Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 12949, Elias Bates, Conn.
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(3—1776)
SERVICE
Conn.
Bates, Elias
NUMBER
S. 12949
carded
CONTENTS
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Date of death not on AB

New York 27761

Elias Bates
[illegible] in the State of New York
[illegible was a private in the com  commanded 
by Captain Starr of the regt commanded by Cook       in the Connecticut
line for 11 months & 14 days

Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the Rate of 38 Dollars 33 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the day of Novr
1834 and sent to Pensioner
Windham

in Arrears to the 4th of Sept           134.15
Semi-anl allowance ending 4 March  19.16
                                                         153.31
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
corded [Recorded] by Danl Boyd Clerk,
ok (Book) E      Vol 4     Page 5
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State of New York
Green County ss
I William W. B. Heermance clerk of the county of Green do certify that Henry Goslee esquire whose name is subscribed to the foregoing certificate and before whom the foregoing declaration and affidavit was sworn was at the date of the same a Judge of the county of Green and state of New York and the signature thereto I genuine
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said county this eighth  day of August 1834
William B. Heermance clerk
322.58
Trum service the Militia
Admitted
Private 11 mo & 14 days
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress
passed the 7 of June 1832
State of New York
Green County Ss
On the twenty Eighth day of July 1834 personally appeared
Before me Henry Gorlec one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and
for the County of Green and State of New York Elias Bates of the Town of Windham 
In the County of Green and State of New York aged Seventy four years old who being
first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath makes the the following declaration
in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of
Congress passed June 7 1832 that he the said Elias Bates entered the 
service of the United States in the revolutionary war under the following
officers herein after named and served as herein after named that he
Entered the service of the [illegible] at the Town of Reading in the County of Fairfield
in the State of Connecticut on the first day of April in the year 1777
that he enlisted into the service of the United States as a Teamster and not
as a Soldier in the company commanded by Captain Micagere Starr
commanding the waggon or team department in the service of the United 
States Enlisted for six months does not know who were the General officers
of the department that he was ordered to Join the company at Danbury
went from Reading to Danbury and there joined captain Starrs Company
and was then and there put upon duty in driving a team from Danbury
to Fishkill carrying Continental stores from Danbury to Fishkill for the 
& the form and keep the
Continental army and back and fourth from place to place untill the
first of October in the same year when he was discharged at Danbury in
And the said Elias Bates further says that he again entered the service
on the first or second day of October in the same year 1777 at Reading on
his [illegible] [illegible] was drafted for the time of three months forgets the Captains
name well remembers the Lieutenants name was Waterman the orderly 
Sergeants name was Willson went to Fairfield in Fairfield County Connecticut
to guard the coast and there continued to do duty in said company
[illegible] the untill the first of January 1778 when he was discharged a Fairfield
by his Captain and the said Elias Bates  further says that he again entered
the service of the United States at the Town of Reading for the time of Two
months was drafted on the first day of February 1778 in the company commanded
by Lieutenant Isaac Burr that he went to a place called Black
Rock near Fairfield and there served untill the first day of April in
the same year when he was discharged at Black Rock and the said
Elias Bates further says that he again entered the service of the United 
States on the first of September 1778 for the time of three months was hired to
take the place of Mr Walter Bates If he remembers right who was drafted in the
Town of Reading in the company commanded by Captain Hill does not remember
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the Captains Christian name John Odle was the Lieutenant and Colonel Simon Son was the orderly sergeant went to Bridgport [Bridgeport] and Fairfield to guard the Coast was there continued to do duty in the said Company untill [until] the fifteenth or sixteenth of November being kept by our officers
