Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 18,108, for Elizur Talcott, Connecticut
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(8-1776)

SERVICE
Conn.

Talcott, Elizur
             Dorothy

NUMBER
W.18,108

CONTENTS
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New York 4376

Dorothy Talcott [?]
widow of Elizur Talcott Junior
who died on the 28th Nov. 1831
of [illegible] in the State of New York who was a private and Sergeant in the Company commanded by Captain________ of the Regiment commanded by Conn __________ in the Revolution 
for 2 months Private 
6 m. Sergeant

Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 36 dollars 66 cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1831 and ending 14th April 1838 when she died

Certificate of Pension issued the 3 day of July 1846, and sent to Col. George Talcott [illegible] Office

Arrears to the 4th of
Semiannual allowance ending

{Revolutionary Clam, Act July 4, 1836, Section the}

Recorded by Tho Lumpkin, Clerk, 
Book 6 Vol. 1 Page 130.
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Reported

Payable to Elizur, George S. and Charles Talcott and Lucy Benton, Hope Goodrich and Dolly Truesdale 
Only surviving children
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United States of America
State of New York
Tioga County} p

On this second day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty six (1846) personally appeared before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County, at a Court holders therein, said Court being a Court of record, in open court on the second day of June in the year 1846, Charles Talcott a resident of Oswego in the County, and State aforesaid, aged fifty one 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 of June 7th 1832 and of July 4th 1836 - Viz - that his father Elizur Talcott, then Elizur Talcott Junior of Glastenbury in Hartford County Connecticut, was a soldier and Sergeant in the Army of the Revolution - That in the month of August 1776, the 6th regiment of Connecticut Militia, then commanded by his father Colonel Elizur Talcott of said Glastenbury, was ordered to repair to New York, to join the Army under General Washington. - That the said Elizur Talcott Junior was then a member of said Regiment, and of the Company of which Lt. Smith was Lieutenant, and it is the belief of this deponent, that he was one of the Sergeants of said Company, that he marched with his Company and Regiment to New York, and there served in his Company and Regiment with the Continental Army until the Regiment of which he was a member was honorably discharged in November 1776, having served for a period of Three Months. - And again in the Spring of the year 1778 he entered the service by joining the Company of Captain Wright of said Glastenbury, which was attached to the Regiment of Colonel Roger Eno (or Enos) that they served a part of the time
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at West Point, and at places adjacent - That Declarant understands that they engaged for one year, to be a part of the time in the service and a part of it at home - That he served in their town, for a period of not less than six months and as a Sergeant -  And declarant further states, that the said Elizur Talcott Junior performed a tour of Military duty at New London in the State of Connecticut in the Revolutionary War, but as he cannot now present it in such a form and with such proof as to claim allowance therefore: he waives this part of the claim for the present, and requests that the case may not be delayed on account of this last service - And he further declares that his said father Elizur Talcott Junior, was married to Dorothy Lord of Malbury, on Marlborough, in Hartford County, and Sate of Connecticut on the 15th day of September in the year Seventeen hundred and seventy four (1774) - That the said Elizur Talcott Junior died in Oswego, in Tioga County in the State of New York on the 28th day of November in the year Eighteen hundred and thirty one (1831), leaving a widow Dorothy Talcott aforesaid, who lived his widow until the 14th day of April Eighteen hundred and thirty eight (1838), when she died the widow of the said Elizur Talcott Junior and that though entitled to a pension, she never applied for it - That the said widow Dorothy Talcott, mother of this deponent, left at her decease, Six children and no more, and all of them of the issue of her marriage with the said Elizur Talcott Junior, Viz Lucy Benton, Hope Goodrich, Dolly Truesdell, Elizur Talcott, George Lord Talcott and Charles Talcott the Declarant; That he makes this application in his own name and in the name of his brothers and sisters aforesaid. -
All which will more fully appear by the people annexed - And he requests that the roll of Captain Wright, Company of Colonel Enos Regiment for 1778 and 79 may be examined and the declaration of Matthew Hale
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of said Glastenbury who served with the said Elizur Talcott Junior, and who was pensioned for his service in the Revolutionary War under the Connecticut agency - 
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written - Before the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Tioga, now in session

