Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 42,702, Samuel Eldred, Continental Mass.
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SERVICE
Continental
Mass. 

Eldred, Samuel

NUMBER
S.42,702
B.L.Wt. 649 - 200-Lieut.
Issued Aprl. 12.1792 to 
Silas Pepoon, assignee
No papers and name 
recorded as Eldridge
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7155
Ohio
Samuel Eldred,
ofCuyahoga Cy. in the state of Ohio,
who was a lieutenant, in the regiment commanded
Capt Dunham of the Massachusetts
line, for the term of C [illegible] Continental

Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at
the rate of twenty Dollars per month, to commence
the 3 of June, 1818.

Certificate of Pension issued the 5 of March, 1817
and sent to the hon: Peter Hitchcock
then at the City of Washington.

Arrears to 4th of March, 1819. . . $181.27?
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sept 1819. 120
8 mos 28/30 & 4/31   $301.27

{Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818.}

Continued

[Text handwritten sideways]
Notification sent September 11th 1820 to
R. P. Parkman Esq
Parkman & Gerigo County Ohio

Dec 18 1825 A.B.
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State of Ohio Cuyahoga County ss

on this third day of June AD 1818 before me
the subscriber President Judge of the third circuit  of the court of Common Pleas of the State of
Ohio personally appears Samuel Eldred aged
seventy three years now resident in the town
ship of Ridgeville in the County aforesaid
who being duly sworn according to law doth
on his oath make the following declaration
in order to obtain the provisions made by
the late act of Congress entitled "An act
to provide for certain persons engaged in the
land and naval service of the United States
in the Revolutionary war That he the
said Samuel Elder enlisted on the 28th day
of May 1775 in the town of Rochester in the
County of Plymouth & State of Massachusetts  as a sergant in the 2d company
of Col Cotton regiment- that he
served in said regiment in that capacity
untill James 1st 1776 when he received
an appointment from Congress as an Ensign
 under Capt Clapp of the 2d regiment
of the 2d Brigade of the Massachusetts
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line which regiment was commanded by Col
Luther Bailey served as an ensign untill
AD 1777ed
when he was appointed a 1st
Lieutenant under Capt
George Dunham
of said Regiment & brigade
from where 
he march to Tyconderoga and joined
the northern army served his that
untill Gen Burgoyne was taken where
the 2d brigade joined 
the arm y of Gen Washington at White Marsh
we moved to Valley forge
from thence went
on command with the Light Infantry
on the 28th day of December AD 1777
I was taken prisoner and remained a prisoner untill January 28. AD 1781 after which I was joined the 2 regiment under Lieitenant Col 
Ebenezer Sprout in the capacity of Lieutenant 
we assisted at the taking of Conwallis in In
the year AD 1782 from the necessities of the
family he left the army by leave of Gen
Washington who gave permission to [illegible]
& resign in consequence of one regiment of
Massachusetts troops being
discharged and his pursuing an officer from that
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regiment to take his place. He was dismissed
with the same priviledges which other officer of his rank might have at or after the close
of the War. That he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance
of his country for support. That he has lost
his commissions & he has not any other evidence in his power-- Sworn to and declared
before me the day and year aforesaid I George God President Judge as aforesaid do certify that these proceedings were had before me and the testimony taken for transmission to the war department pursuant to the
directions of the aforementioned act of Congress
Cleveland June 3rd 1818 George Tod

State of OhioCuyahoga County ss 
Horace Perry Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within & for said County do hereby
TCertify that the above named George God is
President Judge of the third Circuit of said
Court within said State and that said
County of Cuyahoga is a County within
said Circuit & that the above
Signature is in his own proper handwriting

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand & seal of said Court this third day
June AD 1818
Signature of Horace Perry Clk
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State of Ohio
Cuyahoga County ss.
Moses Eldred of Millville in the county aforesaid deposeth and say that he is the son of the within named Samuel
Eldred and is forty seven years of age, and that the said Samuel is in reduced circumstances
dependent on charity for subsistence and
stands in
need of the assistance of the government
Signature of Moses Eldred

In testimony whereof I George Tod
President as herein [illegible] it, this
26 day of October 1818 do certify that
Moses Eldred, is personally known to me
that he subscribed the foregoing deposition
in my presence & under oath to the truth of the same
Signature of Goerge Tod
[illegible] 
State of Ohio
Trumbull County ⎬ Warren 20th Nov 187
George Tod President of the Court of
Common Pleas for the third Circuit of Ohio this
in holding to the certificate heretofore given
do further testify that it appearing to my
satisfaction that the within named 
Samuel Eldred is in circumstances and [illegible]  the government for support 
In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand officially on the
day above written
Signature of George Tob
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Samuel Eldred
No 7155
April 1819
Cond. Sep 11
1820

