Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 8952, for Ira Phelps, Connecticut
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(8-1776)
SERVICE NUMBER
Conn  Phelps, Ira  S.8952
Carded
CONTENTS
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[left side]
ally [illegible due tear]agt Dec 3d 1839
Ohio Pittsburg from
Ma [tear] 1839. 11. Jany 1840
ification to E. F. Phelps
Chardon. Ohio
a Letter to E F
ps 28 Jany 1840
Let J. Hathaway,
Nov. 23/53

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Ohio Pittsburgh
N. 24.947
Ira Phelps
of Essex Co. in the State of N. York
who was a Private in the commanded 
by Captain ____ of the regt commanded
by Col. Shelden in the Count Troop
line for 18 months

Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of
60 Dollars ___ Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 25 day of March
1834 and sent to Hon. R.
Whallow H.R.

Arrears to the 4th of March 1834 180.00
Semi-anl allowance ending 4 Sept " 30.00
$210.00
Revolutionary Claim, 
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk
Book E Vol. 4 Page 114
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Chardon Geauga Co. Ohio
Novr 10th 1853.
Sir,
The children of Ira Phelps, deceased, who
was placed on the pension roll of the State of New York
under the act of June 7th 1832, at the
rate of sixty dollars per annum, and was
transfered from the Roll of Albany New York
to that of Ohio - Pittsburgh to take effect from and
after the 4th March 1839. allege that their father
was entitled to a larger pension than he drew, therefore
as the agent of said children I request you to 
inform whither there are any due said children
by way of increase of said pension provided
all required proofs are made, there is no widow
living
Most Respectfully
Yours
James Hathaway

Hon L. P. Waldo
Comr of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.
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22246
Ira Phelps

b. Oct. 28. 33
uomd
po to Esq Judd
Hon. R. Whallon
[lines below crossed out]
Emma t. Williams
Elizabeth town essex
New York
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WAR DEPARTMENT
Pension Office,
4 Nov 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 the regulations will shew 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 Ira Phelps County of Essex New York
Period when the service was rendered. 
Augt 1779 Substitute
entisted 1780
Substitute

Duration of the claimant's service.
5 months
9 months
4 months

Rank of the Claimant

Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served.
Capts
Hewett
Centers
Church

Names and Rank of the General and Field officers.
Cole
Shelden
Canfield
__
Baber
Willis

Battles in which the applicant was engaged.
none

Country through which he marched.
Horseneck
New York 
West Point

Place of abode when he entered
the service, and age at the present period.
Harrington
Litchfield
Connecticut
aged 69 years 

Evidence by which the declaration is supported
Living witness

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

The signature of Ithai Judd being 
on a separate piece of paper from
his reputed affidavit, it can not be
received unless it is properly certified
by the magistrate who took it
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2 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 in this law: 1. The Regular Troops. 2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers. 3. Persons employed in 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, musicians 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 Record. DECLARATION. In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832. State, Territory District of County of 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 pension made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That 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 enered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so 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 in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. [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) points 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 make 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 day and year aforesaid. [And then will 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. ------ who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a 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 --- 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 witness 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 alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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3 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 applicants 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. Where and in what year were you born? 2. Have you any record of your 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 now live? 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 of the Revolution. The Court will see that he 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 be 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 persons 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 is 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 submit to the examination, before a Judge or 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, from 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 rules laid down for his guidance [b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county were he resides. If he should fail to do so he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule. [c] The age of the claimant must invariably be 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 clamant 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 me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly worn, deposes and saith, that, by reason of old age, and 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 persons mentioned below, and in the following grades: For --- years ---- months, and -----days, I served as a . For months and days, I served as a ----- for ----- months ----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 miliia, &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 shown 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 was either in the 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 in 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 sheet 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 once, 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 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 may administer the oaths must certify to the credibly 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 [a] to [i] are equally applicable to the cases of militia men, volunteers, and state troops The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only. [k] This traditionary evidence is indispensible in militia cases [l] if a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact. [m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration

Supplemental declaration not sworn to before the proper officer
The person who administered the oath to I Judd should certify 
on the back of the affidavit that  its the identical [illegible] thus attached 
on to.
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The State of Ohio
Geauga County
On this twenty first day of November 1839-
before me, the subscriber a Justice of the peace
for the said County of Geauga, personally appeared Ira Phelps, who on his oath
declares, that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company
commanded by Captain Peter Curtis in the regiment commanded
by Colonel Bebee in the service of the United States;
that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of New York
from whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in Troy in Geauga
County in the State of Ohio (Pittsburgh Agency) where he intends to
remain, and wishes his pension to be there payable in future; and that
his reasons for removing to the State of Ohio, where he now resides, are, that
he has a son living in said Troy, with whom he wishes to spend the remainder 
of his life
Ira Phelps 
Sworn and subscribed to, before
me, the day & year aforesaid
Joseph Nash
Justice of the peace

The State of Ohio
Geauga County
I Chauncey B. Percival of lawful age, being duly 
sworn, do declare I am well acquainted with 
Ira Phelps, who has sworn & subscribed to the forgoing 
affidavit, and know him to be the identical person therein described.
Sworn & subscribed to this 21st day 
of November 1839 by the above named 
Chauncey B. Percival, whom, from 
personal knowledge I certify is a 
person of truth and veracity
Joseph Nash
Justice of the peace
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The State of Ohio
Geauga County I D.D.  Aiken Clerk of the Court
of Common Pleas for said County do
hereby certify that Joseph Nash Esq
before whom the foregoing oaths appear
to have been taken on the 21st day of
November A.D. 1839, was at that time
and still is a Justice of the peace in and for said
County duly commissioned and sworn according to law
and that the within signatures, purporting to be his are
genuine, as I verily believe

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand
and the seal of said Court at Chardon this
25th day of November A.D. 1839
D.D. Aiken Clerk
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State of New York
County of Essex
On this 28th day of September
personally appeared in open Court before the Judges
of the Court of Common Pleas now sitting Ira Phelps
a resident of Elizabethtown, County of Essex and State of
New York aforesaid aged sixty nine years and upwards
who being first 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 7th 1832

That he entered the service of the United States as a Private under the
following named officers and served as herein Stated
That he went as a substitute for his Father Samuel
Phelps in the year 1779 in the month of August in
Colonel Sheldens Regiment of Infantry Captain Hewett
commanded the Company in which this deponent served
One of the Sargeant's name was Woodruff stayed five
months at this time as a substitute for Samuel
Phelps aforesaid and then went home Colonel Sheldon
had the command of the Regiment Two months said
Col Sheldon resided in Tivertown, County of Litchfield
State of Connecticut Colonel Canfield then took command
and retained the same other three months said
Canfield resided in New Milford County of Litchfield
and State of Connecticut and this petitioner entered the
service again by Enlisting to Lieu tenant Abner
Wilson Company in the year 1780 Colonel Bebee Regiment
of Litchfield, Litchfield County and State of Connecticut
Major Chapman dont know his place of residence was 
Adjutant, McDowall Captain Peter Curtiss Commanded
Lieutenant Abner Wilson's Company he being the recruiting
Officer at the time this [illegible], Ensign Lewis
Col Wells was [illegible] Over two Regiments deponent
stayed at this time nine months and then returned home the 4th
day of January 1781 to Harrington Litchfield County and
State of Connecticut and then went again as a Substitute
for Allen Hayden and served as such for the space of
four months  in Captain Churches Company marched from
-
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[illegible] in the state of New York stayed 
there a few days and was sent off to Pulfers Island
in the South River, and being with the Troops so
short a time is the reason this deponent does not
know the names of the Commissioned Officers was
wounded the fourth day by accident and carried
to the hospital in New Windsor State of New York 
remained there the remaining part of the Campaign
having been attacked with pleurisy about the time
his leg got well and then return home to the
Town of Harwinton, Litchfield County State of Connecticut 
[this section crossed out]
in the year 1780 this deponent went as a 
Teamster with a continental team as a substitute for
[illegible] Captain Coleman conducted the teams
[illegible] the town of Litchfield County of Lichfield
State of Connecticut to Fish Kill, in the State of Law
and then returned absent the month and
upwards [end crossed out text]
has no documentary Evidence of those
facts at the time he was absent nine months he
marched from Harwinton to New Haven Connecticut
from thence in the [illegible] to Horseneck in the
same State Remained then through the whole campaign 
except one week which was spent
betwixt Horse Neck and West Point having been
on the road to Westpoint by Order of Genl Arnold
the Major Andre was taken and then said Genl 
Washington Ordered them back to Horse Neck again
and then returned home as aforesaid
in no engagements with the the exception of now and
then a skirmish or so. 
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension 
or annuity Except the present and declares that
that his name is not in the pension Roll of the
agency of any State
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Sworn to and Subscribed
the day and year aforesaid
Leonard Law Clerk
Ira Phelps

