Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 2531, Elias Cheney, N.H.
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N.H.|Cheney, Elias|W.2531|
[blank]|Clifford, Deborah Former widow|[blank]|
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393. 
Vermont Montpelier
['Massachusetts' crossed out]
Deborah Clifford formerly widow of Elias Cheney who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private NH Line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars [blank] Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30th day of October 1849, and sent to S. D. Kimball Barton Vermont
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act ['February 2,' crossed out] July 29th 1848, Page 535, Vol. 1, B. D. 

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To Montpelier Vt ss 4 Sept 1851
Mch 14, 1831, certif & not'n sent to S. D. Kimball Barton Vt.
Date of death not on AB -
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts, County of Middlesex, ss}
At a Probate Court, holden at Cambridge in the County of Middlesex aforesaid on the eighth day of November A.D. 1848, before the Hon. Sam'l P. P. Fay Judge of said Court Personally appeared Deborah Clifford a resident of Lowell in Said County of Middlesex aged 71 years, who being duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed August 23d 1842" Also the act of Congress, passed July 29th 1848," entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving widows of officers & soldiers of the revolutionary army."
That she is the Widow of Elias Cheney, who was a private and served in the War of the Revolution, from the town of Antrim, State of New Hampshire, during the years 1777-1778-1779 & 3 months & 14 days in 1780.
She further declares that she was ['not' crossed out] married to the said Elias Cheney at Hillsborough New Hampshire on the Sixth day of June 1799 & that her Husband the aforesaid Elias Cheney died in Concord Vermont on the Eighth day of December, 1817. 
That She was afterwards married to Zachariah Clifford in October 1822 in Barnet Vermont and that her
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late husband Zachariah Clifford died in Danville Vermont in March or April, 1839 or 1840. That she was not married to the said Cheney prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the 2d of January Eighteen hundred, (viz) at the time above stated. She further swears that she ['has never' crossed out] is now a Widow, and that she has never before made application for a pension. 
/s/Deborah Clifford
Sworn to and subscribed on the day & year first above written, before me by said Deborah Clifford
/s/S. P. P. Fay Judge of Prob. for s'd County of Middlesex
The said Deborah Clifford, on the day & year aforesaid does further declare that her maiden name was Deborah Winchester - 
/s/Deborah Clifford 
Subscribed & sworn to by said Deborah Clifford the day & year aforesaid before me
/s/S. P. P. Fay J. Prob.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex ss. I Isaac Fiske Register of the Court of Probate in & for said County hereby certify that the Hon. S. P. P. Fay whose own proper signature is above written is the Judge of the Court of Probate 
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this ninth day of November in the year Eighteen hundred & forty eight
/s/Isaac Fiske Reg
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State of Vermont
Orleans County ss} I, John F. Hunter of Albany in said Orleans County aged 33 years, depose & say, That I was formerly acquainted with Elias Cheney who died in Concord V.t. Dec'r 7-8 1817 aged 56 years & was acquainted with him for the last 10 years, of his life & resided his nearest neighbor, I frequently heard him relate anecdotes that occured while he was in the War of the Revolution, & that he served from Antrim New Hampshire, I attended his funeral, in Dec'r 1876, the time above stated, The year Subsequent to his death I married one of his daughters, he left a Widow who is still living & resides with her son Franklin Cheney in Lowell Mass. - his Widow Deborah Clifford, formerly Deborah Cheney & whose maiden name was Deborah Winchester, was married to Zachariah Clifford in September, or October 1822, six years after the death of Cheney her first Husband. 
Clifford died in Danville V.t. in March 1840, from that period the aforesaid Deborah Cheney now the Widow Clifford has remained a Widow & has resided with me, untill the last 9 years, since then she has been with her Son in Lowell Mass.
/s/John F. Hunter
Sworn to & Subscribed at Albany aforesaid this 23d day of March 1849, before me I further certify that deponent is a credible witness - 
/s/Luther Deland Justice Peace,
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I Betsey Hunter of Albany, Orleans County, Vermont aged 49 years depose & say, That I am daughter of Elias & Deborah Cheney, That my father, was a Soldier in the War of the Revolution from Antrim New Hampshire as I have reason to believe, I have frequently heard him relate anecdotes that occured while in the Army, - He died in Concord Vermont, Dec'r 7th 1817, aged 56 years, & left my mother now Deborah Clifford his Widow, who remained a Widow until the fall of 1822, when She married Zachariah Clifford of Danville V.T. the said Clifford died in said Danville in March 1840 from that time my mother, the said Deborah Clifford has remained a Widow, & has resided with me, untill the last two years, since that time she has resided with my brother Franklin Cheney in Lowell Mass, - I visited her at Lowell in Decr 1848, There are gravestones at my father's grave in Concord aforesaid, I have seen them frequently, & am not mistaken in the time when my father died.