Notification to R.P. Parkman Esqr. Parkman, [illegible] Co
Ohio

[Text written sideways]
Massachusetts line, commanded by Luther Bailey
in which Regiment he continued until he was 
discharged, but which Regiment at his discharge was commanded by Colonel Ebenezer Sproat - He thinks
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State of Ohio
[Geauga?] County ss
On this 27th day of June one thousand eight
hundred and twenty personally appeared in open Court
in the Court of Common Pleas for said County being a
Court of Record Samuel Eldred, aged Seventy six years, Resident in the County of Geauga aforesaid who being first
duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows, to wit
That he entered the service of the United States in the month of May 1775, in the Regiment commanded by Colonel
Cotton of Plymouth County in the State of Massachusetts,
that the first year of his service he was an orderly Sergeant
and was then raised to Ensign, and in 1777 was raised
to first Lieutenant, in which capacity he remained until
he was discharged in the year 1783, making something more than
eight years, that he was in the service of the United States
, a part of which time he was in captivity. He further saith that the second year of his service he was placed
in the second Regiment of the second Brigade
Massachusetts line, commanded by Luther Bailey
in which Regiment he continued until he was discharged
, but which Regiment at his discharge was
Commanded by Colonel Ebenezer Sprout, He thinks
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his first Declaration bears date the third day of June 1818
And he has received a pension certificate, now in his possession
Numbered 7155. and he does solemnly swear that he was a
resident Citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March
in the year 1818 and that he has not since that time by gift,
sale, or in any manner disposed of his property or any part 
thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring himself
within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled an act to
provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and naval
service of the United States in the Revolutionary war passed
the 18th of March 1818. And that he has not, nor has any person in trust for him any property or securities, contract
or debts due to him, nor has he any income, or real or
personal property. He is by occupation a ship Carpenter
but is unable to pursue it: His wife is in her seventy
fourth year, and they have no other family Samuel Eldred

Sworn to, subscribed and declared on the 27th day of June 1820
Edward Paine Jun. Clk. Com. Pleas
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The State of Ohio
Geauga County. ss   I Edward Paine Jun. Clerk of the Court
of Common Pleas in and for said County
do hereby certify that the foregoing oath
is truly copied from the Record of the said
Court; and I do further certify that it is
the Court aforesaid is a Court of Record
having by Law jurisdiction to an [untimited?] amount

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court on this second day of August AD. 1820.
Edward Paine (?) Clk. Com. Pleas
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May 11, 1940

BA-J/AWF
Samuel Eldred
S. 42702

Mrs. Metta Wilford
2184 W. 100 Street
Cleveland, Ohio

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which
you request the Revolutionary War record of Samuel
Eldred who enlisted in Rochester, Massachusetts,
and after the Revolution came to Cuyahoga County, Ohio.

The data which follow were obtained from
Revolutionary War.
papers on file in claim for pension, S.42702, based
upon the military service of Samuel Eldred, in the Revolutionary War.

The date and place of birth of Samuel Eldred
were not given, nor are the names of his parents
shown.

Samuel Eldred enlisted in Rochester, Plymouth
County, Massachusetts, May 28, 1775, served as orderly
sergeant in Colonel Cotton's Massachusetts regiment,
until January 1, 1778, when appointed ensign in Captain
Clapp's company, went on the expedition to
Ticonderoga; he was appointed in 1777, First Lieutenant
in Captain George Dunham's Company, Colonel
Bailey's Second Massachusetts regiment, went to Valley Forge, and on December 28, 1777, was taken
prisoner and held until January 28, 1781, rejoined
his regiment, then commanded by Colonel Ebenzer Sprout, was at the surrender of Cornwallis, and left the army
in 1782, on account of the necessities of his family."

He was allowed pension on his application
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executed June 3, 1818, at whic h time he was aged seventy-three years, and a resident of Cuyahoga Countym Ohio.

The wife of Samuel Eldred was in her seventy
fourth, in 1820, her name not stated; his son, Moses
Eldred, was forty-seven years old, in 1818, then aresident of Milledgeville, Ohio.

Samuel Eldred was living in 1820, in Geauga
County, Ohio. He died December 18, 1825.

The papers on file in this claim contain no
further discernible family data.

