Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 13,228, Elisha Gustine, Continental. N.H.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
Continental N.H.

Gustine, Elisha

NUMBER
S. 13,228

Carded.

CONTENTS
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8337
47   New York   8337
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Elisha Gustine
of Pamela in the State of N. York
who was a Private in the Compy commanded
by Captain Whitterbel of the Regt. commanded by Col. Reed in the Masstts
line for 15 months
Continental & New Hampshire Lines
Records corrected  Aug 25  '23
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Inscribed on the Roll of New York 
at the rate of 50 Dollars ["Cents" stricken out] per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension ifsued the 3rd day of April 1833 and sent to Clt
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Arrears to the 4th of Mar 30.....................$100
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Feb '28       25
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............................................................................$125
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(Revolutionary Claim,  )
(Act June 7, 1832.        )

Recorded by  G.C. Stiles  Clerk,
Book E.  Vol. 4.   Page 20.

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Paid at the Treasury under
the Act of the 6 April
1838, from 4. Sep 1833 to 18th
March 1834  Agts Notified
30.Decr 1841
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Dead
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State of New York
Jefferson County   fs.

On this 5 day of December 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas now sitting Elisha Gustine a resident of the town of Pamela N York aged 85 years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following supplementary [underlined] declaration in order to obtain the benifit of the act of Congrefs pafsed June 7th 1832.

That by reason of old age and the consequent lofs 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 lefs than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:  For one [underlined] year and one [underlined] month   he served as a private and for such service he claims a pension--That he was living in the town of Marlow State of New Hampshire when he was first called into the service and at Marlow in the State aforesaid at his second enlistment--That he received a written discharge from Capt John Masey--for the first eight months that he served but that it has since been lost or destroyed & he is now unable to account for it--
E Guthrie

Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid.

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--

I Peleg Burchard Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Jefferson do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the further [underlined]
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proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Elisha Gustine for a pension--

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of any office this 5 day of December 1832--
P. Burchard Clerk
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State of New York
Jefferson County fs.

On this 11. day of September 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Jefferson now sitting Elisha Gustine a resident of the town of Pamela in the County of Jefferson aged 85 years who being first fuly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congrefs pafsed June 7th 1832--

That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated--His first enlistment was for eight months as a volunteer [underlined] under Capt John Marcy of the regular army and that Isaac Farwell and James Tagget acted as under officers in the Company that he enlisted about the first of June 1775 at Walpole New Hampshire--and soon after enlistment marched to Bunker Hill & arrived there in season to take a part in that engagement after the battle he was stationed at Chesterton near Boston until the expiration of his enlistment.  On his march to Bunkerhill he pafsed through the following places Keene Swanzy Lunenburgh Worcester.  Colonel James Reed was the Colonel of his Regiment, Knew several officers of distinction who were there at the time he was stationed at Chester

Among the number he recollects, General Putnam General Warren who was ["afterwards" stricken out] killed in the
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battle of ["Lexington" stricken out] Bunkerhill Major Clasey who was killed at Charleston neck by a cannon shot fro the enemies shipping--after the expiration of his term of service he returned home & soon after enlisted again (year 1776) under Capt Samuel Wetherby an officer of the regular army for five [underlined] months his last enlistment was at Marlow County of Cheshire & State of New Hampshire & the names of his under officers were Lieutenant Howlet & Ensign Griswold--The company first marched to S Keenesborough by the way of Otter Creek State of Vermont thence to Ticonderoga & Mount Independence where he served his 5 months out--Whilst he was stationed at Ticonderoga the British approached them with their shipping & boats landed and made an attack upon the forty but were drove back.  Ticonderoga was at this time under the command of Gen'l Arnold--From Rockingham the place where he lived at the close of the revolution he moved to Lunenburgh Vermont where he resided seven years & from thence he moved to Schyler Herkimer Co State of New York & from thence to Jefferson County where he has continued to reside for upwards of thirty one years--The following persons
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residing in the present neighborhood and vicinity of the applicant can testify as to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution viz:  Simeon Woodruff Roswell Gates Isaac Gale Calvin McKnight Asaph Mathews & Luther P. Hoyt.  The applicant received a written discharge from the army for the first eight months that he served but it has been lost or destroyed & he is now unable to account for it.  He never received from any of the officers under whom he served a written discharge except the foregoing;  neither does he know of any surviving witnefs by whom he could prove his services, nor has he any documentary evidence except the annexed certificate of Jonathan Fletcher to support his claim--That applicant was according to the best of his knowledge and belief born at Lyme State of Connecticut in the year 1747.  Has no record of his age.  He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state
E Gustine