My mother's name was Deborah Winchester, previous to her first marriage.
/s/Betsey Hunter
State of Vermont
Orleans County ss} At Albany in said Orleans County ['per' crossed out] this 23d day of March 1849, personally appeared deponant & signed & made oath to the truth of the above affidavit, I further certify that she is a neighbor of mine & a person of truth. 
/s/Luther Deland Justice of the Peace,
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State of Vermont
Orleans District ss} I John H. Prentiss Register of Probate in and for said District certify that Luther Deland of Albany in said District is a Justice of the Peace, in and for the county of Orleans and state aforesaid, duly qualified to act as such, and that the signatures attached to this paper purporting to be his are genuine - 
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof I hereto subscribed my name and affix the seal of said Probate Court, at Irasburgh in said District this twenty sixth day of March 1849 - 
/s/John H. Prentiss, Register.
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Extract from the records of Hillsborough N.H.
Married the sixth of June one thousand seven hundred and ninety nine Mr. Elias Cheney to Miss Deborah Winchester both of Antrim
I Levi Goodale of Hillsborough in the County of Hillsborough and State of New Hampshire hereby certify that the above is a true copy of the record with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows - "the 6th of June 1799"
/s/Levi Goodale Town Clerk
I Levi Goodale 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 extract from the records of said town of Hillsborough with the exception above named as certified by me 
/s/Levi Goodale {Clerk of the town of Hillsborough
State of New Hampshire - Hillsborough ss. January 17, 1849 - 
Sworn to and subscribed by the above named Levi Goodale 
Before me, /s/Sam'l H. Ayer, Justice of the Peace
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State of New Hampshire
Hillsborough County} Sct.
I Perley Dodge Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that Samuel H. Ayer is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified that his commission was dated on the 19th day of June 1848. and will expire on the 18th day of June 1853 and that his signature within written is genuine. 
[county seal affixed] Given under my hand and the seal of said County this 18th day of January 1849
/s/Perley Dodge Clerk
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I Isaac Winchester of Providence in the State of Rhode Island, bricklayer aged seventy one years, do depose & say, that Deborah Clifford now living at Lowell & who is now a widow & present in the Probate Court at Cambridge is my sister - that we were twins & born at Amherst in that part now Mount Vernon in New Hampshire - that my said sister, was married to Elias Cheney, by the Reverend Mr. Barnes then minister of Hillsborough at his dwelling-house, he being then the nearest settled minister to the parties - the said Cheney living in Antrim & my sister in Deering two towns adjoining Hillsborough in which two towns there was no settled minister - I was present & saw them married - Within a few years after said marriage my sister & her husband moved from New Hampshire to Vermont, where she has continued to live until within a year on more past when she removed to Lowell in Massachusetts, as I have always heard & believed - I have always kept a correspondence by letter & otherwise with my sister ever since her removal & have always been informed & understood that her husband Elias Cheney died about thirty years ago - That she was after married to one Zacharias Clifford and that he died about nine years ago - & that she is now, and has been ever since said Clifford's death
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death a widow - I also further depose & say the marriage of my sister to the said Cheney as above stated took place according to my recollection in the summer of 1799 - I was married in the latter part of summer or beginning of Autumn in that year, & I well remember that my sister was married before I was - I was present on the this nineth day of November 1848 & saw her sign & make oath to a declaration before the judge of Probate of the County of Middlesex, in order to obtain a pension for the services of her husband the said Elias Cheney for his services in the revolutionary war - 
And further I say not - 
/s/Isaac Winchester
Commonwealth of Massachusetts - 
Middlesex ss: On this 9th day of Nov'r AD 1848. Personally appeared Isaac Winchester & made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed & that I have good reason to believe the said Isaac to be entirely worthy of credit - before - 
/s/S. P. P. Fay J.P.
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[typewritten letter]
June 8, 1933
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Elias Cheney-W.2531
Silas Fox-S.45540
BA-J/AWF

