Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2011, All Rights Reserved U.S. Data Repository Please read U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on this page: Transcribed and submitted by Linda Talbott for the US Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ ====================================================================== SERVICE NUMBER Continental Dunning, Michael W. 16245 (New York) Hannah ====================================================================== CONTENTS On his commission as Capt, Lieutenant this soldier's name is written Mitchell instead of Michael Dunning B L Wt. 511-200-Lieut. Col. Seth Warner's Regt. Issued Aug. 8, 1789 to John Doty, assignee and B L Wt. 543-300-Capt. Warner's Regt. Issued Nov. 28, 1791 to John Thompson, assignee and B L Wt. 2597-300-Capt. Warner's Regt. Issued Nov. 28, 1791 to John Thompson, assignee marked as follows (N.B. on the 8th of Aug. 1789 a Wt. 511 was issued for 200 acres in the name of John Doty, assignee of Mich'l Dunning which was fraudulently obtained. No papers ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 5,039 NEW YORK ============================================================= Michael Dunning Cap't. Lieut. New York Line (line drawn through on record) In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War Continental ============================================================== Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 20 Dollars per month, to commence on the 15 of April, 1818 ============================================================== Certificate of Pension issued the 25 of Dec. 1818 and delivered to Hon. W. Savage. ============================================================== arrears to 4th of Sep't 1818 ---------93.33 semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Mar 1819---120.00 ====== $213.33 {Revolutionary Claim } {Act 18th March, 1818} ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Albany 4880 Hannah Dunning widow of Michael Dunning who was a pensioner under the Act of March, 1818, May 1828, and who died on the 28 Sep. 1837, of Tompkins Co., in the State of New York who was a Lieutenant in the company commanded by Captain Dunning of the Reg't commanded by Col. Warner in the N.Y (lined out) line for 2 years. Continental ================================================================ Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 320 Dollars per annum, to commence on the 29 September, 1837 ================================================================ Certificate of Pension issued the 13 day of January, 1840 and sent to Amasa Dana. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- State of New York To the Hon. [unreadable name] Tompkins County fr Department of War On the fifteenth day of April eighteen hundred and eighteen, before me the subscriber [unreadable] the Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Tompkins in the State of New York, personally appears Michael Dunning, aged seventy years, resident of Ulysses, in said County by me first duly sworn, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision of the late law of Congress entitled An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the [unr] and named service of the United States in the revolutionary war that he served in the war of the revolution for the term of at least four years, in the New York line on the continental establishment that he entered the service early in the spring of seventeen hundred seventy seven, as first lieutenant of Cap't McCune's company belonging to the Regiment commanded by Col. Seth Warner, that he served in that capacity until commissioned Cap Lieutenant in the fall of seventeen hundred seventy nine, that previously to the close of the year seventeen hundred seventy nine he was taken prisoner in the vicinity of Fort George, and held in captivity until June, seventeen hundred eighty two when he was [unreadable] that the commission diverted to Mitchell Dunning, Esquire, [unreadable] to have been diverted to Michael Dunning, that he the said Michael Dunning was the one meant by Mitchell Dunning, Esquire ---------------------------------------------------------------------- that while in the service he the same Michael Dunning received A [unreadable] as Cap't Lieutenant [unreadable] to the intent of its appointment and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said service and that from his reduced circumstances the said is now of the [unreadable] of this county for support. Sworn to and declared before me this day and year aforesaid. Thomas White [his signature] I, Thomas White, one of judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Tompkins and state of New York do certify that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said Micheal Dunning did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in this preceding declaration against the common enemy