Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 11333, Elisha Horton, Continental Mass.
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(8-1776)
SERVICE      NUMBER
Continental      Horton, Elisha         W.11333
Mass.                Marilla                     B.L. Wt. 5_10_55.
and 
{B.L.Wt q35_150_Ensign
{Issued Feb. 25, 1796.
{no papers.

CONTENTS
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250.047 Act Man. 3.
June 26, 76
--
Marilla Horton, wid.
Elisha Horton, Ensign
--
Wt. no. 935. for 150 Ac, issued
Feb: 25" 1796 for an Ensign in
Mass: Contl line
Revi. war.

[written diagonally across above script]
No 5 for 10 acres issued Sep 11/56
O'Brien
--
Pens. Act 15, May 1828.
helz [?] 53-58v8
--
AO: 10 Acres Sept: 10th 1856.
Boynton
--
Geo. C. Woodruff.
Litchfield.
Conn.
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3183.
Connecticut.
===
Elisha Horton LL
Capt Spurr
Ensign
Massachusetts Line
in the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
===
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut
at the rate of 20 Dollars per month, to commence on
the 1st of April, 1818.
===
Certificate of Pension issued the 30th of Sept. 1818.
and sent to Augustus Pettibone, Es1
Litchfield, Conn:
===
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818 5 mo. 4/30. 102.66
Semi-anl. all'ee ending 4th Mar 1819. 120.00
===
$222.66
===
{Revolutionary claim, 
{Act 18th March, 1818
War

Litchfield, Litchfield
Co.
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[page 1]
5808
Connecticut
---
Marilla Horton,
widow of Elisha Horton
Mass
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as an Ensign
---
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate
of 240 dollars 00
cents per annum, to commence on
the 3 February, 1853
---
Certificate of Pension issued
12th day of June 1856.
and sent to 
G.C. Woodruff
Litchfield,
Ct.
---
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 3, 1853, Page 200. Vol. No. 250049

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G.C. Woodruff
Mrch 14,1857
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State of Connecticut
County of Litchfield
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"Elisha Horton and Marilla Bradley were
married April A.D. ["18" crossed through] one thousand
Eight Hundred and Twenty five by 
the Revd Lyman Beecker as per certificate
on file
Attest Moses Seymour Register"

I George A. Hickox Town Clerk & Register
of the Town of Litchfield Conn do certify that
I handle custody of the Records of Marriages
in said town & that the above is a true copy of
the record of the marriage of Elisha Horton
& Marilla Bradley with the exception of
the date, which is expressed on the record
in fair legible figures as follows
"April    A.D. 1825"
and I Geo A. Hickox above named depon
& say that I hold the office of Town Clerk
& Register in & of the Town of Litchfield in the
County of Litchfield State of Connecticut &
that the above is a true extract from the 
records of said town with the exception, above
named as certified by me
Dated Litchfield June 25 1850
George A Hickox
Town Clerk &
Register
Sworn before me
this 23d of June 1856
Geo C. Woodruff
Justice of the Peace
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I William Coe of Litchfield Conn of lawful
age being duly sworn do depose & say that
I was a neighbor to & well acquainted with
Elisha Horton late of Litchfield died late
a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United
States, & also with his wife Marilla former,
by Marilla Horton Bradley. That I was at
said Elisha's house during his last sickness
& on the day of his death which occurred about
nineteen years ago but on what precise 
day I cannot from recollection State,
I was that time a merchant & I found 
on my account books a charge against
him on the 30th day of Nov 1837 and a charge
to his estate Dec 1st 1837 and I have no doubt
he died on the 30th Nov 1837 Many years
ago & soon after his decease, probably within
one year after his decease, a tombstone was
erected at his grave, which I have recently
examined & on which there was inscribed
the day of his death viz. the 30th Nov 1837
The said Marilla still remains a widow
& is sole & unmarried She still
resides near me William Coe
Dated at Litchfield this 24th day of 
June A.D. 1856
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State of Connecticut
County of Litchfield} ss Litchfield
On this 23d day of June A.D. 1856 [crossed out] I Lucius Wilmot of sd Litchfield of lawful age do depose & say, that Elisha Horton decd and Marill his wife (formerly Marilla Bradley) were during their intermarriage my neighbors, & I was well acquainted with them, they were married some thirty years ago, and the said Elisha died at sd Litchfield more than fifteen years since Said Marilla now resides in said Litchfield & remains a widow & is unmarried & single and further saith not
Lucius Wilmot 

