Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 3,306, Samuel Elliott, Md.

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Md.       Elliott, Samuel  R3306

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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of June 7th 1832
The State of Ohio
Portage County [squiggly bracket] Jp
On this seventh day of July in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty four personally appeared before the subscriber Charles Sumner one of the associate Judges of the Court of common pleas written and for the county aforesaid Samuel Elliott a resident of Springfield in the County of Portage and State of Ohio aged seventy seven years on the thirty first day of January last who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of congress passed June 7th of 1832. That he enlisted in the army of the United States in the year seventeen hundred and seventy six on the fifteenth day of October with Captain Francis Holland and served in said Holland's company of Maryland volunteers under the following named officers ([illegible]) Captain Francis Holland first lieutenant Robert Carlisle second lieutenant William Young and ensign Robert Morgan. That at the time he enlisted he resided in Hartford County in the State of Maryland and that on the following Wednesday or Thursday after he enlisted he mustered with said Holland's company of volunteers at a place called the lower Ferry across the Susquehannah river and crossed the river the same day and encamped for the night on the bank of the river opposite from where the company mustered and from thence the company marched through Elk Town, Wilmington & Philadelphia (at which place the company exchanged their arms for muskets with bayonets) and then embarked on board a small schooner and sailed to Trenton and from thence to Princeton, and from thence Brunswick and from thence to Amboy at which place Colonel Morgan's regiment of Rifle men were stationed. Then about ten days after the arrival of Captain Holland's company at Amboy Colonel Morgan's regiment left the place and proceeded to the south. That about four or five days after Captain Holland's company served at Amboy. Captain Harris' company of volunteers arrived at the place and the two companies re[illegible] at Amboy until the latter

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part of December following when the two companies marched to Rareton [Raritan?] Landing where the two companies joined the army under the command of general Washington and from Rareton landing the army under the immediate command of of George Washington marched to Trenton at which place this applicant was taken sick and continued unable to perform service for the space of two months at the expiration of which time this applicant again joined Captain Holland's company at [struck through] Prususia the beach opposite Prususia Island in the Susquehannah river which Island was at the time occupied by the British army and [illegible] in that vicinity until the twenty fifth day of August following during which time Captain Holland's company with about ten or twelve companies of militia under the command of Colonel Webb and Major Wheeler were engaged in watching the British army and that on or about the twenty fifth day of August AD 1877 this applicant with the rest of Captain Holland's company were discharged from the service of the United States. That he knows of no person living by whom his sources can be proved and that he received a discharge from the service by the hand of Captain Holland which discharge is now lost and that the time he enlisted he resided in Hartford County State of Maryland
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any state
Samuel his mark X Elliott
Attest 
Wm Slater
David Ellet
Sworn to and prescribed the day and year aforesaid
Charles Sumner Associate Judge
We John D Hughs a clergyman residing in Springfield in the County of Portage and State of Ohio and William Slater residing in Springfield aforesaid hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Samuel Elliott who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy seven years of age that his is reputed and believe in the neig-

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neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid before me
Charles Sumner Associate Judge
Wm Slater
John D. Hughes
And I the said Charles Sumner judge of aforesaid do hereby declare my opinion after the investigation of the matter and after having put the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department ([illegible])
(1st Where & in what year were you born
Answer by the applicant
In the County of Hartford in the State of Maryland and I think in the year 1757
2 Have you any record of your age & if so where is it
Answer by applicant: I have no record of my age
3 Where were you living when called into service where have you lived since the revolutionary and where do you now live
Answer by applicant
When called into service I resided in Hartford County State of Maryland from whence I removed to Washington County State of Pennsylvania from thence I removed back to Hartford County from thence to Allegheny County State of Pennsylvania from thence I removed to Trumbull County State of Ohio and from thence I removed to Springfield Portage County where I no reside
4 How were you called into service were you drafted and you volunteer or were you a substitute and if a substitute for whom
Answer by the applicant I volunteered
5 State the names of [illegible] 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 service  Answer by applicant
At Amboy there was Colonel Morgan with his regiment of Riflemen and Captain Harris company of volunteers but I do not recollect the names of any other officers at that place and I do not recollect the names of any of the continental

