Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2723, for Eleazer Marsh, Vermont
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
Ut

Marsh, Eleazer 

NUMBER
S. 2723

CONTENTS
carded
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7.767.
Ohio. Pittsburgh. 

Eleazer Marsh
of Medina in the State of Ohio who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captian Noble of the Regt commanded by Col Robinson in the Vermont line for one year. 

Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio Pittsburgh at the rate of 40 dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1831. 

Certificate of Pension issued the 2nd day of April, 1833 and sent to J. Hudson Clt. Medina, O. 

Arrears to the 4th of Mar 33. 
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept. 1833

80.--
20.--
$100.--

{Revolutionary Claim, 
Act June 7, 1832}

Recorded by Mr. R. Palmer, Clerk, 
Book E Vol. 8 Page 119
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10,048 - 7.767

Eleazer Marsh
Ohio
Adm for 1 year
From 1796

Timothy Hudson Esq. 
Clerk of the Court Medina
P.ll Ohio. 
or Claimant
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BRIEF in the case of [Eleazer] Marsh
of Medina in the State of Ohio
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1.  Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?   Court

2.  If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?

3.  How old is he?   Seventy six

4.  State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 

[Information below arranged in a table]
[Columns are labelled "Period." "Duration of Service." Rank." and "Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served."]

In 1776 about 3 [months] -- as a private [under] Gen. Hor. Eates
In 1777 about 4 1/2 [months] Militia {Col Moses Robinson, Lt Col [Nathaniel] Brush, Major Clark, Capt [Samuel] Wright, Luit Eli. Noble
In 1178 [under "years" it says "not specified"] as a private
In 1779 {about 3 or 4 weeks hired a substitute for 3 months. 
In 1780, 1 a few weeks
about one year altogether [under] Capt. Eli Noble

5. In what battles was he engaged?  Bennington

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?  Pownal, Vermont

7. In his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?   Living witness

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? [very faintly] Clerk [illegible] not attached to all the papers. 

Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned. 

[signed] J M Duncan
Examining Clerk.
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M. 1.
Declaration of Eleazer Marsh a revolutionary soldier in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7 1832 entitled "an act supplementary to an act for the relief of the surviving officers and soldiers of the revolution"

