Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 27522, for Elizur Talcott, Connecticut
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(3-1776)
SERVICE  NUMBER
Conn.  Talcott, Elizur W 27522
     or Eleazer
   Frisby, Sally
(Former wido)
This woman's other husband was  
also a pensioner.
See case of Luther Frisbie or Frisbee
(or Frisby), Continental (Conn.)
S 42731.
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Reported

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75. 
Ohio Pittsburgh
Sally Frisby widow of Eleazer Talcott Con. who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private Recd. for $23.33
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Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 70 Dollars [blank] Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 1 day of May 1849 and sent to J. Hathaway Charon Geauga Co. Ohio
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Recorded on Roll of pensioners under act February 2, 8148, Page 341 Vol. 4
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19.865
Ohio Pittsburgh
Eleazer Talcott
of Trubull Co. in the State of Ohio who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Parsons of the Regt. commanded by Col. Sage in the Conn. line for 1 year & 9 Months.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 21 day of September 1833 and sent to Leinster Ling Warren Ohio.
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Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1833-- 175.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 March 1834.  35.00
[Total] $ 210.00
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Wm. R. Palmer Clerk,
Book E. Vol. 8 Page 129
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The State of Ohio}
Trumbull County  }  On this 8th day of July A.D. 1846. Personally appeared before me Edward Spear an associate judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County and State aforesaid Sally Frisby aged 79 years and a resident of Mesopotamia in said County & State being by me first duly sworn according to law doth on her said oath depose and say ["depose and say" crossed out] make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the acts of Congress passed July 7th 1838, March 3rd 1843, & June 17th 1844 granting pensions to widows of Revolutionary soldiers. That she was the widow of Elizer Talcott a Revolutionary pensioner who died in said Mesopotamia the fourth day of January A.D. 1834. That she was married to her said husband in January, she does not now remember the date of the year but remembers that it was previous to 1792 and after he said husband left the Revolutionary service that she was married to her said husband in the Town of Enfield in the County of Hartford and State of Connecticut by Rev. Wm. Pinder of said Enfield. That she was married to Luther Frisby a pensioner on the 14th day of May A.D. 1840 and that said Frisby died November 19th 1842. That her husband the said Elizer Talcott drew a pension of about $70. per annum, she further states that her maiden name was Sally Baxter that she has not been married since the death of her second husband the said Luther Frisby and now remains a widow. That she made an application for pension before Seth J. Ensign a justice of the peace of said Trumbull County which was made on or about the 30th day of September A.D. 1845 and is now on file in the pension office in Washington.
Said Sally Frisby further states the she & her said husband Elizer Talcott removed from the said town of Enfield to the town of Norwich in the State of Massachusetts in the year 1796 and resided in said Norwich about twenty two years; and she believes that the date of the births of her three first children was recorded in the records of said town of Enfield - and she refers
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sworn to & subscribed before me this day and year above written and I hereby certify that from common report the said Sally Frisby is a person of truth & probity and that from old age and bodily infirmity that is unable to attend Court.
[signed] Edward Spear
Associate Judge

The State of Ohio }
Trumbull County  }  I Warren Young, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County of Trumbull certify, that Edward Spear Esq. by whom the annexed and foregoing affidavit was taken, was at the date thereof one of the associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for said County of Trumbull, duly commissioned and sworn, and as such duly authorized to take the same, and further that I am acquainted with the hand writing of said Judge, and believe the signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the eal of said court at Warren this 8th day of July A.D. 1846.  [signed[ Warren Young Clerk
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I Henry Stanton of Norwich in the County of Hampshire and State of Massachusetts being town Clerk of said Town have examined the record of births in said Town and find there recorded the following children of Elizer and Sarah Talcott.

Sally Talcott daughter to Elizer & Sarah Talcott born Enfield ([illegible])June 20th 1791
Clarrissa Talcott daughter to Elizer & Sarah Talcott born Enfield ([illegible]) Oct 19th 1792
Reuben Talcott son to Elizeer & Sarah Talcott born Enfield ([illegible]) July 12 1794
Persis Talcott daughter to Elizer & Sarah Talcott was born June 3rd 1796
Betsy Talcott daughter to Elizer & Sarah Talcott was born June 2nd 1798
It appears from the records to have been ?? on the records by Aaron Hall Town Clerk at the time about the year 1798.
The above is a true copy of Records
Attest Henry Stanton
Town Clerk of Norwich
Norwich June 24" 1846

