Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 13379, Daniel Helm, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Helm, Daniel
S13379
CONTENTS
carded

Helm, Daniel N.Y. S13379

Albany 1835
Aug 27 35
6. Niven, June 21, 1837
Niven & P. Agt. Alb. 1837
Receipt of 26 June 34, and sent Hon. C. Beatty.
2 New York
Daniel Helm.
Residing in the State of New York was a Private in the Co. commanded by Captain Burnett of the Regt. commanded by Col. Paulding in the New York for 17 months and 28 days Ex 74141
Sh 100 p 57.88
Enrolled on the Roll of New York at the rate of 36 Dollars 21 1/4 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 day of Nov. 1833 and Letitia C. Beatty Worcester
Backwards to the 4th of Sep. '33 $141.10 Forward allowance ending 11th '34 28.22 $169.32
{ Revolutionary Claim, for June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. C. Bates Clerk, E Vol. 11. Page 104

No 25923 Daniel Helmer Sullivan Esq. New York
delivered
Adue 17. Mo. 28 days
Obediah Beatty. Westboro New York

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Aug. 15. 1833
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules and the subjunctive notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Daniel Helms, Sullivan County New York
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Entered - 2 - privt Capt Faulkner 73 years Traditional evidence & two   Served - 5 - " Capt Burnett Ulster County, New York Witnesses certified credible. papers correct -   Served - 4 - " Lieut Vanduzer,   Served - 4 - " to Nottinger, Col Paulding   Served - 2 - " Capt Faulkner,   Served - 0 14 " - - - - -   Served - - 14 " Capt Crops.  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of } On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this _____ day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____ hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following ( m ) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services. 
 6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
 7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served. 2
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. (It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.)
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration. 2

Department of Justice.
UNITED STATES MARSHAL'S OFFICE,
EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA,
NAVY NOV 14 1903 FILES.
Philadelphia, November 11th 1903
United States Pension Bureau, Washington D.C.
Mr Chamberlain,
Dear Sir:
Immediately on my return to philada this 9.P.M I looked up the information you requested and foward the same ,From Russel Helms now living at Wurtsboro N.Y aged 83 years and the Grand Son of Daniel Helm. he often saw and lived with Daniel Helm, Daniel Helm the Pensioner died about July 9th 1836, aged 77 years 8 month & 17 days, his wife Sarah died in 1819 aged 62 years 4 month and 17 days,
Russel says as follows One day in 1831 when I came home from school, I found a stranger at my Grandfathers house as we lived in the same house with him, my Mother told me at the time that my Grandfather Daniel was in the Army with him, They were very glad to meet each other and I stood and heard them talk of the old times in the Army, his name was DEWITT. Grandfather applied for a Pension then and rece-ived it soon after until his death in 1836.
Felix Kelly a Merchant at Wurtsboro in Sullivan Co N.Y. made out the Pension Application and had the name HELMS, and the Papers were returned and the s was eliminated, to this day some write the name as it should be but many add the s , when the Papers were again forwarded the Pension was granted,
Mr Chamberlain will you please give me the record as soon as possible and oblige, Very truly
Peter D Helms

Before Mr Charles Brant  Eli Bunnit a Justice of the peace in Sullivan County State of New York personally appeared this day who Daniel Helms Who being duly sworn says on account of old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot recollect the year he entered the Service of the United States - but according to the best of his recollection his Service commenced in the State of New Jersey was in the year of 1778 and thinks but cannot be positive his Col's name was Looper. on the Mohawk cannot recalled but thinks Major Barents had the Command. and at Waromak in Ulster County and at Warwasunk. Col. Pulaing. and at the Siege on the frontiers. and Westpoint Col. McClanahan...
his answer as to what year he was born in is born in the year of 1758 - recorded in his bible lived in Manakaling Town Ulster County When called into Service first 2 months a Substitute for his father. then Volunteered. never received any discharge as he recollects.
Sworn before me this 5 th day of Sept r A.D. 1833 Daniel Helms Eli Bunnit Justice of the Peace Manakaling, Sullivan County, N. York

