Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16,577, Eben Welton, Conn.
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(3--1776)

SERVICE
Conn.

Welton, Eben

NUMBER
S .16,577

Carded
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CONTENTS
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32,141
Ohio, Cleveland
Eben Welton of Medina[?] in the State of Ohio who was a private in the      commanded by Captain      of the        commanded by       in the Revolution Conn. for 8 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Cleveland, at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 day of June 1853 and sent to Wm H. Canfield  Medina Ohio
Arrears to the 4th of 
Semi-anl. allowance ending
{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by H R Weightman Clerk,
Book E. 2.   Vol. 8   Page 61
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State of Ohio
Medina County ss
On this 14th day of March A.D. 1851 personally appeared in open court, before the Court of Common Please, now sitting, within and for the count of Medina in the State of Ohio, Eben Welton, of the township of Medina in the county of Medina in the State of Ohio, aged eighty seven years next June, who being duly sworn according to laws, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. That he enlisted as a private on the 1st day of April A.D. 1782 at Wolcott in the county of New Haven in the state of Connecticut into a company commanded by Captain Roswell Ransom, for and during the campaign of 1782 at the rate of pay of ten dollars per month, that said company under the command of said Ransom was enployed in transporting stoves, forage &c [et cetera] for the army of the United States & was under military discipline & subject to the rules and articles of war, that he started from Hartford in said state of Connecticut, immediately after he enlisted, with the rest of his company, and said Ransom, with their teams to Newburgh on the Northe River, took a load of the tents and casketeers & went to Pumpton, New Jersey, where a part of the army were stationed; and remained there about one month, employed with said company in hauling provisions from Morristown & forage for all the army, from Pumpton
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his company was ordered to Burlington Vermont to hand and transport about thirty six pieces of cannon to West Point, that he went with said company and assisted in transporting said cannon to Windsor on the
North River, after delivering the Cannon
at Windsor, he went with his company to
Lank Point on the North River, and were
employed in drawing hay and wood for the
use of the troops, at that place and at Kingsbridge, from there he with his company
went to the Highlands on the North River
and were employed in hauling timber to
the River for building barracks at West
Point, that he with said company about the
20th November 1782 were ordered to Fishkill 
in the State of New York, and remained there
until the 24th November 1782, when he with
the rest of the company were regularly
discharged from service having faithfully
served under said enlistment for the term
he enlisted and time required of him having been in actual service under said enlistment
from the 1st April 1782 to the 24th day of November 1782, that said company was all of said time under the command of said Captain Ransom who was an officer in the continental line as this deponent believes, that Major-- Skidmore of Connecticut, who this deponent also believes belonged to the continental line, commanded the different companies engaged in transporting stores for the army, and directed the movements and duties of his company through Captain Random;
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that Colonel Lamb had the command of the regiment of Artillery which came with the cannon taken from Burlington to Windsor, that said Regiment with its officers were with the cannon, that his deponent, remembers the names of the following officers in said Regiment Viz, Major Stevens, Capt. Savage & Lieut. Campbell, that the army stationed at & near Pompton, when his company were there, were called the "York troops" but cannot remember now the name of the officers, that he remembers of Gen. Washington and also Gen. Lee being at Lank's Court when said deponent was employed there as he has stated, that cannot now remember whether he received a written discharge, but if he did, it was last or destroyed many years since & he has not now any documentary evidence of his service; that Noah M. Bronson and Mark Welton of said Medina, and the only two persons that now living, so far as this deponent can ascertain, who remember or knows of his service, that Jedediah Gaylord late of Connecticut and John B. Alcott or Alcox late of the State of New York, served in the same company with this deponent, and to both of them pensions were granted for said service, which they drew as this deponent
is informed & believes until their death, and in conclusion this deponent says that though he was informed and supposed he was entitled to a pension for his said service, soon after the passage of said act of June 7, 1832, yet being then in comfortable, though not affluent circumstances and able to labor, he was unwilling to and determined
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he would not apply for a pension, as long as he was in that situation and able to labor & support himself, but that for two years past from the infirmities of age he has been unable to labor and his wife having also for about five years been nearly helpless, he has become embarrassed, and unable to obtain a
comfortable support & is becoming dependent upon others & therefore applies for the bounty provided by Congress for those engaged in military service in the Revolutionary War. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of any agency in any State
Eben Welton
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
O. S. Codding Dept Clerk
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier served as he states.
I, Herman Canfield Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County & State aforesaid do hereby certify that the
foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Eben Welton for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 14th day of March A D 1851
attest Herman Canfield Clerk
By O.S. Codding Dept
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State of Ohio
Medina County
on this thirteenth Day of March A.D. 1851
before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the County
aforesaid personally came Mark Welton a resident of Medina in the
County of Medina and State of Ohio Aged 78 years who being
Duly sworn according to Law Deposes and says that he is a Brother
of Eben Welton of said Township of Medina and has known and lived
with the said Eben Welton most of the time till he the said Eben
Welton was 21 years of age I remember that in the year 1782 or thereabouts
the said Eben Welton enlisted into a company commanded by Captain
Roswell Ransom in the service of the United States that he left home
about the month of April and was [gone] until the latter part of November
the same year that it was understood and believed where we lived that
During said period he was in the Military service of the United States &
I have no doubt he was as stated in his Declaration that during the
Revolutionary war the said Eben Welton & myself lived in the State of
Connecticut and in the same family & same house and in the Parish of
Farmingbury sometime after the Act of 1832 was pased [sp] granting Pensions
to Revolutionary Soldiers I remember talking with the said Welton about
applying for a pension & he told me that he should not take the trouble to
do anything about it at present as he could labour [sp] and get along without
it but at his advanced age is unable to labour and needs the aid of his
Government in my opinion
Mark Welton

