Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 3,527, Elisha Field, Vt.
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(3 - 1776)
to
SERVICE
CONTENTS
Field, Elisha
sesses
NUMBER
R. 3,527
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Lydia Allen
Affidavit

Elisha Fields case
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I Lydia Allen of Cornwall County of Addison & State of
Vermont of lawful age do testify and say that my
brother Elisha Field of said Cornwall enlisted in to
the service of the United States of America to my best
recollection the year but one before the revolutionary
was closed betwixt the United States & Great Britain
for the term of three months and was absent from home
for the said term of three months after enlisting and ┃
further say that I was knowing to the said Elisha Field
being called out in the malitia at different times
Cornwall July 5th 1832

Lydia her x mark Allen

State of Vermont
Addison County 
Cornwall July 5th 1832
Then Lydia Allen Personally appeared and
after being carefully examined and duly cautioned made
solemn oath that the foregoing deposition by her subscribed
contains the truth before me
William Hamilton, Justice Peace
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Sworn and subscribed this 6th day of July AD 1832
E.Dbacha clk
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State of Vermont
Addison County
As a special Term of
Addison County Court
commenced and holden at Middlebury
in said County on the 3d day of
July A.D. 1832 Personally appeared Elisha
field of the Town of Cornwall in said
County before the Judges of said Court in
open Court and being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make
the following declaration in order to obtain
the benefit of the act of Congress passed in
1832. That this deponent was 70 years old
the 3 day of March last that he entered
the service of the United States in the army
of the revolution by enlisting into Capt
William Dean Company at Shaftsbury
in Vermont, that the Liutenant of the company
Thomas Van that said company
belonged to Seth Warners Regiment. that
Elezer Walbridge was Lt Colonel of said
regiment and that John Dile was adjutant
that the time of enlistment was eighteen
months and that after joining said company which was before the 10 of April
this deponent was marched to Albany when
Warnes regiment remained about a
month, at the end of which time this
deponent marched with his regiment
to Fort Schuyler - Then was at Fort Schuyler
a company of Continental soldiers who
remained them with this deponent, but
this deponent cannot now remember the
names of the officers of company. This deponent
remained at Fort Schuyler until the
time of his enlistment had expired when
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he was honorably discharged, the deponent
entered said service as a volunteer & his
discharge was in writing but has been
lost or destroyed for man the twenty
years. After this deponent was discharged
as above he enlisted again as a volunteer
into the same company
for ten months
but returned home to Shaftsbury and
remained some days before commencing
the the month service. When this deponent
commenced the then months served they
marched to Skenesborough and the troops
then were commanded by Ethan Allen
this deponent remained at Skeenesborough
about two months & marched from
then to Fort Ann when he served the
remainder of his term and was honorably
discharged in
writing & paid by Thomas
Talman paymaster-- The paymaster for
my first and of 18 months was Farmwork
I think his first name was Elieger but
cannot be positive-- said last mentioned
discharge has been many years lost on
destroyed. This deponent further declares
that in July 1777 he volunteered and
joined Capt Philip Peny company of
militia to go against Burgoyne, that
this deponent with said company marched
to Stillwater, and renamed there until the
battle at that place, that this deponent
was engaged in that battle and that
Inall Field an unch of this deponent
was killed in said action, this deponent
was out at this time about two months
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but had no written discharge. This deponent
was at home but a few days after the last service
when he was called out and joined Capt
William Dyon Company, the same officer
into whose company he enlisted the next year
and immediately marched to Saratoga
This deponent was present at the surrender
of Burgoyne and saw him deliver up his
sword. This deponent immediately enter and
have having been out the last mentioned
time about a month. This deponent
further declares that in May 1777
was of Pittsford a month or two in the
militia guarding a small log fort
This deponent further declares that William
Lyon the captain under whom he
and died about ten years ago
at Castleton in Vermont and that
this deponent does not know an
officer or soldier with whom he
served that now live-
He hereby relinguishes every claim what
to a pension or annuity except the
present and declares that his name is
not on the Pension Roll of the agency
of any State

Elisha Field

Sworn & subscribed
the day & year aforesaid

I Charles Linsley now of Middlebury in the
County of Addison certify that I have long
known Elisha Field that all the early part of
my life I lived in the neighborhood of Field
and am well acquainted with him that
I believe him to be 71 years of age that
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is reputed and believed in the neighborhood
when he resides to have been a soldier of
the revolution and that I concur in that
opinion

C Lintry

Sworn and subscribed this
5th day of July AD 1832
E. D. Barber Clk

I, William P Abbott of Cornwall in the
County of Addison & State of Vermont certify
that I have him acquainted with Elisha
Field the signer of the foregoing declaration
for more than thirty years and have lived in
might or hard of Fields in commuate aforesaid
during all said time. I believe we held to
be as much as 71 years of age it has always
of
her reported & he lived in the neighborhood
when I fell reside that he was a salon
the revolution + I concur in that opinion Wm. Pension
Sworn and subscribed this 6th
day of July AD. 1832
E. D Barber W


Declaration
Elisha Field
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A D 1862, a March 273.
3527
Elisha Field
Service;
Enlisted:
ische
arged:
Application filed:
Alleges:
Re-enlisted:
Attorney:
P. O.
RFOTTO
Recognized.
Cert. of Dis. Searched for
&
18
18
Contract.
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J.Z. Goodrich

L.P. Waldo
Commr of Pensions
Washington City

Elisha Field

[stamp] WASHINGTON D.C. FREE MAR 20

I find no papers
James [illegible]
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Vermont Revol
Elisha Field
Suspended
See let Hon William
Hade January 08 1834