The State of Ohio
Medina County 

Supreme Court
August Seven-
A.D. 1832-

On this 31st day of August A.D. 1832 personally appeared in open court, before Joshua Collett and Ebenezer Lane judges of the Supreme court of said state now sitting in and for said county
Eleazer Marsh a revolutionary soldier being a resident of the township of Liverpool in the County of Medina and state of Ohio aged 76 years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his said oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 1832 entitled "an act supplementary to an act for the relief of the surviving officers and soldiers of the revolution"
I Eleazer Marsh being of lawful age and duly sworn do on my said oath depose and say that there is no record of my [word crossed out] the time and place of my birth that I was of nor ever was- But as I have been informed by my parents and as I believe I was here in the town of Dona, County of Durhess and State of New York on the 11th day of October A.D. 1755- When I first entered the revolutionary service I render in the town of Pownal , county of Bennington and State of Vermont. Since that period I continued to live in Pownal about 33 years. I then lived about a year in the town of Bennington and since then I lived two years in Manisville in the county of Medina, Ohio and certify I have lived the remainder of the time where I was
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live in the township of Liverpool in said Media Co. I was firstly called into the revolutionary service in the year 1776. orders came to our company in Pownal from Col. Moses Robinson who commanded the regiment for us all to turn out as I understood and march to Ticonderoga. I do not know from where the Colonel got his orders our company mustered at Bennington towards the latter part of the season in August or September but it is so long ago that I cannot tell exactly. The regiment collected on the month and marched to mount Independence. Col. Robinson commanded the regiment. Nathaniel Brush was the Lieutenant Colonel but I think he did not go out that campaign. A man by the name of Clark (I think his christian [sic] name was Jeremiah but I am not certain) was our major. The names of the other first officers I have forgotten. My captain was Samuel Wright. Eli Noble was my lieutenant. Derrick Swift was my asign [sic]. I have forgotten the names of the noncommpand [sic] officers but Benjamin Mayer did the duty of orderly sergeant. I think Gen Gates commanded in chief while I was there and Gen St Clair commanded the next year. I do not remember the names of any of the other first officers except those of Col Seth Worner, his major Gideon Brunson, his Liet. Col. Samuel Safford if I remember right. Our regiment was stationed at mount Independence. We had but little duty to do except to keep guard and man the [lives]. Our regiment was discharged by word of mouth only by the officers I think some time in November and returned home. We were from I named think not odds of 3 months. My next service was the next year 1777. Orders came as before for the whole regiment to then out as I understood is to stop Burgoyne. A [cansideath] part of the regiment did turn out and apearred [sic] in Bennington I among the rest. Our officers were the same as before except my captain Wright who had turned tory and and Lieut Noble took command of the company and afterwards became captain of the company and commanded it pretty much through the war. We marched again to Ticonderoga and our regiment was stationed near the aft fort on the west side of the lake. Gen. St Clair commanded in chief. Our duty was to keep guard and garrison and occasionally to march out to the aft Tavel.
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lives to view the Brittish [sic], and give them a shot from our artillery, they being in plain sight. We [stayed] here but a short time till the British got [illegible] of mount Defiance and compelled St Clair to evacuate the fort and retreat. Col Warner was there with his regiment and had a battle with the British the day after we began our retreat at Hubbardton, my regiment and another (Col. Frances I believe) forming the near guard. We retreated by land to Castleton and from there to Manchester where we halted I should think 3 or 4 weeks. The most of our regiment were dismissed a few days and went home I among the rest. After staying at home 5 or 6 days we were all ordered out again to meet the enemy that were coming from Burgoyne's camp under Col. Baum to [destroy] Bennington. We turned out and marched to Bennington. Here we had a hard battle and defeated the enemy taking 7 or 800 men. I was not in the battle having been  ['under' crossed out] sent out in a team by Col. Robinson to watch the enemy on the west road leading into Bennington as it was feared they would attack the town on that side. Lieut Noble commanded the forts. Gen John Stark of New Hampshire commanded in the battle. We staid [sic] a few days at Bennington and then marched towards Stillwater. When we got within about 3 miles of Stillwater we received orders by express as was supposed from Gen Gates to march back to a place called Tull's mills about 7 or 8 miles from Stillwater to out off Burgoyne's retreat. I  should think about 1500 of us apearred [sic] at this place during our stay [many words crossed out]. From this place we marched to Batten Kill from there further up the river marching as we received orders some of the time as high up as fort Edward. We heard the firing and canonading [sic] and occasionally the smoke of the battles fought at Stillwater. We had some skirmishing with ['parties' crossed out] advanced parties of the British sent by Burgoyne to secure his retreat, we staid [sic] here about till after Burgoyne surrendered which was on the 17th of October. We were then dismissed as before and went home. We started for [Liandmaga?] I think in the forepart or middle of June and got home by the first of November. I was out this campaign about four months and a half. I was out some the next year 1778 but no a great deal. I went out to help guard at Castleton. The next year 1779 a part of our company were ordered out as before to go to Castleton
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I went among others and staid there 3 or 4 weeks. Capt Noble commanded our company. I do not recollect who commanded the regiment. Our business who was mostly to keep guard and watch the enemy. We were these [something] as before. This year a call was made for us to go to Pittford. I do not recollect the exact time this call was made but it was the latter part of the season I had no much to do I [concluded] to hire a substitute and did hire one Anthony Coffee to go Banowitts for 25 dollars. I was not chasted nor obliged to go but hired a substitute to take my place as a volunteer. I was out some in 1780 and 1781 on [illegible], always turning out in such occasion but of no great [illegible], say a few weeks in the whole. I should think my [illegible] amounted in the whole to as much as a year. I was a militia man during the whole time and always turned out volunteer and found my own acoutrements and ammunition and was always ready by ^to [illegible] out in a minutes warning as we had orders to be. I do not know of any person living by whom I can prove any of my revolutionary services unless it be my brother Nathan Marsh living in Harrisville in this county. He never was a soldier but was at Bennington at the time of the battle and knows that I was there. I shall take his deposition if I can prove it. Some of the persons to whom I can know in my present neighborhood with whom I have become long acquainted and who can testify to my character for truth and veracity and to their belief of my services as a revolutionary solider are Noah Warner, Alpheus Warner, Moses Dewing, Seth Warder, Jacob Ward of Brunswick, Timothy Manson of Harrisville, Samuel Darling, Alner Martin, John Cosit, Henry Mcloit of Euclid, [Auyaheya] Co,. and Lathrop Layman of Medina, Medina 6 Sheaz one a great many in Pownal in Vermont ho can testify to the same parts but they are so far removed from me that I cannot well prove their testimony. And I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to any pension or annuity except the present, and further declare that my name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state or county whatever. 