Sworn to & subscribed before me the day and year above written
And I further certify that from personal knowledge the said Mark
Welton is a person of truth and veracity and I believe of the age
above stated
Wm Heacox, Justice of the Peace
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38,178
Eben Welton
A
Act of June 1832
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State of Ohio
Medina County

on this thirteenth day of March A.D. 1851
before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the County 
aforesaid personally came Noah M. Bronson a resident of Medina
in the County of Medina & State of Ohio Aged 83 years who
being duly sworn according to law deposes & says that he
is acquainted with Eben Welton of said Township of Medina
and has known & been acquainted with him since my first
remembrance that I remember that in the year 1782 or thereabouts
the said Welton enlisted into a Company commanded by Captain
Roswell Ransom in the service of the United States that he
left home about the month of April and was gone until sometime
in the month of November the same year that it was understood
and believed in the places where both lived that during said
period he was in the Military service of the United States & I have
no doubt he was as stated in his Declaration that during the
Revolutionary war the said Welton & myself lived in the State of
Connecticut & about four miles apart the said Welton living in
the Parish of Farmingbury & I living in the Parish of Northbury
sometime after the Act of 1832 was papered [?] granting Pensions to
Revolutionary soldiers I remember talking with him about applying
for a pension & he then told me the reason he did not apply was
because he was able to work & in circumstances that he did not need
it, but at his advanced age is not now able to labour [sp] and needs
the aid of his government in my opinion Noah M Bronson

Sworn to & subscribed before me the day & year above written
and I further certify that from personal knowledge the said
Bronson is a person of truth and veracity & I believe of the age
above stated
Wm Heacox Justice of the Peace

Comptrollers Office April 16th 1851 I have been acquainted with
Noah M. Bronson the above named witness many years
and know him to be entitled to the fullest credibility. Elisha Whittlesey
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The State of Ohio
Medina County
I Herman Canfield Clerk of the
Court of Common Pleas within & for the
County & State aforesaid do hereby certify
Wm Heacox is a Justice of the Peace in &
for said County duly commissioned & qualified that
his commission was dated on the 12th day
of April 1849 and will expire on the 12th day of April 1852
and that his signatures before written are genuine & that
full faith & credit should be given to his official acts.
Given under my hand and the seal of said Court at Medina
this 14th day of March AD. 1851
Herman Canfield Clerk
By C. Bonding Dept
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Rev. and 1812
War Section.
October 26, 1926

Honorable E. Hart Fenn
183 Ann St
Hartford, Conn

My dear Mr. Fenn:
In response to your letter of the twenty-second
instant, with enclosure from Miss Mary Francis of
101 Elm Street, Hartford, Connecticut, I have the
honor to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary
War pension claim S. 16577, it appears
that Eben Welton was born in June 1764, place not
stated.

