Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 12,477, Eliphalet Clark, Conn.
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SERVICE
Conn.

Clark, Eliphalet

NUMBER
S. 12,477

carded
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Albany N. York 30164
[crossed out "Massachusetts"]
Eliphalet Clark
of Berkshire in the State of Massachusetts who was a private in the compy commanded by Captain Dana of the regt commanded by Co McClally in the Connecticut line for 1 year Sargeant of Art and 1 year private of Infantry

Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 100 Dollars ~~ Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 10 day of Sept 1833 and sent to Hon. G. N. Briggs Jonesboro

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833  $400.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept   50.00
________
$450.00

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by Danl Boyd Clerk,
Book G Vol. 2 Page 15

Trans. Circular to Penn 15 Sept
Cir to Penn agt 30 Nov 18[cut off]

Transfd to Albany N.Y. from 4 Sept 1837 11 Decr 183[cut off]
Notif sent to Moses Chapin Rochester N.Y.
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9684
Eliphalet Clark
Dalton Mass
Application for Pension
August 28 1832
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
~~
County of Berkshire, ss.

ON this twenty eighth day of August A.D. 1832, personally appeared in open Court, before the Honorable WILLIAM P. WALKER, Judge of the Court of Probate, within and for said County of Berkshire, now sitting,
Eliphalet Clark a resident of the town of Dalton in the County of Berkshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged seventy one years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
1st I enlisted in the Spring of 1779 for two months at Mansfield in the county of Windham & state of Connecticut, under Capt. Holt of the Connecticut militia, and served under him and Lieut Day for the two months at Providence & Bristol in Rhode Island

2nd I again, the next year, enlisted under Capt. James Dana at said Mansfield for one year & then hired James Harding who served the year as my substitute.

3d In the year 1781, as near as I can recollect I volunteered at said Mansfield & served one month under Lieut Knowlton at Fort Griswold in Groton near New London Connecticut
1 mo.

4th I also volunteered again & served at same Fort for three months under Lieut. Hotchkins. I believe this was the same year that I served the one month under Lieut Knowlton.
3 mos.

5th In 1782 near as I can recollect I volunteered again at Mansfield aforesaid and served six months at Fort Griswold & Fort Trumbull, in Broton & New London, under Colo. Ledyard, & I believe Lieut Knowlton.
6 mos.

6th I again enlisted the last year of the war at said Mansfield under Capt. Benjamin Durkee & served for out year at under him & Colo. McClellan the aforesaid Forts principally, but was upon an expedition to Long Island in the time, in this expedition Colo. Ely of the militia & Colo. Webb of the regular
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army were taken by the British vessel in Long Island Sound. Capt,. Dana with myself & other troops under his command crossed from Norwalk to the Island, and after being on the Island 8 days, crossed from the east end of it to New London, when I returned again to Capt. Durkee at the Fort.

I was born in said Mansfield in June 1761 & there is a record of my birth in the clerk's office in said town; I lived there with my Father Lemuel Clark, at the time of my services, & in said town until 1788 when I removed to Brimfield in Massts & lived there twelve years when I moved to Dalton where I have been since & now live. I never had a written discharge. I had a Sergeants warrant given me by Colo Maclellan, this warrant I gave to Judge Putnam of the Sup. Court when I applied for a pension under the law of 1818 & have never seen it since, nor do I know where it is. I know of no person in this Commonwealth who served with me except Nathan Bassett who now lives in Dalton, was on Long Island at same time that I was there.
I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declare that my name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any state.
Eliphalet Clark

Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
W. P. Walker J. Probate

I Nathan Bassett of Dalton, aged seventy one years hereby certify that I have known Eliphalet Clark who has subscribed & sworn to the annexed declaration, more than fifty years & previous to the War of the Revolution. I was on Long Island at the time he speaks of under Capt. Dana, and have no doubt that he served as he has stated. we [cut off]
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I Nathan Bassett of Dalton, aged seventy one years hereby certify that I have known Eliphalet Clark who has subscribed & sworn to the annexed declaration, more than fifty years & previous to the War of the Revolution. I was on Long Island at the time he speaks of under Capt. Dana, and have no doubt that he served as he has stated. we lived in the same town about six miles apart at the time of the War, & have since lived near neighbours in Dalton.
Nathan Bassett