Mr. J. B. Butler
651 East 7th Street
York, Nebraska

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Elias Cheney, Silas Fox and Winthrop Fox.
Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained from claims made to the United States for pension and bounty land based upon the military service of soldiers in that war.
A search of the records fails to show such claims on file on account of the services of any Winthrop Fox.
You are furnished herein the records of Elias Cheney and Silas Fox, as found in [illegible] services in that war of the Revolution. [margin note: claims for pension based upon their services in the War of the Rev]
Elias Cheney-W.2531
The date and place of birth of Elias Cheney are not given, nor are the names of his parents shown.
Elias Cheney enlisted from Antrim, New Hampshire, in 1777 and served eight months and ['fourteen days' crossed out] 14 d's in 1778,  [margin note: enlisted] served twelve months; enlisted in 1779, served twelve months; enlisted in 1780, served three months and four days; all of his service was as private in the sixth company, Colonel Reid's New Hampshire regiment.
Elias Cheney married June 6, 1799 at Hillsboro, New Hampshire, Miss Deborah Winchester. He was then of
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[typewritten letter]
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Antrim, New Hampshire and she was of Deering, New Hampshire. They were married by the Reverend Mr. Barnes of Hillsboro, New Hampshire.
A few years after marriage they moved to Vermont, and Elias Cheney died at Concord, Vermont, December 7 or 8, 1817, then aged fifty-six years. His widow, Deborah Cheney married in the fall of 1822 at Barnet, Vermont, Zachariah Clifford, who died in March, 1840 at Danville, Vermont.
The widow, Deborah Clifford, was allowed pension on account of the services of ['her husband Elias Cheney' crossed out] her hus-E.C. on her application executed November 8, 1843, then aged seventy-one years and living in Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, with her son, Franklin Cheney.
In 1851 she had moved to Albany, Orleans County, Vermont, to live with her daughter, the wife of John Hunter, Deborah Clifford, at that time, stated that the son with whom she had been living in Lowell, Massachusetts, had moved to Oregon.
In 1849 Betsey Hunter, the daughter of Elias Cheney and his wife, Deborah, was forty-nine years of age and living in Albany, Vermont, John F. Hunter of Albany, Vermont in 1849, aged fifty-three years, stated that he married one of the daughters of Elias Cheney, about two years subsequent to the death of said Elias Cheney.
Isaac Winchester, the twin brother of the widow, Deborah, in 1848 was a resident of Providence, Rhode Island and stated that he and his sister, Deborah, were born in Antrim, New Hampshire. He also stated at that time that he married in the summer of 1779, a little after the marriage of his sister, Deborah, and Elias Cheney.
Jefferson Clifford and Leonard Clifford, sons of Zachariah Clifford, were both residing in Danville, Vermont in 1849. Jefferson Clifford gave his age at that time as forty-three years. Betsey Clifford in 1849 a resident of Danville, Vermont, stated that the widow,
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[typewritten letter]
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Deborah Cheney, was residing at her house, when she married Zachariah Clifford, no relationship to the family shown.
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Silas F-S.45540
The date and place of birth of Silas For are not given, nor are the names of his parents stated.
Silas Fox enlisted in the state of New Hampshire, in March, 1777 and served as a private in Captain Benjamin Stone's company, Colonel Alexander Scammell's Third New Hampshire Regiment, was in the battles at the time of the surrender of Burgoyne, after which served in Captain McGregor's company, Colonel Henry Dearborn's New Hampshire regiment, and was discharged in June, 1783.
Silas Fox was allowed pension on his application executed June 15, 1819, then sixty-three years old and residing in Campton, Grafton County, New Hampshire.
In 1828 he was living in Derby, Orleans County, Vermont.
Uriah Fox was living in 1828 in Orleans County, Vermont, no relationship shown. ['There is no reference to wife or children.' crossed out] It is not stated that Silas Fox was married