State of Connecticut
County of Litchfield} ss Litchfield
On this 23d day of June AD. 1856 personally appeared Lucius Wilmot to me well known & who is entitled to credit, who subscribed the foregoing deposition in my presence & made solemn oath to the truth of the same
Before me
Geo. C. Woodruff
Justice of the Peace
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State of Connecticut
County of Litchfield} ss District of Litchfield
On this 10th day of may 1856 personally appeared, before the Court of Probate holden at Litchfield in & for the District of Litchfield in said State, on said day, Marilla Horton [crossed out] a resident of Litchfield in the County of Litchfield & State aforesaid aged sixty three years, who first being duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 3d Feb. 1853 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War; that she is the widow of Elisha Horton, who was as Ensign in the 1st Regiment Massachusetts Line in the Military Service of the United States in the army of the Revolution. That he was a Pensioner of the United States under the act of May 15th 1828 at the Rate of Twenty Dollars per month, that she cannot state particularly the service performed by him but for proof thereof refers to his application for said Pension & the records of the war department
She further declares that she was married to the said Elisha Horton pn the 27th day of April 1825; that her said husband died on the [] day of November 1837. That she was not married to him prior to the second of january Eighteen hundred but at the time above stated
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She further declares that she was married to one Amos Eastman on the 4th of October A.D. 1840. and that she was lawfully divorced from the said Eastman by the Superior Court holden at Litchfield in & for the County of Litchfield and State of Connecticut on the 4th Tuesday of March AD. 1856
She further declares that she is a widow as above stated
Marilla Horton

Sworn to and subscribed on the day & year above written
Before
Charles Adams
Judge of Probate.

I Payne K. Kilbourn Clerk of the Court of Probate within & for the District of Litchfield Conn do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Marilla Horton for a Pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of Office this 10th day of may A. D 1856
Payne K. Kilbourn, Clerk
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M Boyd
Correct The Commission within

Hon John C Calhoun
Department of War
Washington

Elisha Horton
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State of Connecticut ss Town of Litchfield in the County of Litchfield [crossed out] April 1st AD 1818

Elisha Horton of said Litchfield being duly sworn testifies and says that in February AS 1777 he inlisted into the United States service in the 6th Massachusetts Regiment commanded by Colonel Nixon in the company commanded by Captain Thomas Spurr I inlisted for the term of three [illegible] and served in sd Company and Regiment during the whole of said term in the war of the Revolution against the Common Enemy at the expiration of said term I again inlisted as a Sergeant Majr. during the war in Colonel Calvin Smiths Regiment on the Continental Establishment In the year 1781 I received an Ensigns Commission which is herewith presented signed by Thomas McKean President dated October 18th AD 1781. When the army was Reformed as commanded by Colr. Tupper. Then to a Regiment commanded by Colonel Joseph Vose then in a Regiment commanded by Colonel H Jackson. I constantly served the United states in the war of the Revolution from the day of my inlistment to the end of the war.
I have never received any pension as pay since the war except my half pay [crossed out] which terminated in the Commutation for five years By reason of my age and bodily infirmity and by reason of my reduced circumstances in life I am in need of assistance from my Country for support.
Elisha Horton

Please return the commission if practicable
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State of Connecticut ss Litchfield April 1st 1818
Personally appeared Elisha Horton signer of the within affidavit and made Solemn oath to the truth of the same before me

