improper, to announce myself as their agent in both cases. And as Samuel Hill, in whose name this application for an increase of the Father's pension, was presented, acting also as attorney for the other heirs, is desirous to have their claim prosecuted still further, believing, as they all do, that it is not without substantial merits, & hoping as they all do, to have it presented in this light, they have requested me to do what can be done, & say what may be said, within the limits of propriety, to satisfy the department that such is the character of the claim, to which I have reluctantly consented. In this undertaking I respectfully beg in advance, to be indulged the privilege, heretofore enjoyed, while laboring in the many pension cases that have passed through my hands in early times, of freely, but respectfully, presenting my views on the facts of the case, heretofore presented for your consideration, with others now offered in addition.

Having promised thus far, I now recur to your reply to this application of January 13 th already mentioned, saying, "it has been examined & rejected," followed by what seem to be the reasons, thus assigned: "In his own declaration, which is very explicit, even giving his service in days, he did not claim to have served a day under Col. Dinklee, nor a day under any one until 1878, when he entered as a substitute for Josiah Hollister, & served 20 days, & then left the service. All the service which he claimed to have rendered is described with equal minuteness, giving the dates of his enlistments & drafts, & the officers under whom he served, descending even to his Ensigns. Indeed his statement is remarkable for its particularity, & the only Witness who testified to his service, was as minute as himself."
"Of course, the Daniel Hills who served over five years, was a different man!"
It is deemed appropriate here, in the first place, to remark with due deference, that the applicant, "in descending even to his Ensigns," did but simply comply with the terms of the regulations, expressly requiring him to give all the names of his officers, recollected — that the officers of that grade would be more readily recollected, from the familiarity prevailing in the service between the subaltern & the Soldier, than between him & the field officers, whose names have been found, according to my experience, to be entirely forgotten by applicants for Pensions — and that whatever is "remarkable for particularity" in the statements of Mr. Hill & his witness, was probably the work of his agent, rather than of himself, the former merely endeavouring to render more intelligible, the incoherent statements of the facts, made by illiterate, unintelligent, but honest men, not dreaming that such endeavour could

merits of the facts, made by illiterate, unintelligent, but honest men, not dreaming that such endeavour could
ever be turned to the disadvantage of the object then, or subsequently being sought.
But this applicant, Daniel Hills "did not claim to have served a day under Col Durkee, nor a day under any one until 1778." And why did he not, if he was the Daniel Hills "who served over five years" under that Officer? This is the main question arising out of the communication copied above.
In attempting to answer this question, I do not feel it incumbent on me to demonstrate his identity with that service beyond all doubt, nor do I apprehend all this will be insisted on, or even required.
And although it is not in my plan to determine how it happened that Daniel Hills did not refer to his service under Col Durkee, I hope to be able to show how it might have happened in more ways than one. And here it seems proper to premise, that after the act of June 7 th 1832, the old revolutionary soldiers made an immediate rush to avail themselves of its benefits—and they became so impatient, that the Vicechancellor of this District appointed a special Court early in September of that year, to receive them, by receiving & authenticating their declarations, employing the court several days. It was a memorable occasion—the Court—the old soldiers in great numbers, with their agents & attorneys—all gathered together for a purpose, of which they were all alike uninformed & at a loss how to proceed—so much so, that nearly all the papers executed in that court at that time, were returned for amendment, some of them being sent to the department, without any proof of service whatever.
Being employed myself in preparing papers for a large number of applicants, from July to the sitting of that court, I found it impossible to copy them for

feature reference, so that without such helps, after a lapse of twentytwo years, which has brought me to my seventy-fifth, important facts in the history of those days, & this among them, may have escaped my memory.
And now, though the particulars of other service spoken of by Daniel by Daniel Hill at the time, besides that for which he obtained a small pension, cannot all be recited, yet, is well remembered that he claimed to have served considerable more. This is not mentioned as evidence (though it might be offered in that shape if called for) but to show his consciousness of its truth at that time.
I now proceed respectfully to submit some views that might probably and reasonably have operated in the mind of the applicant in omitting to claim for the five years service.
1 st Because he had not found, & despaired of finding any witness to prove it. In this supposed case, no stronger presumption is seen, than cases within my knowledge have frequently demonstrated, wherein the applicant abandoned meritorious portions of alleged service for want of the required proof. It is observable here, that but four months elapsed between the passage of the Law, & the completion of his papers for said Court in September, during which period, pension proceedings were hurried along, & applicants had neither time nor patience to explore the country for living witnesses, scattered as they were from the Atlantic to the Mississippi to prove their service - especially the poor, aged & infirm, and the consequence was, in some instances, wherein they could not prove all their service, they were obliged to content themselves with what they could prove, which was actually the case with Daniel Hill.
And it is further to be observed in this connection, that none of my applicants, nor myself, were apprized, by the Commissioners or otherwise, of any source of documentary

