Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 20258, for Eldad Mix, Connecticut
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SERVICE   Conn.
Mix, Eldad
Mary
NUMBER  W. 20258
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See letter [unreadable] Feb 8 1858  
Paid at the Treasury under the act of the 6 April 1838 from 4 March 1831, to the  5th Sept 1837. the day of her death. Agt notified 28 1839. 
Dec 1992, Statement of Sold [soldier] Service to Sen. Wolcott
Connecticut 207 
Mary Mix widow of Eldad Mix dec who died on the 14th March 1805 New Haven in the State of Ct. who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Bradley of the Rgt commanded by  - in the Ct. line for  - - 
Increased from $35.83 
Inscribed on the Roll of Connect. at the rate of 55 Dollars 83 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 day of Feby 1838 and sent William Storer New Haven 
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1837 $362.89 
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar 33  27.91 
$390.80 
{Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1832, Section the 3d}
Recorded by D.D. Addison Clerk
Book A Vol 2d page 72
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No 32
Mary Mix
Conn't
On detached roll from Apl 9 to 1 Jany 81 
8 mo. 20. days
Adm'd [admitted]
8 Mo. 2 days pri
artillery
Wm Storer
New Haven Connt
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Wm Storer agent
New Haven Conn
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Declaration 
In order to obtain the benefit of the third section of the act of Congress of the 4th of July 1836. 
State of Connecticut, City and County of New Haven,} SS 
On this 25th day of August 1836. personally appeared before H. C. Flagg Esq Mayor of the City & Chief Judge of the City Court, Mrs Mary Mix, a resident of Newhaven, in the County of Newhaven and State of Connecticut, aged 82 years, and 2 months, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed July 4th 1836. That she is the widow of Eldad Mix, late of New Haven deceased, who was a soldier of the Revolution, and served as a private of Artillery, for a term of nine months, in a company raised by authority of the State of Connecticut in the war of the Revolution, and stationed at New Haven, in said State in the year 1780 under the command of Capt Phineas Bradley of said Newhaven; and that the said Eldad Mix, afterwards performed other services in the war of the Revolution, and was once taken prisoner by the British while fighting in defence of his country rights; but the perticulars of which service, she has not at this time, the means of proving. 
She further declares, that she was married to the said Eldad Mix, in the month of June 1780 by the Rev Samuel Bird, of New Haven, the particular day of her marriage, she does not remember, she thinks that Capt Bradley & wife, and her sister & family with whom she lived, were all that was present.  She has no certificate of it, and she knows of no record of it, now extant, or of any witness of her marriage, now living; Mr Bird, on account of his ill health, was dismissed from the pastoral care of the Church, before her marriage, and he died and all those friends above named, have been dead many years a few months after she was married and she further declares, that her husband, the aforesaid Eldad Mix, died at Newhaven, in a fit, on the 14th day of March 1805, and that she has remained a widow, ever since that period; as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed.  She has always resided in New Haven, (where she is well known), from her birth, to this day; her original name, before her marriage was Mary Hitchcock.  
Mary Mix
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written, Before 
Henry C. Flagg Mayor of the City of New Haven and Chief Judge of the City Court
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I William Stover of the City and County of New Haven, in the State of Connecticut, aged 71 years, and 3 months, Testify and say that I have in my possession, the original enlistments, and the pay roll of a company of Artillery, raised by authority of the State of Connecticut in the war of the Revolution, and stationed at New Haven, in said State, in the year 1780 under the command of Capt Phineas Bradley, of said Newhaven, and that on both the Enlistment and the Pay Roll, of said company, it appears, that Eldred Mix, Enlisted into said Company, as a private, on the 3d day of April 1780 and on said pay roll, it appears that the aforesaid Eldad Mix, was discharged from said company on the first day of January 1781, and the term of his service, is carried out on the aforesaid Pay roll, 8 months, and 28 days. I was a soldier in said Company with Eldad Mix, and a witness of this service; I served as waiter to Capt Bradley, and lived in his family, at the time when Eldad Mix, was married to Mary Hitchcock.  I remember to have heard both Capt Bradley and his wife, speak of being present at the marriage of the said Eldad, and Mary, the exact time when they were married I cannot at this late period distinctly recollect, but I feel confidently assured, that it was, in the summer of the year 1780.  From my early childhood I was acquainted with both Eldad Mix, and Mary Hitchcock, untill their marriage in 1780, and after their marriage, I resided in the immediate neighbourhood with them, for about six years, during which period, they had two or three children born. I remember well that Eldad Mix, with several others, from New Haven, went out for a short tour in the service, I should now think it was in year 1781.  They were all, soon after taken prisoners, and carried to New York, from whence he returned on parole, as a prisoner of war, a short time after they were taken.  I went into Vermont in the year 1787. and returned to New Haven, in 1820 and have resided here, since that time. Mrs Mix, was then or widow, and has remained such to this day. I know her to be the same woman who was married to Eldad Mix in 1780. She is now, as she always has been considered woman of strict truth & veracity, and full credit is here given to all her statements, and she is now, (to designate her from others of the same name) called the widow of Eldad Mix. 
