Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 20,475, for Elisha Lincoln, Connecticut
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SERVICE  Conn.
Lincoln, Elisha
Rhuama
NUMBER  W. 20475
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10.751
Vermont. R
Elisha Lincoln,
of Bennnigton Co." in the state of Vermont, who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Bradley, of the Conneett. line for the term of three years.
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont, at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 7. of April, 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 of May, 1819 and sent to Nathan Berton, judge, Manchester, Bennington Co. Vt.
Arrears to the 4th of March, 1819.  ~ 87.43.
Semi-anl.all'ce ending 4 Sept 1819} 48 " 
10 mos 24/30 & 4/31
$135.43
{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818.}

Discontinued

Notification sent Oct. 27, 1820 to Jack Pratt
Bennington, Vermont
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Vermont-(B)-2,2bK.
Rhuana Lincoln, widow of Elisha Lincoln, decd Conn, who died on the 29th of July 1833, of Ruitland Co in the state of Vermont, who was a private in the ___ commanded by Captain ___ of the regmt commanded by Col. Bradley in the Connecticut line for 2 years, private.

Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont B. at the rate of 80 Dollars _ Cents [stricken out] per annum, to commence on the [18th day of March, 1831 stricken out] 30th day of July 1833.

Certificate of Pension issued the 13th day of August, 1838, and sent to Jesse Gove, Esqr. Reitland, Vermont

Arrears to the 4th of March, 1838, $340.55
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept 1838 40.00
$380.55
{Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3d}

Recorded by G. T. Rhodes, Clerk, 
Book A, Vol 2 Page 38

Let to J. C. Dexter Feb 17 1842
Elijah Lincoln 
June 4 1856
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I, Thomas F. Davies, Pastor of the Congregational Church in Greens Farms, hereby certify that from the Records of said Church in my possession it appears that Elisha Lincoln & Rhuama Crossman were married by the Rev. Hezekial Ripley  then Pastor of said Church, April 18, 1781 & I further certify that I was well acquainted with said Ripley who died in November 1831, & have knowledge of his hand writing & firmly believe the record of said marriage may have been made by him.  
Thomas F. Davies
Fairfield County  ss Fairfield August 2nd 1837 
Personally appeared Revd Thos F Davies Pastor of the Congregational Society of Greensfarms in said of Town of Fairfield and made oath to the truth of the foregoing statement by him subscribed before me and furthermore I the Subscriber do certify that I have been acquainted with said Davies for years, and that his Character for truth & veracity to be good.    
David Coley Justice of Peace in & for the County of Farifield
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State of Connecticut  
Fairfield County } ss. I Thomas B Osborne Clerk of the County Court within and for the County of Fairfield in the State of Connecticut do hereby certify that David Coley Esq, whose own proper signature known to me to be genuine is annexed to the Certificate on the other side hereof, is now one year last past has been a Justice of the Peace in for said Fairfield County duly commissioned & duly authorized to administer oaths & take Depositions &c. I further certify that I am acquainted with the Rev. Thomas F Davies who hath subscribed the Certificate on  the other side hereof & know him to be the Pastor of the Congregational Church in Greensfarms, a Society in the Town of Fairfield in said State. Given under my hand & the Seal of said County Court in Fairfield this 4th day of September AD 1837.    Thomas B. Osborne Clerk
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Declaration of Elisha Lincoln private Col. Bradley’s Regt Connecticut line 1777- 1780
April 7 1818
On Rolls
Admd [admitted]
N. Burton Esqr
Manchester Vt.
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State of Vermont Bennington County ss 
On this 7th day of April 1818 before me the Subscriber, Chief Judge of the County Court for said County of Bonnington, personally appears Elisha Lincoln aged Sixty five years resident in Rupert in said County, who being by me first 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 he the said Elisha Lincoln enlisted in June 1777 in the State of Connecticut in the company commanded by Capt Wright, Col. Bradley, Regiment & Genl Huntingtons Brigade of the Connecticut line, that he continued to serve in said Corps or in the service of the United States and as a musician untill some time in the Summer of 1780 when he was discharged from service in Springfield in the State of New Jersey, and that his discharge is lost & Cant be found, and 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 power of his said serving.   
Sworn to and declared before me, the day and year aforesaid 
Nathan Burton 
I Nathan Burton Chief Judge of the County Court as aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Elisha Lincoln did hire in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration of acres the Common Enemy and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the department of War pursuant to the directions of the fermentioned act of Congress.   I also certify that the said Elisha Lincoln is a person to me well known, that he is in indigent circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for Support. 
Nathan Burton
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Elisha Lincoln 
Declaration
B. 
10.751 Ap 1818
Not entitled
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[seal] BENNINGTON COUNTY COURT
DISTRICT OF VERMONT, SS. 
On this 19th day of June 1820 personally appeared in open court, being a county court and court of record, which has power to fine and imprison, and is constituted a court of record by a special act of the Legislature of the state of Vermont, creating said court, within and for the county of Bennington, and state of Vermont, Elisha Lincoln aged sixty seven years, resident in Rupert in said county of Bennington who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary war, as follows: 
I served in the – company, commanded by Capt Noble Benedicts also in the company commanded by Capt Wright in the regiment  commanded by Col. Bradley of the Connecticut line, 
as will appear by my original declaration on file in the War office, dated the Seventh day of April 1818 on which original declaration I have received a pension certificate bearing the number of 
10.751 
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, 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 subscribed. 
