Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 19962, John Elliott, R.I.
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SERVICE                                   NUMBER
R.I.             Elliott, John             S.19962
                   or
                  Elliot

                                                        carded
CONTENTS
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9.435
Rhode-Island.
John Elliot,    4
of Scituate, in the state of R: Island,
who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Angell, of the R. Island line, for the term of ten months.
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Inscribed on the Roll of Rhode - Island, at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 30. of April, 1818.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 16. of April '19, and sent to Benjamin Cowell, Providence, Rhode-Island.
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Arrears to 4th of March, 1819...81.30
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4. Sept.  
10 mos. 1/30         1819 } 48/129.30
4/31.}
{Revolutionary claim, Act 18 March, 1818.}
Amt. of [    ] pension to 4 March 1819} 81.30
Amt. as [     ] to D:                                } 40.65
balance due -                                         40.65
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The Committee approved by the Honorable General Assembly of the State of Rhode-island, in Conformity to  an Ordinance of Congress, passed on the 7th Day of June, 1785, for examining the Claims of all Officers, Soldiers, and Seamen (Resident within said State) who have been disabled in the Service of the United States, do hereby Certify, That upon Examination of John Elliot private and Invalid, it appears, that the said John was so far disabled, while in the service of the United States, as to entitle him (in future) to receive Pension of two half Dollars, per Month, during his life, as a full Compensation for his Disability and Sufferings, while in the service of the United States. 
Given under our Hands, at Providence, this19th day Jan. 1786.
Paul Allen} committee.
Jeremiah Olney}
Whom concerned.
From April 19th 1778
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I John Elliot of Scituate in the District of Rhode Island being now about Eighty six years old on solemn oath declare & say -
That in the month of April 1777 according to the best of my recollection, I enlisted in Capt. Stephen Olney's company & of Col Israel Angells regiment as a private soldier -- which company & regiment sent men of the Continental Army of the United States & in the Rhode Island line - In which service I continued one year -- then next following, I was in the Battle of Red Bank, Princeton & on York Island -- in the Battle of Princeton, I was badly wounded in the knee and hip which have disabled me ever since. I am now old and infirm & stand in need of assistance of my country for support, -- I herewith relinquish my former pension.

John Elliott
X his mark
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                                              Rhode Island District

Be it known that on this 30th day of April 1818 came before me the within named John Elliot made solemn oath to the truth of the within declaration to which his mark is affixed In witness whereof I have hereto set my hand and have caused the seal of the Court to be hereto affixed --
                                                       David Howell
                                                       District Judge
The signature of the Judge and the seal of the Court are hereto affixed
                                   Witness
                                   Benjamin Cowell
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Rhode Island District March 9 1819
To the Hon: Secy at War.
I am fully satisfied that said John Elliott is poor and needy and that he served the nine months required by statute.
                                                    David Howell
                                                    District Judge




John Elliot
      Private

Judges certificate as to
claimant's indigent
circumstances warranting
Also the certificate of his belief
of service of applicant is wanting
[The above 5 lines are crossed out]

Col: Angell's R. Island
        Regt.

1777 -- 10 months
30th April 1818

(returns his old pension cert. [cost?])
Adm C.
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John Elliott

9435 - [] $150
16 April 1819




Sep 1819

not entitled 


says he was an invalid pensioner



[]
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United States of America
Rhode-Island District
Providence, ac.  Court, of common pleas May Term A.D. 1820

On this twenty seventh day of May 1820, personally appeared in open Court, being a Court of Record within and for said county John Elliot aged 87 years, resident in the town of Scituate in said District who being first sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows:
That he served as a private in Col Olneys Regiment of the Rhode Island Line more than three years
that he made a previous declaration on the Thirteenth day of April 1818, and that he has received a certificate for a pension, being No. 9435   And I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the Unites States on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen; and I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the revolutionary war," passed on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen: that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts, due to me: nor have I any income other that what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.