Two weeks longer than drafted for and the said Elias Bates further says that he again entered the service in the Tenth of August 1779 at Reading In the County of Fairfield was drafted for the time of three months in 
the Company Company commanded by Captain Ebenezer Hill Abijah Montrose was the Lieutenant went to a place called Newfield now called Bridgport [Bridgeport] in the County of Fairfield and there continued to do duty
untill [until] the tenth of November In the same year when he was discharged
at Bridport, And the said Elias Bates further says that he was out a number of short tours for one or two weeks at a time on allarms [alarms] at Norwalk and else where [elsewhere] on the sea coast in Captain Grays Company in the whole more than five months and the  to the and the said Elias Bates further says
that he faithfully served his county one year five months and two weeks [illegible] on allarms [alarms] and he further says that he never received any written discharge and that he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no other persons whose testimony he can provide who can testify to his services other than those that accompany these
proceedings and that he relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and he further declares that his names is not on the pension Roll of the agency of any State and he further says that the reason why he has not sooner sent in his application for a pension was because he was in hopes of providing Testimony to prove
his services but sickness and lameness has prevented untill [until] the present time
And he further says that he is a poor [illegible] worn out man that [illegible] is now rising of Seventy four years old and that his memory is not as it once was that he has stated the time of his [illegible]ment and services he believes correctly according to his best recollection and rememberance
Elias Bates
Sworn and subscribed this 28th day of July 1834 Before me Henry Goslee one of the
Judges of the Court of Common Pleas In and for the County of Green [Greene] State of New York
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Clergymans Certificate
We Henry B. Stimson Clergyman resident of the Town of Windham In the County of Green [Greene] and State of New York and Asahel Disbrow of the same place do Hereby Certify that we are both of us well acquainted with
Mr Elias Bates of Windham and have been well acquainted with him for Twenty years past the said Elias Bates has now in our presence subscribed his name and swore to the above declaration and that we believe him
to be seventy four years old and that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood [neighborhood] where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion and that we do further say that the said Elias Bates is considered as a man of truth and veracity
Henry B. Stimson
Asahel Delbrow
Sworn and subscribed this 28th day of July 1834 Before me Henry Goslee Judge as aforesaid
Interrogatories of the Judge
Question 1 where and in what year were you born and Have you any [illegible] of your age if so where is it
Answer I was born in the town of Reading [Redding] in the county of Fairfield State of Connecticut in the year 1759 I have no record of my age but my memory I am now seventy four years old and more
Question 2 & 3 where were you living when called into service, where have you lived
since the Revolutionary war and where do you now live
Answer when I entered the service I lived at Reading where I was born I was living there when I enlisted every [illegible] for Fairfield County. I was Readings [illegible] In the state of Connecticut and in that state of I served after the war, I moved to the Town of Windham In the County of Green and State of New York where I have lived for many years
Question 4 How were you called into service were you drafted did you volunteer
were you a substitute and if a substitute for whom
Answer when I entered the service the first time I enlisted as a Teamster In the [illegible]
service of Waggon [Wagon] department, the next time was drafted, the third drafted then next time was hired by Walter Bates the last time drafted
Question 5 State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops when
you served such as continentals and militia Regiments as you can recollect and the circumstances of your service
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Answer I do not remember any General Officers or Colonels I have seen General
Silliman there but do not know that he had any command there
we were companies sent on to guard the Coast and know nothing
of Regiments sure do not know but Colonel Samuel Whiting had some
command I have seen him there at times as well as General Siliman