He enlisted at Wolcott, New Haven County,
Connecticut, April 1, 1782 and served as a private
in Captain Roswell Ransom's Company, under Major
Skidmore in the Connecticut
troops, and was engaged
in transporting provisions, stores, and forage, and
in hauling cannon, and was discharged November 24,
1782.

He was allowed pension on his application exe-
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cuted March 14, 1851, while a resident of Medina Township, Medina County, Ohio.

In 1851, soldier referred to his wife, but did not state her name and age.  There is no data on file relative to their children.

Herewith is returned to your letter from Miss Mary Francis.

Very truly yours,

WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.

Corrected before sending out.   aws
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Comptrollers Office
Hartford Aug 21st 1837

Sir,
Your letter of Aug. 16th relating to the
service of Eben Welton, as a Teamster in the
war of the Revolution has been received.
There is no evidence of the service of Teamsters
among the records of this office.
Mr. Catlin, the Commissioner of the School Fund, has
in his possession the evidence, which is furnished
by the Hubbard Books, of this service, and
Mr. Charles Hosmer, has the Wadsworth Book,
which contain some evidence of Team service.
These are the only sources, that I am acquainted
with, from which evidence of
this service may be obtained.
I am very respectfully
Yours [illegible]
Geo. Robinson
For comptroller
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Hartford 11 Sept 1851
Hon W.W. Boardman
[illegible]
I found your
favor of the 21 Aug upon my return from
the West. In reply thereto I would state
that there are no records of time service
for the year 1782 in the State of Connecticut
The only chance for evidence in your case
that I know of would be in Washington
City Team Service was under the control
of the 2 M Gen T Pickering was 2 M Gen
in 1782. The Deputy for this state was
Ralph Pomeroy. I have never been able
to find any of his papers or books. When
I have had access to an those of the late
Col Nehemiah Hubbard of Middletown
His office as 2 M Gen closed about July 1782
[illegible] Schuster [?] of Washington City has a
mass of papers relating to Col Pickering
duties. It is a matter of history or tradition
known to all pension agents that Capt
Ransom was actually in service. His
name appears on the Hubbard books
but this was at an earlier period than
your man alledged [sp] service. I have given
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you now all the information in my power.  If I knew of any thing material to [  ] I would  Inform you.

Your respectfully
Abel Caltur
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Teamsters union

Benj Warners admitted claim
corroborates E.  Welton statement
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Medina, Medina County, Ohio
Sept. 29th 1851

Hon. J.E. Heath
Commr of Pensions

Dear Sir
Enclosed
I send further papers in relation to the
application of Mr. Eben Welton for a pension
for revolutionary services after extensive
enquiry, Mr. Welton, unexpectedly, learned
that one other member of the company
was alive & his residence Mr. Benj. Warner
in Broome Co. N. York, who is a pensioner
for the same service & whose deposition
is enclosed
I also enclose the letters of
the Comptroller of the State of Connecticut
& the Commissioner of the School Fund, from
which it appears there are no records of service
under the 2 W. Genl. there, for any period of the War
As by the regulations
& rules of evidence issued heretofore by Mr
Edwards former Com of Pensions, the testimony 
of acquaintances as to belief & reputation in the neighborhood of the services of the
applicant, was considered as corrobatory [sp]
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of the declaration of the applicant, I therefore send the deposition of Mr. James Warner, an old citizen and neighbor of Mr. Welton & the statement of the clergyman of the Parish.

