Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 15,261, Ebenezer Covil, Conn. Continental
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SERVICE
Conn
Continental

Covil or Covill, Ebenezer

NUMBER
S 15,261

carded
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14427
New York
Ebenzer Covill
of Onondaga in the State of New York who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain  ~~ in the Regt. commanded by Col. Huntington in the CT MA line for 17mo & Continental

Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 56 Dollars 66 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 27 day of May 1833 and sent to J. M Morton Onondaga

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $113.32
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept 28.33
________
$141.65

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7,1832}

Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk, Book C Vol. 4 Page 50
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Ebenezer Covil

Not on Rolls
DN

See remarks in the case of Paul Fay
(War Dept & Pens Office)
23 May 1818

The pens certificate is required as to the claim and circumstances

Admitted
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State of New York
Onondaga County}Ss.
Ebenezer Covill being duly sworn saith that on or about the first day of May in the year seventeen hundred & seventy five he enlisted as a private soldier in Major John Miegs Company & of which [illegible] Beebe was First Lieutenant, his Col. Hermans Regiment in the Connecticut Line for the Continental Service for a term which this deponent cannot recollect but thinks it was five or seven months & served in said company & regiment in the Northern Campaign & being taken sick at Ticonderoga, he was sent back by General Schuyler to [illegible] in the forepart of September there lay sick until sometime in October when he was discharged as unfit for further service.

That in the month of December following he enlisted for one year from the first of January thereafter as a private soldier in Captain Percivals company in Col. Jedediah Huntingtons Regiment in the Connecticut Line, in the Continental Service & joined the army near Boston on the first day of January in the year seventeen hundred & seventy six & was in the siege of Boston till they evacuated thereof & then marched with the army to New York. Was in the Battle on Long Island & the retreat from New York & in [illegible] country & from there into New Jersey
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and after the expiration of the year at the request of the officers, he, with the rest of the company, staid [stayed] now one month longer and then was discharged on the west side of that River at a place called Ramapough. [a few lines are crossed out] 
On our about the twentieth day of January in the year seventeen hundred & seventy seven, that he did actually serve as a soldier in the Continental Army under [cannot presently recollect] and enlistment in said company & regiment for more than one year. That he had no written discharge.
That he is now sixty eight years of age in August last. & resides in the town of Onondaga in the County of Onondaga & from his reduced circumstances in life is in need of the assistance of his country for support. & has never had any pension from the United States. Further saith not.
Ebenezer Covil

Sworn to and subscribed this thirteenth day of April 1818. Before me
Joshua Forman
First Judge of Onondaga Common Pleas
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State of New York
Onondaga County}ss: - 
I, Joshua Forman, First Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Onondaga, in the State of New York, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction that Ebenezer Covil of the town of Onondaga in said county, did serve in the Revolutionary War, against the common enemy, as stated by him in his declaration on oath hereunto annexed, made before me in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the Revolutionary War:"
And I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforesaid act of Congress.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the seal of the said Court to be affixed, this thirteenth day of April in the year 1818.
Joshua Forman

To J. C. Calhoun, Esq
Secretary for the Department of War of the United States

I Joshua Forman First Judge as aforesaid do further certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Ebenezer Covill is in reduced circumstances in life & stands in need of the assistance of his country for his support.
Onondaga Feby 6th 1819.
Joshua Forman
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Ebenezer Covill
papers

18120
Ebenezer Covil of Onondaga, Onondaga Co. New York

Application for Pension under Act of June 7, 1832

The result to be communicated to L. M. Morton of Onondaga N.Y.
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At a Court of Chancery held for the state of New York at the village of Onondaga, in the county of Onondaga; on the twenty third day of October one thousand eight hundred & thirty two

