Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 37,498, Elijah Veach, Va.
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SERVICE NUMBER
Va. Veach, Elijah S. 37,498
CONTENTS
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Death not on A.B.
ILL

Notification sent October 21, 1820
Matthew Lyon, Eddyville, Kentucky

Kentucky Roll.
(No. 1,291)
Elijah Veach, 4
Colo Crawford Private,
Virginia line - 1777. 3 years.
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.

Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 25. of May, 1818.

Certificate of Pension issued the 30. of June 1818, and sent to Matthew Lyon, Esq.
Eddyville, Caldwell Coy. Ky.

Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818.
3 months 7/31. 
$26.86
4/30.
{Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818.}

Caldwell Co Ky
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State of Kentucky Caldwell County Towit
On the Record of proceedings in the County Court of said County among others are the following
Be it remembered that "At a County Court begun and held for Caldwell County at the Courthouse in the Town of Princeton on Monday the 24th day of July 1820" the following proceedings were had Towit" On motion of Elijah Veach he produced in Court his affidavit which being Sworn to by him was ordered to be recorded and Certified according to law which affidavit reads as follows Towit
State of Kentucky Caldwell County S.S. On this 
24th day of July 1820. personally appeared in open Court being a Court of Record for said County Elijah Veach aged Sixty five years a resident in Caldwell County Ky who being duly Sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows In the 1st Regiment of Virginia Continental Troops that he applied for a pension on the 25th day of May 1818. and that he has received a pension Certificate No 1291 - And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident Citizen of the United States on the 19th day of March 1818. And that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for Certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war" passed on the 18th day of March 1818. And that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities Contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income
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Other than what is Contained in the Schedule hereto annexed and by me Subscribed, which is one horse worth 25 dollars one Cow worth 15 dollars one plough and other farming essentials 12 dollars household furniture worth about 12 dollars, My family Consists of a wife 55 years old one daughter 35 years old, who is helpless from Natuoral deformity one weakly son 16 years old and an Orphan grandchild two years and 3 months old all of whom are helpless and very little able to assist me by labor, My occupation is that of a farmer at which I am very little able to labour from my age and bodily infirmity
Elijah Veach x his mark

Sworn to and declared on this 24th day of July 1820 before the County Court of Caldwell County
The Court are of Opinion that the property contained in the following Schedule is $74 in value
State of Kentucky Caldwell County Towit
I John H. Phelps Clerk of the County Court of Said County do hereby Certify that the foregoing oath and the Schedule thereto annexed are truly Copied from the record of said Court, and I do further Certify that it is the opinion of the Said Court that the total amount of value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is Seventy four dollars
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and affixed the seal of said
Court on this 27th day of July 1820
Jno. H. Phelps
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E. Veech
Cert
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State of Kentucky Caldwell County Sct
In the record of proceedings of the Caldwell County Court among others are the following towit
Be it remembered. At a County Court began & held for Caldwell County at the Courthouse in the town of Princeton on the 25th day of May 1818
The following proceedings were had towit
Elijah Veach personally appeared and applyed to be heard as an Indigent soldier of the Continental Revolutionary army of the United States entitled to the benefit of the law of Congress of the 18th of March 1818 for the relief of such Soldiers, and being duly Sworn deposeth and saith that in January 1777 he enlisted with Lieutenant Springer in Colo Crawford's Regiment of Continental troops in the Virginia line in Morgantown Virginia for three years that he served three years on that frontier when he was discharged, the proof of which discharge he got recorded in Green County Tennessee but has lost the discharge, that he afterwards enlisted and Served ten months under Genl Sumpter's and was in the battle of eutaw Springs Orageburg & Winchester that he was then discharged but has no copy of it & he further Swears that from his reduced circumstances he needs the assistance of his country for support - which is ordered to be certified
Caldwell County Sct As clerk of the County Court of Said County certify that the foregoing is a true transcript from the records in my office - In Testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand affix the seal of said County this 5th day of June 1818
John H. Phelps
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State of Kentucky Caldwell County Towit
I John Bradley presiding Magistrate in
and for the County aforesaid do certify that
the Within Attestation of John H Phelps (who is) Clerk of said Court is in due form of law. Given under my hand & seal this 27th day of June 1818. John Bradley {seal}
and I do further Certify that the said Veach is a Citizen of this County
John Bradley
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Will Mr. Edwards be so good
as to have a copy of the
papers referred to made
and forwarded to Mr. 
Christopher Chinn at
Harrodsburg Ky.
Francis A. Dickins.
5 May 1843
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Know all men by these presents that I, E D Veach of the County of Mercer and State of Kentucky have constituted and appointed and by these presents hereby Constitute and appoint Francis A Dicken of Washington City District of Columbia my true and lawful Attorney in fact for me and in my name to demand and receive from the proper Officer in the City of Washington a copy of the Declaration and Testimony of Elijah Veach Deceased late a pensioner on the Roll of the Kentucky agency
I being one of the Heirs at Law of the aforesaid Elijah Veach and desiring the said papers to have them filed with the Executive department in the State of Virginia for the purpose of obtaining a land Warrant from said State for the services rendered by said Veach in the Revolutionary War, To do and perform all acts in the premises which my said Attorney may deem proper or necessary, Hereby ratifying and confirming whatever my said Attorney may do for me in the premises
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and seal this 11th day of April 1843
E. D. Veatch {seal}