William Storer 
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written by the above named William Storer  a witness well known to me and who is entitled to full faith and credit.  Before 
Henry C Flagg Mayor of the City of New Haven Chief Judge of the City Courts
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I Marcus Merriman, of the City and County of New Haven, and State of Connecticut, aged 73 years, and 9 months; Testify and says that in the war of the Revolution, I was a soldier, by two seperate Enlistments, in a company of Artillery raised by Authority of the State of Connecticut, on the two successive years of 1779 and 1780 and stationed each of said years at New Haven, in said State, under the command of Capt Phineas Bradley of said New Haven and I well remember, that in the year 1780, Eldad Mix, and William Storer, were soldiers, in the same company with me and that in the course of that summer, Eldad Mix, was married to Mary Hitchcock, the exact time, I cannot now distinctly recollect, as I was not present at their marriage; I was intimate with Capt Bradleys family, and was frequently at his house, and I well recollect to have heard both Capt Bradley and his wife, speak of the marriage of the said Eldad and Mary, rather in terms of disapprobation as Mary Hitchcock, was a nigh neighbour, and highly esteemed by them, and by all her acquaintances, they thought that she might have done much better; this marriage was much talked of for a short time, both by the neighbours and soldiers, of their acquaintance, as such matters, usually are; I was acquainted with Eldad Mix, and Mary Hitchcock, before their marriage, and from that to the time of his death, since which time, I have known her, as the widow of Eldad Mix to this day.  The Character of Mrs Mix, I consider as unimpeachable, and I have full confidence in the truth of all her statements, as they are set forth in her declaration. I have resided in New Haven, more than sixty years, and the greatest part of that time, in the vicinity of Mrs Mix’s residence. 
Marcus Merriman
Sworn to and subscribed and the day and year above written by the above named Marcus Merriman , who is personally known to me and to whose testimony full faith and credit are due. Before 
Henry C. Flagg Mayor of the City of New Haven and chief Judge of the City Court
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State of Connecticut 
City & County of New Haven
I Jn Beach Clerk of the City Court within & for the City of New Haven in said County do hereby certify that Henry C. Flagg whos name is above & foregoing written & subscribed as Mayor of the City of New Haven & Chief Judge of the City Court, within & for said City and that the above & foregoing signature by him made is his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said City Court this 25 day of August 1836 
Jn Beach Clerk 
Wm. Storer agent
New Haven Conn
No 32 Mary Mix 
Connt 
On detached roll from Apl 9 to 1 Jany 81
8 mos 20 days
Admd [admitted]
8 mo. 2 days pri
Artillery
Wm. Storer New Haven Connt
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Rev. and 1812 Wars Section 
AWF:MLB
July 18, 1930
Mr. Harry Chapman 
51 Oneida Road 
Pontiac, Michigan 
Dear Sir: 
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim W. 20258 that Eldad Mix served in 1776 in Captain Jonas Prentice's Connecticut Company, length of service not given. 
He enlisted April 3, 1780 and served nine months as a private in Captain Phineas Bradley's Connecticut Company of Artillery. 
He served a short tour in 1781 and was taken prisoner, carried to New York and shortly afterward paroled. Names of officers not stated. 
He died March 14, 1805 at New Haven, Connecticut. 
The soldier married in June, 1780, Mary Hitchcock of New Haven, Connecticut.
She was allowed pension on her application executed August 25, 1838, at which time she was living in New Haven, Connecticut, and was aged eighty-two years and two months. 
She died September 5, 1837, leaving a son whose name is not given. Other children are referred to but no names stated. 
The above noted Eldad Mix is the only soldier of that name found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau. 
Very truly yours 
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner
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Mary Mix 
Payments to be made at Hartford by Pres’t Farm’s & Mech’s Bk [bank] Agent for paying Pensioners in the Agency of Connecticut 
Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book Vol. 1 Page -  by D. D. Addison Clerk
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WAR DEPARTMENT. 
Revolutionary Claim. 
I certify that, in conformity with the 3d section of the law of the United States, of the 4th July 1836, Mary Mix of Connecticut widow of Eldad Mix dec’d who was a Private in the war of the Revolution is entitled to receive Thirty five dollars and Eighty cents per annum, during the time she may remain unmarried, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831 and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September.   
Given at the War Office of the United States , this 1st November day of one thousand eight hundred and thirty six.  
