Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 12544, Elijah Conger, Conn.
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SERVICE  Conn.
Conger, Elijah
NUMBER S.12544
carded
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Connecticut 9216
Elijah Conger
of Sherman in the state of Connecticut who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Hubbel of the Regt. commanded by Col. Waterbury in the Connecticut state troops [illegible] for 12 months

Inscribed on the roll of Connecticut at the rate of 40. dollars 00 cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1834.

Certificate of pension issued the 10 day of April 1833 and sent to Nathaniel Perry, New Milford, Ct.
Arrears to the 4th of March 33  $80
Semi-anl allowance ending 4 Sept 33  $20.00
[total] $100.00

{Revolutionary Claim, }
{Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Francis F. Franoisi clerk,
Book E. Vol. 3rd Page 7
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State of Coinnecticut
County of Fairfield

Probate district of New Milford on this 26th day of July A.D. 1832
personally appeared in open court before the court of probate for said district now sitting at Sherman in said district and county -
Elijah Conger a resident of said town of Sherman 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 of the Act of Congress dated June 7th 1832 -
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated -
In the winter season early in the year 1776 he enlisted for the term of two months in the Connecticut state troops in the company commanded by Capt. Gaylord Hubbell that of Sherman joined the Regt. at New York commanded by Col. Waterbury -
He continued in the service at New York for the full term of two months & the expiration of which time he was honorably dismissed. He has no written discharge. The following are names of the officers under when he served Col Waterbury, Capt. Hubbel, Ensign Peter Penfield, sargeants Philips & William [illegible]
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that in the month of May 1776 he again reenlisted in the Connecticut state troops in the company commanded by Capt Gaylord Hubbell and joined the Regt. at New York commanded by Col. Sillman. He enlisted for the term of six months and enters the service in short time after his enlistement and continued therein till the 25th day of December 1776 at which time he was honorably dismissed at North [illegible]. He has no written discharge while serving under this enlistement & he marched from New York in the retreat to Harlem where he remained about three weeks, from there he marched to White Plains in the state of New York and was in the battle at that place in the fall of the year 1776, from there he marched to Phelpps Manor and remained there about six or seven weeks, from there he marched to Northland [?] & after remaining there a few weeks was dismissed on the 25th Dec. as above stated.
In the Spring of the year 1777 (the declarant cannot tell the month) he was drafted and again entered the service & marched to Pukskill and continues in the service at Pukskill & White Plains two months, was at White Plains when Danbury was burnt, and was honorably dismissed at White Plains at the expiration of his two months service. 
He does not recollect the names of his officers except his Ensign whose name was Carter -
In hand was written discharge. He entered the service again as a volunteer
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in the summer of 1777 & went to Pecks Hill & more than three weeks only. He does not recollect the names of his officers except his Lieutenant whose name was William Barnes & the expiration of the three weeks he was honorably dismissed.

He also declares that late in the spring or early in the summer of 1779 we volunteered & interred the service and marched to Fredericksburg now called Peterson in the State of New York & continued in the service three weeks and was honorably dismissed the following or some of the officers under whom he served viz- Col Beardsley- Capt Gaylord Hubbell- Lieut Wm Barnes & Sergt William Phelps.

He was drafted and entered the service again in the winter season (the declarant cannot tell the year) and marched to some Pits and continued in service six weeks & was honorably dismissed. He had no written discharge. The following are some of the officers under whom he served- Capt Joseph Smith, Lieut Burton & Sergt Borsilla Brown.

He was born in that part of New Fairfield which is now the town of Sherman June 24th 1755 when he has ever since resided. He has no record of his age except on the Records of the town of New Fairfield which is in the possession of the Town Clerk of New Fairfield.
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He declares that he has no documentary evidence to prove his service & he knows of no person living by whom he [unk] from any part of his services.

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 in any state.

Elijah Conger  his mark X

Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid.

