Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2838, for Elijah Mitchell, North Carolina
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SERVICE
N.C.

Mitchell, Elijah

NUMBER
S. 2838
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7022
Ohio
Elijah Mitchell
of Grable Co. in the State of Ohio
who was a private in the Company commanded
by Captain Barn, of the Regt; commanded
by Col. McDowell in the No. Car. militia
for 9 mo: 1777.
 
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio
at the rate of 30 Dollars per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 22nd day of Feby.
1833 and sent to
J. M. A. McNutt Eason O

Arrears to 4th March 1833                        $60.00
Semi=anl. allowance ending 4 Sept '33      15.00
                                                   Total        $75.00


Recorded by W. L. Williams, Clerk
Book E.  Vol. 8.  Page  16.
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11.573
Elijah Mitchell
Ohio
Preble County

from 1779 private
9 months.
$30.00



J. M. U. McNutt.
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BRIEF in the case of Elijah Mitchell, of the County of Preble in the State of Ohio
of Preble
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?  In Open Court

2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?

3. How old is he?  71. years

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

Period.
8. April
drafted in 1779.
Vol - 1780
fall of 1780-
July - 1781

Duration of Service.
Years, Months, Days.
3 [Months]
About 2 weeks
do ---- do
About 4. Weeks
do -- 4     do
do -- 4     do
3- months

Rank.
As a
Private

Names of General and Field Officers
under whom he served.
Capt. Bar
Col. McDowell
Gen. Lincoln
Capt McRee

5. In what battles was he engaged? -- None Stated

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Mecklenburg County North Carolina

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  Traditionary


8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
Not defective

X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
F. S. Evans
Examining Clerk.

Says he served in all Nine months [handwritten]
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Elijah Mitchell
11573


***Vertical writing***
day of September, eighteen hundred and
thirty two---
(signature of J. C. Hawkins) Clerk
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The State of Ohio  Preble County
Court of Common pleas September
1832.
First Judicial Circuit of the Court of Common Pleas in Ohio

On this twenty first day of September in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and thirty two, personally appeared in open court
before the Honorable the Judges of the Court of Common
Pleas in and for the County of [illegible] in the state of
Ohio, Elijah Mitchell, aged seventy one years. a
resident of the county of Preble, 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 seventy of June A.D. 1832
That he entered the army of the war of the Revolution
as a drafted militia man, for three months, on the eighth
day of April in the year seventeen hundred and seventy
nine in Mecklinberg County North Carolina, under
Captain James Barr, under Colonel McDowell.
That they marched to a point opposite  Augusta
on the Savannah River, and marched down the said
river, and joined the army under General Lincoln,
opposite the town of Savannah---that they then
pursued the British army towards Charlestown S C,
to bacon bridge upon Ashly river, were they were
halted and remained about two days, that they
pursued the British forces to where they crossed the
Stono, where they lay untill deponents time was out
when his time having expired he was discharged and
returned home.  Deponent obtained no written discharge.  Deponent in the spring of the year 1780
volunteered at the county aforesaid as a minute militiaman, under
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Captain Ezra Alexander, and marched across the
Catawba River and dispersed a company of Tories
who had gathered together, and returned home after
being out two weeks.  deponent performed another 
tour of duty in the fall of the same year again a
party of Tories at a place called [illegible]
Mill, and was out about two weeks at that
time.  Deponent further saith that after
the defeat of General Gates, he was
called out to guard the country from the 
depredations of the Tories and British, under
Captain McRae, and remained in service that
time, about four weeks.  Deponent further 
saith that when the British came to Charlotte
and began to commit depredations he was again
called out under the same captain and remained
protecting the country, about four weeks.  Deponent
further saith that when the British crossed the
Catawba river pursuing General Morgan he
was again called out to defend his country and
remained out protecting the country about 
four weeks during this time deponent neither
received pay or discharge--.  Deponent again entered
the service of his country in the month of July 1781
at Charlotte in Mecklenburg county S.C. to 
[illegible] past between Charlotte and the Waxhaw creek
in N C. deponent continued in this service of the United
States for three months when he was discharged.
Deponent received no written discharge nor did he
receive any pay for it.  Deponent served in all
about nine months during the war of the Revolution
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Deponent was born some where in the State of Virginia
according to the best information which he can obtain
on the sixth day of March seventeen hundred and
sixty one, but has no written record of his age
Deponent has resided in Preble County Ohio,
about twenty five years.  Deponent has no documentary
evidence nor does he know of any living witness
by which he can prove his said services;  Deponent
is well known to the Reverend Samuel Mitchell and
James Fleming Proble County, by whom he
believes he can prove his good character, and
that he is reputed to have been a soldier of the
Revolution.  Deponent never received any written
discharge.  He hereby relinquishes any claim
whatever to a pension or annuity except the present
and declares that his name is not on the pension
roll of the agency of any state.
(mark of Elijah Mitchell)
Sworn to and subscribed in open 
court the day and year aforesaid.
(signature of J. C. Hawkins) Clerk

