Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 3156, Elijah Durfey, Conn.
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Durfey, Elijah
Elizabeth

Number
R. 3156.
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3156

Elizabeth Durfey
Widow of Elijah
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No. 7.722
Elizabeth Durfey
widow of Elijah Durfey

Application for pension
Set 4. July 1836

--Rejected--

There is some evidence already on file in regard to this case. Mr. Conn (unintelligible) of pensions will follow correspondence with me in regards to this case. 

(unintelligible) Miller
House of Reps.
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The State of Ohio
Knox County,
SS:
On this fifth day of June AD 1850, personally appeared
before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, within and for said
County, Elizabeth Durfey, a resident of the County of Knox, and
State of Ohio, aged eighty-five years, who, being first duly-sworn
according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration,
in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the
act of Congress passed July 4th 1836, and the act explanatory of
said act passed March 3 1837: That she was married to Elijah
Durfey, who was a soldier in the American army, during the
Revolutionary war with great Briton. That he entered the
army in the year 1780, while living in the County of Hartford
in the State or Colony of Connecticut, in the 16th year of his
age, and remained in the service eighteen months, (and she
thinks longer.) She further declares that she was married
to the said Elijah Durfey on the 25th day of January AD.
1787, at the town of Tolland, in Hartford County, Connecticut
by Rev. Nathan Williams, That her husband, the aforesaid
Elijah Durfey, died while absent from home, on or about
the month of September AD 1815, and that she has 
remained a widow ever since that period, as will more fully
appear by refference to the proof hereto annexed.
Elizabeth Durfey
Sworn to and subscribed before me this fifth day of
June AD 1850
Daniel Wolfe J.P.
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This is to certify that the within named Elizabeth Durfey is not able to go before the County Court to file her affidavit owing to old age and feeble health as I verily believe.    Daniel Wolfe J.P.

We the undersigned certify that we have been acquainted with the within named Elizabeth Durfey maker of the within declaration for the last twenty five or thirty years and believe her declaration to be true as we verily believe 
Given under our hands the 5th day of June 1850
C. S. Graves
A. G. Graves
J. M. Wales
Truman Wats
John Hood 
R Everitt
John Westbrook
Rev Pelatiah Webster
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I hereby certify that Daniel Wolf before whom the foregoing declaration was made was at the time the same was made and still is an acting Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Knox and State of Ohio and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is true and genuine.

Jno K Miller
M. C.
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No. 7.722
Elizabeth Durfey
widow of Elijah Durfey

Application for [illegible] NOTE: All text has a line through it

O
Act 4 July 1836
Rejected

There is some evidence already on file in regard to this case
The Commissioner of Pensions will [illegible] correspond with me in regard to this case
Jno K Miller
House of Reps
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Canterbury Oct 20th 1851

Dear sir

I forwarded to the Hon John K. Miller then a member of congress some time in 1851 the application of Elizabeth Duphey for a pension to be filed with you I received an answer from Mr. Miller stating that he had filed it in your office I have heard nothing from it since it was filed please inform me what the position has been made of it if any what more proof is [illegible] I think all the [illegible] could be obtained to enable her to claim a pension. Please answer as soon as convenient.
Yours respectfully,
F McLane

To / Commissioner of Pensions

NOTE: the illegible word is the same word in both places.
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No 7722
Elizth Durfey
widow of Elijah

Ohio

Act of 4th July 1836

Rejected

To Hon. Jno K Miller  July 1st 1867
F. M. McLane  Dct 81/511
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