Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 10856, Israel Elsworth Holliday, Continental Green Mt. Boys Vt.
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3 - 1776
SERVICE
Continental
Green Mt. Boys
Vt.
CONTENTS
Holliday, Israel Elsworth
NUMBER
S. 1085.60
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no. 6986
Virginia
District Columbia
Israel Ellsworth Holliday
in the State of Virginia
who was a Private in the Company commanded
by Captain Sunderland of the Reg
commanded
by Col March in the Vermont
time for 14 anno Private  $46.66
Vt. and Continental.
Records completed
Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia
at the rate of 46 Dollars 66 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 day of March
1833 and put to Pension
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $93.32
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept  12 1833
$116.55
 Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by
Book D
Vinal Luce
Clerk,
Vol. 8 Page 185
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State of Virginia
County of Fairfax 
On this 17th day of December, 1832, personally appeared in open
Court, now sitting in and for said County Israel Ellsworth Holliday
a resident of said eighty one or eighty two 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 entered the army of
the United States in the year 1776 in the line of the State of Vermont
under the following named officers:
he entered into the service as a volunteer in a company commanded
 by Captain Peleg Sunderland, and served as a Sergeant
in said Company, when it marched under Captain Eaton Allen and
Benedict Arnold, and at Ticonderoga. After remaining there
a short time. he assisted under Capt. Sunderland in building
Fort Independence, and was employed, in removing the Cannon
to that place from Ticonderoga.
He was engaged in this
service one year. The names of several officers engaged in the same
service, he well remembers. They were together with Captain
Sunderland, his Lieutenants Jonathan Fassett or Faucett and
William Cook, Captain Benjamin Cooley, Captain Samuel
Holliday and his Lieutenant Hender - Capt Colonel James
Meade, Captain Meade, and a Captain Stephens. 
After taking Ticonderoga, and building Fort Independence
he was marched back to Pittsford, and whilst there, he
was detailed with twelve others to keep a look out for British
Foragers and was taken prisoner with the gate men under his
command on Otter Creek, near Brown's Camp, by a British
Officer a Major Frazier - They were carried by him across Lake
Champlain to General Burgoine Camp at Brown's Point
They were there examined by General Burgoine, Shall
as well as he recollects the name, and Major Frasier, who
was afterwards killed passing down the Lake to Albany
After being confined for some time, he was as well as he can
remember in the month of September 1776 and other men also
among whom was one man by the name of Graves, and another by the name of Jesse Armistead after
his change
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he join of the Company of Captain Blatchett, and was in an engagement at Hippleton with a parcel of Tories and Indians in which the Americans were united[?] in Vermont. In the month
of May 1777 he served a Captain's Commission which was signed by Thomas Chittenden Esq that time, Chairman of the Convention in Vermont. A short time of this he marched with Seventy five men under his commission and two Lieutenants,
Benjamin Stephens and Abel Stephens and joined Col Seth Warren in the Township of [illegible] with his Regiment joined Col Allen, and marched to Bennington, from thence to a small settlement called Malouscock in New York,
which he had an agent with a detachment of Burgoyne's Army, which was sent as he supposes, & believes to take our stores at Bennington - a Party of the Enemy were taken prisoners and confined in the Meeting-Home at Bennington. - He was out in this enlistment two months - after
he marched cattle[?] to Pittsford under Col Warner, for  the other security of the Frontiers of Vermont where he continued to serve as a captain in the Vermont line until the end of the war. His general employment whilst on the Frontiers of Vermont was to keep a look out from Onion River down  to Fort Ann and Still Waters,  having at the same time the general care of the Cattle to keep them from being driven to the Enemy.
His paymaster was Jonathan Faucett and the Commissary was Caleb Hendee, during his station from Onion River to Still Water.
The said I. E. Hollyday further deposeth that he was born in the year 1750 or 51 in the Township of Simsbury in the County Hartford in the State of Connecticut, and moved at 16 years of age with his Father into the Township of Pittsford, in the County of Rutland in Vermont where he remained until one or two  years after the war. He then removed to the Town of Winchester
Virginia - from thence to Harrisburg in Pennsylvania from there to Charles Town in Maryland from there to the City of Washington and George Town in the District of Columbia,
and finally from thence in 1809 in to the County of
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Fairfax in the State of Virginia where he now resides. 
That he left his option with all my other papers which would for
his evidence of his service in his Fathers home Common when
he moved from place and has returned and
having never received a letter from any part of his family in advantage 
 in the County .in forty years he knows not what that has 
become of them. and suppose they are in  the house or lost neither does
 he know of any person involved living with whom he was acquainted with his service.
that could furnish any evidence of his service.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or
annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not
on the Pension Roll of State of territory
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year last
Elsworth Holliday