The following is a schedule of all the real and personal estate, to wit: 
25 acres of mountain land, 25 acres of mountain land, 1 horse, 1 cow, 1 hog, four sheep, 1 small wheel, 1 large wheel, 1 axe, 1 hoe, 1 old waggon, earthen ware, 1 fire shovel,  old household furniture much worn, I have paid towards the above land out of my pension money fifty dollars,  the house described in the above Schedule I purchased with my pension money, paid towards the cow contained in the above schedule out of my pension money $15.00,  also paid out of my pension money $4.00 for the earthen ware mentioned above,  I now owe one hundred & fifty seven and 23 cents for debts contracted before the first day of May A.D. 1820.  
I am a farmer by occupation infirm & able to labor but little. I have a wife named Ruama aged 57 years unable to do any labour or render any assistance towards her support,  one son named Newel aged 16 years healthy.   
Elisha Lincoln 
Sworn to and declared at Manchester in the county of Bennington, and state of Vermont, on the 19th day of June 1820 in open court, before Joel Pratt Clerk
 Joel Pratt clerk of Bennington County Court do hereby certify that the foregoing declaration, oath and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is 282 dollars and 25 cents.   And upon full proof it is the opinion of the Court that after discharging his just debts the total amount of property of this said Elisha Lincoln is 125 dollars 2 cents.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court, on this 26 day of June 1820 
Joel Pratt Clerk of the Court for the County of Bennington 
282.25 property 
157. 23 debts 
125.02
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No. 2735
G. 570
Rhuama Lincoln
widow of Elisha
Vt
Admd [admitted]
80$ pri
2 yrs
Deduct death of her husband 29 July ’33 pen [pension] to com [commence]: 30 July ‘33
Jesse Gove
Rutland Vt.
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State of Vermont 
Rutland County ss }  On this twenty second day of September, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven, personally appeared before the Hon. William Hall, Judge of the Probate Court in and for the District of Rutland in said County of Rutland,  Rhuama Lincoln, a resident of Danby in said Probate District, aged 74 years, who, being first 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 passed July 4, 1836:   
That she is the widow of Elisha Lincoln, who was a private and Drum Major in the Connecticut continental Line of the Army of the revolution; as is more particularly and at large set forth in the said Elisha's own declaration of service, and the documents accompanying the same; by virtue whereof he was placed on the Pension Roll of the United States, on the 15th day of May, 1819, and thereupon received a pension from the United States, from and after the 7th day of April, 1818; to which said declaration and accompanying proofs she doth hereby refer for support of her own claim to a pension as aforesaid.  
She further declares, that she was married to the said Elisha Lincoln on the eighteenth day of April, in the year Seventeen hundred and eighty one; that her husband, the aforesaid Elisha Lincoln died on the twenty ninth day of July, in the year, one
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thousand eight hundred and thirty three; and that she has remained a widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed.  
Witness to the signing 
Wm Hall
Jesse Gove }  
Rhuama Lincoln x her mark 
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written, before me. And I do hereby certify that the said Rhuama Lincoln, the applicant is unable to appear in said Probate Court, by reason of her bodily infirmity, and hath therefore made and sworn to this her said declaration, before me, at her dwelling house: and I do hereby further certify, that the said affiant is a person of credibility. 
Wm Hall Judge 
State of Vermont 
Rutland County ss}   I, Henry B. Towsle, Clerk of the Probate Court in and for the District of Rutland in said County, do hereby certify, that the Hon William Hall is Judge of said Probate Court; and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his, are genuine. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the seal of our said Probate Court, and subscribed my name, at Rutland in said District, this twenty third day of September in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven.   
Henry B. Towslee
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I, Minor Hilyard of Danby in the County of Rutland and State of Vermont, aged 73 years & upwards, do depose, testify and say, that I was personally acquainted with Elisha Lincoln, late of Dorsett in said State of Vermont deceased, who was a revolutionary pensioner of the United States, and drew a pension after the rate of ninety six dollars per annum that he died on the 9th day of July, in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty three: that I am personally acquainted with Mrs Rhuama Lincoln, now residing in Danby aforesaid; that in his lifetime, she was the reputed lawful wife of the said Elisha Lincoln; that she hath not intermarried since his said decease, and is now his widow. And further this affiant saith not.   
Witnesses Seneca Smith  
Hiram H Killey 
Minor Hilyard 
State of Vermont, 
Rutland County ss} Be it known, that on this 4th day of October AD 1837, before me the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, personally appeared the said Minor Hilyard who hath subscribed the preceeding affidavit in my presence, and made solemn oath, that the same contains the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth: and I do hereby certify that the said affiant is a credible witness. 
Rufus Bucklin Jun Justice Peace
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State of Vermont 
Rutland County ss}   I, Robert Pierpoint, Clerk of the County Court in and for said County, do hereby certify, that Rufus Bucklin Junior, is Justice of the Peace as above written; and that the preceeding signature, purporting to be his, is genuine. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the seal of said County Courts and subscribed my name, at Rutland in said County, this ninth  day of October, in the year 1837 
R. Pierpoint
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January 14, 1932 
BA-J/MCS
Mr. L. F. Lincoln, Sr. 
Box 207, Star Route 
West Palm Beach Florida 
Dear Sir: Reference is made to your letter of December 17, requesting information in regard to Elisha Lincoln, a soldier of the Revolution. 