We Maltby Gelston a clergyman residing in the town of Sherman and Jedediah Graves residing in (the same) hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Elijah Conger 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 neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier if the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.

Maltby Gelston
Jebediah Graves

Sworn & subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
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[Attached Note}
Please furnish history of Elijah Congoer S12544
Walter I. McCoy
July 31 1912
8 Dist N.J

August 1, 1912.

Hon. Walter I. McCoy,
House of Representatives. 
My dear Mr. Mccoy:
 In response to your personal inquiry of the thirty-first ultimo, I have the honor to advise you that the papers in claim, Sur. file No. 12,533, Rev. War, show that Elijah Conger, the son of Joseph and Hannah Conger, was born June 24, 1755, in that part of New Fairfield. Connecticut, subsequently called Sherman, where he always resided.
 He stated that he enlisted early in the Winter of 1776, as Private in Captain Gaylord Hubbell's company, Colonel Waterbury's regiment, and served at New York: two months.
 Enlisted in May, 1776, in Captain Gaylord Hubbell's company, Colonel Silliman's regiment, was in the retreat from New York, and battle of White Plains, and was discharged December 25, 1778, at North Castle.
 Drafted in the Spring of 1777, under Captain Benjamin Seely, Colonel not recollected and served two months.
 Volunteered in the Summer of 1777, under Lieut. William Barnes, and served three weeks. 
 Volunteered in the Spring or early Summer of 1779, under Captain Gaylord Hubbell, and Colonel Beardsley; three weeks. 
 Drafter, year not recollected, under Captain Joseph
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Sur. File No. 12,544-2

Smith, and served six weeks.

He was allowed a pension of $40 per annum from March 4, 1831, on his application executed July 26, 1832, while still a resident of Sherman, Connecticut.

There is no reference whatever to the soldier's own family, and no further information concerning Joseph Conger.

For the date of the soldier's death and name of the person to whom the arrears of his pension were paid, application should be made to the Auditor for the Interior Department, U.S. Treasury Department, giving him all of the following data.

"Elijah Conger, Certificate No 9236, issued April 10, 1833, under the Act of June 7, 1832, at the Connecticut Agency."

Very respectfully,

JL Davenport
Commissioner
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State of Connecticut
County of Fairfield
Probate District of New Milford ss.

On this 29th day of January 1833 personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Probate for said District now sitting at Sherman in said District and County, Elijah Conger a resident of said Sherman who is personally known to the Judge of the Court to be the same person who made a declaration before this Court on the 26th day of July 1832 for the purpose of obtaining the benefit of the provision of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 and now for the same pension, being first duly sworn according to law makes the following declaration as supplementary to  & explanation of his former declaration.

he now declares that in the winter early in the year 1776 he enlisted for the term of two months into a company of Connecticut State Troops commanded by Capt Gaylord Hubbell and joined the regiment commanded by Col Waterbury. He served as stated in his former declaration and although he cannot tell precisely the day when he entered or left the service yet he declares that during this term of service, he served as a private not less than two months. He cannot state with any more particularity  his officers than he has done in his former declaration. He knows
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no person surviving who was with him during this term of service and knows of no person living by whom he can prove this service. He has [unk] to find such proof but has not been able to find any.

He also declares that he again enlisted into a company of Connecticut State Troops commanded by Capt Gaylord Hubbel and joined the regiment commanded by Col Silliman, he enlisted as a private, and stated in his former declaration, (as he then verily believed) that it was in the month of May 1776 & for the term of six months. He has since obtained the deposition of his orderly sergeant Joseph Bearse who swears that the enlistment was for eight months. He cannot tell precisely the day that he entered this service but he knows he is not mistaken as to the day on which he was discharged to wit the 25th day  of December 1776 being Christmas day. He declares that he served the whole term of his enlistment whether it was for six or eight months and although he cannot recollect precisely the length of time yet he declares that he served during this tour as a private not less than six months, as proof of this service so far as he can recollect were Col Silliman, Lieut Col Chandler, Major Mead, Capt Gaylord Hubbell, Lieut Peter Penfield, Ensign Heacock, Sergt Joseph Bearse, Wm Phelps, Hoyt & Hendricks, Corp Joseph Phelps, Moses Gray, Thos Starr and
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Joseph Hawley, Gen'l Wadsworth was general of the Brigade to which the declarant belonged.

