Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 19,576, Elijah Vargison, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Conn.
Vargison, Elijah Vergason
N. 19,576
Margery M. M.
CONTENTS

(2,713)
Connecticut
Elijah Vargison Private Connecticut line — 4
in the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 25 of March 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 of September 1818 and sent to the care of Calvin Goddard esq. New London Co. Connecticut
Arrears to 4th of Septm r 1818 42.60 semi-ann. all'ee ending 4 March 1819 48.
$ 90.60
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
'18 War
Rorah, New London Co. continue
Wife call? Mary in old age
Application sent July 20 th 1820 to Charles G. G. New London Conn.

Eliza Vargison March 25 1822
Comet
I trust that the station of the artist is a magnificent circumstance — Eliza Vargison

to Elisha G. Dyer, one of the Judges of the Supreme Court of the State of Connecticut.
The petition of Elisha G. Dyer of Bozrah in the County of Windham
That he resides in the Town of State aforesaid - that he served more than nine months in the war of the revolution upon the continental establishment as a what he is by reason of his various circumstances in need of assistance from his country for support. That he never has received a far all over any pension by the United States or any individual state & hereby relinquishes all claim to any such allowance except by virtue of the law entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land & Naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war" & to a pension under which he is desirous of substantiating his claim & prays that the same may be allowed according to the provisions of said act -
Dated at Storrs this 20th day of March A.D. 1818.
State of Connecticut
Elisha G. Dyer
New London ss.
Be it remembered that on the twenty fifth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & eighteen before me Elisha G. Dyer one of the Judges of the Supreme Court in the State of Connecticut personally came Elisha G. Dyer of Bozrah in the County of Windham and State aforesaid & made oath to the following declaration by him subscribed & sworn to that sometime in the year 1777 he joined the army of the United States in the head of the revolution upon the continental establishment & continued therein until the termination thereof in the year 1783 at the peace when he was discharged therefrom honorably

That he on his return and found a company at first commanded by Capt. Shumway and a Regiment in the Connecticut line commanded by Col. Frederick Remington that afterwards he belonged to a company commanded by Capt. Bates under whom he served at the capture of Cornwallis in Col. Harnett's Regiment. That at the conclusion of the war he was under the command of Capt. Richard Daugherty in the 3rd Regiment Conne- cticut line as he believes. That his discharge is lost. That he has never received from the United States by reason of his reduced circumstances in life or need of assistance from his family for his support.
Elijah Garrison
Joseph Byrne Calvin Goodwin a Judge of Superior Court I believe a Ward of Noank in Windham County on both sides that I am in possession of an old printed pamphlet giving the names of the names of officers and soldiers in the Revolutionary War which have had more than twenty years & which has been used for the purpose of ascertaining that of their service many things he always been found to be correct - a part of this pamphlet was lost and I believe the name of Elijah Garrison was in it.

To the Honble Secretary for the Department of War.
It appearing to my satisfaction that the Applicant aforesaid served in the war of the revolution upon the continental establishment more than nine months I hereby certify the same to the end that he may obtain a pension according to the provisions of the act of Congress above referred to In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand the day & year aforesaid
Caleb Gossling Judge of Superior Court