In order to obtain the name
& address of the 
person who received the last payment of this pension, you should apply to the Comptroller General, General
Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and furnish the following data:

Samuel Eldred
Certificate #7155
Issued March 5, 1819
Rate  [Handritten  $20.00 per month]
Act of March 18, 1818
Ohio Agency.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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January 28, 1932

BA-J/AWF

Calvin P. Eldred
495 Washington Street
Dedham, Massachusetts.

Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter relative to
Samuel Eldred and Miles Powell, soldiers of the Revolution. 

Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained from claims made to the United States for pension and bounty land based upon the military service of soldiers in that war. 

A search of the records fails to show such
claims on file on account of the services of any soldier
named Miles Powell or Powel.

The data which follow are obtained from the
Revolutionary War data furnished by this office
an obtained from claims made to the United States
papers on file in pension claim, S. 42702, based upon
the military service in the Revolutionary War of
Samuel Eldred.

He enlisted in Rochester, Massachusetts, May
28, 1775 and was a sergeant in Colonel Cotton's Massachusetts
regiment, January 1, 1776 was appointed ensign
in Captain Clap's company, was in the expedition to
Ticonderoga, in 1777 was appointed first lieutenant
in Captain George Dunham's company in Colonel Ebenezer
Sprout's Massachusetts regiment, he was taken prisoner,
December 28, 1777 and held until January 28, 1781, then
rejoined his regiment, was at the taking of Cornwallis,
and left the army in 1782.

He was allowed pension on his application executed
, June 3, 1818, at which time he was living in
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Ridgeville Township, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, and was aged seventy-three years. 

In 1818 his wife was seventy-one years of age, her name is not stated, and his osn, Moses, was forty-seven years old and living in Milledgeville, Ohio. 

In 1820 the soldier was living in Geauga County, Ohio. 

He died December 18, 1825 A.B. 
There are no further data as to family. 

Very truly yours

A.D. Hiller
Assistant to Administrator
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[Some text is missing from the document.]
the REVOLUTIONARY WAR,
as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension [missing text] in this Bureau. 
Samuel Eldred Lur. File 42702

DATE OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
May 18. 1775
Jan 1-76 Ap
until it '77 ap

LENGTH OF SERVICE.
1783

RANK.
Sgt.
Ensign
1" Lieut. 

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
Clap
George Dunham

COLONEL.
Cotton
Ebenezer Sprout

STATE.
Mass
Continental
Was taken prisoner Dec 28, 1777 & remained as such till Jany 28, 1781 after which he joined his regt. 


Battles engaged in, Taking of Cornwallis
Residence of soldier at enlistment, enlisted in Rochester Mass
Date of application for pension, June 3, 1818 His cl. al.
Residence at date of application, Ridgeville To Cayahoga Co. Ohio.
Age at date of application 73 *died  Dec 18 1823

Remarks: In 1818 Soldiers wife was 71 years old no name stated, Son Moses was 47 years and living at Milledgeville Ohio

*from Agency book
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Cleveland O. 2184 W 100 St
Ap. 2 1940

Mrs Metta Wilford

War Dept. Veterans Service
Washington D.C.

Dear Sir I am writing of one
Samuel Eldred or (Eldridge. He served as minute man
first, then enlisted & served till close of Revolution.
His enlistment was at Rochester Mass. 1775, May 28th
He married Mary Barlow in 1766, I have the list of his children.
His son Reuben was born in Boston in 1783
He came to Cuyahoga Co, then settled in Lorain Co in Early
1800's, & remained to death.

I desire to ascertain who his parents were of their residence, if fore have such data

Samuel Eldreds were thick as fleas back in those days& dates often are mixed it seems.
Hence my appeal to you
Very thankfully in advance
Sincerely
Mrs Metta Wilford
2184 W 100 St
Cleveland  O.

[Note: A RECEIVED stamp can be seen dated Apr 4 1940]
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495 Washington Street,
Dedham, Mass.,
December 8, 1931.

Department of Interior,
Bureau of Pensions,
Revolutionary War Records,
Washington, D. C.

Gentlemen:

I will greatly appreciate receiving from you the
Revolutionary War record of Samuel Eldred, who was baptized at
Falmouth, Mass., February 10, 1744 and who died at Elyria, Ohio,
December 18, 1826. Also the record of Miles Powell who died
at Lanesboro, Mass. in 1791.

I understand that Samuel Eldred had a commission as
Lieutenant, and that Miles Powell had a commission as Lieutenant
Colonel, and later as Colonel.

At the same time I will greatly appreciate receiving
any information that you may have regarding the immediate families
of these two men.

CPE: G          

Very truly yours,
Calvin Powell Eldred
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42702
Revy    INVALID

FIle No. 42,702
Samuel Eldred
Lieut Rev War

Act 18" March 18"

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