Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 1159, Jonathan Elkins, N.H. Vt.
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(3-1776
SERVICE
N.H.
Vt.
Elkins, Jonathan
Eunice
NUMBER
W1159
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[damaged paper]
[verso]
['Vermont' crossed out] 28,035
Jonathan Elkins Peacham in the State of Vermont who was a Private in the [blank] by Captain [blank] of the Reg't by Col. Whitcomb in the ['Vermont' crossed out] line for 2 years
Albany=New York
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Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 80 Dollars [blank] Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 11th day of July 1836 and sent to S. B. Mattocks, Danville Vt.
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Arrears to the 4th of [blank]
Semi-anl. allowance ending [blank]
{Revolutionary War Claim Act June 7, 1832}
Recorded by D. Brown
Book E, 2. Vol. 3. Page [torn paper]

[recto]
Ar to Pen Agt 27
Pension increase
To Albany fr. [illegible] fr. 4 Sept 1837. C. notification sent Albion New York
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[verso]
Date of widow's death not shown on SB

[recto]
1.162
Wisconsin
Eunice Elkins widow of Jonathan Elkins who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private ['Vert' crossed out] Line
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Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 60 Dollars [blank] Cents per annum, to commence on the ['4th day of March, 1848.' crossed out] 3. February 1853
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Certificate of Pension issued the 4 day of Aug't 1853. and sent to Arad Thomas Albion N.Y.
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Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under ['July 29, 1848,' crossed out] 3. February 1853 Page 201 Vol. A
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Jon'a Elkins Declaration
19111
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State of Vermont
District & County of Caledonia}ss. On this ninth day of October A.D. 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Hon. Benjamin F. Deming Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Caledonia aforesaid now sitting Jonathan Elkins a resident of Peacham in said County and District aged seventy one years the present month who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832 and of the resolution of Congress passed July 14, 1832 - That he entered the service of the United States and served as herein stated.
That in the year 1780 he resided at Peacham in the State of Vermont his present residence which was then a frontier town - that some time in the month of May of said year a part of a Company of rangers under the command of Cap'n Ephraim Stone - and under Major Whitcomb - came to said Peacham and were there stationed during that season - said troops were raised under the authority of the State of New Hampshire. That immediately on the arrival of said Company at Peacham Cap'n Stone wished ['me' crossed out] him to enter his company on account of the knowledge he had of the woods. Having obtained consent of ['my' crossed out] his father with whom I then resided he engaged in s'd Company for the term of six months - said Company was engaged in scouting through the woods to discover if there were Indians or other enemies in the vicinity.
He served the term of said engagement - was out in various scouts - once to Corinth - on another occasion down the river La Moille - at another time down Onion river - the last scout he was out was the month of November - which was between the river La Moille and ['Lake Champlain' crossed out] Onion river in the direction toward Lake Champlain he served in said company until the expiration of six months - He thinks that at the time he was out on the scout last above named most of the Company had left s'd Peacham.
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That about one o'clock of the morning of the 8th of March 1781 - a gang of tories from St. John's in Lower Canada under the command of Cap'n Pritchard broke into his father's house in said Peacham where he then was and took and tow others to wit Thomas Johnson and Jacob Page prisoners - said Prichard's company consisted of tories and refugees - eleven men of said Company including Cap'n Prichard himself, formed this expedition - this declarant together with said Johnson and Page were taken down the river La Moille - thence down Lake Champlain and the river Lorel (Laurel) to St. Johns - where he was detained until the month of July - where in consequence of a plan laid for escape which was discovered he was put in irons and sent to Quebec and was there detained in close confinements until the ninth day of October when he was put into a guard ship where he remained three days and was then put on board a merchant ship bound for England and sailed in Company with the British fleet - about one hundred and fifty american prisoners were taken out at the same time and distributed through the fleet - They reached a place called Cove Cork at the mouth of Cork river, Ireland about the twentieth of December where he lay until about the first of January was then put aboard a frigate and sailed for Portsmouth at which place it was supposed he would be put into Fortune prison - but said prison was full and he was then put aboard a sixty four gun ship and sent to Plymouth and on the sixth day of February 1782 was put into the mill prison where he remained until the 24th of June. A part of the time he was allowed one shilling sterling per week by direction of our minister to France Dr. Franklin
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On the day last mentioned he sailed in a Cartel bound for Boston ['having been' crossed out] The prisoners in s'd mill prison seven hundred and thirty three in number having been exchanged for the grenadiers and light infantry that had surrendered under Cornwallis - They landed  at marblehead in Massachusetts the 15th of August and he reached home the fore part of September 1782. 
Was born at Canterbury in the State of New Hampshire October 23. 1761 - Has a record of his age at his house in Peacham - Has resided at Peacham his present residence ever since the year 1776 - entered the six months service as a volunteer - there were no other troops stationed at said Peacham during his six months service except the part company of Cap'n Stone. Did not have a written discharge.
He knows of no person by whom he can prove his imprisonment as stated in the foregoing declaration.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll in any state.
/s/Jon'a Elkins
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year first above written.
Before /s/Benj'a F. Deming Judge of Probate

I Thomas Hoyt of Danville in the County of Caledonia and State of Vermont depose and say, That in the year 1780 I was a soldier for the term of six months in Cap'n Stone's company of Whitcomb's rangers - the greater part of which time I was stationed at Peacham, Vermont.
I recollect that Jonathan Elkins who has made the foregoing declaration served with us in said company I have a distinct recollection that he led a scouting party of which I was one to the head of Wells river
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He was out on several scouts during that summer as I understood and believe. 
/s/Thomas Hoyt
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Before /s/Benj'a F. Deming Judge of Probate

I Luther Bailey of Peacham in the County of Caledonia and State of Vermont depose and say that I resided at said Peacham in the year 1781 - I was at that time and have ever since been well acquainted with Jonathan Elkins who has made the foregoing declaration - I well recollect the circumstance of his being taken prisoners at said Peacham in March 1781 - I lived about one mile distant heard of his being taken the same day - I have always understood that he was taken to Canada and from thence to England - that he returned in September 1782 - It has always been believed in said Peacham that he was taken and detained as he has stated in the foregoing declaration and there has never been any doubt on the subject so far as I know.
In the month of August 1782 I was taken prisoner and carried to Canada and detained there three months - said Elkins had not returned at the time I was taken but did return during my absence. 
/s/Luther Bailey
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Before /s/Benj'a F. Deming Judge of Probate
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states and that he was imprisoned as he has above declared, and the Court further certifies that Thomas Hoyt and Luther Bailey who have made the foregoing affidavits are credible witnesses and that their statements are entitled to credit - and the Court also certifies that Leonard
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Worcester who has subscribed the accompanying certificate is a Clergyman resident in the town of Peacham, is a credible person and that his statement is entitled to credit.
I Amos Paul Register of the Court of Probate for the District of Caledonia aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Jonathan Elkins for a pension. 
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 12th day of November A.D. 1832
/s/Amos Paul Register.
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State of Wisconsin
County of Kenosha } ss. On this tenth day of March in the year 1853, personally appeared before the subscriber who is sole Judge of Kenosha County Court residing in ['and' crossed out] for said County, Eunice Elkins a resident of Kenosha in said County, aged seventy four years, who being duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the Act of Congress passed July 29, 1848, and of an Act of Congress entitled 'An Act to continue half pay pensions to certain widows and orphans' passed February 3, 1853. - 
That she is the Widow of Jonathan Elkins, who was a Private soldier in the War of the Revolution, That said Jonathan Elkins was in his life time a Pensioner of the United States. That a Certificate was issued to him from the War Office of the United States dated July 11, 1836, certifying among other things that said Jonathan Elkins was entitled to receive Eight Dollars per annum during his natural life, and that he received such Pension afterwards until his death which took place at Albion, Orleans County, New York, on the 16 day of May A.D. 1852.
She further declares that she was married to the said Jonathan Elkins on the Eleventh day of August in the year 1812 that she is now a Widow, and that she has never before made application for a Pension. 
She further declares that there is no public record of her said marriage kept to her knowledge or belief:
/s/Eunice Elkins
Sworn and subscribed before me the tenth day of March 1853, and I certify that said Eunice Elkins is prevented by bodily infirmity from appearing before a Court} 
/s/Isaac N. Stoddard 
Judge of Kenosha County Court, Wis.

State of Wisconsin
City & County of Kenosha ss. On this 10th day of March 1853 Sarah H. Fenton who is a resident of said city & county appeared personally before me Isaac N. Stoddard Judge of Kenosha County Court who being by me first
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duly sworn according to law doth on her oath depose & say that she is fifty years of age. That she knows Eunice Elkins widow of Jonathan late of Albion Orleans County New York deceased and was present at and witnesses her marriage with the said Jonathan Elkins at Bath in the State of New Hampshire on the 11th day of ['May' crossed out] August 1812 
That this deponent was at that time nine years of age and has a distinct recollection of the event & the circumstances attending it. That she knows that said Jonathan Elkins & Eunice Elkins lived & cohabited together from that time until the decease of said Jonathan Elkins at Albion Orleans County New York on the ['Eleventh' crossed out] sixteenth day of ['August' crossed out] May 1852, and that the said Jonathan Elkins was a pensioner of the United States
/s/Sarah H. Fenton
Subscribed & sworn before me this 10th day of March A.D. 1853. 
/s/Isaac N. Stoddard Judge of Kenosha County Court

Know all men by these presents that I Eunice Elkins, of Kenosha in the County of Kenosha in the State of Wisconsin do hereby make constitute & appoint Arad Thomas of Albion Orleans County N York, my true & lawful attorney, to procure & receive for me the Certificate of Pension to which I may be entitled as this one of Jonathan Elkins deceased late a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States. 
[court seal affixed] Witness my hand and seal the 10th day of March, 1853. 
/s/Eunice Elkins
Witnesses - 
/s/Isaac N. Stoddard
/s/Sarah H. Fenton

State of Wisconsin
County of Kenosha } ss. On this 10th day of March 1853 personally appeared before me sole Judge of Kenosha County Court duly authorised by law to take acknowledgements in and for said County, Eunice Elkins subscriber to the foregoing, & acknowledged the same to be her free act & deed. 
/s/Isaac N. Stoddard, Judge of Kenosha County Court, Wis.
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State of Wisconsin,
KENOSHA COUNTY. } ss. I, Oscar F. Dana Clerk of the ['Circuit' crossed out] County Court of Kenosha County, in the State aforesaid DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That Isaac N. Stoddard whose name is subscribed to the certificate of acknowledgement ['or proof' crossed out] of the annexed Letter of Attorney of Eunice Elkins and thereon written, [blank] was at the time of taking such acknowledgment, ['or proof, an acting' crossed out] Judge of Kenosha County Court, in and for said county, duly elected and sworn and authorized to take the same, that his signature thereto is genuine, and that full faith and credit are due and of right should be given to all his official acts as such, and that the same is executed and acknowledged in conformity with the laws of this State 
[court seal affixed] IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 14th day of March A. D. 1853
/s/O. F. Dana CLERK.

