Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File O. W. Inv. Rej. 15880, for Elijah Lincoln, [Blank]
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
Not Rev. War
Lincoln, Elijah
NUMBER
O. W. In Rej. 15880
Wayne's Indian War 1792-1795

1774
CONTENTS
Born in Mass
Enl. in Vt
Residences after service: Ohio, Ky. & Tenn.
 W. B.L.M. found )
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Declaration in order to be placed on the Invalid Pension List"
State of Tennessee
Mary County
S.S
On this 28th day of August 1840 personally
appeared, in open Court, being a Court of record, before Edmund
Dillahunty, Judges of the Circuit Courts of the State of Tennessee
presiding at Columbia for the County of Maury aforesaid Elijah
Lincoln a resident Citizen of the County of Maury aforesaid aged 67,
years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his
oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit
of the provisions of the acts of the Congress of the United States
passed for the relief of the surviving Officers & soldiers who received
wounds & disabilities in the service of their country. that he the
said Elijah Lincoln enlisted private Soldier for the term of
three years on the 27th August 1792 in the County of
Windson in the State of Vermont in the company commanded
by Captain William Eaton, Lieutenant underwood & Ensign
Hyde was mustered into service and attached to the
the Regiment and in the Army under the command Major General
Anthony Wayne, they were marched to Pittsburgh 
in Pennsylvania and took up Winter Quarters at Legionville
they were marched to what is now the City of Cincinnatti, where
affiant was selected as one of the Ragers, and placed under the
command of Captain Joseph Brock, they were marched
to different points in the then North Western Territory, he was
in the battle near the Indian towns Now Ohio, he was at
the Lakes, Miami river & towns. That he was wounded
in the Muscle of the left arm or shoulder with a tomahawk
and also in the right ancle & left foot, with a rifle ball, that
he received the said wounds while in the actual service
of his country as a regular soldier in the North Western
Army under the command of General Wayne. he was a long
time confined by reason of his disability and was attended
 by the Brigade Surgeon, Doctor Carmichael well as he can now recollect he never got the Surgeons certificate of his disability but was promised
it, he is not advised whether his Captains are yet living
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nor is he able to produce their sworn certificates or that
of any of the officers with whom he served, nor can he
to his knowledge prove by any person distinctly the time &
place of his having been wounded or otherwise disabled:
but affiant has procured the services of three distinguished
Surgeon to examine his scars & will produce the affidavits of
two of them-- Affiant most positively avers, that he received
the said wounds or disabilities, while in the service of the
United States as a soldier in the N. W. Army, said wounds
particularly the left foot have been painful ever since
the wound was received, and as he advances in age the
wound becomes more & more painful, he feels that his
disability occasioned by said sound is more than
one half, that he feels bound to ask of his
Country in this advanced stage of life the little pittance
allowed to the poor old decriped soldiers, Affiant
was discharged from the service by Captain
Brock & General Wayne Some time in September 1795.
of Cincinatti in the State of Ohio then N. W. Territory after
having been in actual & uninterrupted service for
three whole years, he was honorably discharged
by his officers and received a certificate of his services
& discharge which he has unfortunately lost or mislaid
but he feels confident his name will be found on the
Roll of the Army: affiant would not now ask for the
humane & benevolent provisions for the Invalids, but for
his poverty and necessities in his old age; he suffered
many hardship & privations in the defence of his country
but they are the proudest recollection of his youth, affiant
was born on the 14th May 1773 in the State of Massachusetts
he has resided since the war in the State of Ohio, Kentucky
& Tennessee, he now resides in Maury County Tennessee, he declares
that his name has not been placed on the Pension List
of any Agency in the United States & he hereby relinquishes
every other annuity or pension except the present, he 
therefore humbly prays to be placed on the Invalid
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Pension List at Nashville at such rate of pension or annuity
as the law directs. Affiant has no record of his age
Sworn to & subscribed before me
[Signature] Elijah his x mark Lincoln
in open Court this 28th day of August 1820.
[signature] Edmund Dillahunty
 
