Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 23,125, Elijah Bishop, Vt.
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VT. Bishop, Elijah 23.125
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28777 New York
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Elijah Bishop of Essex Co in the State of New York
was a Pr. Co. & Sgt. in the company command
Captain Hanset of the Regt
command by Col Walbridge in the Vermont line for
3 months. private
1 ½ mo.corporal
4 mo. Sergeant
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Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of 35 Dollars 50 Cents per annum to
commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 18 day of June 1834 and sent 
Hon R Whallow  Ho. Rep
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Arrears to the 4th of Mar. '34 - $106.50
Penions, allowance ending 4 Sep '34 17.75
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$124.25

{Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.)
Recorded by Jna.Cromwell [?] clerk
Book [illegible] Vol. 4 Page 117
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Declaration of Elijah Bishop
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832
State of New York}
Essex County}
Personally appeared on the 26th
day of Sept in open Court before
the Judges of the Court of Common pleas in
and for the County of Essex now setting Elijah Bishop a Resident of Elizabeth town in said County
of Essex and State of New York aged sixty nine years,
the Twenty sixth of last February who being first
duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make
the following declaration in order to obtain
the benefit of the act of Congress passed June
the Seventh 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States
under the following named officers and served as herein after stated
he enlisted in the army of the United States in the
Town of Monkton in the State of Vermont for one
year under Captain Jonathan Fasset Mathew Lyon Lieutenant in Colonel Walbridge' Regiment
marched through Hinesburgh to Jerrico on the
bank of Onion River in Vermont. Remained there
remained some times on guard sometimes skouting
untill Arnolds Defeat on Lake Champlain this
Enlistment was in the spring of the year one thousand seven hundred and Seventy Six & Arnold's defeat
was the fall following from Jerrico marched to
Newhaven falls now the City of Vergennes in Vermont left from
there marched up Oter Creek [sic] to a place then called
Browns Camp in Sudbury there
ed out the remainder of the year -this was under militia officers & was dismissed without any
Written Discharge.
That he next enlisted for nine months in the Spring of the year of our Lord one the
hundred and seventy nine in Capt Thomas
Sawyer's company in Colonel John Claghorns
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Regiment and served the full time of nine
months six weeks of the time a corporal and four
months a sergeant in the Militia service of the United States.
he next engaged with Captain Thomas Sawyer
Captain Ebenezer Aden & Captain Asa Robertson
all of Colonel Claghorns Regiment that he would
serves a pilot to the Rangers and as an Indian
Spy on the Northern Frontere [sic] and at this time
Received a Sergeants warrant and served as such at
detached time one year and eight months in the course
of three years as directed by his superior officers
he further says he served the United States as volunteen
three months at a number of detached times acting as
Sergeant the whole under militia officers & never
Received a written discharge but was dismissed by his
officers at the end of the term of his several Servises.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever
to a pension on annuety except the present and
declare that his name is not on the pension Roll of the Agency of any State

Question put by the Court
No. 1 where and in what year was you born
A. on the Sixth day of February AD 1763
in the Town of New Milford in the County of Litchfield and State of Connecticut

No. 2 have you any Record of your age & if so where is it
A. I have the Record of my own age in my possession as I received it from my father
but cannot tell whether it was put on to any publick Record

No. 3
where were you living when called into service
where have you lived since the Revolutionary war
and where do you now live
A. when called into service lived in the town of Monkton in the County of Addison and State of Vermont
the first service the second time I lived in Rutland Vermont
the third time when engaged as a pilot
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I lived in Clarendon Vermont and my family Remained in Clarendon untill the war ended
while I was the most of my time in the Military
service of the United State my father and Brother
was prisoners in Canada the most of the time
& my service was Laborous at the end of the war
Removed back to Monkton in Vermont from
Monkton moved to Elizabeth Town in the County
of Essex where I now live & have lived for more than
thirty years last past

No. 4th how were you called into service were you drafted
did you volunteer or were you a substitute & if substitute
for whom
A. Volunteered in every case

