Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File [BLANK], Isaac Elwood, N.Y. Res.

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S-049
Ex. AW Div. RevWar Section
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
WASHINGTON, D.C., Feb 8, 1921

The attached letter is respectfully returned with the information that the data furnished is not sufficient to enable this Bureau to make intelligent answer to the queries therein contained. Please fill out such of the blank spaces below as the information in your possession with permit, and return to this Bureau.

Name of Widow
No. of [illegible] [crossed out]
Name of Soldier [crossed out] Magdalena Schneider Elwood
P.O. [crossed out] address of claimant, at enlistment & after service
Company Minden N.Y.
Regiment
State where enlisted
Approximate dates of birth & death
If unable to furnish company and regiment give names of commanding officers,
Born about 1754 - Died
1813 aged 58 years
Return attached letter with reply
F D Byington
Commissioner.

[Stamp right side Record Division Jan 12 1921]
[illegible numbers at page bottom]

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[handwritten] Rev./K1

Amsterdam, N.Y,, January 10, 1921.
Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Pensions,
Revolutionary War Section,
Washington, D.C. 
[stamp] PENSION OFFICE. U.S. JAN 12 1921 

Gentlemen:
Will you kindly advise me whether Isaac Elwood of New York State, who served in the Revolution at various times and various cmmpanies, ever drew a pension? If so, I should be pleased to have details.
[stamp] PENSION OFFICE. U.S. FEB 11 1921
Yours very truly,
[signature] Edith V. Becker

Mrs. Frank N. Becker,
93 Guy Park Ave.,
Amsterdam, N.Y.

New York Archives claim that he was a pensioner and applicant for pension. Said to have been a corporal and wounded at the Battle of Oriskany.

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[printed] Mrs. Amon Westman
1651 Washington Street
Denver. Colo.

[handwritten]
DEC.1"-1926
Bureau of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Gentlemen:
Have you the record of Isaac Ellwood, Corporal in War 1775 who was wounded in right shoulder 
Aug 6" 1777. (at Oriskany) in your Department?
I want to establish his birth;
Was it Dec 22" 1745?
He was 32 yrs old when wounded or was he 32 yrs old in 1786 when granted pension for his wound?
What was his age when he died 1813?
If you have no data, please advise as to who has, if possible.
The said Isaac Ellwood was from Mirdeu Montgomery (then Lyons)? 
N:Y. Thank you.
Cordially Mrs Amon Westman.

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Comptroller General
U.S. of
Washington
D.C

My dear General:
My Great Grandfather:
"General Isaac Elwood" Sr. wounded in the
Revo' War, a pensioner till his death. he
was, according to folklore, promoted
to "Maj Gen", when was ended, his
paper proving it were burned in
Washington D.C. fire, as you recall
the documents of the Revo' War were.
I now am a middle aged widow
(no children) not in good health, is there
a hope that I may receive from the pensioned
soldier fund a monthly allowance?
Can prove my social standing, reliability
and sincerely in confidence. Do no want to be
advertized. I am about to finish the genealogy
of (my) Ellwood's, including my grandfather
Isaac Ellwood Jr. (Genl in "War of 1812") and everyone
by name of E I can find. I am needy, or would
not humiliate myself, to ask this of you.
Respectfully, Charlotte Westman

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GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON
RECORDS DIVISION
IN REPLY PLEASE QUOTE
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March 16, 1834. [stamp]

Veterans Administration,
Pension Service,
Washington, D.C.

Sirs:
There is forwarded herewith for appropriate action, letter from Charlotte J. Westman, #18, 1651 Washington Street, Denver, Colorado, requesting to be informed whether she is entitled to a pension or other allowance in connection with the service of her great-grandfather, General Isaac Ellwood, Sr., during the Revolutionary War.
The writer has been advised of this reference.
Respectfully,
[signature] P.D. Fallon
Asst. Chief, Records Division.

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Rev. War Section. [signature]
Mar. 18, 1921.

Edith V. Becker,
93 Guy Park Ave.
Amsterdam, N.Y.

Madam:
In response to your letter [illegible] o the 11" ultimo, you are advised that in the Report of the Secretary of War in relation [illegible] establishment of the United States, which was printed in 1835, on the list of invalid pensioners who were paid at the New York Agency and whose residence and other data in regard to them could not be ascertained on account of the destruction of the War Office in 1800 and 1814, when it was burned; appears the name of Isaac Elwood a Corporal, Army of the Revolution, pensioned at $48 per annum, died 1813.
There are no papers on file for this claim, owing to the burning of records described above.
Very respectfully,
[signature] AD Wilkinson
Chief Clerk.

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Rev, ?1818 Wars Section [signature]

February 3, 1927

Mrs. Amon Westman
1651 Washington St.,
Denver, Colo.

Madam:
I have to advise you that in the Report of the Secretary of War in relation to the pension establishment of the United States, which was printed in 1835, on the list of invalid pensioners who were paid at the New York Agency, and whose residences and other data in regard to them, could not be ascertained on account of the destruction of the War Office in 1800 and 1814, when it was burned, appears the name of Isaac Elwood a Corporal, Army of the Revolution, pensioned at $48 per annum, died 1813.
There are no papers on file for this claim, owing to the burning of records described above.
Respectfully,

WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.

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June 8, 1934.

BA-J/MMHP/ady
Isaac Elwood
Dis- Rev. War.
[signature]

Charlotte J. Westman
#18, 1651 Washington Street
Denver, Colorado

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter addressed to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, this city, which as been referred to this office for reply. You request to know whether or not you are entitled to pension based upon service of your great grandfather, General Isaac Ellwood in the Revolutionary War.

There is no provision of law under which the descendants of soldiers of the Revolutionary War are entitled to pension based upon service in that war. It is regretted that this office cannot aid you in the matter of securing a pension.

The records of this office show that the invalid pensioner, Isaac Elwood, served as corporal in the Revolutionary War and that he died in 1813. There are no statements on file which were made in his application for pension because of the destruction of papers in such early applications when the War Office was burned in 1800.

Very truly yours,

A.D. HILLER 
Assistant to Administrator.