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampshire ss
be it known that on the 24 day of June 1846 before me the subscriber Justice of Peace in and for said county personally appears Henry Stanton Town Clerk of Norwich in said County who subscribed the foregoing deposition and made oath of the same in due form of Law.
And I hereby certify that I have examined the Town book and find that the above records to be correct as there recorded.
[signed] Elkanah Ring Justice of Peace
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THE STSTE OF OHIO}
Trumbull County, SS. }  I Clayton Herrington clerk of the court of common please of said county of Trumbull, CERTIFY that Seth J Ensign Esq. by whom the annexed and foregoing affidavits was taken, was at the dates thereof, an acting Justice of the Peace within and for the said county, duly qualified, and as such duly authorized to take the same. And further, that I am acquainted with the handwriting of said Justice, and believe the signatures purporting to be his are jenuine.[sic]
In testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand, and affix the seal of said court at Warren, the nineteenth day of November A.D. 1845
[signed] Clayton Herrington CLERK.
By Warren Young Deputy
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The State of Ohio }
Trumbull County   } ss.  On this 30th day of September A.D. 1845
Personally appeared  before me Seth J. Ensign A Justice of the Peace in and for said County Sally Frisby aged seventy-eight years and a resident of Mesopotamia in the County and State aforesaid who being duly sworn according to law doth on her said oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the acts of Congress passed July 7th 1838, March 3rd 1848 and June 17th 1844 granting pensions to widows of Revolutionary soldiers. That she was the widow of Elizer Talcott a Revolutionary pensioner who died in said Mesopotamia the fourth day of January A.D. 1835, that she was married to her said husband in January A.D. 1790 or 1791 in the town of Enfield in the County of Hartford and State of Connecticut by Rev. Wm. Pinden of said Enfield and that she has sent to said Enfield for her said marriage proof but has failed to obtain it from Town or church records that she was married to Luther Frisby a pensioner on the 14th day of May 1840 and that her husband the said Luther Frisby died November 19th A.D. 1842 that her husband the said Elizer Talcott drew a pension of about $70 per annum and that her name before married to said Elizer Talcott was Sally Baxter, that she has not been married since the death of her said husband Luther Frisby and now remains a widow. She refers to the annexed proofs and prays that said pension may be granted to her.
[signed] Sally Frisby
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The State of Ohio }
Trumbull County   } ss Deposition of Israel B. Shelden of lawful age a resident of Mesopotamia in said County of Trumbull taken before me Seth Ensign a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid on the 30 day of September A.D. 1845. Being by me first duly sworn according to law doth on his said oath depose and say that he was well acquainted with Elizer Talcott and Sally Talcott wife of said Elizer who were residents of said Mesopotamia and that the said Elizer was a Revolutionary pensioner and died in said Mesopotamia on the fourth day of January 1835 and that his widow now resides in said Mesopotamia. She was married to Luther Frisby a Revolutionary soldier and pensioner on the 14th day of May A.D. 1840 and that the said Luther Frisby died on the 19th of November 1842 and that the said Sally Frisby now remains a widow that the said Elizer Talcott drew a pension of about $70 per annum and further saith not.
[signed] Israel B. Shelden

Sworn and subscribed before me the day and year above written. And I hereby certify from my own personal knowledge that the above affiant is a person of truth and probity.
[singed] Seth J. Ensign Justice of the Peace
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of an act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.

State of Ohio  }
Trumbull County ss. }
On the 19th day of October A. D. 1832 personally appeared before me Leinster King associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas within & for the county aforesaid Elizer Talcott a resident of the Township of Mesopotamia in the county & state aforesaid aged seventy three years 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 7th 1832. That he enlisted the service of the United States under the following named officers and served herein stated.
He was born in Enfield Connecticut April 19th 1759 resided there until the declaration of Independence. The same year that Independence was declared he enlisted the service of the United States as a volunteer in the company commanded by Capt. Parsons of Enfield. Mustered at Enfield and was marched to New York the summer of 1776. Col. Sage of Middletown Cont. was our Col. Was in the battle of Long Island and left that place in a boat in a very foggy morning. After we evacuated from New York was in the battle near White Plains. Was out this tour about six months, probably more & maybe less. Was discharged late in the fall, but not sure his discharge since he came to this does not now know where it is. The year following he was out in the service of the United States perhaps three or four months under Capt Parsons. not in any engagements. In 1778 volunteered a a substitute for Joseph Talcott his
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brother - was in the battle in Rhode Island. Gen. Sullivan commanded the American forces - was waiter for Lieut. Booth who belonged to the same company. Was out this season about nine months - afterwards during out of the campaigners, he volunteered and performed duty in the United States service for our [illegible] Think his first name was David, at any rate he was called & known by the title of [illegible] - thinks he was out with this [illegible] about three months. Cannot recollect the names of the [illegible] officers under whom he served. He resided in Enfield until some time after the Revolutionary war when he removed into Norwich Massachusetts & resided in that state until 1823 when he removed into the state of Ohio & into the Town of Mesopotamia where he has ever since & now resides.  Has no records of his age, knows of no person in this state by whom he can prove his services, but says Aaron Lyman has been long acquainted with him, before he removed to Ohio & that Lymna resides in his neighborhood and also Aaron Bates has been acquainted with him for a long time & can that what they believe of his story & character as to the truth & veracity. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present an declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency of any state.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. [signed] Elizer Talcott
[illegible]
[signed]  Israel B. Shelden

Mr. Aaron Lyman Aaron Bates & Limes Tracy al of us residing in the immediate neighborhood of Elizer Talcott who has subscribed and sworn to the above
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declaration hereby certify that we are well acquainted with him & believe him to be seventy three years of age - that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
[After the above is "'hereby certify" interlined before signing" has been added]
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[signed] Aaron Lyman
[signed] Aaron Bates
[signed] Linus Tracy

Read I, Leinster King aforesaid Judge in aforesaid Co. hereby certify that there is no Clergyman residing in the immediate neighborhood of the applicant, and that he could not safely attend the court of Com. Pleas currently held in the county on account of bodily infirmity & disability- and that Leinster King Esq. who has signed the preceding certificate is Post Master & acting Justice of the Peace for the county aforesaid and that Aaron Lyman & Aaron Bates, who have also signed the same are all credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit, and I do hereby declare my opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories proscribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states and that the foregoing are the original proceedings before me at the house of the applicant in the matter of the application of Elizur Talcott for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal the 19th day of Oct. 1832.
[signed] Leinster King associate Judge