1st Where and in what year were you born
Born in the year 1763 May 20 in Harwenton
Litchfield County and State of Connecticut as he
was informed frequently by his parents. 

2nd Have you record of your age and if so where it is
Yes, and is in a book entered by his Father Samuel
Phelps and is at his House

3rd Where were you living when called into service where
have you lived since the Revolutionary War and 
Where do you now live 
In Harwenton Litchfield County and State of 
Connecticut have lived in Panton Addison County
and State of Vermont and now lives in Elizabethton
Essex County and State of New York

4th How were you called into service were you drafted
did you volunteer or were you a substitute and
if a Substitute for whom
West in the first place as a substitute for his
Father Samuel Phelps and in the second place for Abner Barber.
Enlisted nine months and then a substitute again
Allen Hayden

5th State the names of some of the regular Officers who
when with the troops where you served such
Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect
and the general circumstances of your service
General Arnold had command and then was succeeded
by General McDougal after the affair betwixt Arnold
and Andrew Colonel Wills was commandant in the
Post at Horse Neck General Putnam visit us that
Summer only the one regiment belonged to and the other men 
the Regiment at that was present at the time.
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was concerned in no particular engagement and only
in a skirmish now and then on the lines at [illegible] 
Bridge at Horse neck

6th Did you ever receive a discharge from the service
and if so by whom was it given and what
has become of it
Yes was Given by General McDougal, has lost
his discharge by the Burning of his dwelling
house six years ago

7th State the names of persons to whom you are known
in your present neighbourhood and who can testify
as to your character for veracity and their belief of
Your services as a soldier of the revolution

Alexander Morse Edmund F. Williams Leonard Stone
Revd John Sternes

We John Sterns a clergyman residing in the Town of
Elizabethton County of Essex and State of New York
and Edmund F. Williams residing in the same place
hereby certify that are well acquainted with Ira
Phelps who has subscribed and sworn to the above
declaration - that we believe him to be Sixty nine
years of age that he is reputed and believed in the
neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier
of the revolution and that we concur in that Opinion
John Sternes
Edmund F Williams
Sworn and Subscribed
the day and year aforesaid
Leonard Snow Clerk
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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 named Applicant
was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states
And the Court further certifies that it appears
to them that John Sternes who has signed the
preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident
in the Town of Elizabethtown and that Edwin
F. Williams  who has also signed the same is a 
Resident in the same town is a credible person 
and that his statement is entitled to credit

I Leonard Stow Clerk of the Court of Common
Pleas in and for the County of Essex do hereby
certify that the foregoing contains the Original
proceedings of the said Court in the matter of
the application of Ira Phelps for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand
and seal of the said Office this 28th day of
September 1832