State of Wisconsin,
KENOSHA COUNTY. } ss. I, Oscar F. Dana Clerk of the ['Circuit' crossed out] County Court of Kenosha County, in the State aforesaid DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That Isaac N. Stoddard whose name is subscribed to ['the certificate of acknowledgement or proof of the annexed' crossed out] the annexed Depositions of Eunice Elkins & Sarah H. Fenton ['and thereon written, [blank]' crossed out] was at the time of taking such ['acknowledgment, or proof, an acting' crossed out] Depositions Judge of Kenosha County Court, in and for said county, duly elected and sworn and authorized to take the same, that his signature thereto is genuine, and that full faith and credit are due and of right should be given to all his official acts as such, and that the same is executed and acknowledged in conformity with the laws of this State,
[court seal affixed] IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 14th day of March A. D. 1853
/s/O. F. Dana CLERK.
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19.111
Jonathan Elkins Caledonia Co Verm't
On Roll of Capt. E. Ladd.
Hon B. F. Deming
['Amos Paul Esq. Danville' crossed out]
Vt
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WAR DEPARTMENT, Pension Office.
June 3. 1833

Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined 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 what is necessary to be done. These 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.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Jonathan Elkins
[column headings: Period when the service was rendered.|Duration of the claimant's service.(Years.|Months.|Days.)|Rank of the claimant.|Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served.|Battles in which the applicant was engaged.|Country through which he marched.|Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period.|Evidence by which the declaration is supported.|]
May 1780|([blank]|6|[blank])|Private|Capt Stone|Majr Whitcomb|[blank]|Scounting to Corinth Onion River 2'|71 years-Peacham Verm't|By two living witnesses|
The deponent states that while *in his Fathers house he was taken a prisoner & carried to Gt Britain & until Sept 1782|([blank]|[blank]|[blank])|[blank]|[blank]|[blank]|[blank]|[blank]|[blank]|[blank]|
*not in service
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I am, respectfully, Your obedient servant, 
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.
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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 include under the terms "Continental Line,' State troops," " militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, 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 of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits et 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. 
2. 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, musicians 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} 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 : 

[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. ⇒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. 

[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 of 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 subscribe 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 be [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. 
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.] 
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a RevoIutionary 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 [blank] 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 with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your 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 ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason 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.

[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he most assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer 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 loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making au 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 ____ year ____months, and ____days, I served as a ____ . For ____ months and ____days, I served as a ____; and for such service 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 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 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 place 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 or the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if he has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no 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 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 the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and 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.
⇒The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule [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 all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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In reply to your request of [blank], received [blank] for a statement of the military history of Jonathan Elkins Jr. a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. W. 1159
[column headings: DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.|LENGTH OF SERVICE.|RANK.|OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.(CAPTAIN.|COLONEL.)|STATE.|]
Apl. 9, 1778|1 year|Private|(Ezekiel Ladd|Timothy Bedel)|N.H.*|
May 1780|6 mos.|Scout|(Ephraim Stone|Maj. Whitcomb)|[blank]|
He was captu|red at his|father's hou|(se Mch. 8, 1781, impriso|ned at St. Johns & Que)|bec, Canada,|
& Mill Pris|on,Plymo|uth, Eng.|(until exchanged Ju|ne 24, 1782 & landed)|at|
Marblehe|ad Aug, 1|5, 1782.|([blank]|[blank])|[blank]|
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Battles engaged in, ✓
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Peacham, Vt. with his father Jonathan - 
Date of application for pension, Oct. 9, 1832, His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Peacham, Vt. 1838 Barre, N. Y. 
Age at date of application, born Oct, 23, 1761 at Canterbury, N.H. 
Remarks: Sol. mar. Bath N.H., Aug. 11, 1812. Eunice [blank]. He died May 16, 1852 at Albion, Orleans Co. NY. & she was alld. pens. on her applic. executed Mch. 10, 1853 while 74 yrs. of age & a resident Kenosha Wis. No further family data.
Respectfully, 
[blank]
Commissioner. 
His father Jonathan Elkins Senr also enl, in the Rev. & died some years after the War - no particulars of service or death. 
*see NH. book Vol. XV pp 584-5. Vol. XVI p. 167.
6-2856
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[verso]
Letter Hon. S. Prentiss 30th Jany 1835
let same 6 Feby 1835
let same 10 July 1835
let to same 28 July 1835
let to same 23 Oct -"-

[recto]
28.035
Vermont
Jonathan Elkins of Peacham in the State of Ver who was a Private in the com commanded by Captain [blank] of the Regt commanded by Maj. Whitcomb in the ['Ver line' crossed out] Troops for 6 mos
[overwritten: Increased to $60 per ann]
______
Inscribed on the Roll of Vert at the rate of 20 Dollars [blank] Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
______
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 day of Jan'y 1834 - and sent. Ho. B. F. Deming, H. of R.
______
Arrears to the 4th of Sepr 1833  $50
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4.Mar. 1834 10
$60
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by E.D. Bullock Clerk,
Book E Vol. 3 Page 63
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[verso]
28135
Vermont
Jonathan Elkins of Peacham in the State of Vermont who was a private in the compy commanded by Captain [blank] of the regiment commanded by Col. Whitcomb in the ['Vermont line' crossed out] for one year and six months
Increased from $20-
______
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 65 Dollars [blank] Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
______
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 day of January 1836 and sent to Hon. S Prentiss Senate U States
______
Arrears to the 4th of [blank]
Semi-anl. allowance ending [blank]
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Danl Boyd Clerk,
Book E ['2' crossed out] Vol. 3 Page 63

[recto]
Let to E. T. Englesby 13 Jany 1836
 " " Hon S. Prentiss  15  "  "
 " " same 19 -"- -"-
do. to same 23 March 1836
do to same 8 april  "
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I Leonard Worcester a Clergyman residing in Peacham in the County of Caledonia and State of Vermont hereby certify - that I am well acquainted with Jonathan Elkins of said Peacham and have known him for more than thirty years past - that I believe him to be seventy one years of age the present month - that he has always sustained a good character for truth and veracity - and I believe him to have been a Soldier of the revolution. It has also been a matter of common report and so far as I know universally believed that he was taken prisoner during the revolutionary war at his fathers house in said Peacham and taken to Canada and from thence to England. 
/s/Leonard Worcester.
Sworn to and subscribed this 13th day of October 1832
Before me /s/John W. Chandler Justice of Peace
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State of Vermont
Caledonia County ss} I Benjamin F. Deming Clerk of the County Court for the County of Caledonia do hereby certify that John W. Chandler whose name is affixed to the within Certificate is a Justice of the Peace for said County of Caledonia and that his name thereto subscribed is his genuine signature. 
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court this 12th day of November A. D. 1832 - 
/s/Benj'a F. Deming Clerk.
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[handwritten letter]
Washington Jany 16. 1834

Sir - I transmit to you herewith the declaration of Jonathan Elkins made under the act of June 7 1832 - Mr. Elkins not having been in service at the time when he was made a prisoner as stated in said declaration is now satisfied that his imprisonment does not come within the act aforesaid - He expects a pension for his six months service only - 
very respectfully Yours
/s/Benj F. Deming

James L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
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Jon'a Elkins No. 84
Payments to be made at Burlington by Pres: of the Bank of Burlington Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of Vermont

adm'd 18 mo pri/60$

Hon. S. Prentiss Senate
Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book E Vol. 3 Page 63 by E. D. Bullock Clerk.
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.

I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Jonathan Elkins Private during the Revolutionary War is entitled to receive Twenty dollars and [blank] cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semiannually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September in every year.
[overwritten: Cancelled]
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 20 day of January one thousand eight hundred and thirty=four
/s/Lew Cass
Secretary of War.
[official seal affixed]
Examined and Countersigned.} /s/J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions. 
[margin note: Peacham over 50 years from Haverhill N.H.]
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Deposition Joseph Ladd for Jonathan Elkins
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I Michael Johnston of Haverhill in the County of Grafton and State of New Hampshire of Lawful age being in my Seventy first year & now a Pensioner of the United States, Testify & say that I am & have been well acquainted with Col'o Jonathan Elkins, now and for Many Years past of Peacham in the County of Caledonia & State of Vermont, who was formerly known by the name of Jonathan Elkins jun'r his Father being of the Name of Jonathan Elkins & the son was known by the name of Jonathan Elkins junior untill the Death of his Father & the Present Col'o Jonathan Elkins is the same Person who served with me as a Soldier One Year in the Revolutionary War in a company commanded by Ezekiel Ladd as Captain James Ladd & Ephraim Patterson as Lieutenants, in a Regiment Whereof Timothy Bedel Esquire was Col'o John Wheelock Esq'r Lieut. Col'o & Josiah Stow Esq'r was Major, the said Col'o Jonathan Elkins I think Enlisted & joined said Company & Regiment on or about the Ninth day of April 1778 for the Term & served one year untill about the Ninth day of April 1779 & was Honorably Discharged I think Verbally as was generally the case - he the said Col'o Jonathan Elkins, as I think belonged to said Company & Regiment when I Enlisted into the same which I think was on or about the Thirteenth day of April 1778 - said company & regiment was Stationed on the Frontier on & adjacent to Connecticut River, to wit, Haverhill, Newbury, Corinth Peacham Guildhall Stratford &c - for the Purpose of guarding & Protecting The Frontier, Inhabitants, & Publick & Private Property against the Deprivations of the Enemy - & for the Purpose of Building Public Buildings - such as Store Houses, Guardhouses, Block Houses, Forts &c. & believe the said Elkins was a good soldier & served his cuntry faithfully untill he was Taken a Prisoner and Carryed away by the Enemy & did not Return untill about the Close of the War
/s/Michael Johnston
State of New Hampshire
County of Grafton } Haverhill the 6th day of November 1834. Then Michael Johnston who is Personally Known by by me for More than Sixty Years past is respected & believed to be a Person of Credibility, Truth & Veracity & I concur in that Opinion & I Believe him to be a Disinterested Witness Personally appeared & made Solemn Oath that the above Deposition by him subscribed is true before me
/s/Moody Bedel Justice of the Peace
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State of New Hampshire
Grafton ss I Stephen P. Webster Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature within and for said County of Grafton do hereby certify that Moody Bedel Esquire before whom the within Depositions of Joseph Ladd & Michael Johnson were taken, was on the 10th day of October 1833, & ever since has been an acting Justice of the Peace within & for said County and that his signatures within written are genuine
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Haverhill in said County this 17th day January Anno Domini 1835. 
/s/S. P. Webster Clerk