Before the Court M Stevens - Clerk 
Charles Talcott

And it hath been satisfactorily proved before said Court that Elizur Talcott, formerly Eliza Talcott Junior, died in said town of Oswego on the 28th day of November Eighteen hundred and thirty one (1831) and that he left a widow Dorothy Talcott who remained a widow until she died on the 14th day of April Eighteen hundred and thirty eight (1838) leaving six children and more, all of the issue of her marriage with the said Elizur Talcott Junior. Viz the above named Lucy Benton, Hope Goodrich, Dolly Truesdell, Elizur Talcott, George Lord Talcott and Charles Talcott the Declarant, and that the said children named are the only heirs, all of whom are over twenty one years of age.

In testimony whereof, I Moses Stevens, Clerk of the County of Tioga and of the Court of Common Pleas aforesaid, do hereunto subscribe my name and affix the seal of the said Court at Oswego in Tioga County and State of New York on this 2nd day of June 1846

Attest M. Stevens Clerk

I certify that the above named Charles Talcott is personally known to me and that he is a respectable person and his statement above written entitled to full credit and belief.
Alanson Munger, First Judge of Tioga County Court
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State of New York
Tioga County

We Joel L Paige and Sylvenis Fox - both of Oswego in the County and State aforesaid do hereby severally depose and say that we were well acquainted with the late Elizur Talcott of Oswego in Tioga County New York, and with his wife and children. That we know and depose that the said Elizur Talcott died in said Oswego on the 28th day of November Eighteen hundred and thirty one (1831) and that he left a widow, Mrs Dorothy Talcott, who so remained until April 14th (1838) Eighteen hundred and thirty eight, when she died in the said town of Oswego and left six children and no more, all of the issue of her marriage with the said Elizur Talcott; Viz. Widow Lucy Benton, Mrs. Hope Goodrich, Mrs. Dolly Truesdell and Elizur Talcott, George Lord Talcott, and Charles Talcott and further we the said deponents pay not -
Joel L Paige
Sylvenis Fox

Subscribed and sworn in open court, before the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Tioga on the second day of June in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty six - In testimony whence I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said court on the day and year last named and by command of said court certify that both of the deponents are credible persons.
Attest M. Stevens Clerk

The word two in the sixth? line from the top of the page [illegible] and the word one inserted before execution
M. Stevens Clerk
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I, William Smith a resident of Glastenbury, in the County of Hartford and State of Connecticut of lawful age, do hereby depose and say that in the time of the Revolutionary War, I resided in said Glastenbury, where I still reside; that I was well acquainted with Elizur Talcott Junior, of said town.

And I further depose and say that in the summer of the year 1776, Colonel Elizur Talcott of this town who then commanded the Regiment of Militia in this town, was ordered to New York, when it was invaded by the enemy sometime in August and I well remember that Elizur Talcott Junior, his son, went down to New York and served in his said father's Company Regiment and my impression and belief is that he served as a Sergeant and that he served thro that tour, which I think was for three months, in the year 1776. My father was Lieut of the Company. And I am well knowing to the fact that the same Elizur Talcott Junior married to Miss Dorothy Lord of Marlborough, and they lived in the town and brough up a family of children together and they removed to Oswego in the State of New York many years ago.

William Smith

Sworn to and Subscribed before me, on this 20th day of April 1846.
In testimony whereof I do hereunto
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subscribe my name and affix my Seal of Office, on the day and year last named.
Attest Jesse Charlton Notary Public

I George Plummer, a resident of Glastenbury and one of the Justices of the Peace for Hartford County ect, do hereby certify that William Smith who has signed the foregoing deposition is a credible witness, a resident of said Glastenbury, and is well known to me.
George Plummer Justice of the Peace
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I Abigail Talcott of Glastenbury in the County of Hartford and State of Connecticut, of lawful age do hereby depose and say that I have always lived in said Glastenbury. That I was well acquainted with Elizur Talcott Junior of said town; that I well remember the said Talcotts going into the army but I cannot give the dates when nor how long he staid.