Yours respectfully
Wm H. Canfield
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Eben Welton

Ohio - Act. 1832

[   ]

J. J. Coombs
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Eben Welton, Ohio,  Act. 1832

Please let Mr. Coombs examine the papers in the above case, filed by me.    Feb. 28, 1853

Wm H. Canfield

Commissioner of Pensions
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Feb.  28, 1853
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Rad:  to case of
Ebenezer Welton
Ohio - Act 1832.   Sers

Mayo

Teamsters Services

J. J. Coombs
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Washington, Feb. 28th 1853.
Sir:
I have been requested by the Hon. Elisha
Whittlesey to examine the claim of Eben Welton,
of Ohio, for the benefit of the Act of 4th June
1832. Having given the papers a careful
examination, I have come to the conclusion
that the claim is clearly made out by the
testimony now on file, and I doubt not
that you will concur with me in this 
opinion, on a reexamination of the papers.
Mr. Walton (who still survives) alleges in
his declaration that he enlisted in New Haven
County Com
1st April 1782, for 8 months,
and served out his time as a teamster,
in the company of Capt. Roswell Ransom.
Benjamin Warren, of New York, testifies
that he enlisted in the same company, at
the same time, and for the same time,
served out said term in the same company
with Welton, and was discharged with
him at the end of said term - for
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Which service he now receives a pension.

I don not see how it is possible for parcel evidence to be stronger or more conclusive than this.  If it is possible to establish any claim by parcel evidence, this case is surely established.

I am, very respectfully 
Your obt servt
J. J. Coombs

J E Hath  Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
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38.178
___________
Eben Welton
Ohio
Act 7 June 1832.
Letter W H Canfield   July 7/51
Same Dec. 5/51
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16.577
INVALID.
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File No.        16, 577
Eben Welton
Pri Rev War
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Act: June 7th  32
Index:-- Vol 1,       Page 400

[Arrangement of 1870]


1917  May 9, Hist to Hon. George C. Scott.  C/
1926  Oct 26  - Hist to E Hart 
Fenn Certificate for Mary Francis
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Brief in the case of Eben Welton, Medina Co., and State of Ohio
Act 7th June 1832.
__________________________________________________
Claim, ("original or "for increase.")  [for increase crossed out]

Proof exhibited,  (if original.)

Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls?  If either, state the substance.
By Roll and [      ] proof, Eben served for Eight months as a private in Captain Roswell Ransom's company of teamsters, in the year 1782.

(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of claim?  If so, what?

Charles H. Rhett.
Examining Clerk.

Name and residence of Agent
William H. Canfield Esqr.
Medina,
Ohio
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Treasury Department
Comptrollers Office
14 April 1851

Jas. E. Health  Esq
Commissioner of Pensions

Sir.

Enclosed I send you the application of Eben Welton, for a pension under the act of 7th June 1832.  It was received by me today from Wm H.
Canfield Esq, of Medina, Medina County, Ohio, who wished me to present it to the Commissioner of Pensions. I have informed Mr. Canfield you had been requested by me to correspond with him directly on the case, which you will please do, when you shall decide the case, or if correspondence [  ] shall be necessary.

Sincerely & Respectfully
Yours,
Elisha Whittlesey
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State of Ohio
Medina County ⎬ Before the subscriber
a Justice of the Peace in and for the County
aforesaid, personally appeared James
Warner aged 75 years, who being duly
sworn, deposes & says that he was born in
Waterbury in the State of Connecticut and
was a resident of Medina in the State
of Ohio, that he is and always has been well
acquainted with Eben Welton of said
Medina, who has applied for a pension
for revolutionary services, that he verily
believes him to be 87 years of age, that
said deponent was too young at the close
of the war of the Revolution to remember
personally the service of said Welton
but that soon after the close of the war and
when this deponent was young he heard
& knew from the statements of others
as well of said Welton, that said Welton
did serve one season in a company
of teamster in the Revolutionary war
that it was reputed and believed in the neighborhood
where said Welton & this deponent
resided for many years after the war & also
where they now reside that said Welton
did serve in the Revolution as he claims,
& I have no doubt from intimate acquaintance with him, that the statement made
by him in his application is true & correct
James Warner
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Sworn and Subscribed to before me this 17th day of
September A.D. 1857, and I further certify from
personal knowledge that said deponent is a
respectable person and a person of truth and
veracity Samuel Humphreville
Justice of the Peace

