Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 44,959, for Elisha Huntington, Connecticut
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Huntington Elisha
NUMBER
S. 44.959
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17.375 R
New York
Elisha Huntington
of Mexico in the state of N York
was a private in the regiment commanded
Ward of the Massachusetts
for the term of one year -
on the Roll of New york
rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence
11 of April 1818
rate of Pension issued the 3d of June
sent to Wm Hale Esq Judge
Richland N York
arrears to 4th of 4 March 1820: 22 mos 20.4/30.31 182.89
anl. all'ce ending 4 Sep: 1820 - 48
$230.89

{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818.}
Continued
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Elisha Huntington
Pension Papers
17375

Con
J.L.E.
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State of New York
Oswego County Ss On this 6th day of June one thousand eight hundred and twenty one personally appeared in open court it being the court of common pleas in and for the county of Oswego which by the Statutes of this state is declared to be a court of record Elisha Huntington aged 65 years resident in the Town of Mexico county of Oswego & State of New York who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows to wit In the company of Infantry Commanded by Capt -- Prior in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Andrew Ward In the year one thousand seven hundred & seventy six In the continental service & the Connecticut Line And this declarant says that his original declaration to obtain a pension was made on the Seventh Day of April eighteen hundred & eighteen and that in pursuance of said declaration a pension certificate was granted to this declarant numbered 17.375 and I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so 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 during the Revolutionary war passed on the eighteenth day of March 1818 and I do swear 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 or property except necessary wearing apparel & bedding but what is contained in the following Inventory by me subscribed which is as follows to wit
one cow and calf - $18
3 Chests - $2
5 Chairs - 3.75
3 Hogs - 9
2 Old tables - 2
1 Looking Glass - 2
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1 Clock - $9
1 five pail kettle - 3
1 Do D - 1
1 half Do - 00 75
1 Tea kettle - 1 -
1 Spider - 00 - 75
1 Frying pan - 1
1 Iron Basin - 00 - 50
2 Tin pails - 1 - 50
3 Wooden Do - 1 -
1 Churn - 1 -
1 pine shovel & tongues 2 75
1 Crane & farm hooks 1 - 50
1 pot - 1 -
1 pr broken andirons 1 -
3 [illegible] bowls - 00 - 25
3 Do basins - " 37
6 cups & saucers -  " 50
1 pewter plate -  " 25
2 Candlesticks - "  37
6 earthen plates -  " 50
1 tin dipper - " 12
1 Bread dish - " 25
1 [illegible] dish - " 06
1 qt tin cup - " 12
2 Tin Tumblers - " 25
1 Glass Do - " 12
1 Tea pot - " 25
5 Knive & forks - 1 -
4 spoons - 25
5 Tin tea spoons - 00 - 19
1 meat barrel - 00 - 75
3 meal barrels - 1 -
2 Vinegar casks - 1 -
1 Soap Barrel - 00 - 37
1 pickel barrel - 00 37
1 Lard tub - $00 50
1 Shugar [illegible] - 00 75
30 Sap buckets - 6 -
2 Hoes - 1 - 50
1 Ax - 1 50
1 Shovel - 1 -
1 Sythe & tackel - 2 -
2 Augurs - 00 - 50
1 Ox yoke - 2 -
1 Chain - 3 -
1 Hive of bees - 5 -
1 Crop cut saw - 5 -
1 flat Iron - 1 -
3 Tin pans - 1 - 50
1 pr [illegible] - 00 25
1 [illegible] 1 -
1 port ax - 1 -
1 mark tub - 1 -
1 nail Hammer - 00 38
1 inch chisel - 00.25
1 pr small steel [illegible] 00.75
1 Bake Kettle - 1 - 50
1 little wheel - 3 - 50
1 great wheel - 2 - 50
1 reel - 1 -
1 pr [illegible] cards - 00 50
3 meal bags - 2 25
1 Bible - 1 -
1 Hymn book - 50
1 book of sermons - 1 00
10 sheep - 12 - 50
2 trunks - 3 -
2 pitch forks - 75
1 rake - 25
2 Hatchets - 1 -
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I am in possession of eighty acres of land on which there is a log house and barn but I have no title to the same except a maked possession and this declarant further saith that he is by occupation a farmer & that his family consists of himself and that he is unable to perform but little labor by reason of age and bodily infirmities his wife Sally aged 43 years tolerable health his son Elisha aged 24 years healthy and his daughter Nancy aged 18 years healthy.
Elisha X his mark Huntington
Declared & sworn this sixth day of June 1821 in open Court
John Grant Jr
First Judge of Os Cty