No. 5th State the names of some of the Regular officers who
were with the troops when you served such continental
and Militia Regiments as you can recollect and the General
circumstances of your service
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A. Colonel Seth Warner
General Eathen Allen
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Colonel Herrick [?] who commanded Rangers in AD 1777
Major Whitcome who superintend Building
Rort Ranger in Rutland Vermont
Colonel Issac Clark
Colonel Thomas Lee
the General circumstances of my service was
mostly in spying out the situation of the Enemy
movements & scouting about the frontier and watching the Indian movements at other time did Garrison

No 6th Did you ever receive a discharge from the service
and if so by whom was it given and what has become of it
A. I received no written discharge by was regularly dismised by the presiding officers
first by Lieutenant Lee at Sudbury at Browns Camp
Secondly by Thomas Sawyer Capt. and Comdt. Fort Ranger
thirdly by Captain Ebenezer Allen at Fort  Vergennes & [illegible] N.Y.
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No. 7th
State the name of persons to whom you are
known in your present neighbourhood and
who can testify as to your character for veracity and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
A. Leander Lockwood 
Elijah Bishop [signature crossed out]
Norman Nicholson
Alexander Moss & as many as you wish for.
Elijah Bishop [signature]
Sworn subscribed this 26" day of September
1832 in open Court
Leonard [illegible] clerk of Essix comm. pleas

personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace in and for the County of Essex
and State of New York Elijah Bishop of Elizabeth Town
in said Essex County a man of Good moral character
who being duly sworn deposeth and saith--
that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of
memory he cannot swear positively as to the
length of his service but according to the best of his
recollection he served not less than the periods
mentioned below and in the following grades
for three years & eight months to two years of said time he served as a Sergeant & six weeks
as a corporal & the residue of the time as a Soldier & for such service I claim a pension.
he also says when he commenced his second service of the Revolution he was more than fiifteen [crossed out] ^sixteen years of age
served first from the
spring of the year AD 1776 as a Soldier served.
secondly served nine months, commencing in the
Spring of 1779 the three months & a half as a soldier one month & a half as a corporal &
four months as a Sergeant thirdly he commenced
immediately after the nine months service & served in the course of the thence succeeding
years one years & Eight months as a Sergant & held a warrant for authority signed by Capt
Thomas Sawyer Capt Ebenezer Allen & Capt. [illegible] Richinson
the Revolution Elijah Bishop which I soon lost after the Revolution.
Elijah Bishop [signature]

Sworn and subscribed to before me this [illegible] day of May [illegible]
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September 24, 1937
Elijah Bishop
S. 23125
BA=J / AWF [illegible swirl]

Lila J. Roney
New York City
157 E. 72nd Street
New York City

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Elijah Bishop, born in 1763, served in the Vermont troops, and died
in 1839.

The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in pension claim, S. 23125, based upon the military service of Elijah Bishop in the War of the Revolution. 

Elijah Bishop was born February 6 or 26, 1763 New Milford, Litchfield County, Connecticut. The names of his parents were not stated. 

While a resident of Monkton, Addison County, Vermont, he volunteered in the spring of an
1778, in Captain Jonathan Fassett's company, Col Walbridge's Vermont regiment. While residing in Rutland, Vermont, he volunteered in the spring of [edge of page cut off], served in Captain Sawyer's , Col. Claghorn's Vermont regiment, three and one half months  as private, six weeks as corporal, and four months as sergeant. While a resident of Clarendon Vermont, he volunteered early in 1780, served eight months and twenty-three days as sergeant in Captain Thomas Sawyer's company, Col. John Claghorn's regiment; volunteered sometime in April, 1781, served six months as sergeant in Captain Ebenezer Allen's company, Colonel John Claghorn's regiment; volunteered sometime in April, [edge of page cuts off year], served five and one half months as sergeant in same com-
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pany and regiment; also served at various times, three
months in all, as sergeant in Captains Robinson's and
Jabes Warren's Vermont companies. His service, while
residing in Clarendon was as a pilot to the rangers,
and as Indian Spy on the Northern frontier.
The soldier, Elijah Bishop, at the close of the
Revolution returned to Monkton, Vermont, from there
moved to Elizabethtown, Essex County, New York.
He was allowed pension on his application executed
September 26, 1832, then living in Elizabethtown,
New York, where he had lived about thirty years.
He stated that his family remained in Clarendon,
Vermont, until the close of the Revolution, and that 
his father and brother were prisoners in Canada, during the
Revolution, but he did not give the names of any of his family.