Sworn & subscribed the day and year aforesiad
P. Burchard  Clerk
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We Pitt Morse a clergyman residing in the town of Watertown in the County of Jefferson and Ebenezer Sabin of the Town of Pamelia ["of the same place" stricken out] hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Elisha Gustine who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 85 years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in that opinion--
Pitt Morse
Ebenezer Sabin

Sworn and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid
P. Burchard Clerk

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and putting the interogatories prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states and the Court further certify that it appears to them that Pitt Morse who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergy man resident in the town of Watertown County of Jefferson and State of New York and that Ebenezer Sabin who has also signed the same is a resident in the town of Pamelia and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit

I Peleg Burchard Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Jefferson do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Elisha Gustin for a pension

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office this 11th day of September 1832
P. Burchard Clerk

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Elisha Gustin
7417
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a pension

Sept  1832.  [underlined]

P.G.K.

X  5/--
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Rev.&1812 Wars Section.

July 24, 1935.

Mrs. Clifford W. Weaver,
McKinney,
Texas.

Madam:

I advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 13228, it appears that Elisha Gustine was born in 1747 in Lyme, Connecticut.

While a resident of Marlow, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, he enlisted June 1, 1775, served eight months as a private in Captain John Marcy's Company, Colonel James Reed's New Hampshire Regiment and was in the battle of Bunker Hill.

He enlisted in 1776 and served five months as a private in Captain Samuel Wetherbee's Company, Colonel Wyman's New Hampshire Regiment.

At the close of the Revolution he was living in Rockingham, then moved to Lunenburgh, Vermont, lived there seven years, thence to Schuyler, Herkimer County, New York, thence to Jefferson County, New York.

He was allowed pension on his application executed September 11, 1832 while a resident of Pamelia, Jefferson County,
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New York in which vicinity he had resided for thirty-one years.  He died March 18, 1834, place not stated.

There are no data on file as to his family.

The Revolutionary War records of this bureau fail to afford any information in regard to William Gustin, Alpheus Gustin, or Abraham Bunker.

Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT,
Commissioner.
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information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.  Elisha Gustine  Sur. File  13228.

[Column 1]
[illegible heading]
[1]  June 1, 1775
[2]..................1776

[Column 2]
LENGTH OF SERVICE.
[1]  8 mos.
[2]  5 mos.

[Column 3]
RANK.
[1]  Pvt.

[Column 4]
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN......................................COLONEL.
[1] John Marcy....................James Reed
[2]  Samuel Wetherbee...............Wyman

[Column 5]
STATE.
[1]  N.H.

Battles engaged in,  Bunker Hill

Residence of soldier at enlistment, Marlow Cheshire Co. N.H.

Date of application for pension, Sept. 11. 1832  His cl. was al--

Residence at date of application, Pamilia, Jefferson Co. N.Y.

Age at date of application,  born at Lyme Conn  1747   Died Mch. 18, 1834.

Remarks:  No data as to family
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October 30, 1912.

Hon. James Tanner,
Washington, D.C.

My dear Mr. Tanner:

I have the honor to advise you that in the claim, Sur. File No. 13,228, Rev. War, it appears that Elisha Gustine was born at Lyme, Connecticut, in 1747, and while a resident of Marlow, New Hampshire, volunteered June 1, 1775, as Private in Captain John Marcy's company, Colonel James Reeds regiment New Hampshire troops, and was in the battle of Bunker Hill, and served eight months.

In 1776, he enlisted in Captain Samuel Wetherbee's company, Colonel Wyman's New Hampshire regiment and served five months.  He was allowed pension on an application executed September 11, 1832, while a resident of Pamelia, Jefferson County, New York.

There is no data on file as to his family.

Very respectfully,
JL Davenport.
Commissioner.
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January 3, 1910.

Mr. W. M. Armstrong,
Chemical Building,
Saint Louis, Mo.

Sir:

In reply to your letter without date which was received on the 21" ultimo, you are advised that in the Revolutionary War pension claim Sur. File No. 13,228, of Elisha Gustine, it is stated that he was born in Lyme, Connecticut, in 1747, and that the administrator of Elisha Gustine deceased was paid his pension up to March 18, 1834.

