Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 6523, Elisha Arnold, Va.
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Va Arnold, Elisha  S. 6523
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2490
Virginia
Elisha Arnold of Henry in the State of Virginia who was a Private in the Army commanded by Captain Johnson of the Regm commanded by Genl: Stevens in the Virginia line for 2 years from 1776.
Inscribed in the Roll of Virginia at the rate of 80 ___ dollars ___ Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.0-
Certificate of Pension issued the 28- day of Nov. "32 and sent to N.M. Taliaferro. Franklin Va 
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Arrears to 4th Sept (?) 1832 120-
Semi=anl. allowance ending 4 Mar: "33  4
                                                               $160.-
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832

Recorded b Nathan Rice, Clerk
Book 6 (?) Vol. 7 Page 90
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March 22, 1778 {Illegible} certifies that Elisha Arnold {illegible) of enlistment expired [illegible]
Illegible name
6th Virg. Regiment

S. file 6523
Elisha Arnold, Va.

Discharged from the Army
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Camp near [illegible] Forge, March 23, 1778
The bearer here of Elisha Arnold a soldier in the 6th Virginia Regt. having served his term of enlistment is hereby discharged from the service.

Chal Lewis Col. [Illegible]
of the 2 Virg Brigade
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7366
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State of Virginia Henry County to [illegible)
On this 10th day of September 1832 personally appeared in open court before the county course of Henry now sitting Elisha Arnold, a resident of the county of Henry aforesaid aged seventy four years who being first duly sworn according to law, [illegible] in his oath made the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of [illegible] June 7th 1832 -
Had he was born in the county of Mecklenburg, Virginia, in the year seventeen hundred & fifty eight and enlisted in a company in the County if Lunenburg in the sane state in the month of February or March 1776 he does not remember the month commanded by Capt James Johnson - for the term of two years. And he marched in the said any from Williamsburg in the same state of Virginia to within a few miles of New York attached to the 6th Virginia Regiment, which was attached to the Brigade commanded by General Stevens and he was in the battle of Germantown and his regiment was in the battle of Trenton but owing to sickness he was not in the engagement he says that knew General Washington, Genl Stevens, Genl Buckner in the regular service. That he marched to Valley Forge where on the 25th day of March 1778, he received his discharge which is hereto [announced?] and which he asks may be considered a part of his declaration. He says further and he [next two lines illegible] in seventeen hundred and ninety seven to the County of Frankin the in the year 1801 or 1802 to the County of Henry where he has lived resided until this time. And he is [illegible] [illegible] with General John WIlliams, Joseph Martin. Major John Hedd, Anthony Mr. Dupuy [illegible] WIlliam Barrow, George Gravely iof the County of Henry with the Honorable N M Blackburn of the County of Franklin and many other persons which he deems of 
to the Country of Henry
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{illegible] to name - he hereby relinqueshes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except he presents and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state or (of any) only on the agency of the State of Virginia.
Sworn to and [illegble] to day and year aforesaid
Elisha Arnold

Mr. Othneil Minter a clergyman residing in the County of Henry and Dennis Marshall residing in the same county hereby certify that we are wel acquainted with Elisha Arnold who has [illegible] [illegible] of the above declaration; that we believe him to be 74 years of age, that is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier in the Revolution and had [illegible] in that opinion.

Sworn and [illegible] the day and year aforesaid.
Othniel Minter
Dennis Marshall
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and is a credible person and their statements are entitled to credits.

I Anthony M. Dupuy, clerk of the county to wit of Henry do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings if the said court in the matter of the application of Elisha Arnold for a pension - 

In testimony whereof I have here [illegible} my hand and seal of my office this 10th day of September 1832 in the 57th year of the Commonwealth.

