Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 10,916, for Elijah Stanton, New Hampshire
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Service Continental N.H.
Stanton, Elijah
Pottle or Pottles, Patience
Number: 10.916
BL.Wt. 104746-160-55
(former widow)
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Elijah Stantons
Declaration in order to
obtain the benefit of the 
act of Congress of the seventh
of June A.D. 1832--
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I Elijah Stanton of the town of Bartlett in the County
of Coos and State of New Hampshire, do testify and say
that I was a revolutionary soldier and that I
was placed on the pension list roll of the New Hampshire
agency, at the rate of eight Dollars per
month commencing on the fourteenth day of April
A.D. 1818 and was stricken from the pension list
September nineteenth A.D. 1820. by reason of the amount
of property which I then possessed according to the
Schedule which I had previously exhibited to the
war department. My evidence of service and my
original discharge was forwarded to the Secretary
of war at the time I received my pension certificate.
I was born in Rochester New Hampshire, I am sixty
eight years old last January, no record of my
birth to my knowledge. I enlisted in June A.D.
1782, joined my regiment at Fort Plain on the
Mohawk River, said Regt was under the command
of Col. Reed 2d New Hampshire Regt in Capt.
Cherry Company of Lt. Infantry. I was transferred
to Capt. Moody Distin's Company, in the same Regt.
I was then transferred to Capt Joseph Patters Company
in the American Regiment commanded by
Col. Hull and was discharged from said Regt
and company on the 30th day of June A.D.
1784 at West Point - I enlisted at Middleton
New Hampshire I have resided where I now Bartlett
forty four years-  (signed) Elijah Stanton here signed by Steven Meserue 
at said Stanton's request.
Attest.  Wm. Pitman
A. Gilman
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State of New Hampshire Coos-SS- July 27. 1832
Personally appeared the above mentioned Elijah
Stanton and made solemn oath that the above
affidavit by him subscribed is just and
true before me Stephen Meserue Justice
of the Peace

I William Pitman do testify and say that I have
been acquainted with the above named Elijah
Stanton for forty years and believe him to be
identical Elijah Stanton who has heretofore drawn
a pension as he has stated above.  Wm. Pitman
Coos. Ss. State of New Hampshire July 27. 1832
Sworn to before me
Stephen Meserue Jus. Peace

I Ezra H, Hesener do testify and say that
have been acquainted with the above
named Elijah Stanton about twenty
years and believe him to be the same
Elijah Stanton who has heretofore drawn
a pension as he has stated above.
Ezra H. Hesener

Coos. Ss. State of New Hampshire July 27. 1832
Sworn to before me
Stephen Meserue Justice Peace
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State of New Hampshire
Coos Ss.
I William Farrar Clerk of the Court
of Common Pleas for the County of Coos do
certify that Stephen Meserue is a Justice
of the Peace within and for said County
duly qualified to take affidavits and
that believe the signature purporting
to be his is genuine.
Witness my hand and the seal of the said
Court this 3d day of September 1832.
Wm Farrar Clerk
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4494
New Hampshire
Elijah Stanton
of Bartlett in the State of New Hampshire 
who was a private in the company commanded
by Captain Cherry of the Regiment commanded
by Col Reed in the New Hampshire
line for 2 years.

Inscribed on the Roll of New Hampshire
at the rate of 80 Dollars no Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March 1834.

Certificate of Pension issued the 29th day of Jany.
1833 and sent to Stephen
Meserue Esqr. Bartlett, N.H.

Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1832                                $120
Semiannl. allowance ending 4th March 1833         40
Total                                                                     $160

(Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832)

Recorded by Daniel Boyd Clerk,
Book D, Vol. 1, Page 185
 (facing page)
M.H. Donnell, July 21/58
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Increase 4213
New Hampshire
Patience Pottles formerly
widow of Elijah Stanton
who served in the Revolutionary
N.H.
war, as a Private

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate
of 96 dollars no 
cents per annum, to commence on
the 27th July, 1868.

Certificate of Pension issued
31st day of Oct 1868
and sent to L. D. Stevens
Concord N H

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 3, 1853, Page 162 Vol. H
J N Smith
sent
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(left side)
S. D. Stevens, Mch: 20"/15, Pen: (illegible)
Encl. B.
Boynton

(right side)
320970 Act Mch 3/55
Feb 25/65
Patience Pottle
for wid. of
Elijah Stanton
Pri
Rev. War

See Pension Papers on file
Admitted for 160 acres.
April 24" 1865
Boynton.
Write
L.D. Seven Concord, N.H
Boynton
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The State of New-Hampshire
Secretary's Office, Concord,
June 26th 1863
I HEREBY CERTIFY that at the date of the annexed
attestations Joel Eastman was a
Justice of the Peace for the
County of Carroll.
in the said State, duly commissioned and quaned; and that to his
acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out
of Court.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF I have hereunto affixed the seal of the State,
the date above written.
Allen Tenny
SECRETARY OF STATE.
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Form of Declaration
To be made by the widow of a deceased person who has not had a Land Warrant.