Leonard Stow  Clerk &c
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State of New York Essex County ss
Personally came before me Asa Post one of the
Justice of the peace of the County of Essex in the State of New York
Ithai Judd a person well known to me and
made oath to the following facts viz that he was
born in Harwinton in the County of Litchfield in the State of
Connecticut in the year 1768 that he became acquainted with
Ira Phelps that (who was born in the place aforesaid)
at an early age that the said Ira Phelps who was at the
age of fifteen or sixteen years in the year 1779 or 1780
entered into Militia cor &p went on to the frontier of the state
in the place of his aged father who had been drafted for
a tour of five months that he marched away
with the company in the summer & returned in the month
January following  and further that in the month of
April or May in the year 1780 or 1781 he enlisted for
a term of Nine months under a recruiting Officer by
the name Abner Wilson and that the said Ira Phelps
marched away with the corps into which he enlisted to a
place called Horse Neck on the frontier of the said
State and returned in the month of January following
in the company in which he enlisted with every man
returning alive that marched away in the spring and that
he believes from the report of thanks of his officers
that he remained & served a good & faithful soldier
and further saith that he has been acquainted with the
said Ira Phelps ever since up to this time that he has
lived in the same town with him for the last twenty
six years & knows him to be in such circumstances
at to need the assistance of his country for which he served
at so early age and that he believes him to be an
honest industrious [illegible]
a good moral character & exemplary Life
Ithai Judd
Elizabethtown Essex County ss.
Subscribed & sworn before me
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his or the in the year 1780 or 1781 he enlisted for
a term of Nine months under a recruiting officer by
the name Abner Wilson and that the said Ira Phelps
marched away with the corps into which he enlisted to a
place called Horse Neck on the frontier of the said
State and returned in the month of January following in
the company in which he enlisted with every man
returning alive that marched away in the spring and that
he believes from the report thank of his officers
that he remained send a good & faithful soldier
and further saith that he has been acquainted with the
said Ira Phelps ever since up to this time that he has
lived in the same town with him for the last twenty
six years & knows him to be in such circumstances
as to need the assistance of his country for which he served
as early age and that he believes him to be an
honest industrious [illegible]
a good moral character & exemplary Life
Ithai Judd
Elizabethtown Essex County
subscribed & sworn before me
this 31 day of January AD. 1831
Asa Post Justice of the peace

State of New York 
Essex County      ⎬ I Edmund F. Williams one of the Justices
of the Peace in and for the County of Essex
and State of New York do certify that I was well acquainted
with Ithai Judd in his life time and knew him to be a
man who sustains a fair character for truth and veracity
and that the said Ithai Judd is dead and buried and
that Asa Post was a Justice of the Peace at the time
and further that I was well acquainted with the said Ithai
Judd's hand writing in his life time and that I knew
the signature "Ithai Judd" to be genuine
Dated this 24th day of September 1831 Edmund T. Williams J. Peace
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State of New York 
County of Essex   ⎬ I Leonard Slow Clerk of the County of 
Essex do hereby certify that Asa Post
was in the day and the within affidavit purports to
have been [illegible] of the Justices of the Peace in
and for the County of Essex duly elected and sworn
and that I am well acquainted with the signature
of the said Asa Post and believe the signature
"Asa Post"  to be genuine and further that I
know Edmund F. William who signed the within
certificate to be a Justice of the Peace in Elizabethtown
County of Essex and State of New York duly elected
and sworn and that I am well acquainted with
the said Edward F. Williams hand writing
and believe the signature "Edmard J. Williams"
to be genuine
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand
and affixed my Official seal at the Clerks
Office in the County of Essex this 28th day of
September in the year of our Lord One thousand Eight
hundred and Thirty Two
Leonard L Stow Clerk