Anthony M. Dupuy
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7366
Elisha Arnold
From 1776 [illegible]
two years $80

on Roll
Look on Roll see if Elisha Arnold has been on the roll
discharge papers

M.M. Taliaferro
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7366
Brief in the case of Elisha Arnold
County of Henry in the State of Virginia
(Act 7th June 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily injury?
3. How old is he? 74
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
February In 1776 2 years, 0 months, 0 dys. 
As a private
Captain James Johnson attached to the Regiment of Gen. Stephens
5. In what battles was he engaged? Germantown
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Lunenburg County, Virginia.
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From the papers of the pension claim, S. 6523, it appears that Elisha Arnold was born in 1758 in Mecklenburg County, Va., and enlisted from Lunenburg County, Va. in February or March 1776, served as a private in Captain James Johnson's Company of the Sixth Virginia Regiment and was discharged on March 23, 1778. He was engaged in the battle of Germantown.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 10, 1832, while living in Henry County, Va.
There is no data on file as to his family.

Very truly yours,
Washington Gardner
Commissioner
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[illegible]
6523
INVALID
File No. 6523
Elisha Arnold
Pri Rev war
Act: June 4, 1832
Index: ___ Vol. A, Page 10
Arrangement of 1870
1912 [illegible] 16 Hist to Mrs. R.S. Cotterill, V.L. M.
1915 Dec. 22 Hist to Mrs. A.L. Porter
1917 May 7 Hist to Mrs. Harvey Morris
1922 May 25 Hist to Hon. T. B. Swank. AW
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Elisha Arnold, which require further proof of explanation.
I. Does the declaration who where the applicant resides?
Yes
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the country where he resides?
Yes
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his doing so?
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served?
Yes
V.
Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which his served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled?
Yes
VI. Has he given the names of officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?
Yes
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1032?
Yes
VIII. Had the Court given the opinion?
Yes
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate?
Yes
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which is can be distinguished from any other seal?
Yes
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XI. Had the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general believe in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?
Yes
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?

XIII. If the applicant has not documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
There is no document.
XIV. If the applicant produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certificate that he, she or they are persons of credibility? Had the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper office under his seal of office?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation or of such as age as to have a personal knowledge of the applicants service?
XVI Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?
Yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactory? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
Yes
EXPLANATORY NOTES
Quere V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c, A. B., who, being duly sworn, deposeth and siath, if that, by reason of old age, and the consquent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods below, and in the following grades: For ____year____month and____days. I served as a ____ . For ____ months and ________days, I served as a ________, and for such service I claim a pension.
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XI. Had the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general believe in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?
Yes
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?

XIII. If the applicant has not documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
There is no document.
XIV. If the applicant produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certificate that he, she or they are persons of credibility? Had the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper office under his seal of office?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation or of such as age as to have a personal knowledge of the applicants service?
XVI Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?
Yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactory? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
Yes
EXPLANATORY NOTES
Quere V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c, A. B., who, being duly sworn, deposeth and siath, if that, by reason of old age, and the consquent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods below, and in the following grades: For ____year____month and____days. I served as a ____ . For ____ months and ________days, I served as a ________, and for such service I claim a pension.
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of of the phrase about three or four months in too indefinite, and all such expressions are objectionable.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Servive
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who many administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of the office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
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No. 7366 to 7367
Rocky Mount, Va
17th September 1832
The Secretary of the War Department
Washington
[illegible vertical writing
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Franklin Ct House Va.
September 17th 1832.

Sir
Agreeably to request I forward the enclosed declarations, and proceedings made under the act of Congress of the 7th June last. with a request that they may be attended to, at as early a period as convenient. The application of Mr Arnold is sustained by his discharge
Please inform me of the result of the applications
Respectfully
Your Obt Svt
Wm Taliaferro
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Sylacauga, Alabama,
December 17, 1915.

The Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
My dear Sir:
Will you please send me the abstract of the applications for pension of the Revolutionary Soldiers named below:
Elisha or Henry Arnold served from Virginia.
Thomas Varner drew a Bounty Warrant in Georgia.
I will be so grateful if you can favor me in this request.
Thanking you very sincerely in advance, I am,
Very respectfully,
[Signed] Mrs A. L. Porter.
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Honorable Washington Gardner,
Washington, D.C.
Dear Mr. Gardner:
Can you send me a statement or certificate of the service in the Revolutionary War, of William Roberson who served from Brunswick County, Virginia in 1777?
I understand he applied for pension on December 3, 1832 from Fleming County, Kentucky.
I also wish a statement or certificate of Elisha Arnold who enlisted in the Revolutionary War in Lunenburg County, Virginia in 1776. He was a private in Captain James Johnson Company, 6th Virginia Regiment.