Deposition - Michael Johnston for Jonathan Elkins
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I Joseph Ladd lately of Haverhill in the County of Grafton and State of New Hampshire now residing in Newbury in the County of Orange & State of Vermont of Lawfull Age being in my Seventyth year & now a Pensioner of the United States Testify & say that I am well Acquainted with Col'o Jonathan Elkins now & for Many Years Past of Peacham in the County of Caledonia & State of Vermont aforesaid formerly known by the name of Jonathan Elkins junior his Father being of the Name of Jonathan Elkins & the Son was known by the Name of Jonathan Elkins untill the Death of his Father & the Present Col'o Jonathan Elkins Is the Person who served with me as a Soldier One year in the Revolutionary War in a company commanded by Ezekiel Ladd as Captain James Ladd & Ephraim Patterson as Lieutenants in a Regiment Whereof Timothy Bedel Esquire, was Col'o John Wheelock Esq'r - Lieut Col'o & Josiah Stow Esqr even Major the said Col'o Jonathan Elkins I think Enlisted & joined said Company and Regiment on or about the Ninth day of April 1778 for the Term & Served One year untill about the Ninth ay of April 1779 & was Honorably Discharged I think Verbally as was Generally the case he the said Col'o Jonathan Elkins belonged to said Company & Regiment was Stationed on the Frontier on & adjacent to Connecticut River During said term a Principal part of the time a part of s'd regiment at said Peacham - for the Purpose of Guarding & Protecting the Frontier Inhabitants & Public Property and Building Public Buildings & I know he was  faithfull good soldier & a Genuine Whig in Principal & some time after we were Discharged we were Paid off in what we Called Pierce's final Settlement Noted by the hand of the Regimental Paymaster James Lucas - 
/s/Joseph Ladd
State of New Hampshire County of Grafton ss} Haverhill October the 10th 1833 Then Personally Appeared Joseph Ladd Signer of the above Deposition & made Solemn Oath that the same is true before me the Subscriber & I further state that I am well acquainted with the said Joseph Ladd & believe him to be a credible Impartial & Disinterested Witness
/s/Moody Bedel Justice of the Peace
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Jon'a Elkins
Vt roll
28,035

Hon S. Prentiss
Senator US
Page 30

Mr. Edwards will examine the case of Jonathan Elkins and decide whether the time of his imprisonment by the enemy can be computed in the allowance of pension. If not, I wish Mr. Edwards to send me all the documents relating to his imprisonment, and also certify the term of service for which he is allowed a pension. 
/s/S. Prentiss
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[addressed envelope]
[postmark: MONTPELIER VT JULY 2]
Free
James L. Edwards, Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions.
Washington. 
[margin note: Elo 10 July 1835]
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[handwritten letter]
Montpelier, July 1st. 1835.

Sir,
I will thank you to inform me whether a decision has been made upon the application of Jonathan Elkins for a pension. The papers were sent to the Pension Office during the last session of Congress. Colo. Elkins is anxious to have a decision upon the case. 
I am very respectfully your obedient, &c. 
/s/Sam'l Prentiss

James L. Edwards, Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions.
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[addressed envelope]
[postmark: MONTPELIER VT SEP 6]
Free
James L. Edwards, Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions.
Washington. 
[margin notes: Vt Sept 12 Jonathan Elkins]
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[handwritten letter]
Montpelier, Vt. Sept. 5th 1835.

Sir,
I have been requested to send you the inclosed affidavit of James Ladd in support of the application of Jonathan Elkins for a pension. It appears to me that the affidavit furnishes all the proof that can reasonably be required, and that there can no longer be any doubt with respect to the application. Colo. Elkins is a man of good character and of highly respectable standing. The circumstance that he omitted to state in his first declaration the service proved by Mr. Ladd, is easily accounted for, and cannot have much weight against the full and positive proof he has furnished. He might well suppose that  the service stated in his first declaration would entitle him to a full pension, and that the statement of any other service would be altogether useless, and subject him to unnecessary trouble and expences in procuring proof to sustain it. 
I am very respectfully, your obedient, &c. 
/s/Sam'l Prentiss

James L. Edwards, Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions.
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28035
act June 15. 1836
Send cert: to 
S. B. Mattocks Danville Vt.
Issue cert. for $80 per ann. com: 4 March 1831 in lieu of this - The amount paid on this to be deducted -
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Jonathan Elkins of the State of Vermont who was a private in the army of the Revolution is entitled to receive Sixty dollars per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March and 4th of September in every year
Given at the War Office of the United States, this Thirteenth day of
January one thousand eight hundred and thirty-Six
Lew Cass.
Secretary of War.
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Jan 18
Immediate Attention
James L. Edwards, Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions.
Hn. S. Prentiss
Senate U.S. 
John Elkins
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Washington, Jan. 16th. 1836.
Sir, 
I perceive from the certificate you sent me that Jonathan Elkins is allowed a pension of only sixty dollars a year.  As I understand that not to be a full pension, I will thank you to me why a full pension was not allowed him. I supposed that the service proved by his papers entitled him to a full pension.
I am very respectfully,
Your obedient, [illegible]
Saml. Prentiss.
James L. Edwards, Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions.
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24 Cough}
1 Sept.}    S.236

Documents
with "Bill for the relief of Jonathan Elkins."
____________________________________
1836. April 27. report  & Bill S. 236.

The Honorable Wm. Tomlinson
Ch. Comm. on Pensions
Page 40

In Senate of the United States
February 15th 1836
On motion by Mr Prentiss,
Resolved, That the Committee on Pensions be instructed to enquire into the expediency of allowing to Jonathan Elkins, an increase of the pension he now receives, in consideration of his services, and his imprisonment by the enemy, in the revolutionary war.
Attest
Walter Lowrie, Secretary
by W. Hickey, Clk
Page 41

War Department
Pension Office
April 8, 1836.
I certify that Jonathan Elkins, of Vermont, is now on Pension roll under the Act of June 7, 1832, at the rate of $60 per annum, for 18 months service
J L Edwards
Comm of Pensions
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June 15.
James S. Edwards, Esq
Commissioner of Pension

Hon. S. Prentiss
Senate U S
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Washington, June 14th. 1836.
Sir,
A petition has been presented to Congress by Parker Chase
praying for a pension as an invalid. He states that he was a Lieut. in
a company commanded by Capt. Lemuel Mason, 1st Reg. New Hampshire Volunteers, commanded by Colo. Aquila Davis; that in April 1813, at Burlington, the Regiment was united with a Regiment from Maine, under the command of Colo. Denny McCobb; and that when the two Regiments were thus consolidated, he took the post of Ensign in the company commanded by Capt. Joseph Smith. I wish you to inform me, as soon as may be, whether there is any evidence in the War Department of his service and rank, and whether the facts stated by him are true.
An act has just been passed, granting a pension to [illegible] Hitchcock, and also an act, increasing the pension of Jonathan Elkins. There is a declaration of each of the individuals now in the Pension Office, from which it will be seen that Hitchcock resides in Waitsfield, and Elkins in Peacham, Vermont. It will be convenient to have payment made at the agency at Burlington, and I will thank you to send the certificates to me as soon as you can conveniently do it.
I am very respectfully,
Your obedient se.
Saml. Prentiss

James L. Edwards, Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions.
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24th CONGRESS,
1st SESSION.
S. 236.
IN SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
APRIL 27, 1836.
Mr. PPENTISS, from the Committee on Pensions, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading.
An Act
For the relief of Jonathan Elkins.
Be it enacted, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, and he hereby is, directed to allow and pay to Jonathan Elkins, now a pensioner on the revolutionary pension roll at the rate of sixty dollars annually, a pension at the rate of eighty dollars a year in lieu thereof, during his natural life, commencing on the fourth day of March, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one, deducting therefrom the amount of pension he may have already received.
Approved June 15th 1836
A true copy conforms with the roll in this office.
Dept of State
June 16th 1836.
Asbury Dickins
Chief Clerk
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Danville Vt
July 5th 1836
Free
Hon J.L. Edwards
Comr. of Pensions
Washington D. C.
Jona. Elkins
sp. act.
get papers.
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Danville July 4th 1836
Hon J.L. Edwards,
Commr. of Pensions.
Sir,
Col Jona. Elkins of Peacham Vt. having been informed by Senator Prentiss, that an act has been passed granting him a full pension, commencing Mar 4th 1831, deducting the amt already received by him; and that on the return of his old certificate to you, a new certificate would be issued, has requested me to forward his old certificate, which I herewith enclose.
Please forward the new certificate to me at Danville Vt.
Col. Elkins wishes his certificate to be made payable at the Burlington Agency, Vt.
Very Respectfully
Your Obt Sevt
Sam. B. Mattocks
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James L. Edwards, Esq.
Pension Office
Page 48

Mr. Edwards will perceive that the accompanying papers are sent in support of the application of Jonathan Elkins for an increase of pension, and the application of Mills DeForest to be restored
to the pension roll; and he will be so good as to examine the cases, and let me know his opinion upon them, as soon as may be convenient
S. Prentiss.
Jan. 5th.
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Jan.22 Mr. Evan,

