Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 37839, Elijah Cheney, Conn.
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SERVICE                                       NUMBER 

Conn.             Cheney, Elijah.     S 37839

Contents
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12,835                          2

Connecticut
Elijah Cheney

of Hampton in the state of Conn who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Durkee of the Con line, for the term of one year
subscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 11 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension the 14 of July 1819 and sent to Hon Zephaniah Swift, Windham, Connecticut
Arrears to 4th of March 1819           86.36
Semi-an. also ending  Sept 1819    48
10.20/30 4/31                                $134.36

               [Revolutionary claim]
              [Act 18th March, 1818]
Continued on the roll under the law 1 May
1829

                        Dead
a letter to Pension [illegible] Sept 2nd 1834
Examined with Orig.
Rolls Aug. 1883
                          M.G.
Notification sent to Daniel Bolles 10 July 1820
                                    Windham Conn
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                             37 839
Revy                    INVALID 

File No. 37, 839 
Elijah Cheney
Pri  Rev War

Act 18 March 18th
Index:- Vol. 8, Page 482

                  [Arrangement of 1870]
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To the Hon J. C. Calhoun, Secretary of War of the United States of America hereby certify that Elijah Cheney formerly of Pomfret in the State of Connecticut now of Hampton in said State enlisted himself a Soldier in Capt Stephen Brown Company in the twentieth Regiment in the Continental Army commanded by Colonel John Durkee in the month of January A. D. Seventeen hundred Seventy Six and that he joined in said Company and Regiment with the [illegible] of January [illegible] Seventeen Hundred Seventy Seven when he was honorable discharged the whole Regiment being discharged that the last period that said Cheney if poor and needs the Bounty of the United States and that in his circumstances given under my [illegible] at Pomfret June the [illegible] A. D. 1819
                      [illegible] Captain
                      in said Regiment

State of Connecticut Windham  County
Pomfret June 18th A.D. 1819
Personally appeared Hon. Thomas Grosvenor subscriber to the above certificate and made solemn oath to the truth of the facts therin
[illegible] and that said Cheney is poor and unable to support himself
  Sworn before Lemi Grosvenor Justice of the Peace

Furthermore I am well acquainted with the above named Elijah Cheney and that I am Knowing to his receiving a pittance from the Town of Pomfret for their support of himself and family - 
               Lemi Grosvenor Justice of the Peace
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I Samuel Cleveland of Brooklyn County of Windham and State of Connecticut to testify and say I was a soldier in the Continental Army in the year 1776 and in the Regiment commanded by Col. John Durkee and was at the time well acquainted with the within named Elijah Cheney who was a soldier in said Regiment and in Capt. Stephen Brown's Company and I well know that he served for the full term of one year and was discharged in January 1777
            Samuel Cleveland
            State of Connecticut Windham County
            S Brooklyn June 22nd 1818

Personally appeared Samuel Cleveland signer to the foregoing certificate and made solemn oath to the truth of the facts therein stated and I further certify that I am well acquainted with the deponent that full faith and credit ought to be given to his testimony.
Sworn before me
      Wm Robinson Justice of the Peace
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District of Connecticut, ss.

At a Special Court of Common Pleas, holden at Windham and for the County of Windham in said district - 
On this 27th day of June A.D. 1820 personally appeared in open Court, being a Court of Record for the County aforesaid, {having the power of fine and imprisonment.]
Elizabeth Cheney of Hampton in said County, aged Sixty nine years, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath declare, that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows, viz: That he enlisted for the term of one year - sometime in the month of January in the year
1776 in the State of Connecticut
in the company commanded by Captain Stephen Brown
in the regiment commanded by Colonel John Durkee
in the line of the State of Connecticut on the Continental establishment; that he continued to serve in the said corps until sometime in the month of February 1777
when he was discharged from said service on the North River in the State of New York
I am a farmer by occupation unable to labor by reason of a total disuse of my right hand. I have a wife named Beulah aged 54 generally healthy. I have three children, Chester, aged fourteen, Saphrona aged thirteen and Marvin aged nine years, generally healthy. I have been under the necessity of applying to the town of Pomfret for support for seven or eight years past - I am a Revolutionary pensioner. I made application on the 11th day of April 1818. The number of my pension certificate is 12, 835.

And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen; 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 service of the United States, in the Revolutionary was," passed on the 18th day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts, or debts due to me; nor have I any income other that what is contained in the Schedule hereunto annexed and by me subscribed.
                                    Elijah Cheney
A schedule containing the whole estate and income of Elijah Cheney taken June 23rd 1820
2 old tables 75cts 6 old chairs 50 c - Tea Kettle cracked 2 ct                                        $1.45
1 dish kettle cracked 25 c 1 iron basin 30 c 2 old pails 20 c                                          .75
1 wash tub 20 1 old desk 50c crockery and glass ware 1.25                                     $1.95
Pewter 1.67- 1 old tin lantern 12 c
1 looking glass 50                               $2.29
              amount carried over              $6.44
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                 Amount Brought Over      $6.44

6 knives & forks 50 c 1 Stone Pot 25c    .75
3 small earthen pots                               .20
1 shovel & tongs 50c 2 old baskets 34c .84
1 old axe 20c old linnen wheel 75c         .95
1 small pig                                             1.17
Poor old house and 2 acres & one
quarter of land                                      65.00
                                                             $75.35

                                     Elijah Cheney
     Sworn to and declared on the 27th day of June A. D. 1820, before the Court of Common Pleas, for the County of Windham, in the district of Connecticut.