State of New York Sullivan County
ss. I Jesse M. Foster Clerk of the said County do certify that Eli Bennett Esq. before whom the foregoing Affidavit was sworn was at the date of the same a Justice of the Peace in & for said County - And that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and am well believe that the signature subscribed to the said Affidavit is his & genuine - Witness my hand and seal of office this 9 th day of September A.D. 1833
Jesse M. Foster Clerk

State of New York Sullivan County
Of the First of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty two
On this 9 th day of October 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Sullivan County now sitting, Daniel Helms a resident of the Town of Mamakating in said County of Sullivan, aged 73 years, who being first duly sworn according to law with an oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832
That he entered the service of the United States, under the follow- ing named officers, and served as herein stated: That he served in the Town of Mamakating, then Ulster County now Sullivan State of New York; that he entered the service under Captain Faulkner, year not recollected, served 2 months at Panamug Blister and English rough brook road in the State of New Jersey again went into service under Captain John Brant, on the Northern frontier along the Mohawk River; six months during which time the above applicant was in a battle with the Indians, on said Mohawk River in the State of New York; again went into service under Lieutenant Van Dyke at a place called Newcomb, above Kingston in said State, 4 months & marched to Warwarsing Ulster County & continued to serve four months longer under Lieutenant Notinger Co. D. 1st Regt. Pa. Key Stone Battery against him about two weeks at Fort Montgomery  West Point under Captain Faulkner, and also 2 weeks at Poughkeepsie State of New York about 2 weeks under Captain Cook; Poughkeepsie being then the Western frontier; and that he was in the following engagements I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declare that my name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state
sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Daniel Helms
John H. Foster clerk of the Court of Common Pleas

We John Dorance & Elathan Sears residing in the Town of Maine being hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Daniel Holmes who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be 73- years of age, that he is reputed & believed by the neigh- -bourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolu- -tion and that we concur in opinion Subscribed and sworn, the day and year aforesaid Jesse M Foster Clerk of the court of com. Pleas
John Dorance Elathan Sears
And the said Court do hereby declare, their opinion - after the investigation of the matter and after putting the in- -terrogatories prescribed by the war Department, that the above applicant was a revolutionary soldier and such as he states. And the Court further certify that John Dorance - Elathan Sears who has signed the foregoing certificate are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit
Samuel Smith Judge Wm Billingspie } of the Thos G Gregory } Court of Common Pleas of Sullivan
25923
I Jesse M Foster clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Sullivan, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains, the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the appli- -cation of Daniel Holmes for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affix the seal of my office this Tenth day of October in the year of our Lord one Thousand eight hundred & thirty two
Jesse M Foster. Clerk By James H Foster Deputy

Nov. 13, 1903 - H. 156 Peter D. Helm, Phila.
Rehran
✓ 13379 INVALID.
Filé No. 13,379
Daniel Helm Prim. Rev. War.
Act: June 9 th 1932
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 175
[Arrangement of 1870.]

CHIEF'S DESK REVOLUTIONARY SERVICE
O. W. & N. Div.
Division NOV 11 1903
Please supply as much as possible of the data called for below.
Full name of soldier:
Daniel Helms
Place of residence before service: (Town, county, and State, if possible.)
Sullivan Co NY
Place of residence after service: (Town, county, and State, if possible.)
NY
Date of death (as near as possible):
1836
Christian name of widow:
Did either he or his widow receive a pension?
1832-1836
Remarks:
wants genealogical data
Your name and address:

State pension for his letter a mto 7.9 R Dec 30 1873

Peter D. Helms,
Deputy U. S. Marshal.
Room 32 Third Floor, Post Office.
Philadelphia.