Secretary of War [FREE]
Pension Office
Washington City
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State of New York}
Orleans County. ss } Jonathan Elkins of the
Town of Barre County of Orleans & State of New York being duly sworn makes oath and say that he is the Identical person named in an original Certificate is at the War Office of the United States on the Eleventh day of July Eighteen
hundred & thirty six to said Jonathan Elkins that the said Jonathan Elkins at the time of the issue of said Certificate resided in the Town of Peacham in the County of Caledonia in the State of Vermont & that since which time he has removed to the said Town of Barre County of Orleans & State of New York where he now resides & when he expects to continue to
reside & that in consequence of which change of his place of Residence it is inconvenient to him to draw his money in the State of Vermont when he is now obliged to draw the same & that he wishes to have his certificate charged so that he can hereafter draw his money in the
State of New York
Sworn & Subscribed this 12th day of Jona Elkins- January 1838 before me Sydney Burrell Justice of the Peace

State of New York
Orleans County Henry R Elkins being duly sworn according to law makes oath & says that he is acquainted with Jonathan Elkins who made the above affidavit & knew him while he resided in the State of Vermont & that he is the Identical person named in said Certificate & that
he drew a pension while he so resided in the State of Vermont & that he now resides in the Town of Barre County of Orleans & State of New York & that he has settled then & intends to make that his place of Residence
Sworn & Subscribed this 12th day of January 1838 before me
Sydney Burrell Justice of the Peace   
Henry K. Elkins

Orleans County ss.} I hereby certify that I am acquainted with Henry K Elkins & that he is a man of truth & credible that his statement is entitled to credit-
Sydney Burnell Justice of the Peace
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State of New York⎬
Orleans County}
Clerks Office}

I do hereby certify that Sydney Burrell Esq before whom the within Affidavit purports to have been taken is a Justice of the Peace in and
duly commissioned and sworn for said County and State, that his commission is dated January 1st 1837 and will expire on the 1st day of January 1841 and that his signature within subscribed is genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and impressed the seal of said County this 13th day of January AD 1838

T.C. Strong Clerk
By S. E. Church Dep. Clerk
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Dr Sir

Enclosed is the Certificate of Pension of Jonathan Elkins, which on the affixed on the opposite pages we wish to get a new certificate so as to draw in this State

Secretary of War
Yours Respectfully, H.S. Goff

Albion January 13th  1838.
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Bank of Windsor,
Windsor, January 31, 1838.

Sir;
Jonathan Elkins, a Pensioner under Act of Sum
7th 1832, of whom you make enquiry in
your letter of the 27th inst, -is on the Roll of this Agency of paid up to Sept. 4th 1837

I am sir very respectfully your
Obt. Servant - Thomas Emerson Trust & Pension Agent

By Rufus Emerson
Cash

Hon. J S. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Page 54

James L. Edwards, Esq.
Pension Office.
to cert until the Sec or War records by order of hrg
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[margin note: paper of Allen given LWE to tag before Secy of War]
Mr. Edwards will receive herewith additional evidence in support of the application of Cyrus Allen for a pension. 
When examined, Mr. Edwards will inform me of the decision upon the case. I should like also to be informed whether there is in the Pension office an application of Jonathan Elkins for a pension, and whether any papers in the case [margin note: none] have been received at the Office since the commencement of the session of Congress.
/s/S. Prentiss
Thursday, Jan. 22nd.
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James L. Edwards, Esq.
Pension Office.
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Mr. Edwards will receive herewith the application of Jonathan Elkins for an increase of pension. Colo. Elkins is a man or respectability and undoubted veracity, and I hope his application will receive early attention. 
/s/S. Prentiss.
Saturday, Jan. 31st.
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Brief in the case of Eunice Elkins, widow of Jonathan Elkins Kenosha County, and State of Wisconsin 
act February 3, 1853.
Claim, ("original," [or "for increase." crossed out])
Proof exhibited, (if original.) [blank]
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner under act of June 7th 1832 at $60 per annum - subsequently increased by special act of Congress approved June 15, 1836 to $80, which he received till his death May 16, 1852. - claimant allowed $60 per annum
Marriage proved by affidavits of witnesses, certified to be credible, - there being no record evidence.
(If for increase.) 
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what? [blank]
/s/R Geddes
Examining Clerk.
Arad Thomas Esqr.
Albion New York
Name and residence of Agent
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[handwritten letter]
Albion N. Y. March 18, 1853.

Com'r of Pensions
Sir enclosed find Declaration & proofs in case of Widow Eunice Elkins, who applies for a Pension under the Act of Congress of Feb. 3. 1853.
Please direct any communications to me:
Very respectfully &c
/a/Arad Thomas.
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[handwritten letter]
Albion, Orleans Co. N. Y. May 26. 1853.

Com'r of Pensions
Sir I today rec'd from you notice, that the claim of Mrs. Eunice Elkins, widow of Jonathan Elkins for a Pension under the Act of Feb. 3, 1853 had been allowed at $60.00 per annum &c.
As her Agent I assisted in preparing her application, whether I had a Power of Attorney to receive her Certificate of Pension I have forgotten. If I had one it was filed in your Office with her Declaration &c. If proper please send such Certificate to me.
If you cannot do that please send such Certificate to the Pensioner. Her address is "Kenosha, Kenosha Co. Wisconsin."
I think Mrs. Elkins gave me a written Power of Atty. to ask a Pension for her and receive the Certificate. 
Very respectfully
/s/Arad Thomas.
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No. 586
Eunice Elkins widow of Jonathan Wis:
Let to Arad Thomas
May 24, 1853
Act February 3, 1853.
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[typewritten letter]
May 8, 1939
xxxxxxxxxx [initials: own]

Jonathan Elkins, W. 1159
John Elkins, S.C. 9429
BA-J/MMHF:MLB

Mrs. Wayne Sawyer
Mukwonago
Wisconsin

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letters in which you request further information in regard to the military service of Jonathan Elkins, Revolutionary War soldier (W. 1159) and of John Elkins, War of 1812 soldier (S. C. 9429) whose records were furnished you October 3, 1938.
This office has no further information in regard to the services of the two soldiers named above than that which is shown in the reports furnished you.
It is suggested that you apply to The Adjutant General, War Department, this city, who is the custodian of military records. 

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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[typewritten letter]
October 3, 1938
xxxxxxxxxx
BA-J/MLB

Mrs. Wayne Sawyer
Mukwonago
Wisconsin

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter of recent date, in which you
requested the Revolutionary War record of Jonathan Elkins of Peacham, Vermont; the War of 1812 records of John Elkins whose pension certificate was 9429, and Major Jesse Meacham of Vermont and New York, also the Civil War record of Jerome Hooper of Wisconsin who was buried in Troy, that state.
There is no claim for pension on file based upon service in the War of 1812 of a Jesse Meacham. No claim for pension has been found based upon service in the Civil War of a Jerome Hooper. For information in regard to the military service of Jerome Hooper, you should apply to The Adjutant General, War Department, Washington, D. C., and state whether he served in the northern or southern army.
The Revolutionary War record of Jonathan Elkins and the War of 1812 record of John Elkins are furnished you herewith.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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[typewritten letter]
October 3, 1936
xxxxxxxxxx

JONATHAN ELKINS
W. 1259
BA-J/MLB

Mrs. Wayne Sawyer
Mukwonago
Wisconsin

Dear Madam:

You are furnished herein the record of Jonathan Elkins as found in pension claims on file under No. W. 1159, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
Jonathan Elkins, son of Jonathan, was born October 23, 1761, in Canterbury, New Hampshire; the name of his mother was not stated. In 1776 he moved to Peacham, Caledonia County, Vermont.
While residing in Peacham, Vermont, with his father, Jonathan Elkins was engaged from 1776 about one and one half years as an interpreter of the Indian language and in furnishing provisions and supplies to the Indians in an effort to maintain peace between them and the Americans on the frontiers of the state. He volunteered April 9, 1778, served as private in Captain Ezekiel Ladd's company, Colonel Timothy Bedel's regiment engaged in defending the frontier and was discharged April 9, 1779. He volunteered in May, 1780, and served six months as private in Captain Ephraim Stone's company, under Major Whitcomb in the New Hampshire rangers. After returning to his father's home, he was captured by the Tories March 8, 1781, imprisoned at Saint Johns and Quebec, Canada, then carried to England where he was confined in Mill Prison at Plymouth, England, was exchanged June 24, 1782, and landed at Marblehead, Massachusetts, August 15, 1782. The soldier's father, also served in the Revolution, enlisting about the same time as Jonathan, Junior, but no further details of his service were given, Jonathan, Senior, died some years after the Revolution.
The soldier was allowed pension on his application executed October 9, 1832, while a resident of Peacham, Vermont. In 1838, he was living in Barre, Orleans County, New York. He died May 16, 1832, in Albion, Orleans County, New York, where he had been living more than twelve years.
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[typewritten letter]
Jonathan Elkins married August 11, 1812, at Bath, New Hampshire, Eunice ____. Her maiden name, date and place of her birth and names of her parents were not given.
Eunice Elkins was allowed pension on account of the Revolutionary War service of her husband, Jonathan, on her application executed March 10, 1853, at which time she was aged seventy-four years and a resident of Kenosha, Kenosha County, Wisconsin.
No names in the claims were designated as those of children of the soldier and his wife, Eunice.
In 1838, one Henry K. Elkins was living in Barre, Orleans County, New York. His age, or relationship to soldier's family not shown.
In order to obtain date of last payment of pension, the name and address of the person paid and possibly the date of death of soldier's widow, Eunice Elkins, you should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data: Eunice Elkins, widow of Jonathan, certificate #1162, issued August 4, 1853, rate $80 per annum, commenced February 3, 1853, Act 3rd February, 1853, Wisconsin Agency. 

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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[typewritten letter]
Rev. War Section
November 9, 1915.

Mr. W. H. Taylor.
Hardwick, Vermont.

