Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2,605, Eli Halladay, Conn.
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SERVICE
Conn.

Halladay or Halliday, Eli

NUMBER
S. 2605

carded
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May 1834 - Entd by wmd
having been omitted by Palmer

[top is cut off]
who was a Private in the Co commanded by Captain Owen of the Regt commanded by Col. Grange in the Cont. line for 20 mos. 
19915
$66.66/100

Eli Halladay Records ok
May 13 04
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio Pittsburgh
the rate of 66 Dollars 66 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 24 day of Sep 1833 and sent to Lewis B. Sturgis Norwalk Huron Co. Ohio

Arrears to the 4th of Sep 1833 - 166.65
Semi-anl allowance ending 4 Ma '34   33.3
______
$199.9[cut off]

[Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Wm. R. Palmer Clerk
Book G. Vol. 8 Page 113
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State of Ohio Huron County Ss
On this eighth day of October AD 1832 personally appeared in open court before the President Judge and the other judges of the Court of Common Pleas for said county now sitting in Norwalk in said County, Eli Halladay
a resident of Greenfield in said county aged sixty nine years; who being firstly duly 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 7, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. that in the year of 1779 or 1780 he then living in Simsbury State of Connecticut he was under the authority of said State past mentioned, drafted into the militia for two months into a company commanded by a Captain Mills in a Regiment commanded by a Colonel Beebe. That he served as a soldier at Horseneck in said Connecticut  - after said two months, which he served, he enlisted for six months in the Connecticut State troops & served the whole of that time, at the State Prison in Connecticut in guarding Tory Prisoners. He served in a company commanded by a Lieutenant Elijah Owen. This was in the year 1780 or 1781.
He next enlisted into the Connecticut troops in a company commanded by a Captain Granger in a Regiment commanded by Colonel Canfield for one year. This was in the year 1782. He served the whole year with troops who kept a Fort near Palmer's Hill in Stamford Connecticut nearly to the close of the Revolutionary War.
That he was born in said Simsbury 25th May 1763. He has no record of his age. He has since the revolutionary lived in said Simsbury. That he moved from thence to Marlborough in the county of Windham, state of Vermont where he lived nearly thirty years
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he removed from Vermont to Greenfield County of said Huron in said State of Ohio about seventeen years ago where he has lived ever since. The last year of the war when he served at said Palmer's Hill - a Regiment of light horse commanded by Colonel Sheldon was stationed near in. He knew two officers in that Regiment who were a Captain Hogland and a Lieutenant Rogers. He has no documentary evidence respecting his aforesaid services and knows of no persons now living who can testify respecting his revolutionary services except his brothers Roger Halladay and Daniel Halladay who have have given & sworn to their affidavits which affidavits accompany this declaration. That he never received a discharge after his services as aforesaid. Asahel Morse and Elihu Clary can testify as to his character for veracity & their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution.
Eli Halladay
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.
Eli Halladay

Sworn to in open court Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid Oct 9 1832.
D. Gibbs Clerk
by M. H. Tilden Deputy

We Asahel Morse a clergyman residing in the town of Norwalk in said county of Huron and Elihu Clary residing in Florence in said county hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Eli Halladay of said Greenfield who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be sixty nine years of age. That he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
Asahel Morse
Elihu Clary

Sworn to & subscribed thee day & year aforesaid.
Sworn to & subscribed in open court this 9th day of October 1832.
D. Gibbs Clk
By M. H. Tilden Deputy
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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 & within named Applicant was a revolutionary Soldier & served as he states, and the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Asahel Morse who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the Town of Norwalk in said County and that Elihu Clary who has also signed the same is a resident in the Town of Florence in said County and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
D Higgins Presd Judge
Timothy Barker
Frederick W Vawhe
John Surk} Associate Judges