Thurs 13 th July 21
Free
July 24
Con
La. H. H.
July 20
2414
Pension Office Washington City

Monticello Sullivan Co. N.Y. July 20. 1837
Dear
I enclose to you the necessary papers for application of pension, in behalf of the widow of a Revolutionary Pensioner. Your attention to the matter is respectfully requested.
Yours ob't serv't. A C. (Nurn)

20 June A. B. Nevins via Dane Kilbrn Elliotte
74 Pension Office Washington City

Monticello Sullivan Co N.Y. June 15. 1839
The attention of the Pension Department is respectfully solicited to the enclosed application for award of pension. & an answer returned to
A. C. Nixon
[Faint, mirrored bleed-through text from the reverse side of the page]

O. W. and N. Div.
3-066.
----- Div.
-----, Ex'r.
----- No. -----
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
----- Washington, D. C., -----, 189-----
SIR: For use in the above-entitled claim for pension, you are requested to furnish this Bureau with a report from the records of your Office as to the presence or absence, on or about -----, 18----- of -----
and the station, at that date, of the-----
Very respectfully,
The ADJUTANT GENERAL, United States Army.
Commissioner.

Daniel Nelson

Before me Charles Hartshorn a Justice of the peace of the Town of Wawarsing County of Ulster and state of New York personally appeared Jacobus De- Witt of said Town and County aged seventy- one years and eight months, who being by me duly sworn says on his oath that in the year 1780 he was in the service of the United States as a private soldier in Col. Paulding's Regi- ment of Volunteers who was stationed in the said Town of Wawarsing (then called the Frontier) and at that time was well acquainted with Daniel Helms now of the County of Sullivan and state of New York aforesaid, who was then a private in Captain Levi DeWitt's Company in the said Col. Paulding's Regiment. and this deponent further says that he knows that the said Daniel Helms was in actual service in said Company for the term of eight months and further this deponent saith not
STATE OF NEW-YORK, Ulster County Clerk's Office, } ss.
I, Jacob Snyder, Clerk of the County of Ulster, and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Ulster County, do hereby certify, That Charles Hartshorn — Esquire, was on the day of the date of the Certificate to the annexed affidavit, a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County of Ulster, duly authorized to take affidavits, &c. and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice, and verily believe the signature "Chs. Hartshorn" — subscribed to the Certificate of the said annexed Affidavit to be genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed the Seal of the said Court and County, this 5 — day of February 1833
Jacob Snyder

Before me Charles Hartshorn a justice of the peace of the Town of Wawarsing County of Ulster and state of New York personally appeared Jacobus De- Witt of said Town and County aged seventy- one years and eight months, who being by me duly sworn says on his oath that in the year 1780 he was in the service of the United States as a private soldier in Col. Paulding's Regi- -ment of Volunteers who was stationed in the said Town of Wawarsing (then called the Frontier) and at that time was well acquainted with Daniel Helms now of the County of Sullivan and state of New York aforesaid, who was then a private in Captain Levi DeWitt's Company in the said Col. Paulding's Regiment, and this deponent further says that he knows that the said Daniel Helms was in actual service in said Company for the term of eight months and further this deponent saith not
Sworn and subscribed
This 8 th day of January 1833
before me
Chs Hartshorn J.P.
Jacobus DeWitt
I certify that the above named Deponent Jacobus DeWitt is a man to be trusted in for truth and veracity
Chs Hartshorn - justice

Hope Charles Botten
Member of Congress
Washington City

Bloomingburg NY June 14
Friend
Hope Charles Bodine Member of Congress Washington City

3 Feb
Sir
I take the liberty of sending to you the papers of Daniel Holm; I wish you to hand them to the Secretary of War The certificate is Holm when he writes his name Holm, he cannot draw his Pension in consequence of the difference, He wishes the certificate corrected I also send you the papers in the case of John Larson which I wish you also to hand the papers by complying with the above requests you confer a favor upon the above named persons & very much oblige
Your obedt Servant J B Mason
X Boalsburg

Apr. 20
Dan. H. Melin
914
St. Stevens
James L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
[Handwritten flourish]

Mechanics Bank
New York 17 th April 1835
Sir
The papers in the case of Danilo Helm a Private at $56 44 per Annum were presented for payment at this Bank this day, by which it appears that he resides in Mankating Sullivan County, and has resided there for the space of forty years past.
His place of residence not being upon our Books his name was inserted in the Albany List.
Will you be pleased to have it re-transferred from the Albany to the Roll of this Agency.
I am very Respectfully Your Obedt Servt Jno Fleming Presd t of the Bk
N o 24141
James L Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions

Hon C. Bode.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Daniel Helms of the State of New York who was a private in the Revolutionary Army is entitled to receive Fifty = Six = dollars and Forty four 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 _____ day of November one thousand eight hundred and thirty- three -
John B. C. Lee Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. }
J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions.

