Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 6029, Elisha Babcock, New York
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Service - New York 
Babcock, Elisha
Number S.6029

carder

Contents: [no entry]
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14295
8034 New York
Elisha Babcock of Otsego Co in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Niles of the regt: commanded by Col. Willett in the N.Y. nes line for 11 mo.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 36 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 

Certificate of Pension issued the 18 day of May 1833 and sent to Henry Gill Burlington

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $73.32
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept. 18.33
$91.65

{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by W.L Williams Clerk,
Book E Vol. 4 Page 44
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed 7th June 1832
State of New York
County of Otsego Be it remembered that on the 7th day of July 1832 before James C. Walworth Esqr a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County aforesaid said Court being a court of Record Personally appeared Elisha Babcock of Edmeston in said County aged 70 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. That he lived in Stephentown in the State of New York in the year 1782 And that on the first of April 1782 he was Classed off or detached in the State troops of New York and marched to Albany in said State and mustered in Captain Peter Tierce's Company of infantry & from thence marched to Schenectady & Johnstown on the Mohawk river thence to Fort Plain where he joined Colonel Willet's Regiment the term of time for which he entered the service was nine months – and that he was on Fatigue and on Scout and in garrison at at the different Forts and Posts on the Mohawk river during the whole of said term and that he was discharged on the 31st day of December 1782 at Fort Plain on the Mohawk river in the State of New York Elijah Van Scouter 1st Major Andrew Fink 2nd Major & Dow A: Fonda Adjutant belonged to his regiment That he was born in Stonington in the State of Connecticut that the record of his age is there. Since the Revolutionary war he was lived in Stephentown, Burlington, Cazenovia, & now in Edmeston in the State of New York that he did not receive a written discharge but was verbally discharged. That he has no documentuary evidence to prove his service & he knows of no other person who knows of his service except Jonathan Babcock And that he relinquished all other claims what-
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ever except the present to a pension or annuity and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year above written
Before me James C Walworth a Judge of Otsego Common Pleas
[signed] Elisha Babcock
State of New York County of Otsego
I, Jonathan Babcock of Burlington Aged 68 years being duly sworn deposeth and saeth that he is a Brother of Elisha Babcock the person who has subscribed & sworn to the foregoing declaration in his presence & that he knows that he did perform the service therein set forth. this this deponent was in one class & said Elisha was in another class in the Militia of the State of New York in the year 1782 in one company that they were both detached at the same time for the term of nine months and marched together to Albany and mustered together in Capt Tierces Company that they continued in the service together that they Messed together served together almost the whole of said term and that they were discharged together at Fort Plain in New York on the 31st December 1782
Sworn to and subscribed this 7th July 1832
Before me James C Walworth a Judge of Otsego County Courts
[signed] Jonathan Babcock
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State of New York County of Otsego
Amasa Church and Uriah Balcam both of the town of Burlington in the County aforesaid being both duly sworn depose & say that they both have been well acquainted with Elisha Babcock the person who made & subscribed the foregoing declaration in their presence and Jonathan Babcock who also subscribed the foregoing affidavit in their presence since the year 1791 when their acquaintance commenced and that [crossed out: they] both said Elisha & said Jonathan have always sustained a good character and that they are both men of Credibility and truth & are reputed & believed to have served in the Revolutionary Army
Sworn to & Subscribed this 7th July 1832 before me James C Walworth a Judge of Otsego County Courts
[signed] Ammasa Church Uriah Balcam
Otsego County John Myers a resident of the town of Otsego in the County of Otsego aged seventy years being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he was a private in Captain Peter Tierce's company in Colonel Willets Regiment in the State Troops of the State of New York in the service of the United States in the year 1782. and that this deponent does know and does well remember that Elisha Babcock who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration did serve the term of nine months in said company and regiment as therein stated
Sworn and subscribed this 16th day of October 1832
Horace Lathrop Clerk
John Myers his Mark X
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County of Otsego ss.  I hereby Certify and declare that I am personally acquainted with Elisha Babcock the person who makes the foregoing declaration and that I am also personally and well acquainted with Jonathan Babcock and Amasa Church and Uriah Balcam the witnesses and I am fully of the opinion that he did serve in the revolutionary service as he therein States and that he is reputed to have served in the revolutionary army in my own knowledge and further that they are all credible & respectable Citizens and further that there will be no open Court of record in sd county till September next 
Given under my hand at Burlington this 7 July 1832 
[signed] James C Warworth a Judge of Otsego Comm Pleas 