He enlisted in the spring of 1775 in Captain Matthew Mead's Company in Colonel David Waterbury's Connecticut Regiment, was in the battles of St. John's on November 3, 1775, the battle of Montreal on November 12, 1775, and served until November 15, 1775. He immediately enlisted in Captain Albert Chapman's Connecticut Company, was in the battle on the Plains of Abraham on May 6, 1776, and served until sometime in June, 1776. Soon afterward he enlisted and served one year in Captain Albert Chapman's Company in Colonel Samuel Elmore's Connecticut Regiment. He enlisted in June, 1777, served as musician in Captain Joseph Allyn Wright's Company in Colonel Bradley 's Connecticut Regiment and was discharged in the summer of 1780.  While living in Fairfield, Connecticut, he enlisted in 1781 and served six months as guard with the Connecticut troops under Captain Thomas Nash, 
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 7, 1818, at which time he was sixty-five years of age and was living in Rupert, Bennington County, Vermont. 
He died July 29, 1833, in Dorset, Vermont. 
He married April 18, 1781, Rhuama Crossman, and the marriage record was kept in the Congregational Church in Green's Farms, Fairfield, Connecticut. 
Omitted Capt Noble Benedict 
as soldier did not serve under him during service 1777- 1780. (see Conn Men in Rev.) as he stated & I could not determine which earlier service was performed under this Capt.
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His widow, Rhuama, was allowed pension on her application executed September 22, 1837, at which time she was seventy-four years of age and was living in Danby, Rutland County, Vermont. 
In 1820 the soldier referred to his son, Newel, aged sixteen years. The soldier's son, Harvey, lived in Rupert, Vermont, in 1823, and his grandson, Elijah Lincoln, was living in Brighton, state not given, in 1856. 
Reference was made to Samuel Lincoln in 1820 and to John Lincoln in 1823 but the relation to the soldier was not stated. 
Very truly yours, A. D. HILLER 
Assistant to Administrator
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1932. Jan. 14 Hist to Mr L. F. Lincoln Sr. MCS. 
Rev WIDOW, &c. 
File No. 20475 
Rhuama Lincoln 
Widow of Elisha Lincoln  
Pri   Rev War
Act: July 4th 36 
Index: Vol A. Page 436
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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2,735
Vermont
Rhuama Lincoln
Act 4 July 1836
Rejected
Let to Jesse Gove Esq 18 Oct 1837
Let to same, June 19 1838
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Rhuama Lincoln
Vt [unreadable] 
Rhuama Lincoln
Vt w 1836
R. McRae Esq
Comr of Pensions
Washington D.C.
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Rupert June 16th 1820
Due William Johnston two dollars and fifty cents one year from Date as witness my hand
Elisha Lincoln
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Rupert 9th June 1823
Paid of Harvey Lincoln a note of fifteen dollars & twelve cents it being in payment of notes & amount Davis Sheldon Jnr held against Elisha Lincoln
David Sheldon for David Sheldon Junr
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Rupert 9th June 1823 
Rec’d of Harvey Lincoln a note of three dollars forty five Cents it being in payment of a note & account I hold against Elisha Lincoln  
Myron Clark 
Old note $1 “ 24 
ballance of acct 2” 01 
$ 3” 25
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Dorset June 10 1823 Recd of Elisha Lincoln, Harvey Lincolns note for Six dollars on accounts and on a Note which I hold against him.  Recd from Alpheus More
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Rupert June the 7 1823 
[unreadable] of Harvey Lincoln a Note of fifty five Dollars and forty one Cents it being a from Note that I hold against Elisha Lincoln
John Lincoln
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Elisha Lincoln 47 – 20
4 June 1823 
E Lincolns note to J McDaniels
The within note paid by William Johnson
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112
3
550
52
7.20
9
65 Int
7194  
Danby 29 Nov 1821 
Due  James McDaniel [unreadable] Seven Dollars twenty cents for one D Hill gave up and also one lost or mislaid this D Hill when paid to in full / or all Demand to this Date with as Witness My Hand 
Elisha Lincoln
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May 20th 1823
6.00 by one Day work & man 58 Cents
June 23d 1823
Recd the contents of the within by Harvey Lincoln 
Abram Underhill
Elisha Lincoln Note $4” 37
E Lincoln
Note to A. Underhill
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May 20th 1823
6.00 by one Day work & man 58 Cents
June 23d 1823
Recd the contents of the within by Harvey Lincoln
Abram Underhill
Elisha Lincoln Note $4” 37
E Lincoln
Note to A. Underhill
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Rupert 24th May 1822
Due Abram Underhill in Setlement of all dets to this date four dollars & 81 Cents 
Elisha Lincoln
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Value Rec’d from the contents of the within note to Anson Thomway Jany 12 1822
William Johnston
Rec’d of William Johnson the contents of the within note
M Henry Thomway
Elisha Lincoln  to Wm. Johnston 49-41
5 June 1823 Recd Wm. Johnston Note for this payable 1 let [unreadable] and gave this up this Note J McDaniel
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Value Rec’d from the contents of the within note to Anson Thomway Jany 12 1822
William Johnston
Rec’d of William Johnson the contents of the within note
M Henry Thomway
Elisha Lincoln  to Wm. Johnston 49-41
5 June 1823 Recd Wm. Johnston Note for this payable 1 let [unreadable] and gave this up this Note J McDaniel
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49.41  Value rec’d I promise to pay William Johnson or bearer forty nine dollars forty one cents within by the first day of October next Rupert January 12th 1822
Elisha Lincoln
Darius Moore
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This may certify whom it may concern that Elisha Lincoln is honestly indebted to me three Dollars for which his Sonn Harvey Lincoln has given me his note Rupert June 10th AD 1823 Grover Moore
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Elisha Lincoln Vt Act 1818, when last paid? 