In testimony whereof I [Aour] herewith set my hand under the seal of the Supreme county the state of Ohio [illegible] in and for the county of Medina in said State prefixed to this declaration open court this 31st day of August A.D. 1832

[Signed] Ebenezer Marsh

Sworn to & subscribed before me this 31st day of August A.D. 1832. [Before me crossed out] Jisal Hudson Clerk S@
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The State of Ohio
Medina County

Supreme Courth August Seven 1832
Interrogatives put by said court to Ebenezer Marsh a revolutionary soldier making his declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832 entitled "an act supplementary to an act for the relief of the surviving officers and soldiers of the revolution."
Interrogatory 1st when and in what year were you served?
Ans. In the town of Dover, county of Dutchess and state of New York, Oct 11th 1755. 
Int. 2nd. Have your any record of your age: and if so where is it?
Ans. There is no record of my age that I know of. 
Int. 3rd. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the revolutionary war and where do you now live?
Ans. When called into the service I lived in Pownal, county of Bennington and state of Vermont. Since the revolutionary war I lived in Pownal about 33 years about a year in Bennington about 2 years in Harrisville, Medina County, Ohio, and the remainder of my life when I was living in Liverpool in said county of Medina. 
Int. 4th. Where were you called into service. Were you drafted, or were you a substitute? is your substitution for show?
Ans. I was called into service by orders sent to my colonel Mores Robinson as I understood. I was never a substitute. I was a militia man, I always went when orders came. 
Int. 5th. State the names of the regular troops when you served such continental and militia regiments as you can needthat and the [general] [illegible] of your service. 
Ans. I did not know many regular troops. Gen St Clair commanded out Ticonderoga. Col Warner and Col. Francis were there with their regiments. The general [illegible] of my services we continued in my declaration. 
Int. 6. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so by whom was it given and what has become of it?
Ans. I never received any written discharge. 
Int 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 hereof of your services as a soldier of the revolution?
Ans. Noah Waren, Alpheus Warner, Timothy Musa, Samuel Dambing and others.  

Ebenezer Marsh

Sworn & subscribed to before me this 31st day of Aug. 1832. J Hudson elk. S.e
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[written sideways in middle of paper right]
Medina Sup. Court
Aug Seven 1832
[above is obscured by the numbers "10.068"]
Interrogation put to Eleazer Marsh a revolutionary soldier &

[written on bottom half of paper]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after a full investigation of the case, and after putting the interrogations presented by the War Department, that the said Eleazer Marsh was a revolutionary solider and served as he states and it appears to the Court that Jacob Ward who had signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in Brunswick in said County and that Timothy Mcuadan & Nathan Marsh who have also signed one of the preceding certificates are residents of [S. Brunswick crossed out] Harrisville in said County, are credible persons & Entitled to credit. 

The State of Ohio
Medina County

I Timothy Hudson, Clerk of Supreme Court of said State where held within and for said county, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of Eleazer Marsh for a pension. 

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court at Medina, this 5th day of Sept A.D. 1832-

Tim Hudson Clerk of said Court
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Deposition Nathan Marsh touching the matter of the application and declaration above mentioned of Ebenezer Marsh a revolutionary soldier, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 1832 entitled "an Act for the relief of the surviving officers and soldiers of the revolution"

I Nathan Marsh a resident of Harrisville, Medina Co, Ohio being of lawful age and duly sword do on my said oath depose and say. That having heard the declaration of my brother Eleazer Marsh read, I will state that I knew of his going to Ticonderoga as he has stated as I went with a horse to bring him home and met him on the road from Pownal about 14 or 15 miles, The officers of his company and regiment so far as I recollect were as he has stated. I knew of his going to Bennington as he has stated as I said, him when he stated to go. I heard the firing at the battle actually from Pownal. I saw my brother immediately when he came back and heard him and other give an account of the battle similar to what he has stated. I was present when he stated to go against Burgoyne as he hsa stated and likewise when he returned. His company and regimental officers were the same as he has stated so far as I recollect. The name of the substitute he hired was Anthony Coffee as he has stated. All the facts related in his declaration that I was personally knowing to [aneotict] by then. He will be 77 years old next October the exact day I have forgotten but believe it to be as he has stated. I was [also] informed by my parents that that was the time of his birth in Dover as he has stated. I will further state that he is a man of good character in all respects. That he has uniformly had the reputation of having served as a soldier in the revolutionary war in the manner he has stated. I never heard it denied or disputed and have no doubt but that all the facts he has stated in his declaration are strictly true. 

In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand under the seal of the Supreme court of the state of Ohio sitting in and for the county of Medina in said stated prefixed to said declaration, in open court this 31st day of August A.D. 1832

Nathan Marsh

Sworn & subscribed to before me this 31st day of August A.D. 1832 Tim Hudson Clerk
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Deposition of Jacob Ward a Methodist preacher touching the same matter. 