Augustus Pettibone Chief Judge
Litchfield County Court

personally appeard the Honl Frederick Wolcott and John R Landon Esq Sheriff of sd County and being duly sworn testify & say that that they are well acquainted with the within named Elisha Horton and say that his character for truth & veracity & honesty is good
Litchfield April 1sr 1818 
Frederick Wolcott.
Jno. R. landon
Litchfield County ss April 2d day 1818
Sworn before me
Augustus Pettibone Judge
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Litchfield Connecticut April 1st 1818

Hon John C Calhoun Secty of War
Sir. As Chief Judge of the County Court for the County of Litchfield afsd. I have taken the foregoing affidavits of Elisha Horton and examined his Commission
And it appearing to my satisfaction that the said Elisha Horton served in the war of the revolution on the Continental establishment against the common Enemy of the United States more than nine months as in sd affidavit and that by reason of his [illegible] ed circumstances in life he needs assistance from his Country for support. I therefore hereby certify the same and herewith transmit to you the afsd affidavits and the Commission of the sd Horton referred to in his affidavit the testimony in the case and the proceedings had thereon.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused to be affixed the seal of the Court in which I preside
Augustus Pettibone Chief Judge
Litchfield County Court


State of COnnecticut ss.
Litchfield, April 6th AD. 18 [illegible]

I certify to whom it may concern that Augustus Pettibone Esq is Judge of the County Court within the County of Litchfield in said State, and that the signature to the above certificate is to me known to be his proper hand writing.
Witness my hand & notorial Seal the day above written
Frederick Wolcott, Nota. Publick
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State of Connecticut
County of Litchfield} ss
On this 23d day of June A.D. [crossed out] one thousand Eight Hundred and fifty six personally appeared before me a Notary Public, duly authorized to administer oaths for general purposes, within & for the County & State aforesaid, Marilla Horton aged sixty three years a resident of Litchfield in the State of Connecticut who being duly sworn according to Law, declares that she is the widow of Elisha Horton deceased who was an Ensign in the 1st Regiment in the Massachusetts Line in the army of he Revolution in the Military service of the United States. & that he remained in such service for a period of fourteen days & much longer. That she cannot state the particulars of enlistment service & discharge but for proof thereof refers to his application for a Pension & the Records of the War Department, he having been a Pensioner under the act of May 15th 1828 at the rate of Twenty dollars per month.
She further states that she was married to the said Elisha Horton in Litchfield Conn, on the 27th day of April A.D. 1825 by the Revd Lyman Beecker an ordained minister of the Gospel and that her name before her said marriage was Marilla Bradley — that her said husband died at Litchfield Conn on the 30th day of November 1837. & that she is now a widow She makes this [crossed out] declaration for the purposes of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act approved March 8 1855
Marilla Horton
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We Lucius Wilmot and Charles Adams residents of Litchfield in the State of Connecticut upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed & acknowledged by Marilla Horton in our presence; & that we believe, from the appearance & Statement of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents herself to be
Dated Litchfield Conn June 23d - 1856
Lucius Wilmot
Charles Adams

The foregoing declaration & affidavit were sworn and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, & that I have no interest in this claim
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my official seal this 23d day of June 1856
Geo. C. Woodruff
Notary Public
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October 4, 1932.

BA-J/ADY
Elisha Horton
W. 11333

Dr. William S. S. Horton,
29 Union Avenue,
Lynbrook, New York.

Dear Sir:

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

The data contained herein are obtained from
the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim, W. 11333, based upon his military service in that war. 

Elisha Horton enlisted in February 1777, served
in Captain Spurr's Company in Colonel Nixon's Sixth Massachusetts Regiment and as sergeant major in Colonel Calvin Smith's Massachusetts Regiment; on April 2, 1781 he was commissioned ensign in the Sixth
Massachusetts Regiment and served in Colonel Tupper's Regiment, was transferred to Colonel Joseph Vose's First Massachusetts Regiment and to Colonel H. Jackson's Regiment and served to the end of the war.

He was allowed pension on his application executed April 1, 1818, while a resident of Litchfield, Litchfield County, Connecticut.

Soldier married April 27, 1825 in Litchfield,
Connecticut, Marilla Bradley.

He died November 30, 1837 in Litchfield, Connecticut. The date and place of his birth are not given, nor is his age stated.