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Officers except general Washington who marched with Captain Hollands company from Rariton landing to Trenton in company with one or two continental regiments Our company was an independent company of Infantry termed minute men and did not join any regiment
6 Did you ever receive a discharge from the service and if so by whom was it given and what has become of it
Answer by applicant
I received a discharge from Captain Francis Holland which I kept until a few years past but it is now lost or destroyed
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 you services as a revolutionary soldier
Answer by the applicant
Abraham Dehaven Henry Chittenden Nathaniel Dehaven Willis Clinton Roan Clark William L Clark Thomas Matlin Abraham Dunbar and Stephen Lepson that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states And I further certify that it appears to me that John D Hughs who has signed the preceeding certificate is a clergyman residing in Springfield and William Slater who is also a resident in the township of Springfield and is a credible person [illegible] that their Statement is entitled to credence and I also certify that Samuel; Elliott the applicant is unable from bodily infirmity to appear in court and the foregoing [illegible] the original proceedings in the  matter of the application of Samuel Elliott for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and [illegible] of office this 7th day of July 1834
Charles Sumner Associate Judge
The State of Ohio
Portage County ss.
I Brice S. Hunter deputy Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County of Portage do hereby certify that Charles Sumner is an associate Judge of said Court and that his attestation aforesaid is in due form of law, and that to all acts by him so done, full faith and credit are and ought to be given in judicature and [illegible]. In testimony whereof I do hereto subscribe my name and affix the seal of said Court this eleventh day of September Anno Domini One thousand eight hundred and thirty [f]our. 
Brice S. Hunter Dep. Clerk.-
[Written vertically over Charles Sumner's certification on the left margin] 31.971 Samuel Elliot Ohio
[Written vertically over Charles Sumner's certification on the right margin] Hon J. Sloane Ravenna Ohio
[What appears to be a postmark is affixed at the lower left corner of the document but it is illegible.]

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State of Ohio
Summit County ss [hand drawn separator]

Be it known that before me, A. G. Varis, a notary public of said county, duly appointed, and commissioned, personally appeared John Elliott aged fifty eight years, at a [illegible] duly [illegible] and then sworn, in and [illegible] of Law, states that his is the son of Samuel Elliott, who was a Revolutionary soldier in the State of Maryland - that he died on the 14th day of March 1840 - and that his Daughter, Catharin Elliott died in the spring of 1813 - that said Samuel Elliott volunteered, as this affiant understands and believes, for during the war - that he served under Captain Hollingsworth, of an independent company - that his parents were married in the spring of 1777, and were residents of Hartford County Maryland, and resided there fifty three years that this applicant resides in Springfield Summit County Ohio - 
and furthermore by these presents he constitutes and affiant, and fully authorizes, [illegible] and with James of substitution F. E. Haysler, of Washington City, D. C. as his [illegible] and lawful attorney for him, and in his stead, and name, to examine into, to prosecute, to demand, and to [illegible] from the U. S. Government, and State

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offices his rights in all, and in [illegible] of claims for increases, in arrears of Pension or land that may be due him as heir at Law of said Samuel Elliott - who died, leaving the [illegible] [illegible], as in right of Law he may be entitled - 
In writing [illegible] he [illegible] this 31st day of January AD 1853 [illegible] [illegible] set his hand, and affixed his [illegible], and seal-
John his mark X Elliott [hand drawn seal to right of signature]

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Official Seal the day and year last aforesaid
A. C. Voris
Notary Public

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December 1, 1930

Rev.& 1812 Wars Section
AWF:MLB

Miss Dorothy Elliott
514 East Main Street
Hoopeston, Illinois

Dear Madam:

You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary pension claim, R. 3306, that Samuel Elliott was born January 31, 1757 in Harford County, Maryland.

He married in the spring of 1777. Catharine, whose maiden name is not given. She died in the spring of 1813.

Samuel Elliott applied for pension July 7, 1834, at which time he was living in Springfield, Portage County, Ohio, and alleged that while a resident of Harford County, Maryland, he enlisted October 15, 1776 and served in Captain Francis Holland's Maryland company until the following August.

The claim was not allowed as proof of six months service required by the pension law was not furnished.

The soldier stated that after the Revolution he lived in Washington and Allegheny Counties, Pennsylvania and Trumbell County, Ohio and then moved to Springfield, Ohio.

He died March 14, 1840.

A son John aged fifty-eight years in 1853 was living in Springfield. Ohio. There is no further reference to children.

Very truly yours

E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner

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514 East Main St
Hoopeston, Illinois
Nov 8 [year struck through and illegible] 1930

Dear Sirs -
I am wondering if you have a record of a certain Samuel [underlined] Elliott [only one in Md] who enlisted from Maryland in the Rev. War - he was supposed to have served over 3 years and he was discharged in 1780 - he died at or near Ellet Ohio in 1841. If you could give me any information about Samuel Elliott and if he really did fight in the Rev War, I would surely appreciate it. I should like to know from what part of the country they came from and who his [underlined] mother & [underlined] father were & who he married. 
Thanking you for your time & trouble.
Sincerely I am
(Miss) Dorothy Elliott
514 East Main St
Hoopeston Illinois
Nov 8 - 1930 -
[stamped with postmark] Nov 11 1930 US [illegible] OFFICE

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1930- Dec. 2- [illegible] to Misshttps://catalog.archives.gov/images/misc/drag.png Dorothy Elliott [illegible]

[This appears to be a form for tracking war records.]