And I further depose, that I am well knowing to the fact that the said Elizur Talcott Junior was married to Miss Dorothy Lord of Marlborough in this State a year before the War began and after they were married they lived in this town and brought up a family together and they removed away from this place to Oswego in the State of New York in the year 1803. The said Elizur Talcott Junior was brother to my husband: and I am Mother of Colonel George Talcott and Captain Andrew Talcott of Washington

Abigail Talcott

Sworn to and subscribed before me on this 20th day of April 1846.
In testimony whereof, I do hereunto set my hand and affix my seal of office on this day and year last named.

Attest Jesse Charlton Notary Public

I George Plummer on of the Justices of the Peace for the County of Hartford and State of Connect
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icut do hereby certify that Widow Abigail Talcott who has signed the within deposition is a person well known to me and is a credible witness and respectable woman and is the person she has claimed to be

Glastenbury April 20, 1846

George Plummer Justice of the Peace
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I. Thaddeus Wells, a resident of Glastenbury in the County of Hartford and Town Clerk of the same town and I have in my custody the records of Marriages which have been kept in the town since the year 1708. And I further certify that in its regular place in the series of entries, I find the following entry, viz. Elizur Talcott Junior Elizur son of Colonel Elizur Talcott of Glastenbury, and Ruth his wife, and Dorothy daughter of Epuphras Lord of Marlborough, and Lucy his wife, was [sic] married September fifteenth, Seventeen Hundred and Seventy four.

And I further certify, that the foregoing is an exact transcript from the record, with the exception of the date, which is on the original in fair and legible figures as follows. September 15th A 1774.
Thaddeus Wells Town Clerk

Sworn to and subscribed before me Jesse Charlton Notary Public in and for the State of Connecticut, on this 20th day April 1846. In testimony whereof, I do hereunto set my hand and seal of office, on the day and year aforesaid.

Attest Jesse Charlton Notary Public

I George Plummer one of the Justices of the Peace for Hartford County, do hereby certify that the above named Thaddeus Wells Esq., is a credible person and is Town Clerk of
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the town of Glastenbury aforesaid and has custody of it records.

George Plummer Justice of the Peace


Town Clerk
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State of Connecticut [initials?]
Office of Secretary of State

I hereby certify that George Plummer Esq. was on the 26th day of April [illegible] a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Hartford duly appointed and commissioned; and that I believe the foregoing to be his personal signature.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said at Hartford this 27th day of April 1846

Daniel T. Tyler
Secretary of State
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Comptroller Office Connecticut
Hartford, April 27, 1846

I Alijah Carrington, Comptroller of Public accounts for the State of Connecticut, do hereby certify.

That on application for the services of Elizur Talcott Junior in the Revolutionary War, who claimed to have served under his father, Colonel Elizur Talcott, I find the following in relation to that officers services, Viz.

Leg. A page 221.

1776
Aug 14, Dr Colonel Elizur Talcott
To order on Treasurer                  500 - 00"00
Contra
1786 Jan 24 By amt of acct rendered 497 " 4
And in Kashells receipts
1786 Jan 24 For services with the main Army in New York and places adjacent
Colonel Elizur Talcott his Reg              406 " "
And in Leg A page 5

And I also find the following entries in relation to the services of Colonel Roger Eno after the settlement of his account January 22, 1778
1778 April 7 To order on Treasurer     300 " "
         Oct 21, To Do                             500 " "
1779 May 29 To Do                             126 " "
1779 June 5 To Do                             638 " 6 " 8

1564 " 6 " 8

See next page
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Contra Cr.