State of Ohio
Medina County
I George S. Davis, a clergyman, residing
at Medina, in the County of Medina in
the State of Ohio, hereby certify that I am
well acquainted with Eben Welton who has
made application for a pension for revolutionary
services, that I believe him to be
eighty seven years of age, that he is reputed
and believed in the neighborhood where he
resides to have served in the war of the Revolution
as he has set forth in his declaration,
and I concur in that opinion.
G. S. Davis

Sworn and Subscribed to before me this 29th day
of September A.D. 1854 and I further certify from
personal knowledge that said deponent is a
clergyman and a person of truth and veracity.
Samuel Humphreville
Justice of the Peace
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The State of Ohio
Medina County
I Herman Canfield Clerk 
of the court of Common Pleas of the
County and State aforesaid do certify
that Samuel Humphreville Esq
is a Justice of the Peace in & for said
County duly commissioned and ┃
qualified, that his commission was dated on the
1st day of May AD 1837, and will expire on the 1st
day of May A D 1854, and that his signature above
written is genuine.
Given under my hand and seal of this Court this
1st day of October AD 1851.
Herman Canfield Clerk
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State of New York}
Broome County} SS.

Benjamin Warner of Windsor
in said County. Farmer, aged eighty eight years
being first duly sworn according to law, deposes
and says that he was a soldier in the War of the
Revolution. That he enlisted at Waterbury New Haven
County Connecticut, under Captain Roswell
Ransom, that he was employed in the service as a
teamster, that he was first mustered into the service
under Capt. Ransom at Hartford in Connecticut,
he thinks in June 1781. That he enlisted in April of
that year, as near as he can recollect, that from
Hartford aforesaid he went to Newburgh N. Y. from
there to Pompton New Jersey and there joined Colonel
Lambs Regiment of Artillery, from there they brought
the said artillery up to Newburgh, from there he
went to Fredericksburgh N. Y. by order of Capt Ransom,
to recruit his team from there he was ordered,
and went to what was then called Connecticut
Landing on the east side of the North or Hudson
River and was then employed about two months
in hauling timber for a building to shelter the
cannon, and there he was discharged, at the close
of the term of his enlistment, which was eight
months, about the latter part of November 1781
and on account of which service he now receives
a Pension from the United States of $26.66 per
annum, and this deponent further says that
from his boyhood he was acquainted with one
Eben Welton of Waterbury aforesaid, and that the
said Eben Wilton Enlisted a soldier in the Revolutionary War, at the same time & at the same
place. That this deponent did under Captain
Roswell Ransom aforesaid, for the term of
eight months and was employed with this dept-
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-ment as a teamster, and that the said Eben Welton served with this deponent during the period of their enlistment, faithfully, and that at the close of the term of eight months he was honorably discharged, that the said Eben Welton and this deponent after their discharge returned together to Waterbury where they enlisted, and where the said 
Eben, continued to reside until after this deponent left Connecticut, which was in the year 1802.  And that subsequently to that time this deponent, has at various times been informed and believes true, that the said Eben Welton removed from Connecticut to Medina County in the State of Ohio, and further this deponent saith not.
Sworn and subscribed )               hIs
before me this 4th day) Benjamin X Warner
of September 1857.     )               mark
Addison McKee,           )
Justice of the Peace     )

Abijah Ford
State of New York
Broome County ss.

I, Addison McKee, the Justice of the Peace above named, do hereby certify that I have been personally acquainted with Benjamin Warner above for and during the last twenty five years, and that his statement I believe to be certified to full credit, and that he is as I believe, a man of unimpeachable veracity.  I further certify that the reason that said Warner subscribed the above affidavit by making his mark instead of writing his name, is that his eyesight is impaired, and his hands so unsteady that he can not write.
                    Addison McKee
                    Justice of the Peace
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STATE OF NEW YORK, }
BROOME COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE, }  s. s.