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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affidavit
David Parker
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I David Parker of Antrim in the County of Hillsborough New Hampshire aged 83 years depose and say that I was well acquainted with Elias Cheney formerly of Antrim aforesaid. I lived within less than half a mile of his residence while in Antrim for a number of years his wife's name before marriage, was Deborah Winchester. they lived together as man and wife while in Antrim, and I think had children while there I have frequently heard him tell of living in the Revolutionary war and some of his skirmishes he had on the Susquehannah and I have no doubt he served in the Revolutionary war an he was so reputed I think I have heard Adam Nichols formerly of Antrim who was a soldier speak of his services - I do not know whether Nichols is living or not the last I heard of him was in Kentucky - there was no other man of that name in said Antrim 
/s/David Parker
State of New Hampshire
Hillsborough ss. Sept 1, 1849 Personally appeared the above named David Parker, who is a credible witness, and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit before me. 
/s/Luke Woodbury Justice of the peace
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The State of New Hampshire
Hillsborough County SS.
I Perley Dodge Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Luke Woodbury is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified that his commission was dated on the 24th day of May 1849 and will expire on the 23d day of May 1854 and that his signature within written is genuine. 
[county seal affixed] Given under my hand and the Seal of said County this 4th day of September 1849
/s/Perley Dodge Clerk
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from S. D. Kimball
Barton V.t.
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[handwritten letter]
Barton, V.t. Feby 19-1857

Sir,
Enclosed I send you the Pension Certificate of Deborah Clifford formerly Wid of Elias Cheney, - with her application for a transfer from the pay office in Boston, Mass - to the pay office in Montpelier, Vermont.
The poor old Lady is exceedingly anxious that you should attend to her case immediately so that she can draw on the 4th of March next.
Respectfully your obt. Serv't
/s/S. D. Kimball

Hon-J. E. Heath,
Commiss'r of Pensions, 
Washington, D.C.
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[handwritten letter]
Barton, V.t. Sept. 17-1849

Sir,
On the reception of your letter having date July 30th 1849, I immediately wrote the Town Clerk of Antrim N.H. to see if there was any Individuals living who could Identify Elias Cheney, as a reputed soldier of the Revolution, & the late husband of ['the late' crossed out] Deborah Clifford.
I have this day, rec'd, the enclosed affidavit of Mr. Parker, which I trust will be satisfactory. I also enclose the letter of Esq. - Woodbury, you will see by that ['that' crossed out] there is probably no other living witness that can testify as required.
If this testimony is satisfactory you will confer a great favor on a destitute Widow by immediately enclosing me her Certificate. 
With much Respect, your obt. Serv't 
/s/S. D. Kimball

Hon. J. L. Edwards
Comm'r of Pensions
Washington D.C.}
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[handwritten letter]
Antrim Sept. 12, 1849. 

Dear Sir
I enclose you the affidavit of David Parker in relation to Elias Cheney 
I have not been able to find another man or woman, who recollects any thing about his revolutionary services - It has cost me $2.00 to process the affidavit and certificate of Clerk - Clerk's certificate .50 trouble of obtaining some 20 miles distant and trouble of getting affidavit 1.50., both I know the poverty of these people processing pensions, and if you will enclose me $1.00 and if you succeed in getting the Pension $1.00 more when you obtain it - I will be satisfied - 
Yrs. Respectfully
/s/Luke Woodbury

Mr. S. D. Kimball
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No 374
Deborah Clifford
Mass
Let to S. D. Kimball, July 30th 1849. 
act 29 July 1848
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[handwritten letter]
Barton, V.t. March 7, 1849.