The administrator's name, and place and date of death are not stated.

Very respectfully,

Commissioner.
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U.S. PENSION OFFICE
A
APR
7
1917
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Rev. War Section.

April 10, 1917.

Mr. William M. Wall,
10 Wall St.
New York, N. Y.

Sir:

In reply to your request of the seventh instant, you are herewith furnished photostat copies of seven pages from the Revolutionary War pension claim of Elisha Gustine, Survivors file No. 13,228, in accordance with the provisions of the Act of August 24, 1912.

Very respectfully,
G M Saltzgaber
Commissioner.
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Law
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oval stamp
CHIEF'S DESK
[illegible]
[Illegible]
Division
U.S. BUREAU OF PENSIONS

Received of William M. Wall
10 Wall St, New York
N.Y. $1.05 for copies
of papers in case
Elisha Gustine
Continental N. H.
Rev. War S.
13228

R W. B. Law

April 7, 1917

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FINANCE DIVISION
* APR 7 1917 *
BUREAU OF PENSIONS

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BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Finance Division
APR 7 1917, 191 .
Chief of Red Way Section
Sir:
I have this day received from William M. Wall Cash for $1.05/100 requesting copy ["post office addresses" stricken out] as per letter herewith.

Very respectfully,

W.M. Campbell
[initials illegible]
Chief of Division.

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Wm MWall
10 Wall St.
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Wm M. Wall
10 Wall St
New York

Elisha Gustine Continental N H
Rev. War. 813228

7 ages uncertified
paid to Wm Burrows Law Div. Apr. 7, 1917
& abstract to be sent to above address

Copies mailed April 10, 1917


stamped with following:

Finance Division
* APR 7 191
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
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Enc
Rev

W.M. ARMSTRONG
CHEMICAL BUILDING
SAINT LOUIS

Dear Sir: - 

I am informed that your Revolutionary War records show that one Elisha Gustine applied for pension on Sept. 11. 1832 from Pamela N.Y.

Will you kindly advise

1.  Does your record indicate the place and date of his death?  If not when the last payment was made to him.

2.  Does his application indicate the time and place of birth?

By furnishing me with the above information you will oblige.

Yours truly
W M Armstrong

[stamp affixed to the left of the above signature, reading as follows]

U.S. PENSION OFFICE
A
DEC
21
1909

To
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
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J. G. WALL,
BROKER AND DEALER IN
INVESTMENT AND MISCELLANEOUS SECURITIES.
MILLS BUILDING,
35 WALL ST.--17 BROAD STREET.

6WM

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[Stamp #1]
U.S. PENSION OFFICE
E
JUN
14
1897

[Stamp #2]
OLD WAR & NAVY
JUN 17 1897
FILES.

New York, June 11th  1897

To the Hon.
The Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington D.C.

Dear Sir:

Can you give me any information concerning Elisha Gustin [name underlined] who enlisted in the War of the Revolution from Vermont, was wounded, and after the war, lived at Watertown New York and drew a pension?

And greatly oblige
Yours respectfully
Judson Gustin Wall
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JUDGE R. L. MOULDEN, Chm of Board
D. H. FAULKNER, Treasurer
JESSE G. GRAVES, Secretary

The First Christian Church
McKinney, Texas
Clifford S. Weaver, Minister

February 11 1928

Dear Sirs:

Kindly advise me regarding
Rev.  Patriots recng pension:

1.  William Gustin Cumberland Co Pa -
- or any data re - his widow

2.  Abraham Bunker Cumberland Co Pa
- or any data re - his widow

Sincerely 
Gustene C. Weaver
(Mrs. Clifford W.)
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D. H. FAULKNER, Treasurer
JESSE G. GRAVES, Secretary

The First Christian Church
McKinney, Texas
Clifford S. Weaver, Minister

Feb. 11, 1928.

Bureau of Pensions,
Department of Interior,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sirs:

Kindly advise me regarding any Revolutionary patriots; that is, about the Reverend Alpheus Gustin; also, his son, Alpheus Gustin, Jr.  I want their Revolutionary War Services data, and desire a full copy.  I am willing to pay for a copy.  Advise me wht fee to send you in event such data, and desire a full copy.  I am willing to pay for a copy.  Advise me what fees to send you in event such data can be located.

Thanking you,

Yours truly,

Gustine Courson Weaver
(Mrs. Clifford S. Weaver.)

