Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 13505, for Elnathan Hurd, Connecticut
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(3--1776)

SERVICE
Conn
Continental

Hurd, Elnathan

NUMBER
S. 13505

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CONTENTS
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Rev & 1812

HEADQUARTERS COMMANDERY-IN-CHIEF
SONS OF UNION VETERANS OF THE CIVIL WAR
COMMITTEE ON MARKING GRAVES
CHARLES R. HALE, CHAIRMAN
33 CAPITOL AVENUE
HARTFORD, CONN.

March 13, 1930

MAR 15 1930
BUREAU OF PENSIONS

Chief Clerk
Pension Dept.
Washington, D. C. 

Dear Sir:

Please send me Revolutionary War Service of Jeremiah Stevens died May 30 - 1835
Also of Constant Parmele died March  27-1843
   "        Jimmy Post died May 2 - 1841
   "       Roswell Redfield died Sept. 15-1838
   "       Elnathan Hurd died April 27-1846
   "       Samuel Merrill died Dec 23- 1833
           All on Pension Roll.
They are from Middlesex County, Conn.  We wish to get headstones for them.

Yours very Truly
Chas R. Hale
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Sons of the American Revolution
Buffalo Chapter

October 28, 1938

only one

EDWIN E. ELLIS
REGISTRAR
238 HUNTINGTON AVENUE
BUFFALO, N. Y. 

Mr. A. D. Hiller, Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
Veterans Administration
Washington, D. C. 

My dear Sir:

Will you kindly furnish me with what data you may have on file from the pension papers of 
ELNATHAN HURD
He was born in Killingworth, Conn. in 1754 or 1755 and died in the same town in 1846.  He served in the militia of that State.  The name of his wife was Anna Ray.

Thank you for early attention to this matter.

Very truly yours,
Edwin E. Ellis
Registrar

It is the the Revolutionary War record I wish of this man.

REC'D
OCT 29 1938
MAIL SUB-DIV.
VETS ADM
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December 13, 1938
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Mr. Edwin E. Ellis
238 Huntington Avenue
Buffalo, New York

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of David Thurston, and another in which you request a reply to your letter of October 28, containing request for the Revolutionary War record of Elnathan Hurd.

When your letters of December 6 were received, the record of Elnathan Hurd  (S.  13505), had been mailed to you.

Letters pertaining to Revolutionary War records are being answered as rapidly as possible in order of receipt, with the limited clerical force available for that particular work.  You will receive the record of David Thurston just as soon as it is possible.  The demand for such data is very great, and every effort has been made to comply with all your requests as promptly as could be done.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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Sons of the American Revolution
Buffalo Chapter

December 6, 1938

EDWIN E. ELLIS
REGISTRAR
238 HUNTINGTON AVENUE
BUFFALO, N. Y.

Mr. A. D. Hiller, Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
Veterans Administration
Washington, D. C.

My dear Sir:

May I not have an answer from your Department to my letter of October 28th, which read as follows:

"Will you kindly furnish me with what data you may have on file from the pension papers of
ELNATHAN HURD
He was born in Killingsworth, Conn. in 1754 or 1755 and died in the same town in 1846.  He served in the Militia of that State.  The name of his wife was Anna Ray."

I will appreciate your early attention to this request which is very important.

Very truly yours,
E E Ellis
Registrar.

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DEC 7, 1938
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Rev. and 1812
Wars Section
EEL

March 27, 1930

Charles R. Hale
33 Capitol Avenue
Hartford, Connecticut

Dear Sir:

I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim,  S. 13505, it appears that Elnathan Hurd was born January 10, 1755, in Killingworth, Middlesex County,  Connecticut.

While residing in Killingworth, Connecticut, he enlisted in January, 1776, served as a private in Captain David F. Sill's Company, Colonels Samuel H. Parson's and Tyler's Connecticut Regiment, was at New York when it was captured by the British and in the battle of York Island and was discharged in January, 1777.

He enlisted in October, 1777, and served two months in Captain Bezaliel Bristol's Connecticut Company, and in 1783 served two months in Captains Chapman's and Taylor's Companies  in Colonel Heman Swift's Connecticut Regiment.

He was allowed pension on his application executed April 20, 1818, while residing in Killingworth, Connecticut, where he had always lived.
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December 6, 1938
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Elnathan Hurd   S.13505

Mr. Edwin E. Ellis,
Registrar
238 Huntington Avenue,
Buffalo, New York.

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Elnathan Hurd, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.

The data furnished herein are obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claims for pension,  S. 13505,  based upon the military service of Elnathan Hurd in that war.

Elnathan Hurd was born January 10, 1755, in Killingworth, Middlesex County, Connecticut.

While residing in Killingworth, Connecticut, he enlisted in 1775 or in January, 1776, served as a private in Captain David F. Sill's Company, Colonels Samuel H. Parsons' and Tyler's Connecticut Regiment, was at New York when is was captured by the British and in the battle of York Island and was discharged in January, 1777;  he enlisted in October, 1777, and served two months in Captain Bezaliel Bristol's Connecticut Company, and in 1783, served two months in Captains Chapman's and Taylor's Companies in Colonel Heman Swift's Connecticut Regiment.

He was allowed pension on his application executed April 20, 1818, while residing in Killingworth, Connecticut, where he had always lived.
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In 1820, he stated that his family then residing with him consisted of his wife, Anna, Aged Sixty-five years; her maiden name and date of their marriage not given; his daughter, Sally Griffith, aged Forty-one years and three grandchildren, William, Sally and John Griffith, ages respectfully twenty, sixteen and six years.

There are not further data as to his family.

Very truly yours

A. D.  HILLER,
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.