His widow, Marilla Horton, married October 4, 1840 Amos Eastman from whom the court granted her a divorce in March 1856 and she resumed the name of Horton.

She was allowed pension, on account of the services
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of Elisha Horton, on her application executed May 10, 1856 while a resident of Litchfield,
Connecticut, aged sixty-three years.

There are no further family data.

Very truly yours,

A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator


Date of
widow's death
not on A. B.
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1915

Revy WIDOW, &c.

File No. 11.333
Marilla Horton
Wid of
Elisha Horton
Ensign Rev. War
Act: Feby 3d 1853.
Index:—Vol. a, Page 345
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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37118
Revy INVALID.

File No. 37.118
Elisha Horton
Ensign Rev War

Act: 18˜ March 18˜
Index:—Vol. 2, page 231

[Arrangement of 1870.]


1908 Apr. 10 Hist to Hon. Geo. W. Williams aw
1915. March 29: history to Col. Wm E. Horton MMR

1932 Oct. 4. Hist. to Dr. Wm. S.S. Horton a. c. g.   

1934 - Jan 10 - ad. Dr Wm SS. Horton. no further data than was fur. him in letter of Oct 4/32 — EEL
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THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN CONGRESS LSSEM [illegible] D
For Elisha Horton Gentleman - Greeting. We, Reposing especial trust and confidence in your Patriotism, Valour, Conduct, and Fidelity, DO by these presents constitute and appoint you to be an Ensign in the Sixth Massachusetts Regiment — in the Army of the United States, to take rank as Ensign from the 2d day of April 1781 — You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the duty  of Ensign by serving and performing all manner of things thereunto belonging. And [illegible] charge and require all Officers and Soldiers under your command to be obedient to your orders and directions from [illegible] to time, as you shall receive from [illegible] future Congress of the United [illegible] Committee of Congress for that purpose appointed, a Committee of the States or Commander in Chief for the time being of the Army of the United States, or any other your Superior Officer, according to the rules and discipline of War, in pursuance of the trust reposed in you. This Commission to continue inforce until revoked by this, or a future Congress, the Committee of Congress beforementioned, or a Committee of the States.
Witness His Excellency Thomas Mckean Esq President of the Congress of the United States of America, at Philadelphia the 18 day of October 1781, and in the Sixth year of our Independence. 
Tho McKean President

Entered [illegible] Office [illegible] by the Boa [illegible]
Attest.
[illegible] Tarleton Secretary of the Board of War
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5
10 acres
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Penn Offi June 9 1838
Sir
Please state when Elisha Horton [illegible] Act 1828 was last paid at [crossed out] $240 a year
Very respectfully
S. Cole,
Act Commissioner

RS Atkinson 30 Nov. 1837
[illegible]

Niplett [?]
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3d. Auditor's office June 11. 1836
Sir:
Elisha Horton; Connecticut, Act 1828. at $20.00 per mo, died 30 Novr. 1837, & his pension has been paid in full to that date.
Very Resp'y
Rob [?] Jamison
Auditor

J. Col Esqr.
Acting Commr. of Pensions
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No of orig Pay 91
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
30 June 1828.
Elisha Horton of Litchfield in the County of
Litchfield in the State of Connecticut has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled ""An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the army of the Revolution,” approved on the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he was as an officer on the Continental line, and served as such to the end of the War,
at which period he was an Ensign in the Col Vose's regiment of the Massachusetts
line; and that he received commutation certificates for the five years full pay granted by the resolve of 22 March, 1783; and, further, that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, nothing
dollars, paid to him by the agent
in the State of
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far these several statements are corroborated
by the records in his office.
Report of the Secretary,
A. Dickens

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
1st July 1828
It appears by the records in this office, that final settlement certificates have been issued for the commutation of five years full pay to Elisha Hoston. Ensign in the Massachusetts line, amounting to Twelve Hundred dollars.
It further appears that Elisha Horton is now on the pension list of any
agency, and has been since the 3 March 1826. 
Peter Hagner And
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Elisha Norton and Marilla Bradley  were married April             A.D. one thousand eight hundred twenty five by the Rev'd Lyman Beecker as per certificate on file.
Attest Moses Seymour, Register

I George A. Hickox Town Clerk of the town of Litchfield Conn.  having by law the custody of the Record of marriages of said town do hereby certify that the above is a true copy of the record of the marriage of Elisha Horton and Marilla Bradley with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in fact legible [illegible] as follows.