One Samuel Bishop of Lewis, Essex County, New [York]
in 1832, stated that he had been acquainted with the
soldier,
Elijah Bishop, for fifty-six years, no relationship
shown.
The papers on file in this claim contain no further
reference to family.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly
the date of death of this pensioner, you should [apply to]
The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office,
Records Division, this city, and furnish the following
data
Elijah Bishop
Certificate # 28777
June 1, 1834 [crossed out]
Issued June 18. 1834 [hand written]
Rate $35.50 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
New York Agency.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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toRevolution [ hand written on a slant at top of document]

23125
INVALID
File no. 23125
Elijah Bishop
Sergt. Rev War
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Act: June 7th '32
Index: -- Vol. 2 Page 37
[Arrangement of 1870.}

1893 Aug 25th
to Anne & [ illegible]
Bennington 

1916 Mch. 20. Hist to H.G. Beck
1930 Mar. 14. Hist to Mrs.[illegible] Beebe, A. D. Y.
1935 Mch 13 list to Mr. Harry G. Beebe [illegible]
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1937 Sept. 24 list to Lila J. Roney [illegible]
and
Roney
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[page totally illegible] [cover page for a document]
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In the matter of Elijah Bishop's application for a pension under the Pension Act of 1832-
Affidavit

[entire line of text cut off]
of the peace of the said county duly elected & sworn; and further I am acquainted with his handwriting of the said justice and truly believe his signature to the [illegible] of said affidavit is his genuine signature. In testimony whereof I hereto subscribe my name, and office, my seal of office this 13th day of August in the year 1833