and [unreadable] the providing send testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress--April 18, 1818. Thomas White [his signature] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- (*note* this page is a schudel of inventory of the property belonging to Michael Dunning but it is badly smeared. Below is all that could be read with certainty but it is not the entire listing) 1 cow & calf 1 hog & [unreadable] 1 Plough & two axes 2 old chests, 6 [unreadable] chairs, [unr] table & [unr] [six unreadable lines] 2 Quart bottles [rest unreadable] [unr] old knives & forks [rest unreadable] 1 [unr] kettle, [unr], iron [unr] 2 [unr] glasses, 1 [unr] 1 kitchen shovel & tongs, 1 iron pot, 2 [unr] 1 Bake kettle, 1 [unr], 3 pails & 2 [unr] 1 half bushel of [unr] 2 chamber pots & [unr] [unr] 1 shaving knife & [unr] 2 old [unr] 4 bushels of potatoes 1 [unr] saw, 1 square of [unr] 1 sheep, 1 [unr], 1 [unr] 2 shovels 1 old saddle & bridle, 2 rakes, 1 pitchfork, 1 [unr] [unr] 2 **ddles, 2 smoothing irons ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Amount of Debt owing by Michael Dunning, a revolutionary war officer of the town of Ulysses, County of Tompkins & State of New York To H **** & Ely 10.00 *** Carman 4.00 Lyman Stobridge 3.00 Dr. Jason Atwater 11.50 Joshua G** 31.40 Harvy D. Barto 5.12 ======= 67.02 Michael Dunning [his signature] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- State of New York Tompkins County On this twenty-third day of May, 1821, personally appeared in open Court, being a Court of Common Pleas, holden in and for the said county, in said State, constituted a Court of Record, by the laws of said State, with power to hear, try and determine, all actions real, personal, and mixed, arising in the said county, and also all transitory actions, although the same may not have arisen within the said county, and with other powers, Michael Dunning, aged seventy years, resident of the town of Ulysses in the said county, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows: That he enlisted into the Continental service as first Lieutenant in the year one thousand seven hundred & seventy seven into Cap't McCuen's company & in a [unreadable] Regiment commanded by Col. Seth Warner of Vermont, that he continued to serve in said Company and Regiment about two years when he was taken prisoner on an island in Lake George by the British Indians, that he was carried by the indians to Montreal and delivered up to the British as prisoner and that he continued a prisoner about three years when he was exchanged and returned home though he never afterwards joined the army. That while he was a prisoner he was to the grade of Captain, but in consequence of his not joining the army after being exchanged he never took command as a Captain, that he was at Bennington Battle and Hubbardton Battle. He is a farmer but through old age and infirmity is [unreadable] unable to labour, that he has a wife fifty seven years old who is also unable to labour but little and two sons one fifteen and the other thirteen healthy and probably able to earn their support, which is the whole of his present family, that his declaration was made on the fifteenth day of April Eighteen hundred & Eighteen, that his certificate number five thousand thirty nine bears date December 23rd, 1818. And I do solomnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th day of March, 1818, and that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval services of the United States in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, my property or securities, contracts or debts due me, nor have I any other income than what is contained in the schedule hereunto annexed , and by me subscribed. Affirmed to in open Court this 23rd day of May, 1821. Before me, Sam'l Crittenden, one of the Judges of the Court of Com. Pleas in aforesaid County of Tompkins. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TREASURY DEPARTMENT Second Comptroller's Office, Feb'y 21st, 1842 Sir: Under the date of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," The Adm'r of Hannah Dunning, dec'd, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany, N.Y., Agency, at the rate of Three hundred & 20 Dollars and --Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th July, 1838, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March, to the 10th Dec. 1840. Respectfully yours, Albion K. Parris [his signature] Comptroller To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael Dunning Junior was Married November 18th, 1784 Tirzah Dunning was Born October the 23d, 1785 Terah Dunning was Born March 31st, 1787 Terah Dunning Died June 17th, 1789 Harriot Dunning was Born August 19th, 1789 Mahilah Dunning was Born March 10th, 1791 Beulah Dunning was Born January 6th, 1795 Moriah Dunning was Born April 4th, 1797 Michael Dunning Jnr was Born August the 20th, 1750 Michael Dunning