John Elliott
X his Mark

A schedule of Property and Income (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) of John Elliott, Viz Thirty acres of Land with a small dwelling house thereon subject to the right of dower of the widow Lydia Clarke, 1 Cow, I yearling heifer, 1 small Hog, 6 old chairs [] old Tables, 1 Chest, 1 Iron 1 Pot, 1 Kettle, 2 pails, 3 old pewter plates, 1 old case of knives and forks.
And this declarant saith in consequence of wounds received while in the service of his country, he was so disabled that he was placed on the pension List, that he is now so old and infirm, that he can do but very little labour, and must through necessity depend on his pension for support, that his wife is now more than seventy years old and very infirm, and unable to contribute but very little towards their maintenance - 

 
John  Elliott
  X his Mark
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March 9, 1937.
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BA-J/ady
S.19962
John Elliot

Dr. Henry A. Elliot
Barnet
Vermont

Dear Sir:
The data which follow were obtained from the papers in the claim on file under S.19962, based upon service of John Elliot and disability incurred in service.
The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of John Elliot, the name is also shown as Elliott, are not stated. 
While a resident of Scituate, Rhode Island, John Elliot enlisted in April 1777, served one year as private in Captain Stephen Olney's Company, Colonel Israel Angell's Rhode Island Regiment and was in the battles of York Island, Princeton, where he was wounded in the knee and hip, and Red Bank.
He was allowed pension by the United States from March 4, 1789 under the Act of June 7, 1785 on account of disability resulting from the above named wound. He had previously received a pension from the State of Rhode Island on account of said wound. He was allowed pension also by the United States on account of his service in the Revolutionary War, on his application executed April 30, 1818, at which time he was a resident of Scituate, Rhode Island, and aged about eighty-six years.
In 1820 his wife was more than seventy years old, her name not given, and there are no further family data. 
The soldier, John Elliot, died December 5, 1829, place not given.
from 1835 list. [handwritten]
Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER 
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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March 9, 1937.
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BA-J/ady

Dr. Henry A. Elliot
Barnet
Vermont

Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you
request the Revolutionary War records of Samuel Elliot, widow, Achsah, who lived in Morgan, Vermont; James Elliot, born July 17, 1751, who served in the Revolutionary War and War of 1812, the record of Jonathan, his father; the record of Asa Lathe, and those of his sons, Moses and David who served from Vermont in the War of 1812; Oliver Elliot, French War
and Revolutionary War; Captain Edmund Elliot and that of John Elliot who died in Scituate, Rhode Island, about 1829, aged about one hundred years.
Because of the great demand for Revolutionary War and War of 1812 data and the limited trained clerical force available for furnishing such information it is impossible to comply in full with each request pertaining to soldiers of those wars.
The records of Samuel Elliott and John Elliot
are furnished you herewith on separate pages, as found in the respective claims for pension.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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3-871
Record Division
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.

Briefed by A. E. P
Claim No. 19962
Certificate No.
Claimant died in 1829
Soldier John Elliot
Service
Additional Service Rev

No........claim, State records.........., 190....
No claim, combination records.........., 190
                             REMARKS: 
No O.W. wiv. wid. r rejected as above except. surv. 1. 15823 soldier alive in 1832 not identical and Wid. 1. 7098 soldier died in 1837 not identical.

0-8                                               Chief Division
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19.962
INVALID
(Resolutions??)
File No. 19.962
John Elliot
Pri Rev. War
R I Line
Act March 18 1818 & Act for Invalid
Index:-Vol. 2, Page 123
[Arrangement of 1870.]



1937 Mar. 9. Hist. to Dr. Henry A. Elliot. See his letter in claim of Samuel Elliot. w.3668. A.D.Y.
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Rhode Island                                                624

John Elliot -
                 private
late a revolutionary pensioner, under the law of the 18th March, 1818 formerly an invalid, which he relinquished in order to obtain the provisions of [] act 18 Mar 1818

Stricken from or discontinued on [] as [] under act 18 Mar 1818.  [] as an Invalid under law [] [] 1820 [] [] [] 1820

Certificate issued 11 July 1820 - sent to care of Benj Correll Esq  Providence R I {}

Amo [] ending April 1820 $24
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Providence May 1818
I hereby certify that in the year 1777 I enlisted John Elliot of Scituate into my company in Col Israel Angells regiment in the army of the United States and in one of the Rhode Island regiments - and that according to the best of my knowledge said Elliot served in my company more than a year.
                          Stephen Olney Late Capt.
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The deposition of Josiah Westcott of Scituate in the State of Rhode Island ? engaged according to law, testifies and says, that he is well acquainted with John Elliot of said Scituate an applicant for a pension that he has known him for the last twenty years and from his knowledge he believes said Elliot is in very poor circumstances wholly destitute of property and needing assistance) said Elliot is a labouring man and industrious but poor
                                             Josiah Westcott
Rhode Island District
I certify that on this Eighth day of April 1819 personally appeared [] the above name Josiah Westcott and made oath to the truth of the Depostion of him signed
Benjamin Cowell
Commisioner
 Dist Court
R. I Dist