Payments to be made at New York by Fred W. Smith Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of
New York
Recorded in the Pension Of- fice, in Book E. Vol. 4. Page 101 by G. O. Stiles Clerk.

State of New York
Sullivan County ss On the seventh day of June A D 1834 personally appeared before me the undersigned a justice of the peace in and for said County. Daniel Helm who was a soldier in the revolutionary War who being by me first duly sworn, says that he employed Grant B Marvin as his Attorney or agent to procure his pension from the War Department of the United States under the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. that he made a declaration in open Court and obtained the proofs required by said Act. that the Certificate hereto annexed was sent to this deponent and that this deponent never until lately observed the variation in the spelling of his surname. that the same must have occurred by mistake. that he has once drawn his pay under said Certificate but that the same has been refused by the agent for paying pensions in the city of New York. that this deponent is the soldier who served and was entitled to the said Certificate and he prays the same may be corrected and that his name is Daniel Helm instead of Daniel Helms. And that said Certificate was sent to one Obediah Beaty Esqr. Wurtsboro and by said Beaty handed to this deponent
Sworn before me this 7 th day of June 1834.
C. Bennett Justice
Daniel Helm
State of New York
Sullivan County ss. personally appeared before me a justice of the peace in and for said County Grant B Marvin who being duly sworn says that he was the agent or Attorney for Daniel Helm in obtaining his aforesaid pension for said Daniel Helm. that the original certificate hereto annexed is the one received

from said War Department for said Daniel Helm that the mistake as this deponent pre- sumes was made by this deponent himself in spelling the name of Helms instead of Helm but this deponent believes that the name is spelled Helm in the original papers at said War Department on file wherever said name was written by said Helm himself and this deponent knows well that Daniel Helm is the person intended and named in the proof in said original papers, and that he is well acquainted with said Helm and knows that he is the person who served in the original papers named as he was present in taking the proof for said service and that the witnesses identified Daniel Helm as the person intended in their affidavits.
Sworn before me this 7 th
day of June 1834 -
C. Bennett
Grant Blair
State of New York
Sullivan County
I Jesse M. Foster Clerk of said County do hereby certify that Eli Bennett Esq. before whom the preceding affidavits purport to have been sworn was at the date of the same one of the Justices of the Peace in for said County - And that I am well acquainted with his handwriting and truly believe the signatures subscribed to the said affidavits are his & genuine.
Witness my hand and seal of Office this 7 th day of June A.D. 1834.
Jesse M. Foster Clerk

Before Me the unassigned Justice of the peace of Sullivan County State of New York personally appeared this day Elnathan Sears and William S Davis of said County Who being duly Sworn Deposeth and said that they are well acquainted with Daniel Helms of Mahakating Who has Subscribed and Sworn to the annexed declaration and was well acquainted with said Daniel Helms in the year of 1780. then doing duty as a Soldier in Captain John Burnet company of Infantry on the Mohawk River in said State of New York and said Elnathan Sears says that he does know that said Daniel Helms was in actual Service as a private Soldier in said company on and along said River four months and was in the battle with said Daniel Helms with the Indians near fort plain on said Mohawk River and further thereabouts saith he — Sworn and Subscribed this 4 th day of July 1833
Before Me.
Elnathan Sears William S Davis
Obadiah Beatty Justice of the peace.
I certify that Elnathan Sears and William S Davis Who subscribed and sworn to the above affidavit are Disputable Witnesses and entitled to full credit Dated July 4 th 1833.
O. Beatty J.P.
State of New York
Sullivan County
I Jesse M Foster Clerk of the said County do certify that Obadiah Beatty Esq. before whom the above Affidavit was sworn & also who subscribed the preceding Certificate was at the date of the same a Justice of the Peace in said County - And that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Justice

and verily believe that the signature the said Affidavit and to the said Certificate is genuine - Witness my hand and Seal of Office this fifth day of July 1833 -
Jesse M. Frost, Atty