I, ERASMUS D. ROBINSON,  Clerk of the County of Broome,  DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That  Addison McKee Esq. whose name is subscribed to the Certificate of the proof or acknowledgment of the annexed Instrument, and thereon written, was, at the time of taking such proof and acknowledgment, a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County of Broome, duly elected and sworn, and authorized to take the same.  And further, that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of such Justice of the Peace, and verily believe that his signature to the said Certificate of proof or acknowledgment, is genuine.  And that said instrument is executed and acknowledged in conformity with the laws of this State.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said County, the 5th day of Sept  A. D.  1851.

E. D. Robinson  CLERK.
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Eben Welton
Ohio. -

Admitted - 
Act 7th June 1832

8 months private in Capt. Roswell Ransom's company of Teamsters - at the rate of $26.66 per annum from 4th March 1831 =

Pay to,
Eben Welton.

Certificate to
 Wm. H. Canfield
Medina, 
Ohio.
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Briefcase Eben
Welton
Ohio

8 mos service
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Brief case Eben Welton, Ohio.
Eben Welton
(14th March 1851. Open Court, aged 87 yrs.)
says he enlisted a private 1st Apl 1782 at
Wolcott Ct in Capt Roswell Ranson's Co.
for & during campaign of 1782 at $10 per
month. Co. was employed in transporting 
stores, forage &c. for U.S. Army under
Military discipline & subject to rules & articles of war Started from Hartford Ct
immediately after enlistment, with his Co.
under Ransom, with their teams to Newburg 
took a load of tents & canteens to Pompton
N.J. where part of army was stationed
remained there about 1 month employed in
hauling provisions from Morristown &
forage for Army. Co. ordered to Burlington
Vt to haul & transport about 30 pieces cannon
to W. Point he went with [illegible] Co. after delivering
[illegible] Cannon at Windsor, went to Sauk Point, N River 
& employed drawing hay & wood for troops 
with his Co. went thence to Highland N. River hauling
timber for barracks at W. Pt. about 20th
Nov 1782 he & Co ordered to Fishkill N.Y.
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& remained till 24th Nov 1782 & discharged
having been in actual service from 1st Apl
1782 to 24th Dec 1782, [illegible] Co: all the time
under Capt. Ransom of Cont line Mayor
Skidmore comm Co. employed in transporting
stores &c. for army. Reg Artillery under Col. Lamb
which came with cannon taken from Burlington
to Windsor Officer in [illegible] Regt were Maj.
Stevens, Capt Savage, Lt Campbell. Cannot
remember if he got written discharge if so, it
was lost or destroyed has no evidence of
service  Noah M. Bronson & Mark Welton are
the only 2 persons living, who know of his service.
Jedediah [?] Gaylord C. & John B. Olcott
or Alex N.Y. hath died.
served in same Co. with dept both had pensions.
Depts name not on Pn Roll of any agency.
Mark Welton (13th March 1851) aged 78 yrs. says he is the
brother of Eben has lived with him most time
till E.  was 21 yrs age, remembers in 1782
E. enlisted in Capt Roswell Ransom Co. E. left
home about Apl & was gone till latter part
Nov. & it was understood he was during the
time in U.S. service.
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$192 [in margin]
Noah M. Bronson (13th March 1857. Aged 83 yrs.), says he is well
acquainted with Eben. & knew him from first
remembrance in 1782 or thereabouts E enlisted
into a Co. under Capt Roswell Ransom left home
about Apl & gone till Nov same yr. it was
understood during that period he was in
Military Service U.S. E & dept lived 4 miles
apart
Comptroller E. Willey says Noah is entitled to credit
Benj. Warner (4th Sept. 1857), says he was a soldier in
War Rev Enlisted under Capt. Roswell Ransom at Hartford, thinks in June 1781, in April
went to NY from there to Pompton N.J.
& there joined Col Samuel Regt Artillery brought
artillery to Newburgh, thence went to Fredericksburg
Ordered & went to what was then called Cont
Landing on Hudson River & employed about
2 months hauling timber to Shilo [?]  Cannon
& discharged at close of time of Enlistment which
was 8 months in latter part Nov 1781
& now gets a pension therefor of $26.66 p.a.
from boyhood known Eben E. enlisted at same
time and place Dept did under Capt R. Ransom
for 8 months employed as teamster & discharged
Dept & E returned home together & E lived in Water
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bury, till dept left Ct in 1802 has been at
different times informed that E removed to Ohio.
James Werner
says he is 75 yrs age born in Ct Waterbury
now a resident Medina Ohio, well acquainted with
E. Dept was too young at close Revolutionary
War to remember E's service - but soon
after close war & when dept was young heard
I know from statements of others as well as
E that E served one season in a Co. Teamsters
so reputed
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Rev. War Section.