"April            A.D. 1825"

I George A. Hickox above named deposed say that  I hold the office of Town Clerk of the town of Litchfield, County of Littlefield state of Connecticut , and that the above is a true extract from the record of said Town with the exception above named as certified by me.

George A. Hickox
Town Clerk of town of Litchfield

State of Connecticut
 Litchfield County [illegible] May 14th, 1856
Then personally appeared Geoorge A. Hickox, Esq. Town Clerk of Litchfield, to me well known and who is entitled to [illegible].  I also subscribed to the above deposition in my presence and made solemn oath  to the truth of the same.  Before  me
George C. Woodruff
Justice of the peace
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I Lucias Wilmot of Litchfield Conn of lawful age being duly sworn do depose  and say that I have been well acquainted with Mrs. Marilla Horton for more than thirty years
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I William Coe of Litchfield Conn of lawful age being duly sworn do depose & say that I was a neighbor of, I was well acquainted with, Elisha Horton late of said Litchfield decd a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States; that he was the husband of Marilla Horton of said Litchfield; that I was at his house on the day of his death which occurred somewhere about Eighteen years ago at said Litchfield. I cannot recollect the day of his death, but was a merchant at the time of his death & on reference to my account books find a charge to him Nov 30th 1837 & [crossed out] a charge to his estate Dec 1st 1837 & I have no doubt his death occurred said 30th Nov 1837
I have this day examined the tombstone standing at the head of his grave which has stood there many years & I presume was erected during the first year after his decease: and on said tombstone his death is inscribed as having occurred Nov 30th 1837
The said Marilla subsequently married Amos Eastman, from whom I understand she has been divorced & if so she now remains a widow
Dated Litchfield May 13th 1856
William Coe
State of Connecticut
Litchfield County} ss Litchfield May 13th 1856
Personally appeared
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William Coe who is to me well known & who is entitled to credit, who subscribed the foregoing deposition in my presence [crossed out], & made solemn oath to the truth of the same Before me
Geo. C. Woodriff
Justice of the Peace

STATE OF CONNECTICUT,
County of Litchfield, } ss. LITCHFIELD.
I, FREDERICK D. BEEMAN, Clerk of the Superior Court of the State of Connecticut within and for the county of Litchfield aforesaid, do hereby certify that George C. Woodruff Esquire whose genuine signatures appear to the accompanying instruments is and was at the time of signing the same a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, duly elected and sworn, and by law authorized to administer Oaths, and to take acknowledgement of Deeds; and that all his official acts, as such, are entitled to full faith and credit; and that the aforesaid Superior Court is a Court of Record, having general jurisdiction.

Given under my hand and the Seal of said Court at Litchfield, this 16th day of May A. D. 1856.
Frederick D. Beeman Clerk
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Litchfield Conn June 24th 1856
J Minot Esq Comr of Pensions 
Dr Sir
I enclose Marilla Hotons application for Bounty Land, the warrant for which when granted she wishes to be sent to me
Respy yours
Geo. C. Woodruff
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Brief in the case of marilla Horton widow of Elisha
County and State of Connecticut
act 3 Feb 1853

Claim, ("original," [crossed out])

Proof exhibited, (if original.)

Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls. If either, state the substance.
Her husband was pensioned under the Act of May 15 1828 at $240 a year and died in 1837
Record of evidence of marriage
[crossed out]
[crossed out]
Cohabitation, general reputation of marriage, her identity as the late pensioner's widow, his death & her present widowhood previously credible witnesses

Thomas Triplett
Examining Clerk.