The undersigned persons, residing in the County of Fairfax,
in the State of Virginia, being called upon to state our opinions
of the Character of Israel Ells Holliday as a man of Integrity
 and veracity, feel pleased in testifying to his worth as an 
upright man in whose veracity the utmost reliance may be
placed and as for as the general belief of his acquaintance
the relied on as to his Revolutionary services, full faith
and credit may be given to his statement being the general
inferred of those other that he was a Revolution
Soldier, and we concur in that opinion we also certify that the
believe him to be as old as he states himself to  to be
George Gunnell
William Barker
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion for the 
investigation of the matter and putting the Interrogatories prescribed by
the war department, that the above named applicant was a
 Revolutionary Soldier and cited for he states. And the Court further
certifies is true is no resident Clergyman in our County whereby
that letter of testimony can be obtained; but that the persons who
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have subscribed the above certificate are residents in the County
of Fairfax will known to us and are credible persons, and that
their statement is Entitled to credit
I ,J. William Moss, Clerk of the Court of Fairfax County, do
hereby certify, that the forgoing contains the original proceedings
 of the said Court, in the Matter of the application of
 Israel Ellsworth Holliday for a pension
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set
my hand and seal of office this 18 day
of December, 1832

The following questions were propounded by the Court in the Declarant 
where and in what year were you born. Answer II have already said
Have you any Record of your age answer I have none only knows
from what I have been told
Where were you living when called into service
where have lived since the Revolutionary war.  and where do you now live. Answer - all these questions are answered in the body of declaration.
How were you called into service, were you drafted
did you volunteer or were you a substitute, 
 for whom?
 Answer - I was a volunteer in the first instance, and
continued to serve from his  county
until the end of the War.
State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who
were with Troops, where you served; such as continental
 and Militia Regiments as you can collect and general circumstances of years and service.
I have done so as nearly as  I can recollect.
Did you ever receive a discharge from the service  and if so by whom was it given. and what has come of it? Answer I remained in
constant service as my
first entry as a Sergeant, 
until I received the appointment
of Captain 
Did you receive a commission, and if so by who was it signed.
 and what has become of it?
answer
 I did receive the commission 
of Captain and left it at
my Father's house where it was lost.
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Rev. War Section

August 7, 1914.

Mrs. Charles M. Johnson,
312 North 7th Street,
North Yakima,
Washington,

Madam:
In response to your letter of the 23" ultimo, you are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim Sur. File No. 10,656, that Israel Elsworth Holliday was born in 1750 or 1751, in Simsbury Township, Hart ford County, Connecticut; that while a resident of Pittsford. Rutland County, Vermont, in May 1775, he volunteered as a Sergeant in Captain Peleg Sunderland's company of the Vermont Line and marched under Colonels Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold and was at the capture of Ticonderoga; he assisted in building Fort Independence; afterwards was taken prisoner by Major Fraser and carried to General Burgoyne’s camp at Crown Point, was held a short time and exchanged in September 1775; he was in this service about a year; he then joined Captain Samuel Blodgett's company and was in the engagement at Hubbardton; in 1777, he was appointed Captain in the Vermont Line, joined Colonel Seth Warner, was in an engagement at Walloonscoick and served to the end of the war.
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He applied for pension October 15, 1832, while a resident
of Fairfax County, Virginia, and his claim was allowed.
There is no family data on file.
Very respectfully,
Acting Commissioner.
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Jany 27-1903
Hon. E. S. Holliday A.R.
No.
10856
INVALID.
10856
Elsworth Collins
Pri Rev War
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Act: June 7th 1832.
ex:--Vol. A, Page 170
Arrangement of 1870.}
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I Frederick Carper a Major of Infantry in and for the County of Fairfax in the State of Virginia do hereby certify that I have been acquainted with Mr Elsworth Holliday of this County for a number of years and can truly say I believe him to be an honest man, he having always sustained a fair and reputable character and would be believed implicitly on oath by all who know him-- and I would further state that I have frequently heard him say that he was in the service in the Revolutionary war - Given under my hand this 24th day of April 1829 Frederick Carper
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Offutt is a Justice of the Peace in
Fairfax County
Nathaniel Barker's possess
his son Wm Barker
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I Eli Offitt a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Fairfax in the State of Virginia do hereby certify that I have been acquainted with Mr Elsworth Holliday of this County, the bearer hereof, about thirteen years, during which time he has generally been esteemed by his neighbours to be an honest man, and I do not hesitate to say, that I would put implicit confidence in any thing which he would state upon his Oath. Given under my hand this 23rd day of April 1829 
E. Offitt
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John Chapman Hunter by whose
this certificate was given is a Justice
of the Peace in Fairfax County
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To all whom it may concern.
At the request of Mr. Ellsworth Holiday, I state, that I have known him for a number of years, have repeatedly employed him as a Carpenter & have ever found him faithful in the performance of whatever he has undertaken to do for me, moreover, as far as I have observed or understood he has always been obedient to the Laws of his country, of upright & correct deportment, & a highly respectable citizen. He is now far advanced in years, very poor and if he has any claim on his country for services rendered during the Revolutionary War, it is time he had obtained it, as he is not only in absolute want, but very old, decrepit, & in a truly deplorable situation.