State of New Hampshire
County of Carroll Ss.
On this twenty fifth day of June A. D. one thousand eight
hundred and sixty three personally appeared before me, a justice of the peace, within and for the County and
State aforesaid, Patience Stanton, aged seventy eight years,
a resident of Bartlett in the State of New Hampshire who,
being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Elijah Stanton
deceased, who was a Soldier in the war
of the Revolution and a Pensioner of the United States 
at the rate of $96 per an. under Act March 18. 1818 
and continued in actual service in said war for the term of more than fourteen
days and was honorably discharged.
She further states that she was married to the said Elijah Stanton
in Bartlett NH on the twelfth day of February
A.D. 1835.
Stephen Meserue now deceased a Justice of the Peace and
that her name before her said marriage was Patience Stanton that
her said husband died at Bartlett aforesaid on the twenty sixth day of
April A.D. 1838
and that she is now a widow.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the "act approved March 3, 1855." That she has never applied for or obtained Bounty Land
under any other act of Congress.  (signed) Patience X Stanton her mark
Witness
Joel Eastman
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WE, Elias M Hall and Clarina J Hall residents
of Bartlett in the State of New Hampshire upon
our oaths, declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Patience
Stanton in our presence, and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that
she is the identical person she represents herself to be.
residents
Elias M. Hall
Clarinda J Hall

Carroll ss June 25 1863
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written;
and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be,
and that I have no interest in this claim.
Joel Eastman Justice of the Peace,
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(stamp)
Department of the Interior
July 1, 1863
Pension Office                                 319.037

Original
Revolutionary
B.L. Claim
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State of New Hampshire
County of Carroll Town of Bartlett
This certifies that Mr Elijah Stanton and Miss Patience
Stanton have been published for Marriage according to Law
Bartlett January 6 1835 Samuel P Meserue Town Clerk
February twelfth Eighteen hundred and thirty five
Joined Elijah Stanton and Patience Stanton in Marriage
Samuel P Meserue Town Clerk, Stephen Meserue Justice of the Peace
attest I certify that the above is a true copy of the record of said Town, with the exception of the
date, which is expressed in the record in fair legible figures, as follows: -- (b)
"February 124 1835"
John D Thompson Town Clerk of Bartlell
I, John D Thompson above named, depose and say, that
I hold the office of Town Clerk in the town, county, and state aforesaid, and that the
above is a true copy of the records of said town, with the exception above named, as certified by me.
John D Thompson Clerk of the Town of Bartlett

Subscribed and duly sworn to before me, this twenty fifth day
of June A. D. 1863; and I certify that I have no interest direct or
indirect, in the prosecution of this claim.
Joel Eastman Justice of the Peace

(a) Here fill an exact transcript of the record, except that, instead of copying the reason, the dates must be
written out in full.
(b) Here give the date exactly as it is in the record.
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copy
Elijah Stanton's
Declaration & Schedule
10,871
(very faint) entitled
Sept. 1819
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State of New Hampshire
Coos Ss
On this eleventh day of July A.D. 1820 personally
appeared Elijah Stanton of Harts location in the County
of Coos and State of New Hampshire
Before William Lovjoy &
John Pendester Judges of the
Court of Common Pleas in the County of Coos being
a Court of Record in and for the said County having power
of fine and imprisonment Elijah Stanton aged fifty
six years resident in Harts Location in said County who being
first- duly sworn in open Court according to Law doth on
his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War
as follows viz Enlisted in the second New Hampshire Regiment
the said regiment commanded by Col George Reed in
Company commanded by Capt Cherry in the Line of the
State of New Hampshire-- The date of my original
declaration in order to obtain a pension is the 14th day of
April 1818. The number of my pension certificate
is 10.871 I received a pension and 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
parts 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 in the Revolutionary war
passed on the 18th day of March 1818 and 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 than what is
contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me
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Subscribed. My occupation is a farmer and I have not
sufficient ability to pursue it on account of a violent pain
in my head which often attends one and renders me incapable
of prosecuting my occupation for the major part of my time
in family residing with me Elanor Stanton my wife aged
sixty two years Elanor Stanton my daughter aged twenty five
Mariana Stanton to my granddaughter aged fourteen years
Jay Burnham, aged ten years.-- Their capacity to contribute to
their support- my wife's constitution is as good as persons of her
age and can in part support herself. Elanor my daughter has
been for this year past unable to help herself and I have been obliged
to have her under the care of a Physician the whole time.
Mariana and Jay are dependent on me for support.
(signed) Elijah X Stanton his mark
Ebenezer L. Hall
Schedule containing the whole estate and Income of Elijah Stanton
of Harts Location in the County of Coos and State of New
Hampshire (his necessary clothing and bedding excepted) by
him subscribed exhibited to the Court of Common Pleas for
the County of Coos in the State of New Hampshire on the 18th
day of July 1820 and annexed to his oath (viz)
One Hundred & forty acres of Land the most part of
said Land is naturally poor owing its contiguous situation
with the White Mountains and being near the head of (illegible)
River which is the cause of the soil of land being very (illegible)
rocky and Baron a small part of said farm is under improvement
and valued  $200.00
one Horse-- valued                          $30. 00
one yoke of oxen (illegible) valued  $30.00
Two Cows-valued                              $21.00
One Two year old heifer      Do          $ 6.00
Two 1 year old Steers           Do          $ 8.00
Eight Sheep                          Do          $10.00
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Four Small Swine  valued                       $8.00
Two old ploughs      Do                          $6.00
9 harow teeth nearly worn out do          $1.00
2 old hoes                  Do                             .33
2 old chains                Do                         $2.00
2 Do poor ases           Do                          $1.00
1 Do  (illegible)           Do                          $1.00
Half Doz. chairs very old and poor            $100
1 Table made of pine wood                        $ .75
1 five pail kettle            Do                         $2.00
1 old Brass clock and an old watch            $30.00
Sundry other (illegible) articles amounting to $50.00
Total                                                           $364.08

Debts due by me to sundry Persons
amounting to the sum of eighty dollars     $80.00
                                                                     $284.08
Attest Ebenezer L. Hall  (signed) Elijah X Stanton his mark

Sworn to an declared at Lancaster in said County
on the eleventh day of July A.D. 1820 before the Justices
aforesaid--Attest John Willson Clerk

I John Willson Clerk of the Court of Common 
Pleas within & for said County of Coos do hereby
certify that the foregoing oath and this schedule
thereto annexed are truly copied from the record of the
said Court-and I do further certify that it is the opinion
of the said Court that the total amount in value of the
property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is two hundred eighty four dollars eight cents---In testimony
whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed
the Seal of the said Court, on this 11th day of July
A.D. 1820-- John Willson Clerk
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2373 NHampshire
Application for Pension
Act 1853 Feb 3d-Sec
Patience Pottle
wid. of Elijah Stanton
Feby 9 1865

L.D. Stevens
Attorney
Concord, N.H.