Amended declaration of Elizur Talcott
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The State of Ohio}
Trumbull County } ss. I George Parsons Clerk of the Court of Common Plea within and for said County do hereby certify that Leicester King Esquire before whom the within and foregoing proceedings were had and whose name in his own proper hand writing is affixed to the same, is acted and was at the time of taking and subscribing the same an associate Judge of the Court aforesaid, duly Commissioned and sworn agreeably to the laws of said State of Ohio. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office at Warren this 30th day of October Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and thirty.
[signed] George Parsons Clk
By Lyman Potter dep.
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Min pursuance of further instructions from the War Department in order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of June 7th 1832.
The State of Ohio }
Trumbull County ss. }  Mesopotamia My 28th 1833.
This day personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace within and for the county aforesaid Elizur Talcott who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that by reason of old age and infirmity and consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his services but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the period mentioned below and in the following grades for six months. I served as a volunteer private under Capt. Parsons in the year 1776 and Three months in the following year in the same grade and under the same Officer. For at least nine months I served as a substitute for Joseph Talcott my brother also as a private in the year 1778. I also in some subsequent campaign was in the service of the United States as a volunteer or substitute for one Peace a private not less than three months and for such services I claim a pension.
[signed] Elizur Talcott
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid before me.  [signed] Linus Praez Justice Peace
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The State of Ohio }
Trumbull County  } I George Parson Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said county do certify that Linus Tracy Esq. before whom the within affidavit was made was at the time of subscribing the same an acting Justice of the peace duly elected commissioned and sworn agreeably to the Laws of said state and that his name is his own proper hand writing.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office at Warren this 5th day of June A.D. 1833.
[signed] George Parsons Clerk
By Syman Potter deputy
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24.234
Eleazer Talcott
Trumbull Co. Ohio

Adm. 1. year $9 month
$40.00
 30.00
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$70.00

Leinster King
Warren
Trubull County
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
27 April 1833

Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules and the subjicined notes you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew [sic] what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them: and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
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A Statement, shewing [sic] the Service of Eleazer Talcott
[The following is in a table in the original document.]
[Column 1]  Period when the service was rendered. [Column 2] Duration of the claimant's service.
[1st entry] Summer 1776 abt. [about] 6 [months]
[2nd entry] The year following 3 or 4 Mo. [Months]
[3rd entry] 1778 Vol. sub. [volunteer substitute] for Joseph Talcott abt. 9 [months]
[4th entry] Think he said abt. [about] 3 [months]

[Column 3] Rank of the claimant
[1st entry] Private
[Entries 2 - 4] "

[Column 4] Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.
[1st entry] Capt. Parsons Col. Sage
[2nd entry] Capt Parsons
[Entries 3 & 4] [blank]

[Column 4] Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service
73 years
Enfield Cont.

[Column 5] Proof by which the declaration is supported.
Traditionary

I am respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J.L. Edwards,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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2 
REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.

The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafter, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.

DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of}
County of [blank] } ss.
On this [blank] day of [blank] personally appeared (a) before [blank] A.B. a resident (b) of [blank] in the county of [blank] and State, Territory or District of [blank] aged (c) [blank] years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) [blank], with [blank] and served in the [blank] (e) regiment of the [blank] line, under the following named officers:
[The following text is enclosed by brackets.] 
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [A pointing hand printer's mark is added] This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) 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, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of [blank]
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.  [blank] A.B.

[The following sentence is enclosed in brackets] [And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I [blank] of the Court of [blank] do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of [blank] for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal office (i) this [blank] day of [blank] &c.

If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribed a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the [blank] and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with [blank], who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to [blank] years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.

[The following sentence is enclosed in brackets in the original document.] 
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the [blank] and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the [blank] and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, [blank] Clerk of the Court of [blank] do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of [blank] for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this [blank] day of [blank] &c.

Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were in the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of you services.
6. {To a Soldier.} Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
{To an Officer.} Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons-one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have every existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reasons of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
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(a) The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reasons of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance. [The handwritten word "infirmity" has been added to this note.]
(b) The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
(c) The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.

[The notes d and e are flagged with the braces as the source of the objection.]
(d) The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
(e) Every continental office or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A.B. 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 precise 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 [blank] year [blank] months, and [blank] days, I served as a [blank]. For [blank] months and [blank] days, I served as a [blank]; and for such services I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months, is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
(f) The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
(g) The opinion of the Court is always required.
(h) The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
(i) The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

Mode of authenticating papers.

In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

Proof of Service.

(j) In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the tie a manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and the line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[A pointing finger printer's symbol is added] The notes (a) to (i) are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note (j) applies to continental troops only.
(k) This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
(l) If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
(m) The answers to the interrogatories must be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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June 3, 1934
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Luther Frisbie-S.42731
Elisur Talcott-W.27522
Mrs. C. E. Dobson
741 Brooks Street
Missoula, Montana

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the pension record of Luther Frisbie, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, S.42731, based upon the military service of Luther Frisbie in that war.
Luther Frisbie, or Frisbee was born July 2-(second figure illegible), 1760, in New Haven County, Connecticut. The names of his parents are not shown in the papers in the pension claim.
Luther Frisbie enlisted in Norfolk, Connecticut, served in Captain Wilcox's Company, Major Painter's (probably meant for Captain Gamaliel Painter) Company, and Captain Thomas Patten's Company, Colonel Baldwin's Regiment of Artillery Artificers, and was discharged June 9 1783, having served five years and eight months. He was at the batteries at the siege of Yorktown.
He was allowed pension on his application executed June 24, 1818, while residing in Mesopotamia, Trumbull County, Ohio.
In 1820, he stated that his family then consisted of his sister, Rachel, aged seventy-eight years and his sone, Nat. Tracey, aged thirteen years. The name of his wife was not stated and there are no particulars in regard to her. Soldier also stated that his son, Lucius, cared for him and his family, which in 1814, consisted of six persons; in 1816, of five persons; and in 1817, of four persons, but gave no names. In 1852, one N.T. Frisbie, was a resident of Garrettsville, Portage County, Ohio, but it is not stated whether he was the soldier's son, Nat. Tracey.
The sodier married May 11 or May 14(both dates appear [word crossed out and replaced with "are given"]), 1840, Mrs. Sally Talcott, widow of Elisur Talcott.
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Luther Frisbie died November 19, 1842.
There are no further data as to family.
* * * * * * 
Elizur Talcott
W. 27522