GMC
Aug 11 ‘38
Died 29th July 1833 pd to that period 
JH
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To whom it may concern this may certify that I have long been acquainted with the family of Elisha Lincoln  the bearer of this, that his wife is an exceedingly infirm & frail woman, subjected to long periods of weakness in which she is able to labor little or none, and often requires medical aid, that he is entirely unfortunate in his family has recently been subjected to extra expences, that he is really indigent, and is in my opinion a fit subject for a pension from government. 
Alpheus Morse Physician 
Dorset June 5. 1822-
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Dorset, June 10 1823
Elisha Lincoln To Reuben H. Blackmer D. 
Merchandize $3.01 
To Interest up to this date 0.43 
$3.44
Rec’d. June 10. 1823 a Note against Harvey Lincon for the sum of three Dollars & two cents to apply on the above account 
3.02 
$0.42 
R. H. Blackmer
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served 3 years - 1777 to 80
Aged about 70 yrs occupation a Farmer - file Sept ‘19 - infirm & able to but little” 
Wife d 70 yrs unable to do any or under any [labor] or render any assistance 
Son Newell 19 yrs from home & unable to render him assistance 
Said Schedule, dated 19 June, 1820 shows. 
“25 acres of mountain land”
“25 acres of mountain land" 1 horse,  1 cow, 1 hog, 4 Sheep - 1 small wheel & large wheel, 1 old wagon & various articles of household furniture 
The whole certified by the Court to be worth $282 23/100 and that after paying his just debts he would be worth $125 02/100  he having exhibited proof to the Court of being in debt $157  23/100 
2nd Schedule dated 10. June, 1823. 
contains "1 old horse”  1 cow,  one sow & 3 pigs, 1 old single horse wagon & Sundry articles of house hold and Kitchen furniture of small value" 
He accounts for the difference in the schedules by saying that being unable to pay for the 25 acres of land purchased from Samuel Lincoln, he has been obliged to divest one half of it back to said Saml, and that remainder of the 
about 40 acres, was on [unreadable] 1821 deeded to William Johnson and Harvey Lincoln in consideration of their having paid debts for E. Lincoln amounting to $150: 
Consideration of deed to Samuel Lincoln 12 ½ acres } $125
Consideration of deed for the 40 acres to Wm. Johnson & Harvey Lincoln} 300
$425
Amount of debt stated in first schedule } 157
Balance in his favor  $268
Wm Johnson & Harvey Lincoln make the consideration of $300 was more than they agreed upon “for the land as title to some of land is disputed”  the agreement being $150.  This sum however, would be it sufficient to pay all the debts mentioned in his Schedule. Why then did he deed other part of the Land 12 ½ acres to Samuel Lincoln for $125?  [$125] 
The property mentioned in his 2nd schedule is valued by Court at $36. [36]
[161]
Boynton
Rec’d April 15 1824  43 29  & first to J. Pratt 
see letter 22 July 1823, to 
see letter to A Bliss Dec. 18 1836 
Joel Pratt Esqr
see letter Jesse Gove oct 18 1837
Manchester Vermont
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Danby June 30th 1823 
This may certify that I William Johnston of Derby in the County of Rutland and State of Vermont do testify and say that Hervey Lincoln then of the same place and I the said William Bought of Elisha Lincoln a Poor Mountain farm lying in the County of Bennington some time in the year 1821 and I the said William have paid sixty four Dollars & 60 cents in paying debts the said Elisha owed and about 10 Dollars more for the suport of the said Elisha & his family which sum is more than I the said William agreed to give for the one half of said farm the consideration mentioned in the Deed was more than the price agreed on for said farm as some of Land the title is Disputed.   William Johnson   
State of Vermont 
Rutland County ss}  Darby June 30th 1823  Then personally appears William Johnson the signer of the foregoing affidavit and made Solemn oath that the same contained the truth and Nothing but the truth before me Zabeth Allen Just Peace
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Henry Kilbourn Esq
Comptroller of Connecticut
June 30 1838
Rec’d Ans’r 2 July 1838
[unreadable] 6 ¼
12
Jesse Gove Esqr 18 [unreadable] 
Rutland Vt.
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Jesse Gove Esqr   Hartford Connt 
Sir 
I have examined the Books & papers in this Office, and do not find the name of Elisha Lincoln.   Since June 20 1776 his name stands in Harkells Receipts Bradley, Regiment of that date, on further examination, I find the service of Capt Thomas Nash Connt Guard at Fairfield in 1781, 1782 & 3  but no Pay Roll of his appears, neither does Lincolns name appear under these dates.    Should you wish a certificate for the service of Col Nash as stated above you will please write, and I will forward it you.  
Comptrollers Office June 30 1838   
Yours Respectfully 
Henry Kilbourn Compt
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X 2735
G 570 Oct 16 1837
Pension office
Mr. Syl
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Rutland Vt 9 Oct. 1837 
Sir
I have the honor to transmit herewith, for your consideration, the application of Mrs Rhuama Lincoln for a pension under the provisions of the act of Congress of July 4, 1836.   
In addition to the declaration and the proofs therein refered to, is the affidavit of Minor Hilyard proving the death &c. of Elisha Lincoln the husband, and the affidavit of Rev Thomas F. Davis proving the marriage.   
Mrs Lincoln requests, that you will be pleased to communicate your decision through me. 
I have the honor to be Very respectfully Sir 
Your obt. Servant 
Jesse Gove 
Hon Joel R. Poinsett 
Secretary of War 
City of Washington
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Rutland Vt 10 July 1838 
Sir
In answer to your favor of the 19th ulto relation to the application of Rhuama Lincoln (widow of Elisha Lincoln ) I now transmit the letter of the Comptroller of Connecticut date 30 June last, shewing that no pay rolls of Capt Thomas Nash's Company of Coast Guards in which his services, after his marriage are claimed to have been rendered, are in that office; and, also, the official certificate of that officer showing that Capt. Nash did serve as Capt. of Coast Guards, Fairfield in 1781, & subsequently. M. Kilbourn's Certificate to this last fact bears date July 7. 1838. 
