Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 21423, for Elisha Phillip, Connecticut
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(8-1776)

SERVICE
Conn.

Phillip, Elisha
or
Phillips
or
Philips

NUMBER
S. 21423

CONTENTS
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Vermont 11.664
Elisha Philips
of Orange Co. in the State of Vt
who was a Pri in the Company commanded
by Captain Lyon of the Regt commanded
by Col Chapman in the Connecticut
Militia
19 Mo Private $63.33
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont
at the rate of 63 Dollars 33 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 1st day of June
1833 and Sent to S. Short. Thetford Vt
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 126.66
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept 1833 31.66
$158.32

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by J. T. Sprague Clerk
Book E Vol. 3 Page 83

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Trans. Cir. sent 22 Aug. 1837
Transf'd from Windsor to Pittsburgh
2 Sep '37 from 4 March '37. Notif sent
to Pen. Beaver, Penn
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County of Beaver - SS
SS On this Second day of August 1837 Before me the subscribed a Justice of the Peace for the Said County of Beaver, personally appeared Elisha Phillips who on his oath Declares that he is the Same person who formerly belonged to the United States Service as follows - viz - 1775 Eight months at Roxbury Captain Lyon and Colonel Huntington. 1776 New York 2 months Captain Kibbe and Colonel Chapman. got home in October and went again and was stationed at Rye Six months. New York at Kings Bridge 4 months Colonel Enos and General Worcester. at Fish Kills five months Captain Granger and Colonel Pease - that his name was placed on the pension role of the State of Vermont from whence he had lately removed. That he now resides in the State of Pennsylvania where he intends to Remain, and wishes his pension to be there payable in future. The following are his reasons for Removing from Vermont to Pennsylvania - I Lived with my Son in Law Elijah Pangborn in Vermont, who removed to Pennsylvania in the Neighborhood of my Son Stephen Phillips who requested me to come with him.
Elisha Phillips
Sworn and Subscribed to Before me the day and year aforesaid} Richard D Hudson

I certify that Elish Phillips is a person of veracity Also that Elijah Pangborn is a person of veracity} 
Richard D Hudson
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Personally appeared Before me Elijah Pangborn, who being sworn according to Law, Deposeth and Saith, that Elish Phillips who had taken the above oath is the person described in the affidavit -
Elijah Pangborn
Sworn and Subscribed Before me} Richard S Hudson

Beaver County Ss
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
I John A Scroggs Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for Said County of Beaver do hereby Certify that the within named Richard D. Hudson is and was at the time of Signing the within Certificate a Justice of the Peace in and for Said County of Beaver duly Commissioned and Sworn, and that full faith and credit is and aught to be given to all his official acts as such and that his signature to the above or foregoing Certificate is genuine In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and the Seal of Said Court this 7th day of August A.D. 1837 John A Scroggs Prothy

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19.101
Elisha Phillips
Orange Co
Vermt

Admitted
19 months
$63.33

S. Short Esq.
Thetford
Vermont
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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. These 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 Phillips

[9-column table] Period when the service was rendered./ Duration of the claimant's service. Years. Months. Days./ Rank of the claimant./ 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.

1775/ 8 Months./ Private/ Capt Lyon/ Col. Huntington/ From Cont to Roxbury/ 77 years Pomfret Cont/ Traditionary & Clergyman

Summer 1776/ 2 Months./ Private/ Capt Kebby/ Col Chapman/ New Haven to New York

1777/ 3 Months/ Private/ Capt Grimes/ Col. Pease/ Fishkill

1778/ 3 Months./ Private/ Capt Lovejoy/ Col Eno Gen. Waite/ Kingbridge

Fall 1779/ 3 Months./ Private/ Capt Felt/ Stationed at New London

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 of }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 aged (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 provision 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 entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he 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 application 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 it 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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Elisha Phillips
Application &
Certificate
19101