thrd was Born November 28th, 1798 Urbane Dunning was Born March 2d, 1801 Alvah Gregory Dunning was born July 5th, 1805 Samuel Sheldon Dunning was born May 10th, 1808 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- On October 1st, 1838, Hannah, widow of Michael Dunning, resident of Enfield, Tompkins County, New York appeared in the Court of Common Pleas to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of July, 1838, which entitles half pay and pensions to certain widows. In her declaration she states that her husband, Michael Dunning, died on September 28th, 1837. She further states that the only knowledge she has of her husband's service in the Revolutionary War is only what he had told her and what she had learned from others which is the same as declarations given by Michael Dunning on previous pages. She states that they were married at the house of Ebenezer Patrick in Stillwater by a Congregational Clergyman named Campbell on Nov 18th, 1784, also stating that Campbell was old and had died at Stillwater many years before and that she has no knowledge that any record of their marriage was made or kept. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- October 1st, 1838, Samuel Sheldon Dunning, called the youngest child of Michael and Hannah Dunning, gives supporting declaration to the statements his mother had made. Additional information included that Michael Dunning died at Enfield, that his mother's maiden name had been Gregory and that she is now residing with him in his home. He provided a family record that he believes was in his father's handwriting and states that his sister, Tirzah, had died about twenty years before, being a married woman and leaving three children (not named in this declaration). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [response to inquiry] April 12, 1937 Mrs. Robert A. Bennett 43 Pineywoods Avenue Springfield, Massachusetts Dear Madam; Reference is made to your request for the records of Revolutionary War soldiers, Michael Dunning and Samuel Oakley. The Revolutionary War records of this office fail to afford any information in regard to Samuel Oakley. The data which follows were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim W.16245, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Michael Dunning. He was born August 20, 1750, place not stated. He was the son of Michael Dunning; the name of his mother was not given. Michael Dunning, Jr., was a resident of Stillwater, New York, during the Revolutionary War. He served as quartermaster sergeant in 1776 in Colonel Van Schaick's New York regiment, length of service not stated. He was commissioned in the spring of 1777, first lieutenant, served in Captaine McCune's company in Colonel Seth Warner's regiment, was in the battles of Hubbardton and Bennington; he was commissioned July 16, 1779, captain- lieutenant of Colonel Seth Warner's regiment and served until the close of the year 1779, when he was captured on an island in Lake George, carried by the Indians to Montreal and held until exchanged sometime in June, 1782. He stated that he was "appointed" as "full" captain during his captivity. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- He was allowed pension on his application executed April 15, 1818, then a resident of Ulysses, Tompkins County, New York. Michael Dunning died September 28, 1837 in Enfield, Tompkins County, New York. He married November 18, 1784, in Stillwater, New York, Hannah Gregoryof said Stillwater. She was born January 29, 1764, place not shown, nor were the names of her parents given. The widow, Hannnah Dunning, was allowed pension on her application executed, October 1, 1838, at which time she was living in Enfield, New York, with her youngest child, Samuel Sheldon Dunning. Hannah Dunning died December 10th, 1840. Children of Michael and Hannah Dunning: Tirzah born October 23, 1785 Terah " March 21, 1787, died June 17, 1789 Harriot " August 19, 1789 Mahlah " March 10, 1791 Beulah " January 6, 1795 Moriah or Mariah " April 4, 1797 Michael, 3rd " November 28, 1798 Urbane " March 2, 1801 Alvah Gregory " July 5, 1805 Samuel Sheldon " May 10, 1808 The above-named daughter, Tirzah, died March 29, 1820, leaving three children: the name of her husband was not shown nor were the names of the children stated. It was stated in 1839 that their daughter Harriot, died several years ago leaving a family, no names given. Harriot was soldier's daughter. In 1838, Betsey Dunning of Ballston Spa, Saratoga County, New York, stated that she was present at the marriage of her brother, Captain Michael Dunning and Hannah Gregory; John Dunning, their brother, was living in Saratoga County, New York, in 1839. Very truly yours, A.D. Hiller Executive Assitant to the Administrator ====================================================================== ======================================================================