Dear Sir,
Enclosed I send you Mrs. Clifford's claim for a Pension, you will Please send her Certificate to me.
Respectfully, your obt. Serv't 
/s/S. D. Kimball

Hon. J. L. Edwards
Com'r of Pensions
Washington, D.C.}
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex County ss
I Isaac Fiske Register of the Court in and for the County of Middlesex aforesaid, hereby certify that the Hon. Sam'l P. P. Fay Esquire is the Judge of Probate of said County & that his signature written on the foregoing paper is his genuine signature.
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this ninth day of November in the year Eighteen hundred & forty eight
/s/Isaac Fiske Reg
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[addressed envelope]
[margin notes: No. 374 Deborah Clifford form wid of Elias Cheney Mass act 239 July 1848 married 1799
Adm'd two years pri $80 per ann, fr 4 March 1848]
[postmark: DANVILLE Vt. FEB 20]
[postmark: DANVILLE Vt. FEB 20] 5
Bennington Vt 
Feby 15

Mr. S. D. Kimball 
Barton Vermont. 
[margin note: S. D. Kimball Barton, Vermont]
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I Jefferson Clifford of Danville in Caladonia (Caledonia) County, Vermont, aged forty three years, - depose & say That I am Son of Zachariah Clifford deceased, That my late Father was married to the Widow, Deborah Cheney, I think in the fall of 1822'd that my father the said Zacr. ['Cheney' crossed out] Clifford died at my brother's Leonard Clifford's in this Town in March 1840.
I was at the funeral and am not mistaken in the year & month but cannot give the day. He left Deborah Clifford, his widow who is still living, & resides with her Son (by her first son's Husband Elias Cheney) in Lowell Mass.
/s/Jefferson Clifford
State of Vermont
['Amherst' crossed out] Caladonia County ss} At Barnett in Said Caladonia County on this 15th day of Feby 1849, personally appeared - Jefferson Clifford Signer of the above affidavit & made oath to the truth of the same before me - I further certify that deponant is a credable witness - 
/s/Levi P. Parks Justice of the Peace. 

State of Vermont
Caledonia County ss} I, G. A. Burbank, Clerk of the County Court of the County of Caledonia in the State of Vermont, do hereby certify that Levi P. Parks, is an acting Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified; that his commission was dated on the 30th day of Nov'r 1848, and will expire the 30th day of Nov'r next, and that his signature, above is genuine.
[court seal affixed] Given under my hand and the seal of said County Court this 20th day of February A.D. 1849.
/s/G. A. Burbank Clerk.
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I Betsey Clifford of Danville in Caladonia (Caledonia) County, Vermont of Lawful age depose and Say - That I am personally acquainted with the Widow Deborah Clifford, that I was acquainted with her when she was the Widow of Elias Cheney - 
She was residing at my House when she married Zachariah Clifford, which was in the fall of 1822. That her late Husband Zachariah Cliffoed died at the residence of his son Leonard Clifford died in this Town in March A.D. 1840. I was present when he was buried. I also have a record in my family Bible made at the time as follows.
"Deaths"
"Zachariah Clifford - March 1840"
I further certify that the aforesaid Deborah Clifford is still a Widow and resides with her son Franklin Cheney in Lowell Mass. - 
/s/Betsey Clifford

State of Vermont
Caladonia County ss} At Barnet in Said County on this 15th day of Feby 1849, Personally appeared Betsey Clifford Signer of the above affidavit & made oath to the truth of the same before me - I further certify that deponant is a credable witness. 
/s/Levi P. Parks Justice of the Peace.