Question 6  did you ever receive a discharge from the service and If so by whom
Answer I never received any written discharge from the service when my
times of Service expired I was always discharged verbally by my Captain

Question 7. State the names of persons to whom you are acquainted in your
present neighbourhood who can testify to your character for veracity and
their belieff of your service as a soldier of the revolution
Answer  I am well acquainted with the Revd Henry B Stimson minister of the Gospel In Windham I am also well acquainted with Mr
Asahel Distrow

Certificate of the Judge
I the said Judge as aforesaid do declare that my opinion, is 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 I do further ┃
certify that it appears to me that the Reverend Henry B Stimson of the
Town of Windham is now, a Clergyman In Windham and that the
said Asahel Disbrow of Windham who has signed his name with hand
to the above certificate is a man of respectability truth and veracity
And I do further certify that the said Elias Bates the above applicant
is esteemed as a man of truth and veracity; And I do further
certify that It Is my opinion that the said applicant by reason of
Bodily infirmity cannot attend Court, And I do further certify
that It Is my belief and the General belief of his neighbours In the
neighbourhood where he resides that the said applicant served as a
soldier in the revolutionary war as he states And I do further
certify that when I put the Interrogatories to the applicant he was under
Solemn Oath administered by me to him
Henry Goslee, a Judge of
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Green County ss Moses Branlee [Bardson] of the town of Windham in the county of Green and state of New York being duly sworn on his oath deposeth and saith that he was a soldier in the service of the United States for a number of campaigns during the revolutionary war and he further says that he well remembers of seeing W. Elias Bates in the service on that tower [tour] of duty in which John Bolle was the [illegible] he thinks I was in the year 1778 that it was at Bridgport [Bridgeport] near Fairfield state of Connecticut and he further says that he has always understood that the said Elias Bates had served a number of other campaigns in the revolutionary war
Moses Bardson
Sworn and subscribed this 28th day of July 1834 before me Henry Goslee a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas In and for the County of Green and state of New York.
I the said Judge do certify that I am acquainted with the above named Moses Branlee [Bardson] well now that he is considered as a man of truth and veracity.
Henry Goslee
Judge aforesaid
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State of New York
Green County ss

I William W B Heermance clerk of the county of Green do certify that Henry Goslee esquire whose name is subscribed to the foregoing certificate and before whom the foregoing declaration and affidavit was sworn was at the date of the same a judge of the county of Green and state of New York and the signature thereto is genuine. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and fixed this Seal of the said county this eighth day of August 1834.
William W. B. Heermance clerk

[written vertically:]
32258

Turn [illegible] admitted private 11 mo. & 14 days
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March 27, 1940
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ELIAS BATES
S. 12949
BA-J/MLB

Mr. H. R. Bates
86 Jay Street
Albany, New York
Dear Sir:

The data which follow in regard to Elias Bates were obtained
from the papers in pension claim, S. 12949, based upon his service
in the Revolutionary War.
Elias Bates was born in Redding, Fairfield County, Connecticut,
in 1759. The exact date of his birth and names of parents are not
shown.
While a resident of Redding, Connecticut, Elias Bates enlisted
April 1, 1777, and served six months as teamster in Captain Micager
Starr's wagon company. He enlisted October 1 or 2, 1777, and served
a tour of three months and was discharged January 1, 1778, names of
officers not stated. He enlisted in February, 1778, served two
months as private under Lieutenant Isaac Burr in the Connecticut
troops stationed at Black Rock near Fairfield. He enlisted September
1, 1778, as a substitute for Walter Bates (relationship not designated)
served three months as private in Captain Hill's company, Colonel
Dimon's Connecticut regiment, engaged in guarding the coast and was
discharged November 15 or 16, 1778. He enlisted August 10, 1779, and
served three months as private in Captain Ebenezer Hill's company
and was discharged at Bridgeport. He served, also, on short alarms of one
to two weeks amounting to more than two months as private, a
part of the time in Captain Gray's Connecticut company.
After the Revolution, the soldier moved to Windham, Greene County,
New York. In June, 1834, it was stated that he was living in Prattsville
that county. He was allowed pension on his application executed
July 28, 1834, while a resident of Windham, New York.
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It is not shown in the claim whether Elias Bates ever married.
In 1834, one Ezra Bates, aged seventy-five years, was residing
in Redding, Fairfield County, Connecticut; his relationship to the
soldier was not shown.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the
name of person paid and possibly the date of death of Elias Bates,
you should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting
Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:
Elias Bates, certificate #27761, issued November 1, 1834, rate
$38.33 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832,
New York Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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1940. Mar. 27. Hist to N.R. Bates
MLD
RevWar
12.949
INVALID.
File No. 12.949
Elias Bates
Priv Rev War
Act: June 7, 1832
Index: -- Vol.      Page
(Arrangement of 1870.]
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I Joel Marchant of Redding in Fairfield
County & State of Connecticut of lawful age
do depose and say that Elias Bates now
Prattsville County of Green and State of
New York being now about the age of Seventy
[illegible] four years and the said Bates did serve in two months in the fort at Blackrock in
said Fairfield County in the year 1778 from
day of February to the last day of March under the command of Lieutenant Isaac Burn
and I the said deponent am now of the
age of Seventwo years and did serve at the
aforesaid time with the said Elias Bates
Redding June 11th AD 1834 Joel Marchant