I David Gibbs Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the county of Huron in the State of Ohio do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court; in the matter of the application of Eli Halladay for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this   day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
D. Gibbs Clerk HCP
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State of New York
Washington County} ss.
Roger Halladay of the town of Hartford State and County aforesaid being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that Eli Halladay is a Brother of his that we lived in the town of Simsbury County of Hartford and State of Connecticut in one family with Daniel Halladay our father as early as AD 1775.
This deponent further saith Eli Halladay was drafted in the Revolutionary war in the Connecticut Militia for two months and went into the service and was absent from home two months and believe he served during that time.
This deponent further saith that Daniel Halladay Jr. enlisted in the State Troops Connecticut line for six months and that Eli Halladay went into the  united service as his substitute and that this deponent freguent saw him on duty as a soldier that he served the six months and this deponent further saith that he again enlisted into the State Troops Connecticut line for one year and went into the service of the Revolutionary War under the command of Capt Granger, Lieut Wilson and Ensign Tibbets and went into the service and served during the whole enlistment one year and this deponent further saith he served in the same company of the last enlistment and further this deponent saith not.
Roger Halladay
Subscribed and sworn before this 23d day of August A.D. 1832
John Moss a Judge of Washington County Court
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State of New York
Washington County } ss. I Jesse S. Sleigh Clerk of the said county do certify that John Moss Esq. before whom the within affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County commissioned and sworn and duly authorized by law to act as such Judge, and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit to be his proper hand writing and signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the said County the twenty seconth day of August one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
J. S. Moss Clk
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I Daniel Halladay of Marlborough in County of Windham & State of Vermont of lawful age do testify and say that Eli Halladay was drafted for two months under the authority of Connecticut in the town called Horse neck, where he served the year seventeen hundred and seventy nine or eighty after serving two months next term after the two months he served six months at the State Prison under the authority of Connecticut in the year seventeen hundred and eighty or eighty one next term he served one year under the authority of Connecticut in the year seventeen hundred and eighty two bear the close of the war and further the deponent saith not.
Daniel Halladay

State of Vermont 
Windham County ss. Marlboro August 31st 1832
Then Daniel Halladay personally appearing and after being carefully examined and duly and cautioned made solemn oath that the foregoing deposition by him made & subscribed contained the whole truth and nothing but the truth. Before me
Jesse Cone Justice of the Peace
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1722
19915
Eli Halliday
Huron County
Ohio

adm 1 year & 8
months $40.00
               26.66
            ----------
             $66.66
                      2 1/2
            -------------
              133.32
                33.33
            -----------
              166.65

Lewis B. Strong Esq
Norwalk
Huron County
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WAR DEPARTMENT
Pension Office
15th July 1833

Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and regulations will show what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). you will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

A Statement, showing the Service of Eli Halliday

Period when the service was rendered: Drat 1779 or 80
Duration of the claimant's service: 2 months
Rank of the claimant: Pr
Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served: Cap. Mills
Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service: 67
Proof by which the declaration is supported:

Period when the service was rendered: Enlisted --
Duration of the claimant's service: 6 months
Rank of the claimant:
Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served: Lieut. E. Owen
Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service: Simsbury
Proof by which the declaration is supported: Living witnesses

Period when the service was rendered: do 1780 or 81
Duration of the claimant's service: 1 year
Rank of the claimant:
Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served: Cap. Granger
Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service: Connt.
Proof by which the declaration is supported: Traditionary


I am, respectfully, your obedient servant,
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832

The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced by this law:
1. The Regular Troops
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers
3. Persons employed on the Naval Service
4. Indian spies
As rolls of the regular troops in the revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Revord.
DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of
County of                                   } ss.
On this     day of     personally appeared (a) before       A. B. a resident (b)  of      in the county of      and State, Territory, or District of      aged (c)    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. The he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)    , with    and served in the    (e) regiment of the      line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. -> This form is to be varied as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency of any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency of the State of   

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.                             A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I                            of the Court of      do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of             for a pension. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this     day of      &c.
If, on examination of the proper record , the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) point out
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers, or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will made and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:  
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the       and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with                , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be    years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then follow the certificate of the Court]
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 named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. and that C. D., who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the              and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I,                  Clerk of the Court of      do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of             for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this    day of    &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witnesses cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicant will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1. When and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of you age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you live now?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6. To a Soldier} Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
To an Officer} Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it.
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier in the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons- one of whom should ne the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these person is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief if general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and Justice of a Court of record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, by reason of bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required, to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.