We Reverend Samuel Mitchell, a clergyman, and
James Fleming residents of Preble county in the
state of Ohio do hereby certify that we are well
acquainted with Elijah Mitchell who has subscribed
and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him
to be seventy one years of age; that he sustains a good character for truth and veracity; that he is reputed and believed in his neighborhood to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we have full confidence in the truth of his declaration
(signature of Samuel Mitchell)
(signature of James Fleming)
Sworn to and subscribed in open court
the day and year aforesaid
(signature of J. C. Hawkins) Clerk
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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.
And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that
Samuel Mitchell, who has signed the preceding certificate,
is a Clergyman, resident in the County of Preble, and that
James Fleming, who had also signed the same, is a resident
in the County of Preble, and is a credible person.  And that the
Statement is entitled to credit.
By the court.
(signature of J. C. Hawkins) Clerk

I Joseph C. Hawkins, Clerk of the court of Common Pleas,
do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original 
proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of
Elijah Mitchell for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my
hand and seal of office, this twenty fourth
day of September, eighteen hundred and thirty two.
(signature of J. C. Hawkins) Clerk
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Warren Inda. July 9 
Elijah Mitchell
wishes his pension
restored.
M. 281 [illegible] July 28/45
Pension office

Elijah Mitchell
[illegible]  '32

***Vertical writing***
District of Columbia
Washing Citty.
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Indiana Huntington County July 9th 1845
Sir I wish to inform you that Elijah
Mitchell a Revolutionary Soldier who
has claimed a pension and by moving
from Preble County Ohio to Huntington
County Indiana has not [illegible]
for it for the last six years in consequence
of the distance and having need of the
money he wished to get it for the
accommodation of the old Soldier & put 
myself to the trouble to go all the way
to Cincinnati to get his money for him
it not being coled for far so long &
time his name was stricken of the roll
with the expectation that he was ded (dead)
whitch is not the case for he is living yet
and in as good helth as common men of 
his age witch if it was nesasary he---
could give any of witness to this fact the
agant told me to write to you and you
would write to him and he would put
his name on the rale so he could get his
money the old gentalman did wish me to
write to your for his abilitys will not
admit of his writing himself he wishes
you to write answer to him so he
mite know if you wrote in to the agant
so he will where to send for his
money for it is a distance of 200 miles
to send and he is not able to gow himself
and he must get some person to
to for him for the is no bisness from 
here to Cincinnatti that he could [illegible]
only for some some person to go a [illegible]
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and he would take it as a favor of you
if you will send him a few lines to
Warren Post office Huntington County
Indiana you may direct a letter to
himself--[crossed out.......] Elijah Mitchell
or to Fleming. Mitchell his agant either
will do:  Just remember the old Soldier
your respectfuly &c
Elijah Mitchell
Fleming Mitchell
his Agant

George Bancroft



Mr George Bancroft
Secretary of war
District of Columbia
Washing Citty
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March 18, 1936