Stamp Department of the Interior
Feb 13 (illegible)
Pension Officd
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State of New Hampshire
County of Carroll ss.
On this ninth day of February AD 1865 personally appeared before me Jack Eastman Judge of the Probate Court i and for the County of Carroll Patience Pottle aged eighty years a resident of Bartlett in said County, who being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress of Feb. 3, 1853 Second Section.
That she was formerly the widow of Elijah Stanton a Soldier in the War of the Revolution and a Pensioner of the United States at the rate of Ninety Six dollars per year under the Act of March 18th, 1818 and was paid at the Concord N. H. Pension Agency. That the said Elijah Stanton died on the twenty sixth day of April A. D. 1838; that on the thirteenth day of July 1831 she was again married in the State of Maine by John Dennett, a Justice of the Peace.  That the said Jonathan Pottle died in the town of Norway on the tenth day of March A. D. 1863; and that she is still a widow. She further declares that she has not in any manner been
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engaged in or aided or abetted the rebellion in the United States; that she hereby constitutes and appoints S. D. Stevens of Concord N. H. her true and lawful attorney to prosecute her said claim.
Signed in presence of Joel Eastman
Patience her X mark Pottle
Subscribed and sworn on the day and year first before written before me; and I certifyf that I am disinterested and that the foregoing statement was read to said claimant and acknowledged to be understood by her.
Before me, Joel Eastman Judge of the Probate Court of Carroll County
We Kingman Head and Nathaniel Tufts residents of Bartlett in the County of Carroll & State of New Hampshire of lawful age testify and say that we were present and saw Patience Pottle sign her name by her mark on the foregoing declaration and that from personal acquaintance with her and her family we know her to be the identical person she represents herself to be and that she is a widow
Kingman Head
Nathaniel Tuft
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Subscribed and sworn to on the ninth day of February AD 1865 before me. And I further certify that in my belief said affiants are persons entitled to credit.
Joel Eastman  Judge of the probate Court for Carroll County.
The words [illegible] erased  and Carroll inserted by me before signed & executed.  Joel Eastman
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In reply to your request of [blank], received [blank] for a statement of the military history of Elijah Stanton, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.   W 10,916

Dates of Enlistment |   Length of Service|  Rank.  |
or Appointment.      |   
June 1782
discharged June 30, 1784
at West Pt. N. Y.|
[illegible]  June 26, 1784

Officers under whom service was rendered| State|
Captain              |     Colonel   |
Cherry                | George Reid|     N. H.|
Moody Dustin   |
Joseph Potter    |    Hull       | American Regt.

Battles engaged in, [blank]
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Enl. at Middletown, Strafford Co., N. H.
Date of application for pension, Apl. 14, 1818. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Bartlett, Harts Location, Coos Co. N. H.
Age at date of application, 55 years.
Remarks:   unfinished
Respectfully, 
Commissioner.
J-2586

Lt. Col. Wm Hull might [illegible] regt.
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Additional Evidence
Patience Pottles
former widow of Elijah Stanton late 
Jona. Pottle
Nov 1864

[stamp]
Department of the Interior
Nov 17 1864
Pension Office
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We John Lee of the town of Oxford and  G. O. Brown residents of the town of Norway and State of Maine of lawful age testify and say that we are well acquainted with Patience Pottle formerly the widow of Elijah Stanton and have been so acquainted with her for the space of ten years past; that we were also well acquainted with Jonathan Pottle the late husband of the said Patience Pottle; that we attended his funeral and 
know that he died on the tenth day of March 1863; that his widow, the said Patience Pottle still remains a widow and is living at the date; that we have no interest in her claim for Pension.
John Lee
G. O. Brown

State of Maine County of Oxford ss. Subscribed and Sworn to on this eleventh day of November 1864 before me: and I certify that said affiants are persons entitled to credit and that I am disinterested.
Henry Upton Justice of the Peace
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State of Maine.
County of Oxford, ss:
Clerk's Office, Supreme Judicial Court.
I, A. L. Burbank, Clerk of the Supreme
Judicial court of Maine, within and for the
County of Oxford, the same being a Court
of Record, hereby certify,, that
Henry Upton was at the dates of the certificates hereunto annexed, ever since has been, and now is, a Justice of the peace within and for said County, duly authorized to administer Oaths, and take the acknowledgment of Deeds and other Instruments; and that I believe that the signature to the Instrument hereunto annexed, purporting to be his, is his genuine official signature.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of our said Court, this seventh day of November, 1864
A. L. Burbank Clerk.
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cg. 50 cts. [illegible]
[stamp]
Department of the Interior
Apl 5 18[illegible]
Pension Office
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State of New Hampshire.
Merrimack County.
I, Isaac A. Hill, Register of the Court of Probate for said County, hereby certify, and attest, that Isaac Meserve Esq., before whom the annexed affidavits were sworn to and who has subscribed his name to the certificates thereof, was, at the time of so doing, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn, and duly authorized to administer oaths and take the acknowledgement of deeds, &c; that his signatures thereunto are in my belief, genuine.
Given under my hand and the seal of said Court, at Concord, in said County, this 31st day of March A. D. 1865.
Isaac A. Hill  {Register of the Court of Probate, Merrimack County.
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We Andrew T Parker and Comfort V Mead residents of ?Bartlett in the County of Carroll and State of New Hampshire testify and say that we are well acquainted with Patience Pottle who was formerly the widow of Elijah Stanton a Pensioner of the United States at the rate of Ninety six dollars per annum, under the Act of March 18, 1818: that we were well acquainted with the said Elijah Stanton in his life time and from personal acquaintance with both parties we know the said Patience Pottle to have been widow of the identical Elijah Stanton who was a pensioner under said Act of arch 18, 1818, and afterward under the Act of June 7, 1832 at the rate of Eighty dollars per annum. That we have no interest in her claim.
AndrewTT. Parker
Comfort V. Mead