Bozrah
2713
March 1879
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State and District of Connecticut, ss.
ON this 29th day of June 1820 personally appeared in open Court, before the County Court holden within and for the County of New-London in said State, on the 29th day of June 1820, the same being a court of record, proceeding according to the course of common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, and having power of fine and imprisonment, Elijah Dargison aged sixty years, resident in the town of Bozrah in said State, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the revolutionary war as follows: That he the said Elijah Dargison enlisted for the term of three years in the spring of the year 1777 in Norwich in the State of Connecticut in the company commanded by Captain A. Brannan in the regiment commanded by Colonel Jedediah Huntington in the line of the State of Connecticut on the continental establishment: That he continued to serve in the said corps until the peace, in 1783, making six years when he was discharged from the said service at West Point in the state of New York That he made a declaration to obtain a pension under the law of the 18th of March 1818, as nearly as he can recollect, having no minutes, on about the 25th day of March 1818; and had transmitted to him a certificate for a pension from the Secretary for the Department of War, No. 2713.
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner 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," 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.
That I am by occupation a laborer, but am infirm, afflicted with rheumatism, and am unable to do much work, having been lame, almost ever since my discharge from the service. My family consists of my wife, Mary, aged fifty eight years. I have three children, but none residing with me. My wife is in health, and able to take care of our little domestic concerns, at present. A schedule of all my property is as follows - 1 Cow - worth $20 - 5 Sheep $5.00 - 1 calf $3 - 2 hogs $2 - 1 stand table $1.00 - 1 Maple table $1.00 - 1 small table .50 - 1 chest $1.00 - 100 bushels $1.00 - 1 chest with drawers 1.00 - 2 chests 2.34 - 6 old chairs $2.00 - 2 milk trays 1.34 - 1 cedar chest, 94 - 1 old do. 17 - one piggins $2.00 - 2 chairs, 83 - Shovel & tongs, 83 - Andirons, 83 - 1 iron pot, 25 - 1 tea kettle, 83 - 6th kettle, 67 - Spider, 50 - 1 jug & 1 stone pot, 67 - 1 pr lad irons, 25 - 1/2 doz knives & forks $1.00 - 1 do plates, 50 - 3 bowls, 25 - 1 Mugs, 12 1/2 - Scups & saucers, 12 1/2 - 1 old saw, 50 - 20 fath old rope $1.00 - 1 old line, 34 - Hoe, 34 - plough, 1.00 - plough warming pan $1.00 - 1 loom & tackle $5.00 - Making the whole value $66.54
Elijah Dargison
Sworn to and declared on the 29th
day of June 1820
Charles Lathrop Clerk
I, Charles Lathrop Clerk of the County Court for New-London County, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath, and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court; and I further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is Sixty six dollars and fifty four cents.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this 29th day of June
1820
Charles Lathrop

Putt on 20 J. E. Kaplan on 21. 1885

Rome, Virginia
July 12 19 1857
Dear Sir, I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 10th inst. and in reply to inform you that the same has been forwarded to the proper authorities for their consideration.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
1. The undersigned [illegible] of the county of [illegible] and State of [illegible] do hereby certify that [illegible] 2. That [illegible] 3. That [illegible] 4. That [illegible] 5. That [illegible] 6. That [illegible] 7. That [illegible] 8. That [illegible] 9. That [illegible] 10. That [illegible] 11. That [illegible] 12. That [illegible] 13. That [illegible] 14. That [illegible] 15. That [illegible] 16. That [illegible] 17. That [illegible] 18. That [illegible] 19. That [illegible] 20. That [illegible]
E. B. Lee July 8-57

State of Connecticut County of New London
Be it known that before me John H. Huntington of the town of Norwich in the County of New London State of Connecticut, a Notary Public within and for the County and State aforesaid, duly authorized to administer oaths. Personally appeared Roxus Veyron upon oath, and acknowledged in due form of law, that he is the son and lawful heir of Elijah Veyron, and Mary M. Veyron both late of the town of Norwich in the County of New London lots. etc. and are the identical persons that were returned in the Virginia Certificate which are supposed to be deceased, and for proof that they the said Elijah Veyron, and Mary M. Veyron Veyron now residing in the United States residence how to process now on file in the Pension office, and also to the files and records of said Pension office, will more fully appear, and that he cannot know of them otherwise than through the said office, that he resides in the town of Lynn in said County and has resided there for the space of Nine years past, and that he makes this acknowledgment for the purpose of obtaining any cause of Pension that may be due him, under the laws of the United States, and that by these presents he does hereby constitute and appoint A. E. Hassler

The City of Washington his time and lawful attorney invariably with power of substitution for him and in his name from and after, to seek and receive of and from the United States, any bounty land, extra pay, pensions, moneys or moneys that now or may be due him on account of the service rendered by his deceased father; advances made reports certificates or tokens by the Government, or any claim arising from intercourse between the United States and any foreign nation, over the pensions, disbursements made, or expenses incurred by him while in the service of the United States, or in any other account whatever and in his name to give receipts and other sufficient discharges for such bounty land, pensions, patents, claims, and money due as aforesaid, and to attend to and prosecute any and all business of whatever name and nature he may have with a before any of the departments of the Government or Congress, or any legally established commission of the United States, and generally to do any and every other acts that he might or could or cause to be done he personally present, at the day then he hereby ratifying and confirming whatever his said attorney shall do in and about the premises by virtue thereof. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 23 rd day of June 1851
James M. [?] in presence John B. [?]
Robert [?]

