Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 3293, Benjamin Elliott, Penn.
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Service
Penn

Elliott, Benjamin

Number
R3293
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32.566
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Declaration

   In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress the 7th of June, 1837.
State of Virginia
County of Jefferson.   S.S.
   On the 19th day of January 1835, personally approved before the county court of Jefferson County State of Virginia, Benjamin Elliot a resident in the county of Jefferson & state of Virginia aforesaid in the neighborhood of the towns of Bolivian & Harpers Ferry , a year, seventy eight years on the last day of May 1834, who being duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath making the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th 1832.
   That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year 1776 with Capt Buck and served in the 7th Regiment of the Pennsylvania Lines under the following named officers, Hartley Colonal,  Jon Bash Captain & Joel Willis 2nd Lieutenant  for one year, and that in the year 1777 he reenlisted for three years & during the war under Colonal Hartley, Captain John Hughes & Lieutenant Joe Willis.  That he left the service on the last of February 1780.
   That he was living in York County State of Pennsylvania when he enlisted in the service of the United States & that he was engaged in the skirmish at Pastis at the Battle of "Mammoth", "Brandywine", "White Plains" & "Stony Point" & that he marched thru the states of Pennsylvania, New Jersey & New York.
   He herby relinquishes every claim whether as to a pension or an annuity except the present & he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any state.
   Sworn & subscribed this day & year aforesaid 
by
Benjamin Elliott
Tette Thoramoore
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  And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states.
  I Samuel J. Cramer Clerk of the county court of Jefferson County State of Virginia do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Benjamin Elliot for a pension.
   In testimony whereof I have herewith set my hand & said of office this 19th day of January 1835.

Samuel J. Cramer
Clerk of the County Court of Jefferson County
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Benjamin Elliott
Virginia
Suspended
25 Jan 1835
Issac Fonke

25 fely:  1835 Hon Ed Lucas
27 main 35 Issac Fonke
Rejected
13 April 1835 Same X
2 June. 1835. Same X

All of above letters are in claim of Jesse Phelps, 11237, Continental
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J.S. Elliott 7 real paid Aug '84. 33.30
Lee P paid Aug '84 
Reb Elliot 7 sig paid Aug '84 76.00
                                                       .80
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  I Jesse Phelan of Bolivar Jefferson County State of Virginia do herby certify that I have been acquainted with Benjamin Ellis from a boy having been raised in the same township in Pennsylvania as he was.  To the best of my knowledge & recollection he enlisted as a soldier in the 7th Regiment of the Pennsylvania Line in the year 1776 for one year under Col Hartley, Captain Bush & Joel Willis 2nd Lieutenant.  I also recollect that after the expiration of this first term of service he reengaged in the army of the United States & as a private soldier in the same regiment under the same Colonel but a different captain, John Hughs, having reenlisted in the year 1777 for three years.  I recollect that Benjamin Elliot was living in York County Pennsylvania when he enlisted in the army of the revolution.  I recollect also that Benjamin Elliot was engaged in service battles, among others the Battle of Long Slaner, White Plains, Trenton and Princeton, Brandywine, the skirmish at Paoli, Monmouth IA, owing the time of his service.  I should suppose that Benjamin Elliot age at this time is about seventy eight years.  I imagine that Benjamin Elliot left the army in the year 1780, as he was not along with the army in Virginia at the Siege of York & the term for which he had enlisted a second time having expired or early so.  Given under my hand this 13th day of February 1835.  Jesse Phelan
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   Personally appeared before a justice of the peace in County of Jefferson of Virginia Jesse Phelan & being first only sworn on his oath that the statements contained in foregoing certificate are true to the best of his knowledge.  Given under my hand this 13th day of Feb. 1835.
James B. Wager. J.P.

    I James B. Wager residing in Jefferson County State of Virginia do hereby certify that I am ??? acquainted with Benjamin Elliot, who has I understand applied for a pension for revolutionary service: I believe him to be seventy eight years of age & that he is respected I believe in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a revolutionary soldier & that I concur in that opinion.  Given under my hand this 13th day of February 1835.
James B. Wagner J.P.

    Personally appeared before me a justice of the peace in ofer this county of Jefferson state of Virginia James B Wager & being first duly sworn, on his oath saith that the statement contained in foregoing certificate subscribed by him are here, to the best of his knowledge & belief . 
   Given under my hand I seal this 13th day of Feb. 1835.
F. Beckham J.P.
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  I Thomas Strider,  residing in Jefferson County State of Virginia do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Benjamin Elliot who has applied for a pension for revolutionary services.  I believe him to be seventy eight years of age: that he is respected & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution & that I concur in that opinion.  Given under my hand this 16th day of February 1865.
Thos Strider.