[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming with the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably ne mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the 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, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, the consequent 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 mentioned below, and in the following grades: For ----- year ------ months, and ----- days, I served as a -----. For---- months and ---- days, I served as a ------; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each 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 the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly show under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer; so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] 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 claimant's entering the service, and time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer 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. 
-> The notes from [a] to [i] are equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers, and State Troops. The proof required by rule is note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must be all written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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May 19,1931

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
AWF:ILL

Dr. F. E. Reed
411 Main Street
Huron, Ohio

Dear Sir:

You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 2605, that Eli Halladay, pensioned Halliday, was born May 25, 1733 in Simsbury, Connecticut.

While residing in said Simsbury, he enlisted and served as a private with the Connecticut troops as follows in 1779 or 1780, two months in Captain Mills' Company, Colonel Beebe's Regiment; in 1780 or 1781, six months under Lieutenant Elijah Owen at the State Prison in Connecticut; in 1782, one year in Captain Granger's Company, Colonel Canfield's Regiment.

After the Revolution, he moved to Marlboro, Windham County, Vermont and lived there nearly thirty years when he moved to Greenfield, Huron County, Ohio, where he was living when he was allowed pension on his application executed October 8, 1832.

Very truly yours,

E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner
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1916 Nov. 7 Hist. to Mrs. L. H. McDonald
1930 Jan. 25- Hist. to Lorena W. McDonald
1930 Mrs. L. H. McDonald [unk] relation to spelling of [unk]
1931 May 19- Tombstone [unk] to F. E. Reed M.D. 


Rev War
2605
INVALID

File No. 2605
Eli Halliday
Prvt. Rev War 

Act: June 7 1832
Index:- Vol. A, Page 157
[Arrangement of 1870]

Eli Halladay. Records corrected Jan. 23 '04
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Rev. & 1812
Wars Section
MMF/MLB

June 10, 1930

Mrs. L. H. Mc Donald
217 Center Street
Huron, Ohio

Dear Madam:

I advise you that in the papers in file in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 2605, it appears that the applicant for pension signed "Eli Halladay", but his names was placed on the pension rolls as "Eli Halliday."

Very truly yours

E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner
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January 25, 1930

Miss Lorena H. McDonald
1620 Carolina Avenue
Hartsville, South Carolina

Dear Madam:

I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 2605, it appears that Eli Halladay (now Halliday) was born May 25, 1763, at Simsbury, Connecticut.

While residing at said Simsbury, he enlisted and served as a private with the Connecticut Troops as follows:

In 1779 or 1780, two months in Captain Mills' Company, Colonel Beebe's Regiment; in 1780 or 1781, six months under Lieutenant Elijah Owen at the State prison in Connecticut; in 1782, one year in Captain Granger's Company, Colonel Canfield's Regiment.

After the Revolution, he moved to Marlboro, Windham County, Vermont, and lived there nearly thirty years when he moved to Greenfield, Huron County, Ohio, where he was living when he was allowed pension on his application executed October 8, 1832.

The soldier's father was Daniel Halladay and he has two brother Roger and Daniel. There are no further data as to family.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of the Revolutionary War pensioner, Eli Halladay (S. 2605), you should address the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D.C., citing all of the following data:
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Eli Halladay, Certificate No. 19915, issued September 24, 1833, rate $66.66 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, Pittsburgh Agency.

Very truly yours

EARL D. CHURCH
Commissioner
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S. F. 2605    Washington, D. C.,.........., 19...


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

Dates of enlistment or appointment: 1779 or 1780
Length of service: 2 mos
Rank: Pvt
Officer under whom service was rendered: Captain Mills, Colonel Beebe
State: Conn.