Sworn and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
W. P. Walker J. Probate

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories, prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that R. Jenning who signed the preceding certificate sworn to before Henry Marshall is a Clergyman, resident in the town of Dalton in the County of Berkshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
W. P. Walker J. Probate

I, HENRY W. BISHOP, Register of the Court of Probate within and for the County of Berkshire in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Eliphalet Clark for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office of said Court of Probate, this twenty eighth day of August in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
Henry W. Bishop Register Probate
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I Francis Clark of Chaplin in the county of Windham and state of Connecticut being of the age of seventy three years do testify and say that I am knowing to the fact that Mr. Eliphalet Clark now of Dalton, in the county of Berkshire & state of Massachusetts, then of Mansfield in said county of Windham & state of Connecticut, enlisted in the month of July 1778 or 1779 cannot certainly recollect which but think in 1779 enlisted into a company of state troops under the command of Capt. Hill I think of Ashford in said Windham County but cannot be positive and Lieut John Frink of said Ashford for the term of six months. That the Regiment to which said company belonged was commanded by Col. Samuel McLellan of Woodstock in said county of Windham & state of Connecticut, that I enlisted into the same company at the same time & for the same term of six months. That we marched from Mansfield through Windham & Norwich to New London and were stationed near Fort Trumbull in said New London Cont. That we quartered at the same house & were in the same mess. That we were together during the whole time. That the said Eliphalet Clark served his time of enlistment faithfully, & was regularly discharged, and that I now draw a pension for services during the same time and further deponent saith not.
Francis Clark

Windham County ss. Chaplin Oct 16th 1834
Personally appeared Francis Clark the above named Deponent and made solemn oath to the truth of the above Deposition by him subscribed.
Before me John Clark Justice of the Peace

This may certify that I am, and for many years have been well acquainted with Mr. Francis Clark the above named Deponent, and do not hesitate to say that he sustains the character of a man of truth & veracity.
John Clark Justice of the Peace
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I Armin Bolles Clerk of the County Court within and for the County of Windham in the State of Connecticut do hereby certify that John Clark Esq before whom the within affidavit was made is duly enrolled as a Justice of the Peace in and for said Windham County, that the within signatures of his name are in his hand writing and that full faith and credit out to be given to his acts as such.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court at Brooklyn in said County this 16th day of October A.D. 1834.
Armin Bolles Clerk
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State of New York }
County of Monroe } ss. On this twenty second day of November 1837 before me the subscriber a justice of the peace for the said County of Monroe personally appeared Eliphalet Clark of Ogden in sand County who on his oath declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged first to the Company commanded by Captain Holt which was not then embodied in a Regiment - next to the Company commanded by Captains Benjamin Durgy in t he Regiment commanded by Colonel Samuel McClelland - and next tot he Detachment at Fort Griswold commanded by Lieutenant Daniel Knowlton not embodied in a Regiment, all in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of Massachusetts from when he removed in May 1835; that he now resides in the State of New York where he intends to remain, and wishes his pension to be there payable in future. The following are his reasons for removing from Dalton in the State of Massachusetts to Ogden in the State of New York viz: that he was poor in his circumstances and had a son residing in said Ogden with whom he wishes to live and be supported in his old age.
Eliphalet Clark (signature)
Sworn and subscribed to, before me the day and year aforesaid, } Ariel Wentworth Justice of the Peace

State of New York }
County of Monroe } ss: Nathan F. Clark of Ogden in said County being duly sworn does depose and say that he has for many years been well acquainted with Eliphalet Clark formerly of Dalton in the State of Massachusetts but now of Ogden in the State of New York, that he received a pension certificate bearing date September 10, 1835 as a Sergeant of artillery and private in the army of the Revolution, that he is the identical person described in the preceding affidavit and who subscribed and made oath to the same.
Nathan F Clark (signature)
Sworn and subscribed to, before me this 22nd day of November 1837 by Nathan F. Clark who I certify is a person of veracity. } Ariel Wentworth Justice of the Peace
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State of New York }
County of Monroe } ss: I Samuel G. Andrews Clerk of the said County do certify that Ariel Wentworth before whom the two within affidavits purport to have been sworn was at that date one of the justices of the peace in and for the said County of Monroe; and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe that the signatures to the said two affidavits, purporting to be his are, genuine.
Witness my hand and seal of office this twenty second day of November 1837.
Samuel G. Andrews Clerk
Monroe County
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9684
Eliphalet Clark
Massachusetts
Mr. Rang's certificate recorded 21 August 1835
[illegible]
May 7 1835
P. 379

H. W. Bishop
Lenox
Mass.
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BRIEF in the case of Eliphalet Clark
County of Berkshire in the State of Massachusetts
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

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

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

3. How old is he? Seventy one

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

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Period. | Duration of Service. | Rank | Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.