B. J. Butler
Secretary of War ad interim
Examined and Countersigned.
J L Edwards Commissioner of Pensions
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The enclosed, was obtained at the Comptrollers office, Hartford, at In support of the Claim for pension, of Mary Mix, Widow of Eldad Mix and Mary Elderkin, widow of Elisha Elderkin 
May 19th 1837 By Wm Storer,
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Mr. William Storer
New Haven Ct.
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I further certify that the following receipt appears on a document in this office, to wit, 
Received New Haven July 6th 1776 of Timothy Jones Jr  one of the Select men of New Haven fifteen Cartouch Boxes for the use of the Company under my command for the present campaign which I promise to return to said Selectmen to the end thereof for the use of the Colony unless lost by enevitable Providence. 
Recd per Jonas Prentice Capt 
Dld to Latham Fenton 
Amos Tones Rec’d to return three knapsacks
Justin Harrison    Jonathan Fenton 
Aaron Palmer   John Gilbert 
David A. Leach    Amos Tones
Burr Bucher     Betts N Yale 
Jabez Osborn  
John Stanton     N. B. 10 of the above Boxes not by selectmen, all the rest Boxes Belts &c old last years stores    Wm Field Comptroller
John Peck
Eldad Mix
Elisha Elderkin 
John Huggins   
Daniel Hotchkiss 
Nathaniel Yale
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Comptrollers Office 
Hartford Connecticut 
May 19th 1837 
I certify that the following receipt appears on a document in this office, to wit, 
“New Haven July 6th 1776, Received of Timothy Jones Jr one of the Selectmen of said town ten Musquetts [muskets] with bayonets, purchased by order of the General Assembly for the service of the Colonies, received for the use of the Company under my command in the present Campaign, which I promise to return to said Selectmen at the end thereof for the use of the Colony, unless Lost by inevitable Providence.   Guns delivered, Rec’d pr Jonas Prentice Capt
Augustus Peck 
Ezekiel Taphar 
Elisha Elderkin one gun 
Burr Bucher ditto [one gun] with bayonet 
Stephen Cooper 
Jabez Osborn 
Justus Harrison 
David A Leach 
John Peek 
Roswell Wheedon  
Amos Tones
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I further certify, that the following receipt appears on a document in this office, to wit, 
Received New Haven July 6th 1776 of Timothy Jones Jr. one of the Selectmen of New Haven fifteen Cartouch [cartouche] Boxes for the use of the Company under my command for the present campaign which I promise to return to said Selectmen at the end thereof for the use of the Colony unless lost by enevitable Providence. 
Recd pr Jonas Prentice Capt 
Dld  Jothum Fenton 
Amos Tones Rec’d to return three knapsacks
Justus Harrison    Jonathan Fenton 
Aaron Palmer      John Gilbert    
David A. Leach       Amos Tones 
Burr Bucher           Betts N Yale  
Jabez Osborn  
John Stanton    N.B. 10 of the above Boxes bot [bought] by select men all the rest Boxes Belts &c old last years stores   Wm Field Comptroller
John Peck 
Eldad Mix
Cha Hendrick 
Elisha Elderkin  
John Huggins 
Daniel Hotchkiss 
Nathaniel Yale
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[stamp] NEW HAVEN AUG 25
Aug 29 
Ct.
Act 4 July 1836
FREE
James L. Edwards 
Commissioner of Pensions 
Washington City DC
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT 
Second Comptroller's Office 
January 30th 1839 
Sir
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838 entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States, the son of Mary Mix - a Pensioner on the Roll of the Connecticut Agency, at the rate of Fifty five Dollars and eighty three cents per annum, under the law of the 4th July, 1836, the balance due has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March 1831, to the 5th September, 1837, the day of her death. 
Respectfully yours, 
Albion K. Parris Comptroller. 
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.
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207  
Connecticut 
Mary Mix of New Haven in the State of Ct who was a  --   in the  --- commanded by Captain --- of the  --- commanded by ---  in the --- 
widow of Eldad Mix of the war of the Revolution 
Increase to $55.83 
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 35 Dollars 83 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 day of Nov. 1836 and sent Wm Storer New Haven 
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1836   $179.65  
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar ‘37   17.96 
$ 197.61   
{Revolutionary Claim, } 
Recorded by D. D. Addison Clerk 
Book   - Vol. 1 Page 83
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Mary Mix
Connt
Susp’d [suspended] see letter to Wm Storer 1 Sep 36
Admd [admitted]
Act 4 July 1836
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Revy WIDOW, &c. 
File No. 20258  
Mary Mix Widow of Eldad Mix Pri Rev War  
Act: July 4th 36 
Index: Vol.  M, Page  52 
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1930 July 18 Hist to Harry Chapman AWF
1936 – Feb 24 Hist to Celeste Arbogast see her letter in Amos Mix W. 7447 AWF
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Revy WIDOW, &c. 