Name and residence of Agent
Geo. C. Woodruff Esq
Litchfield
Conn
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Marilla Horton
Widow of Elisha
Cont
Admd 3 Feby 1853
$240 a year from the passage of the act

Sent [?] to
Geo. C. Woodruff Esq
Litchfield
Con
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Litchfield Conn Feb 27th 1857
Commissioner of Pensions
Dr Sir
In June las I received for Marilla Horton widow of Elisha Horton a certificate for Pension, under the act of Feby 3d 1853 Although her husband died years before that date the pension, by the terms. of the certificate, was made to commence Feb 3d - 1853, according to the construction then put on that act by your Office
it is said that the Court of Claims have so construed the act, as to make pensions under that act to commence 4th March 1848, and I write to enquire if you have adopted that construction, and whether on a proper application to your office
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Mrs Horton can be allowed arrears of Pension from Mar 4th 1848 to Feb 3d 1853, & if so please order the proper forms & instructions to be sent to me

If this allowance cannot be made at your office, how can it be obtained?
If by application to the Court of claims, must it be through the personal attention of an attorney at Washington?

Any information you may be pleased to give on the subject will be greatly appreciated by Mrs Horton & myself
Very Respy Yours
Geo. C. Woodruff
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Elisha Horton 8 Nov/37
Marilla Horton

Amos Eastman
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Litchfield Conn May 31st 1856
Hon J. Minot
Comr of Pensions
Dr Sir
I enclose Marilla Horton's application for a Pension When granted she wishes her certificate sent to me at this place
Respy Yours
Geo. C. Woodriff
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State of Connecticut
At a Superior Court held at Litchfield within and for the County of Litchfield on the fourth Tuesday of March A.D. 1856.
Present.  Hon. Origen Seymour Judge
 
Marilla Eastman
Amos Eastman
Litchfield County Comm. 
Superior Court, March Term 1856

Be it remembered that Marilla Eastman of Litchfield in said County preferred her petition to this Court at its present term therein averring that on or about the fourth day of October 1840 she was lawfully married to Amos Eastman then of said Litchfield now of Bristol, Addision County , Vermont with whom she lived in due performance of all the duties of the marriage covenant on her part to be performed unto or about the 24th day of November 1852 when the said Amos willfuly deserted her and had continued his said desertion  with total neglect of all the duties of marriage covenant on his part to be performed from thence hitherto, and for a period of more than three years [illegible].
   
And praying for a divorce, as per petition on file dated February 18th 1856, may now fully appear.
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upon which petition it was on the 12th of March 1856. ordered that notice of the pendency thereof be given to the Respondent by depositing forthwith in the Post Office at Litchfield for transmission by mail postage paid a true copy of the said petition and order attested by some indifferent person addressed to said Respondent at Bristol, Addison County Vermont: as by said order on file, signed by Frederick D. Beeman Esq Clerk of this Court appears.
And said petition was duly returned to this Court at its present Term and entered in the Docket thereof and the petition appeared to prosecute her said petition, and the Respondent being three times publicly called made default of appearance. And this Court on enquiry doth find that said order of notice hath been complied with, and that the allegations in said petition are proved and are true.
It is thereupon ordered and decreed that the said Marilla Eastman be and she is divorced from the said Amos Eastman, and she is hereby declared to be and she is, sole and unmarried.
And this Court doth at the request of the Petitioner change her name from Marilla Eastman by which name she has recently been known and called to Marilla Horton by which name she shall hereafter be known and called. Dated Litchfield April 8th 1856.
By the Court. 
F. D. Beeman Clerk
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State of Connecticut
County of Litchfield} ss.
Office of the Clerk of the Superior Court for said County.
I, Frederick D. Beeman Clerk of said Court and keeper of the records and Seal thereof, do hereby certify that the within and foregoing is a true copy of record.