State of Vermont
Caledonia County ss} I, G. A. Burbank, Clerk of the County Court of the County of Caledonia in the State of Vermont, do hereby certify that Levi P. Parks, is an acting Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly commissioned & qualified; that his Commission was dated on the 30th day of Nov'r 1848, and will expire the 30th day of Nov'r next, and that his signature, above written is genuine.
[court seal affixed] Given under my hand and the seal of said County Court this 20th day of February A.D. 1849.
/s/G. A. Burbank Clerk.
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[addressed envelope]
Barton Vt
Oct 19 ['10' crossed out]
Hon. J. L. Edwards,
Commissioner of Pensions, 
Washington, D.C. 
[margin note: W Cole]
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[handwritten letter]
Barton, V.t. Oct. 19-1849
Sir,
Please examine the papers in the case of Widow, Submit Foster, & if you find her entitled to an increase, forward me a certificate, the first opportunity.
I forwarded you her letter, some 4 or 6 weeks since. Her Pension was increased under act, July 1-1848, from 40$ to 80$ pr annum commencing March 4-1848 - but for the ten years, prior to that period, she did not receive her increase of 40$ per annum. 
[margin note: 4193 attended to by Cole]
Deborah Clifford, Widow of Elias Cheney is very anxious to receive her Certificate. I forwarded you a few weeks since the identity of Cheney, as requested by you.
You may make her Certificate payable in Massachusetts if you please, She now being a resident of that State and may continue there. 
Very Respectfully your Obt. Serv't
/s/S. D. Kimball

Hon. J. L. Edwards
Commiss'r of Pensions
Washington, D.C. }
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3-525
REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION. 
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D.C., [blank], 19[blank]
W.F. 2531

In reply to your request of [blank], received [blank] for a statement of the military history of Elias Cheney a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in ['his (or' crossed out] his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. 
[column headings: DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.|LENGTH OF SERVICE.|RANK.|OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.(CAPTAIN.|COLONEL.)|STATE.|] [initials: AW]
1777|8 mos 14 das|Pvt.|(in 6" Co.|Reid)|N.H.|
1778|12 mos|[blank]|([blank]|[blank])|[blank]|
1779|12 mos|[blank]|([blank]|[blank])|[blank]|
1780|3 mos 4 das|[blank]|([blank]|[blank])|[blank]|
[columns ended]
Battles engaged in, none stated
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Enlisted from Antrim, N.H. 
Date of application for pension, Nov. 8, 1848. Her cl. was allowed
Residence at date of application, Lowell, Middlesex Co. Mass.
Age at date of application, She was 71 years old, born at Amherst N.H.
Remarks: Soldier mar. June 6, 1799 at Hillsborough N.H. Miss Deborah Winchester. He died Dec. 7 or 8, 1817 at Concord Vt. aged 56 years. His wid. mar. in Octo 1822 at Barnet Vt. Zachariah Clifford who died in Mch or Apr. 1839 or 1840 in Danville Vt. children of Deborah & Elias Cheney. Betsey wife of John F. Hunter and Franklin who resided in Lowell Mass, in 849. 
Respectfully, 
[blank]
Commissioner.
5-2856
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[typewritten letter]
[margin note: Rev.]
York, Nebraska.
May 28, 1933
[receipt stamp: RECEIVED JUN 1 1933 PENSION INDEX SECTION]
Director of Pensions
Washington, D. C.

My dear Sir;--
Will you kindly give me some information concerning ['two' crossed out] three men who served in the War of the Revolution from the state of New Hampshire.
The men are,
Winthrop Fox, Silas Fox, and Elias Cheney.
The first two enlisted at Campton, N. H. Cheney was also from Grafton Co.
Silas received a pension. I do not know as to the other two.
I should like any available data that you may have concerning them, such as their service, ages at time of enlistment, place of residence, and if pensioners, to whom and when was the last pension payment made.

Thanking you, I am,
Very truly yours,
/s/Anna R. Butter
Mrs. J. B. Butter
651 East 7 St.
York, Nebraska.
[receipt stamp: RECEIVED MAY 31 1933 MAIL SUB-DIV VETS ADM READER #21]
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[verso]
Revy WIDOW, &c.
File No. 2531
Deborah Clifford Widow
Elias Cheney
Pri. Rev. War
Act: July 29, 1848
Index: - Vol. A, Page 134
[Arrangement of 1870.]

