Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 17312, Elijah Button, Conn.
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Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts
at the rate of 8o Dollars 0o Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 day of Sept
1833 and sent George,
Colton Springfield Mass
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833 $200
Semi anl. allowance ending 4 Mar 34 - 40.00
$240

  Revolutionary Claim,
⎨Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by H H Adorson Clerk
Book  E Vol. 2 Page 9
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampden Js
On this twenty seventh day of August 1832, personally appeared in
open Court before Oliver B Morris Esquire Judge of the Court of Probate 
now sitting in Springhill Elijah Button a resident of Wilbraham
in the County of Hampden  and State of Massachusetts, 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 act of Congress passed June 7, 1832-
That he entered the service of the United States under the following
named officers and served as herein stated Viz
That in the year 1775, he resided in the town of Groton State of
Connecticut and belonged to a company of Militia under the
command of Capt. John Moran, Nehemiah Smith was our Lieut
and William Williams Ensign, that soon after the War commenced
the whole company was ordered to do duty as a guard for the Court
and Forts and although we were not all the year on active duty yet
we were obliged at all times when the alarm Gun was fixed Depon
to the fort where we were frequently kept from a few days to three weeks
of
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at a time on steady active duty and this kind of sence extended
through the first fear after the War commenced
That in the spring of the year 1776, he removed to Preston about twelve
miles from the fort at Groton and was enrolled in a company of Militia
commanded by Capt. Ebenezer Winters and was out performing the same
kind of duty during this year as he did in the year 1775
and assisted in repairing or rebuilding the fort at Groton
That in the firing of the year 1777, he took up his residence again
at Grover and enrolled in a company of Militia commanded
by Capt. Joseph Wells and was called upon to perform the same kind
of duty as before guarding the court and forts, the enemy landed some
time during the same I think on Withers Island burnt the buildings
and carry away all the stock, they dragged the owner out of his house
by the him of his head previous to fixing his dwelling, we were kept during the
greater part of this year on active duty alarms being very frequent
and the people on the court being kept in a State of anxiety and
lavin apprehending that the enemy walk land as they threatened
to do at a number of places in