File No. 20258  
Mary Mix Widow of Eldad Mix Pri Rev War  
Act: July 4th 36 
Index: Vol.  M, Page  52 
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1930 July 18 Hist to Harry Chapman AWF
1936 – Feb 24 Hist to Celeste Arbogast see her letter in Amos Mix W. 7447 AWF
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20258 
Rev War
(3-469)
Bureau of Pensions 
Wid
Application No.  
Certificate No. 207 
NAME OF SOLDIER, Eldad Mix. 
Co. Conn Line 
INFORMATION DESIRED 
Papers for personal exam 
CPL 
[stamp] SECOND DEPUTY DEC 16 1892 COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS DEC 16 1892
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51 Oneida Road 
Pontiac, Mich 
June 3, 1930 
[stamp] U.S. PENSION OFFICE JUN 7 1930
Pension Bureau 
Washington, D.C. 
Have you the record of service of Eldad Mix who served in the Revolution under Capt. Prentice Co Col. Canfield Militia Regt at West Point Sept 1781.   Also under Capt. Caleb Mix 5th Co 2nd Reg of Militia.  He was born in Wallingford Corn. Oct 4 -1733.  I wish a more complete record of service and do not know whether he drew a pension or not.
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If he did will you please send complete record of service
Very truly yours
Mrs. Harry Chessman
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February 24, 1936 
Amos Mix  W.7447  - letter is Amos Mix W. 7447
Eldad Mix W.20258 
BA-J/AWF 
Celesta Arbogast 
Arbogast Hotel 
116 West Highland Street 
Ada, Ohio 
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Amos Mix and Eldad Mix, both of Connecticut during the Revolution. 
The data pertaining to these soldiers furnished herein were obtained from claims for pension based upon their service in the War of the Revolution. 
Amos Mix - W.7447 
The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, W. 7447, based upon the service of Amos Mix in the Revolutionary War. 
The date and place of birth of this soldier are not given, nor are the names of his parents stated. 
Amos Mix enlisted, place not stated, and served six months in the year 1775, as private in Captain Phineas Porter's company, General Wooster's Connecticut regiment. He enlisted in 1776, served six months in Captain Bunnell's company, Colonel Douglas Connecticut regiment. He enlisted in 1777, served in Captain Charles Pond's company, Colonels Douglas' and Meigs' Connecticut regiment, was at the capture of Cornwallis, length of this service six years and two
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The soldier, Amos Mix, was allowed pension on his application executed April 28, 1818, then aged fifty-nine years and living in Muskingum Township, Muskingum County, Ohio. He died October 16, 1844. 
Amos Mix married January 4, 1784, Clarinda Barns. Their marriage was recorded on the books of the Congregational Church of Cheshire, New Haven County, Connecticut. 
The widow, Clarinda Mix, was allowed pension on her application executed September 28, 1848, then aged eighty-one years and a resident of Muskingum County, Ohio. 
Reference was made in 1820 to an aged mother seventy-six years of age, who was a member of the family of the soldier, her name is not stated, nor is it shown whether she was the soldier's mother or the mother of his wife, Clarinda. Two daughters were also referred to at this time - Lowly in her twentieth year, and Lydia in her eighteenth year. 
The papers in this claim contain no further reference to the family of Amos Mix. 
Eldad Mix - W.20258 
The data pertaining to Eldad Mix which follow were obtained from papers on file in pension claim W. 20258, based upon his service in that war.   
The date and place of birth of this soldier are not given, nor are the names of his parents stated.
Eldad Mix served in 1776 in Captain Jonas Prentice 's Connecticut company, length of this service not shown. He enlisted April 3, 1780, served nine months as private in Captain Phineas Bradley's Connecticut
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company of artillery. He served in 1781 and was taken prisoner by the British, carried to New York and paroled, no further details of this service given.
Eldad Mix married in the month of June, 1780, Mary Hitchcock of New Haven, Connecticut; she at this time was living with her sister and family in New Haven, no names given.  He died March 14, 1805 in New Haven, Connecticut. 
The widow, Mary Mix, was allowed pension on her application executed August 25, 1836, then living in New Haven, Connecticut and aged eighty-two years and two months. 
She died September 5, 1837, leaving a son, whose name is not given. Other children were also referred to but no names were shown. 
Very truly yours A. D. HILLER 
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES 
Form VAM-51 
12-5-41 
BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD* 
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives 
NAME   Mix, Elisha    GRADE   Private    LINE     Connecticut
WARRANT NUMBER  6160   ACREAGE  100  ISSUED  Jan 28, 1792
to Moses Sill
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 Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives. 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.