State of New York
Otsego County Ss. I Horace Lathrop Clerk of the Court of Common pleas in & for the said County do certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of Elisha Babcock for a pension & I further certify that James C Walworth before whom the preceding affidavits of Jonathan Babcock Amasa Church Uriah Balcom purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same a Judge of Otsego County Courts & that I am acquainted with his hand writing & verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavits to be his proper hand writing & signature In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 19th day of Octr 1832 
[signed] Horace Lathrop By T. K. Cory Deputy
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18054
Elisha Babcock
admitted
11 mo Private.
Henry Sill
Burlington, Ostego [Otsego] Co
N York
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WAR DEPARTMENT, 
Pension Office, 
183 
sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. the notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim. 
A Statement, shewing the service of Elisha Babcock County of Ostego [Otsego] New York 
[TABLE]
Period when the service was rendered.  |   Duration of the claimant's service.   |   Rank of the claimant.   |  A Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served   |   Names and Rank of the General and Field officers.  |  Battles in which the applicant was engaged.  |  Country through which he marched.  |  Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period  |  Evidence by which the declaration is supported.  |
Augt 1776  |  10 Days  |  pri  |  Caps Niles  |  Cols  |  none  |  Schoharie  |  Stephentown New York  |   |
Sept 1777  |  1 Month.  |  do  |    |    |  Ballstown  |    |
do Oct 1777  |  20 Days.  |  do  |    |    |  Stillwater  |    |    |
do Apr 1782  |  9 Months.  |  do  |  Tierces  |  Willet  |    |  Ft plain  |  aged 70 years  |  Living Witness  |
[END TABLE]
I am, respectfully, 
Your obedient servant 
J. L. EDWARDS, 
Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832. 
The following regulations have been adopted: 
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service. 
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law: 
1. The Regular Troops. 
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers. 
3. Persons employed in the Naval service. 
4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record. 
DECLARATION. 
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832. 
State, Territory or District of County } ss.
On this ___ day of ___ personally appeared (a) before __ A.B. a resident (b) of ___ in the county of ___  and State, territory or District of ___  ages (c) ___ 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 provion made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) ___  , with ___ and served in the ___ (e) regiment of the ___ line, under the following named officers: 
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers, the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he enered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which marched. [ ]This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.] 
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of ___
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. ____ A. B. 
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. 
I _____ of the Court of ____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of ___for a pension. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this ___ day of ___&c. 
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out. 
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
 (k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the ___ and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with ___ , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be ___ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. 
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
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 A. B. ___ who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the ___ and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the ___ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. 
I ___Clerk of the Court of ___ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the applicacation of ___ for a pension. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this ___ day of ___&c. 
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction. 
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case. 
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia. 
1. Where and in what year were you born? 
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it? 
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom? 
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services. 
6.  {To a Soldier} Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it?}
6. {To an Officer.} Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?}
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant. 
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons -one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates. 
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject. 
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court. 
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature. 
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter. 
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned. 
[d] The declarant must in the period or periods of the war when he served. 
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. 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 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 __ year ___ months , and ___ days I served as a ___. For ___ months and ___days, I served as a ___; and for such service I claim a pension." 
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 declaration is 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.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable. 
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required. 
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case. 
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he 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.
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. 
Proof of Service. 
[j] 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.
[ ] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops, The proof required by rule in note [j] applies in continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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… a statement of the military history of --- 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. Elisha Babcock S.F. 6029 
[TABLE]
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.  |   LENGTH OF SERVICE.  |   RANK.   |    OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. CAPTAIN. / COLONEL.  |  STATE.   |
Aug 1776  |  10 days  |  Pvt.  |  Niles /    |  N.Y.  |
Sept 1, 1777  |  1 mo.  |    |  Niles  Turner /  |    |
Oct 1, 1777  |  Oct. 20, 1777  |    |  same officers  /    |    |
Apr. 1, 1782  |  9 mos.  |  Peter Tierce  / Willett  |    |
discharged Dec. 31, 1782 at Ft. Plain
[END OF TABLE]
Battles engaged in, 
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Stephentown Rensselaer Co. N.Y. 
Date of application for pension, July 7, 1832 His cl. was al.  [claim was allowed]
Residence at date of application, Edmeston Otsego Co. N.Y. 
Age at date of application, 70 yrs. b. date not stated at Stonington, Conn. 
Remarks: Since the Rev. he lived in Stephentown, Burlington, Cazenovia and Edmeston. Date of death & names of Parents not given nor is it stated that he was married. For date of last payment & a 
Very respectfully, 
Commissioner.