I Jacob Ward a preacher of the gospel of the Methodist connexion residing in Brunswick, Medina Co. Ohio and living about 7 miles from other the residence of the aforesaid applicant  Ebenezer Marsh, being of lawful age and duly sworn do on my said oath depose and say- That I have had a knowledge of though but little personal acquaintance with said applicant about 15 years. That during that time he has been called an honest clever man and that I entirely concur in that belief. That I believe he is of the age he represents himself to be in his declaration and that all the facts he has stated in said declaration are strictly true. 

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand under the seal of the Supreme Court of the State of Ohio sitting in and for the county of Medina in said state prefixed to said declaration, in open court this 31st day of August A.D. 1832

Jacob Ward

Sword & subscribed to in open court this 31st day of August A.D. 1832 Before me Tim Hudson Clerk

Deposition of Timothy Munson
touching the same matter. 

I Timothy Munson being of lawful age and duly sworn do on my said oath
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depose and say- that I have lived in the immediate vicinity and been well acquainted with the aforesaid applicant Eleazer Marsh more than 50 years, That I have no with but that hims of the age he represents himself to be in his aforesaid declaration, that during all the time of my acquaintance with him he has been generally reputed and believed to have been a revolutionary soldier and to have performed the same as he has stated in said declaration. I have never heard it denied or disputed and fully concur myself in that belief. That he is a man of good character in all respects and that I have no doubt whatever but that all the facts he has stated in said declaration are strictly true. 

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand under the seal of the Supreme Court of the state of Ohio sitting in and for the county of Medina in said state prefixed to said declaration, in open court this 31st day of August A.D. 1832

Timothy Munson

Sworn & subscribed to before me in open court this 31st day of Aug A.D. 1832 
Tim Hudson Clerk

Official [something] of said court touching said matter; touching the interrogations by them put to the said applicant Ebenezer Marsh and the character and authenticity of said deponents. 

[the following is crossed out with a large X]
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after afore investigation of the matter aforesaid, and after parting the interrogations prescribed by the War department the above named applicant Ebenezer Marsh was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the court further certifies that it appears to them that the said Ebenezer Marsh who has signed said declaration is a resident of Liverpool, Medina Co. Ohio, and that the aforesaid Larsh head who has signed his deposition aforesaid is a preacher as he states and that he is a resident of Brunswick in said county. That the aforesaid Nathan Marsh who has signed his aforesaid deposition is a resident of Harrisville in the count of Medina
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[a large X crosses out the whole page]
they are all credible persons that the statements are entitled to credit and that we concur with them in opinion-
And the court furthermore certifies that Timothy Hudson is clerk of this court. 

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands under the seal of the Supreme court of the state of Ohio sitting in and for the county of Medina in said state prefixed to said declaration in open court this 31st day of August A.D. 1832-

[large space] Judges of said Court

Official certificate of the clerk of said court. 
The state of Ohio
Medina county

Supreme Court August Seven A.D. 1832-
Be it remembered that I Timothy Hudson clerk of said court do hereby certify that on this 31st day of August A.D. 1832 personally appeared in open court [illegible] and Ebenezer Lane judges of said court, send court hereof a court of said and severally signed their names to the aforesaid official certificate and that the signatures hereunto annexed are the aforesaid applicant Ebenezer Marsh and the aforesaid deponents Nathan Marsh, Jacob Ward, [names crossed out]. 
this day appeared in said court and then and there were in due form of law by said court in open court sworn to their several and respective declarations and depositions and signed the same and that the signatures that to are then genuine signatures respectively, and that the forgoing contains the original proceedings
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2723
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File No. 2723
Eleazer Marsh
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Act: June 7, 1832
Index:-Vol. 4, Page 235

[Arrangement of 1870]
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Eleazer Marsh -- which require further proof or explanation. 

1. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes

II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes

III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? 

IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period of periods of the war when he served? yes

V. *Has he mentioned 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 amout [sic] of pension he is entitled? [yes crossed out] no

VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes

VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes

VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes

IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes

X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? yes

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there an reason assigned for not obtaining it?

XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? 

XIV. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? 

XIV. +If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? 
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?

XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? yes

XVI. ++Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? No -- Clerks seal not attached to other papers

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? yes

EXPLANATORY NOTES.

QUERE V. 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 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 service I claim a pension.
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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 [italics] about three or four months [end italics] is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state 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 shewn 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 the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.

[dagger symbol] QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
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 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.

[double dagger symbol] QUERE XVI. 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 paper 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.

[manicule symbol] In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.