Enlisted in 1779 | 2 Months | Private | Capt. James Dana
Volunteered 1781 | 1 Month | -- | Lieut. Knowlton
Volunteered again | 3 Months | -- | Lieut. Hotchkiss
Volunteered 1782 | 6 Months | -- | --
Enlisted the last year of the War | 1 Year | -- | Capt. Benjamin Durkee, Col. McClellan

5. In what battles was he engaged?

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Windham Connecticut.

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

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Improperly attached

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

John L. Watson, Examining Clerk.
21st Feb
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In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Eliphalet Clark, a soldier in the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's - crossed out) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
S. File 12,477

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DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. | LENGTH OF SERVICE. | RANK. | OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. | CAPTAIN. | COLONEL. | STATE.

Spring 1779 | 2 mos. | Pri. | Holt | ✓ | Conn.
1781 | 1 mo. | -- | Lt. Knowlton | ✓ | --
1781 | 3 mos. |  -- | Lt. Hotchkiss | ✓ | --
1782 | 6p mos. | -- | Lt. Knowlton | Ledyard | --
1782 | 1 year ("rest of the war" | Private | Benjamin Durkee | Saml. McClellan
(see Comm Book pg 348)

Battles engaged in, ✓
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Mansfield, Conn. with his father Samuel.
Date of application for pension, Aug. 28, 1832. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Dalton, Berkshire Co., Mass.
Age at date of application, b. June -- 1761 at Mansfield, Windham Co., Conn.
Remakrs: In May 1835 he moved from Dalton to Ogden NY to live with his sone whose name is not stated. (Monroe Co., NY)

Very respectfully,
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ENVELOPE

Nov 29
Mr. Evans

STAMP
ROCKESTER NY
[ILLEGIBLE]

Two
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D. C.
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Rochester N.Y. Nov 22, 1837
Dear Sir
Will you have the goodness to direct the pension of Eliphalet Clark to be paid at Albany in this state and send to me for him notice of such transfer.
Very respectfully
Moses Chapin

Hon. J. L. Edwards
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9684
Eliphalet Clark

See papers under Act of March 1818

Application must be made to E. D. Rangeler for evidence of the claim. (illegible)

Augt 21, 1839
Service in Durkee Company
[illegible] reg rolls
served Antilla
1 year
third regt 1 year
Hon. G. N. Briggs HR
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Eliphalet Clark which require further proof or explanation.
I. 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 or 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 amount of pension he is entitled? Yes
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 any 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? Yes
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? Yes
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? Yes
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
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 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 about three or four months 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 shown 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.
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 entered 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.
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where 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, as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
☞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.
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Commonwealth Bank
Pension Department
Boston 5th Dec. 1837.

Sir,

Your letter of the 30th [illegible] is recd. In reply I have to state that Eliphalet Clarke a pensioner now on the roll of this Agency, under the Act of 7th June 1832 at $100 per annum has been paid up to 4th Sept. 1837.
I am very respectfully,
Your obt. servt.

John K. Simpson [illegible] Agent.

J. L. Edwards Esqr.
Commr. of Pensions
Washington
D. C.
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ENVELOPE

Dec 27.
Mass.

Hon J. L. Edwards
Pensions

Hon. G. N Briggs
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Washington 26 Dec 34
Dr Sir
Enclosed I send you the papers in the case Elison Lester with the letter of Mr. Bishop, on the subject of his claim & am making enquiries about the case of Eliphalet Clark.