State of Connecticut County of Litchfield
on this twenty three day of June A.D. 1857
personally appeared Deborah Dyer upon me, and before me known to be the person whose name is subscribed and acknowledged the same to be his free act and deed. for the purposes therein contained
John W Densmore Notary Public
And I hereby certify that at the same time, personally appeared before me Joshua Maples — and Susan Doughton — known to me to be the persons described as being such men, persons and women, each for themselves that the above named Deborah Dyer now present is to their knowledge the wife of Elijah Dyer and Mary M. Dyer his wife, the identical persons named in the original certificates and in the above description, and that said certificate is correct as they verily believe, that they are cognizant with the said Deborah Dyer, and that they are each, wholly disinterested,
Joshua Maples Susan Doughton
have been before me to before me the day and year above written
John W Densmore Notary Public

At a Court of Probate held at Borax where cure for the District of Borax on the twenty third day of June A.D. 1857.
Present John W. Houghton Judge Satisfactory evidence having been exhibited to this Court of the death of Elijah Vayson and Mary M. M. Vayson his wife. and that he the said Elijah Vayson died on the 27 th of April A.D. 1831. and left a widow the said Mary M. M. Vayson and she died November 6 th A.D. 1843. and that Borax Vayson is the son and heir of them the said Elijah. and Mary M. M. Vayson
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal of office the day and year above mentioned
Attest John S. Filmore Clerk

716 Margay M. M. Vergason and of Elyah

Declaration. In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, of the 7 th July 1838. entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows."
State of Connecticut } ss. Probate Office, District of Norwich County of New London }
On this 18 th day of August A. D. 1838. personally appeared before the Court of Probate for the District of Norwich aforesaid Margery Mason Mary Vergason, a resident of Boxrah in the county of New London and State of Connecticut who, being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed July 7 th 1838. entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows." That she is the widow of Elijah Vergason late of said Boxrah deceased, who was a soldier of the Revolutionary war & is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Connecticut Agency at the rate of ninety six dollars a year, and she is unable to give more specific details of the services that her husband performed, but refers to the declaration that he made thereof when he obtained his pension, now on file in the Pension Office at Washington.
She further declares that she was married to the said Elijah Vergason on the twenty seventh day of April in the year seventeen hundred & eighty-four by Jonathan Huntington Esquire, and that her husband, the aforesaid Elijah Vergason died on the twenty seventh day of April eighteen hundred & twenty one, 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.
In presence of Margery M. M. X Vergason mark Ezra Lathrop John G. Huntington Sworn to & subscribed, on the day & year above written before me John Hyde Judge of said Court

And the court do hereby declare their opinion, after a careful examination of the matter, that the applicant, is the widow of the said Elijah Vergason, deceased, & that the said Elijah Vergason was a pensioner of the United States, & that they were married at or about the time stated in her declaration and at any rate long before the year one thousand eight hundred & forty-four, and that the aforesaid Elijah Vergason died at or about the time therein stated & that since the said Margery M. M. Vergason has remained a widow to this time.
John G. Hyde
Judge of said Court
I William E. Tracy Clerk of the court of Probate for the District of Norwich in the State of Connecticut, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Margery M. M. Vergason for a pension, and I further certify that Ezra Lathrop Esq. before whom the certificate of Gardner Tracy as town clerk of the town of Pomfret is sworn to & the certificate of Simeon Thomas as town clerk of the town of Norwich is sworn to is a Justice of the Peace for said county and the signatures thereto purporting to be his are genuine, and that John G. Hyde before whom the depositions of Issachar Vergason, Ezra Lathrop & Elijah Huntington hereto annexed, were sworn to, is a Justice of the Peace for said county and that the signature purporting to be his are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of this court this twenty second day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight
William E. Tracy Clerk