The data furnished below are obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, W.27522, based upon the military service of Elizur Talcott in that war, which will be of interest in connection with Luther Frisbie.
Elizur (the name also appears ["appears" crossed out and replaced with "is shown"] as Eleaser) Talcott was born April 19, 1759, in Enfield, Connecticut.
While residing in Enfield, Connecticut, Elizur Talcott volunteered in the summer of 1776, served about six months as a private in Captain Parson's Company. Colonel Sage's Connecticut Regiment, and was in the battle of Long Island, in the retreat from New York and battle of White Plains. In the following year, he enlisted and served three or four months in Captain Parson's Connecticut Company. In 1778, he volunteered, served as a substitute for his brother, Joseph Talcott, as waiter to Lieutenant Booth, in the Connecticut Troops, and was in General Sullivan's Rhode Island expedition and in the battle of Rhode Island; length of this service about nine months. He afterward volunteered and served a tour of about three months, dates and officers' [sic] names not given.
After the Revolution, he resided at Enfield, Connecticut, until 1796, when he moved to Norwich, Massachusetts, where he remained about twenty-two years, or until [illegible], when he moved to Mesopotamia Township, Trumbull County, Ohio.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 19, 1832, while residing in Mesopotamia Township, Ohio.
He died January 4, 1834 or 1835 (both dates appear ["appear" crossed out and replaced with "are given"] in the claim) in Mesopotamia, Ohio.
The soldier married in January 1790, or 1791, at Enfield, Connecticut, Sally Baxter. She married again May 11 or May 14, 1840, Luther Frisby or Frisbie, who dies November 19, 1842.
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Sally Talcott Frisbie was allowed pension on account of the services of her former husband, Elizur Talcott, on her application executed September 30, 1845, at which time she was aged seventy-eight years and resided in Mesopotamia, Ohio.
The names of the following children of Elizur and Sarah Talcott appears. ["appears" is crossed out and replaced with "are shown"] Their births were recorded on the town records of Norwich, Massachusetts, about 1798.

Sally       born June 20, 1791, in Enfield, Connecticut.
Clarrissa  "  October 19, 1792, "  "      "
Reuben    " July 12, 1794,    "   "   "
Persis     " June 30, 1796,  
Betsey   "   "  30, 1798.

There are no further family data.
* * * * * *

Very truly yours

A.D. Hiller
Assistant to Administer.
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Elizur Talcott-W.27522
xxxxxxxxxxxxx
BA-J/EEL
Mrs. William Freeman
307 Belmont Street
Warren, Ohio

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter relative to Elizur Talcott, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.

The data furnished herein are obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension W.27522, based upon the military service of Elizur Talcott in that war.

Elizur (the name also appears as Eleazer) Talcott was born April 19, 1759, in Enfield, Connecticut.

While residing in Enfield, Connecticut, he volunteered in the summer of 1776, served about six months as a private in Captain Parsons' Company, Colonel Sage's Connecticut Regiment, and was in the battle of Long Island, in the retreat from New York and battle of White Plains. In the following year, he enlisted and served three or four months in Captain Parsons' Connecticut Company. In 1778, he volunteered, served as a substitute for his brother, Joseph Talcott, as waiter to Lieutenant Booth, in the Connecticut Troops, and was in the battle of Rhode Island in General Sullivan's Rhode Island expedition, length of service about nine months. He afterward volunteered and served a tour of about three months, dates and officers' names not given.

After the Revolution, he resided at Enfield, Connecticut, until 1796, when he moved to Norwich, Massachusetts, where he remained about twenty-two years, or until 1823, when he moved to Mesopotamia Township, Trumbull County, Ohio.

[The following has been added in the right margin of the letter.] He was allowed pension on his application executed October 19, 1832, while residing in Mesopotamia Township, Ohio.

The soldier married in January, 1790 or 1791, at Enfield, Connecticut, Sally Baxter.

He died January 4, 1834 or 1835 (both dates appear in the claim).
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in Mesopotamia, Ohio, and his widow, Sally, married May 11 or May 14, 1840, Luther Frisby or Frisbie, who died November 19, 1842.

Sally Talcott Frisbie was allowed pension on account of the services of her former husband, Elizur Talcott, on her application executed September 30, 1845, at which time she was aged seventy- eight years and resided in Mesopotamia, Ohio.

The names of the following children of Elizur and Sarah Talcott appear. Their births were recorded in the town records of Norwich, Massachusetts, about  1798.

Sally       Born June 20, 1791, in Enfield, Connecticut.
Clarrissa "  October 19, 1792, "   "   "
Reuben    " July 12, 1794, "   "   "
Persis      " June 30, 1796.
Betsey     "   "  20, 1796.
There are no further data as to family.

[The following is a handwritten note in the left margin] Date of m'dom's death not on AB.

* * * * * *
It appears from the records of this office that Luther Frisbie (the name also appears as Frisbee) was born July 2-(second figure illegible), 1760, in New Haven County, Connecticut.

He enlisted in Norfolk, Connecticut, served in Captain Wilcox's Company, Major Painter's Company (probably meant for Captain Gamaliel Painter) and Captain Thomas Patten's Company, Colonel Baldwin's Regiment of Artillery Artificers, and was
discharged June 9, 1783, having served five years and eight months. He was at the batteries at the siege of Yorktown.