Elijah Mitchell-S.2838
BA-J/AWF

Ruth M. Voorheis
321 W. Sandusky Street
Findlay, Ohio

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you
request the Revolutionary War record of Elijah
Mitchell, who served from North Carolina and was pensioned while living in Preble County, Ohio.
The data furnished herein were obtained from
the papers on file in pension claim, S. 2838, based upon the service of Elijah Mitchell during the War of the Revolution.
Elijah Mitchell was born March 6, 1761 in the
state of Virginia; it is not stated in what county
he was born, nor are the names of his parents given.
He enlisted in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina and served as a private at various times during 1779, 1780 and 1781, nine months in all, under Captains James Barr, Ezra Alexander, McRee, and Colonel McDowell in the North Carolina troops; much of his service was to guard the country against
the depredations of the Indians and Tories.
He was allowed pension on his application
executed, September 21, 1832, at which time he was living in Preble County, Ohio, where he had lived about twenty-five years.
He was living in 1845 in Huntington County,
Indiana; his postoffice [post office] address was then, Warren,
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Indiana.
The soldier, Elijah Mitchell, died August 1, 1847.
Reference was made in 1832 to Samuel Mitchell,
a clergyman, then residing in Preble County, Ohio, and Fleming Mitchell gave his postoffice [post office ] address in 1845, Warren, Indiana. It is not stated that they were related to the soldier, or that they were related to each other.

Very truly yours
G. H. SWEET
Acting Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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Rev War
2838
INVALID.

File No. 2838
Elijah Mitchell
Pri. N.C. na.
Act: June 7, '32
Index: -- Vol. A, Page 256
[Arrangement of 1870.]


Jan. 28-1900
Mrs. Addie Cleveland
Huntington Ind.
192[?] Feb 23 hist. to Mrs. W. A. Coryea [illegible]
19[?]4 Aug. 15. Hist. to Bertha B. Bar-
rett - MMS&F
192[?] Aug. 10 Hist. to Ruth M. Hammon
1936 Apr 18 -   "       "  Ruth M. Voorheis [illegible]
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OW&N
ECL

Huntington Ind
June 21 - 1900
Chief of Pensions War. Dep.
Washington D.C.

Dear Sir -

Will you kindly give
the military record (Rev. War)
of Elijah Mitchel [Mitchell] who was a
relation of mine and a
pensioner. He died at
Warren, Huntington Co.
Ind. Aug 1st - 1847. I do not
know where he was
born or from State he
enlisted.
Yours Truly
Mrs Addie Cleveland.
75 Wm St.
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[ stamp/insignia] DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
the Dalles- Oregon
Jan 23 - 1923 -

Pension Dept-
Rev. Section-
Washington D.C-
Please give me data on pension of Elijah Mitchell,
granted at New Paris, Ohio, in "1832" - where he had lived 25 years-
Enlisted April 6 - 1779 - at new Mecklenburg
Co - North Carolina - discharged [illegible]
1781 -
I am a descendant-
Mrs. W. A. Coryea-
1315 B. St .

[circular stamp] U.S. PENSION OFFICE
G JAN 29 1923
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NAPTON MISSOURI

JULY - 28 - 1924.

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir;-
Will you please see if you have a Revolutionary War Record of the following men.
Elijah Mitchell of North Carolina. he died in Preble County Ohio and was supposed to get a pension.
James Taylor [handwritten "not as described"] born in Georgia in 1760 and fought for American Indp. at the age of 17, married Mary Hampton.

Sincerely,
Bertha Black Barrett
Registrar Patsy Gregg,
D. A. R.

[circular stamp] U.S. PENSION OFFICE
H JUL 31 1924
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Ruth M. Hammon
130 N. 4th St.
Vincennes, Ind.
July 23, 1928

Director
Pension Department
Washington D. C.

Dear Sir:
In order that my father may become a member of the Sons of the American Revolution he desires to know where in the pension records may be found the record of the pension of Elijah Mitchell.
Elijah Mitchell enlisted from Mecklingburg [Mecklenburg] County, North Carolina,
April 6, 1779. He was honorably discharged July 1781. He was granted a pension at New Paris, Ohio, Preble County in 1832. I should like
to know the exact location of this record.

Thank you very much.
Yours truty, [truly]
(Miss) Ruth M. Hammon

[circular stamp] U.S. PENSION OFFICE
F JUL 25 1928
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Pension Dept.,
Revolutionary War record Dept.,
Washington, D. C.