State of New Hampshire County of Carroll ss.
Subscribed and Sworn to on the twenty eighth day of March 1865 before me; and I certify that said affiants are persons entitled to credit and that I am disinterested.
Isaac Meserve, Justice of the Peace
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I, Patience Pottle of Bartlett in the County of Carroll and State of New Hampshire declare and say that I am the same person who has made application for Pension and Bounty Land as formerly the widow of Elijah Stanton a soldier in the town of the Revolution and a Pensioner of the United States: that I have never received bounty land from the United States under any Act of Congress nor in rights of either of my husbands and that the application for bounty land now made is the only one ever made by me.
Patience her /X mark Pottle

State of New Hampshire County of Carroll ss. Subscribed and Sworn to on this twenty eight day of March 1865 before me; and I certify that I am disinterested.
Isaac Meserve  Justice of the Peace
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Treasury Department, 
Third Auditor's Office,
April 13th 1865.
Sir, 
In reply to your letter of 11th inst: I have to state that no pensions of Elijah Staunton, Concord N. H. roll act of June 1832 has been paid in full to 26 April 1838 that date of his death, and that no amount ($11.54) was paid to George Sparhawk, the duly constituted Attorney of the heir, Patience Staunton.
Very respectfully
John Wilson
Auditor.
Joseph H. Barrett Esq
Commnr. of Pensions

W. D. C.
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Declaration for Increase of Pension,
Under Sec. 13, Act of July 27, 1868.
Patience Pottle
Act Feb 3d 1853  2d Section

[stamp]
Department of the Interior
Oct 17 1868
Pension Office


L D Stevens
Attorney.
Concord N. H.
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N
Sold by Henry J. Hallgreen, Law Stationer, 14 Exchange Street, Boston.
Declaration for Increase of Pension,
Under Section 13, Act of July 27, 1868.
State of New Hampshire  County of Carroll } ss.
On this sixth day of October A. D. 1868, personally appeared before me Daniel G. Beede, Register of Probate within and for the State and County aforesaid, Patience Pottle aged eighty three years, a resident of Bartlett in the State of New Hampshire who being duly sworn, according to law, declares that she is the identical Patience Pottle to whom was granted pension certificate, dated May 6/65 payable at Concord N. H. at the rate of 80 dollars per year issued under the act of Feb 3d, 1853;  that she makes this declaration in order to secure the increase of her pension to which she is entitled under the 13th section of the act of July 27, 1868. That she still remains a widow.
Witness [blank] Post-office address, Lower Bartlett N H
Signature of Applicant, Patience her X mark Pottle
Applicant hereby appoints [blank] of [blank]
attorney to prosecute this claim and to receive the certificate which may be issued therefor.
Also personally appeared Leautt H. Eastman a resident of Conway and G. W. M. Pitman a resident of Bartlett persons whom I certify to be respectable and entitled to credit, and who, being by me duly sworn, say that they were present and saw Patience Pottle make her mark name to the foregoing declaration; and they further swear, that they have every reason to believe, from the appearance of the applicant, and their acquaintance with her that she is the identical person she represents herself to be, and they further state that they have no interest in the prosecution of this claim. That said declarant still remains a widow.
Witness, L. H. Eastman
Witness, G. W. M. Pitman
Subscribed and sworn to before me this sixth day of October A. D. 1868; and I do hereby certify that I have no interest, direct or indirect, in the prosecution of this claim.
Daniel G. Beede, Register of Probate
(signature of Judge or other Officer.)
for Carroll County, New Hampshire.
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7213.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
WIDOW'S PENSION.
---
I certify that, in conformity with the 2d section of the act of
February 3, 1853,
Patience Pottle, formerly
widow of
Elijah Stanton
who was a Private in the revolutionary war,
is inscribed on the Pension List, at the rate of Eighty
dollars and cents per annum, commencing on the
10" of March, 1863, [handwritten above February date]
of February, 1853 [crossed out], and continuing for life, unless she should
again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the
time of such marriage.
Given at the Department of the Interior,
this Sixth day of May
one thousand eight hundred and Sixty -
five.
J.P. Usher
Secretary of the Interior.
Examined and countersigned.
Joseph H. Barrett
Commissioner of Pensions.
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Payable semi-annually. The first
payment on this Certificate will be
made on the 4th of September
next, in Portsmouth, at the
Branch Bk: U. States.
New Hampshire
Recorded
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War Department
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I CERTIFY that, in conformity with the Law of the United States,
of the 18th of March, 1818,
Elijah Stanton
late a Private
in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed
on the Pension List, Roll of the New Hampshire
Agency, at the rate of Eight dollars per month, to commence
on the fourteenth day of April one thousand
eight hundred and eighteen
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States,
this twentieth day of
May one thousand eight
hundred and nineteen.
J. L. Edwards
in the absence and on behalf
of the Secretary of War.
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Elijah Stanton
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War Department, No.10.871 [?]
PENSION OFFICE,
19 Sept. 1820.
SIR,
You are hereby informed that the
Secretary of War does not, on account of the amount of your
property, consider you entitled to a Pension under the Acts of
the 18th March, 1818, and 1st May, 1820; and has, therefore,
directed your name to be stricken from the Pension List.
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. Edwards
To Mr. Elijah Stanton
care of John Willson, Esq
Lancaster, N.H
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Increases   7.2B [handwritten]
Brief in the Case of Patience Pottle formerly Widow
Elijah Stanton Priv Rev. Lower Bartlett
Carroll County and State of New Hampshire
Concord [written beside New Hampshire]
[2d he] Act Feb 3, 1853.
-------
CLAIM FOR NEW PENSION CERTIFICATE,
PROOF EXHIBITED,
A Pensioner on the roll of New Hampshire at
$80 per annum. She has returned her pension
certificate & claims the benefit of the act of July 27 1868.