Dates of enlistment or appointment: 1780 or 1781
Length of service: 6 mos
Rank: "
Officers under whom service was rendered: Lieut. Elijah Owen of State Prison in Conn.
State:

Date of enlistment or appointment: 1782
Length os service: 1 year
Rank: "
Officers under whom service was rendered: Captain Granger, Colonel Canfield
State:

Battle engaged in,
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Simsbury, Conn.
Date of application for pension, Oct. 8, 1832. His cl was al
Residence at date of application, Greenfield, Huron Co, Ohio
Age at date of application, born May 25, 1763 at Simsbury
Remarks: His father was Daniel Halladay and he had two brothers Roger and Daniel, there is no other data as to his family.
after Rev. moved to Marlboro, Windham Co Vt. & live 4 nearly 30 yrs.

brothers Roger & Daniel

Respectfully,

Commissioner
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Eli Halladays
pension papers
17122
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State of Ohio ss. Huron County 9 October A D 1832
We the subscriber Asahel Morse and Elihu Clary do certify and declare that we have been acquainted with Mr Eli Halladay of Greenfield & have ever considered him a Gentleman of undoubted truth & veracity.
Elihu Clary
Asahel Morse

The State of Ohio, Huron County 22d October A D 1832
We the subscriber have for a long time past been acquainted with Mr Eli Halladay of Greenfield in said County & have always considered him a good citizen & a gentleman of undoubted truth & veracity.
Timothy Baker
Moses Kimball
Ichabod Marshall
David Gibbs

I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Elihu Clary Asahel Morse Timothy Baker Moses Kimble Ichabod Marshal and David Gibbs, that they are Gentlemen of must respectability & I concur in their opinion as above expressed.
Lewis B Sturges
Norwalk H. Ct Ohio 22d October 1832
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State of Ohio Huron County ss
On the 27th day of April AD 1833 personally appeared before me Timothy Baker one of the Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for said County, Eli Halladay, a resident in Greenfield in said County; who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following supplementary declaration, in addition to his former declaration made before said Court of Common Pleas, on the eighth day of October 1832, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832. That  when he enlisted & served in the Connecticut State Troops in the year 1780 or 1781, as mentioned in his said former Declaration under Lieutenant Elijah Owen, he the said Owen was the only commanding officer there being no other officer above him at said State Prison in Connecticut.
That as will appear by a reference to his former declaration, and a certificate thereon, subscribed & sworn to by the Revd Asahel Morse and Elihu Clary a Clergyman and credible person, they did testify their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his Revolutionary Service, see 2d page of said former declaration.
That he served during said Revolutionary War the respective periods mentioned in his said former declaration as a private soldier for a period not less than one year and eight months and for such service I claim a pension.
Eli Halladay
Sworn & subscribed before me this 27th day of April 1833 at Norwalk.
Timothy Baker
Judge of Huron Com Pleas
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State of Ohio
Huron County ss} I David Gibbs Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in said County of Huron do certify that Timothy Baker Esq is a lawful Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in said County is mentioned on the preceding page & that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name & affixed the seal of said Court at Norwalk this 27th day of April AD 1833.
D. Gibbs Clerk H.C.P.
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State of Ohio Huron County ss Greenfield/Norwalk 31 July 1833
Personally appeared before me Jas McIntyre a Justice of the Peace for Greenfield Township in said County, Seba Mather & Ira Willsey and being duly sworn according to law did on their oaths solemnly swear & declare that they were well acquainted with Roger Halladay formerly  & now living in Hartford, Washington County, State of New York, that said Roger married said Seba's aunt & that the said Ira lived in said Washington before they came to the said County of Huron where the said Seba now resides, that they are well acquainted with the hand writing of said Roger & that they have this day seen & inspected a Deposition sworn to before John Moss a Judge of the County Court for said Washington County relative to Eli Halladays application for a pension, said deposition sworn to on the 23d day of August 1832, that he the said Ira married said Roger's daughter, that the deponents know the said Roger to be a credible person & a man of undoubted truth & veracity & that they declare the signature of Roger Halladay to said Deposition purporting to be his signature and the said Seba further swears & declares & also Enos Philips being first duly sworn delclares under oath that they were well acquainted with Daniel Halliday now of Marlborough, County of Windham, State of Vermont, that the formerly lived in the same town with said Daniel that they always knew him to be a credible person & a man of undoubted truth & veracity & that they have this day inspected a deposition signed Daniel Halliday, sworn to before Jesse Cone Justice of the Peace for said County of Windham on the 31st of August 1832, relative to said Eli Hallidays application for a pension, that they are acquainted with said Daniels hand writing, that the signature of Daniel Halliday thereto purporting to be said Daniels is genuine, and I the said Justice do also
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certify & declare that I am well acquainted with sd Sebra MatherEnos Philips & Ira Willson, that they are credible persons & men of undoubted truth & veracity.
Enos Phillips
Seba Mather
Ira Willson