Your tru.
G. N. Briggs

Hon JL Edwards
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ENVELOPE

Sept 14
Mail at Mr. Evans

Two

Pension Office
Washington 
D. C.
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State of New York }
County of Monroe } ss.: Eliphalet Clark being sworn says that on application under the law of the United States of the 7th June 1832, he received a Pension Certificate as sergeant of artillery and Private in the army of the Revolution dated September 10, 1835, that he then resided at Dalton in the State of Massachusetts, and has ever since drawn his Pension at Boston, that he has this day prepared his papers to draw from Boston arrears of his Pension to September 4th instant, that in the month of May 1835 he removed from Dalton aforesaid to Ogden in the County of Monroe, State of New York, and has resided there ever since, and expects to continue his residence there.
Eliphalet Clark (signature)
Taken and sworn this eighth day of September 1837 before me. } Edward Barnard A Justice of Peace for Monroe County, N. Y.

Rochester September 8, 1837.

Sir,

It will greatly accommodate me if you will transfer this payment of my Pension (No. 30164) from Boston Massachusetts to the City of Albany, State of New York.
Very respectfully yours
Eliphalet Clark

To the Hon. Secretary of War or Commissioner of Pensions
Washington

Please assist notice of transfer to me to the case of Moses Chapin, Rochester, N.Y.
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Rev. War Section.
Mrs. Florence Rimsnider,
415 W. 118th Street,
New York City,
Madam:
November 5, 1915.
In response to your letter dated the third instant.
you are furnished the enclosed history of Eliphalet Clark
with the information that it is against the practice of this
Bureau to furnish more than one such statement to the same
person, and that members of your family desiring to join the
society of the D.A.R. through the same ancestor, may apply
for his history over their own signatures; or simply refer the D.A.R.
to your application for membership thereto based upon
the service of Eliphalet Clark Sur. File No. 12,477, Rev. War.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
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Sur. File 44767
Eliphalet Clark
([illegible] 7110)
Not identical
Hudson
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[stamp] BUFFALO N.Y. NOV 1
6
1915
STAB

THIS SIDE OF CARD IS FOR ADDRESS

Pension Office
Washington D.C.

Rev. War. Dept
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Kindly send to Mrs. Allen Moore 70 Niagara Ave. Lockport N. Y. the Rev. War record of one Eliphalet Clarke. I. S. C. File S. 12477 and which was sent to Mrs. C. H. Arnold of Buffalo in 1913.

[stamped]
U. S. PENSION OFFICE
O
NOV 2 1915

Rev Sec H
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415 W. 118th St.
New York City.
Nov. 3, 1915

Pension Office
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen:

Please send me the military record of Eliphalet Clark, I.S.C. S. File 12477, Rev. War. This is the same record which was sent to Mrs. C. H. Arnold, 102 Gelston St., Buffalo, N.Y. on Oct. 30, 1913.

I believe it is necessary to have this record before one can join the D.A.R. If this is so, will you kindly send me four copies of the record, as my mother, my two sisters,
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and I will probably join the D.A.R. in the very near future.

Thank you for your attention to this matter, I am
Very truly yours,
Florence Rimsnider
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S.12477
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Pension Dept.
Washington, D.C.

Will you kindly send me the war record of Eliphalet Clark of Mansfield Conn. born June 2, 1761 and died June 23, 1840.

Mrs. W. W. Wick
300 Huron Ave.
Sheboygan
Wisconsin

STAMP
U.S. PENSION OFFICE
N JUL 25 1914
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Rev Sec

Wyocena Wis
March 4 -16
To the Pension Bureau
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir -
Am trying to find record of Eliphalet Clarke, who served in Revolutionary War. I have this much data -
Elphalet Clarke - born June 2 -1759. Died June 23 -1840. Married - June 1-1785.
Want to know in what capacity he served.
Could you tell me where to find such record or have I written to right place, and the cost?
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Sincerely
Miss Luar Bridge

STAMP
U.S. PENSION OFFICE
C MAR 8 1916
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STAMP
DEPT. OF THE INTERIOR.
RECEIVED
MAR 21 1914
TO BUR. PENSIONS
SECY'S OFF.-MAILS & FILES.

Please send Rev. war record of Eliphalet Clark of Manfield lat. to
Arthur J. Howard
166 Huntington Ave.
Buffalo, N.Y.

The record sent to Mrs. C. H. Arnold has this file number.
I.S.C.
S. File 12,477

Residence at date of application was Dalton Berkshire Co. Mass.
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Phoenix N.Y.
Apr. 22 '15.