Personal identity & continued widowhood properly shown

Admitted Oct 24. 1868 to a pension at $96.00 per annum
to commence July 27, 1868 deducting all payments [illegible]

W. E Trask
Examining Clerk.

Name and residence of Agent.
L. D. Stevens
Concord
NH
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Memo:
Pen: Off: Mch:20/15.
This claim and that for B.S. No. 340. 970, seem to be all
right but from some correspondence. it appears, the claimant
applied some years ago for a pension in the name of Stanton, Concealing
her 3: Marriage. The case I understand not to have been
Av: but Mr. Stethings to have been indicted for preparing false & fraud-
ulent papers, forfeited his bond, &c, Hence, the letter written this
day. When Mr. Stevens is heard from & Additional proof
is filed, admit at once. No B.S. Appl. other than the above can be fr.
And no per: papers can be found other
then the within Prob. with Dist. Atty;
Boynton.
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See Within.

See Within.
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3 - 871
RECORD DIVISION
Department of the Interior
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Briefed by L.
W. File 
Claim No.10916.
Certificate No.---
Claimant Patience Pottle
Soldier Elijah Stanton
Service N. H. Line
Additional Service Rev War
●
No__claim, State records__,191
No claim, combination records__, 191
REMARKS:
Law Div.
---
[oval stamp]
Law Division
JUL 2 1914
Received

W.F. Wade
Chief Division.

6 -- 1944
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Concord N.H.
April 1st 1865.
Sir
I herewith forward
the additional evidence
called for in support
of the claim of Patience
Pottle which I hope will 
be found Satisfactory.
I am informed by a son
of Mrs P. that the old certificate
was surrendered
when the balance of the
pension was paid
Very Respectfully
Your Obd Sert
S. D. Stevens
Hon Jos. H. Barrett
Commt of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Page 43

L D Stevens
Feb 10 1865

[stamp in lower left corner]
Department of the Interior
Feb 13 1865
Pension Office
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Concord N.H.
Feb. 10th 1865.
Sir
Agreeably to your suggestion
made to me when at your office
a few weeks since I have caused a
new declaration in full to be made
by Patience Pottle, formerly widow of
Elijah Stanton, both for the pension
and also for bounty land.
Evidence to fully substantiate the facts
set forth in the declaration being now
on file in your office in this case
I have deemed it unnecessary to furnish
it again.
Allow me respectfully to request an
early decision in this case
Very Respectfully
Your Obt Servt
L. D. Stevens

Hon. Jas H. Barrett
Comm of Pensions
Washington
D.C.
Page 45

[left side of fold]
July 27th 63. 4.944
Denny [?] D illegible

[center of folded sheet]
Additional Declaration [overwritten by Le illegible]
L. D. Stevens
of
Patience Pottles
former widow of
Elijah Stanton &
Wm Stanton [crossed out]
Nov 15 1864
-
L D Stevens
Concord
N. H.

[Stamp on right side of fold]
Department of the Interior
Nov 17 1864
Pension Office
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Concord N.H,
Nov 15th 1864

Sir,
At the request of the children 
of Patience Pottle, formerly the widow
of Elijah Stanton I have drawn up 
a Supplementary declaration for obtaining a pension embracing so far as I am informed, all the facts in addition to those stated in her original declaration to enable you to understand fully her case.
It is said by those acquainted with the parties that this claimant was made the dupe of Sethings and in no way guilty any fraudulent intent; was [illegible phrase] I can see no impriety [impropriety?] in this application for such pension as she may be fount entitled to by Court.
The District Attorney, to whom I applied for a statement of all the facts in this case has forwarded to me a letter addressed to your office some years since and
Page 47

which lead to the discovery of the
fraud, with a request that I would
forward it to your office.
Mrs. Pottle made application for bounty
land, to which she is entitled, and I
suppose it will be granted on her
application now on file in your
office
Very Respectfully
Your Obt Servt
L. D. Stevens

Hon Joseph H. Barrett
Comm of Pensions
Washington
D. C.

April 49 44 Elijah Stanton Private Jan 29 1833 to April 28 1838 death [written above]
$80-
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Brief
7213
Brief
In the case of Mrs. Patience Pottle a resident of Bartlett. Carroll
N.H. for a pension under the 2d Section of the act of Feby 3 1853
as the widow, formerly of Elijah Stanton deceased Revolutionary
pensioner,
the said Elijah Stanton, was pensioned under the act of the 7"
of June 1832, at the rate of $80 per annum.
Claimant's intermarriage with said
pensioner is Established by a certified Copy of the record thereof, in the town of
Bartlett, N.H. and the death of her husband in 1838 is clearly
proven by the affidavits of several Credible Witnesses and the report
of the third Auditor.
Applicant intermarried with Jonathan Pottle in
1851, and he died March 10th 1863, as appears by the affidavits of
several Witnesses certified to be credible.
The present widowhood and identity of
the Claimant, is proven by Six Witnesses of known Character
and integrity.
Claim admitted at the rate of $80. per annum to
commence March 10. 1863. the day her last husband died and
to continue during her widowhood.

S.C. Boyton Ex.
April 24" 1845.

