Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 797, Elisha Berry, Mass.
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Service   Number
Mass.  Berry, Elisha  R797
B.L.W. 9214-160-55
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16471 Act Mar [illegible]/53
March 36/53
Elisha Berry Pri
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Capt. George Webb
Col. Shepherd
Massachusetts Mil.
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Enl. June 15, 1780
Discharged Dec. 1780
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Mass. Contl. Line
[illegible] Oct. 23/55
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Elisha Berry Putney Windham Co. Vermont

[Right page] Settled claim July 10/55
Vol. Bk 85
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Elisha Berry
Application for a Pension
Illegible date

Return to sender to illegible
Illegible address
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State of Vermont
Windham County
On this 22nd day of March AD 1855 personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace within and for the county and state aforesaid Elisha 
Berry of Westminster in said county aged ninety one years who being duly sworn according to law declares that he is the identical Elisha Berry who was a private in the company commanded by Captain George Webb in the 4th regiment of the Massachusetts militia commanded by Col. 
Shepherd under Gen. Glover in the 
Revolutionary War, That he enlisted or volunteered at a place then called Harwich in Massachusetts but now called Brewster,, on or about the 15th day of June AD 1780 for the tenure of six months and continued in actual service in said war for the tenure of fourteen days and was honorably discharged at West Point in December AD 1780.  And he further declares that he has heretofore made application for the benefit of the Pension Act of _____ for a Revolutionary Pension which has hitherto been disallowed and now remains on the rejected or suspended files.  He makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which he may be entitled under the Act approved March 3, 1855.  He also declares that he has received no warrant for bounty land under this or any other act of Congress nor made any other application therefore.
Elisha Berry
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The within are foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written;  and  I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that I verily believe the claimant is the person he represents himself to be and that I have no interest in this claim.
John Kimball, Justice of the Peace
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No. 797
Elisha Berry
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8875No. 16471
Act of March 3, 1855.
Received Mar 26th, 1875
Elisha Perry Priv.
Capt. Shepherd
Mass. Mil.
Rev War

9214.160.55

Elisha Perry
Putney, Windham co.
Vt
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9214

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16471
Elisha Berry
Rej. Oct 32
Boynton

To  the Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, DC  Stamped Boston Oct 19
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Commissioner of Pensions
Washington DC
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Boston Mass oct 19 1855
No. 46 Washington Str.
Dear Sir,
Enclosed please to find the application of Ellisa Berry for his bounty land.  Also a certificate of the Sec. of State of Mass. of his Revolutionary services.
Elisha Berry has previously sent in his application which was suspended for want of the recorded evidence of his Revolutionary services.  It is hoped that the papers enclosed will be deemed sufficient.
I would like to know the result of the application at your earliest convenience. Please to direct your reply with the certificate of granted to my address.
Respectfully yours,
Josephus Eastman


Com. of Pensions
Washington DC