Leonard Stowe - clerk
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State of New York
Essex County
Elijah Bishop, being duly sworn deposeth and
saith, that he entered the service of the United States under the follow
ing named officers, and served as herein stated. That he first enlisted into
the service of the United States, in the war of the Revolution, after this depo
ment was of the age of fifteen years early in the spring of the year one thousand seven hundred & seventy nine, and continued regularly and
constantly in said service during nine consecutive months next following [illegible]
said service about the first of December following. The
officer under whom this deponent enlisted, was Colonel John Claghorn. The name of the Captain of the company in which 
this deponent served was Thomas Sawyer-the name of the lieutenant
Colonel [colonel is crossed out] under which this deponent served wad Joseph Holmes. The name of
this ensign under which this deponent served was Jonathan Cobern.
This deponent enlisted for bounty and wages, & was ^at the time of said enlistment
was a resident of the town of Rutland in the County of Rutland and
State of Vermont- That during the first three months & one half month
of the aforesaid term of services this deponent served as a private, the
one and one half mouth of said term this deponent served as Corporal
in said Company and the residue of said Term this deponent served
as a Sergeant- this deponent during the aforesaid Term of service was stationed at Fort Ranger in said Rutland. This deponent further says that
at the expiration of the aforesaid Term of service he entered into an engagement with the officers aforesaid, and Captain Ebenezer Allen and Asa Robison and Received a Sergeant Warrant, to act as Pilot among
the Rangers and Indian Spy in the Northern Frontiers-- This deponent
served under this engagement in said capacity during the term of Eight months and twenty three days. This Deponent during this last term of
service was engaged with scouting parties in the Counties of Rutland, 
Addison and Chittenden in said State of Vermont. At the expiration
of said last term this Deponent[illegible] to his residence in Clarendon in said County
of Rutland & remained untill the following spring AD 1781, and in the month of April, entered into the service again in said capacity as sergeant under Captain Ebenezer Allen, Lieutenant Thomas Butterfield
and James Byers Ensigns stationed at Fort Vengeance in Pittsford
in said County of Rutland. This Deponent served under this last
engagement constantly with scouting parties over the counties afore
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said during the term of six months. At the expiration of said last Term towit, about the 1st of October 1781. This Deponent returned to his said residence - remained there untill [until], about the first of April 1782, when
this Deponent again entered into the same service in the same capacity as Sergeant, at the same place, under the same officers except Lieutenant Thomas Butterfield, for whom Lieutenant -- Wright was substituted whose Christian name this Deponent cannot recollect. This last Term of service continued during five months and - one half months. This Deponent was engaged with scouting parties during this Term over the Counties aforesaid. This Deponent further says that during the aforesaid interim of service, he was frequently called upon whenever there was an interim - he voluntarily shouldered his musket, - entered the service, - at different times, on such alarms this Deponent was altogether engaged three months. - All the aforesaid services performed by this Deponent
were performed with the State troops or Militia of said State of Vermont - The services rendered by this deponent, on such [illegible], as a volunteer, were performed under Captains Asusa Robinson and Jabez [illegible], and Lieutenant Reuben Tuller - said services by this Deponent as volunteer were rendered in said County of Rutland in said State of
Vermont. And further this deponent saith not - subscribed - Sworn to - this 13th day of August AD. 1833 - Elijah Bishop
Alexander Morse - A Justice of the Peace
[words illegible due to ink splatter]
of Elizabethtown in & for the County of Essex
Essex County - ss: I Leonard Stow-Clerk of the County of Essex & Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County do hereby certify that Alexander Morse Esq. before whom the foregoing affidant purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same a Justice of the peace of the said County duly Elected & sworn: And further I am well acquainted with his hand writing of the said Justices and souly [solely] believe his signature to the jurat of the said affidavit is his genuine signature In testimony whereof I hereunto subscribed
my name and affix my seal of office this 13th day of August - in the year 1833
Leonard Stow-Clerk
[written perpendicular to the rest of the text]
In the matter of Elijah Bishop's application for a Pension under the Pension Act of 1832 Affidavit.
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State of Vermont Addison County } July 12th 1832 personally appeared before me William Myrick one of the Judges of the County aforesaid Josiah Kellogg of Ferrisburgh County of Addison and State of Vermont and deposeth and saith that he served as an enlisted soldier in the army of the revolution
he believes in the year 1779 he was stationed at Rutland in the State of Vermont under the Command of Capt [crossed out] Thomas Sawyer the commanding officer of the past he has
forgotten but believes it was Colo John Claggon that he there become acquainted with Elijah Bishop who was a soldier in the same Company with him he believes said Bishop served as a sergeant said Elijah Bishop now resides as he understands in the Town of Elizabeth Town in the State of New York and is I should think about [crossed out] seventy years of age we were entitled for this tour according to the best of my recolection [recollection] for nine months I have late seen [illegible] Bishop and know him to be the same man who was as a soldier with me in the year 1779 and further saith not.
Josiah Kellogg
Sworn to before me William Myrick Asst Judge I hereby certify that I have been well acquainted with the above deponant [deponent] for for about twenty years and I [illegible] him the [illegible] [illegible] of truth and [illegible] Most William Mywick Asst Judge b, b Punton House 6th 1
I, Samuel Swift, Clerk of the County Court
for the said County of Addison, do hereby certify that William Myrick, before whom the foregoing affidavit was made was at the
time an Assistant Judge of said Court and
Justice of the peace for said County, and his
name above written is his own signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 4th day of August 1832
Saml. Swift Clerk
[to the left of the foregoing text, above a stamp]
State of Vermont Addison County
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State of Vermont, Addison County ss.
I Samuel Swift Clerk of the County Court for the
said County of Addison do hereby certify that the
within named William Myrick, before whom the within affidavit of Josiah Kellogg was made; was and still is a Judge of said County Court and his name subscribed thereto is his own signature
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 6th day of June 1833
Saml Swift
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State of New York Essex County

On this 26th day of 
September in the year of 
our Lord one thousand eight hundred and 
thirty two personally appeared in open court 
before the judges of the court of common pleas 
in and for the said county of essex a Samuel Bishop
of the town of Lewis
in said county after being duly? sworn according to 
Law deposeth? and saith that he has been? acquainted? with? 
Elijah Bishop of Elizabethtown in said county of 
Essex for more than fifty six years last past that 
the said Elijah moved from the town of Monkton in 
Addison county in the state of Vermont about thirty eight 
years ago last past and that the said Elijah served? 
in the Revolutionary War in the town of Rutland and 
Clarendon in the county of Rutland and state of 
Vermont and that the said Elijah did duty in the 
State Troops in a private soldier most? of the time 
and as a sergeant a part? of the time for a share? of 
time in the whole amounting? to more than two 
years the said Elijah is now sixty nine years of age 
and upward as this deponent ??? ??? believes.