Oswego County }
Clerks Office }
I Smith Dunlap Clerk of the County of Oswego do hereby certify that it is the opinion of the Court that the whole amount of property exhibited in the above schedule is $139-17 And I further certify that the above is a true copy of the original on file in this office
Witness my hand and Seal of the said court this 11th day of June 1821
Smith Dunlap Clerk

[seal affixed at left]
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I Elijah Chapman of Tolland in the County of Tolland and State of Connecticut; depose & say that in the year 1776 he the deponent was appointed a Second Lieutenant in the army of the United States and received a commission as aforesd which commission was dated the 10th day of June in said year and was signed by John Hancock then President of the United States; and Countersigned by Chas Thomson Secretary; and that soon after my appointment as aforesd and under the commission above described I did inlist Elisha Huntington to serve as a Private soldier for the term of one year from and after the said 10th day of June 1776 - the said Huntington then living in Tolland aforesd but now in Mexico in the County of Oswego in the State of New York and that in the forepart of August following the sd 10th day of June the sd Elisha Huntington did march with me from Tolland to Hartford in Connecticut where we joined Capt Abner Prior and the residue of this Company; from thence we took a water passage to Newyork where we joined Col Andrew Ward Regt and the deponent further says that the sd Huntington faithfully served out the time for which he inlisted and was honourably discharged from the army, and that to the deponents knowledge the sd Huntington was in the Battle of Trenton on the 26th of Decr in sd year where he behaved like a brave soldier; and further the deponent saith not
Elijah Chapman

Tolland County Ss Tolland January 31. AD 1820 personally appeared Genl Elijah Chapman & made solemn oath that the foregoing Affidavit by him subscribed contains the truth the whole truth & nothing but the truth before me
Jonathon Barnes Justice of Peace
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I Elisha Stearns Clerk of the County Court for the County of Tolland State of Connecticut certify that the within named Jonathan Barnes is a Justice of the peace for said County and that the within purporting to be his signature is his proper hand writing. In testimo whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of said Court at Tolland in sd County this 31 day of Jany AD 1820
E Stearns Clerk
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Elisha Huntington
private
Colonel Wards Regt
1776 to 1777
XXX
Admitted
3 June 1820
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State of New York }
Oswego County } SS On this eleventh day of April in the year of our lord One thousand Eight hundred and Eighteen, before me the subscribed, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Oswego in the State of New York aforesaid, personally appeared Elisha Huntington aged sixty three years resident in the town of Mexico in the County of Oswego and State aforesaid who being by me first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration 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 United States in the revolutionary war." That the said Elisha Huntington enlisted in the town of Tolland in the State of Connecticut either in the month of May or June in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy six in the company commanded by Captain __ Prior in the Regiment commanded by Col Andrew Ward - That he continued to serve in the said corps or in the service of the United States for the term of one year after his said enlistment, and was honorably discharged either in the month of May or June 1777 which discharge has been casually lost or mislaid - That he was in the following battles to wit, at the taking of the Hessians at Trenton - That he was at Trenton when the American army was attacked by the army commanded by Lord Huron - That he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support and that he has no other evidence now in his possession of his services except the affidavit of William Huntington hereunto annexed -
Elisha Huntington
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year aforesaid }
Wm Hale Judge of Oswego Common Pleas
I Wm Hale Judge as aforesaid, do certify that it appears to my sattisfaction that the said Elisha Huntington did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy; I am knowing to his being in reduced circumstances and I now transmit the procedings and testimony taken and said before me
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to the Secretary for the Department of War pursuant to the Directions of the aforementioned act of Congress 
Wm Hale Judge of Oswego Com Pleas

[written vertically in center]
Elisha Huntington
private
Colonel Wards Regt
XXX
Admitted
3 June 1820

Clerks Office I certify that William Hale is a Judge of the court of com pleas in and for the county of oswego
Joseph David Clk
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July 2, 1940.

XXXXXXXXXXX

Mrs. E. B. Hawley
2580 Overlook Road
Cleveland Heights, Ohio

BA-J/ADY
Elisha Huntington
S.44959

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter relative to Elisha Huntington, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.

The data contained herein were obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.44959, based upon the military service in that war of Elisha Huntington, the only soldier of that name that is found on said records of this office.

The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of Elisha Huntington are not shown.

Elisha Huntington while a resident of Tolland, Connecticut, enlisted June 10, 1776, served as private in Captain Abner Prior's Company, Colonel Andrew Ward's Connecticut Regiment; was in the battle of Trenton; length of service one year.

He was allowed pension on his application executed April 11, 1818, at which time he was aged sixty-three years, and a resident of Mexico, Oswego County, New York.