State of Connecticut
Fairfield County 
SS Redding June 11th 1834
Personally appeared Joel Marchant
signer of the above deposition to me personaly known and of truth an veracity and did affirm that [crossed out] to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed before
me Gershom Sherwood Justice of Peace
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I Ezra Bates of Redding in the County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut aged Seventy five years being duly sworn depose and say that on the first of April 1777 Elias Bates then an inhabitant of sd town of Redding since moved into the State of N York inlisted
in the team service in Micager Starrs Company being Captain for the term of six months he joiner Starrs Company in sd Redding from them went to Danbury took on a load and carried it to the Barracks at Fishhill where the sick and wounded were kept, that belonged to the United States Army- I enlisted in the same company under sd Starr and was with said Bates in the army at sd time at Fishkill
Ezra Bates

State of Connecticut Fairfield County Ss At Redding Fairfield County Sworn and subscribed in said County before me this 10th day of June 1834 and I certify that the deponant is a credible witness and sustanes a good Character for truth
Ebenr Hill Just of Peace
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State of Connecticut
Fairfield County SS
I Thomas B Osborne Clerk of the County
Court within & for the County of Fairfield & State of Connecticut do hereby certify that Gershom Sherwood Esq is now & was on the 11th day of last June a Justice of the Peace in & for sd County duly commissioned & duly authorized to administer oaths & take Depositions & I further certify that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the sd Gershom Sherwood Esqr & that I verily believe the signature to the foregoing Certificate
on the Deposition of Joel Marchant, purporting to be his, is genuine.
I further certify that Ebenezer Hill Esquire is now & for more than one year last past has been a Justice of the Peace in & for sd  County duly commissioned & duly authorized to administer oaths & take Depositions &
and that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the sd Ebenezer Hill Esq & that I verily believe that the signature to the foregoing Certificate on the Deposition of Ezra Bates, purporting to be his is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand & affixed the
seal of said County Court in Fairfield this 13th day of June AD 1834
Thomas B Osborne Clerk
of said County Court
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State of Connect
Fairfield County
SS Stamford June 13th 1834
Personally appeared before me J H Minor
a Notary Public within & for said County
Seth Hamilton of New Canaan in said 
County who being first duly Sworn on
his oath says that he is well acquainted with Elias Bates formerly of Redding in said County now of Prattsville in the State of New York & has been acquainted with him from his childhood. He knows that said Bates was drafted in the month of August 1779 to serve as a soldier for the time of three months in Capt Eben Hills Company
Lieutenant Micjah Morehouse in Col Dimons Regt of Militia & served for the whole of said term as a private soldier at a place called New Field now Bridgeport in said County this deponant was drafted & served with
the said Bates at the same time in the same company
the Deponant is not positive that the draft 
commenced in August but believes it did he is
sure the term was three months. the deponent understood in the day of it & verily believes it is true that said Bates served as a Private in the Fort at Backneck for two or three months which was previous to his service at New Field
Seth Hamilton

Sworn & subscribed the day & year
above written in Testimony of all which
I have hereto subscribed my name & offered
my official I further certify that the above
Deponant Seth Hamilton is a credible
person 
JHMinor Notary Public
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State of Connecticut [illegible} Stratford in the County of 
Fairfield _ June 14th, 1834 _

I Daniel Jackson of said Stratford do testify
that I am well acquainted with Elias
Bates formerly
of Redding in said County, but now of Prattsville in 
the county of Greene & State of New York, and know that
he served in the war of the Revolution in the Connecticut Militia in the Regiment commanded
by Colonel Samuel Whiting_ I served with him in
the same Regiment & in the same company & mess[sic] at
Fairfield in Connecticut_ We served together there three months. The Brigade was called General Silbin[?]man's Brigade_ We both entered the said Regiment & left it together_ we resided within three miles of each other; he in said Redding & I in Ridgefield_
We joined the company to which we then belonged, about the 1st of October 1777, & were discharged
therefrom about the 1st of January 1778 being relieved by another company_ we were employed in guard service on the coast in said Fairfield_ I cannot recollect the name of the Captain under whom we then served_ The Lieutenant's name I think was Wakeman ___ & our orderly Sergeant's name  was Wilson, & my brother John Jackson, now deceased, was our corporal; and I well recollect that the said Elias Bates served in the said Company & Regiment the whole of said three months_
                                    
