Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 20,364, William Elliott, Penn.
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Penn.   Elliott, William   R20,364
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For the purpose of obtaining the benefits
of the act entitled An Act for the relief of certain
surviving officers and soldiers of the army of the
Revolution approved on the fifteenth of May 1828
I William Elliott of Butler in the State of Pennsylvania
do hereby declare that I enlisted in the continental line
of the Army of the Revolution for and during the War and continued in its service until its termination, at which period I was a private in Captain Bones [Boones] Company
in the south Pennsylvania Regiment. And I also declare
that I afterwards received certificates for the reward of eighty dollars to which I was entitled, under a resolve of Congress passed the 15th of May 1778
And I further declare that I was not on the 15th day of May 1828 on the pension list of the United States. Witness my hand this eighteenth day of Novem[ber] in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
twenty eight
his
William Elliott
mark

Before me Maurice Bredin a Justice of the peace duly
empowered to administer oaths in the County of Butler
and State of Pennsylvania, personally appeared this day
John Neyman and William Beatty, of the said County who did severally make oath that William Elliott
by whom the foregoing [illegible] was subscribed is generally reputed and believed to have been a soldier in the army of the Revolution in manner therein stated. Witness my hand this tenth day of Jan AD 1829
Maurice Bredin
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Butler County
I, William Stewart, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said county, Do by these presents certify that Maurice Bredin, Esq. before whom the foregoing oaths were taken, is now and was at the time of taking the same an acting Justice of the Peace in & for said county, duly commissioned by the constituted authorities and that faith & credit are due to his official as such as witness my hand & the county Seal at Butler the 9th day of January A. D. 1829.
Wm Stewart Pro.
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Butler Penna. Feb. 9th, 1829
Sir,
I send you enclosed the application of William Elliott an old soldier under the act 15th May 1828, you will please direct to my care.
Yours with due consideration 
Samuel A. Gilmore
Hon. Richard Rush
Secy U S. Treasury
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1571
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS
TREASURY DEPARTMENT
17 Feb 1829.

William Elliott of Butler in
the County of
Butler
in the State of Pennsylvania has applied to the Secretary
of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving
officers and soldiers of the Revolution,” approved the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and
continued until its termination, at which period he was a Private in captain Boone's company, in the Sixth regiment of the Pennsylvania
line; and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of the 15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, nothing.
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by
the records in his office.
By order of the Secretary
FA Dickins

TREASURY DEPARTMENT
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
21st February 1829
[struck out] It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has been issued to        in the [end of strikeout]
It further appears that William Elliott is not
now on the pension list of any agency, and has not been so since the 3d March 1826

The name of William Elliott
cannot be found among those of the Pennsylvania line to whom certificates for the gratuity of Eighty Dollars were issued
Peter Hagner Aud
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War Depart. Bounty land office 
7 May 1829
The records of this office do not show that William Elliott of the Penna. line war received or is entitled to bounty land of the United States
Robert Taylor
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OWRej
#20.364
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Wm Elliott
Evidence insufficient
Penn line Act 1828
#16,378
#12,86
Penn
Rej. File No 3309
Don't fit
No record
LDs
Feby 19/81
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Rejected
Ex'r OLD WAR
File No. 20.364
Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873
William Elliott
Pri
Cap't Boone
Pa. Line
Revy War
Died at   REJECTED
other claim
REJECTED
Evidence insufficient
Act 1828