Department of Interior
Rev. War Dept, Bureau of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Messers:

Please send me the pensions record of Eliphalet Clark from Mansfield Conn. who [enlisted] under Capt. Holt 1779. "I.S.C." "S. File 12477"

The above was taken from Mrs. Clara B. Arnold's record 102 Gelston St. Buffalo N.Y.
Respectfully Yours
Miss Lois Druse
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17 Pound St.
Lockport N.Y.
Dec. 15, 1913.

Bureau of Pensions Clerk,

Dear Sir;

Please send me the Revolutionary war record of one Eliphalet Clark, of Mansfield, Conn. The same that was sent to Mrs. C. H. Arnold of 102 Gelston St. Buffalo, on Oct. 30, '13.
I am a [descendant] and entitled to same.
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S. File 12477

Very respectfully yours
Mrs. Ernest A. Brooks
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OFFICERS OF THE BOARD
DAVID WARNOCK, President
MARY N. KEELER, Secretary
L. B. BLAIR, Treasurer
R. W. TREUSCOTT, Superintendent

BOARD OF EDUCATION
DAVID WARNOCK
MARY N. KEELER
W. C. VORREITER
GEO. H. RIKER
H. SCILLY

Loveland Public School
District No. 2, Larimer County
Loveland, Colorado
May 28, 1913.

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir: In order to become a D.A.R. I need to establish the identity of Eliphalet Clark of Connecticut. The War Dept. generously sent me the records of four Eliphalet Clarks of Conn., the communication being numbered 20306512. Eliphalet Clark was born June 2, 1761, died June 23, 1840 near Rochester, N.Y. Riga being the town named. His wife was Hepsabeth Fay, born Apr. 29,, 173, married June 1, 1780 and died Feb. 25, 1844.
Any assistance of information will be very thankfully received.

Yours truly
Mrs. Bessie K. Welden
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Bureau of Pensions.

The [enclosed] record is not the one to which I am entitled.
The Eliphalet Clark for whom I am searching was born June 2, 1761 Mass., married Hepsabeth Fay (first) June 1, 1785, and Abigail Gardner (second).
He died June 23, 1840 and is buried in lehili, N.Y.

Mrs. C. H. Arnold
102 Gelstron St.
Buffalo, N.Y.

OCT 27 1913
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Rochester N.Y.
March 16, 1914.

Comm. of Pensions,

Dear Sir,

My great grandfather was a soldier in the Revolutionary Army and he [enlisted] at Mansfield Conn. Record is in your file #S12477. Name Eliphalet Clark. Will you please send me an official statement of his war record.
Thanking you in advance for this favor, I am

Respectfully yours
J. Rowley Clark
75 South Ave.
Rochester, N.Y.
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POSTCARD

THIS SIDE OF CARD IS FOR ADDRESS
STAMP-
KENMORE N.Y.
APR 15 1PM
1916

I.S.C 17 V
Pension Bureau
Washington
D.C.

Rev. War Department
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Rev Sec

Kindly send me the Rev war record of Eliphalet Clark "I.S.C. - S. File 12477" which was sent to Mrs. Arnold 102 Gelston St. Buffalo N.Y. and oblige
Miss Sura Bridge
Wyocena
Wisconsin.

STAMP-
U.S. PENSION OFFICE
D APR 17 1916
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POSTCARD

STAMP-
U.S. PENSION OFFICE
O JUN 21 1916

STAMP-
NORTH CHILI, N.Y.
JUN 20 A.M. 1916

THIS SIDE OF CARD IS FOR ADDRESS

Pension Bureau
Washington, D.C.

Rev. War Dept.
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Dec 1 - C. B. H. 6-19-1916. Chili St., Monroe Co., N.Y.

Please send me the military record of Eliphalet Clark, which was sent to Mrs. C. H. Arnold of 102 Gelston St. Buffalo, N.Y.
and oblige
Mrs. H. E. Gundry
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T.N.M.1 Rev Sec.
St. Louis, Missouri July 15, 1916

Chief of Pension Bureau

Dear Sir: -
Please find the S. File 12477 Revolutionary War Record of Ancestor Eliphalet Clarke also his brothers Daniel, Aaron and Samuel Clarke Ancestors.
The coat of arms of Warthampton Mass is said to be owned by any of Clarkes.
Please have the record or any information of Clarkes sent and much oblige

Yours very truly
Ralph Udell
121 Olive St.
c/o Sander Eng Co.