Also of Elisha Gustin who was from N. H.
The Battle of Bunker Hill Regt of Col. Reed
Capt John Marcys Co. 

Milford
N. H.

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PENSION OFFICE
U. S.
FEB 13 1928
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RECORD
DIVISION
MAY 
12
1909
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Rev

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U.S. PENSION OFFICE
A
MAY
11
1909

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13228  E. G
Cac

Roy, Wash. May 5, 1909.

Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.

Will you please see if this record can be verified in your department:

"Noah Hopkins ["negative" written above the name] of Amenia, Dutchess Co. N. Y. volunteered service in the beginning of the Revolution and was made Ensign in Capt. Wm. Baker's Company, Col. Sutherland's Reg't.  October 17, 1776, he was appointed 2d. Lieut. in the 6th. Dutchess Co. Militia of which his brother Roswell was Colonel, and was promoted 1st. Lieut. in March, 1778."  Noah Hopkins died at Pittsford, Vermont, May 6, ["186" stricken out]  1805.

2.  Have you any data of Elisha Gustin who served in the Revolution in either a Conn. or N. Y. regiment?  He was in the town of Franklin, Jefferson County, New York, in 1795.  He was of Lyme, Conn.  Had a son John and daughters Elizabeth, Polly, (or Mary) and Cynthia.

Address
Miss N. B. Wood
Roy, Pierce Co.
Washington

3228
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13, 228
[checkmark]  INVALID.

Rev War

File No. 13, 228

Elisha Gustine
Priv:  Rev War

Act:  June 7"  1832

Index:--Vol. 1,  Page 154
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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June 29 97   Histy to 
Judson E. Wall
Mills Bldg.   NY City
_____________________________________________
Aug. 25  1903
Miss May E. Wall
Ogdensburg  NY
_____________________________________________
1909 May 22   Hist. to Miss
N.B. Wood  V.L.M

1910 Jan 3.  W.M. Armstrong
Chemical Bldg.  St. Louis Mo.
vif'd date & place of soldier's
birth and last payment of
pension.  V.W.

1912 Oct. 30  Hon. Jas. Tanney
Sent hist thro Commissioner  V.L.M.

1917 Apr. 10  Hist. to Wm. M. Wall.

1917  Apr. 10.  Photostat copies sent Wm. M. Wall

1928 July 31  Hist. to Mrs. C.W.
Weaver.  MWNHF
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
Dec. 18th, 1841.

Sir:

Under the date of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," The adm'or of Elisha Gastine, dec'd a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany, NY Agency, at the rate of Fifty Dollars and -----------Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4" of Sept. 1833, to the 18th March 1834.

Respectfully, yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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In Rolls
of Wetherbe's Compy
_______________________

adm'd
15 mo. pri
______________________
50$
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State of New Hampshire
Cheshire County  fs.

Jonathan Fletcher a resident of the town of Walpole in the County aforesaid, aged seventy nine years, being duly sworn saith that he is well acquainted with Elisha Gustine a soldier of the Revolution who formerly resided in the town of Marlow & State aforesaid, knows the fact of his enlistment at ["Walpole" stricken out] Marlow in the month of May or first of June in the year 1775.  This deponent saith that said Gustine first enlisted for eight months and served under the following officers, viz:  Colonel James Read, Captain John Mercy Lieutenant Farwell and Ensign Tagget--That after he had served out the above mentioned period he enlisted again for ["five" stricken out] four months at said Marlow in the year 1776 and served under the following officers Colonel Wyman Captain Samuel Wetherby and Lieutenant Hewet--This deponent says that Mr. Gustine's last term of enlistment expired while he (Gustine) was at Mount Independence on Lake Champlain.  That deponent during the years 1775 & 1776 was connected with the army more or lefs & had frequent opportunities of seeing and knowing of Mr. Gustine's services
Jonathan Fletcher

Sworn this 28th day of December AD. 1832
Before me  Frederick Vose, Justice of the Peace

I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Jonathan Fletcher and believe him to be a person of credibility--
Frederick Vose, Justice of the Peace

Cheshire  fs.   Jany 6, 1833

I Salma Hale Clerk of the Superior Court of Indicature for said county certify that Frederick Vose is a Justice of the Peace in and for said county and that the foregoing official signatures are his.  In testimony whereof I hereunto affix the Seal of said court
S Hale, Clerk

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