I Gardner Avery of the town of Bozrah in the county of New London & state of Connecticut depose & say that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the town of Bozrah aforesaid & that I have carefully examined the records of said Town and do not find the marriage of Elijah Vergason & Margey M. M. Keath thereon. and I therefore certify that their marriage is not on the Records of said town.
Sworn before me
Erva Lathrop
Justice of the Peace
Gardner Avery
Clerk of Bozrah

Iowa Clerk's Office Norwich Conn't August 20 th 1838
I Simson Thomas of the Town of Norwich in the county of New London & State of Connecticut depose & say that I hold the office of Iowa clerk in the Town of Norwich aforesaid & that I have carefully examined the records of said Town and do not find the marriage of Elijah Vergason & Margaret Mc M Roach thereon.
Simson Thomas Clerk of said Town
Sworn before me
Erva Lathrop
Justice of the Peace

Jedediah Vergason of Bozrah in the county of New-London & state of Connecticut, aged seventy years, having been sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, depose & say that in the month of April in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty-four he was invited to go and went with his cousin Elijah Vergason to his wedding and he the said Elijah Vergason was married to Margery M. M. Root the daughter of Robert Root late of said Norwich deceased. & he the deponent was present & saw them married by Jonathan Huntington Esquire late of said Norwich deceased. and he the deponent knows that he was sixteen years old at that time, he lived at home with his father and the next year in the spring of the year he went to live with Mr. Theodore Hyde of said Norwich where he lived two years & six months and the deponent was married when he was nineteen years old. and the deponent and the said Elijah Vergason & his wife the aforesaid Margery M. M. Root lived together as man & wife until the death of the said Elijah and had three children viz. Roswell S. F. Vergason. Elijah Vergason and Chester Vergason. the deponent lived a near neighbor to them. When the said Elijah Vergason died the deponent was sick, so that he did not attend his funeral. but he believes it was at the time stated in the declaration of his widow that his widow has not married since his death, but has continued a widow to this time he also believes, and further the deponent saith not, but on reading what is written he explains that he left Mr. Hyde's in the month of October & went home to his father's house where he was married in the month of January when he was in his twentieth year in presence of
Jedediah his Vergason mark
Exon Lathrop
New London County ss. of which August 18 th 1888.
Personally appeared Jedediah Vergason well known to me as a credible witness & made his mark to & made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition, before me. I certify that the words "and the deponent" were erased before signing John Hyde Justice of the Peace

Ebenezer Lathrop of Bozrah in the county of New London State of Connecticut aged sixty seven years doth on his oath testify that he moved from Norwich to Bozrah in the month of April eighteen hundred & eighteen that is to say twenty years ago last September and lived a near neighbor to Elijah Vergason late of said Bozrah deceased, and that the said Elijah Vergason died in the month of April in the year eighteen hundred and twenty one and the deponent attended his funeral, and he knows the time from the circum- stance of his being a member of the general assembly of that year and it was between the time of his election which was the first Monday of April & the session of the general assembly which was in the early part of May, & the deponent further says that he has not been a member of the general assembly since that year.
The deponent also testified that Mary M. M. Vergason the widow of said Elijah Vergason has ever since the death of her husband aforesaid has remained a widow until the time of her death believes and further the deponent saith not
Ebenezer Lathrop
New London County S. Norwich August 18 th 1888. Personally appeared Ebenezer Lathrop Esq. and made oath to and signed the foregoing deposition before me, & I certify that he is a respectable person & ought to be believed. John H. Ladd Justice of the Peace