Further data for "brothers."
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Rev. War. HH
Dept. of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions
Washington

Rev. War Section,
Gentlemen:
Please send me [statement] of history of Eliphalet Clark Ins. File No. 12,477, Rev. War same as sent to Florence Rimsnider, 415 W. 118th St., New York City. I am desirous of joining society of D.A.R.

Very truly
Mrs. Minnie M. Brown
1536 Elm St.
Lincoln, Nebr.
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1913 June 10. Hist. to Mrs. Bessie Ko. Welden ¢
1913 Oct. 30 to Mrs. C. H. Arnold ¢
1913 Dec. 19 " " Ernest A. Brooks ¢
1914 Mch 25 " J. Rowley Clark ¢
1914 Mch 28 " Arthur J. Howard ¢
1914 July 31 " Mrs. W. W. Wicks ¢
1915 Apl 28. " Miss Lois Druse ¢
1915 Nov. 5 " Mrs. Allen Moore ¢
1915 Dec. 8 " Florence Rimsindler ¢
1916 Mch 16 " Auditory for date of death ¢
1916 Apl 25 " Miss Lura Bridge ¢
1916 June 23 " Mrs. H. E. Gundry ¢
1916 July 18 " Ralph Udell ¢

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Rev War
12,477
INVALID.

File No. 12,477
Eliphalet Clark
Priv. Rev. war
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Act: June 7th 1832.
Index:--Vol. A, Page 69
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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STAMP-
OFFICE ADMIN [ILLEGIBLE]
MAR 17 1916
DATE RECEIVED
3-397.
(Old No. 3-309.)
Rev. War Sec. Division.
S. File No. 12,477
Eliphalet Clark
Rev. War.
I.S.C., Ex'r.

Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Washington, D. C., Mch. 16, 1906.

STAMP-
RECEIVED PENSION OFFICE
MAR 17 1916

SIR:

For use in the above-entitled claim for pension, you are requested to furnish this Bureau with a report in the case of Eliphalet Clark who was allowed $100 per annum from March 4, 1831 pensioned under the Act of June 7, 1832 by certificate No. 30,164 issued Sept. 10, 1835 at the Albany N.Y. Agency, showing the date of the soldiers death.

Very respectfully,
G. S. Saltzgaber
Commissioner.

THE AUDITOR FOR THE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT.
Treasury Department

STAMP-U.S. OFFICE
MAR 20 1916
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OFFICE OF
AUDITOR FOR INTERIOR DEPARTMENT
IN REPLYING QUOTE INTIALS

TREASURY DEPARTMENT
WASHINGTON
March 18, 1916.

The Commissioner of Pensions.

Sir:

In replying to your letter of the 16th instant you are informed that, according to the latest account rendered by the U. S. Pension Agent, at Albany, N. Y. the records of this office show last payment to have been made to Eliphalet Clark, Pri. & Sergt. Army Rev. certificate No. 30164, at $100 per annum to March 4, 1840, to Clark Durant, Attorney.
Said pensioner resided in Ogden, Monroe Co., N. Y. for four years and previous thereto he resided in Dalton, Mass., but the date of his death is not shown.
Letter herewith returned.
E.T. Respectfully,
Oscar A. Price
Auditor.
R

Form 3577.
Ed. Jan.21-11-2,000.
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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Berkshire, ss. I, HENRY W. BISHOP, Register of the Court of Probate in and for said County, do hereby certify that Henry Marsh Esquire, before whom the annexed depositions were taken is & was at the taking thereof one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County, duly and regularly appointed, and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and have no doubt that the Signature annexed to said deposition is genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this Ninth day of May A. D. 1832
Henry W. Bishop Register Probate

This may certify that Eliphalet Clark of Dalton is an upright & honest man, & in my opinion served in the revolutionary war as he states, & I will state an oath, & that he is of the age he states with 71 years.
E. Jenning Justice of the chh. Dalton
Dalton August 26th 1832

Sworn to this 28th August 1832 before me Henry Marsh Just Peace