1779 March 3rd By Cash delivered Major Curtis and deducted from 

Dd - 16   his acct                          6 " 00
"  "   By do to officers of his Regiment 60 "
"  19 By Do  Do  Do,                         30 "
"   23 By Do Captain Yeats                  18 "
June 5 By his acct rendered              1450" 6 " 8
1564 " 6 " 8

A Carrington, Comptroller

01298
June 25, 1846
Elizur Talcott
June 7, 1832
6766
Dorothy Talcott 
July 4, 1846

Colonel Geo Talcott

I Jess Charlton Notary Public of and for the State of Connecticut do hereby certify that the certificate of Thaddeus Wells Esq. Town Clerk of Glastenbury, was enclosed by the Secretary of State, under his seal with the other certificates and that in wishing to separate it from the blank half sheet to lighten the packet and lessen the postage, passed my knife the wrong side of the tape, and thus accidentally separated it. In testimony whereof I subscribe my name and affix my seal of office at East Windsor Hill Hartford County Connecticut on this 9th day of June A.D. 1846.

Jesse Charlton Notary Public
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RECORD DIVISION

3-525

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Washington, D. C. __________________, 19_______

W.F. 18.108

In reply to your request of ____________, received ______ for a statement of the military history of Elizur Talcott Jr. as 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 the Bureau.

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT
Aug 1776
Spring 1778

LENGTH OF SERVICE
3 mos
6 mos

RANK
Sergeant

OFFICER UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED
CAPTAIN
Lt. Smith
Wright

COLONEL
Elizur Talcott
Roger Enos

STATE
Conn.

Battles engaged in, (checkmark)

Residence of soldier at enlistment, Glastenbury, Hartford County, Conn.

Date of application for pension, by son Charles on behalf of heirs: June 2, 1846

Residence at date of application, of son Charles, Oswego, Tioga Co. N. Y.

Age at date of application, son was 57 years old

Remarks: Soldier who was the son of Colonel Elizur Talcott and Ruth Talcott married at Glastenbury Conn Sept 15, 1774. Dorothy daughter of Epaphras and Lucy Lord. Soldier died at Oswego N.Y. Nov. 28, 1831 and his widow Dorothy died at Oswego April 14, 1838 leaving six children Lucy Benton, Hope Goodrich, Dolly Truesdell, Elizur, George Lord and Charles. The claim was allowed.

Very respectfully, 
Commissioner

6-2856
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Rev

WIDOW, &c.

No. 18,108

Dorothy Talcott
Widow of
Elizur Talcott
Sergeant Revolutionary War

Act: July 4th, 1836
Index: - Vol. M, Page 265

[Arrangement of 1870]

1913  Cof. and Hist. to Mrs.
N. A. Welles, V.L.W.
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Nelson A. Welles
861 College Ave.,
ELMIRA, N. Y.

Bureau of Pensions, Dept. of Interior

Is the name of Col. Elizur Talcott on the Revolutionary War pension records and if so kindly give me such information as you can.

Obliging
Mrs. N.A. Welles
861 College Ave.,
Elmira, N. Y.

Sept. 25, 1913
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6766 4376

Dorothy Talcott
died
NY.
Act 4 July 36

[illegible] 28

Col. Talcott Sergeant was called out ^76 for only 2 mo. on rolls of Col. Enos 

in 78  6 mos Sergeant
[illegible]
2 mos private
11 mos Sergeant
36.66 to 14 apl.


1838 To Elizur - George and Charles Talcott - Lucy Benton, Hope Goodrich, and Dolly Truesdell only children

Col. Geo. Talcott
131 Ord Office
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V.L.W.
Rev. War section.

October 2, 1913.

Mrs. N. A. Welles
861 College Avenue
Elmira, N. Y.

Madam:

In reply to your letter dated the 25th and received the 26th ultimo, you are advised that this Bureau is unable to furnish the history of a soldier of the Revolution, unless a claim for pension or bounty land has been filed on account of his service, and a careful search of the Revolutionary War records fails to show a claim on file for Colonel Elizur Talcott, but in the papers in the claim of Elizur Talcott Jr. W. File No. 18,108. Rev. War. it is stated that the soldier was the son of Colonel Elizur Talcott. therefore a record of the son's service is furnished herewith.

Very respectfully,

G. M. Saltzgaber

Commissioner