Jn. C. Hunter
Nov. 5th 1832.
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Charles Radcliff by whom this Certificate was given is a Justice of the Peace in Fairfax County.
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24th April 1829
At the instance of Mr. Elsworth Holiday I Charles Ratcliff a Justice of the Peace in & for the County of Fairfax and state of Virginia do certify that I have been acquainted with the said Holiday since the year 1812, that I have considered & do still believe him to be an inoffensive (sic), honest man, and that I have never heard anything to his prejudice.

I would further state, that for several years since my acquaintance with Mr. Holiday I have acted in a public capacity consequently have had a fair opportunity of knowing Mr. Holiday’s character.

Given under my hand this day & date aforegoing.

C. Ratcliff
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James L. Edwards, Esq.
present
14 Rev Private
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My Dear Sir, Thursday morning, Pension Office.

Finding you, as at all times, much occupied, may I solicit he favor of you to put the case of Holliday, accompanying this in your pocket, to be examined when you go home, and to make such a decision, as upon examining the evidence, you may consider yourself warranted in making

I have endeavored for some time to interest two or three Members of Congress in his behalf, but notwithstanding the most positive assurances that they would write on to Vermont, I do not believe that they ever thought of it afterward.	

I would still delay it for the purpose of obtaining documentary evidence of his service as a Captain, but the old man being in very low health, and reduced to extreme poverty, [illegible] is me to bring it to a conclusion, upon the evidence filed in the case.

I am, Dear sir,
Very respectfully, 
[illegible signature]
Edm: Brooke.


P.S. I have put his first declaration (which being imperfect was never exhibited) among the papers, to show the opinion of a further number of Justice of Fairfax County as to his service as an officer.
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State of Virginia county of Fairfax S.S.

On this day of October 1832, Personally appeared in open court, now sitting in & for the county aforesaid, Israel Elsworth Holliday, a resident of Virginia in the county of Fairfax, aged eighty one or eighty two years, who being first sworn according to law doth on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832. That he entered a volunteer in the service of the army of the State line of Vermont, in the year, he thinks 1776, under Captain Peleg Sunderland & he served a Sergeant in said company, when it marched under Col. Ethan Allen & Benedict Arnold, when they marched & took Ticonderoga. He remained a short time there & he then assisted under Capt. P. Sunderland in building Fort Independence & in removing the cannon to that place from Ticonderoga. He was out at this time & about one year. He remembers in this service Capt. Sunderland, his Lieutenant Jonathan Fassett or Faucett & William Cook, also Capt. Benjamin Cooley, also Captain Samuel Holliday with his Lieut. Hender, also Col. James Meade & a Capt. Meade & a Capt. Stephens.