?????????? } Samuel Bishop

And the said court do hereby declare their opinion 
after the investigation of the matter and after ??? the inter
rogatories? ???? by the war department that the above 
named? ???? ???? ???? a Revolutionary soldier and served as he 
states and the court further certifies that it appears to 
them that Samuel Bishop one of the subscribing? witnesses 
is a resident in the town of Lewis? as one said and a man of 
good reputation and that this statement? is entitled? to end? 
it? I Leonard Stow clerk of the court of common pleas in 
and for the county of essex do hereby certify that the fore
going? contains the original proceeding? of the court in the 
matter of the [application?] of Elijah Bishop for a pension.

In testimony where of I have hereunto? set 
my hand and seal of office this 27th day of September 
1832.

Leonard Stow, clerk
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State of New York
Essex County ss. } I, Percival Morse, Justice of the Peace in [illegible] for the County of Essex duly certify that Samuel Bishop of the town of Lewis whose name appeared as a witness to the within is a Credible person and that his Statement is entitled to Credit. Dated, 21st May 1833.
Percival Morse, Justice' Peace, and Dep. Clerk
We, John Stearns a Clergyman Residing in Elizabeth Town and Asa Post of the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Elijah Bishop who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be about Seventy Years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood [neighborhood] where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we con cur [concur] in that Opinion
John Stearns Clergyman
Asa Post
Sworn to an [and] subscribed this day of May 1833
Alexander Morse Justice of State of New York } the [illegible, perhaps Percival Morse?] [illegible] County in (?) } I Alexander Morse I Percival Morse Deputy Clerk of the County of Essex hereby certify that John Stearns who has Signed the preceding Certificate is a Clergyman [illegible, possibly working?] in the town of Elizabethtown, in the County of Essex and that Asa Post who has Signed the same is a resident in the same town and County and is a credible person and that these statement is entitled to Credit: And I further Certify that Alexander Morse whose name is subscribed as a Justice of the Peace to the above Certificate is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Essex duly [illegible for the rest of the sentence]. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of Said County at the Clerks office this 21st day of May, 1833.
Percival Morse, Dep. Clerk
[written down the page]
13334
[illegible]
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Westport Essex County NY -
August 15th, 1833
Dear Sir yours of the 3d Instant before me
I here enclose an Explanation of the claim
of Elijah Bishop which you say is plased [placed] on file in your letter to me you said Elijah Hatch
[crossed out] & you may have made a mistake in filing but the claim is Elijah Bishop.
Will you have the goodness to examine this Explanation and Grant what pention [pension] it will admit of for I suppose the aplicant [applicant] for the want of a better memory cannot give a more explicit acount [account]
I have the honour to be
Your ol' and humble
Servant
Charles Hatch
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Charles Hatch
3 Aug 35
OC
Re. vol. 9 Pa 375
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War Department
Pension Off
3 Aug. 1833

Sir

The ? of Elijah Hatch has been examined suspended.  The requesting render it indispensable that a claimant should distinctly allege the period of grade of each term of a ? service in some ? is corps duty appointed & organized - with the names of  ? - ? places where rendered - ? this claimant alleges an aggregate amount of service in the ? of 3 years - He should specify as above reg
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War Department Pension Office
['Apl' crossed out] May 1834
[margin note: Omit]

