Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16110, Elijah Elmer, N.H. Vt.
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N.H.     Elmer, Elijah     S.16110
Vt.
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Vermont 11443
Elijah Elmer
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of Windham Co in the State of Vermont who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Hurd in the Regt. commanded by Col. Reed in the N.H. line for 10 mos. 
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Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the date of 33 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Arrears to the 4th of March 1833.  $66.66
Semi-anl. allowance ending Sept    16.66
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                                                        $83.32

(Re)corded by W.L. Williams Clerk,
(Bo)ok E Vol. 3 Page 63.
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Nb. (Number) 27. Windham Co. Vermont
Elijah Elmer Dec & c. for Pension July 31, 1832
No 2,866
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STATE OF VERMONT.
County of Windham ss.
Probate District of Marlborough
At the Probate Court, within and for said District, being a Court of Record
On this 31st day of July A. D. 1832 -- Personally appeared in open Court, At New Fane, in said District Present Hon. Marshall Miller, Esquire, Judge.
Before the said Probate Court, within and for said District, now sitting Elijah Eliner a resident of New Fane in the county of Windham and State of Vermont, aged seventy seven 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 provision made by the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832. That he entered into the service of the United States, under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
Enlisted at Hindsdale, N.H. where he resided, in April or May 1775, for, and served, eight
months, at Winter Hill, near Boston, under Capt. Hinds and Col. Reed was in the battle of
Bunker Hill - was discharged at Winter Hill this service was in the New Hampshire
State Troops - In August 1776, then living at Hartland, Vermont, engaged for and served two months at and near Ticonderoga, as a substitute for and Amasa Wright, under Col. Wait, the Captains name not recollected received no discharged in writing. and knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service.
Elijah Elmer

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
To the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, he answers upon his said oath, as follows:
1. Was born in Hindsdale N.H. in the year 1755
2. Has no record-
3. Lived in Hindsdale, N.H. when he entered the service. Removed to Vermont about 46 years
ago lived in Athens 12 years, and since have resided in New Fane
4. Enlisted voluntarily served as a subsitute two months as above stated
o
f the New Hampshire line

6. Never received a written discharge at least recollects none
7. He refers to Nathaniel Busby and Ellis Griffith
as witnesses under this interrogatory
Elijah Elmer

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Marshall Miller Judge of Probate
We Nathaniel Bixby a citizen residing in the town of Dummerston in said County and Ellis Griffith of Dummerston in said county hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Elijah Elmer who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy seven years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
{Nathaniel Bixby
{Ellis Griffith
Marshall Miller Judge of Probate

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them, that Nathaniel Bixby who has signed the preceding certificate, is a resident in the said town of Dummerston and that Ellis Griffith who has also signed the same, is a resident in the town of Dummerston
in said county, and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I James Elliot, Register of the Probate Court, within and for the District of Marlborough aforesaid, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said
Court in the matter of the application of Elijah Elmer for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this 31st day of July
A.D. 1832
James Elliot Prob. Register
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State of Vermont
County of Windham} Js.

On this 14th day of June A.D. 1833, personally
appeared before me Henry Whitlock, a Justice of the peace within & for the County of Windham aforesaid Elijah Elmer a resident of Newfune in said Windham County, aged seventy nine years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following supplementary declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832 - That he enlis
ed in the Army of the United States in April or May 1775, at Hinsdale N.H. for the term of eight months, and served as a private, in the regiment commanded by Col. Reed, (The No of the Regt he does not recollect) of the continental troops, instead of New Hampshire State troops as before stated; which he finds to be the case by reflection, & knowing the officers under whom he served were continental officers - he further recollects the names other officers belonging to the company to which he belonged, to wit, Lieut. Stone, Ensign Aldrick-Marched from Hinsdale aforesaid, & to Chesterfield and then remained till the battle of Bunkers' hill was in the   Fitzwilliam, concord Lexington &c. to Charleston and then remained till the but the of Bunkers hill, was in the battle as stated in his former declaration, and recollects the following circumstances attending it; that the night previous to the Battle, a number of the Americans were employed in throwing up a redoubt & worked all night- in the morning the British troops commenced a cannonading from their floating batteries and from a fortification on Coppa hill in Boston, & continued the cannonade till within a short time previous to the Battle, which commenced in the after
noon- after the battle commenced, the town of Charleston was set on fire & principally burnt the battle continued, as was stated by person who held his watch, one hour and one minute he then with the American troops,- retreated
to Winter -hill soccelled. & then remained in and about the garrison on duty till he was discharged, having served the whole term of eight months; he thinks he might have
had a written discharge, but if so, has lost it-
as to the service mentioned in his former statement when
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a substitute, he has nothing of importance trade, but that he served as a private