evidence, till August 1833, when such evidence was required by him from Josiah Andrews, & adopted as a new additional rule to the regulations, if my memory is not much at fault.
This information, a year earlier, would have pointed Daniel Hill to the Comptroller's office in Connecticut, (to which said Andrews was directed,) where he would have obtained the testimony certified to by him under date of September 10 th 1833, as well as this now presented, if need had been, with the allowance of a full pension as the result, if my judgment is not still more at fault.
From these views it follows as a matter of course, that I should have declined to encumber his declaration with service substitute of proof - & therefore his service as indicated on the rolls in said Comptroller's office was not inserted in his declaration.
2 nd Subsequent to his first application, & its results, Mr Hill might have made another for an increase of his pension, & by the aid of another agent, for (to indulge in an aside) there were other agents at hand, one of whom Hill himself employed in pension business, even afterwards, being obnoxious myself to his strong antimasonic sensibilities - and his papers might have been lost, at the department, as in the case of Josiah Andrews.
That was a protracted difficult case at least, & unspeakably more so by the loss of his papers.
Thrice his papers were returned with objections, & after thrice attending Court, twenty miles distant, with his Witnesses & agent - & also after being required to go to Hartford, Connecticut, for documentary proof, & procuring other testimony 100 miles east & 200 miles East, the whole was forwarded to the department the third time, in November, or early in December 1833, at a cost of over fifty Dollars,

and embracing in time more than eighteen Months.
After all this had been done it was announced from the Department, about the first of January 1834, that the papers of Mr Andrews could not be found.
To meet this event I prepared a lengthy detailed history of the case, from first to last, proposing, as the only remedy for Mr Andrews to give it the sanction of my oath - for Mr Andrews had gone west two hundred miles - was there taken sick - with little prospect of recovery, & without funds to get home or to renew his papers.
On the 1 st of February 1834, the Hon William Taylor member of Congress from this district, wrote me as follows (to wit)
"After representing to the commissioner, the hardships & difficulties in the case of Mr Andrews, as stated in your letter &, I obtained from him a promise, that an affidavit from you, setting forth the facts in the case, shall receive a favorable consideration."
Such an affidavit was prepared at great labor & length - sworn to, & forwarded to Dr Taylor, & on, or about the day of its receipt by him, he received from the department, a certificate for Mr Andrews pension, "supposing" (as he wrote) "the papers had been found."
It is now respectfully submitted, that nothing is to be seen in this second supposition, that might not have happened in the case of Daniel Hill, even though the more probable fact that the papers were never found, should be added to the case; & that the addition of this latter fact in the case supposed, might be made without a too violent presumption; which would account for the absence of Col Durkee's name, & of any claim for service under him by Daniel Hill.
3 rd For reasons stated in the case first herein supposed, viz that Daniel Hill made no claim for service under Durkee,

For reasons stated in the case first herein assigned, viz that Daniel Hill made no claim for service under Durkee, simply because he could not prove it, on learning subsequently that increased pensions were of common occurrence, he might have applied for an increase of his own, by his last agent, embracing the service under Col Durkee , as his heirs are now doing, & his papers might have been returned to him, to be amended or not, in his discretion, (which was the common practice in early times,) & no attempt was made to amend, & the matter ended here, in discouragement of the Hill. Such proceeding would have shown that he did not sleep over his rights nor forget them, although the effort to obtain them nowhere appears on the files of the Department.
1 st It is notorious if reliance is due to the common statements of revolutionary soldiers, in relation to the companies & regiments in which they served, that there was much confusion and irregularity in those organizations, by reason of frequent changes of officers, & companies, & even parts of companies from one regiment to another, & often by consolidating broken regiments into new ones &c.
I have in my recollections the case of a Soldier who served long (but how long is forgotten) in a regiment reported to be commanded by a Col whom he never saw, & who never was seen before the regiment - the command devolving on his field officers, & the regiment went by the Col's name. If such was the case in the military relation between Col Durkee & his Soldier Daniel Hill (and why could it not as well have been) the want of the Col's name, in the Soldier's declaration for a pension, would be accounted for. Whether so or not, in this case, many cases of failure are known to have resulted from such confusion & derangements, to the grief & disappointment of applicants for pensions, because they found it impracticable to describe their composite regiments & officers,