He also declares that in the spring of 1777 he cannot tell the months he was drafted & again entered the service of the United States as a private & drafted soldiers. He was drafted for two months and served as he has stated in his former declaration. Although he cannot recollect precisely the day when he entered or left the service this time yet he declares that during this term he served as a private not less than two months, His Captain's name was Benjamin Seely, his Ensign's name was Carter, his Sergeant's name was Brosilla Brown, He cannot recollect the names of any other of his officer. He knows of no person surviving who was with him in this service and knows of no person by whom he can prove it, he has endeavored to find such proof but he's not been able.

He also declares that he again entered the service of the United as a volunteer & private in the summer of 1777 but he cannot tell the day or month he march'd to Pukshill & arrived there about a week after that place was burnt. He served there as a private not less than three weeks. William Barnes was his Lieutenant.
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and Thatford Holmes was his Sergeant, he does not recollect the names of any other of his officers. He has no proof of this service & knows of no person surviving who was with him during this term of service, he has indevoured to find proof & cannot. 

He also declares that he entered the service again in the spring or early summer of 1779 as a volunteer and served as he has stated in his former declaration not less than three weeks and as he now verily believes it was one month, as proof of this service he annexes hereto the deposition & testimony of his sergeants Uriel Hungerford.

He was afterwards drafted & again entered the service of the United States in the winter season but he cannot tell the year he served as he has stated in his former declaration during this tour a period of time not less than six weeks.

He now repeats his declaration that by reason of old age & consequent loss of memory he cannot tell the year he served as he has stated in his former declaration during this tour a period of time not less than six weeks.

He now repeats his declaration that by reason of old age & consequent loss of memory he cannot swear particularly as to the precise length of his service but according to the best of his recollection he declares that he served as a private not less than one year & one month.

He has stated that his service of six months on Capt Hubbell's Company was in the Reg't commanded by Col Silliman. In this he may be mistaken Joseph Bearse his witness states that it was in Col Weterburg's Reg't your declarant still believes it was Colliman's Reg't at any rate it is the same service to which Bearse has testified.

Elijah Conger  his mark X
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12544 Invalid

File No. 12,544 
Elisha (Elijah) Conger
Priv. Rev. War

Act: June 7th 1832
Index:-Vol. a, Page 78 
[Arrangement of 1870]

July 8, 1905 History to Geo. H. Miller, Newark, NJ
1912 Aug 1 to Hon Walter I McCoy
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The Celluloid Company
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New York Office:
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M.C. Lefferts, President
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F. R. Lefferts, Treasurer
J. R. Halsey, Secretary

6/20 1805

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington

Dear Sir,

Will you kindly send me record of Elizah Conger, New Fairfield, Fairfield County, Conn

War "1776"
Pensioned under act 1832 session 1833/34

Yours truly,

Geo. H. Miller
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New Metford Ct
Pension Declaration
.free

Hon. Lewis Cass
Secy. of War
Washington City
Pension Declaration
Ct
Returned
admit
private
12 mo
$40
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New Milford Feb. 25th 1833

Sir-

I herewith send again the declaration of Elijah Conger together with a supplementary declaration made by him accompanied by such proof as he has been able to obtain. You will observe the discrepancy between the testimony of Joseph Bearse and the declaration of Conger as to the Colonel under whom he served and Conger's remarks upon it. I saw the Justice a day or two since before whom that deposition was taken. He says that Mr Bearse has since told him that he was mistaken in the Col's name, that it ought to have been Silliman's Reg't and requested that the mistake might be corrected but as Mr Conger had made the explanation in his declaration which he had & I had obtained the certificate of the clerk to the official character of the magistrate
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I have thought it more advisable to send it as it is there to be at more [unk] about it, as Mr Conger is very poor.