Cert: to L. D. Stevens Esqr.
Concord, N.H..
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Office of
Clerk of the Superior Court
Carroll County
---
A.E. Kenison, Clerk
[handwritten on right]
Recd. in Rev. War section
July 14, 1914
FW

Ossipee, N. H. June 24, 1914.
Bureau of Pensions,
Department of the Interior,
Washington, D. C.

Gentlemen:-

In re. Pension of Patience Pottle, record of which is in Volume H., Page 162 of the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under act February 3rd, 1853. Mrs. Stanton, nee Pottle, died September 23, 1869, thus leaving a period of six months pension unpaid. I beg to inquire if your department will consider application of payment of the same at this time, and what evidence you desire for the establishment of the same?
Awaiting your advice, I am,
Yours very truly,
A.E. Kenison [signature]
AEK/B

[stamp]
Law Division
Jun 26 1914
Received

[stamp]
Law Division
Jul 2, 1914
Received
Page 50

[stamp mark]
Pension Office
U.S. 
E
Jun
26
1914

[written in pencil upside down from stamp]
Record No?

[upside down stamp mark]
Records Division 
Jun 29 1914
Page 51

[folded form]
[left side]
[stamp mark]
Department
of the
Interior
Jan 25 1865
Pension Office

[written in pencil]
Recv. Febr 27 "65 
At My Desk
B- 

[right side]
[printed form with ink handwriting]
United States Sanitary Commission
Army and Navy Claim Agency,
Washington, D. C.

From Patience Pottle on account [crossed out]
of Bartlett N.H. late a 
widow of in Co. [crossed out] Stanton, 
Regt. [crossed out] Vol [crossed out]
Rev. War of 1816 [ year crossed out] 
to
Darius Forbes,
General Agent of the United States Sanitary Commission Claim Agency.
Dated...186...
Received...186...
Filed in the ...Office, 
....186...

Not on Sup [?] Files
Central Office of the Agency,
No. 244 F Street,
Washington, D.C.
Page 52

State of New Hampshire.
[some words obscured by seal]
[CARROLL?] SS.
I, Wm. M. Weed, Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court within and for said
[county], hereby certify that Isaac Meserve Esq. 
[before] whom the annexed oath was made and who has
[subscribed] his name to the certificate thereof, was, at the time of so doing, a Justice
of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn and 
[authorized] to administer oaths and take the acknowledgment of deed, &c; that his signature
thereto is, in my belief, genuine.

In testimony whereof I have here unto signed my name, and affixed the seal of said Court, this 
fifth day of December A.D 1864.
W. M. Weed Clerk.
Page 53

Know all Men by these Presents,
That I, Patience Pottle have made, constituted, and
appointed, and by these presents do make, constitute and appoint DARIUS FORBES,
General Agent of the U.S. Sanitary Commission, or his successor in
office, my true and lawful attorney, for me and in my name, place, and stead,
to prosecute my claim to Bounty Land
filed in
the Pension Office at Washington, D.C., under the act of
...and also to...
and hereby revoking all other Powers of Attorney, giving and granting unto
my said attorney full power and authority to do and perform all and every act
and thing whatsoever requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises,
as fully, to all intents and purposes, as I might or could do if personally
present, with full power of substitution and revocation hereby ratifying and
confirming all that my said attorney, or his substitute, shall lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal the
14th day of November in the year one thousand eight hundred
and sixty four
Patience Pottle

Sealed and delivered in the presence of
James Mead [?]
Kingman Head

State of Newhampshire
County of Carroll
Be it known, That on the 14th day of November one thousand
eight hundred and sixty four, before me, Isaac Meserve a Justice of the
in and for the State of Newhampshire- duly commissioned and sworn dwelling in
State and County aforesaid personally came Patience Pottle 
and acknowledged the above Letter of Attorney to be her act and deed
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and
affixed my seal of office, the day and year last above written.
Isaac Meserve Justice of Peace
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320970
Application for Bounty Land
Act. 1855 March 3rd
Patience Pottle

Not on sup files

L.D. Stevens
Attorney
Concord N.H.
Page 55

Pen: Off:
Apl. 11" 1845.

The proofs which clearly 
Establish this Claim are
filed in support of Claimants
application for a pension 
[illegible] the 2d. Section of the Act 
of Feb: 3r. 1853.
Boynton
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4944/32 -NH.
State of New Hampshire
County of Caroll SS
On this ninth
of February AD 1865 personally appeared
before me a Justice of the Peace in and for the
State and County aforesaid Patience Pottle aged
eighty   years, a resident of Bartlett in said
County of Carroll who being duly sworn according to
law declares that she was formerly the widow of
Elijah Stanton, a Pensioner of the United States at
the rate of Eight dollars per month under the Act of
March 18 1818: that said Elijah Stanton died
in the town of Bartlett   on the twenty sixth
day of April 1838: that she was again married
to one Jonathan Pottle in the town of Norway
in the State of Maine on the thirteenth day of
July   1851:  that said Jonathan Pottle died
on the tenth day of March 1863 in the town of
Norway in the State of Maine and that she is
now his widow
She further declares that she makes the foregoing
declaration for the purpose of obtaining the
bounty land to which she is entitled under the
Act approved March 3 1855: that she has
never received bounty land under said
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Act or any other law of Congress
Signed in presence of
Joel Eastman
Patience her X mark Pottle

Mr. Kingman Head and Nathaniel Tufts
residents of Bartlett in the County of Carroll and
State of New Hampshire upon our oaths say
that the foregoing declaration was signed and
acknowledged by Patience Pottle in our
presence and that from long personal acquaintance with said applicant and
her family we know her to be the identical
person she represents herself to be and that the
facts set forth in her declaration are
true and that we have in interest in
her claims.
Kingman Head
Nathaniel Tufts

The foregoing declaration and affidavit were
Sworn to and subscribed before me on the day
and year above written and I certify that said
affiants are credible persons and that
I am disinterested
Joel Eastman Justice of the peace
for the County of Carroll
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F.W.
Rev. War Section.
July 15, 1914.
Mr. A. E. Kenison,
Clerk of the Superior Court.
Ossipee, New Hampshire.

