Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 19467, Elijah Travis, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Travis, Elijah Travers
W19467
Lydia
CONTENTS

8,986
Massachusetts.
Elijah Travers, 41
of Boston, in the state of Massachusetts who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Nixon, of the Massachusetts line, for the term of nine months.
scribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 13. of April, 1818.
ertificate of Pension issued the 5. of April 1819 and sent to John Davis, judge Boston, Massachusetts.
earns to 4th of March, 1819. 85.83 emi-anl. all'ce ending 4. Sept. 68
10 mo. 18 1819. 5133.83 30 4 31
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
Notation and mark of 1820 480 1 585 Pension

No 347
Elijah Gravers (Private)
Nipon's Regt. Mass. Line.
Elijah Gravers.
May 1770 for 9 months.
Declaration 30 th March 1818.
Correct by Rev
Adm.
Wanted, the Certificate of the Judge, that Applicant, in his belief, is in "reduced circumstances in life, &c."
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I, Elijah Travis, of Newton in the county of Middlesex, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, do testify and declare that I am now in my fifty ninth year of my age, that I am a citizen of the United States, resident therein, that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life am in need of assistance from my country for subsistence: - That during the war of the Revolution I served in the American Army in the manner and times hereinafter mentioned: - To wit, I enlisted into a company of Infantry commanded by Cap. Benjamin Gaty in the year 1776. in a Regiment commanded by Col. Manton & went to New York & served at this term five months: in the year 1777 I enlisted into a company under the command of Lieutenant Samuel Lamb of Charlton & served at Brookfield in guarding Magazine the term of six months: - I again enlisted in the month of May in the year 1778 into a company of Continental Troops commanded by Abiel Holden of Sudbury & went to Fishkill in New York & went from thence to Newpoint & from thence to White Plains & that I then served the full term of nine months, this Regiment was commanded by Col. John Nixon of Framingham, which Regiment was under the command of General Nixon.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this thirtieth day of March in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and eighteen. -
Elijah Travis
Massachusetts District ss. Boston 13. April 1818
Sworn to before me
J. D. Wells
Dist. Judge Mass. Dist.

We the undersigned Selectmen of the town of Weston in the county of Middlesex hereby certify that Elijah Francis who signed the within declaration, is an inhabitant of said Weston & by reason of his poverty is in need of assistance; we further certify that he sustains a good reputation in the vicinity.
Weston April 4 th 1880. —
Matthew Fisher } Selectmen Nathan Wagar } of J. D. Mayhew } Weston Jonas Colburn }

Man. Dist. 1 st April 1818. Isaac Fiske of Weston in the Middle District, Egg. is ap- pointed Commissioner to take any evidence relating to the within Declaration.
W. D. Gull Davis Clk. Man. Dist.
I Robert Cutting, of East Sudbury in the county of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, gentleman, do testify and depose that in the year 1778 I was captain of a militia company in East Sudbury in said county. That Elijah Travis, who has signed the foregoing application, was enrolled in, & a member of the company under my command; that in the month of May in said year, & by looking at the records, which I kept of all who enlisted from my company, at first I was on the fifteenth day of said month, the said Travis enlisted into a company of Continental  Continental troops for the term of nine months, destined as I then understood for Fish Kill in New York, & that the said Elijah Travis went into the service for said term of time in pursuance to his said enlistment. Robert Cutting
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Middlesex ss. April 4 th 1818. Personally appeared Robert Cutting above named and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed. Before me Isaac Fiske Justice of the Peace.

MASSACHUSETTS DISTRICT, ss.
10 March 1819.
I AM satisfied that the above named, Elijah Havers by reason of his reduced circumstances in life, is in need of assistance from his Country for support.
M Davis { District Judge U. S. { Massachusetts Dist.
TO THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF WAR.

MASSACHUSETTS DISTRICT, ss.
Boston June 12 A. D. 1818
IT appearing to my satisfaction, that Elijah Travers subscriber to the annexed declaration, sworn to before me, did serve in the revolutionary war against the common enemy, as stated in said declaration, I now transmit the testimony in the case, with the proceedings had thereon, to the Secretary of the department of war, pursuant to the directions of the Act entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war;" the testimony and proceedings in the premises being the declaration aforesaid, with the accompanying documents marked together with this certificate.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the District Court of the United States for this District to be hereunto affixed.
M Davis
Judge of the District Court U.S. Massachusetts District.