He was allowed pension on his application executed June 24, 1818, while residing in Mesopotamia, Trumbull County, Ohio.

In 1820, he stated that his family then consisted of his sister, Rachel, aged seventy-eight years, and his son, Nat. Tracey, aged thirteen years. The name of his wife was not stated and there are no particulars in regard to her. Soldier also stated that his son,

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Lucius, cared for him and his family, which in 1814 consisted of six persons; in 1816, of five persons; and in 1817, of four persons, but did not give their names. In 1852, one N.T.Frisbie was a resident of Garrettsville, Portage County, Ohio, but it is not stated whether he was the soldier's son Nat. Tracey. In 1850 one Clarissa Sheldon was a resident of Trumbull County, Ohio, no relationship to the family shown.

The soldier married May 11 or May 14, 1840, Mrs. Sally Talcott, widow of Elisur Talcott.

Luther Frisbie died November 19, 1842.

Very truly yours

A.D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator.

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10388
Ohio
Sally Frisby [illegible] widow of Eleazer Talcott who was a pensioner under the Act of [blank] and who died on the 4th Jany 1835 of Trumbull in the State of Ohio, who was a Private in the Compy. commanded by Captain Parsons of the Regt. commanded by Col. Sage in the Revolution for 7 months.
___________
Inscribed on the Roll of Pittsburgh at the rate of 23 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day March, 1836.
___________
 Certificate of Pension issued the 19 day of Jany, 1848 and sent to James Hathaway [illegible]
Total amount, [blank]

[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by Tho Lumpkin Clerk
Book: D Vol. 1 Page 387
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Talcott
Date of death not on A  B
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[Left page]
1932 Apr 11 Hist to Mrs.
Wm. Freeman  See letter
in case of Wm. Anderson [illegible]
1934 June 2 Hist to
Mrs. C.E. Dobson, Letter in case of Luther
Frisbee S. 42731 [illegible]

[Right page]
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 27522
Salie Frisby
widow of
E. Talcott
Privt. Rev. War
Act 2nd Feb. 1848
index: [blank] Vol. [blank], Page [blank]
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.

HAMPSHIRE SS.
I, Samuel Wells, Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth, for the County of Hampshire, do certify that Elkanah King Sr. Esquire, whose signature is affixed to the certificate on the paper hereto annexed, was at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace, within and for said County, duly commissioned, and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth; and that full faith and credit is and aught to be given to his acts and attestations done in that capacity; and that I am acquainted with the hand-writing of the said Elhanah King Sr. and believe his signature to said certificate is genuine.
[Seal affixed]
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of Hampshire Judicial Court for said Commonwealth, this twenty fourth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty [illegible]
[signed] Samuel Wells Clerk:
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Comptrollers Office, Connecticut }
Hartford, April 20th 1846 }

On application for evidence of the service of Elizer Talcott in the Revolutionary war in the years, 76, 77, & 78 under Capt Parsons & Lieut Booth, I find in the Pay Table Books in this office the following entries.

Feb 8, 1777 United States [illegible]
To order on Treasurer in favor Cat. Her Parsons Col Sages Regt, for losses his company sustained [Sterling pound symbol] 169 - 9 2
to do, do hospital expenses  22-14-4

March 22 To Capt Her Parsons and rendered for losses his Co. in part, viz Bounties & Commissions [pound sterling symbol] 289-3-9
1778  War [illegible]
To Amount of Capt Solomon Booth and rendered for his Company [sterling pound symbol] 1339-0-10
No rolls of the companies of the above named officers are found in this office.
W. Carrington, Comptroller
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WARREN O JUNE 6
Free

J. L. Edwards, Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City

[Written vertically down in right margin] Recd. 13 June 1833
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Warren Trumbull County Ohio
June 6th 1833

J.L. Edwards Esq.
Com. of Pensions
Sir
I herewith send the papers of Elizur Talcott assembled as required by the Department.
Very Respectfully
Your Obdt Sert. [Obedient Servant]
Leinster King
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12378.
Sally Frisby formerly widow of Eleazur Talcott Ohio
Act 7 July 1838
Dec 8, 1845.

Married former 1794
Husband died 4 Jany. 1835
Second husband died, 1842

[illegible] for 7 Nov
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I Ruth Farrington of Enfield county of Hartford and State of Connecticut do depose and say that I am now more than seventy one years of age that I have always lived in Enfield. That I was well acquainted with Elizur Talcott and Sally Baxter before they were married. That somewhere about seventeen hundred and ninety one they were married as I suppose for they lived together as man and wife in a house within less than half a mile from where I lived. That they moved away from Enfield a long time ago. And further deponent saith not. Dated at Enfield the 27" day of October A.D. 1845.

Ruth Farrington
Hartford county ss. Enfield October 27" 1845
Personally appeared Ruth Farrington subscribe to the foregoing deposition and made solemn affirmation to the truth of the same before me.
[signed] Aholiab Johnson Justice of Peace

I Roxalana Eaton of Enfield county of Hartford and State of Connecticut do depose and say that I was well acquainted with Elizur Talcott and Sally Baxter before they were married. That about 1790 or soon after they were married  as I suppose for they lived together as man and wife and I recollect their having two children little girls when I knew them. I was seventy one years old last August. I lived within about one hundred rods of the house where they lived. They moved away from there I should think before the year 1800. And further the deponent saith not. Dated at Enfield the 27" day of October A.D. 1845.
In presence of A. Johnson   
[signed with the note "her mark" and an "X"] Roxalana Eaton
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This certifies that I Jabez T. Taylor Town clerk of the town of Enfield county of Hartford and State of Connecticut have carefully examined the records of marriages in said town and that I cannot find any record of the marriage of Elizer Talcott & Sally Baxter. And I also have carefully examined the records of births in said town but can find no record of the birth of any children of the said Elizer Talcott.  [signed] Jabez T. Taylor Town Clerk
Enfield October 27" 1845