Sworn to & subscribed before me Jas. McIntrye Jr a Justice of the Peace in & for said County of Huron this 31st day of July 1833.
Jas. McIntyre Jr Justice of the Peace

I D. Gibbs Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County of Huron, State of Ohio, do certify that James McIntyre the above named is a Justice of the Peace, for the Township of Greenfield in said County & that the above signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal of Office in Norwalk in said County this 31st day of July AD 1833.
D. Gibbs Clerk H.C.P.
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Roger Halladay a soldier
(who married Seba Mather's
aunt) and a resident of
Hartford, Washington Co., N.Y.
in 1832, sated that his brother
Eli substituted for Daniel
Halladay Jr. for 6 mos. in the
Conn. State troops.

Ira Willsey or Willson states
that he married Roger
Halladay's daughter.

Roger Halladay was a 
pensioner File No. 31723
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Huron, Ohio
June 4, 1930

Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sirs,
In your files of the record of Eli Halladay's military service during the Revolutionary War, was his name spelled Halladay or Haliday?
Thanking you for courtesy shown I am
Very Truly
Mrs. L. H. McDonald
217 Center St.
Huron
Ohio
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Hartsville S. C.
Dec. 4, 1929

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D. C.
Dear Sir,
Will you please send me all the data you have on the service in the Revolutionary War of Eli Halladay.
He enlisted for Connecticut but was born in Brattleboro Vermont and died in Huron, O. He received a pension the latter part of his life.
If you have the date of his birth & death and any data as to the length of his service, and where please sent it.
Thanking you for this service I am
Very sincerely
Lorena H. McDonald

1620 Carolina Ave.
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McDonald
Rev Sec
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Rev Sec
Norwalk Ohio
Oct. 12, 1916 Bureau of Pensions
Washington D. C.
I am very desirous of finding the record of my great grandfather Eli Halladay in the Revolutionary War.
My uncle thinks that he received a pension but is not sure.
He was born in Brattleboro Vt. but I thinks he belonged to a Conn. regiment.
He moved to Huron Ohio in later life
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and is buried in Scott's cemetery at Huron. Any information which you could give me I would be very grateful for as I would like to join the D.A.R.
Thanking you for the courtesy shown I am
Yours truly
Mrs. L. H. McDonald
Minard Place
Norwalk
Ohio
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Aug 8
Ohio
actd


FREE
J L Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pension
War Department
Washington
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Norwalk Huron Co Ohio 1st August 1833
J L Edwards Esq
Commissioner &c
Sir
I now return to you Eli Halladays Pension Papers. The Magistrates before whom the Deposition of Roger Halladay & Daniel Halladays were taken live in Vermont the [unk] in the State of New York; at a distance of as much as 700 miles each to save the great trouble & expense which it [unk] occasion to send there... have taken the affidavit of three respectable men who have been perfectly acquainted with. Witnesses which I trust will prove satisfactory.
I am very respectfully
Lewis B Sturges
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F. E. REED, M.D.
HURON, OHIO

May 20, 1931
Department of Interior
Dear Sirs,
We are trying to get a Revolutionary marker for Eli Haliday or Holiday or Halladay, spelled many ways, and all the same man.
Have you any records of this man getting a land grant pension? He was a private in Conn. Mil. died in Huron, Erie Co. Ohio May 31, 1819, aged 86, 6 days. Which way was his name spelled in your records and what state did he enlist from or what state did he live.
This information for above reason only (purchasing Revolutionary marker) and not for any litigation against United States or any state.
Very truly,
F. Reed MD
411 Main St.
Huron
O