    Personally appeared before me a justice of the peace in and for the county of Jefferson State of Virginia Thomas Strider & being first duly sworn on his oath saith that the statement contained in foregoing certificate subscribed by him are true to the best of his knowledge & belief.  Given under my hand this 16th day of February 1835.
John Moler
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Virginia Jefferson County SS

   July 16 1835 the county court of Jefferson County now sitting hereby certify that it appears to them that Issac Phelan, James B. Wager & Thomas Strider who have signed the foregoing certificates are residents in Jefferson County State of Virginia, that they are credible persons that their statements are entitled to credit.
     I Samuel J. Cramer Clerk of the County Court of Jefferson County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the county court of Jefferson County & I do further certify that James B. Wager, F. Beckham & Jon Moles who have signed the foregoing certificates as justices of the peace, are justices of the peach in and of the county of Jefferson State of Virginia & that the foregoing signatures annexed to those certificates are genuine signatures.
       In testimony whereof I now hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 16th day of February 1835.
Samuel J. Cramer J.C.C.
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   I William Gilpin of Jefferson County State of Virginia hereby certify that I have a recollection of seeing Benjamin Elliot in the army of the revolution, to the best of my recollection, he was serving as a soldier with us in York, the Jersies & Pennsylvania and this recollection is strengthened by the circumstance, that in conversation he has stated circumstances to me that took place in those days that never were put  on record & which he could not have known unless he had been an eye witness; I am not able  at this distance of time to state the time of his entering the service, the time of his discharge or the company in which he served, but to the best of my recollection he belonged to the Pennsylvania Line.  I have been well acquainted with Benjamin Elliot for twenty years past, he has been residing in Elis County during that time & is now residing in the neighborhood of Bolivar Harpers Ferry in this county.  I myself volunteered in the Maryland line in 1775 in the company commanded by Capt O. H. Williams & then enlisted for three years in 3rd Mo Regiment commanded by Col Ramsay under Capt Marbury.
     Given under my hand this 17th day of March 1833.

William Gilpin

Test.
Geo. B. Stephenson

    Personally appears before the undersigned a justice of the peace in & for the County of Jefferson State of Virginia William Gilpin & being first only sworn on his oath saith that the statements contained in foregoing certificate subscribes by him are true to the best of his knowledge.  Given under my hand & seal this 17th day of March 1833.

Geo. B. Stephenson
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Virginia Jefferson County to wit.

       March 17th 1835 the County Court of Jefferson County certifies that it appears to them that William Gilpen who has signed the previous certificate is a resident in the County of Jefferson State of Virginia that he is a credible person & that his statement is entitled to credit.
       I Samuel J. Cramer Clerk of the County Court of Jefferson do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceeding of the said court & I do hereby further certify, that Geo B. Stephenson, who has signed the foregoing certificate as a justice of the peace, is a justice of the peace in & for the County of Jefferson State of Virginia & that his signature thereto attached is a genuine signature.
      In testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand & Seal of Office this 17th day of March 1835.

Saml. J. Cramer
Clerk of the County Court of
Jefferson County
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Benjn Elliott
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James L. Edwards Esq.   Harpers Ferry 
March 19th 1835
Commissioner of Pensions

Sir,
   In reply to the interrogatories contained in your note of Feby 28, 1835, and proposed to me, I submit the following answers. 
    To First interrogatory I answer, that I received small sums at different times, some times from my captain & sometimes from my lieutenant: and once from the paymaster whose name I annotated recollect. I recd ten dollars: these small sums did not amount however to my full pay - when I left the army I did not receive my back pay nor have I yet received it, and I have never given a power of attorney to any one to own the money owed me from the United States for my revolutionary services.  
    To the second interrogatory I answer, that I have a remembrance of the following persons in  the companies in which I served, Dick Hunter Lieu Major, Sergeant Casey, Sergeant Sampson Smith & I have a recollection of a number of others in other companies engaged in the army of which the following is a list.