Sir
The papers relating to the claim of Elijah Bishop have again been examined - In his original declaration it is alleged that he enlisted in the year 1776 into Col Walbridge's regiment and served therein the full term of one year - At the period of this enlistment the applicant was but thirteen years of age; Boys of that age were not liable to the performance of military duty nor can they be considered as capable of it - Besides enlistments at that age were contrary to the Army regulations ['of the Army' crossed out] - In this supplemental affidavit it is declared that the first enlistment was in the year 1779, parts of the service alleged in the original are also omitted
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To rebut the presumption arising from their circumstances against the validity of the claim satisfactory proof is necessary
The papers remain in file
[margin note: Omit]
May 2d 1834
Charles Hatch esq OC NY
Rec'd Vol. 30. pa. 427.
Charles Hatch Esq
West Port New York
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War Department
Pension Department
May 2. 1814

Sir

The papers relating to the claim of Elijah Bishop, have again been examined. In his original declaration, it is alleged that he enlisted in the year 1776, into BoC Walbridges regiment and sewed therein the full term of one year. At the period of this enlistment the applicant was but thirteen years of age: Boys of that age were not liable to the performance of military duty, nor can they be considered as capable of it. Besides enlistments of that age were contrary to the army regulations. In his supplemental affidavit it is declared that the first enlistment was in the year 1779, part of the service alleged in the original are also omitted. To rebel the presumption arising from these [illegible] against the validity of the claim genially, satisfactory proof is necessary. 

The papers remain on file. 

I am respectfully your [illegible]

J.L. Edwards


Charles Hatch Eog 
Westport N.Y.
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H________ May 9th 1834
Major Elijah Bishop

On this sheet you will find that your ____ wants further explanation I think you had better call on Augustus C. Hand with this letter & he will be able to assist you in the manner of making the ______ explanation & when made out you may send it to ___ to f_______ or get ___ Hand to do it as you may think __________________

Charles Hatch
65
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[handwritten letter]
Bennington Vt.
7th August 1853.

Can you send me notes concerning the Pension papers of Major Elijah Bishop, who served in the "War of the Revolution"? 
He was born in Vermont & moved to Elizabethtown N.Y., where he died. His gran daughter of this town, wishes papers sufficient to prove that she is eligible to join the Daughters of the Revolution. I suppose a certificate that Maj. Bishop drew a pension for services in our war for liberty
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[handwritten letter]
would be sufficient 
I wrote to Mr. G. A. L. Merrifield, but received no reply. Perhaps Mr Pascal, who knows me, will look up the matter, if it is inconvenient for you.
Respectfully 
/s/(Miss) Anna C. Park
An early reply will be of great use to us.
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[handwritten letter]
[receipt stamp: U.S.P.B. OLD WAR AND NAVY SEP 4 1893 FILES]
28 Maplewood St.
Malden Mass.
31st Aug. 1893

Mr. H. C. Bell
Bureau of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Dear Sir
Yours of 25 Aug. relating to patriotic services of Elijah Bishop formerly pensioner as a soldier of the Revolution rec'd today.
Thank you for the statement which is just what Mrs. Putnam needed for a "parent
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of nobility."
 I am more proud of descent from a brave Revolutionary soldier, than I would be of proof that William the Conqueror was my ancestor.
The name of William Park can be seen in an old copy of the "Boston [illegible] Letter" as one of the "Minute Men" in the early days preceding 1776. With thanks to you & three cheers for our country, Yours
/s/Anna C. Park.
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[typewritten letter]
[margin notes: one 2 ct stamped envelope enclosed SVL Ok RW
Stamped env. retd - w
NZ 1 Rev Sec]

ALLEGAN COUNTY GAS CO.
OTSEGO, MICHIGAN
101-103 Kalamazoo St
see env

March 8th, 1916.

U.S. Pension Dept.,
Washington, D. C. 

Gentlemen: - 
In making up some records, I find that I need some
material which I have been told that I could obtain from the Pension Department of the United States.
If possible, I should like to get the pension record of two Revolutionary soldiers, Elijah Bishop and Benjamin Holcomb. Elijah Bishop was born in New Milford, Connecticutt, in 1763 and Benjamin Holcomb was born in Simsbury, Connecticutt, in 1743. I believe that both men were placed on the pension roll of Essex
County, New York. I would be very grateful for as complete record as you can give me of them.
I should also like to get the record, if you have any of Zera Beebe who, I believe, was born in Lynne, Connecticutt, in 1740 and who died in Solon, New York, in 1813. He is supposed to have served in the Revolution and to have received a grant of land at Solon, N. Y., after the war in payment of his services but I cannot find authentic proof of these items. Any information will be gratefully received.
Yours very truly,
/s/H. G. Beebe.
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552 Cherry St.
Benton Harbor, Mich.