as required by the regulations of the department, for the want of that system in the Militia which prevailed better in the continental Army.
Nor were such derangements confined to those organizations.
According to best information, evidence still exists, of considerable disorder found among the revolutionary doings of returning & accounting officers of that period.
Hence, to infer, that in the settlements for Durkee's regiment, at Hartford, various periods of service, of different lengths, & even from different years, were brought together, making an aggregate of one or more years, and in the case of Daniel Hills, including in such aggregate all the service he was allowed, might not be a very unreasonable conjecture.
And to the statement that "he did not claim to have served a day under any one until 1778," it is deemed sufficient to answer, that the service of that year, was the earliest service he considered himself able to prove.
It is believed with confidence, that the foregoing presentation of hypothetical cases, all within the limits of possibility, & without extravagant presumption, not beyond the boundaries of probability, will raise doubts in your mind, of your mind, of sufficient strength, to induce a reconsideration of the case, upon its merits, fortified as it is, by the additional evidence contained in the certificate from the Comptroller of Connecticut, herewith presented, under date of March 14 th 1854. The application for this document enquired if the name of any other Daniel Hill or Hills appeared on the rolls of Durkee's Regiment, in the first place — & secondly, secondly it requested an examination of all the rolls of the Connecticut line of the continental army & Militia, & a certificate of all the names of Daniel Hill or Hills enrolled on either & both.

date of March 14 th 1854. The application for this document enquired if the name of any other Daniel Hill or Hills appeared on the rolls of Durkee's Regiment, in the first place — & secondly, secondly it requested an examination of all the rolls of the Connecticut line of the continental army & Militia, & a certificate of all the names of Daniel Hill or Hills enrolled on either & both.
This certificate negatives both enquiries, or in its own words, certifies that no other Daniel Hill or Hills has been found on the rolls of the Connecticut line of the Continental army or of the militia of that State, except the one whose service was certified as abovementioned. Inasmuch then, as it appears from the Comptroller's certificate of Sept 10 th 1853, that the Daniel Hill named therein, & who served the five years, belonged to Glastonbury — & from the declaration, first of the Father, & now from that of his children & heirs, that Daniel Hill the Father, belonged to Glastonbury, & went from that town into the revolutionary service of his country — & that it now appears from the Comptroller's certificate of March 14 th 1854, after an examination of the documents remaining in his office in relation to that war, that the only Daniel Hill or Hills found on all the rolls in his office belonged to Glastonbury, the conclusion seems irresistible, that the Father of the present applicant, was the veritable Soldier who served as certified by said Comptroller on the 10 th Sept 1853 — irresistible at least, until it can be seen, equally as clear, who else could be the man that performed that service. All which is respectfully submitted.
Your Obedient Servant.
George Pettit

State of Connecticut.
I, O. Henry Secretary of the State of Connecticut, and Keeper of the Seal thereof, do hereby certify and make known to whom it doth or may concern, That Henry Dayton was, from the fourth day of July, A. D. 1852, to the fourth day of July, A. D. 1854, a Justice of the Peace , within and for the County of Hartford in said State, duly appointed and commissioned, having full power and authority by the laws of said State, to take the Acknowledgment of Deeds and to certify the same; also to administer Oaths, to take Affidavits and Depositions out of Court, and to give Certificates thereof; and that full faith and credit may and ought to be given to his official acts and attestations.
And I Further Certify, That I believe the foregoing signature of the said
Henry Dayton
to be genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said State, at Hartford, this 20th day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty four
O. Henry
Secretary of State.

Hon L. P. Waldo.
Washington, D. C.
Private {

Samuel Hall
Mr D. F. Soum M.
The Hon. Commissioner of Pensions.
Washington D. C.