202. Elijah Travis
Walters 8986 Weston April 1819
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
MIDDLESEX, ss.
At the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Middle Circuit, begun and holden at Concord, within and for the County of Middlesex, on the second Monday of June A. D. 1820
Before the Hon. SAMUEL DANA, Esquire, Chief Justice,
and
WILLIAM WETMORE, and } Associate Justices STEPHEN MINOT, Esquires, } of said Court.
In open Court here, being a Court of Record for said Circuit, proceeding according to the course of the common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, Elijah Francis  now resident in  Weston in said Circuit, who is named in Pension Certificate No. 8986 now in his possession, of which the following is a true copy, to wit,
"WAR DEPARTMENT.....REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM."
"I certify that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818, Elijah Francis of Boston Massachusetts , late a Private in the army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence on the nineteenth day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen."
"Given at the War Office of the United States, this fifth day of April one thousand eight hundred and nineteen ."
J. C. CALHOUN, Secretary of War,"
appears, and exhibits to the Court here a Schedule, subscribed by him, as follows, to wit,
SCHEDULE,
containing his whole estate and income, his necessary clothing and bedding excepted, to wit,
  " 1 Loom of the value of $4 00   2 tables 150 1 doz pewter plates 1. 2 50   3 pewter banners 050 tea wares 1 looking glass 50 2 00   3 glass bottles 018 tea wares 150 1 doz plates 075 2 43   2 chests 3 - 6 chairs 5 light stand 50 3 bowls 25 6 75   1 pitcher 025 9 spoons 1 5 mugs 30 teapot 25 2 30   1 pot 100 2 kettles 1 cleaver 075 1 spider 25 3 00   1 blanket 50 4 tables 070 2 mugs 020 5 40   2 pr of dogs 1 shovel 1 tongs 50 1 axe 67 2 17   1 hoe 17 1 dung fork 50 1 knife 1 fork 1 1 67   1 pail 020 1 pair of flat irons 75 0 95   Elijah Francis   $33 17 
And the said Elijah Francis being duly sworn, doth on his oath declare that he served as a soldier in

the War of the Revolution & at one time for the term of nine months and more, that he enlisted in the Continental service in the month of June 1778 into a company commanded by Capt Abel Holden in Col. Nrigons Regt for the term of nine months and served during said time and about one month over he also served in the year 1776 for five months and in the year 1777 six months, as He is now sixty two years old has a wife and her children under his care is infirm and unable to perform but very little labour.
Elijah Travis
Sworn to & declared before Mr. Wetmore Judge etc "

and at the same time he produces to the Court here the following Oath, taken and subscribed by him, before the Hon. Wm Wetmore a Judge of said Court as aforesaid, to wit,
4 I, Elijah Ingers do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," passed on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed. So help me GOD.
Elijah Ingers
Middlesex ss. C. C. C. P. June Term, A. D. 1820
Then the abovenamed Elijah Ingers called Ingers took and subscribed the aforeswritten Oath before me,
Wm Wetmore
Judge of said Court. 4
I, ABRAHAM BIGLOW, Clerk of the Court aforesaid, do hereby certify, that the foregoing Oath, and Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is Three hundred & thirty
$33.17
Three hundred & thirty Thirty Three dollars & seventeen cents In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Cambridge, in said County of Middlesex, on this 20th day of July 1820 .
Attr.
Abraham Biglow

Hon. Ch. P. Bank, 28 Apr. 1854.
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Massachusetts
Lydia Travers
Widow of Elijah Travers dec.
Mass
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1818 and who died on the 3 rd February 1834 of Middlesex in the State of Mass. who was a Private in the _____ commanded by Captain _____ of the Reg t commanded by Col Nixon in the Mass. line for 28 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass. at the rate of 60 Dollars 67 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 th day of Sept. 1838, and sent Isaac at Cambridge Ms.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1838 $166.67 Semi-annual allowance ending Mar. 39, 03.33
$200.00
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by Madison Clerk Book 4 Vol. 136 Page 136