Sir:
In response to your letter dated the fifth instant, you are furnished the following information relative to the four Revolutionary War pensioners indicated therein.
Wid. File No. 1,159. Rev. War, Jonathan Elkins Jr. was born October 23, 1761, at Canterbury, New Hampshire, and resided with his father Jonathan Elkins at Peacham, Vermont, when he enlisted April 9, 1778, and served one year as a Private in Captain Ezekiel Ladd's company, Colonel Timothy Bedel's regiment of New Hampshire troops.
Volunteered in May 1780, as a scout under Captain Ephraim Stone and Major Whitcomb and served for six months.
He was captured at his father's house March 8, 1781, imprisoned at St. Johns and Quebec, Canada, and in Mill Prison, Plymouth, England, at which place he remained until exchanged June 4, 1782, and arrived at Marblehead (Massachusetts) October 27, 1782. In 1832 he resided at Peacham, Vermont, and died May 16,
1852, at Albion, Orleans County, New York.
[margin note: Letter in W. 21287 Pearly Harris]
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Johnathan Elkins
Rev. War
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[handwritten letter]
Mukonago-Wis-Nov. 25-1938.

Veterans Administration Bureau - Washington, D.C.
Mr. A. D. Hiller Ex. asst-administrator

Dear Sir - 
Some time ago I wrote you regarding soldiers - namely - Johnathan Elkins John Elkins - Maj. Jesse Meachem (Meacham) - and Jerome Hooper - We are trying to get the war records of these soldiers as complete as possible - I received valuable information of Johnathan Elkins & John Elkins - but not all that is necessary to complete the history of these men - To explain Johnathan Elkins - son of Johnathan - was born in Canterbury New Hampshire - in Oct. 3-1761 - moved with  his father to Peacham Vt. where he enlisted Apr. 9-1778 - served as a private in Cap. Ezekiel Ladd's Co. - under New Hampshire  rangers "- Later cap. by Tories in Mch 8 - 1781 - imprisoned in St. John & Quebec Can - landed in Marblehead - Mass - Aug. 15. 1782" - 
Johnathan Elkins was my great grandfather - I have a copy of a history written by him - In it he tells of his coming with his father on horseback to Peachem (Peacham) Vt - He was arrested as a spy as the British - refused the chance to sign for the King. Taken prisoner - to Quebec - put in irons - thence after intense suffering to Mill Prison Eng - "While there" - the history states, "Benjamin Franklin - then minister to France - paid 8 pence per day to an Eng. school - master toward the education of these young ones - boys - in prison" - Copy of the arithmetic made of foolscap paper - brown paper cover - is now in Museum State His. of Vermont - There is much interesting history in this document. He had two wives - First wife was a lady whose name is not known to me - "I am wondering where I can get this in formation
By the first marriage he had son John Elkins -[margin note: In her other letter attached she says her gr father was Jonathan] my grandfather By the second marriage he had-Henry K. Elkins-Sprague Elkins I think dau-Harriet-now in - "Ill. Society - son of Am. Revolution" - prob-1896-I find that Johnathan Elkins was listed as a scout with Gen. Bailey's regiment - Also from my grandfather who was John Elkins - & from my father Chas. Elkins - son of John that after Johnathan Elkins was released from Mill Prison Eng
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[handwritten letter]
he was returned to this country - Later became a Col in the army - a man noted for his courage - loved and feared by his men - Known as a man of his word - I listened to the stories many times & I know they are true - The copy of the history written by him was published many years ago - in Chicago Tribune - If this knowledge will help complete the record of Johnathan Elkins - W.1159 - Ba-J.M.L.B - I am glad to give you this additional knowledge - and can you tell me what Reg - in joined - & gained the title of Col. Johnathan Elkins - I have a fine picture of this man - copied from a fine oil portrait - & also of his wife - From old people who knew him well - many years ago - & learned of his fame - later his great wealth - fine character - He was a good friend I was told of Gen. Washington 
And so I want to thank you for all the research work you have done for me - I surely do appreciate it & my sons eyes glowed with pleasure when they read this nice report - 
Truly - 
/s/Mrs. Wayne Sawyer - great gradaughter of Johnathan Elkins Rev. War
[receipt stamp: RECEIVED NOV 28 1938 MAIL SUB-DIV. VETS. ADM. READER No. 6]
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John Elkins
1812 - &c &c
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[handwritten letter]
John Elkins
S.C. - 9429
B.A. J-/M.L.B.

Mukwonago-Wis - Nov. 25, 1938

Veterans Administration Bureau
Mr. A. D. Hiller - Washington D.C.

Your letter regarding war record of John Elkins - sone of Johnathan Elkins received some time ago - I thank you for your trouble & research work - And am asking for further information. 
John Elkins son of Johnathan Elkins was a native of Peachem (Peacham) Vt - He was married to Asenath Perkins - & lady-Principal of Young Ladies Academy I think in Montpelier - They had three sons -Charles-John-James & one dau-Asenath-Martha-His father Johnathan was a man of great wealth of those times - He gave his three sons the opportunity of gaining an education - Two of the brothers - Sprague & Henry Elkins chose college - & my grandfather Johnathan [margin note: he must mean John] Elkins chose experience & travel. 
He went with a party of explorers from source to the mouth of the [illegible] - he studied languages - mastering eleven languages - which he eventually taught. - Lived two years among the better class of French in Canada to acquire a better knowledge of the French language - accent.&c. - Was widely known for his great charity & kindness for all - after the death of his wife he came to live with us in East Troy Wis - with my father Charles Elkins where he died-Apr. - 4 - 1874 [margin note: -86=1788] - nearly 86 yrs of age
I had learned from him - that he fought in three wars, and I have heard him state that "of all the wars in which he participated that the Mexican War - was by far the worst - inasmuch as the mountain fortresses were almost inaccessible - & the Mexicans were acquainted with all this & the U.S. had hard bitter experiences - " So I am anxious to find out what Reg-Co-& he fought in Mexican War as the title of Maj - was always given him - I would like to find out also about this - & of the third war in which he took part - How can I find this knowledge - In the record you sent it states - he served in War of 1812 - adj. in Col. Fifields Reg - this I ask in order to complete the history of John Elkins - 
Very Res /s/Mrs. Wayne Sawyer - grand-daughter of John Elkins
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3-2233
6769
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Finance Division
May 2, 1927
Chief Rev. War Sect. Division.

I have this day received from A. W. DeGoosh cash No [blank] for $1.35, requesting photostat copy ['post office addresses' crossed out]} as per letter herewith.
[margin note: OK notify]
May 12, 27 photos mailed & Finance notif'd AW
O. J. RANDALL
Chief Finance Division.
H.C.L. cc10
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[handwritten letter]
Apr. 30. 1927
Com'r of Pensions:
Please furnish photostat copies of 9 pages from Rev. War pension claim W 1159 Jonathan Elkins.
for 
A. W. DeGoosh
U.S. Shipping Board
Washington D.C. 
rec'd payment $1.35 AEWilson
[receipt stamp: FINANCE DIVISION BOOK-KEEPER'S DESK MAY 2 1927 BUREAU OF PENSIONS]
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1-681
PHONE Branch 476
[obscured] this job should refer to Requisition No. 14960
[obscured] -ating, Addressograph, Photostat, and Blue Print Work.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
WASHINGTON
May 10, 1927 192[blank]
[obscured] Room G [illegible]
Please furnish work specified below. 
Bureau ordering Pension Deliver to Room. No. 5033
(ALL COPY FOR DUPLICATING WORK SHOULD BE PLAIN AND WRITTEN IN ELITE TYPE, EXACTLY LINE FOR LINE AS IT IS TO APPEAR ON FINISHED JOB.)
Title and description of job photostat copies of 9 pages from the Rev. War pension claim, W. 1159, Jonathan Elkins.
No. of copies 1 of each page Shall form be kept standing? [blank] [blank]days
For further information see A. E. Wilson Room No. 5033 Phone No. 541
Approved:
/s/O. L. Gambon Chief Clerk of Bureau Reed
/s/AEWilson Chief of Branch ['or Division' crossed out]
NOTE: No order made "SPECIAL" unless statement showing necessity is written below and approved by Chief Clerk of Bureau ordering
[receipt stamp: DIVISION OF PUBLICATION DEPT OF THE INTERIOR RECEIVED MAY 10 1927]
CHECK WORK DESIRED
Duplicate
Multigraph single or double space? [blank] Facsimile signature? [blank]
Mimeograph one side or both sides? [blank] Facsimile signature? [blank]
Folding once or twice? [blank]
Assembling
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Electric typewriter Fill in addresses? [blank] Dated? [blank]
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Labels (submit sample) [blank] Corrections [blank]
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Photostat x Size actual Official use?[blank] Repay? yes $1.35
Blue Print Size[blank] Official use?[blank] Repay?[blank] $[blank]
Remarks [blank]
(OVER)
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NOTE: Routine changes of addresses may be made on this blank without formal reference through or initialing of chiefs of branches or chief clerks of bureaus.
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[verso]
1915 Nov. 9. Brief hist to W. H. Taylor letter in W.21.287 Pearly Harris
1927 May. 13. photos mailed to [illegible]
1938 Oct 3 - Hist to Mrs. Wayne Sawyer (Rev ltr. in Nov 1812 clm. S.C.9429 of John Akins)
1939, May 8 Mrs. Wayne Sawyer adv'd no further info in regns & Rol. & ref'd to A.G.O. MMHF:MLB

[recto]
Revy WIDOW, &c.
File No. 1159
Eunice Elkins. Widow, Jonathan Elkins. Priv. Rev. War.
Act: Feb. 3. 1853.
Index: - Vol. A, Page 213
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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I Michael Johnston of Haverhill in the County of Grafton and State of Newhampshire of lawful age being in my seventy first year & now a pensioner of of the United States, testify & say that I am & have been well acquainted with Col. Jonathan Elkins, now and for many years past of Peckham (Peacham) in the County Caledonia & State of Vermont, who was formerly known by the name of Jonathan Elkins ju'r his father being of the name of Jonathan Elkins & the son was known by the name of Jonathan Elkins ju'r untill the death of his father & the present Col. Jonathan Elkins is the same person who served with me as a soldier one year in the Revolutionary War in a Company commanded by Ezekiel Ladd as Captain James Ladd & Ephraim Patterson as Lieutenants, in a Regiment whereof Timothy Bedel, Esquire Col. John Wheelock Esq. Lieut - Col'o & Josiah Stow Esq was major, the said Col. Jonathan Elkins I think enlisted & joined said company & Regiment on or about the ninth day of April 1778. for the term & served one year untill about the ninth of day of April 1779. & was honorably discharged I think verbaly as was generally the case - he the said Colonel Jonathan Elkins, as I think belonged to said company & Regiment when I enlisted into the same which I think was on or about the thirteenth day of April 1778. said Company and Regiment was stationed on the Frontiers on & adjacent to Connecticut River, to wit, Haverhill, Newbury, Corinth Peacham, Guild-hall, Strafford &c for the purpose of guarding & protecting the Frontier Inhabitants, & Public & private property against the depredations of the Enemy, & for the purpose of building public building - such as Store houses, guard houses, block houses, Forts, &c. & believe the said Elkins was a good soldier & served his Country faithfully untill he was taken a prisoner & carryed away be the Enemy & did not re-
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turn untill about the close of the war.
/s/Michael Johnston
State of New Hampshire
County of Grafton, } Haverhill the 6th day of November 1834, Then Michael Johnston who is personally known by me for more than sixty years past is reputed & believed to be a person of credibility, truth & veracity, & I concur in that opinion. & I believe hi to be a disinterested witness, personally appeared & made solemn oath that the above deposition by him subscribed is true, Before me
/s/Moody Bedel Justice of the Peace.