George Reese  Drum Major
Thos Walker.       "         "
Wm Medley.        "         "
Martin Whelar. Fife
Jack Ward   Sergeant
M. Fagrey         "
M. Hoofnagel. "
W. Noles.         "
Neal O'Neal.    "
Oliver Spence  Soldier
Well Coontz.       "
Samuel Droot.    "
James Mafortel. "
Andw Nicholson "
James Boyle.      "
David Grove.       "
Wm Gilpin.          "
James Critcher.  "  artillery
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Benj Elliott        Corporal
Jno Foure.        Soldier
Patrick Coleman. Sergeant 
Wm McCormick.  Corporal
James Busey
Wm Aster
Thomas Giles
Levin Dorsey
Thomas Mills
James Branson
Jno Donaldson
Conrad Sharrate
George Evans
Jno Swift
Moses Beard
Wm Beard

     I subjoin the following statement of my travels after I joined the army.  I went to Philadelphia and  on to New York, was at the Battles of Long Island and White Plains & returned thru Princeton, Trenton & crossing the Delaware to Pennsylvania and after a great deal of marching & countermarching, not distant by recollected, was at the Battle of Brandywine after thence to Paoli.  I then marched to the north of Stoney Point, then the Jerseys & New York and after returned to Pennsylvania & leaving the army .  Did not go with it to Virginia.
      To this third interrogatory I answer that I have a recollection of a certain Benj Elliot nicknamed Black Ben a corporal in the army of the revolution.  I think he belonged to the 8th Regiment of the Pennsylvania Line.  I do not know what became of him.  I have no recollection of any Benjamin Elliot but myself in the 7th Regiment & there was no Elliot in the companies in which I served to the best of my recollection but myself.

I am very respectfully 

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Benjamin Elliot

Teste
F. Beckham
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  Personally appeared before the undersigned a justice of the peace in the county of Jefferson State of Virginia Benjamin Elliot and being first only sworn on his oath saith that the statements contained in foregoing letter to James L. Edwards, dated March 19 1835 and subscribed by him are true to the best of his knowledge & believe.  Given under my hand & seal this 19th day of March 1835.
F. Beckham

    I Samuel J. Cramer Clerk of the County Court of Jefferson County State of Virginia do hereby certify that F. Beckham is a justice of the peace as above & that the foregoing certificates or signature purporting to be his is genuine.  In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name.  This 20th day of March 1835.  
Samuel J. Cramer
Clerk of the County Court
of Jefferson County

There was no Benj _ there was a Jas in the 7th Reg and a Rob Elliott
Capt Jno Bush was in the 6th Reg
There was a Capt Miller but no ??? 4 Reg
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Benjamin Elliot
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I James Guest of Chester County, [Illegible] Township and State of Pennsylvania, hereby certify that I knew Benjamin Eliot as a soldier in the fourth Regiment of the Pennsylvania Line in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy-six.  I have no recollection of the time of Eliot's entering or leaving the Army.
Sworn under my hand this twenty-sixth day of May, 1835.
James X Guest
        his mark

State of Pennsylvania)
Chester County            )
Be it known that before me Evan Evans, a Justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid , personally appeared James Guest and being first duly sworn on his oath saith that statement contained in the foregoing certificate subscribed by him are true to the best of his knowledge and belief.  Given under my hand this 26 day of May, 1835.
Evan Evans, J.P.C.C.

Pennsylvania )
Chester County )
I, John W. Cunningham, Prothonotary of the County of Common Pleas in and for the County of Chester, do certify that Evan Evans Esquire before whom the foregoing deposition has been taken and who has attested the same is and at the time at which the same bears date was one of the Justices of the Peace of said Commonwealth duly commissioned and qualified for the said County of Chester to all whose official acts as such full faith and credit are and ought to be given.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at West Chester in the said County this Twenty-eighth day of May, in the year of our Lord One thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty-five.
John W. Cunningham, Prot.
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Envelope

Pension Office
Secretary of War
Washington City
D.C.



From:
Benj Elliot
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Harpers Ferry  Jany 20. 1835

To James L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions

Sir,
   I forward to your office the Declaration of application for a Pension, of Benjamin Elliot, a revolutionary soldier.  Advanced in age & struggling with want, the pension allowed by Congress, could not be obtained at too early a day: he is dependent on the charity & kindness of some few friends who have not deserted him in time of need.  Under these circumstances I solicit for this claim & I am sure I shall be excused for so doing. The earliest attention of the Department.
    The moral character & the reduced circumstances are known to Col Edward Lucas the member of Congress from this Congressional  District & if necessary or required he could bear witness to both.
     I do not anticipate any objections to the allowance of the pension asked, having the utmost reliance in the truth of the statement or declaration made by the applicant. But if contrary to my exceptions, his name should not appear
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upon the regular Rolls of the Army, early information thereof as well as of the requisitions  of the Department , previous to the allowance of the claim, would be thankfully acknowledged.

I am very respectfully yours
Issac Fonke, atto
for Benj. Elliot.
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3293
P.O. 
Benjamin Elliot


REJECTED