To the 1st Interrogatory prescribed by the war department, he and that he was born in the year 7734, instead of 1755 as before stated
To the 2nd Interrogatory he adds that a record of his age has been found at Claremont N.H. in a family bible
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State-Edgy Warner

Sworn & subscribed the day and year aforesaid before me Henry Wheelock Justice of the peace
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He Wm  Hon. H. Hodges, a clergyman residing in the town of New June County of Windham & State of Vermont, and Jason Duncan Jr, residing in the same town, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted  with Elijah Elmer, who has
subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration; that we believe him to be Seventy nine years of age; that he is reputed
and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Wm. H. Hodges
Jason Duncan Jr

Sworn & subscribed June 16th 1833- before me; Henry Wheelock Justice of Peace
And the said Justice hereby declare his opinion, after investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he stated and said Justice further certifies that Wm H. Hodges who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident
in the son of define aforesaid, and that Jason Duncan Jr., who has also signed the same is a resident in the same town,
is a credible person, and their statement is entitled to credit.
Henry Wheelock, Justice of the peace
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State of Vermont-
Windham County Court Clerks Office,
New Fane June 17th A.D. 1833.
I certify that Henry Wheelock, Esquire,
is one of the Justices of the Peace for the
County of Windham aforesaid, and that the
preceding (on this sheet) are his signatures

Witness my hand and the Seal
of said Court-
James Elliot, Clerk.
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P 16110
INVALID.
File No. 16110
Elijah Elmers
Pensioner
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Act: June 7" 32
Index: -- Vol.-1, Page 113

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Cared  Mr.Elijah Elmer

[New Declaration]
Admitted 111 monthly
$BP. 3
J Elliott
[Veer Frame], VT
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WAR DEPARTMENT, Pension Office,
August 1833

Sir: The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has
been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of
your case in a tabular form.
On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed.
The notes and the regulations will shew what is
necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed,
you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

A Statement, shewing the Service of
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Period when the service was rendered
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Duration of the claimant's service
Years, Months, days
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Rank of the claimant
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Names and rank of the Field officers
under whom be served.
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Age at present,  and place of abode
when he entered the service.
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Proof by which the declaration is supported
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I, respectfully, Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS.
Commissioner of Pensions.

Mr Elijah Elmer
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line." "State troops," "militia" and "volunteers, all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service. Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1.The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.

DECLARATION,

In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
Sate, Territory or District of County of}ss.

On this day of personally appeared (a) before
A.B. a resident (b)in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (e) 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed
June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) with and served in the (e) regiment of the
line, under the following named officers:
(Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. A. B. {And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of
the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of [for a pension] office (i) this
day of & c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia. except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with
and C. D. residing in (the same)
who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be
years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid. And then will follow the certificate of the Court. And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary
Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of & c.

Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services
of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.

If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and
there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of vice in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6.{To a soldier.} Did you ever receive a 
   {To an Officer} Discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? To has become of it?
Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, If one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct
proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration
and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of 

the county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record,
or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter. The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will Now the rule laid down for his guidance.
The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not
conforming to the rule.
The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
The declarant must mention the person or persons of the war when he served.
Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the ┃
claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language in definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, & c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason
of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:--For---year days, I served as a-
For months and --- days, I served as a months
, and ---is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grate of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months.
the qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state the
in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is
highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement;
the particular place or place where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authat
he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil
pratt.
The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
The opinion of the Court is always required.
The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no pubseal
of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the
papers.

Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which as
pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

Proof of Service.
(j) In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note
(j)  applies to continental troops only.
(j) If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact. 
(m) The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.


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