I suppose that these documents, in connexion with the depositions of William Allen Trobridge, Corpsman, and Joshua Couch (heretofore transmitted) may constitute presumption evidence of the actual service of Lincoln, after his marriage.   I believe it has been admitted in some other cases that I have submitted. 
I am very respectfully Your Obt. Svt.
Jesse Gove 
James L. Edwards Esquire 
Commr of Pension 
City of Washington
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I certify that on examination for service of Elisha Lincoln who claims to be a Revolutionary Soldier under the command of Capt Thomas Nash, I find in Harkells Receipts Coast Guards Fairfield, Thomas Nash, charged April 1781 State Money  £144.13.2.  Again January 28, 1782 Coast Guards Fairfield  £180.13.2.  Again Jany 28 1782 Fairfield Coast Guards  £1396.2.8  Specie, again May 15 1783 Coast Guards Fairfield  £45.8.10 specie 
Comptroller Office Hartford July 1838 
Henry Wilborne Comptroller
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I Harvey Lincoln of Rupert in the County of Bennington do testify and say that in the year 1821 I your deponent and one William Johnson of Danby in the County Rutland purchased of Elisha Lincoln of Rupert in the County of Bennington a piece of Mountain Land Lying in Rupert in the County of Bennington and I the said Harvey have paid Seventy five Dollars and 36 unto in paying debts the said Elisha and which sum is more than the said Harvey agreed to give for the one half of said land the consideration mentioned in the deed was more than the price agreed on for the land as the title to some of the land is disputed.  
Rupert June 30th 1823  Harvey Lincoln 
State of Vermont
Bennington County ss } Rupert June 30th 1823  
Then personally appeared Harvey Lincoln the signer of the foregoing affidavit and made solemn oath that the same contained the truth before me
Grover Moore Justice of Peace
State of Vermont   I Joel Pratt Clerk of Bennington County Court do hereby certify that Grover Moore Esq is a Justice of the peace in for the County of Bennington acting under the authority of this State and that the above is his signature. In testimony whereof I hereto set my hand & affixed the seal of our said County Court at Manchester this 2d day of July AD 1823.   
Joel Pratt Clerk
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I Joshua Couch of Westport in Fairfield County Connecticut aged in my eightieth year being duly sworn do testify and say that in the Spring of 1775 I enlisted for seven months to commence on the 15th day of April, in Capt Matthew Mead's Company of State Troops in the Regiment commanded by Col. David Waterbury.   I joined said Company & we joined the Regiment at Stamford. We marched from thence to Horseneck and thence to New York - From thence the Regiment went up the River to Albany and from thence northward to St Johns which we took after a siege of six weeks or more. On the 3d day of Novr according to my best recollection - from St Johns our Regiment went to Montreal and took possession it on the 12th or 13th of Novr.  Our time was out the 15th Nov.  Gen David Wooster had orders to enlist Troops to keep guard at Montreal and the greater part of our Regiment enlisted. I enlisted for five months in the Company commanded by Capt. Albert Chapman and [unreadable] commanded by Gen. David Wooster.  We staid in Montreal until after the attack on Quebec by Gen Montgomery when Gen Arnold sent a very urgent request for assistance.   Two Companies of which ours was one and Col. Woodbridge the other volunteered to go and we went under Gen Wooster to Quebec and joined Gen Arnold.  We remained there till the 6th day of May 1776 when we were driven from the ground and we retreated back.   I got home about the 8th of June.   I further testify and say that I was well acquainted with Elisha Lincoln then of said Fairfield and I well remember that he said Lincoln enlisted & served with me in the same Company during the whole period above stated. He joined the Company & regiment at the same time that I did & was with me during the whole service above stated & returned with me in June 1776.  
Soon after we got home the said Lincoln and myself again enlisted for the term of one year in the Company of State Troops commanded by Capt. Albert Chapman in Col Samuel Elmore’s Regiment.   We were ordered northward & were stationed at Albany & at the German Flatts until some time in November when we relieved a Jersey Regiment at Fort Stanwix and remained there until the term of our enlistment expired & we were discharged.   Lincoln served out his said term & was discharged with the rest of the Company.   
I further testify & say that I afterwards served in the year 1781 in the Company of State Troops commanded by Capt Thomas Nash
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and were stationed along the shore from Blackrock to Saugatuck River. The said Elisha Lincoln served in the Company but I cannot state precisely how long.  I have no doubt he served in this Guard at least six months. The said Elisha was a good soldier and was reputed to have been a good deal in the service.  
Joshua Couch 
State of Connecticut 
Fairfield County } ss  January 5th 1838 
Personally appeared before me, Joshua Couch who being duly sworn made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing Deposition by him subscribed in my presence. I certify that the said Joshua Couch is a credible witness.   
Thomas B Osborne Justice of Peace 
State of Connecticut 
Fairfield County }  I Thomas B Osborne Clerk of the County Court within and for the County of Fairfield in the State of Connecticut do hereby certify that Thomas B Osborne, whose own proper signatures are annexed to the Certificates to the foregoing Depositions of Wm Allen,  Trobridge Crossman and Joshua Couch is now and for more than one year last past has been, a Justice of the Peace within and for said Fairfield County duly commissioned and duly authorized to administer oaths and take depositions Given under my hand and the Seal of said County Court in Granfield this 6th day of January AD 1838. 