Your obt Servt

Nathaniel Perry


Hon Lewis Cass
Sec. of War
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Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid and the said court do hereby again declare their opinion that the above named applicant served as he states in this and as and as stated in his former declaration.

Nathaniel Perry Judge of the Court of Probate for said District

State of Connecticut
District of New Milford

I William J Starr clerk of the Court of Probate for said District  do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the supplementary application of Elijah Conger for a pension.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 29th day of January AD 1833.

William J Starr Clerk
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Elijah Conger
supplementary
Declaration
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State of Connecticut
County of Fairfield
Probate District of New Milford

On this 29th day of January 1833 personally appeared in open court of Probate for said District more sitting at Sherman in said District & County Uriel Hungerford of s'd Sherman aged twenty seven years who being first duly sworn doth on his oath depose testify & say as follows to wit

In the month of May or June 1779 I volunteered as a Sergeant in the militia and marched to Fredericksburgh in the State of New York now called Paterson and continued there in the service of the United States for the full term of one month, it was not less than that as I verily believe, during the whole time of this service Elijah Conger who is well known to me & who is nor present served as a private on the same company with me during the whole term of time that I served.

Uriel Hungerford

Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid and I certify that the said Uriel Hungerford who has subscribed & sworn to the foregoing deposition sustains a good character for truth and is a credible witness.

Nathaniel Perry Judge of the Court of Probate for said District
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Certificate of the age of Elijah Conger
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Elijah son of Joseph Conger born of Hannah his wife in New Fairfield June the 24th 1755. The above is a true copy of the original record.

Test Saml T Barnum Town Clerk
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Personally append before David Barnum
Justice of the Peace for Fairfield County, Joseph
Bearrs a resident of New Fairfield in sd County 
& aged 77 the a day of the present month, testifies & says that he enlisted in the Connecticut State Troops in the Revolutionary war in the spring of 1776 he thinks the 1st of April, that he enlisted for the term of 8 months in Colonel David Waterbury's Regiment & that he enlisted as a Sergeant in Capt Gailord Hubbell's Company, that said Elijah Congo now of Shermand in sd County, enlisted in the same company with him & did duty as a soldier during the campaigns.

Joseph Bearss

State of Connecticut
Fairfield County ss. Fairfield Jany 17 1833

Personally appeared Joseph Bearss of sd New Fairfield & made oath to the truth of the facts set forth in the foregoing deposition by him subscribed and I certify that the sd Joseph Bearss sustains a good character for truth & is a credible witness.

Sworn before & certified by me

David Barnum Justice of Peace
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State of Connecticut
Fairfield County

I Thomas B Osborne Clerk of the County Court within and for the County of Fairfield in said State of Connecticut do hereby certify that David Barnum Esquire before whom the written deposition of Joseph Bearss was sworn is now & was on the 17th day of January 1833 a Justice of the Peace for sd County duly commissioned & duly authorized to administer oaths & take the depositions &c. I further certify that I am acquainted with the handwriting of the said David Bearss Esq & that I verily believe the signature to the certificate on the other side hereof purporting to e his is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County Court in Fairfield this 14th day of February AD 1833.

Thomas B Osborne Clerk of said County Court
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Elijah Conger
1358
August 4, 1832
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And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogations 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 Maltby Gelston, who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman resident in the said town of Sherman and that Jebediah Groves who has also signed the same is a resident of the same town, and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.

Nathaniel Perry, Judged of the Court of Probate for said District

I William J Starr Clerk if the Court of Probate for said District, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Elijah Conger for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this 26th day of July AD 1832.

William J Starr