Bureau of Pensions,
Washington D.C.
Dear Sirs, ____

Will you kindly advise me if any of the following names are on the pension record for sir - vice in the American Revolution.

1. Isaiah Robinson of Vermont
2. William Glazier of Walpole, N.H.
3. James Russell of Wellington Ct. or of Walpole N.H.
4. Elijah Bishop of Vermont

Yours Truly,
Mrs. H-g. Beebe
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[typewritten letter]
 The First National Bank
CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $130.000.00
PawPaw, Mich.
[receipt stamp: RECEIVED FEB 4 1935 MAIL SUB-DIV VETS. ADM. READER #10]

February 2nd, 1935.

Department of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C. 

Gentlemen: 
I would be much pleased if you will advise me as to the military record in the Revolutionary War for ELIJAH BISHOP of ELIZABETHTOWN, NEW YORK, as shown by the records in your files.
If your files contain application for pension, I would be pleased to have you give me such
information as there shown and also advise me if it is possible to obtain photostat copy of this
application and what the fee would be for such
copy.
Yours very truly,
/s/Harry G. Beebe
Harry C. Beebe,
care of First Natl Bank,
Paw Paw, Michigan.
[margin note: 1832-30=1802]
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[handwritten letter]
Sept. 14 - 1937

Pension Bureau -
Washington D.C.
[receipt stamp: RECEIVED SEP 15 1937 MAIL SUB-DIV. VETS. ADM. READER #15]

Will you please send us any records filed of Elijah Bishop (1763-1839)  Essex Co - New York. (Vermont service)

/s/Lila James Roney
157 E. 72nd St.
New York, N.Y.
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[initials: JAP]
O.W. and N. Division. 
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS, 
Washington, D. C. August, 1893.

Madam 
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of Elijah Bishop, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, you will please find below the desired information as contained in his application for pension on file in this Bureau. 
[column headings: DATES OF ENLISTMENT.|LENGTH OF SERVICE.|RANK.|OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.(CAPTAIN.|COLONEL.)|STATE.]
April 1779|9 mo|Pri&Corp'l|(Thomas Sawyer|John Claghorn)|Vt.|
Early 1780|8 " |Serg't|( do | do )|Vt|
April 1781|6 " | " |(Ebenezer Allen| do )|Vt.
1782|5 " | " |( do | do )| do |
[end of columns]
Battles engaged in, none stated
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Rutland Vt. & at Clarendon Vt
Date of application for pension, September 1832
Residence at date of application, Elizabethtown, Essex Co NY
Age at date of application, born ['Sept' crossed out] Feb'y 6 (or 26 both stated) 1763 New Milford Con'n)
Remarks: (moved from Rutland 1780 to Clarendon Vt, then in 1794 to Monkton Vt where he resided 38 year to 1832 - On duty on northern frontier of Vt on guard, scouting & Indian Spy)
Very respectfully,
[blank] Commissioner.
Miss Annie C Park
Bennington Vt
7941b-3m
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[margin notes: 3 y 8 mo 2 yr sergt 6 wks Corp'l
131 139 586]
reply to your request of [blank], received for a statement of the military history of Elijah Bishop a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his ['(or his widow's' crossed out] application for pension on file in this Bureau. S. 23,125
[column headings: DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.|LENGTH OF SERVICE.|RANK.|OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.(CAPTAIN.|COLONEL.)|STATE.|]
['Spring 1776|1 year|[blank]|(Jonathan Grant|Walbridge)|Vt.' crossed out]
Spring 1779|3 1/2 mos- 1 1/2 " 4 " |Private Corporal Sergeant|(Thomas Sawyer|John Claghorn)|Vt.|
Early in 1780|8m 23 da|Sergt.|(Thomas Sawyer| " " )|[blank]|
Apl. 1781|6 mos.| Sergt.|(Ebenezer Allen| " " )|[blank]|
 " 1782|5 mos.| " |( " " |[blank])|[blank]|
served during intervals|3 mos.| " |(['Asa' crossed out Jabez Warren|[blank])|[blank]|
[end of columns]
Battles engaged in, ✓
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Rutland & Clarendon, Vt.
Date of application for pension, Sept 26, 1832.
Residence at date of application, Elizabethtown, Essex Co., N.Y.
Age at date of application, born Feby 6 or 26} 1763 New Milford, Conn.
Remarks: There is no family data.
Respectfully, 
[blank]
Commissioner.
3-2850
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[typewritten letter]
March 13, 1935
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BA-J/AWF