State of New York
Essex County ss
I Asa Post one of the Justices of the peace
in & for the County of Essex & State of New York
do certify that I was well acquainted with, Ithai
Judd in his life time that he was esteemed a man
of truth & veracity that on the 31 day of January 1831
he subscribed & made oath to the within affidavit
before me that he subscribed his name on a piece
of paper attached to bottom of the affidavit by three
wafers, & I made my certificate
on the same paper under his signature, & further
certify that the within is the identical affidavit subscribed 
& sworn to before me
Dated at Elizabethtown this 19 day of November AD. 1833
Asa Post Justice of the peace
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State of New York 
County of Essex
Giles Phelps of the toen of Elizabethtown 
County of Essex and State of
New York being duly sworn in Open Court does say that
he is well acquainted with Ira Phelps of Elizabethtown 
County of Essex and State of New York and have been
acquainted with him for the greater part of Seventy years
having known him from his Childhood and that he
is a man about sixty nine years old that he was born
in the Town of Harnington County of Litchfield State of
Connecticut that he resided there for the space of Thirty
four years, that he moved from that place to the
Town of Punten County of Addison and State of Vermont
and that he moved from there to Elizabethtown County
of Essex and State of New York and resides there now
and has resided there for the space of Thirty nine
Years and that he is knowing to the said Ira Phelps
having gone into the service of his Country as a
Soldier during the Revolutionary War in the first
place as a substitute for his aged Father Sam
Phelps was gone at that time two months and
then as a Substitute for Abner Barber and gone
at that time three months and then returned he
to the place of his birth and then in year 1780 he
Enlisted into Lieuntenant [illegible] Abner
Wilsons Company of Infantry and was absent
nine months and that they all came home alive
that left home with him the said Ira  Phelps
about the 4th of Jan 1787 and that he then went
as a Substitute for Allen Hayden in the capacity
of a Soldier and that while he was gone
at this time the said Ira Phelps was
confined in the Hospital at New Windsor with
Pleurisy and further Saith not 
Giles Phelps
Sworn & Subscribed
in Open Court this
28th day of September
Leonard Stow Clerk
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State of New York
Essex County 
I Leonard Stow Law Clerk of the County of Essex do
hereby certify that I am well and personally acquainted with Giles
Phelps whose name is subscribed to the preceding
affidavit and believe him to be a man of truth
and veracity and that his testimony is entitled to full
credit the affidavit of the said Giles Phelps
was taken sworn & subscribed to before me in open
Court
In testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe my name and affix my
seal of office this second day of August in the year 1833
Leonard Stow Clerk
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State of New York 
Essex County ss. I Asa Post one of the Justices of the 
Peace in & for the town of Elizabethtown 
in the County of Essex & State of
New York do certify that I was well acquainted with Ithai 
Judd for more than thirty years in his life time, & that he
sustained a fair character for truth & veracity, & was esteemed
a pious man. And I further certify that a few months
before the death of the said Ithai Judd, I took his affidavit at
the request of Ira Phelps the present applicant for a pension &
saw him write his name on that piece of paper which was at
the time attached to the affidavit by three wafers as it now
stands, because there was not room under the affidavit for
me to make my certificate
Dated at Elizabethtown this 20 day of June AD. 1833
Asa Post Justice of the peace

State of New York
Essex County ss
I Leonard Stow the Clerk of the County of Essex 
do hereby certify that Asa Post Esq whose name is
subscribed to the above certificate was on the day of
the date of the same a Justice of the peace in for
the County of Essex duly Elected & sworn and that I
am well acquainted with the hand writing of the
said Justice and verily believe his name subscribed
the said certificate is his genuine signature &
hand writing
In testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe my name and affix my 
seal of office this tenth day of August 1833
Leonard Stow Clerk
of Essex County  & Clerk of the [illegible]
Court of Common Pleas of said
County
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State of New York
County of Essex 

On this 13th day of July in the year
1833 before the undersigned a Justice of
the Peace in and for the County of Essex
personally appeared Achsuh Judd and
David Judd to me well known who being
both duly sworn depose and say that
they are now and were at the time of the making 
of the affidavit of Ithai Judd hereunto annexed
resident of Elizabethtown, County of Essex, that
they were both present when Ithai Judd subscribed 
and made oath to the annexed affidavit, that 
immediately after signing and taking oath to said 
annexed affidavit the said Ithai Judd  declared in the
hearing of both these deponent and in presence of
Ira Phelps the applicant for a pension named in the
annexed papers that he the said Ithai knew of four months
more service performed by the said Ira but that nine
months was as good as one that he said the
four months as distinctly as the times "he had sworn
and could swear to the said four months if
required, and we further depose & say that Ithai Judd whom
was well known was at the time of taking his affidavit dangerously
but had his senses [illegible] and that he died in March 1831.
David Judd
Achsah Judd