            Attest. David C. Bolles  Clerk.
I, David C. Bolles Clerk of the Court o Common Pleas for the County of Windham, in the State of Connecticut, do hereby certify that the foregoing declaration and oath and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the records of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule, is Seventy five - Dollars, and 35 Cents. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said Court, on the 29th day of June A. D. 1820.
          David C. Bolles Clerk of the Court  of 
           Common Pleas for Windham County

Elijah Cheney
Continued
12835
14 July 1817
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Z. Swift, Esq. Judge
Elijah Cheney of 
Hampton, Conn
Durkee Regt 1 year

Not found on the Conn rolls
11 Apl 1818
See endorsement in the case of Benjamin Bugbee and Philip Squire 
admitted
and sent to 
Z. Swift Esq
Windham, Conn
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I Elijah Cheney of Hampton, in the County of Windham and District of Connecticut now a resident citizen of the United States, do depose, declare, and say that in the month of January, 1776, I enlisted as a soldier for the term of one year, in the Company command by Col. John Durkee, in the Connecticut line of the Continental Army and served in the Army during the term of my enlistment and was discharged on the first day of January 1777- that not supposing my discharge to be of any consequence I took no particular care of it and it has been lost and is not now in my possession - I am sixty-six years of age, incapable of labor by bodily infirmity with very little property had have receive a partial support from the town to which I belong - and from my reduced circumstances have need of the assistance of my Country for my support.

Windham April 111th 1818 - Elijah Cheney

State of Connecticut S Windham April 11th 1818
Personally appeared before me Zephaniah Swift Chief Judge of the Superior Court of the State of Connecticut Elijah Cheney Subscriber of the foregoing declaration and made solemn oath to the truth of the same.
         Attest Zephaniah Swift
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I David Tilden late of Lebanon in the State of Connecticut now of Warren in the State of New York and now on business at Windham in the State of Connecticut, do testify and say that I was in the Continental Army in the year 1776 - that I am well acquainted with the within named Elijah Cheney and well recollect that he was at that time a Soldier in the Continental Army, and that he served in the same regiment to which I belonged for the term of one year according to my best knowledge and belief - 
Date at Windham the 11th day of April A. D. 1818
                                  Daniel Tilden

State of Connecticut S Windham, April 11th 1818
Personally appeared before me Zephaniah Swift Chief Judge of the Superior Court of the State of Connecticut, Col. Daniel Tilden Subscribed to the foregoing declaration and made solemn oath to the truth of the same
           Attest:     Zephaniah Swift
Whereas appeared to my satisfaction from the written declaration of the within named Elijah Cheney and from the foregoing disposition of Col Daniel Tilden that the said Elijah Cheney served in the revolutionary war against the common enemy for the term of one year in the Connecticut line of the Continental Army as he testified in the written declaration.
I do therefore certify and transmit the aforesaid testimony to the Secretary of the Department of War pursuant to an Act of Congress enacted an act to provide for certain persons in the land and service of the United States in the revolutionary war.
                Zephaniah Swift Chief Judge of the
                Superior Court of the State of
                Connecticut
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State of Connecticut Windham S [illegible] 25 June A. D. 1819
To the Hon. Sec. of the Department of War
The Subscribed Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for said Windham County respectfully certifies that the enclosed Deposition of Colonel Thom Grosvenor and that of Samuel Cleaveland together with this document from Z Swift Col Tilden and sworn to me this day. At the request of Elijah Cheney and would inform the Hon. Secretary that I am fully satisfied that said Cheney did serve one year as a private to and in Capt. Stephen Browns Company in Col. Durkees Regiment in the Connecticut Line of the Continental army against the common enemy from Jan. 2, 1776 to Jan. 2 1777 as stated in Col Thom Grosvenors deposition. There is not the least doubt and that said Cheney is very poor as to property and is need of assistance from his Country for support.
Certified for David Bolles W. Court

I David Bolles Clerk of the County Court in and for the County of Windham in the State of Connecticut do certify that David Bolles Esquire is Judge of County Court, that the above Signature is his handwriting and full faith and credit ought to be given to his acts as such. I do further certify that Lemuel Grosvenor and Vinc Robinson Esq before whom affadavits have been made respecting Mr. Elijah Cheney, an applicant for a Pension under the Acts of Congress of March 18th A. D. 1818 are duly enrolled as Justices of the Peace in and for said Windham County and full faith and credit ought to be given to their acts as such.
      In testimony whereof I have subscribed my
     name and affixed my Publick Seal of Court
     at Windham in said County this 28th day of
     June Anno Domino 1818
                 David C. Bolles