Mr. Harry G. Beebe
c/o First National Bank
Paw Paw, Michigan

Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the military record in the Revolutionary War of Elijah Bishop of Elizabethtown, New York and request to know cost of photostatic copies of the papers on file.
The record of Elijah Bishop, S. 23125, was furnished you in 1916, it was furnished Mrs. H. G. Beebe on March 14, 1930.
Another careful examination of the papers in this claim for pension has been made and the data given herewith. It is hoped will be just that this report what you need in your research work. The papers in this claim are very old and especially frail; handling them in the process of making photostatic copies is necessarily injurious to them.
If you find that the report is not sufficient, the matter of making the copies will be given further consideration upon your request.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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[typewritten letter]
March 13, 1935
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Elijah Bishop-S.23125
BA-J/AWF

Mr. Harry G. Beebe
c/o First National Bank
Paw Paw, Michigan

Dear Sir:
The Revolutionary War record of Elijah Bishop
which follows was obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 23135, based upon his service in that war.
Elijah Bishop was born February 6 or 26, 1763 in New Milford, Litchfield County, Connecticut; names of his parents are not given.
While a resident of Monkton, Addison County, Vermont, he volunteered in the spring of 1776, served one year in Captain Jonathan Fassett's company, Colonel Walbridge's Vermont regiment.
While residing in Rutland, Vermont, he volunteered in the spring of 1779, served in Captain Thomas Sawyer's company, Colonel John Claghorn's Vermont regiment, three and one half months as private, six weeks as corporal and four months as sergeant.
While residing in Clarendon, Vermont, he volunteered early in 1780, served eight months and twenty-three days sergeant in Captain Thomas Sawyer's company, Colonel John Claghorn's regiment; volunteered in April, 1781, served six months as sergeant in Captain Ebenezer Allen's company, Colonel John Claghorn's regiment, volunteered in April, 1782, served five and one half months as sergeant in Captain Ebenezer Allen's Company, Colonel John Claghorn's regiment; also at various times, three months
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in all, as sergeant in Captains Robinson's and Jabez Warren's Vermont companies. His service, while residing in Clarendon, was as a pilot to the rangers and as Indian Spy on the Northern frontier.
The soldier, Elijah Bishop, at the close of the Revolution returned to Monkton, Vermont and from there moved to Elizabethtown, Essex County, New York. He was allowed pension on his application executed, September 26, 1832, at which time he was residing in Elizabethtown, New York, where he had lived about thirty years.
He stated that his family remained in Clarendon, Vermont, until the close of the Revolution, and that his father and brother were prisoners in Canada, during the Revolution, but he did not give the names of any of his family. No further family data in this claim. X
One Samuel Bishop of Lewis, Essex County, New York in 1832 stated that he had been acquainted with the soldier, Elijah Bishop, for fifty-six years, no relationship shown. [margin note: Put here next time]
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of the person to whom paid, and possibly the date of death of this pensioner, you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D.C., citing the following data:
Elijah Bishop
Certificate # 28777
Issued June 18, 1834
Rate $35.50 per annum
To commence March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
New York Agency.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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._1812 Wars Section.

March 14, 1980.
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appeared in support of the claim in 1832, no relationship stated. There are no further family data.

The Revolutionary War records of this bureau fail to afford any information in regard to William Glazier or James Russell as described by you or to Isaiah Robinson or Benjamin Holcomb.

Very truly yours,

Earl D. Church
Commissioner.