                           Daniel Jackson

State of Connecticut [illegible] Stratford aforesaid_
        On the 14th day of June 
AD. 1834 personally appeared the above named Daniel Jackson and made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed in my presence and I certify that he said Jackson is well known to me & that he is a credible witness_
        Sworn before me ______ David Brooks Justice of Peace
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State of Connecticut}
Fairfield County }   [illegible] I Thomas B. Osborne Clerk of
the County Court within and for Fairfield County in the State of Connecticut do hereby 
certify that David Brooks Esquire is a Justice of the Peace in & for County duly commissioned
and duly authorised to administer oaths & take Depositions & I further certify that I am acquainted with the handwriting of the sd David Brooks Esquire &  that I verily believe that the signature to the Certificate on the other side hereof, purporting to be his, is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand & affixed the Seal of sd County Court in Fairfield this 16th day of June AD 1834. Thomas B Osborne Clerk
[Large seal to the left of the handwritten last paragraph]
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Albany, N.Y. 86 Jay Street
October 6th 1939

Pension Bureau
Washington, D.C.
Director

Dear Sir
I would like to know about one
Elias Bates of Roxbury Connecticut. There is
Elias Bates quoth as from Redding Conn. in
The Revolutionary Colony was also
Roxbury History says he was a soldier in the
13th Reg't Colony of Connecticut Served in
Co 4. Under Captain David Learsworth
likewise one Ephraim Bates from Roxbury Conn
One Richard Bates, Roxbury War of
1812 Soldier
One Stephen Andrews born in Bethel or
Danbury Conn Son of Henry Carlos Andrews
supposed to be civil war officer in Illinois
Calvary lived in Peoria Illinois and died
There can you give me any information
as to their record in War service
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Date of Enlistment Rank -   Date of discharge
Rank
where enlistment was given
where discharged    what Battles,
Could you give me any United States
War Department where I could get full
details
or State Department where record could
give facts.
Also where I can learn about one Robert
Andrews 3rd son Abraham Andrews of [illegible]
Conn, lorned 1693 said to had military
title of sergeant [illegible] like his service
record-
Thanking  You
[illegible]
Yours truly
H.R. Bates
[illegible]
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March 27, 1940
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BA-J/MHF:MLB

Mr. H. R. Bates
86. Jay Street
Albany, New York

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the record
of Robert Andrews, third son of Abraham Andrews of Connecticut, born
in 1693, had military title of sergeant; the Revolutionary War record
of Elias Bates of Connecticut; the War of 1812 record of Richard Bates
of Roxbury, Connecticut, and the Civil War record of Stephen Andrews
who served in the Civil War in the Illinois Cavalry, also to know other
sources of information in regard to them.

Data furnished by the Veterans Administration in regard to
soldiers who have served in the various wars of this country are obtained
from claims for pension which have been made to the United States.

This office has no record of services rendered in the Colonies prior
to the Revolutionary War, hence, no record of a soldier who was born
as early as Sergeant Robert Andrews cited by you.

The Revolutionary War records have been searched and the record
found of only one Elias Bates. His record is furnished you herewith.
There is no claim for pension on file based upon service in the War of
1812 of a Richard Bates. For information in regard to the Civil War
soldier, it is suggested that you apply to the National Archivist,
this city.

The Adjutant General, War Department, this city, is custodian of
military records beginning with the Revolutionary War. Information
might be obtained, also, from the capitals of the state or colonies
from which military service was rendered, by addressing the curator
of the records in which you are interested in the capital of any
particular state.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12-5-41
Division of Veterans' Administration

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*

Name - Bates, Elisha   Grade - Sergeant   Line - Massachusetts

Warrant number - 3674  Acreage - 100  Issued - Aug 10, 1789 to Richard Platt, assignee

* The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants, issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.