State of Kentucky
Mercer County Sct
This day personally appeared before me a Justice of the peace in and for said County E D Veach and acknowledged the foregoing power of attorney to be his act and deed
Given under my hand the day and date above written
P R Dunn JP
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State of Kentucky Mercer County Sct
I Thomas Allen Clerk of the Court of Mercer County Certify that P R Dunn is a magistrate as stated on the foregoing page and that the foregoing Signature purporting to be his is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of Office and subscribed my name this 13th day of April 1843
Tho Allin
Clerk of the Court of Mercer County
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BA-J/ILL
Elijah Veach
S. 37498
Mr. Charles H. Veach
Kalida
Ohio.
Dear Sir:
The data which follow are shown in the papers on file in pension claim, S. 37498, based upon service of Elijah Veach or Veatch in the Revolutionary War.
Elijah Veach (Veatch) enlisted in Morgantown, Virginia, in January 1777, served as private in Lieutenant Springer's company, Colonel Crawford's Virginia regiment and was discharged at the expiration of service of three years. He enlisted and served ten months under General Sumter, during which he was in the battles of Orangeburg, Eutaw Springs and Dorchester.
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 25, 1818, at which time he resided in Caldwell County, Kentucky. His name was borne on the pension roll Elijah Veach. In 1820, the soldier gave his age as sixty-five years; the date and place of his birth and the names of his parents are not shown.
In 1820, the soldier's family living with him consisted of his wife, aged fifty-five years, a daughter, aged thirty-five years, a son, aged sixteen years, and a grandchild, aged two years and three month, who was an orphan. The name of the soldier's wife and the date and place of their marriage are not shown, nor the names of any members of his family.
in 1833, reference was made to Mr. Elijah Veatch of Tompkinsville, Kentucky.
In 1843, one E. D. Veatch, of Mercer County, Kentucky, stated that he was one of the heirs of Elijah Veach, deceased, a pensioner of Kentucky; his relationship to the pensioner was not stated in this claim.
In order to obtain the date of the last payment of pension, name
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and address of person paid, and, possibly, the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, this city, and cite the following data:
Elijah Veach
Certificate #1291
Issued June 30, 1818
Commenced May 25, 1818
Act of March 18, 1818
Kentucky Agency.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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Ch.[Christopher] Chinn [Esq.]
May 8, 1843
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Pension office
May 8, 1843
sir:
Agreeably to the request of Mr. Francis A. Dickins, I enclose hereunto Certified copies of the papers of Elijah Veach dec'd who was a pensioner on the Kentucky roll, under the act of march 18, 1818.
Christopher Chinn, Esq.
Harrisburg, Kentucky.