Thomas B Osborne Clerk
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I William Allen of Westport in Fairfield County Connecticut aged seventy three years on the 14th day of January next, being duly sworn do testify and say that in the Spring of the year 1781 according to my best recollection, I enlisted for the term of six months in the Company of Connecticut State Troops commanded by Captain Thomas Nash and served out my term of enlistment in said Company.   I was stationed a part of the time at Black Rock and a part of the time at Greens Haven and at Comps in said Town of Fairfield. I was well acquainted with Elisha Lincoln then of said Fairfield and I well recollect that the said Lincoln enlisted about the same time that I did under Captain Nash in said Company the said Lincoln was married just before the time he enlisted to Rhuama Crossman.  The said Lincoln served with me at Blackrock and at the other stations on guard and I have no doubt that his term of enlistment was for six months and that he served as aforesaid term during the whole of said term.  
The said Lincoln & his wife afterwards removed from said Town of Fairfield and since that time Deponent has had no knowledge of them.   William Allen 
State of Connecticut  
Fairfield County }  ss Fairfield December 28. 1837  
Personally appeared before me the above named William Allen who being duly sworn made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed in my presence.  I further certify that the said Allen is a credible witness.   
Thomas B Osborne Justice of Peace
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I Trobridge Crossman of Weston in Fairfield County Connecticut aged seventy two years being duly sworn do testify and say that I am a brother of the widow Rhuama Lincoln and that I was present at the marriage and saw the said Rhuama married to Elisha Lincoln. Deponent further says that he served under Capt. Thomas Nash in the coast Guard and he well recollects that the said Elisha Lincoln was in said guard and that he served thro the season but deponent cannot now state with certainty the length of time the said Elisha served but has no doubt it was for six months at least. Deponent thinks this service was performed in the year 1781 and that the said Elisha enlisted soon after he was married as aforesaid.   
Trobridge Crossman 
State of Connecticut 
Fairfield County } ss Fairfield December 29. 1837 
Personally appeared before me Trobridge Crossman who being duly sworn made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing Deposition by him subscribed in my presence. I certify that the said Trobridge Crossman is a credible witness.   
Thomas B Osborne Justice of Peace
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Brighton May 5 1856 
Sir 
I have recently rec’d intelligence from my Mother.  She says my Grandfather Elisha Lincoln decd resided in the State of Rhode Island at the time he entered into the service. He first entered as Summon Boy and afterwards as Soldier, but the particular line he belonged to or particular date of enlistment we do not know.  At the time of his death he resided at Dorset, Bennington Co. when he drew his last pension in July 1833 his pension was some $96 per year.    
Very Respectfully 
Elijah Lincoln
R McRae
Washington D.C.
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Know all men by these presents that I Elisha Lincoln of Rupert in the County of Bennington & State of Vermont for the consideration of three hundred dollars paid to my full satisfaction by William Johnson & Harvey Lincoln in Derby in the County of Rutland & State of Vermont have & do hereby freely give grant sell & confirm unto the said William & Harvey their heirs and assigns forever a certain piece of land in said Rupert described as follows, Viz, bounding East on Samuel Lincolns land, West on Isaac S. Wades land & on the highway & on land owned by Harvey Lincoln,  North on lands owned by Abner Darby, South on land owned by James Russell, supposed to contain forty acres but the same more or less it being the farm on which I the said Elisha Lincoln now live.
To have & to hold the above granted & bargained premises with all the priviledges & appurtenances thereof to the said William & Harvey their heirs & assigns to them & their own use & behoof forever & I the said Elisha for myself & my heirs executors & administrators do covenant with the said William & Harvey their heirs & assigns that untill the ensealing of these presents I am the sole owner of the premises that they are free from every incumbrance & I hereby ingage to warrant & defend the same against all claims & demands whatsoever.   
In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand & seal this 30 day of September in the year of our Lord one  thousand eight hundred & twenty one.  
In presence of  
Josiah Graves
Nathan Burton
Elisha Lincoln [seal]
State of Vermont 
Bennington County } At Rupert September 3d  1821 
Elisha Lincoln personally appeared & acknowledged this instrument by him sealed & subscribed to be his free act & and deed before me  
Josiah Graves Justice of Peace 
The above is a true copy of a Deed from Elisha Lincoln to William Johnson & Harvey Lincoln as appears of Record Attest Josiah Graves Town Clerk
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Know all men by these presents that I Elisha Lincoln of Rupert in the County of Bennington & State of Vermont for the consideration of one hundred & twenty five dollars paid to my full satisfaction by Samuel Lincoln of Rupert in  the Bennington County & State of Vermont have & hereby do freely give grant bargain sell & sell & confirm unto the said Samuel his heirs & assigns forever a certain piece in said Rupert, to wit, one equal undivided half part of a certain twenty five acre lot described as follows. Beginning at the northwest corner of a lot containing containing twenty five acres which a Minor Fuller lately purchased of Richmond Danforth. Nine 3.20 W. 72. rods to a stake & stones. Thence W. 10. N. 57 rods links to a stake & stones. Thence N. 10. E. 76 rods & 10 link to a stake & stones. Thence E. 16 S. 57 rods 4 links to the first bound. 
To have & to hold the above granted & bargained premises with all the priviledges & appurtenances thereof to the said Samuel his heirs & assigns to his & their own use & behoof forever & I the said Elisha for myself & my heirs executors & administrators do covenant with the said Samuel his heirs & assigns that untill the ensealing of these presents I am the sole owner of the premises that they are free from every incumbrance and I hereby engage to warrant & defend the same against lawful claims whatsoever. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this 1st day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand & twenty.   