Sir:
In response to your letter of the 24" ultimo, rel-
ative to the claim of Patience Pottle, widow of Jonathan
Pottle, who was pensioned for the Revolutionary War services
of her former husband, Elijah Stanton, you are
advised that there is no existing law under which any one
is now entitled to pension or arrears of pension on a
count of the services of a soldier in the War of the
Revolution.
Very respectfully,
G. M. Saltzgaber
Commissioner.
Page 59

War Department

Sep 22
E Stanton
---
Elijah Stanton
Private
2 years
Old Case
-
Honorable Lewis Cass
Secretary of War
City of Washington D.C,

Stephen Meserve. Esq
Bartlett.
N H

M.H.
Page 60

Lower Bartlett Sept 6th 1832
Hon. Lewis Cass Secretary of war
Enclosed is an application of
Elijah Stanton with the accompanying certificates
for the benefit of an act of Congress passed June 7th
A. D. 1832 - a return of the result of said application
may be made to the Subscriber at Lower Bartlett N.H.
your Obedient Humble Servt
Stephen Meserve
Page 61

Elijah Stanton
Private
Col Reed's Regiment
New Hampshire Line
1782. 2 years
14th April 1818


To the Honorable the Secretary
for the department of war
Washington City

Admitted
Page 62

State of Newhampshire - 6 August
On this 14 day of April 1818- Before me was the Subscriber. Judge of the
Probate Court within & for this County of Coos aforesaid. Personally appears Elijah Stanton aged 55. years, resident in Hunts [illegible] in the county & state aforesd; 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 6 August, entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval Service of the United States, in the revolutionary war; that he the Said Elijah Stanton enlisted in Middletown in the County of Stafford & State aforesd in the month of June 1782, for the term of three years in the Company commanded by Captain __Cherry of the 2nd New Hampshire Regiment of Infantry commanded by Col. George Reed; that he joined the Regiment at Fort Plain in July following & continued to serve in this same corps until the 30th day of June 1784-when he was discharged from Service at West Point in the State of New York, that he is reduced circumstances & stands in need of the assistance of this County for Support, & that he has no other witnesses now in his [illegible] of his Said Service than the voucher accompanying this declaration- Sworn to & declared before me, this day & year aforesaid--

I Eben. L. Hall, Judge & as aforesd., do certify that it appears to my Satisfaction that the Said Elijah Stanton did serve in the revolutionary war as Stated in the foregoing declaration against the common enemy; & I now transmit the proceeding & testimony to him & had before me the Secretary for the department of war, pursuant to the directions of the forementioned act of Congress of the 18th of March 1818-

Eben. L. Hall, Judge of the
Probates Courts within & for
Said County of Coos

State of New Hampshire - 6 August.
On this 18-day of June 1818- Before me the Subscriber, Judge of the Probate Court within & for the County of Coos afored., personally appears Eli Glims of Eaton in the County of Stafford  & state aforesd. who being by me first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration; that hi the said Eli Glims, was a fellow Soldier in the Service of the United States in the Revolutionary war with the above names Elijah Stanton , more than fourteen Months prior to the discharge of the American Regiments at West Point in the Summer of 1784---Sworn to & declared before me this day & year aforesaid.
 
Eben. L. Hall, Judge of the 
Probate Court, within & for
the County of Coos aforesd.
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State of New Hampshire
I Ebenz L. Hall Judge & aforesd. having been acquainted 
with the within named Elijah Stanton for more than ten
years passed; do notify that he is in reduced circumstances 
& stands in need of the assistance of his country for support
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto Set my hand
t& seal official this 19th day of June 1818
-
Ebenz. S. Hall Judge of the
Probate Court within & for
the County of Coos aforesd.--
by
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Probate office 
Augt 15 1818

State of New Hampshire Coos [illegible]
I the subscriber Register of the Probate Court within
and for said County; doth certify that the above
named Eben L. Hall, is now presiding Judge of
said Court, & doth as such officiate under the
authority afsd State. And that his signature to
the foregoing is genuine--
In testimony whereof I have the
day & year above hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal
of said Court --
John M Tillotson Prob Reg
---
Page 65

To the Honourable Eben L. Hall Esquire Judge of the Probate
Court within & for the County of Coos & State of New Hampshire
We the subscribers do hereby certify that we are well
acquainted with Elijah Stanton and he has lived
for this twenty years or more contiguous  to the line
of Bartlett or Stark's Location in the County and State
aforesaid, is in reduced circumstances & stands in
need of the assistance of his country for support.
June 19th 1818
John Penderton, Obed Hall & Jonathan Laskey
Selectmen
of Bartlett 1818
I the subscriber, do hereby certify that John Penderton, Obed Hall & Johnathan Laskey are Sell
men of Bartlett for the year 1818
Jun 19th 1818
John Penderton [illegible]
Clerk of
Bartlett for 1818
Page 66

Elijah Stanton
Certificate
Page 67

[left side of fold]
Patience Pottles
former widow of 
Elijah Stanton &
[illegible]
L. to L. D. Stevens
Nov 18 1864

L.D. Stevens
Concord 
N.H.

[stamp - right side of fold]
Department 
of the 
Interior
Nov 17 1864
Pension Office
Page 68

The State of New-Hampshire
Secretary of State's Office,
Concord,  Nov 14 1864
I Hereby Certify that, at the date of the attestation hereunto annexed,
Isaac Meserve was a Justice of the Peace for the County
of Coos in the said State, duly commissioned and qualified; and
that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in
and out of Court, and that his signature thereto is in my belief, genuine.