Lydia Traver.
459
Wid of Elijah Mass.
Ad 7 July 1838
Maria 1780
dec 1824
Allan 20 mo pri $166.66 per ann
Isaac Perkin Esq East Cambridge Ms.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Middlesex ss.
On this fourteenth day of August in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and thirty eight, Lydia Favers a resident of Weston in the County of Middlesex aged seventy nine years, who, being first sworn, according to Law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed July 7. 1835, entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows"; That she is the widow of Elyah Favers who was a private soldier in the Army of the Revolution & served in the years 1776 & 1777 sixteen months or more in Col' Mantell's & Winens Regiment as she has understood & justly believes; The length of said services & the particulars in relation to the same are set forth in the Declaration of the said Elyah Favers made before the District Judge of the United States Court for the District of Massachusetts under the Act of Congress of 1818 and are proved by the Documents accompanying said declaration and for which services he received a Pension during his life, commencing as she believes in the month of April 1818; The Certificate of which was surrendered to the Pension Agent in Boston on the payment of the arrearage of said Pension after the death of the said Elyah; All which documents she believes are on file in the Pension Department at Washington & to which she refers for the particulars of the services of the said Elyah Favers as a soldier in the Revolutionary War & proof of the same; She further declares that she was married to the said Elyah Favers on the thirtieth day of November in the year eighteen hundred and eighty; That her husband the aforesaid Elyah Favers died

on the third day of February in the year Eighteen hundred and twenty four; - That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January seventeen hundred & ninety four, viz at the time above stated.
She further testified & says that her said husband formerly used to write his name generally Elijah Travers , but sometimes Elijah Travis ; the latter part of his life he generally wrote his name Elijah Travis but sometimes Elijah Travers . - & some of his children now write their names " Travis " & some of them " Travers ". - Lydia from  Travers mark
Subscribed & sworn to in open Court by said Lydia Travers the day & year first above written - J. P. D. Foss Judge of Prob. Ct.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middletown ss. To Isaac Fisher Register of the Court of Probate in & for the County of Middlesex hereby certify that Lord J. P. D. Foss Esq. is the Judge of said Court, duly commissioned & qualified & that his signature above written is his genuine signature.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court of Probate this fifteenth day of August in the year Eighteen hundred & thirty eight, - Isaac Fisher By

I, Sarah Woodward of Weston, in the County of Middlesex, & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged seventy years do testify and say, that the Rev d Samuel Woodward was my father; that he was the ordained minister of the town of Weston aforesaid from the year Seventeen Hundred and Fifty One, to the year Seventeen Hundred & Eighty Two, as I always understood and verily believe; I well remember, and know that he was minister of said town in Seventeen Hundred & Eighty Two, in which year he died - I was then Fifteen years old; that he was in the constant practice of joining persons in marriage, and was, by the Laws of the Commonwealth aforesaid, authorized & empowered to perform such ceremonies; that he kept a book of record of such marriages, by him performed, which book of record remained among his other books at his decease, & has been from the time of his death, to the present time, in my possession, or some member of the family; that said book has been in my possession for Thirty Two years last past, & is still in my possession; that the said entries of marriages are in the proper hand-writing of the said Sam l Woodward; that I was well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Samuel Woodward and have often seen him write; and that it appears by said Book by the record therein that Elijah Travis was married to Lydia Peirce on the thirtieth day of November in the year of our Lord Seventeen Hundred & Eighty; and that the following is a true copy of an entry made by the said Woodward, in his own hand writing, in the said book, viz. "1780. Nov: 30. Married Elijah Travis and Lydia Peirce"
And further I say not
Sarah Woodward,
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. County of Middlesex ss.
On this second day of August A.D. 1838, personally appeared Sarah Woodward, to me known as a disinterested and credible person, and made oath that the above affidavit, by her subscribed, is true.
Before me Benj n James Justice of Peace. -
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex ss. I Isaac Pitkin Register of the Court of Probate in and for the County of Middlesex hereby certify that Myronum Palmer is a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Middlesex duly commissioned & qualified. That his signature above written is his genuine signature. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this fifteenth day of August in the year Eighteen hundred & thirty eight. Isaac Pitkin Reg.

Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Washington, D. C., _____, 189___
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of Elijah Travis , a soldier of the Revolutionary War, you will please find below the desired information as contained in his application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     1776 5 mos Pri Col Gates "Maurice" Mass.   1777 6 " " Lieut Samuel Lamb "   May 1778 9 " " Col Holden Nixon "  
Battles engaged in, None Residence of soldier at enlistment, Town not given. Date of application for pension, Mar 30 1818 Residence at date of application, Weston Mass Age at date of application, 59 Remarks: Lydia pension also pension allowed
Very respectfully,
_____ Commissioner.

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No.
19467
Sydia Travers Widow of Elijah Travers Rev. Rev. War.
Act:
July 7 th 1858
Index:—Vol.
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Page
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[Arrangement of 1870.]

1892
May 20 Went to Frank H. Brigham City.

THIRD AUDITORS OFFICE
Official Business
Hon: Louis P. Walden Commr of Pensions Present.
Lydia Invers Map at 38 Cal

Ho 9 Rep.
21 st April.
My dear Sir
I enclose to you a letter from Hon Isaac Fiske relating to the claim for Pension of the children of Elizah Francis, late of Mass.
Will you be kind enough to enable me to reply to the inqur.
And Obliq.
Ym Obl Servant
To
Hon Mr Burt Aurora etc
J. T. Bankof

Loaf B. U.S.
21 st Ap l / 54
Hon. W. P. Banks Jr.
Recd 21 st Ap l / 54
And same day, & Mr. Fish's letter referred to Comm. of Pensions.
Copy referred to the Comm. of Pensions J. M. B. so informed 3 rd Auditor's Off ce = April 21 st 1854 J. Bush 3 rd Auditor
Mr Randall

1416 K. St. n.w.
Washington D.C. Apr. 3, 1892.
The Commissioner of Pensions.
Will you do me the favor to give me any information in your office regarding the military service of my Ancestor, which will assist me in proving my eligibility for the Society of the Sons of the Revolution, at my expense if necessary.
Name Elijah Travis, of Weston or Sherborn Mass
Born 14. 1744; died Oct. 3. 1802
Married Jan. 3. 1771
His daughter Sally Travis is my Grandmother.
He is said to have been in several battles, was honorably discharged, received a payment in worthless $150.

Continental Money; and afterwards a pension to the end of his life.
I shall be glad to have more definite knowledge than I now possess of his career in the War of the Revolution.
Yours respectfully, Prof. Frank H. Bigelow

9,
OLD WAR AND NAVY APR 7 1892 FILES.
PENSION OFFICE APR 4 1892
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4588459 Mak 7 July 1838 Aug 20 PORTLAND
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commission of Pensions a Washington
James H. Barry

Maf. -
Middlesex Co.
East Cambridge August 15, 1838
J. L. Edmonds Esq
Sir,
Inclosed are the applications of Lydia Tracy & Abigail Jones for Pensions; - Please to make return to me the result of the same
I am very respectfully Yours
Isaac Haskin

I, Isaac Sanderson of Lincoln, in the County of Middlesex & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged fifty two years, do testify and say, that I was well acquainted with Elijah Travis, who was a pensioner under the act of Congress of the year 1818; I frequently received his pension by power of Attorney, and after his death received the arrears of his pension, as his administrator, and surrendered the pension certificate to the Agent for the payment of pensions in Boston; the said Elijah Travis died on the third day of February Eighteen Hundred & Twenty Four; I was present at his funeral. I further testify and say, that I am well acquainted with his widow, whose name is Lydia Travis, who is now living & has remained a widow ever since the death of her said husband, and still remains his widow.
Isaac Sanderson
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Middlesex ss.
August 9 th 1838. Personally appeared the above named Isaac Sanderson to me known as a credible person, and made oath, that the above affidavit, by him subscribed is true. Before me Benj n James Justice of Peace.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex ss. I Isaac Fiske Register of the Court of Probate in & for the County of Middlesex hereby certify that Benjamin James Dyer, is a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Middlesex duly commissioned & qualified & that his signature within written is his genuine signature.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court of Probate this Thirteenth Day of August in the year Eighteen Hundred & Thirty eight. Isaac Fiske Reg.