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Apr 1948 letter from Univ of NY to Mrs. Lewis Walker about Daniel Shaver/Shafer DAR patriotEntry/Object ID
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Transcription: New York State Library Letter (1946)
Univ of the State of N. Y.
The New York State Library
Chas. F. Gosnell,
State Librarian
Manuscripts and History Section
Edna L. Jacobson
Head of Section
Apr. 9, 1946
Mrs. Lewis L. Walker,
Howell, Mich.
An abstract of the Rev. War service records of Daniel Shafer (Shaver), Hendricks Dekker (Decker) and Jacob Low (Lowe) as they appear on our rolls is submitted below. Since the rolls do not contain personal data, particular individuals cannot be identified from them. D.A.R. Lineage Books were consulted, but nothing was found to help in your problem. We did not find any evidence of service with New York Troops for any Hendrick Weller.
DANIEL SHAFER (SHAVER)
Daniel Shaver appears as an enlisted man in the 4th Regiment, Ulster County Militia, commanded by Col. Johannes Hardenburgh.
N.Y. in the Rev. as Colony and State, v. 1, page 202
[In] the D.A.R. Graves of Rev. soldiers buried in N. Y. State, [v. 38] / pt. 2, p. 101-110, in a list of burials in Dutch Ref. Br. Church of Montgomery, N.Y., there is Daniel Shafer (Shaver) died Feb. 18, 1834, aged 80-11-7, Ulster Co. Militia, 4th Regt. Another entry gives the same information except the age is given as 80 yrs, 11 mos. and 1 day.
In [Inscriptions] of German Ref. [Cemetery] at Montgomery, Orange C[ounty] [unreadable] records as follows:
"Daniel [SHAFER] [died] [Feb. 18, 1843?] aged 80 yrs., 11 mos., 1 day; Eva Youngblood, his wife, d. Jan. 28, 1851, aged 75 yrs., 6 mos., 1 day. Rev. service, N.Y. in Rev. page 202." You will note the year given in this record is 1843 while that in the recorRelationships
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