In presence of 
Charlotte Burton 
Josiah Graves
Elisha Lincoln (seal)  
State of Vermont
Bennington County } ss at Rupert December 11th 1820  
Elisha Lincoln personally appeared acknowledged this instrument by him made & subscribed to be his act & deed before me 
Attest Josiah Graves Justice of Peace
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This may certify that the within is a true copy of the original Deed given by Elisha Linoln to Samuel Lincoln as appears of Record 
attest Josiah Graves Town Clerk 
Elisha Lincoln to Samuel Lincoln 
Copy of Deed
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District of Vermont 
County of Bennington 
On this 10th day of June AD 1820 Personally appeared in open Court being a County Court and Court of record having power to fine & imprison & is constituted a Court of record by a special act of the Legislative of the State of Vermont creating said Court within & for the County of Bennington & State of Vermont   Elisha Lincoln aged seventy years resident in Rupert in the County of Bennington who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made the act of Congress of the 18th of March A.D. 1818. & the first of May AD 1820 that he the said Elisha served as a soldier in the Revolutionary war in the company commanded by Capt. Noble Benedict also in the Company commanded by Capt. Joseph Allen Wright in the Regiment commanded by Col. Bradley of the Connecticut line as will appear by my original declaration on file in the war office dated the 9th day of April AD 1818 on which original declaration I have received a pension certificate bearing the number of 10.751.   And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March AD 1818 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 to diminish it as to bring my within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war passed on the 18th day of March 1818 & that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities contract or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed & by me subscribed.  The following is a schedule of all the real & personal estate to wit: old horse & one Cow which I purchased with my pension money which I formerly
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received from the United States, one sow & three pigs, one old single horse waggon, one old ax, one old hoe & sundry articles of house hold furniture of small value & that I am a farmer by trade, but so aged & infirm that I can perform but little labour.   I have a wife aged fifty nine years but any sickly & infirm & wholly unable to perform any labour & I have but one son unmarried & under age, but at present at labor from home and unable to afford me any assistance being obliged to earn his own subsistance & a child with which he has been charged & is obliged to maintain.   
That since the exhibition of my first schedule the following changes have been made in my property to wit.  After I made application for my first pension in 1818, I purchased of one Samuel Lincoln twenty five acres of mountain land & paid out of my pension money fifty dollars towards the same but after having been dropped from the pension list & finding myself unable to pay for the whole of said land I was compelled to redeed 12 ½  acres of the said land back to the said Samuel Lincoln & that on the 3d day of September AD. 1821 being very much embarrassed  with debts & for the purpose of discharging the same was obliged to sell & did sell & deed to one William Johnson & one Harvey Lincoln both of Darby in the County of Rutland the remainder of all the lands which I owned & were contained in my first schedule which I sold to  them for 150 dollars although the consideration mentioned in said deed was $300, the actual sum was only $150 which the said Johnson & Harvey Lincoln have advanced & paid for me to my creditors as follows to wit:
To Reuben & Blackmer $3.44, to John Lincoln $55.41, to Myron Clark Esq. $3.25, to Grove Moore Esq. $3.00 to David Sheldon Junr $15, 12 to William Johnson,  $2.50 to Alpheus Morse, $6 to Abraham Underhill, $4  to James McDaniel, $7.20 to William Johnson & 49.41 amounting in the whole to $149.33 -   four sheep sold to Jedidiah Freeman for four dollars which sum has expended for the subsistance of myself & family, one hog used in the family, [unreadable] was sold for
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about four dollars which was expended for necessaries of my family,  my household furniture remains much the same except as it is injured & depreciated by wear & decay and am now indebted to sundry individuals in about the sum of ten or twelve dollars.  
Elisha Lincoln 
Sworn & declared at Manchester in the County of Bennington & State of Vermont on the 10th day of June AD 1822 in open Court before Joel Pratt Clerk 
I Joel Pratt Clerk of Bennington County Court do herby certify that it appears to the satisfaction of the Court that the said Elisha Lincoln did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the proceeding declaration against the common enemy on the continental establishment. I also certify that the foregoing oath & the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of the said Court & 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 16 dollars.   In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said Court on this 11th day of June AD. 1823 
Joel Pratt Clerk of the Court aforesaid
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Rutland Vt 13. Jany 1838 
Sir
I transmit herewith the several depositions of William Allen, Trobridge Crossman, and Joshua Couch, all comrades of Elisha Lincoln, deceased, proving a part of his revolutionary services; and especially that portion which was rendered after his intermarriage with Rhuama Crossman on the 18th of April, 1781. These depositions are presented on behalf of Mrs Rhuama Lincoln (whose application under the act of 4. July, 1836, is now on your files) for the purpose of supplying, as she hopes the proof required by that act in order to entitle her to its benefits, and which, as is shown by your letter of the 18th of October last, is not contained so far perhaps as has been examined in the rolls in your department. 
Will you have the kindness to inform me, whether or not, with this supplemental proof of actual service after the marriage, it be requisite for Mr. Lincoln to make out a new declaration? 
I am very respectfully Your obt Serv  
Jesse Gove 
Hon James L. Edwards Comr of Pensions, City of Washington
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Decr 1836
Pension office
Elisha Lincoln
Vermont
15 May 19
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Dorset Vt. Nov. 29. 1836 
Dear Sir
Mrs. Ruama Lincoln resident at this place, is the widow of Elisha Lincoln late a Revolutionary pensioner now deceased, she has been informed, that by a law of the present Congress she is entitled to a pension, that she was married to A. Lincoln in April 1783 that subsequent to her marriage her husband served in the army of the revolution about one year.   