I Joseph Ladd lately of Haverhill in the County of Grafton and State of New Hampshire - now residing in Newbury in the County of Orange & State of Vermont of lawful age being in my seventyeth year & now a Pensioner of the United States, Testify & say that I am well acquainted with Col. Jonathan Elkins, now & for many years past of Peacham in the County of Caledonia & State of Vermont aforesaid formerly known by the name of Jonathan Elkins ju'r. his father being of the name of Jonathan Elkins & the son was known by the name of Jonathan Elkins untill the death of his father & the present Colonel Jonathan Elkins is the person who served with me as a soldier, one year in the Revolutionary War, in a company commanded by Ezekiel Ladd as Captain James Ladd & Ephraim Patterson as Lieutenant, in a Regiment whereof Timothy Bedel Esquire was Col'o John Wheelock Esq Lieut. - Col'o & Josiah Stow Esq was Major, the said Col'o Jonathan Elkins, I think enlisted & joined said Company & Regiment on or about the ninth day of April 1778, for the term & served one year untill about the ninth day of April 1779, & was honorably discharged.
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I think verbaly as was generally the case - he the said Col'o Jonathan Elkins belonged to said company & Regiment when I enlisted into the same which I think was on or about the eleventh day of April 1778, said Company & Regiment was stationed on the Frontiers on & adjacent to Connecticut River, during said term, a principal part of the time, a part of s'd Regiment at said Peacham - for the purpose of guarding & protecting the Frontier Inhabitants & public property and building public buildings &c I know he was a faithful good soldier & a genuine Whig in principal & some time after we were discharged we were paid off in what we call Pierces final settlement notes by the hand of the Regimental Paymaster James Lucas.
/s/Joseph Ladd,
State of New Hampshire
County of Grafton ss } Haverhill October the 10th 1833. Then personally appeared Joseph Ladd signor of the above deposition & made solemn oath that the same is true before me the subscriber & I further state that I am well acquainted with the said Joseph Ladd & believe him to be a credible impartial disinterested witness.
[facsimile seal 'seal'] /s/Moody Bedel Justice of the Peace.
State of New Hampshire,
Grafton ss } I Stephen P. Webster Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature within and for said County of Grafton do hereby certify that Moody Bedel Esquire before whom the within depositions of Joseph Ladd & Michael Johnson (Johnston) were taken, was on the 10th day of October 1833, & ever since has been an acting Justice of the Peace within & for said County and that his signatures within written are genuine.
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 In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court at Haverhill in said  County this 17th day of January Anno Domini 1835.
/s/S. P. Webster, Clerk
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I James Ladd of Piermont in the County of Grafton & State of New Hampshire of lawful age being in my 84th year and now a Pensioner of the United States of America for Revolutionary services. Being infirm of body on account of my advanced age & hard services. But as I conceive, of sound mind and memory, Blessed be Almighty God for the same, Do testify & say that I am & have been, ever since before the commencement of the Revolutionary War, well acquainted with Jonathan Elkins, formerly called Jonathan Elkins Junior, of the Town of Peacham in the County of Caledonia and State of Vermont the person who is now in my presence whom I well recollect & perfectly recognize him to be the same person who enlisted under me when acting as a recruiting officer in said Revolutionary War, into Captain Ezekiel Ladd's company om the ninth day of April 1778 as a Private Soldier for the term or period of one year as appears by the rolls of said company which rolls I now have in my profession, in which company I was appointed & commissioned on the first day of April 1778 as first Lieutenant & Ephraim Patterson Second Lieutenant in a Regiment whereof Timothy Bedel, Esqr. was Colonel, John Wheelock, Esqr. was Lieutenant Colonel, & Josiah Stone Esqr was Major. This Regiment as I understood was raised by virtue of a Resolve of Congress, & was ordered to be raised by order of the Honorable Major General the Marquis De Lafayette as Continentals for the defence of the Frontiers on and adjacent to Connecticut River, & were paid by the General Government after the close of the war in Pierces final settlement notes as they were called, signed John O. Pierce by the hand of James Lucas, the Paymaster of said regiment. The reason of the regiment not being paid sooner, was becase the continental paper money had depreciated
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so much that the regiment declined taking it, and when the regiment was paid as aforesaid, our pay was only worth three shillings on the pound lawful money. On the commencement of the Revolutionary service for said regiment I was ordered by Captain Ladd to repair to Peacham aforesaid, the frontier settlement & out post, and enlist what men I could and return as soon as possible, and in my tour to said Peacham, & while there, I enlisted the aforesaid Jonathan Elkins jun'r and his father Jonathan Elkins, John Sheels, Abel Davis & others as private soldiers, said Davis was afterwards appointed Corporal, who all served faithfully their terms of one year out, & ['was' crossed out] were honorably discharged and paid accordingly as aforesaid. There not being any money to pay bounties with, there was none paid. The words, Our Countries Rights, Patriotism & Self Defence was a sufficient inducement & far better than money, for all those to enlist who were friendly to the American Revolution. Accordingly the Regiment was soon raised. The aforesaid company was mustered by General Jacob Bailey on the 7th day of June 1778 at Newbury in the State of Vermont aforesaid as appears by the rolls aforesaid. The aforesaid Jonathan Elkins, formerly called Junior, was stationed the principal part of the aforesaid year at said Peacham with the rest of the company under ['the' crossed out] said Captain Ezekiel Ladd, & in his absence, by myself & said Ephraim Patterson - & the Post was often visited by the Field Officers. Our company was stationed at Corinth under Timothy Barron & his officers, one company at Guild Hall & its vicinity under Captain Luther Richardson & his officers, and one company at Haverhill & Newbury under Captain Simeon Stevens & his officers, which companies constituted the first Battalion. The second Battalion of four companies were marched into the State of New-
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York (as I understood by order of General Horatio Gates) under Lieutenant Colonel Wheelock, and there remained on duty at different stations until their terms of service for which they engaged, was out. The necessary duty which we had to attend to at said Peacham was to keep a good guard, & send scouting parties towards Canada in order to obtain all possible information & movements of the enemy, & communicate the same to head Quarters & to keep as good an understanding as possible with the Indians. All of which business the said Jonathan Elkins, formerly junior, was a suitable person, he being a good Woodsman & understanding some of the Indian Tongue. The said Town of Peacham was situated the best to obtain information respecting the British and Indian's movements than any other Town on this frontier on account of a spotted road to Missesque (Missisquoi) Bay which was intended to be opened to carry provisions to our Army in Canada in 1776
/s/X his mark James Ladd
Witnesses
/s/Hannah Ladd
/s/Moody Bedel