State of Tennessee
Maury County  SS
On this 28 day of August 1840 personally
appeared in open court, being a Court of record before the Hon
Edmund Dillaherty Judge & Archibald H. Buchanan
& Alexander H Brown Medical Doctors, Graduates , resident
citizen of Maury County aforesaid, who after being duly sworn on
their oath make the following statement of the nature
& character of the scars or wounds of Elijah Lincoln
who represents that he received the same in the service
of the United States in the North Western Army under the
command of General Wayne between the years
1792 and 1795. from the appearance of the scar they are of
long standing. We carefully examined the person of said Elijah
Lincoln and find years on his person as follows, one large
cupon his left foot which extends along the Matatarsel one of the the next the little toe, and the toe next
the little has been torn off, then is also another large scar
on the out side of the ancle joint just above the external
Malishes of the left uncle, there is also a scar on the Eight
foot about the Union of the Mattersell bone of the big
toe with the tares, all of which said wounds together
with the loss of the toe he represents as having received
by a Rifle ball, and also states that said ball is lodged
in his right foot, and which we believe to be true from
the appearance of the wound. and he has also another
large scar on his left shoulder about two inches
long & half an inch wide and seems to have extended
through the deltoid muscle and which he represents ---
to have received with a tomahawk in the War
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and from the appearance and the representation
of Mr Lincoln we believe it to be scar made from
the wound with a tomahawk? the extent of the
disability we refer to the statement of Mr Lincoln of the disability
and who is proved to be a man of good moral character
& which they believe is one half.

[signature] A.H. Buchanan
[signature] A.H. Brown

Sworn and subscribed to in  
open Court S. 9th 1840
[signature] P. Wilson Clerk

State of Tennessee
Maury County  Personally appeared in open Court William
Horsley a regularly ordained Minister of the Gospel of the
Methodist Episcopal Church and made oath in due form
of law that he is acquainted with Elijah Lincoln
who has signed & swore to the foregoing declaration
that he is a man of good moral character & entitled
to full credit on his oath in any Court of justice
and verily does believe that the said Elijah Lincoln was a
private soldier in the war of the North and under General Wayne in the North Western Army as
he declares that he has heard said Lincoln
speak of his being in the war & of his wound & disibilities
he received in the service of his country
[illegible] William Housley
Sworn to & subscribed in open Court
this 11th day of September 1840
[signature] P. Nelson Clark Mary Circuit Court

State of Tennessee
Maury County  Personally appeared Adam Dale
in open Court & made oath that they are well
acquainted with Elijah Lincoln the foregoing applicant for a pension
that he is a man of good moral character & entitled to credit
on his oath in any Court of Justice
[signature] Adam Dale
Sworn to & subscribed before me this 11th September 1840
September 1840
[signature] P Nelson Clark Maury first court
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Elijah Lincoln
Invalid-Suspd
Tennessee

[crossed out] See Letter to J.H.Dew Sept. 232 1840
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15880
24th Apr 1816
Elijah Lincoln Columbia Tenn.
REJECTED
1792
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Pension Office
Sept 23 1840
220

Sir,
The papers in the case of Elijah Lincoln,which you sent to this office in order to substantiate his claim to a pension on account of disability arising from a wound alleged to have been received while in the service between the years 1790and 1795 have been examined and placed inour files. These papers do not contain any proof sufficient to establish his claim. The enclosed printed sheet, will when what evidence is required. A [illegible] wherence to there rules of evidence is [illegible]and is[illegible] in order to a favorable decision.
L

John H. Dew. Eq
Columbia,
Tennessee

Enter this one reg act Apl 25 1808
Tennessee Mvd Case
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Direct to John J Dew the atty for applicant. Columbia Tenn
Yours ins H Dew Atw
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State of Tennessee
Maury County Circuit Court August Term AD 1840
I Edmond Dillahunty Judge of the Circuit
Courts of the 8th Judicial Circuit of
the State of Tennessee presiding in Columbia for the County
of Maury do hereby certify that it appears from the evidence
before me that Elijah Lincoln who has sworn to & subscribed
the foregoing declaration is a man of good moral character
that he was then years a soldier in United States Army under
General Wayne in the North Western territory, that
he was wounded with a rifle ball & Tomahawk & his
disability thereby is one half according to the proof before
me
Given under my hand and
seal this 11th day of Sept 1840
[signature] Edmund Dillahunty 
Judge

State of Tennessee
Maury County J. Pleasant Nelson Clerk
of the Circuit Court of Maury County aforesaid
do hereby certify that the foregoing declaration
affidavits & certificate on all genuine and that
they contain the original proceedings had in this
Court upon the application of Mr Elijah Lincoln
for the purpose of being placed on the Invalid Pension List
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and private seal there being
no seal of office, at Columbia upon
this 11th day of September in the year
1840 & in the 65 year of American
Independence.
[signature] P. Nelson Clerk of the
Circuit Court of Maury County
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State of Tennessee
Maury County
ss.
I Henry M. Watterson Member of
the Congress of the United States from the State of Tennessee
do hereby certify that Edmund Dillahunty is the Judge
of the 8th Judicial Circuit of the Circuit Courts of Tennessee
and that Pleasant Nelson Esq who has subscribed the foregoing
Certificate is & was at the time of signing the same the Clerk
of the Circuit Court for many County, that the
same and genuine, that they are duly elected, qualified
& commissioned and that full faith is due to all their
official act as such
Given under my hand and seal
this 4th day of September 1840

H.M. Watterson