May 9, 1917.

Honorable George C. Scott,
House of Representatives

My dear Mr. Scott:

In response to your letter dated the eighth instant, I have the honor to advise you that the papers in the claim of Eben  Welton, born June 1764, S. File No. 16577 Rev. War, show that he was allowed pension on his application executed March 14, 1851.  That he stated that he would be eighty-seven years of age the next June, and was a resident of Medina Township, Medina County, Ohio.

He enlisted ( resident Parish of Farmingbury, Conn)  at Wolcott, New Haven County, Connecticut April 1, 1782, as a private in Captain Roswell Ransom's company under Maj. Skidmore and was engaged in transporting provisions, stores, and forage to the army in New Jersey and New York, hauling cannon (Colonel Lamb's Artillery) from Burlington to West Point etc. etc., and was discharged November 24, 1782 at Fishkill, New York.

In 1851 soldier referred to his wife but did not state her name and his brother Mark Welton, aged seventy-eight years, was also a resident of Medina.

There is no further family data on file, and the above is the only Eben Welton found on the  Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.

Very truly yours,
G W Saltzgaber
Commissioner.
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GEORGE C. SCOTT
11TH DISTRICT IOWA

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
WASHINGTON
May 8, 1917.

The Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C. 

Dear Sir:

I would like to be be advised whether or not your records contain any information as to the military service of one Eben Welton who served in a Connecticut regiment in the Revolutionary  War.  His home was Litchfield, Conn.  I have no further facts than these and I shall appreciate it if you can help me out in this matter.  I have taken it up with the War Department and their records do not show the name.

Yours truly 
Geo C Scott

PENSION 
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MAY
U   8  S.
1917
OFFICE.
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SIXTY-NINTH CONGRESS
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E. HART FENN, CONN., CHAIRMAN
CLARENCE J. MCLEOD, MICH.
ROBERT L. BACON, N.Y. 
HAYS B. WHITE, KANS.
LLOYD THURSTON, IOWA
WILLIAM R. JOHNSON, ILL.
FREDERICK W.MAGRADY, PA.
HENRY L. BOWLES, MASS.
FLORENCE P. KAHN, CALIF.
EDWARD VOIGT, WIS.
JOHN E. RANKIN, MISS.
ARTHUR H. GREEWOOD, IND.
GEORGE C. PEERY, VA.
RALPH F. LOZIER, MO.
MEYER JACOBSTEIN, N.Y.
VIRGIL CHAPMAN, KY.
SAMUEL RUTHERFORD, GA.
J. ROBERT CONROY, CLERK

COMMITTEE ON THE CENSUS
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
WASHINGTON, D. C.

183 Ann St.,
Hartford, Conn.,
Oct. 22, 1926

Hon. Winfield Scott,
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.

My dear Mr. Scott: -

I enclose herewith letter from Miss Mary Francis, of 101 Elm St., Hartford, Connecticut, asking for the Revolutionary War Record of Eben Welton,  S.  116577,  together with any information available regarding his war service and his family.   Will you kindly have this information sent to me at your convenience, and oblige, 
Yours very truly 
E. Hart Fenn

EHF/G.
Enc.  1.
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OFFICE OF 
THE COMMISSIONER
OCT 25 1926
U.S. BUREAU OF PENSIONS

OFFICE OF 
THE COMMISSIONER
OCT 25 1926
U.W. BUREAU OF PENSIONS