Sworn to & subscribed before
me this 15th day of July 1833
And I certify that Achsah Judd
David Judd are credible
persons and that their Statements
are entitled to full credit.
13 on the first line should be 15th the day when sworn
Alexander Morse Justice of the Peace

State of New York
County of Essex
Personally appeared before me Edwd S Cuyler Clerk of Essex County Common Pleas 
David Judd the person above named being duly sworn by me testified and said that he signed
his name to the above declaration and that the facts contained
declaration is true and further that he saw Achsah Judd sign and declare 
the same and that she is now Residing Two hundred miles distant
Subscribed and sworn before me this 14th day of January 1834
Edwd S Cuyler
Clerk of Essex County Com Pleas
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State of New York
County of Essex

I Percival Morse Deputy Clerk of
the County of Essex hereby certify that Alexander
house before whom the within affidavit of Achsah Judd
and David Judd was sworn was on the day
of the date thereof a Justice of the Peace in and for
the County of Essex: and further that I am acquaint
with the hand writing of the said Justice & verily
believe the signature of Alexander Morse to the
[illegible] of proof the within affidavit is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand
and the Seal of the said County this 15st
day of July 1833
P. Morse Dep. Clerk

I Leonard Stone Clerk of the County of Essex & Clerk of the 
Court of Common Pleas of said County do hereby certify that the
foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court
in the matter of the application of Ira Phelps for a pension
that they are the identical papers & evidence in full as certified
by me under my seal of office the 28 day of September last past
together with a supplemented affidavit & certificate unto
attached
In testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe my name and office
my seal of office this 10th day of August in the year 1833
Leonard Stow Clerk
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8952
Rev War
INVALID
File No. 8952

Ira Phelps
Pri Rev. War
---
Act: June 7th 1832
Index: -- Vol. A, Page 295
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Page 24

Nov 17 1853
 Within in one [illegible] 
under Act 1832 
is one [illegible]
[illegible] of Ira 
Phelps [illegible] ?
Page 25

Dec 10
Mr. Evans

James Edwards Esquire
Commiss of Pensions
War Dept
City of Washington
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MECHANICS' & FARMERS' BANK,
Albany Pension Agency,
December 6th 1839

JAMES L. EDWARDS, Esquire,
Commissioner of Pensions.

Sir,
In reply to your letter of the 3d inst
I have to state, that Ira Phelps
a Pensioner under the Act of June 7, 1832 at
Sixty Dollars per annum, was last paid to
the 4 day of March 1839.
I am, Sir,
Very
respectfully,
Your obt servt
Thomas W. Olcott
PRES'T AND PENSION AGENT.
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Chardon Ohio
Jan 17

Jan 27 1840
Mr. Evans 

Mr J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pension
Washington D.C.
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Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio
January 13. 1840-
Hon J. L. Edwards
Sir
I sent an application for a
transfer from Ira Phelps, in the latter part of
November, and not having heard from it I fear
it may have miscarried- Please to inform mee
as early as convenient.
very respectfully
Your obt Servt
Edwin F. Phelps
Page 29

Hon. J. L. Edwards
Comm. of Pensions
Page 30

Chardon Geauga County
Ohio, Novr 25, 1839
J. L. Edwards Esqr
Sir
Enclosed is an application 
for a transfer from Ira Phelps - Please
to address return to your Obt Servt
Edwin F. Phelps
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES Division of Veterans' Administration Archives
Form VAM-51
12-5-41
BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Phelps, Israel  GRADE Private  LINE  New York
(Philips ) pencil notation only

WARRANT
NUMBER. 7622  ACREAGE 100 ISSUED November 4, 1791
to- not shown
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 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.
Page 32

THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES Division of Veterans' Administration Archives
Form VAM-51
12-5-41
BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Phelps, Israel GRADE Private LINE New York
(Philips ) pencil notation only

WARRANT
NUMBER. 7622 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED November 4, 1791
to- not shown
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 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.