State of Connecticut Comptroller's office Hartford March 12 th 1854
I certify, that on application for evidence of the service of Daniel Hill or Hills in the war of Revolution, in addition to what has been heretofore certified under date of Sept. 10 th 1853, by the Comptroller, I have examined the documents remaining in this office relating to that war, and do not find any other Daniel Hill or Hills on the Rolls of the Connecticut Line of the Continental Army, or of the Militia of this State except the one whose service was certified as above mentioned.
R. G. Pinney Comptroller by Geo. Robinson Clerk
B No. 5911 for 102 acres ips. Nov. 24. 1798 to Isaac Brown ap. of Daniel Hill priv. Comt line.
In Roll the 3rd orig. Room Enlisted Dec. 21. 1776. 1776, f. the war Jan. 16, 1783

1927. Mar. 28. last to Mrs. E. B. Patten 1928 Jan. 5. last. to Mrs. A. G. Davis
Rev. War
10838
INVALID.
File No. 10,838
Daniel Hill*
Bio. Rev. War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. A , Page 173
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Daniel Hills* Records corrected Mar 27 1905

Bureau of Pensions Washington, D. C. Gentlemen,
Any information you can give me in regard to one Daniel Hills, a revolutionary soldier, who is supposed to have drawn a pension from the U. S. Government, will be very gratefully

received
would like to gather all the information possible, in order to become a member of the D.A.G.
Respectfully
Mrs E. B. Patten 39 Burnett St Maplewood N. Jersey
Nov 4, 1926.

Mr Winfield Scott Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir.
Received your question- aire some time ago, and have been trying to obtain the information asked for, but have been unable to do so, but will endeavor to give you what little I have been able to obtain. Daniel Hills is supposed to have enlisted from the State of Conn. and

Served as a blacksmith in the revolutionary army. I am unable to find his wife's name as she died sometime prior to his death. He had a son Obed and a daughter Martha, do not know of any other children. He moved to Central New York state somewhere near Fabius, and died at the age of 92 or thereabouts.
If this will be of any service I shall be very grateful for any further

information you can give me.
Respectfully
Mrs E. B. Patten
39 Burnett St
Maplewood,
N.J.
Febry 2, 1927.

Ex.
U.S.
Div.
Cent 1812
War Section
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C. Jan 5 1927
The attached letter is respectfully returned with the information that the data furnished is not sufficient to enable this Bureau to make intelligent answer to the queries therein contained.
Please fill out such of the blank spaces below as the information in your possession will permit, and return to this Bureau.
First name of widow No. of claim
Name of soldier Daniel Hills
Soldier at P. O. address of claimant enlistment & after service
Company
Regiment
State where enlisted Conn.
Date of enlistment birth
Date of discharge death
If unable to furnish company and regiment give names of commanding officers.
_____
Return attached letter with reply.
Winfield Scott WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

Ellington, Conn. Dec. 13, 1937
Veteran's Administration Washington, D.C.
M.C.S.
Gentlemen;
Kinfly send me the records for Daniel Hill who served in the Revolution and whose Pension Claim No. was S 10838. He was from Connecticut.
Thank you very much,
Yours truly,
Mrs. H.G. Davis
Mrs. H.G. Davis

WCS
March 28, 1927
Mrs. E. B. Patten 39 Burnett St. Maplewood, N.J.
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 10838, it appears that DANIEL HILLS or HILL per say Hills was born in December, 1761, place not stated.  Glastonbury
While a resident of Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, he enlisted and served as follows:
From about August, 1778, twenty days as a private in Captain William Mills' Company of Continental Artificers.
From about October, 1778, twenty days as a substitute for his brother, Joseph Hills, serving as a private in Captain William Mills' Company of Continental Artificers.
He also served under Captain Mills on an alarm when New Haven was taken by the enemy.
From November, 1779, served two months as a private in Captain Allen's Connecticut Company.
From October, 1780, until late in December, 1780, or January 1, 1781, as a teamster in Captain Julien Strong's Company.

From August, 1781, until sometime in November, 1781, as a private in Captain Cook's Company in Colonel Canfield's Connecticut Regiment.
From November or December, 1782, forty days in Captain Thomas Patten's Company of Continental Artificers.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 11, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Fabius, Onondaga County, New York.
He died February 25, 1851, in Fabius, New York.
His wife, her name not stated, did not survive him.
He was survived by the following children: Benjamin, Daniel, Samuel who was sixty-three years of age in 1853 and then lived in Fabius, New York, Elijah, David, Nephzibah Sears and Elisha.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner
P. 24, H. 18