Omit
Return to be made
to Simeon Short
Thetford Orange County
Vermont
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was a great collection of armed troops, continental militia & State Troops stationed there at the time, but he cannot tell particularly where they came from or the name of their officers. He served out his term of eight months & returned home about the last of December as he thinks, it was cold weather at the time.
In the summer of 1776, the militia of Connecticut generally termed out to go & prevent the British from taking possession of New York & that he volunteered to go with the rest & engaged for two months & marched in Capt Kibby's Company & Col Chapmans Regt of Connecticut Militia through New Haven to New York, going by water from New Haven to New York & was at New York when the battle was fought on Long Island. I was in New York when the British took possession of it this regiment was about the last that retreated when the enemy entered. that they retreated about eight or ten miles above New York & made a stand at a Fort which had been previously built & was dismissed at King Bridge & returned home after serving two months. He saw Genl Washington & Genl Paterson in New York at that time but he cannot be more particular as to officers than above stated -
In the year 1777 he again entered the service by enlisting into Capt Gaines Company of Suffield & Col Pease regiment of Connecticut State Troops for the term of three
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In the year 1777 he again entered the service by enlisting into Capt Gaines Company of Suffield & Col Pease regiment of Connecticut State Troops for the term of three months & marched to Fish Kill on Hudson River & was stationed there during the time of his enlistment to guard the horses. the regiment, except a few men, left as a guard, crossed the river & joined the main army as he supposed. that he was at Fishkill when Burgoyne was taken & at the end of this month he was dismissed & returned home to Sommers in Connecticut where he then lived his father having moved from Pomfret to Sommers in the Spring of 1776.
That in the year 1778 a draft was made from the Connecticut Militia for the term of three months to go keep the enemy in check in the vicinity of New York & that he was drafted among others & joined Capt Lovejoys Company of Enfield Connecticut & Col Enos Regiment & marched to Rye near Kings Bridge where a Brigade was collected under the command of Genl Wooster. The enemy had possession of New York at this time & had a Fort near Kings Bridge. Genl Wooster made an effort to draw the enemy out of the fort & commenced a fire for this purpose but the enemy did not give battle nor leave the Fort. After this he went to the White Plains & some other plains in the vicinity & was dismissed at Rye near Kings Bridge after serving out the term for which he was drafted & returned home to Sommers.
That in the year 1779 in the fall he thinks he cannot recollect the month, there was a draft made from the Militia of Connecticut to man the Fort at New Haven
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& that he was drafted among others for the term of three months & was attached to Capt Felts Company, Lieut Kibby, the Col's name he does not recollect. That they marched to New London & was stationed there the whole term of three months manning the Fort guarding the town. That he was dismissed after serving out his term & returned home to Sommer. That there were other regiments then at the time as he thinks, though he cannot recollect the names of the officers. That he served in all during the revolutionary war full eighteen months. In answer to questions prescribed by the war department & proposed by the Court, the applicant answers that he was born in Gloucester in the State of Rhode Island in the year 1755. & supposes that his age is there recorded. That he lived in Pomfret when he first entered the service & in Sommer in Connecticut when he enlisted the four last times. That soon after the war he moved to Worthington in Massachusetts where he lived 4 or 5 years & then returned to Sommer & thirty four years ago he moved into Vershire where is his son lives & today still lives - that he entered the service as before stated. I think he cannot be more particular in stating about officers & regiments & other circumstances than he has before done. That he never had any written discharge & has no documentary evidence of his service & knows of no person now living who can testify of his service & he refers to Thos. Keyes Esq of said Vershire & Oliver Carlton & Isaac Lyon Esq of West Fairfax in said County as persons in his neighborhood who can testify of his character for truth & veracity & their belief of his service as soldier of the revolution.
Elisha Phillips
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid

[vertically at left] He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to any pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on any pension roll of any state
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Mr. Timothy Spalding Clergyman resident in Vershire in the County of Orange & State of Vermont & Samuel Daniels of said Thetford, do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Elisha Phillips who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration & believe him to be 77 years of age; that he is reported & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution & that we concur in that opinion.
Timothy Spaulding
Samuel Daniels
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Timothy Spaulding who has subscribed the preceding certificate is a resident of the said town of Thetford & that Samuel Daniels who has also signed the same is also a resident in said town of Thetford & is a credible person & their statement is entitled to credit.
I Simeon Short Clerk or Register of the said Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of Elisha Phillips for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court this 28th day of August AD 1832.
Simeon Short Clk
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November 12, 1931
BA-J/MLB

Mrs. James C. Carter
44 East 57th Street
Indianapolis, Indiana

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter relative to Elisha Phillips, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The data which follow are obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 21423, based upon his military service in that war.
Elisha Phillip, Phillips or Philips was born in Gloucester, Rhode Island, in February, 1755.
While living in Pomfret, Connecticut, he enlisted and served as a private in the Connecticut troops, as follows: - in 1775, eight months in Captain Lyon's company, Colonel Huntington's regiment; in the summer of 1776, two months in Captain Kibby's company, Colonel Chapman's regiment; in 1777, three months in Captain Granger's company, Colonel Pease's regiment; in 1778, three months in Captain Lovejoy's company, Colonel Enos' regiment; in the fall of 1779, three months in Captain Felt's company. During the last four enlistments he was a resident of Somers, Connecticut, where his father had moved in the spring of 1776.
After the Revolutionary War the soldier moved to Worthington, Massachusetts, where he lived for four or five years, then returned to Somers where he remained thirty-four years; he them moved to Vershire, Orange County, Connecticut, where he was living when he was allowed pension on his application executed August 28, 1832.
In 1837 the soldier had moved with his son-in-law, Elijah Pangborn, to Beaver County, Pennsylvania, where his son, Stephen also lived. There is no reference to wife and no further reference to children.
Very truly yours

A. D. Hiller
Assistant to Administrator
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21423
Revolution
Invalid.
File No. 21.423
Elisha Philips
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7" 32"
Index: - Vol. 2, Page 321
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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1911 Aug 26 Hist.
to Lida R. Henry
1911 Aug. 28 Hist. to
Alice H. Derby V.L.M.
1911, Sept. 25 Hist to
Rev. Joseph C. Fields
1913 Dec. 26 Hist to Mrs.
Mary P. McConahy V.L.M
1917 Mch 31 Hist to Mrs. Harriet H. Ray.
1931 - Nov. 12 Hist to Mrs. James C. Carter - MLB
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Aug 14
Pa

[circle stamp] Beaver Pa. Aug 9

W. Brown
transfer to Pittsburgh
Agency -
Transfer to take
effect from 4th March
1837

[written vertically]
FREE
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.
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Bank of Windsor
Windsor Vt
Aug. 26 1837.
Sir:
Elisha Philips, concerning whom you make inquiries in your letter of the 22nd inst., was paid to March 4 1837. as a pensioner under act June 7. 1832 at the rate of $63.33/100 per annum.
I am, Sir, Very respectfully yr obt Servt
Thomas Emerson Prot. & Pension Agt.
by R. Emerson
Cashr

Hon J. L. Edwards
Comr of Pensions
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4161817_01057
1037