State of New Hampshire County of Grafton ss } at Piermont the 2nd day of September 1835 Then James Ladd who is well known by me to be a man considered in the neighborhood and vicinity where he lives to be considered a man of strict truth and veracity & I concur in that opinion, & believe him to be an impartial disinterested witness, personally appeared & made solemn oath that the above deposition by him subscribed is true, before me
/s/Moody Bedel Justice of the Peace
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State of New Hampshire
County of Grafton ss. } I Stephen P. Webster Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature within and for said County do hereby [illegible] certify that Moody Bedel Esquire before whom the within deposition of James Ladd was taken is and for a long time has been an acting Justice of the Peace within and for said County of Grafton and that his signature within written is genuine - 
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court at Haverhill in said County of Grafton this second day of September Anno Domini 1835. - 
(signed) S. P. Webster Clerk
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I James Ladd of Piermont in the County of Grafton & State of New Hampshire of Lawfull Age being in my Eighty fourth year & now a Pensioner of the United States of America for Revolutionary Services - Being infirm of Body on account of my Advances Age, & hard Services - But as I conceive, of sound mind & Memory, Blessed by Almighty God for the same, Do Testify & say, that I am & have been, ever since before the Commencement of the Revolutionary War, well acquainted with Jonathan Elkins, formerly called Jonathan Elkins junior of the Town of Peacham in the County of Caledonia & State of Vermont the Person who is now in my Presence whom I well recollect & Perfectly recognize him to be the same Person who Enlisted under me when acting as a Recruiting Officer in said Revolutionary War, into Captain Ezekiel Ladds Company on the Ninth day of April 1778 as a Private Soldier for the Term or Period of one year as Appears by the Rolls of said Company, which Rolls I now have in my Possession, in which Company, I was Appointed & Commissioned on the first day of April 1778 as first Lieutenant & Ephraim Patterson second Lieutenant in a Regiment whereof Timothy Bedel Esquire was Colonel, John Wheelock Esquire was Lieutenant Colonel & Jonah Stone Esquire was Major. This Regiment as I understood was raised by virtue of a Resolve of Congress, & was Ordered to be raised by Order of the Honorable Major General the Marquis Delafayette as Continental for the Defence of the Frontiers on & adjacent to Connecticut River, & were paid by the General Government, after the close of the War, in Pierces final Settlement notes as they were called Signed John O Pierce by the hand of James Lucas the Paymaster of said Regiment - The reason of the Regiments not being Paid sooner, was because The Continental Paper Money had Depreciated so much that the Regiment Declined Taking it - & when the Regiment was Paid as aforesaid
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Our Pay was only worth Three Shillings on the Pound Lawfull Money - On the Commencement of the Recruiting soldiers for said Regiment - I was Ordered by Cap't Ladd to repair to Peacham aforesaid, the frontier settlement & Out Post, & Enlist what Men I could & Return as soon as Possible - and in my Town to said Peacham & while there I Enlisted the aforesaid Jonathan Elkins junior, & his Father Jonathan Elkins - John Sheels - Abel Davis & others as Private Soldiers said Davis was afterwards appointed Corporal - who all served Faithfully their terms of One year out, & were Honorably Discharged & Paid accordingly as aforesaid - There not being any Money to Pay Bounties with, there was none Paid - The Words, Our Countries Rights - Patriotism & Self Defence was a Sufficient Inducement & far Better than Money for those to Enlist who were friendly to the American Revolution - Accordingly the Regiment was soon Raised - 
The aforesaid Company was Mustered by General Jacob Bailey on the 7th day of June 1778 at Newbury in the State of Vermont aforesaid as appears by the Rolls aforesaid
The aforesaid Jonathan Elkins formerly called junior was Stationed the Principal Part of the aforesaid year at said Peacham with the rest of the Company under said Captain Ezekiel Ladd - & in his absence by my self & said Ephraim Patterson - & the Post was often Visited by the Field Officers - One Company was Stationed at Corinth under Timothy Barron & his Officers - One Company at Guildhall & its Vicinity under Captain Luther Richardson & his Officers, And One Company at Haverhill & Newbury under Captain Simeon Stevens & his Officers - which Companies Constituted the first Battallion - The second Battallion of four Companies were Marched into the State of New York (as I understood by order of General Horatio Gates) Under Lieutenant Colonel Wheelock, & there remained on Duty at Different Stations untill their Terms of Service ['for' crossed out]
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for which they Engaged was out, - The Necessary duty which we had to attend to at said Peacham, was to help a Good Guard, & send Frontier parties towards Canada in order to obtain all Possible Information & Movements of the Enemy & communicate the same to head Quarters & to keep as Good an understanding as Possible with the Indians - all of which Business the said Jonathan Elkins formerly junior was a Suitable Person he being a Good Woodsman & understanding some of the Indian Tongue - The said Town of Peacham was Situated the best to obtain Information Respecting the British & Indian Movements than any other Town on this Frontier on account of a Spotted Road to Missesque (Missisquoi) Bay which was Intended to be opened to Carry Provisions to our Army in Canada in 1776 - 
/s/X his Mark James Ladd
Witness
/s/Hannah Ladd
/s/Moody Bedel

State of New Hampshire County of Grafton ss } at Piermont the 2nd day of September 1835 Then James Ladd, who is well known by me to be a Man Considered in the Neighborhood & Vicinity where he Lives to be Considered a Man of Strict Truth & Veracity & I concur in that opinion & believe him to be an Impartial Disinterested Witness Personally appeared & made Solemn Oath that the above Deposition by him subscribed is Truth before me
/s/Moody Bedel Justice of the Peace
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Deposition James Ladd for Jonathan Elkins

State of New Hampshire
County of Grafton ss-} I Stephen P. Webster Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature within and for said County do hereby certify that Moody Bedel Esquire before whom the within Deposition of James Ladd was taken is and for a long time has been an acting Justice of the Peace within and for said County of Grafton and that his signature within written is genuine - 
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Haverhill in said County of Grafton this second day of September Anno Domini 1835. - 
/s/S. P. Webster Clerk
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State of New York}
County of Orleans }SS

Arad Thomas of Albion in said County being duly sworn says he as well acquainted with Jonathan Elkins late of said Albion deceased, in his lifetime. That said Elkins resided in Albion some twelve or fifteen years last before his death with his wife Eunice Elkins who survives him and now resides in Kenosha Wisconsin. Deponent was employed by said Jonathan for several years before his death to prepare his semi-annual Pension papers for him and knows he was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States and drew a Pension of Eighty Dollars per year from the United States at the time of his decease. Deponent further says he was not present at the moment of the death of said Jonathan Elkins, but saw his corpse a short time after his death which took place at Albion aforesaid May 16. 1852. Deponent assisted in placing said Jonathan Elkins in his coffin & attended his burial.
Deponent further says after the decease of said Jonathan Elkins he procured the arrears of pension due to him from Mar 4. 1853 to the time of his death to be paid over to his widow said Eunice Elkins, & on that occasion his Pension Certificate was surrendered to the United States, but from a copy of said Certificate made by Deponent and now in his possession Deponent is informed said Certificate was dated July 11. 1836 and showed said Elkins entitled to $80.00 pension per annum.
Deponent further says said Jonathan & Eunice while they lived in Albion, & that is all the time Deponent knew them, cohabited together as husband & wife & were reputed to sustain that relation to each other.
Deponent further says on inquiry made of him of said Eunice Elkins she informed him there was no existing marriage Certificate or written evidence of her said marriage to the best of her knowledge & belief. Deponent further says he is well acquainted with Mrs. Sarah H. Fenton formerly of Albion & now of Kenosha Wisconsin, that she bears
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an unimpeachable good character for truth and integrity, is a lady of intelligence and in the opinion of Deponent her Deposition in relation to the matter of the annexed Declaration of Eunice Elkins, is entitled to full faith and credence. And that said Eunice Elkins is now a Widow.
Arad Thomas

Sworn and subscribed before me March 18th 1853
Wm. G. Sawyer Justice of the peace 
in & for said County

I certify that I am acquainted with Mrs Sarah H. Fenton and Arad Thomas,the persons who made the annexed depostions, that they are both persons of good character, and in my opinion full faith & credence should be given to their depositions
Dated March 18.1853
Wm G Sawyer
Justice of the Peace
in & for Orleans County N.Y.

State of New York,}
Orleans County Clerk's Office, } SS.
I hereby Certify that Ino G. Sawyer Esq., before whom the annexed instrument was proved or acknowledged, was at the date of the same a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly authorized to take the same; and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe that his signature subscribed to said Certificate of proof or acknowledgment to be genuine; and that said instrument is executed, acknowledged, and entitled to Record, according to the Laws of this State. [all of sentence after semicolon marked out]

In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed my Official Seal, at Albion, this 18 day of March 1853.
D.H. Cole Clerk.
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[vertical on left side] vicinity. He served the term of said engagement

Bountys
bill
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State of Vermont, District and County of Caledonia, Sc.

On this ninth day of October A.D. 1832 personally appeared in open court, before the Hon. Benjamin F. Deming Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Caledonia, aforesaid, now sitting, Jonathan Elkins, a resident of Peacham in said County and District aged seventy one years the present month, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions of the Act of Congress passed June 7 1832, and of the resolution of Congress passed July 14 1832. That he entered the service of the United States and served as herein stated.
That in the year 1780 he resided at Peacham in the State of Vermont, his present residence, which was then a frontier town - that some time in the month of May aforesaid year, a part of a company of rangers under the command of Cap Ephraim Stone - and under Major Whitcomb, came to said Peacham and were there stationed during that season. Said Troops were raised. under the authority of the State of New Hampshire. That immediately on the arrival of said company at Peacham, Cap Stone wished him to enter his company on account of the knowledge he had of the woods. Having obtained consent of his father with whom he then resided he engaged in said company for the term of six months - said company was engaged in scouting through the woods to discover if there were Indians or other enemies in the vicinity.
He served the term of said engagement
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was out on various scouts - once to Corinth - on another occasion down the river La Moille - at another time down Onion River - the last scout he was outwards in the month of November, which was between the river La Moille and Onion river, in the direction toward Lake Champlain; he served in said company until the expiration of six months. He thinks that at the time he was out on the scout last above named most of the company had left said Peacham.
That about one oclock of the morning of the 8th of March 1781, a gang of tories from Ft John's and Lower Canada, under the command of Capt Pritchard broke into his father's house in said Peacham, where he then was and took him and two others, to wit, Thomas Johnson and Jacob Page, prisoners - said Pritchard's company consisted of tories and refugees - eleven men of said company, including Capt Pritchard himself formed this expedition - this declarant together with said Johnson and Page were taken down the river Lamoille - thence down Lake Champlain and the river Lord to St John's - where he was detained until the month of July - where in consequence of a plan laid for escape which was discovered he was put in irons and sent to Quebec, and was there detained in close confinement until the ninth day of October, when he was put into a guard ship where he remained three days, and was then put onboard a Merchant Ship bound for England and sailed in company with the British fleet - about one hundred and fifty american prisoners were taken out at the same time
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and distributed through the fleet.  They reached a place called Cove Cork at the mouth of Cork river, Ireland, about the 20 of December where he lay until about the first of January and was then put aboard a frigate and sailed for Portsmouth, at which place it was supposed he would be put into Fortune prison -- but (illegible) prison was full and he was then put aboard a sixty four gun ship and sent to Plymonth, and on the 6 day of February 1782 was put into the mill prison where he remained until the 24 of June.  A part of the time he was  allowed one shilling sterling per week by direction of our minister to France, B Franklin.  On the day last mentioned he sailed in a Curtel bound for Boston, the prisoners in said mill prison seven hundred and thirty three in number having been exchanged for the Grenadiers and light Infantry that had surrendered under Cornwallis -- They landed at Marblehead in Massachusetts the 15th of August and he reached home the first part of September 1782.

Was born at Canterbury in the State of New Hampshire October 23 1761 -- It has a record of his age at his house in Peuchain.  Has resided at Peuchain, his present residence ever since the year 1776 -- entered the six months service as a volunteer -- there were no other troops stationed at said Peuchain, during his six months service except the part company of Capt Stone.  

Did not have a written discharge.