Very truly yours,
F.B. Swank
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Salem, Ind. May 3, 1917.
Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Pensions, Rev. War Section.

The date for Elisha Henry Arnold was not given, as we were able to give the shelf, when pension was granted, and death.
Elisha Henry Arnold was born in Mecklenburg, Co. Va on the 3 of Aug. 1758, He was the son of James Arnold and his third wife Martha Atkins. 
Married Sally Marshall Jan. 1 1779, she was the daughter of Samuel Marshall and his wife Cassandra Allfriend, and was born in Mecklenburg Co. July 10, 1754, died in Henry Co. VA about 1837.
Elisha Henry Arnold and his wife Sally Marshall has ten children, six sons and four daughters. Elisha Henry Arnold died in Henry Co. Va in the autumn of 1849.
He enlisted in the Revolution army Feb. or March 1776, and served two years, private under James Johnson, Capt. 6th Va. Regiment. Enlisted in Lunenburg Co. Va. He fought in the Battle of Germantown. Applied for pension in 1832 while living in Henry Co and his pension was granted in 1835.
In Librarians report of Virginia, is the following - Elisha Henry Arnold Pensioned 1835. Shelf No 1, 154. this was take for Pension Department, while it may have meant Va. Library.
Family records give granting of Pension, and hope with date given, you may be able to send copy of Pension papers. i shall appreciate an answer at once, as papers are need officially.
Very Truly,
Mrs. Harvey Morris.
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[Handwritten]
Rev Sec. 1-EB

[Typed]
Salem,Ind. May3, 1917.

Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Pensions, Rev. War Section.

The data for Elisha Henry Arnold was not given, as we thought we were able to give the shelf, when pension was granted, and death.
Elisha Henry Arnold was the son of James Arnold and his third wife Martha Atkins.
Married Sally Marshall Jan.1, 1779, she was the daughter of Samuel Marshalland his wife Cassandra Allfriend, and was born in Mecklenburg Co. July 10, 1764, died in Henry Co. Va. about 1837.
Elisha Henry Arnold and his wife Sally Marshall had ten children, six sons and four daughters. Elisha Henry Arnold died in Henry Co. Va. in the autumn of 1849,.
He enlisted in Revolution army Feb or Mch. 1776, and served two years. private under James Johnson, Capt. 6th Va. Regiment. Enlisted in Lunenberg Co. Va. living in Henry Co. and the pension was granted in 1835.
In Librarians report of Virginia, is the following - Elisha Henry Arnold Pensioned 1835. Shelf No 2 154. This was taken for Pension Department, while it may have meant Va. Library.
Family records give granting of Pension, and hope with data given, you may be able to send copy of Pension papers. I shall appreciate an answer at once, as papers are needed officially.
Very truly,
[Signed] Mrs. Harvey Morris.
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Winchester, Ky.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir; -
Please let me know if you have on your records any data concerning the following Revolutionary soldiers:
William Robertson of Va - in the infantry service, born 1754 and died in Ky in 1833.
Samuel Marshall of Va. - an office present at the surrender of Lord Cornwallis
Elisha Arnold of Va - who make a pension by the  [illegible] from 1758 died 1849
John Hour of South Carolina - one of the 100 prisoners shut up in the British ship in Charleston Harbor.
I realize that this data is meager but will be glad of any information.
Thanking in advance.
Sincerely,
Lola Howe Cotterill
(Mrs. R.S. Cotterill)
Winchester, Ky.
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION. 3-525
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., __________, 19__
176,523

In reply to your request of __________, received ___________ for a statement of the military history of Elisha Arnold a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.

DATE OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.:
Feby or Mch. 1776
LENGTH OF SERVICE.:
Mch. 26, 1778
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.:
James Johnson
COLONEL.:
in 6th Va. Regt.
STATE.:

Battles engaged in,: Germantown
Residence of soldier at enlistment,: enlisted in Lunenberg Co. Va.
Date of application for pension,: Sept 10 1832 His cl. al.
Residence at date of application,: b. in Mecklenburg Co. Va. in 1758
Remarks: No data as to family.
The only one this name Va troops.

Respectfully,
Commissioner.