State of Vermont }
Probate District of Bradford }
in the County of Orange } On this 28th day of August AD 1832 - personally appeared in open Court before the Probate Court within & for the District of Bradford in the County of Orange aforesaid now sitting Elisha Phillips a resident of Vershire in the County of Orange State of Vermont aged 77 years last February, 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 & served as herein stated viz. In the year 1775, the month he does not recollect, but it was before the Battle of Bunker Hill he enlisted into Capt. Lyons Company & Col, Huntingtons regiment of Connecticut State Troops as he resided then at Pomfret in Connecticut where he then lived for the term of eight months & marched to Norwich in Connecticut with his company the rest of the regiment went to Roxbury south of Boston. That he remained at Norwich about six weeks & then went to Roxbury & joined the Regiment to which he belonged & was stationed thus through the summer until the period of his enlistment expired. That he saw Genl. Washington at Roxbury & many other officers whose names he does not now recollect. That there
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was a great collection of armed Troops, continental militia & State Troops stationed there at the time, but he cannot tell particularly where they came from or the names of their officers. He served out his time of eight months & returned home about the last of December as he thinks. it was cold weather at the time.
In the summer of 1776, the militia of Connecticut generally turned out to go & prevent the British from taking possession of New York & that he volunteered to go with the rest & engaged for two months & marched in Capt Kibby's company & Col Chapmans Regt of Connecticut Militia through New Haven to New York, going by water from New Haven to New York & was at New York when the battle was fought on Long Island. & was in New York when the British took possession of it & his regiment was about the last that retreated when the enemy entered. that they retreated about eight or ten miles above New York & made stand at a Fort which had been previously built. & was dismissed at Kings Bridge & returned home after serving two months. He saw Genl Washington & Genl Putnam in New York at that time but he cannot be more particular as to officers than above stated.
In the year 1777 he again entered the service, by enlisting into Capt Gaines Company of Suffield & Col Pease Regiment of Connecticut State Troops for the term of three
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three months & marched to FishKill on Hudson River & was stationed there during the time of his enlistment to guard the Horses. The regiment, except a few men left as a guard, crossed the river & joined the main army as he supposed. that he was at Fishkill when Burgoyne was taken & at the end of this month was dismissed & returned home to Sommers in Connecticut where he then lived, his father having moved from Pomfret to Sommers in the Spring of 1776. That in the year 1778 a draft was made from the Connecticut Militia for the term of three months to go to keep the enemy in check in the vicinity of New York & that he was drafted among others & joined Capt Lovejoys Company of Enfield Connecticut & Col Enos Regiment & marched to Rye near Kings Bridge where a Brigade was collected under the command of Genl Wooster. The enemy had possession of New York at this time & had a Fort near Kings Bridge. Genl Wooster made an effort to draw the enemy out of the fort & commenced a fire for this purpose; but the enemy did not give battle nor leave the Fort. After this he went to the White Plains & some other plains in the vicinity & was dismissed at Rye near Kings Bridge after serving out the terms for which he was drafted & returned home to Sommers.
That in the year 1779 in the fall he thinks he cannot recollect the month, there was a draft made from the Militia of Connecticut to man the Fort at New London
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& that he was drafted among others for the term of three months & was attached to Capt Felts Company, Lieut Kibby, the Col's name he does not recollect. That they marched to New London & was stationed there the whole term of three months manning the Fort guarding the town. That he was dismissed after serving out his term & returned home to Sommer. That there were other regiments then at the time as he thinks, though he cannot recollect the names of the officers. That he served in all during the revolutionary war full eighteen months. In answer to questions prescribed by the war department & proposed by the Court, the applicant answers that he was born in Gloucester in the State of Rhode Island in the year 1755. & supposes that his age is there recorded. That he lived in Pomfret when he first entered the service & in Sommer in Connecticut when he enlisted the four last times. That soon after the war he moved to Worthington in Massachusetts where he lived 4 or 5 years & then returned to Sommer & thirty four years ago he moved into Vershire where is his son lives & today still lives - that he entered the service as before stated. I think he cannot be more particular in stating about officers & regiments & other circumstances than he has before done. That he never had any written discharge & has no documentary evidence of his service & knows of no person now living who can testify of his service & he refers to Thos. Keyes Esq of said Vershire & Oliver Carlton & Isaac Lyon Esq of West Fairfax in said County as persons in his neighborhood who can testify of his character for truth & veracity & their belief of his service as soldier of the revolution. Elisha Phillips Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid  

[vertically at left] He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to any pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on any pension roll of any state
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1041