Hartford County ss. Enfield October 28" 1845 Personally appeared Jabez T. Taylor subscriber to the foregoing certificate and made solemn oath to the truth of the same before me. [signed] Aholiab Johnson Justice of Peace

This certifies that I Francis L. Robbins of Enfield Hartford County Connecticut am the Pastor of the Congregational Church & Society in said Enfied and the successor of the Reverent Nehemiah Prudden the former Pastor of said Church & Society & have the custody of church records of said Society. That no records of the marriages solemnized by the Rev. N. Prudden ever came to my possession and if ever made are supposed to be lost That there is no record of the marriage of Elizur Talcott & Sally Baxter to be found on the records in my possession.
[signed] Francis L. Robbins
Enfield October 27" 1845

Hartford county ss. Enfield October 28" 1845 Personally appeared Francis L. Robbins subscriber to the foregoing certificate and made solemn oath to the truth of the same before me.
[signed] Aholiab Johnson Justice of Peace

Hartford County ss. Enfield October 27" 1845 Personally appeared Roxalana Eaton subscriber to the deposition lowest upon the opposite page and made solemn affirmation to the truth of the same before me.
[signed] Aholiab Johnson Justice of Peace
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State of Connecticut ss. }
Office of Secretary of State}

I hereby certify that Aholiab Johnson, Esq. whose name attaches to the foregoing certificate I believe to be in his own hand writing is, and since the 20th day of June last has been a Justice of the Peace, in and for the county of Hartford, state aforesaid, duly appointed and commissioned as appears of record in this office.
[seal affixed]
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of sd. [said] State, at Hartford, this 30th day of October, A.D. 1845.
[signed] Danl T. Tyler
Secretary of State.
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XX
Hon. J. L. Edwards Comm of Pensions
Washington City, D.C.

[Left margin written vertically upward] 
17378
CHARDON
[illegible]
Sally Frisby
Jul 7, 1838

[Right margin written vertically downward]
[illegible] 8, 1845
Sally Frisby
17189[illegible]
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[This appears to be a duplicate of the previous image]

XX
Hon J. L. Edwards Comm of Pensions
Washington City D.C.

[Left margin written vertically upward]
17778
CHARDON
[illegible]
Sally Frisby
Jul 7, 1838

[right margin written vertically downward]
[illegible]  8,1845
Sally Frisby
17189[illegible]
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Chardon Geauga County Ohio
November 26th, 1845
Dear Sir
We herewith send the Declaration of Mrs. Sally Frisby claiming a pension to be due her an amount of the Revolutionary service of her first husband Elizer Talcott when acted upon please to make return.

Respectfully your Ob. Servant
[signed] Elliot J. Hathaway

Hon J. L. Edwards Comm of Pensions Washington City D.C.
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Jul 20, 1846
Sally Frisby
Jul 7. 1838.
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Chardon Geauga County Ohio
July 14th, 1846

Sir
We herewith send the signed Declaration and further proofs in the case of Mrs. Sally Talcott.
Respectfully your Ob. Servant,
Elliott J Hathaway
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CHARDON O.
[illegible] 24

Hon J. L. Edwards Comm of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.
[left margin written vertically upward]
Oct. 4 41
[illegible] case
Sally Frisby wid [widow] of Talcott
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Chardon Geauga Co. Ohio
September 18th, 1847

Sir
I have made an effort to obtain further proof in the case of Sally Frisby formerly widow of Elizer Talcott without success. I have no doubt but what said Talcott served his country in the war of the Revolution nearly as alleged by him and that he was a waiter for Lieut Booth. I have been informed that there was a Lieut Booth who was a resident of Enfield, the place of Talcott's residence and was in the Revolutionary service. I am informed by the Comptroller of Conn. that Gen Sullivan was in service in R.I. and that there were not any pay rolls of that service nor evidence showing the names of the Lieut that were in that service to be found in the Comptrollers office at Hartford, Conn. Also that the Captains of Regts paid the companies under their commands and returned whole amount paid out without giving the names of Lieut or officers of lower grades and that there is not any evidence in the Comptrollers office showing the names of said officers as being in service at the date of the service in R.I. all of which can be shown by certificates from the Comptroller of Conn. if required have the impossibility of obtaining the required proof. Talcott was a man of respectability and unquestionable for truth and veracity if it would help to establish Mrs. Sally Frisby's claim by forwarding satisfactory proof of the above statements. I should like to have the chance to do so otherwise you will
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please forward a certificate for the amount of pension that her proofs now on file in your office intitle [sic] her to.
Very Respectfully your most Ob. Servant
[signed] James Hathaway

Hon J. L. Edwards
Comm of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.
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Chardon Geauga Co. Ohio
December 2nd 1847

Sir
Herewith you will receive the request of Mrs. Sally Frisby for a pension certificate for the amount of Pension due her upon her proof now filed in your office.
Very Respectfully your most Ob. Servant
[signed] James Hathaway

Hon. J.L. Edwards Comm of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.
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Mesopotamia Nov. 26th, 1847

Sir
Please to send to my Agent J. Hathaway of Chardon, Ohio a pension Certificate for me for the amount of pension which I am entitled to an amount of the Revolutionary service of my husband the Late Eleazer Talcott according to the proofs of my said husband, and my proof forward by my said Agent all of which are now on file in your office. Respectfully yours
[signed with the note "her mark" and an "X"] Sally Frisby
Signed in presence of
[signed] Israel B. Sheldon
Linus Tracy

Hon J.L. Edwards Comm of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.
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Payments to be made at Pittsburg by
John B. Guthrie Esq
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the 
Agency of Ohio Pittsburg

Payable on the 4th September and 4th March

Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under act February 2d, 1848, Page 341, Vol. 4
[signed] Leo Jenkins Clerk
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
WIDOW'S PENSION.
__________________
I certify that in conformity with the act of February 2d, 1848, Sally Frisby, widow of Eleazer Talcott, who was a private in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of twenty three dollars and thirty three cents per annum, commencing on the 4th of March, 1848, an continuing for life, unless she should again marry, in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.