Brother Jonathan

6-2856
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Rev War
6029 
INVALID. 
File No. 6019 
Elisha Babcock 
Pri Rev War 
Act: June 7th 32
Index:- Vol.  M , Page 19 
{Arrangement of 1870.]

1912 Mch. 30 Hist to Mrs. George B. Waterman. V.L.M.
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Declaration of
Elisha Babcock
[illegible] J.G.W.

18054


Henry Sill
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832. 
State of New York 
County of Otsego } ss.  On this 16th day of October 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common pleas in and for the County of Otsego and State of New York now sittings Elisha Babcock a resident of the town of Edmeston in the County of Otsego and State of New York aged seventy 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 7th 1832 
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein statted
That he was born in Stonington in the state of Connecticut 
That in the time of the Revolutionary war he resided in the town of Stephentown in the County Rensselaer in the State of New York first In the month of August in the year 1776 he was called out in the Militia of New York in the Company of Capt. Niles and marched to Schoharrie [Schoharie] in said State on an alarm to guard the Inhabitants there from the ravages of the Indians and Tories, and he continued in this service 10 days and was dismissed. Again on the alarm at the approach of Burgoynes army from the north about the 1st of September 1777 he was ordered out under the same Captain for one month was marched to and stationed at Ballstown in the State of New York under the command of Captain Niles & Captain Turner to guard the place from the Indians and Tories. (The Militia at these times was one half called out at a time for a months tour and he was in the second half the first half having been called out before and served two tours of a month each had returned home) And again at the end of this months service at Ballstown he was again ordered into the service on the 1st of October 1777 and marched to Still water for the term of one month and he continued in the service there under the same officers as before till after the capitulation of Burgoyne when he was dismissed about the 20th of October 1777 at Still water.
Again at Stephentown aforesaid on the 1st of April 1782 he was classed off in the Militia and detached to the State troops of New York and marched to Albany in said State and there mustered in Captain Peter Tierce's company
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of Infantry for the term of nine months from thence to Schenectady on the Mohawk River thence up the river to Johnstown & to Fort Plain where we joined Colonel Willet's Regiment, and that he continued in said service doing duty at the different Forts and ports on the Mohawk River, and on Scout and fatigue untill the said term of nine months had expired when he was discharged at Fort Plain aforesaid on the 31st day of December 1782. That he did not receive a written discharge - That his 1st Majors name was Elijah Van Ben Scouten 2nd Major Andrew Fink and his Adjutant Dan A. Fonda 
That he has no documentary evidence, and that he knows of no person, whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his service except his Brother Jonathan Babcock who was with him in this last mentioned service and whose affidavit is hereunto annexed.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever except the present to a pension or annuity and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any State.
[signed] Elisha Babcock
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid 
Horace Lathrop, Clerk 

We Stephen Colegrove residing in the town of Edmiston in the County of Otsego State of N. York and Henry Sill of Burlington in the County State aforesaid hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Elisha Babcock who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion
[signed] Stephen Colegrove  Henry Sill
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid 
[signed] Horace Lathrop, 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 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 Stephen Colegrove Harry Sill and John Myers that has subscribed and sworn to the annexed affidavits are credible persons and are entitled to full credit in their statements 
[signed] J. O. Morse  E. Foote  J. C. Walworth  Judges
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Williamstown Mass 
14 Southworth Ave
S2-3 –‘12 
To Bureau of Pensions 
Dept of the Interior
Washington D.C. 
Commissioner of Pensions
Dear Sir 
Will you kindly send me data your records afford concerning Elisha Babcock of Stephentown N.Y. who enlisted from there and served in the revolutionary war and who lived afterward in
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IV. Are names of his parents given?
V. Is name of his wife given?
Vi. To whom was payment of pension made after his death. 
If you can and will answer all or any of these question

[stamped U.S. Pension Office Mar 25 1912]
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Lebanon Columbia Co. N.Y. and in Burlington Otsego Co. N.Y. 
I. Did he apply for and receive a pension?
II. Where did he live at time of application & at time of death 
III Does application, give date and place of birth?
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I am sure it will greatly facilitate my search for a revolutionary ancestor and I am anxious to secure these items.
Very truly yours
[signed] Laura B. Waterman
Mrs. George B. Waterman
Williamstown Mass

[stamped U.S. Pension Office Mar 25 1912]