Mr. Timothy Spalding Clergyman resident in Vershire in the County of Orange & State of Vermont & Samuel Daniels of said Thetford, do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Elisha Phillips who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration & believe him to be 77 years of age; that he is reported & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution & that we concur in that opinion. 
Timothy Spaulding 
Samuel Daniels 
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid. 
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Timothy Spaulding who has subscribed the preceding certificate is a resident of the said town of Thetford & that Samuel Daniels who has also signed the same is also a resident in said town of Thetford & is a credible person & their statement is entitled to credit. 
I Simeon Short Clerk or Register of the said Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of Elisha Phillips for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court this 28th day of August AD 1832. 
Simeon Short Clk
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Personally appeared Before me Elijah Pangborn, who being sworn according to Law, Deposeth and Saith, that Elish Phillips who had taken the above oath is the person described in the affidavit -
Elijah Pangborn
Sworn and Subscribed Before}
me Richard D Hudson }

Beaver County Ss
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
I John A. Scroggs Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for Said County of Beaver do hereby Certify that the within named Richard D. Hudson is and was at the time of Signing the within Certificate a Justice of the Peace in and for Said County of Beaver duly Commissioned and Sworn, and that full faith and credit is and aught to be given to all his official acts as Such and that his Signature to the above or foregoing Certificate is genuine In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the Seal of Said Court this 7th day of August A.D. 1837
John A. Scroggs Prothy
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[circle stamp] U.S. Pension Office O Mar 17 1917

Ray
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44 East 57th Street
Indianapolis Ind
October 29 1931

Bureau of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Dear Sir-
Will you please send me all information you have concerning Revolutionary Soldier Elisha Phillips who enlisted in 1775 from Pomfret Conn. were all his enlistments from Pomfret Conn? I especially want to know the places he lived after his enlistments - also the names of his children.
I think his catalogue number is U.L.M S.L. 21423

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I will appreciate your sending me these records
Respectfully yours -
Eunice Roper Carter

Mrs. James C. Carter
44 East 57th Street
Indianapolis
Indiana
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[circle stamp with numbers 1 through 12 around rim] Received Nov 2 1931 Receipt Section Pension Files Division
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[circle stamp] U.S. Pension Office. D Dec 19 1913
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December 18, 1913.
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
I am informed my grandfather, Elisha Phillips, served in the Revolutionary War, having enlisted from the state of Connecticut, but afterward lived in Vermont. Would be pleased to have you give me any information regarding the fact which may be on file in your office.
Thanking you for the favor, I am,
Very truly yours,
Mrs. Mary P. McConahy,
200 Second Street,
Ellwood City, Pa.
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Pension Office
Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:
One of the members of my mother's family is doing some genealogical work for us and has ascertained that one of our ancestors was a soldier in the Revolution, but has been able to find out very little definite information in regard to him. I write
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to ask if you would be willing to look up his name and give us more data. The name is Elisha Phillips and he was born Feb. 16, 1754. We suppose that he was from Vermont but do not find his name in the local records, nor in those of Massachusetts.
We shall esteem it a great favor if you can supply us with further facts in regard
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to this ancestor.
Very respectfully yours,
(Miss) Alice H. Derby

52 North Prospect St.
Burlington, Vt.
August 24, 1911.

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information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. Elisha Phillip, Philips or Phillips S.F. 21423

[5 column table] Dates of Enlistment of Appointment./ Length of Service./ Rank./ Officers Under Whom Service was Rendered. Captain. Colonel./ Staff.

1775/ 8 mos./ Pvt./ Lyon/Huntington/Conn.
Summer 1776/ 2 mos./ Kibby/ Chapman
1777/ 3 mos./ Granger/ Pease
1778/ 3 mos/ Lovejoy/ Enos
Fall 1779/ 3 mos./ Felt/ [check mark]

Battles engaged in, ___
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Pomfret Conn.
Date of application for pension, Aug 28, 1832 His l al.
Residence at date of application, Vershire, Orange Co. Vt.
Age at date of application, b. Feby 1755 at Gloucester R.I.
remarks: In 1837 soldier had moved with his son-in-law Elijah Pangborn to Pennsylvania where his son Stephen also was living

Very respectfully,
Commissioner