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the seal of the
State, the date above written.
Allen Tenny
Secretary of State.
Page 69

State of New Hampshire
County of Carroll SS On this ninth
day of
November A.D. 1864 before me, a Justice of the Peace
in and for said County personally appeared
Patience Pottle and made oath in due form
of
of law that she was formerly the widow of
Elijah Stanton a Pensioner of the United States
at the rate of Ninety Six Dollars per annum that
she was again married to one Jonathan Pottle
in the town of Paris in the State of Maine by John 
Dennett a Justice of the Peace on the 13th day
of July 1851; that the said Jonathan Pottle died
in the town of Norway in the County of Oxford and State of Maine on the tenth day of March
A.D. 1863 and that she has remained a widow from
the date of his death to the present time.
That she makes the foregoing statement as
supplemental to and to be taken as part of
former declaration made in order to obtain
the benefit of the provision made by the second
Section of the act of Congress approved Feb 3d
1853, in which declaration all the facts were not
stated; that she now resides with her
Son William W. Stanton in the town Bartlett
and State of New Hampshire and that her
Post Office address is Bartlett N.H.
And the further states that she has been made
Page 70

fully acquainted with the contents
of this and believes that all the
facts in relation to her claim for
Pension are fully, and correctly stated
and that she failed to state the facts
herein contained through no wrong or
fraudulent intent
Patience Pottle

Subscribed and sworn to on the day and
year first before written before me: and
I certify that said Patience Pottle was by
me made acquainted with contents
of the foregoing statement by reading the same
to her; and I further certify that I
have no interest direct or indirect in
the prosecution of this claim
Isaac Meserve, Justice of the Peace
Page 71

Norway, Maine. July 10. 1858
To the Hon. Com. of Pensions
The undersigned would
respectfully submit the following statement
of facts and
[illegible] that[crossed out] whether the
Woman
be entitled to a Pension or
[illegible]. and if not the reason
that the laws do not apply to her
case. And if she be entitled to any-
thing. for how much and the necessary
proof.

Patience Jenkins was born Jan
Jenkins was
1. 1785- She married William
Stanton of
Middletown N.H. in Jan 1804. William
served through the War of 1812 or the
larger portion of it and died in
1833 - His widow Patience Stanton in April
Page 72

1834 married Elijah Stanton of
Bartlett N.H. who served thro the
War of the Revolution and recd
Pension
of $96 a year till his
death which occurred April 8, 1836.
She remained his widow till July 13, 1851
when she married one Mr Pottle, who
wife she now is
Very Resfully
Your Obt Sert
Mark H. Dunnell
Page 73

1914. July 15. To A.E.
Kenison. No Say by
which Rev. War pen-
sion can now be paid
F.W.
,
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 10.916
pass
Patience Pottle
formerly Wid of
Elijah Stanton
Prit Rev War
-
Act: Feby 3" July 27" 1868.
Index: -- Vol. M, Page 136
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Page 74

7213
New Hampshire
Patience Pottle formerly
widow of
Elijah Stanton
who served in the Revolutionary
to
war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate
of 80 dollars ---
cents per annum, to commence on
the 3d February, 1853 [crossed out]. 10 March
1863
-
Certificate of Pension issued
Sixth day of May, 1865.
and sent to
L. D. Stevens, Esq.
Concord
N. H.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 3, 1853, Page 162 Vol. H
Page 75

Patience Pottle
for: wid:
Elijah Stanton, Rev: Pen:
N. H.
Act 1853, 2 Sec:
Ins:
Let: L. D. Steven Mch. 20"/15
[Illegible]. 1865
W: at the rate of $80. per under the
2. Sec: of the act of Feb 3, 1853, to Com
mence March 10 1883, the day her husband
died and to to continue during her widowhood
Cer. to L.D. Stevens, Esqr
Concord, N. H.
Boynton
Page 76

Pen: Off: Apl. 1865.
Mrs. Patience Pottle
formerly widow of
Elijah Stanton decd a rev:
Pensioner.
Carroll Co. N.H.
Admitted at the rate of $80 per
an: to commence March 10 "
1863 the day her last husband
dies, and to continue during her
Widowhood. under the 2d Section
of the Act of Feb. 3. 1853
Boynton
Cert: to L. D. Stevens Esq
Concord, N. H.
Page 77

10871   R
New Hampshire
-
Elijah Stanton
of Stark's Location in the state of N. Hampshire
who was a Private in the regiment commanded by
Colonel Reed of the N. Hampshire
line, for the term of 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of New Hampshire
at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on
the 14th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 of May 1819
and sent to Eben L. Hall, Esqr
Coos Co. N.H.
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 17/30 4/31 85.56
Semi-anl, all'ce ending 4 Sept 1819 - 48.00
$133.56
Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818.}
Discontinued
Coos County
Page 78

Notification sent to John Willson Esqr 19 Sep: 1820
Lancaster, N.H.
Page 79

104746
160 acs
Page 80

Within
Page 81

Pen. Off: Mch 21" 15.
When Mr Stevens the Atty: is heard from in
the pension claim, and the proof reqt is filed,
this claim should be au: No Other B.S.V. Appl. Can
be found. All right.
Boynton
Page 82

Elijah Stanton in
American ____Regiment,
being inlisted for Three Years, is hereby honourably DISCHARGED from
the Service of the United States.
Given in the State of New-York,
the Thirtieth Day of June
1784 -
By the General's Command,
H {illegible]
C {illegible] Capt. {[illegble]
REGISTERED in the Books of the Regiment,
Charles Pelous
Adjutant