Given at the War Office of the United States this twelfth day of June one thousand eight hundred and forty eight.
[signed] W.L. Marcy
Secretary of War.

Examined and Countersigned.
[signed] J.L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.
By F.S. Evans
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Admitted.

James Hathaway
Chardon
Geauga Co.
Ohio
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The State of Ohio    }
Trumbull County, ss.}  On this 20 day of April A.D. 1848 .Personally appeared before me James Anderson a justice of the peace in and for said county, Sally Frisby, a resident of Mesopotamia in the County and State aforesaid aged 81 who being first duly sworn according to law doth on oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed on the 2d of February 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war, that she was formally the widow of Eleazer Talcott, who was a Revolutionary pensioner, that she has drawn a pension on account of the Revolutionary service of her said husband at the rate of $23.33 per annum under the acts of July 7th 1838, March 3d 1843 and June 17th 1844. She further declares that she is still a widow.
[signed with the note "her mark" and an "X"] Sally Frisby
Executed in presence of
[signed] James Anderson
[signed] Israel B. Sheldon

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written. And I further certify from my own personal knowledge that the above declarant is a person of truth and probity and the identical person who drew a pension as stated by her in the above Declaration. Before me
[signed] James Anderson Justice of the peace
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The State of Ohio }
Trumbull County ss.}  I Warren Young Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County of Trumbull and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that James Anderson is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, that his commission was dated on the 20th day of October A.D. 1847, and will expire on the 20th day of October A.D. 1850, and that his signature within written is genuine.
Given under my hand and the seal of aid Court this 20th day of April A.D. 1848 [signed]  Warren Young Clerk
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Chardon Geauga Co. Ohio
May 1st 1848

Sir
I herewith transmit to your office for adjustment the pension application of Mrs. Sally Frisby, made under the act of February 2d 1848.
Very Respectfully your most Ob. Servant,
[signed] James Hathaway

Hon J.L. Edwards Com. of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.
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The State of Ohio}
Trumbull County ss.}  On this 2nd day of September A.D. 1845. Personally appeared before me James Anderson a justice of the peace in and for said County, Sally Frisby aged eighty one years a resident of Mesopotamia in the County and State aforesaid, who being first duly sworn, doth on oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain an increase of her pension under the acts of July 7th 1838, March 3d 1843, June 17th 1844, & February 2d 1845, granting pensions to widows of Revolutionary soldiers. That she was formerly the widow of Eleazer Talcott, who was a Revolutionary pensioner at the rate of about seventy dollars per annum. That she has been a pensioner under the above named acts at the rate of $23.33 per annum, she now claims to be allowed the same amount of pension that her said husband drew per annum, deducting therefrom the amount of pension she has already drawn. That she claims the benefit of the joint Resolution of July 1st 1848. She further declares that she is still the widow of her second husband the late Luther Frisby, deceased, she refers to her application and proofs in and on file in the pension office and prays to be allowed the same amount of pension that was allowed her first husband the said Eleazer Talcott, and further saith not.
[signed withe note "her mark" and an "X"] Sally Frisby
Executed in presence of}
[signed] J.W.Hathaway }
[signed] James Anderson }

Sworn to and subscribed before me in the day and year above written. And I hereby certify from my own personal knowledge that the above applicant  is a person of truth and probity and the identical person she is presenting herself to be. [signed] James Anderson Justice of the Peace
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The State of Ohio     }
Trumbull County ss. }
I Warren Young Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas with and for the County of Trumbull certify that James Anderson Esq. before whom the within Declaration was made, and affidavit was taken, is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, that his commission was dated on the 20th day of October A.D. 1847, and will expire on the 20th day of October A.D. 1850, and that his signature within written is genuine.
Given under my hand and the seal of said Court this 4th day of August A.D. 1848, [signed] Warren Young Clerk
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Adu [adjusted] Acts
'38
43 & 44
'48
at  $70 per annum
ded'g former payts
at $23.33 per anu.

J. Hathaway
Chardon
Geauga Co.
Ohio
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Chardon Geauga County Ohio
September 7th, 1848

Sir
I hereunto transmit to your office the application of Mrs. Sally Frisby claiming an increase of her pension under the act of July 7th 1835, March 3d, 1843, June 17th, 1844, February 2n, 1848. She also claims the benefit of the Joint Resolution of Congress passed July 1st, 1848.
Very Respectfully your most O.B. Servant
[signed] J. Hathaway

Hon J.L. Edwards Comm of pensions
Washington City
D.C.
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Eleazer Talcott Ohio Pittsburg, act 7 June 1832 $70.00 per

To what time was he last paid?
[illegible] G. A.