That he served during the summer of 1783 in the Connecticut State Guard at Blackrock and the following  winter he took the place of a draughted man and served at Horseneck.  If facts like the above entitle her to a pension, she requests to be advised of the proper course to take to obtain such pension.   
Very respectfully your obt. Servant 
A. Bliss
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1 March 1823
Vt.
Elisha Lincoln
Rec’d 9 July 1823
Hon. J. C. Calhoun
Secty of War
Washington City
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Manchester Vt. July 2. 1823 
Sir
Inclosed is the declaration of Elisha Lincoln & the Copies of deed by him given also notes & receipts to shew the payments of his debts & the affidavits to shew the sum be sold for.  Be pleased to examine his case on as business will permit and inform the result & oblige your friend 
Joel Pratt 
Hon. J.C. Calhoun
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Rupert Bennington County Vermont the 16th 1823 
To the Secretary for the war department     
Sir 
1 am informed by Joel Pratt Esq. to whom a letter has been addressed from the war department that the claim of Elisha Lincoln of Bennington County to a pension has been rejected, that his name cannot be restored to the pension list - that this decission is made from the following Statement of facts to wit:  “one Hundred and fifty seven Dollars would have been sufficient to pay his debts and yet he disposed of property to the amount of $550 and has not stated how he has appropriated the ballance, nearly $400.”   
I believe Sir, there is a mistake as to the amount of his property and it will to appear upon a reexamination of the documents in support of his claim.   
From an examination of these documents. I am able to make no other than the following statement of facts, that in June 1820. his property both real and personal was Certified at $282,25.  That he was indebted to the amount of $157,02 of which deducted left property in his hands to the amount of $125.23.  His land was estimated at $250. his personal property at $32.25. In his schedule of 1823 under the late act of Congress he states (as I know the facts to be)  that he was Compelled under embarrassing circumstances to dispose of all his land for the sum of $150, which left in his hand only $32.25. or a view which have taken of this case and from my personal acquaintance with Elisha Lincoln and his circumstances as to property, I think it my duty earnestly to request a reexamination of his documents, and his name placed upon the pension List, if consistent with the rules established at the pension office. I should be pleased to learn the result of this application if consistent.   
I am respectfully your Obet & Humble Servt 
Nathan Burton
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The following certificate is made at the request of the Petitioner & his friends 
I Nathan Burton Chief Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, for the County of Bennington, do certify that I am well acquainted with Elisha Lincoln of Rupert Bennington County Vermont and his circumstances, that he is poor, infirm, able to Labor very little, he has no relations on whom he can rely for support and according to the Common Course nature must shortly become a public pauper.   Given under my hand and Seal of said Court this 16th day of Sept 1823 
Nathan Burton
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Manchester Vt. July 1. 1823 – 
The persons whose names are subscribed to the foregoing certificate are Gentlemen highly respected and esteemed in society  
Rd Skinner 
John Belding
Caleb N. Rosswell
Seth Moore
Eliphalet Farwell
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To the Honorable J. C. Calhoun Esqr Secretary at War of the United States, the petition of Elisha Lincoln Late a Pentioner but now struck off the Pention Roll by Reason as is shown of his having two much property answers Shown to your honor in this [unreadable] and Disclosure,  the first is that he the said Elisha being a Prudent man let the other important men message and said his pention Money or Sum part of it for Mountain Land and Run into debt for the rest which Lands as is [unreadable] with the price that let to them [unreadable] his being again Placed on the Pention Role which Land as the terms now is well not fetch hiself the money they were then opposed at and your petitioner truth spoken obliged to sell said lands to pay his honest Debts  which he never would contracted had he not be in Expectation of continuing to draw his pention and now your Petitioner would further state that that money he has drawn has put him in a worse situation than he was before in,  the way he has had the misfortune to [unreadable] since he has been struck of the Pention Role and unable to pay his debts without selling said lands and that he is poor and stands in need of Publick aid and therefore prays that his case may be take into consideration in and he again placed on the Pention Role and as he in Duty Bound will Ever pray.   Rupert June 27 AD 1823 
Elisha Lincoln
Rupert June 27 AD 1823 
We the undersigned do hereby Certy that the facts stated in the above are in Substance true and that the Petitioner is a Poor Laboring man and that he Suffered as much in the Revolutionary war 
perhaps as any man now living and that we do verily  believe he ought if any man be placed on the Pention Role – 
John Gray 
Abraham Underhill 
John Underhill
Israel Sykes 
Grave Moore
Benjamin Baldwin
Paddock Gray
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L. F. Lincoln Sr. 
Box 207, Star Rt. 
West Palm Beach, Fla. 
Dec 17th, 1931. 
War Dept Washington D.C. 
My Dear Sirs,  
I am being advised to ask your Department to locate as far as possible, the record of one, Elish Lincoln, a soldier of or in the Revolution, and, soon after the War, settled in Danby Vermont. It is necessary in looking up this Line of that family to secure as much data as possible on the said Elisha Lincoln.   
I am supposed to be Lineal descendant of This Family, and in corresponding with Waldo Lincoln of Worcester President of the American Antiquarium Society of Boston, and who had a partial record, through his work in the Abraham Lincoln Line, though not in that line, and who advised me to look up Elisha Lincolns War Record as he might have applied for a Pen A Pension.
Hopeing that I have not aked to Much of you, 
I am yours very sincerely 
L. F. Lincoln Sr. 
Box 207 Star at West Palm Beach, Fla.  
P. S. Elisha in Lincoln of Rupert Vermont died in 1830. 
L. F. Lincoln Sr.
[stamp] RECEIVED DEC 22 1931 RECEIPT SECTION PENSION FILES