Hon. J.Z Goodrich 30th March 1854
3527
Act June 7. 1832
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I Jehiel Wight, a clergyman and in
the town of
Cornwall County of Addison
and State of Vermont, hereby certify
that
I am well acquainted with
.Elisha Field who has subscribed and sworn
 the foregoing declaration
that I have known him for a long time  that I 
believe him to
be seventy one
he is reputed and believed
the neighborhood where he resides to
have been a
Soldier
of the Revolution, and that I concur in that opinion
I further certify that I consider him to be a man of truth and veracity
Jehiel Wright

Sworn to and subscribed
July 15th 1833

Before me Dorastus Woosten Just of Peace

I hereby certify that
I am acquainted
above named Jehiel Wright and know
him to be a minister
of the Baptist
church in Cornwall in good
standing-
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State of Vermont
Addison County
I Saml Swift, Clerk of the county court for the said County, do hereby certify, that the
within named Dorastus Woostee, before whom
the within affidavit was made is
of the peace for said County, and same
subscribed to the certificate attached thereto
in his own signature
---
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and
affixed the seal of said Court this 16th day of July 1833

Saml Swift
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Elisha Fields explanatory Declaration
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State of Vermont, 
Addison District On this 3 day of January A.D. 1834,
 before the Probate Court for the said
District of Addison, in open Court personally appeared
Elisha Feild of Comwall in said District being duly sworn makes
the following declaration in addition to explanation of his declaration made before the County Court for
the County of Addison, on the 3d day of July 1832, in
order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed
June 7th 1832.
at the time I made my former declaration, my memory
had much failed in consequence of old age & a disorder
in my head; and it has since failed still more, so that
I am not able to recollect dates or any particular
facts distinctly, and the more I make an effort to
remember, the more my mind is confused. [illegible]
fact however, soon after I had made my former
declaration, I recollected that I had made a mistake,
and am now able to correct the mistake then
stated, that enlisted into the regiment commanded by
Colonel Warner, Ebenezer Walbridge being Lieutenant
Colonel. The facts were that the said Walbridge commanded a regiment of Vermont State troops, as Colonel,
in which enlisted for eighteen months some time
before my term of service expired, and it has lately
been my belief that it was about three months before
the expiration of said term. Colonel Walbridges
regiment, in which I served, was united in the service
to Colonel Warners Regiment, and under the general
command of Colonel Warner - and it was in this
way that I presume, that I made the mistake in
my recollection,
above mentioned
Subscribed & sworn the day
year aforesaid Saml Swift
Elisha Field
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State of Vermont
Addison District I Harvey Bell Register of the Probate
Court for the said District of Addison, do hereby
certify that the within contains the original
proceedings of the said Court in the matter of
the application of Elisha Field for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand
and affixed the seal of said Court this 6th day of
January 1834
Harvey Bell Register


I have been intimately acquainted with Mr.
Fields from my childhood, having been born and
and in his immediate neighborhood. His character
of truth is unquestioned
William Slade C
Jan. 17. 1834.
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Declaration of
Elisha Field
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And the said Court do
hereby declare there
opinion, after the investigation of the matter and after
putting the interrogatories prescribed
by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary sale
and served as he states; and
the Court
also certify that from personal acquaint
ance with said Elisha Field as will 
as with Charles Linsley and U. S. Abbot
whose certificate are hereunto transmitted
they consider the persons of city and
entitled to credit. And the Court further certify that from personal acquaintance with Sydia Hollen, when affiant is herewith transmitted, they concur he a person of veracity as entitled to credit and that the affiant was sworn before a person being am and veracity.
 
Edward D Barber
Clerk
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STATE OF VERMONT,
Addison County ss.
I EDWARD D. BARBER, Clerk of the County Court for the
County of Addison, do hereby certify that the annexed documents contain
the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application
Elisha Field
for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and
the seal of said Court this 10th of July A.D.
1832
Edward D. Barber, Clerk
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Case of Elisha Field
Suspended

Suspended

Hon. W Slake
HR
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Sir:
WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has
been examined, and the papers are herewith returned.
The following is a statement of
your case in 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 compling with this request greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim.
A Statement, showing the service of
Duration of the
claimant's service.
Rank of
the
claimant.
Names and rank of the Field officers
under whom he served.
.
Age at present,
and place of abode
when he entered
the service.
Proof by which the declaration is supported.
-

I am, respectfully
Your obedient servant
JAMES 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 of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged
in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
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, mucicians or privates, will, in the first
instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of
Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is
considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss.
County of
On this
day of
A.B. a resident (b) of
personally appeared (a) before
in the county of
and State, Territory or District
of
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)
andserved

in the
(e) regiment of the
Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he servunder
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 per-
-
sons 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
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
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.
of the Court of
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of
the application of
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this
day of
& 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
and C. D. residing in (the same)
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with
who has
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be
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 the investigation of the matter, and after
putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary
Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A.B.
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the
and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I,
Clerk of the Court of
do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal
of office, this
day of
& 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

upon the statement of Claimant it could be deemed true that he
was ever in actual service in the Reg of Seth Warner of the Cont
establishment. The court of same stated does not agree with the
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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
CASC.
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.
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?
Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what
officer 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
inquiry 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.
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.
The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not
conforming to the rule.
The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
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
Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the
of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
fore 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 anddays

, I served as and for such service I clair
important, in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law
directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about the or four months
expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years
without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is
highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement;
the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority
; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil
pursuit.
The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
The opinion of the Court is always required.
The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no pubof
the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the offcial character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the
papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains
the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must
pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses
who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's enter
ing 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 witcases
, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
hereto are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in
note applies to continental troops only.
onary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

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