Pension Office}
January.12.48}  Died 4 Jany 1835, paid to his death.
A.B.T.
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Chardon Geauga Co. Ohio
April 20th, 1849

Sir
I hereunto transmit to your office, Mrs. Sally Frisby's Pension Certificate under the act of February 2d, 1849, that she may receive an increase of her pension under the acts of July 7th, 1838, March 3d, 1843, June 17th, 1844 & February 2d, 1848 to the full amount per annum drawn by her husband the Late Eleazer Talcott.
Very Respectfully your most O.B. Servant.
[signed] J. Hathaway

Hon J.L. Edwards Com of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.
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[illegible] '43 9402
No 12375
Sally Frisby formerly widow of Eleazer Talcott
Ohio Act 7 July 1838
Adm [illegible] 
$23.33 per anum
from 4 March 1836
Adm, act 3 March 1843
and 7 June 1844
$23.33 per anum

James Hathaway
Chardon Geauga Co.
Ohio
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Pension Office
January 27 1846
Gentlemen
The appreciation of Sally Frisby family widow of Eleazer Talcot [sic] for a pension under the act of 7 July 1838 has been examined and her papers filed.
Claimants husband aleged that he served 6 months in 1776 and 4 months in 1777 under Capt Parsens, Col Sage 9 months in 1778 as a substitute of Joseph Talcott, under Lieut Booth and Genl Sulivan afterward 3 months as a substitute for David Pease. Officers names not recollected. This service should be verified by the records in the Office of the Comptroller of Connecticut.
The date of the marriage apparently so near the period to which that event is confined by the act of 1838 that record or documentary evidence public or private will be deemed satisfactory on this point.
No further action can be had in this case until Mrs. Frisby shall have made a declaration  before a court of record or before a Judge of a court of record
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should she from bodily infirmity be unable to attend the Court. I enclose for her guidance printed instructions with which she should comply in all essential particulars.
Original declaration made before a Justice of the Peace are not admissible and it is wholly unnecessary to send such to this office as it putting applicants to useless expense, and [illegible]

[illegible] Hathaway
Chardon [illegible]
Ohio

[The following is written downward in the right margin]
G.[illegible]Waterbury
Jany 29 '46
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Pension Office
August 25th 1846

Sir,

The additional evidence in the caae of Sally Frisby formerly widow of Eleazer Talcott is satisfactory to establish the date of their marriage and also the service of her husband for 3 months in 1776, also 2 months in 1777 under Capt Parsons. Talcott claimed to have served 6 months in 1776 and 3 months in 1777 under that Officer, but the information obtained of that department since the adjustment of this claim, does not sustain these tours for a longer period than wherein admitted.
The alleged term of 9 months as a waiter to Lieutenant Booth during which tour he was engaged in the Battle of Rhode Island derives no support from the Certificate of the Comptroller of Connecticut. There was no such Officer in the Line of that State and the length of the service claimed, and also the amount paid to Capt. Booth and his Company as excluded by the Comptroller's certificate shews [sic] clearly that
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he did not belong to the militia. That officer must have been attached to the Coast Guard, the service of which was confirmed to the state in which they were raised, Consequently, had Talcott composed a part of the command of Capt. Booth he could not have been in the battle of Rhode Island. Mrs. Frisby's claim may be allowed for 7 mo. service.

[illegible] Elliott Hathaway
Hampden
Ohio

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Elliott Hathaway
August 28 '46
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James Hathaway
Oct. 13 '47
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Pension Office
October 15, 1847

Sir,
In answer to your letter of the 18th [illegible] I have to inform you that no opinion can be given of any testimony that may be furnished in the case of Sally Frisby formerly widow of Eleazer Talcott before it is presented. Bus as the alleged service of her husband under Lieutenant Booth as waiter was not military under the meaning of the act of Congress unless it can be clearly shown that he was a regularly enlisted soldier and detailed for that duty the service whereof cannot be computed in the adjustment of Mrs. Frisby's claim.
A Certificate will be issued to Mrs. Frisby for 7 mo service if she will herself signify her willingness to accept that amount.

James Hathaway Esq.
Chardon Geauga Co.
Ohio
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Reported it to Hathaway
March 7 '49

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75.
Ohio Pittsburg
Sally Frisby widow of Eleazer Talcott, Conn who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private.
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Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 23. Dollars 33. Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 12 day of June 1848 and sent to James Hathaway
Chardon
Geauga Co. Ohio
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Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 341 Vol. 4
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V No. 12378
Sally Frisby
Ohio
Elliott & Hathaway
[two illegible lines crossed out]

Act 7 July 1838
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8301
Ohio Pittsburg
Sally Frisby widow of Eleazer Talcott who was a private in the Revolution Inc. for $23.33
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Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 70 Dollars [blank] Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 1 day of May 1849 and sent to J. Hathaway Chardon Ohio
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[Acts of March 3, 1843 & June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book: A Vol. 2 Page 203.
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Reported

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8301
Ohio Pitt.
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Sally Frisby formerly
widow of Eleazer Talcott who was a Private in the Revolution.
Husband died 4th Jany, 18[illegible]
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Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 23 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 9th day of Jany 1848 and sent to James Hathaway Chardon Geauga Co. Ohio
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[Acts of March 3, 1843, and June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 2 Page 203
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10.388
Ohio Pittsburgh
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Sally Frisby
Widow of Eleazer Talcott who was a pensioner under the Act of [blank] and who died on the 4 Jany 1835 of Mesopotamia in the State of Ohio who was a pri [private] n the Compy [company]commanded by Captain Parsons of the Regt [Regiment] commanded by Col. Sage in the Revolution line for 7 months.
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Inscribed on the Roll of Pittsburgh at the rate of 70 Dollars [blank] Cent per annum, to commence on the  4th day of March, 1836.
Inc. from $23.33
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Certificate of Pension issued the 1 day of May 1849 and sent to J. Hathaway Chardon Ohio
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Total amount, $ [blank]
[Act of July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by Leo Jenkins Clerk;
Bood: D Vol. 1 page 387.