As witness my hand and the Seal of said Court at Litchfield this sixteenth day of may A.D. 1856.
Frederick D. Beeman Clerk
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Act of 1828
Settled at Treasury
Consd with Mailed file #37.118

Hon Richard Rush
Secretary of the Treasury
Revolutionary Claims
Washington City
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Hon Richard Rush
Secretary of the Treasury
Revolutionary Claims
Washington City

Act of 1828
Settled at Treasury
Consd with Mailed file #37.118
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For the purpose of obtaining the benefits of an act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the army of the revolution" approved on the fifteenth day of May 1828. I Elisha Horton of the town of Litchfield in the County of Litchfield in the State of Connecticut, do hereby declare that I was an officer in the Continental Line of the Army of the Revolution and served as such to the end of the war. — at which time I was an Ensign in Colonel Joseph Vose's Regiment of the Massachusetts Line. I received my commission as Ensign and served as such in the 6th Massachusetts Regiment commanded by Colonel Nixon, until the reform took place in the Massachusetts Line, I was then transferred to the Regiment commanded by Colonel Joseph Vose in which I served as an Ensign to the end of the war as above stated.

And I also declare that I afterwards received certificates (commonly called commutation certificates) for a sum equal to the amount of five years full pay; which sum was offered by the Resolve of Congress of the 22nd of March 1783, instead of half pay for life, to which I was entitled under the resolve of the 21st of October 1780.

I further declare that I transmitted my Commission to the War office for a Pension under the act of Congress of the 18th of March 1818. I was placed upon the pension list. but my name was not continued on the Pension Roll in consequence of a subsequent Act of Congress, on account
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of a little property I then owned. I have received no pension since the 3rd of March 1826. —
I believe that my Commission is in the war office to which it was transmitted as before stated.

Witness my hand at Litchfield in the county of Litchfield, State of Connecticut this 10th day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred twenty eight. 
Elisha Horton

Before me Asa Bacon a Justice of the Peace for the County of Litchfield. Connecticut duly empowered to administer oaths, personally appeared Elisha Horton and made oath to the truth of the foregoing declaration by him subscribed
Witness my hand at Litchfield in sd County this 10th day of June AD 1828

Before me Asa Bacon a Justice of the Peace duly empowered to administer oaths in the County of Litchfield in the State of Connecticut, personally appeared this day John R Landon and Oliver Goodwin both of the town and County of Litchfield who did severally make oath that Elisha Horton by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed, is generally reputed and believed to have been an officer in the Army of the Revolution in manner as therein stated

Witness my hand this tenth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred twenty eight at Litchfield County of Litchfield state of Connecticut.
Asa Bacon Justice of Peace
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I Frederick Wolcott Clerk of the Court of the County of Litchfield in the State of Connecticut do hereby certify that Asa Bacon before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn was at the time a Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Litchfield and duly empowered to administer oaths

In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand, and affixed the seal of the
said Court this tenth day of June in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and twenty eight
Frederick Wolcott Clerk

Litchfield Conn June 10th 1828

Hon Richard Rush
Sir in your obliging circular of the 28th of May last you are good enough to inform the Revolutionary officer who may be entitled to a pension under the act of Congress
of the 15th of May 1820 that the amount of two years full pay will be transmitted to him at his place of residence.
 If the evidence now transmitted, with my commission in the war
office & the public records at Washington should be found satisfactory, I should be glad to have the two years pay transmitted
to me at Litchfield Connecticut
your obdt servt
Elisha Horton
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U.S. PENSION OFFICE.
D
MAR 
20 
1915
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HEADQUARTERS EASTERN DEPARTMENT.
OFFICE OF DEPARTMENT QUARTERMASTER.
GOVERNORS ISLAND, N. Y.
March 19, 1915.
The Honorable Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.

Sir:

I have the honor to request that I be furnished with the military record of Ensign Elisha Horton, who served in the First
American Regiment of Infantry of the Continental Line; also the military record of Captain Nathaniel Horton, who served in the
4th New York Regiment of Infantry, Continental
Line, during the War of the Revolution.

It is requested, if possible, that the
date and place of birth, place of enlistment, place of residence, and date and place
of death of each of the officers named be
given in connection with their military records.