Present Daniel Moseley, Vice Chancellor of the Seventh Circuit

Personally appeared Edward S. Covil, Miles Case, Amri Case & George W. Henderson, all of the town & county of Onondaga, who being first duly sworn according to law, do on their oath make the following statements on behalf of Ebenezer Covil in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 for said Ebenezer Covil.
The said Edward S. Covil for himself says that he is the son of the said Ebenezer Covil, who resides in the town & county of Onondaga. That according to the information which he has received in the family, & from the statements of his father at various times, the age of his father is eighty three years. That owing to bodily & mental infirmity, his father is entirely unable to make application for a pension, having lost nearly all recollection & in a great measure insensible to what is passing about him. He has been in this situation a little more than a year. This deponent further says that he has always understood that his father served in the Continental army in the Revolutionary war, though he does not know of how long he continued in the service.
About the year eighteen hundred & seventeen or eighteen, according to this deponents best recollection & information, his father made an application for a Pension under an Act of Congress, & was placed on the
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Pension Roll & continued to receive a pension from the United States for about a year or a year & a half, The reason why his pension was then discontinued, this deponent understood, was that an act of Congress was subsequently passed, by which those who owned a certain amount of property were stricken from the Pension Roll, and that his father was among the number.
And that deponent further says that he has never heard nor does he believe that his father ever received any other Pension for his military services than the one above mentioned.
He does not know that there is any record of his fathers age, nor that there are any documentary evidence in the possession of his father or of the family showing his fathers services in the Revolutionary War, nor does he know that there is any person living who can prove the same. But he supposes that the evidence of them is the papers filed in the proper Department at Washington, on which his former pension was granted.
And the said Miles Case, Amri Case & George W. Henderson for themselves respectively say that they are well acquainted with the said Ebenezer Covil & live within a mile & a half of him. That they fully concur in the above statement of Edward S. Covil as to the inability of the said Ebenezer Covil, on account of bodily & mental infirmity to make application in person for a pension.
And they also state that they believe the said Ebenezer to be eighty three years of age, & that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier in the Revolution & that they fully concur in that opinion.
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Edward S. Covill
Amri Case
Miles Case
Geo W. Henderson

Subscribed & sworn this 23 day of October 1832
Daniel Moseley Circuit Judge & Vice Chancellor

And the Court hereby declares the opinion that Ebenezer Covill was a Revolutionary Soldier and further that the above named Edward S. Covill, Amri Case and Miles Case and George W. Henderson are residents of Onondaga and are men of truth and veracity. And further that from personal acquaintance with said Ebenezer Covil he is known to have been labouring under such severe bodily and mental infirmity as to be now incapable of making a personal declaration.
Daniel Moseley
Vice Chancellor

I David T. Moseley Deputy Clerk of the Court of Chancery of the Seventh Circuit for the State of New York, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Ebenezer Covil for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 23rd day of October 1832.
Daniel T. Moseley
Deputy Clerk
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18120

Ebenezer Covil
Onondaga County
New York

old papers

Admitted 17 mos pr.
$56.66

Mr. Edwards

L. M. Morton
Onondaga N. Y.
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office

183__

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 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 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 you 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 Ebenezer Covil, Onondaga Co, N. Y.

[column titles]
Period when the service was rendered.
Duration of the claimant's service.
Rank of the claimant.
Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served.
Names and Rank of the General and Field officers.
Battles in which the applicant was engaged.
Country though which he marched.
Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period.
Evidence by which the declaration is supported.
"The son refers to the evidence heretofore furnished to the War Department to place his father on the Pension roll, and declares his present inability to make the necessary application, and he therefore does for him. Three credible citizens corroborate the statement of the son."

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 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, 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. 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 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 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.    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 declarations, 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 days 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. 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 _____ 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 applicant.

If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produces 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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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 service as a soldier of 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 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 declarations 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.

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(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 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 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. who, being duly sworn, deposeth 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 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 services 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 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 years, 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 services was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not emplo9yed 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 signatures 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 certificates 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 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 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 all equally applicable to the exam of Militia men, Volunteers and state Troops. The proof required by rule in case (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 in the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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January 24, 1931.

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
ILL

Mrs. Charles W. Coleman
263 Furman Street
Syracuse, New York.

Dear Madam:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 15261, that Ebenezer Covil, pensioned Covill, was born in August, 1749.
While residing in Connecticut, he enlisted about May 1, 1775, served as a private under Major John Willey, in Colonel Hinman's Connecticut Regiment and was discharged some time during the following October. He enlisted December 10, 1775, served as a private in Captain Percival's Company, Colonel Jedediah Huntington's Connecticut Regiment, was in the battle of Long Island and was discharged about January 20, 1777.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 13, 1818, while a resident of Onondaga, Onondaga County, New York.
Soldier died March 19, 1833. [handwritten A.B.]
Soldier's son, Edward S. Coville, was a resident of Onondaga, Onondaga County, New York, in 1832.
There are no data relative to soldier's wife.