[circular stamp] numbered 1-12
RECEIVED
FEB 3 1936
MAIL SUB-DIV.
VETS. ADM.
READER 22

Gentlemen:-
Please send me a copy of the
pension papers of Elijah Mitchell pensioned in
Preble Co Ohio -1832-
Elijah Mitchell was born in Va. and served in the Revolution from North Carolina.
died in Warren, Ind. 1847.
Thanking you for this information,
I am.
yours very truly
Ruth M. Voorheis
321 W. Sandusky St.,
Findlay Ohio.
Jan 31, 1936-
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE.
December 24th, 1845.

Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitle "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," and the third section of the Act of August 23,1842, extending
the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the 
pension agents,  Elijah Mitchell,
a Pensioner on the Roll of the Ohio
Agency, at the rate of Thirty  Dollars
and ------------------------Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June
1832, has been paid at this Department, from the
4th of Sept. 1839, to the 4th Sept. 1844.
Respectfully yours,
[illegible signature]
Comptroller





To the Commissioner of Pensions, 
Present.
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Elijah Mitchell, Ohio roll '32 per
annum. 
Be leased to inform this office to what time

he was last paid.
Pension office
July 29, 1845.

[illegible]  4 Sep 1839
J.H.
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
Elijah Mitchell which require further proof or explanation.

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?  Yes

II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?  Yes

III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?

IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served?  Yes

V. *Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amout [amount] of pension he is entitled?  Yes

VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?  Yes

VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?  Yes

VIII. Has the Court given their opinion?  Yes

IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate?  Yes

X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?  Yes
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?  Yes

XIII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?

XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?  Yes

XIV. +If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath,
certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?

XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?

+
+XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?  Yes

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?


EXPLANATORY NOTES.
*QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss 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 less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For ____ months, and ____ days, I served as a ____
For ____ months and ____ days, I served as a ____;  and for such service I claim a pension.
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3 
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months, is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration in highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit. 
QUERE XIV. PROOF OF SERVICE. 
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. 
QUERE XVI. MODE OF AUTHENTICATING PAPERS. 
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate. In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
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Rev.&1812 Wars Section.

COPIED BY ADY

August 10, 1928.

Ruth M. Hammon,
130 North 4" Street,
Vincennes, Indiana.

Madam:
I advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.2838, it appears that Elijah Mitchell was born in Virginia March 6, 1761.
He enlisted in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina and served at various times during 1779, 1780 and 1781, nine months in all, as a private under Captains James Barr,
Ezra Alexander and McRee, Colonel McDowell in the North Carolina Troops.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 21, 1832 while living in Preble County, Ohio.
In 1845 he was a resident of Huntington County (Post Office Warren), Indiana. He died August 1, 1847.
There are no data on file as to his family.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT,
Commissioner.
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and 1812 Wars Section [illegible initials]
August 15, 1924

Bertha B. Barrett
Napton, Mo.
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 2838 it appears that Elijah Mitchell was born in Virginia March 6, 1761.
He enlisted in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina and served at various times during 1779, 1780 and 1781, nine months in all, as a private under Captains James Barr, Ezra Alexander and McRee, Colonel McDowell in
the North Carolina Troops.

He was allowed pension on his application executed September 21, 1832 while living in Preble County, Ohio.

In 1845 he was a resident of Huntington County (Post Office Warren), Indiana. He died August 1, 1847.

There is no data on file as to his family.

Respectfully,
Acting Commissioner.

X From A.B.
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3 -- 525
SECTION
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C.,  ____ , 19 __
S2838
In reply to your request of ____
received____
for a statement of the military history of Elijah
Mitchell, a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
DATES OF
ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT.
Apl 8, 1779
Spg 1780
and served at various times }
5 mos - wks-entire }
service }

LENGTH OF
SERVICE.
3. Mos
2 wks
9 mos. }

RANK.
Pvt.

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
Jas. Barr
Ezra Alexander
McRee

COLONEL.
McDowell
[check mark]

STATE.
NC

Battles engaged in, none stated
Residence of soldier at enlistment, enl Mecklenburg Co, NC
Date of application for pension, Sep't. 21, 1832 - al 
Residence at date of application, Preble Co. Ohio
Age at date of application, b. Mar. 6 1761 in Va.
Remarks: It is not stated whether he was mar.

Respectfully,

Commissioner.

5-2856