Very respectfully,
William E. Horton
Lieut. Colonel, Q. M. Corps.
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U.S.PENSION OFFICE.
P
APR
6
1908

RECORD DIVISION
APR
8
1908
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U.S. PENSION OFFICE.
P
APR 
6
1908

RECORD DIVISION
APR 
8
1908
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State of Pennsylvania

Wellsboro, Penn., April 4th, 1908.

Commissioner of Pensions, 
Washington, D.C. 
Dear Sir:-

Please note the enclosed certificate relative to the service of Elisha Horton in the War of the Revolution, and kindly advise,
if the records in your office show it, the Post-office to which his pension was sent and any other information the records show
relative to his service in said war. Return the paper enclosed to the undersigned, and oblige,
Yours very truly,
Geo. W. Williams,
Dic.
Senator 25th, Penn. Dist.
l. 37118. ML
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William S-S Horton, MD
Twenty-nine Union Avenue
Lynbrook, New York

1/4/23

Director of Pensions,
Washington D.C.

Dear Sir,
     Would you kindly send me a copy of the record of Ensign Elisha Horton a revolutionary soldier.  Sgt. Major 6th [illegible] Jan. 1/1777.  Ensign April 2  1781 transf 12  [illegible]  12th June 1783, returned in T[illegible] Co   Reg. Nov 1783 and served to June 20 1784

I would like to know if possible where he was born and date of birth. Thanking you.

Yours very truly
[illegible] Horton

Claim #11333 on file in
Veterans Administration
Washington DC

[round seal]  Received Jan 5, 1934
                        Mail Sub-Div.
                         '65
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TELEPHONE LYNBROOK 1686
WILLIAM S-S. HORTON, M.D.
TWENTY-NINE UNION AVENUE
LYNBROOK, NEW YORK

Divisions of Pensions
Washington DC
Gentlemen, 
Can you give me any date as to
(1) Birth date.
(2) Death date.
(3) Where died.
(4) Wife or brothers or father or mother
(5) Place of birth
of Elisha Horton. served in Revolutionary War Sgt Major 6th Mass. 1st Jan 1777
Ensign guard (?) thr 1781. transferred to 12 Mass 12 Jan 1783 returned in Jacksons Continental Reg. Nor. 1783 and served to June 20, 1784. Charter Member Mass Cincinnati.

Thanking you
Yours very truly
WSS Horton

RECEIVED SEP 16 1932
RECEIPT SECTION
PENSION (?) DIVISION
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January 10, 1934
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Mas/EEL 
Elisha Horton-W.11333

William S.S. Horton, M.D.
29 Union Avenue
Lynbrook, New York


Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the record of Elisha Horton, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, including the date and place of his birth.
This office has no further information in regard to Elisha Horton W.11333, than was furnished you on October 4, 1932. The date and place of soldier's birth and the names of his parents are not shown in the papers in the above noted pension claim, hence they were not included in the report furnished you.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator.
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION. 
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS. 
Washington, D. C. , ____ 19__
In reply to your request of ____, received ___ for a statement of the military history of Elisha Horton a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. W.F. 11333 

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. 
Feb. 1777
Apr 2 1781

LENGTH OF SERVICE 
--
--
and served during war

RANK 
Sgt Major
Ensign

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED

CAPTAIN. 
[illegible, crossed out] Spurr
-
✓

COLONEL. 
Nixon 
Calvin Smith 
Tupper
Joseph Vose
Henry Jackson

STATE. 
Mass

Battles engaged in, not stated 
Residence of soldier at enlistment, not stated. 
Date of application for pension, April 1, 1818. His claim was allowed. 
Residence at date of application, Litchfield, Litchfield Co. Conn. 
Age at date of application, not stated. Place and date of birth not stated. 
Remarks: he married in Litchfield, Conn, Apr. 27, 1825, Marilla Bradley, he died in Litchfield Nov. 30, 1837; she married Oct 4, 1840 Amos Eastman from whom the Court granted her a divorce in March 1856 and she received the name of Horton. She was granted pension as the widow of Elisha Horton on an application we cited May 10 1856 while a resident of Litchfield, aged 63 years. 

Respectfully, 

Commissioner.

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