Very truly yours,
E. W. Morgan
Acting Commissioner
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[letterhead]
DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
GEN. ASA DANFORTH CHAPTER
SYRACUSE, N. Y. 
263 Furman St

January 8th, 1931

Bureau of Pensions
Dept of the Interior
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sirs: - 
Our Chapter is marking the grave of Revolutionary Soldiers buried at Onondaga Hill, this (Onondaga) County.
Our local historian, the late Dr. Beauchamp, says that Ebenezer Covil who died March 19, 1833 aged 84 years was a pensioner.
The wife was Elizabeth who died Aug. 22nd, 1827.
Can you verify this record so we may secure a marker for the grave?

Yours very truly,
Minnie C. Coleman
Mrs. Charles W. Coleman
Chairman of Committee.

[stamped]
REVOLUTIONARY & 1812 WARS
SECTION
JAN 10 1931
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
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[letterhead]
DAVIES, JOHNSON, COVILLE & MOORE
LAWYERS
FIRST NATIONAL BANK BUILDING
CAMDEN, ONEIDA COUNTY,
NEW YORK

John C. Davies, Attorney General
Russel S. Johnson,
Charles R. Coville
James Moore
Burritt B. Johnson, Clerk and Notary Public.

April 29, 1899.

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir: - 
Ebenezer Covil, whose Post Office address was probably Onondaga Hill, Onondaga Co. New York, was a private in the Revolutionary War.

Will you please furnish me with data as to the place of enlistment; length of service and nature as far as the records show.

The name may be spelled Covil; Covill or Coville, permit me to state;
That this is not the Ebenezer Covel, also a Revolutionary pensioner, who resided in Windham County, Conn.

Yours very respectfully,
Charles R. Coville

[stamped]
O. W. & N. DIVISION
MAY 3 1899
RECEIVED

[stamped]
U. S. PENSION OFFICE
B
APR 29 1899
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15261
INVALID.

File No. 15,261
Ebenezer Covill
Pri. Rev War

Act: June 7th 32
Index: - Vol. 1, Page 79

(Arrangement of 1870.)

Aug 11 '99
C. R. Coville
Camden N. Y.

1931 Jan 24 Hist to Mrs. Chas. W. Coleman ILL.
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8533

New York

Ebenezer Covil

4

of Onondaga in the state of New York who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Huntington of the Connecticut line, for the term of 1 year   & Continental

Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 13th of April 1818

Certificate of Pension issued the 29th March 1819 and sent to Joshua Forman Esq Judge Onondaga Hollow New York

Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1819 10 mos 18/30 4/31  85.83
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sept 1819 48.00
__________
$133.83

(Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March 1818)

See letter to Hon. Jonas Earle Jr
H. R. 2 March 1819
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In testimony of Capt Joel Gilbert of Harwinton in Litchfield County in the State of Connecticut of lawful age testify and says that Ebenezer Caval in Onondaga in the state of New York listed into my company in the Unitesd States service on or about 10th day of December AD 1775. I being Incin [Ensign] in the company of Capt Percival in the regiment of Col. Jedediah Huntington. Said Ebenezer Covil inlisted for the term of one year. The deponent further say that he the deponent was taken a prisoner by the British the 27th day of August 1776 and the said Covel made his escape & I understood that the said Covel served his time out.
Joel Gilbert

In testimony of Seth Wiard of Burlington in the county of Hartford in the state of Connecticut of lawful age - testifies and says that Ebenezer Covil enlisted into the United States service under Ensign Joel Gilbert in the company of Capt Percival in the regiment of Col. Jedediah Huntington. Said Covil enlisted on or about the 10th day of December AD 1775 for the term of one year. Said Covil lived with me at the time he enlisted and he returned back to my house on or about the first day of January AD 1777 and I understood that the said Covil served the term of one year in said service.
Seth Wiard

Harwinton September 26th AD 1818 - Personally appeared before me Capt Joel Gilbert and Seth Wiard and made oath to the above depositions.
Lewis Catlin Justice of Peace

I certify that I am acquainted with Capt Joel Gilbert and Mr. Seth Wiard whose testimony is above written & in my judgement they are credible witnesses. Harwinton Sept 26th 1818.
Lewis Catlin Justice of the Peace
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I Frederick Wolcott, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in the County of Litchfield & State of Connecticut certify that Lewis Catlin Esq is a Justice of the Peace within said county, that the signature to the within certificate is his handwriting. & that the seal hereto annexed is the seal of said court.
Witness my hand this 28th day of September AD 1818
Frederick Wolcott, Clerk