After taking Ticonderoga& building Fort Independence, he was marched back to Pitsford & while there he was sent out with twelve men to keep a look out for British foragers & was taken with the twelve men under his command on Otter Creek
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[Vertical line] Note the year & month when he was captured

near Brown’s Camp by a British officer, that was called by common appellation, Major Frasure, he took us across lake Champlain to General Burgoyne’s camp at Crown Point, where he was examined by General Burgoyne (and as near as he can now recollect the name) Redazel & Major Frasure who was afterwards killed in passing down the lake to Albany. After being kept there a short time, he was exchanged, he thinks soon after his exchange, he believes, the twelve men were exchanged also. He remembers one Cook, two men by the name of Graves & one Jesse Armstead in this capture. After his exchange he joined Capt. Samuel Blotchet, and was in an engagement at Hubbleton with a parcel of Tories & Indians, & we were beat by them, & routed in Vermont; after this in 1777 he received Captains commission, which was signed by Thomas Chittenden, who was at that time chairman of the convention in Vermont. A short time after he marched with his command of seventy five men & two Lieuts. Benjamin Stephens & Able Stephens, and joined Col. Seth Warner, he thinks, in the township of Allenton, who afterwards with his regiment joined Col. Allen, who marched to Bennington, & from there to a small settlement called Waloomscock (sic Wallomsac) in New York, where he had an engagement with a detachment of Burgoyne’s army that was sent, as he supposed & believes, to take our stores at Bennington, a party of the enemy was taken prisoners & put into the meeting house at Bennington. He was out in this enterprise about two months; after this he
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marched back under Capt. Warner to Pitsford, for the greater security of the Frontiers of Vermont, where he continued to serve as a Captain the Vermont line until the end of the war before his discharge. His general imployment (sic) after this was to keep a look from Onion River down to Fort Arm and Still Waters (sic Stillwater), having likewise the general care of the cattle, from being taken or driven to the Enemy. His paymaster was Jonathan Fayett & commissary was Caleb Hender during his general station from Onion River to Still Waters (sic Stillwater).

The said I. E. Holliday was born in the year 1750 or 1751 in the township of Simsbury in the county of Hartford in the state of Connecticut & removed at 16 years of age, with his father, into the township of Pitsford in the county of Rutland in Vermont, where he remained until one or two years after the war; he then removed to the town of Winchester in the state of Virginia, from there to Harrisburgh in Pennsylvania, from there to Charles Town in Maryland, from there to the city of Washington & George Town in the District of Columbia, & finally into the county of Fairfax & State of Virginia in the neighborhood where he now resides. He left this commission in his fathers house, with all other
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of evidence of his service which he has never seen since. He has never returned back to the state of Vermont, nor has he received any letter from any part of his family or acquaintance for the space of forty years. Neither does he know of any person now living with whom he had acquaintance in the state of Vermont. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state or territory. Sworn to, & subscribed, the day & year aforesaid.

Sworn to in open court 
[illegible] Richardson

I Elsworth Holliday 
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 applicant was a revolutionary soldier & officer, & served as he states.& there is no resident clergy now in our county.

Jno. E. Hunter
Mrs. Moss
R.L. Mason
C F F[illegible]

Virginia to wit
I William Moss clerk of the County Court of Fairfax in the Commonwealth aforesaid do hereby Certify that the foregoing contains the original declaration of Israel E. Holiday this day Subscribed and Sworn to in open Court, and by the said Court ordered to be recorded in the minutes of the Court.
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said County this 13 day of Oct 1832

W. Moss
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3-872.
RECORDS.
CHANGES TO BE MADE.
Inv. Orig. ___________________
" ctf.________________________
______ orig. _________________
______ ctf. ___________________
Name I Elsworth Holliday
Vt &
Service Continental

Date filing ______________ From ______

I. Ellworth Halliday
Vt.

P. O. Address:
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Date stamp
U.S. Pension Office
Jul 29 1914
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312 N. 7 St.,
North Yakima, Wash.
July 23, 1914.

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir,
Please send me a statement of the military history, and any other data you may have relating to the following Revolutionary soldiers who were said to have been on the U.S. Pension roll.

James Ball of Vt., might be given from N.Y.
Israel Ellsworth of Vt., might be given from Virginia, as it is said he applied for a pension from there, and it might be he applied under the name of Holida.
Ad oblige,
Yours truly,
Mrs. Chas. M. Johnson
312 N. 7th St.,
North Yakima, 
Wash.