3306 [stamped] REJECTED

P. O. Samuel Elliott

Service: [blank line]
Enlisted: [blank line], 18  .
Discharged: [blank line], 18  .
Application filed: [blank line], 18  .
Alleges: The printed list of 1852 shows reasons for rejection "not six months served"
Re-enlisted: [blank line]
Attorney: [blank line]
P. O. [blank line]
[blank line] Recognized.  [blank line] Contract.
[blank line] Cert. of Dis.   Searched for [blank line], 18  .

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Samuel Elliott
Ohio - Oct 1832
Suspended per
[the following text is struck through]
letter [illegible] Jany 1835
to Hon J. Sloane,
[illegible] Hon. J. W. Allen, Mar 2 1838

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War Department
Pension Office
January 14, 1835

Sir,
The testimony exhibited in support of the claim of Samuel Elliott does not agree with the service set forth in his declaration. The witness swears that he saw the discharge given by Capt. Holland to the applicant, from which it would appear that he entered the service for two months only, and that he subsequently served as a volunteer. The applicant alleges that the entered the service in October 1776, and was in service, with exception of two months, until August following. He could not have been engaged in the Spring of 1777, as is alleged, in watching the motions of the British on the Susquehanna River. There is also some mistake in his statement as to his having marched from the Raritan to Trenton in Dec. 1776. The applicant should therefore make an amended declaration in which his services should be more satisfactorily set forth. The papers now exhibited will be filed with suspended cases in this office.

I have the honor to be
Very respectfully
Your Obt. Servt.
JL Edwards

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Quem - The decln. avowed that Ellet. enlisted in the U. S. a = [underlined] generally
The depn. says [struck through] Elliot Hollands discharge states he enlisted for [underlined] 2 [underlined] months & there after E. served as a [underlined] volunteer till August '77-
Is this a discrepancy?

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The State of Ohio
Portage County Js
Personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid, David Ellet, and being duly sworn according to law, deposeth and Saith, that some time in the year eighteen hundred and seventeen or eighteen hundred and eighteen he saw a discharge that Samuel Ellet had from Captain Francis Holland of Hartford, County of the State of Maryland, Certifying that he had enlisted in the Army of the United Colonies in the forepart of October seventeen hundred seventy six for the term of two months and from the close of that time he served as a volunteer untill the fifteenth or twenty fifth of August in the year A.D. seventeen hundred and seventy seven and the discharge was given in Hartford County, district not recollected, and further this deponant saith not.
David Ellet
Sworn to, and subscribed before me at the county aforesaid this 16th day of December AD 1834
Thomas Hale, Justice of the Peace
The State of Ohio
Portage County Js
I Thomas Hale, a Justice of the Peace of the Peace in and for said County, do certify that I am acquainted with the above named David Ellet, and am satisfied from my own personal knowledge, that he possesses a good moral character.
Given under my hand and seal this 16th day of December A.D. 1834
Thomas Hale, Justice of the Peace [hand drawn box around] Seal

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State of Ohio
Portage County ss
I George Kirkum Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within & for the said County of Portage due hereby certify that Thomas Hale is a Justice of the Peace as above and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name at Ravennah in said County of Portage this sixth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty five.
Geo. Kirkum Clerk

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Feb 28
Samuel Elliott
[struck through] Dan [struck through] Elliott
Ohio
Papers wanted

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David Elliot - Rev.y Soldier
Portage County, Ohio - 
Col. Edwards wrote Wm Sloane, in ref
[illegible] to it Jan. 14/35
JW Allen
HR
he wants the papers.
W

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War Department,
Pension Office,
March 2, 1838
Sir,
On examination the papers of David Elliott do not appear to be on file. But those in the care of Samuel Elliot, of Portage County, are herewith enclosed; and I will be obliged to you if you will acknowledge the receipt of them. I have no doubt but this is the case to which you allude, from the fact that a letter was addressed to the Hon. J. Sloane, on the 14th of January 1835 in relation to the claim.
I have the honor to be,
Very respectfully
Your Obt. Servt.
JL Edwards
Hon. J. W. Allen,
House of Representatives.

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-Hon J Sloane
[illegible][pension papers

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War Department
Pension Office
October 18th 1834
Sir,
The declaration of Samuel Elliott has been examined, and it is herewith returned. The rolls of those who belonged to the Maryland troops do not afford any evidence of the applicants service, as appears by the certificate of the Register of the Sand office at Annapolis. The testimony of at least one credible witness who had a personal knowledge of the applicants service should therefore be exhibited in order to a favorable decision. He should be able to give such testimony as is required in note of, in the enclosed printed sheet.
I am Respectfully
Your Obt Servant
JL Edwards