[recto]
1921 Nov. 22 Hist. to Mrs. H. A. Gibbon 
Letter in WF. 16057 Samuel Piper. 
1933-June 8-hist to Mrs. J. B. Butter awf.
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Contra [initials: fr]
Engaged|By 8 months 14 days Service in 1777-16..18..8
Apl. 17-1777|By 12 months ditto - 1778-24. - 
discharged|By 12 months ditto - 1779=24. - 64..18..8
Ap'l 4th 1780|
By 3 months & 4 Days in 1780|6..5..4

State of New Hampshire. 
Office of Secretary of State.
I do hereby certify, That the foregoing is a true copy of the original from Reid's Regimental Ledger page 133, which Ledger remains in this Office. 
[state seal affixed] Given under my hand and the Seal of the State, this 12th day of Septem'r A.D. 1848 - 
/s/Thomas P. Treadwell
Secretary of State
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Elias Ch(for Antrim) 3 year [initials: fr]
paid by the Continent in 1777 - 8..9..4
ditto 1778 £4.. - ditto 1779 24/ - 5..4..0
Ballance Clothing by Leigh - 7..6..3
his part Rum Sugar &c - 17..0|21..16..7
1770 June 17|to a Certificate for the Ballance - 43..2..1
(total) £64..18..8
Paid by Capt. Carr 3/3 - ..3..3
1782 Octo'r 22 Gave him a certificate 6..2..1
(total) £6..5..4
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State of Vermont        )
County of Orleans, fs. )

On this 14th day February A.D. 1851 before me the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Orleans, personally appeared Deborah Clefford, formerly Widow of Elias Cheney who, on her oath, declares that she is the same person who ["formerly belonged" stricken out] was placed on the pension bit roll in the State of Mafsachusetts at the Boston Agency.  That her Certificate was dated 30th Oct. A.D. 1848.  That she resided at the date of her said Certificate at Lowell Mafsachusetts from whence she has lately removed;  that she now resides in Albany in the County of Orleans and State of Vermont, where she intends to remain, and wishes her pension to be payable by the Agent of the M.L. for paying pensions in Montpelier in the State of Vermont in future.  The following are her reasons for removing from Lowell Mafsachusetts to Albany Vermont;  She is now dependant on her children and her son with whom she resided in Lowell aforesaid has removed to Grocgon, and she has now come to Albany Vermont to reside with her daughter, the Wife of John Hunter.
Deborah Clefford

Sworn to & subscribed at Barton in Orleans County aforesaid this 14 day of February A.D. 1857.
(over)
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before me--S.D. Kimball  Justice of the Peace.

I hereby certify that declarant is a person of truth--that she is the identical person she represents herself to be--that her pension certificate herewith presented is the identical one I obtained as her agent.
S.D. Kimball
Justice Peace.

State of Vermont         )
District of Orleans, fs.  )

I Isaac M. Cushman Judge of the Probate Court within and for said District hereby certify that S.d. Kimball subscriber of the foregoing certificate is a Justice of the Peace within and for Orleans County, duly qualified to administer oaths; and that his signature is genuine.

Given under my hand and the seal of said Court at Sasburgh this 19th day of February A.D. 1851
I.M. Cushman, Judge.

[illegible seal affixed to the left of the above paragraph]
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I, John Hunter, of Albany, in the County of Orleans and State of Vermont, aged 55 years, depose and say,

That I am personally acquainted with Deborah Clefford, that I married her daughter by Elias Cheney, her first husband, who was as I have good reason to believe a Soldier in the War of the Revolution, that the said Deborah Clefford now resides with me in said Albany  that she has recently resided in Lowell Massachusetts, where she was a pensioner, that I was acquainted with all the circumstances attending her being placed on said pension roll, her agent Mr. S. D. Kimball who assisted her in obtaining said pension resided at the time & still does with a few miles of my house.  I further testify that deborah Clefford who has has signed the application on the oposite page is the identical person described in this my affidavit.
John Hunter

Sworn to and subscribed at Barton in the County of Orleans aforesaid this 12th day of February 1851, before me;  I further certify that deponant is a credable witnefs and from my personal knowlage his statements are true.
S. D. Kimball
Justice of the Peace.