He knows of no person by whom he can prove his imprisonment, as stated in the foregoing declaration.
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He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll in any state
Jonathan Elkins [ written Jon with superscript a]

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year first above written before
Benjamin F. Deming [written Benj superscript n]
Judge of Probate

I, Thomas Hoyt, of Danville in the County of Caledonia and State of Vermont depose and say - That in the year 1780 I was a soldier for the term of six months, in Capt Stone's Company of Whitcomb's rangers - the greater part of which time I was stationed at Peacham, Vermont. I recollect that Jonathan Elkins who has made the foregoing declaration served with us in said Company - I have a distinct recollection that he led a scouting party of which I was one, to the head of Well's river. He was out on several scouts during that summer as I understood and believe.
Thomas Hoyt

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid, before
Benjamin F. Deming, Judge of Probate
[written Benj superscript n]

I, Luther Bailey of Peacham, in the County of Caledonia and State of Vermont, depose and say, that I resided at said Peacham in the year 1781 - I was at that time and have ever since been well acquainted with Jonathan Elkins who has made the foregoing declaration. I well recollect the circumstance of his being taken prisoner at said Peacham in March 1781.
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I lived about one mile distant, heard of his being taken the same day - I have always understood that he was taken to Canada and from thence to England - that he returned in September 1782 - It has always been believed in said Peacham that he was taken and detained as he has stated in the foregoing declaration, and there has never been any doubt on the subject so far as I know.
In the month of August 1782, I was taken prisoner and carried to Canada and detained about three months - said Elkins had not returned at the time I was taken but did return during my absence. Luther Bailey

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid before
Benjamin F. Deming Judge of Probate
[written Benj superscript n]

As the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states, and that he was imprisoned as he has above declared, and the Court further certifies, that Thomas Hoyt and Luther Bailey, who have made the foregoing affidavits, are credible witnesses, and their statements are entitled to credit - and the Court also certifies that Leonard Worcester who has subscribed the accompanying certificate is a clergyman, resident in the town of Peacham, is a credible person and that his statement is entitled to credit
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I, Amos Paul. Register of the Court of Probate for the District of Caledonia as foresaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court, in the matter of the application of Jonathan Elkins for a pension.

In testimony whereof I have been (ask) to set my hand and seal of office this 12 day of November AD 1832 

SEAL

Amos Paul, Register

Supplementary Declaration of Jonathan Elkins

State of Vermont, District and County of Caledonia ss.

On the 13 day of November 1834 personally appeared before the Hon Samuel (li..)
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General LaFayette, D Regt was raised for the term of one year, commencing on the 1st day of April 1778; that he enlisted, as he thinks on the 9th day of said April, that he served in said company & Regiment one full year - ending in the fore part of April 1779, and was honorably discharged, thinks he did not have a written discharge. That in this service he was stationed on the frontier, on and adjacent to Connecticut river, a part of his company being stationed most of the time at Peacham, in the present County of Caledonia. Said regiment being raised for the purpose of defending the frontier and Peacham then being a frontier town. He was employed with the rest of said Company in guarding and protecting the frontier inhabitants against the depredations of the enemy, their tory and savage allies, protecting the public stores and scouting towards Canada, etc. until his term of service expired for which he enlisted as aforesaid. He thinks it proper here to state that when he enlisted as aforesaid, his father enlisted first, whose name was Jonathan Elkins Sr, the present applicant signed his name Jonathan Elkins, Junr, he having made use of that appellation until the death of his father, which took place some years after the close of the revolutionary War.
That in the year 1776, on the news of the American army having retreated from before Quebec and returned from Canada the people on this extensive frontier were very sensibly alarmed on account of their
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critical and dangerous situations; fearing immediate depredations from tories and Indians, and as I understood application was made to the general government for assistance and advice - he understood that Congress advised and that General Washington directed that all possible money should be used to obtain and secure the friendship of the Indians, or at least to keep them in a neutral state, and that Gen. Jacob Bayley was employed with others to carry the object into effect - and this declarant being some acquainted with the Indian tongue, was employed by Gen. Bailey to assist in the business above named - and the said declarant immediately, with others, entered upon that duty and was very successful in the same, by engaging to furnish them with provisions, blankets, etc. and got about five or six hundred Indians to come and reside with us, and he thinks by that means that the worst of Calamities on this extensive frontier was prevented. In this service he continued from the fall of the year 1776 until his aforesaid enlistment, making one and a half years he was employed in this last mentioned service - which together with his serving as soldier, was as he thinks, and as he thinks [marked out], and as he was informed by the enemy, the occasion of his being taken a prisoner. Whether the last mentioned service will come within the meaning of the law in relation to Indian spies he cannot decide, but it was attended by the most dangerous consequence, and
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is susceptible of abundant proof, of which he should be glad to be advised by the Department, if proof would be beneficial to him for the last mentioned service, until which he shall defer being at the expense of proof.
This declarant further states that on the 9th day of October 1832, he made a declaration before the Probate Court for the District of Caledonia, for six months' services, commencing May 1780 in the company of Capt Stone - In May Whitcomb's corps of rangers, for which he is now in the receipt of a Pension, and in said declaration ['that' marked out] he presented his claim for 18 months' imprisonment - He being taken at said Peacham by tories and carried to Canada and from thence to England and confined in Mill prison - which imprisonment commenced on the 8 Mar 1781, and continued until the fore part of September 1782, which claim was not allowed - And this Declarant states as the reason why the services in this declaration were not stated in his former declaration was because he was advised that both his six months service and his imprisonment would without doubt be both allowed and would be sufficient to entitle him to a full pension and he could prove those services easier than those stated in this declaration.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll in any state, except as above named. Jonathan Elkins [written Jon superscript a]
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Sworn to and subscribed this 13th day of November A.D. 1834, in open Court before me
Sam Sias, Judge of Probate

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states.

I, Amos Paul, Register of the Probate Court, within and for the District of Caledonia, aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Jonathan Elkins for a Pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court, at Danville, in said District, this 13th day of November 1834.

(seal) Amos Paul, Register

Pension Office
April 8. 1836.

I certify that the foregoing is truly copied from the originals on file in this office.
J L. Edwards
Comm. of Pensions
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Supplementary Declaration of Jonathan Elkins.

State of Vermont}
District & County of
Caledonia SS}

On this 13th day of November A.D. 1834 personally appeared before the Hon. Samuel Sias Judge of of the Probate Court for said District Jonathan Elkins of Peacham in the County of Caledonia in said District aged seventy three years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following additional declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832.

That he enlisted in the army of the United States in the year 1778 in the Regiment commanded by Col. Timothy Beedel, Lt Col. John Wheelock, Major Josiah Stowe - In the company commanded by Capt Ezekial Ladd - James Ladd & Ephraim Patterson Lieutenants. The Regiment was raised, as he understood, by virtue of a resolution of Congress for the Continental service and being raised by the suggestion of ['under the command of' marked out] Major General LaFayette 2nd Regt and raised for the term of one year commencing on the 1st day April 1778. That he enlisted as he thinks on the 9th day of said April - that he served in said Company and regiment one full year - ending in the fore part of April 1779 and was honorably discharged. thinks he did not have a written discharge. That in this service he was stationed on the frontier on and adjacent to Connecticut river a part of his company being stationed most of the time at Peacham in the present County of Caledonia. Said Regiment being raised for the purpose of defending the frontier and Peacham then being a frontier town. He was employed with the
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rest of said Company in guarding and protecting the frontier inhabitants against the depredations of the enemy, their tory and savage allies, protecting the public stores and scouting towards Canada, etc. until his term of service expired for which he enlisted as aforesaid. He thinks it proper here to state that when he enlisted as aforesaid his father enlisted first whose name was Jonathan Elkins and the present applicant signed his name Jonathan Elkins Junior, he having made use of that appellation until the death of his father which took place some years after the close of the revolutionary war.

That in the year 1776 in the news of the American army having retreated from before Quebec and returned from Canada the people on the extensive frontier were very sensibly alarmed on account of their critical and dangerous situation fearing immediate depredations from tories and Indians and I understand application was made to the general government for assistance and advice. He understood that Congress advised and that General Washington directed that all possible means should be used to obtain and secure the friendship of the Indians or at least to keep them in a neutral state and that Gen Jacob Bayley was employed with others to carry this object into effect and this declarant being some acquainted with the Indian tongue was employed by Gen. Bailey to assist the business above named and that said declarant immediately with others entered upon that duty and was very successful in obtaining [marked out] the same by engaging to furnish them with provisions blankets, etc. and got about five or six hundred Indians to come and reside with us, and he thinks by that service that the worst of calamities on this extensive frontier
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was prevented. In this service he continued from the fall of the year 1776 until his aforesaid enlistment making one and a half years he was employed in this last mentioned service which together with his serving as soldier was as he thinks and as he was informed by the enemy, the occasion of his being taken a prisoner. Whether the last mentioned service will come within the meaning of the law in relation to Indian spies he cannot decide but it was attended with the most dangerous consequences and is susceptible of abundant proof of which he should be glad to be advised by the department if proof would be beneficial to him for the last mentioned service, until which he shall defer being at the expense of proof.

This declarant further states that on the 9th day of October 1832 he made a declaration before the Probate Court for the District of Caledonia for six months services commencing May 1780 in the Company of Capt Stone - in Maj. Whitcombs corps of rangers for which he is now in the receipt of a pension and in said declaration he presented his claim for 18 months imprisonment. He being taken at said Peacham by tories and carried to Canada and from thence to England and confined in Mill prison - which imprisonment commenced on the 8th Mar 1781 and continued - until the fore part of Sep. 1782 - which claim was not allowed - And this declarant states as the reason why the services in this declaration were not stated in his former declaration was because he was advised that both his six months service
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and his imprisonment would without doubt
be both allowed and would be sufficient to
entitle him to a full pension and he could prove
those services easier than those stated in this
declaration.

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension
or annuity except the present and declares that his
name is not on the pension roll in any state
except as above named.

Jon Elkins

Sworn to and subscribed this 13th day of November
A.D. 1834 in open Court before me.

Sam Gias Judge of Probate

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion
that the above named applicant was a revolutionary
soldier and served as he states.

I Amos Paul Register of the Probate Court
within and for the District of Caledonia aforesaid
doi [do] hereby certify that the foregoing contains
the original proceedings of said Court in the
matter of the application of Jonathan Elkins
for a pension.

[seal obscured]

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand
and the seal of said Court at Danville
in said District this 13th day of Nov.
A.D. 1834.

Amos Paul Register