In 1821, his wife, Sally, was aged forty-three years, his son, Elisha, was twenty-four years old, and his daughter, Nancy, was aged eighteen years. There are no further family data.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name of person paid and possibly the death date of soldier, you should apply to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D.C., and cite the following data: "Elisha Huntington, Certificate No. 17375, issued June 3, 1820, rate $8.00 per month, commenced April 11, 1818, Act of March 18, 1818, New York Agency".

Very truly yours
A. D. Hiller
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
April 27, 1927
Mr. H. R. Huntington
17 Thornby Place
St. Louis, MO.

Sir:

I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 44959 it appears that Elisha Huntington while a resident of Tolland, Connecticut enlisted June 10, 1776, served one year as a private in Captain Abner Prior's Company, Colonel Andrew Ward's Connecticut Regiment, and was in the battle of Trenton.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 11, 1818 while a resident of Mexico, Oswego County, New York aged sixty-three years.
In 1821 he referred to his wife Sally? or Hally? (not clearly written) aged forty-three years, his son Elisha aged twenty-four years, and daughter Nancy aged eighteen years.
The above history is that of the only soldier by that name found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.

Respectfully,
Winfield Scott
Commissioner.
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2580 Overlook Rd.
Cleveland Heights, Ohio
May 22 1940

[circle stamp] Received May 24 1940 Mail Sub-Div Vets Sub Reader 5

Veterans Administration
Revolutionary Pensions Dept.
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sirs:

Elisha Huntington served in the Massachusetts troops in the Revolution & drew a pension while a resident of New York State. He was born in Tolland Conn.
Will you kindly send me a copy of his application for pension.
Very sincerely yours
(Mrs.) E. B. Hawkey
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The Sandusky Cooperage and Lumber Co.
H. R. Huntington, President
W. W. Cate, Treasurer
A. O. Theobald, Secretary
Manufacturers of
Barrels and
Cooperage Stock
Buder Building
St. Louis, Mo., U.S.A.
March 2nd, 1927

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

[handwritten diagonally above text of letter] One only

Dear Sir:-
I am referred to you by the Adjutant General's office of the War Department of Washington for certain information which I attempted to get from the War Department.

I wish to secure the record in the Revolutionary War of one Elisha Huntington who I understand served in the Eighth Connecticut Regiment which was commanded by Colonel Jedidiah Huntington.

The War Department advises as follows:

"Elisha Huntington's name appears on an undated account of arms and accouterment retained from discharged soldier agreeable to general orders December 10th, 1775, which shows the number of the gun 14 appraisal L-2-S8".

I trust there are records in existence in your office from which the record of service of Elisha Huntington can be obtained and assure you of my appreciation of any efforst you may make in furnishing this record.

Yours very truly,
H. R. Huntington

Mr. H. R. Huntington
17 Thornby Place,
St. Louis, Missouri.
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1927 - Apr.- 27 - Hist to H. R. Huntington - MM
1940 July 2. Hist to Mrs. E. B. Hawley ADY

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44959
Revy Invalid.
File No. 44959
Elisha Huntington
Priv Rev War
Act: 18" March 1818
Index: - Vol. 3, Page 244

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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16.670
Old case.
Elisha Huntington
Mexico NYk
Wm Hale
Judge
Richland, N Yk
recd. 20 March 1820

Richland N.Y. }
12th March }

Free

To the Hon. Secretary of War
City Washington
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Honored Sir
Agreable to the request of Mr Huntington I return his affidavit together with E Chapman's to your office for the purpose of obtaining his pention
He informs me that there has of late been a decision respecting the Regiment to which he Belonged and the decision is that those that served in that Regiment are entitled to their Pention agreable to the act - And further that he is [obscured] owing to one or more men that served with him that have made application and are now drawing their pention
I beg leave to inform you that duplicates in favor of Jacob Ellis and Peter Coombs need not be forwarded to me for I have received the original Certificates from Richmond.
If it is not to much trouble I wish you would inform me whether [obscured] Myers (who was wounded near fort George in capturing a British Piquet at the time Gen Swift was killed) will draw a Pention and situation of his papers Richland 
Oswego March 9th 1820
Wm Hale
To the Hon Secretary at War
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Richland N.Y. }
11th June }

Free

War Department
Washington City
Pension Papers

NYk 639
Recd 18 June 1821
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Hon J C Calhoun
Sir
Enclosed are the pension papers of Elisha Huntington an answer is requested as soon as may be
Your Se
Jas A Davis
Richland Oswego Co N.Y.
June 11th 1821