Elijah Huntington of Borough in the county of New London State of Connecticut, aged sixty years, having been sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, testify and say, that from his earliest recollections he has known Elijah Vergason late of said Borough deceased, & his wife Margery M. M. Vergason, who always went by the name of Mary or Molly Vergason, until lately he has understood that she also had the name of Margery Mason Mary Vergason. he the deponent lived within a- -bout a half mile of them, and knew them to live together as man & wife until the death of the said Elijah Vergason and they had three children whose names are Roswell, Elijah & Chester, that the said Elijah Vergason was a Pensioner of the United States he knows for he assisted him in procuring his pension, and after his decease he collected the arrears of the pension for the widow, and received the sum of fourteen dollars & forty-two cents as by my account of the same, and he further testifies & says that the said Elijah Vergason died on the twenty seventh day of April eighteen hundred twenty-one, he is not positive of the day of the month but he knows from some entries in his book of accounts that it must have been within a day or two of that time. he must have known the exact day at the time that he obtained the arrears of the Pension but he has preserved no memorandum that he can be positive of the day, the amount received as aforesaid he has a memorandum of, so that he is very certain that he cannot be mistaken, and the aforesaid widow of said Elijah Vergason has not married since his death but has remained a widow to this time as he verily believes and further the deponent saith not.
Elijah Huntington
New London County ss.
Newwich August 26. 1838.
Personally appeared Elijah Huntington Esquire and made oath to & signed the foregoing deposition before me & I certify that he is a witness of credibility & that his testimony is entitled to full credit John Hyde Justice of the Peace

Connecticut H23
Margery M. M. Vergason widow of Elijah Vergason U.S. who was a pensioner under the Act of 1878 and who died on the 27th April 1821 of New London in the State of Ct who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Thurnway of the Regt. commanded by Col Huntington in the Ct. line for 6 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Ct. at the rate of 80 Dollars ————— Cents per annum. to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 nd day of Sept. 1835 and sent from Myde Norwich Conn Ct.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1835 $200.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar. 39, 40.00 $240.00
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by N.H. Addison Clerk Book A Vol. 10 Page 216

Ref  WIDOW, &c.
File No. 19576
Margery M m Bergason Widow of Elijah Bergason Dis. Rev. War
Act: March 3 d 48
Index:—Vol. _____, Page _____
[Arrangement of 1870.]

July 9 th 1857
Rel: to case of Mrs. Vargison
Mr. Mettett
J. C. Haddler
Present

Washington City D.C. July. 8 th 1851
Honorable J. P. Heath.
Commissioner of Pensions
Sir
As attorney in behalf of Margery M c . Vargason, I request that a reexamination of her claim may be made and a full pension of $96. 00 per annum allowed her under the act of March 1837 or any subsequent act passed for the benefit of the widows of Revolutionary officers & soldiers, as will appear by her proofs now on file in your office.
Yours respectfully
J. E. Hassen Attorney.
P.S. Mr. Vargason is on the Connecticut Pension list

Post Office Norwich Town Ct.
Aug. 22 d 1838.
Hon. J. E. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Sir, I herewith send the application of Margery M c M c Vargason for a Pension.
If they are found satisfactory please send me the certificate & I am
I am Sir, Your obliged servant John Hoyle
Waverly June 1838 P. S.

Post Office, Norwich Town Ct. Aug. 22. 1838.
Hon. J. D. Paton
Commissioner of Pensions
Sir I herewith send the application of Margery M. M. Ferguson for a pension.
Hon James L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions Washington City
D. G.

5500
July 8/83
Chas. H. [?]
Mrs. D. [?]
J. Schmidt Esq.
Somerville House
Washington City
D.C.
FREE

2506
George A. L. Ferguson
$80 per ann.
William Lloyd
South of
McKenzie & Co. Ferguson Boyd, New Zealand Committed

State of Connecticut } ss - I, John New London County } DeWitt Clerk of the County Court in and for said New London County do hereby Certify that the within declaration by Mary M. M. Ferguson was sworn to on said 5 th day of July 1843 a true copy of the same in and for said New London County In testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County this 6 th day of July A.D. 1843. John DeWitt Clerk

Declaration , In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of the 3 d March, 1843, granting pensions for one year to certain widows who have received pensions under the act of July 7 th , 1838.
State of Connecticut, New London County ss. Borough July 5 th A.D. 1843.
On this 5 th day of July - 1843, personally appeared before the subscribers Justice of the Peace in & for said county Margery M. M. Vergason a resident of Borough in said county, State, who being first duly 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 on the 3 d March, 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war.
That she is the widow of Elyah Vergason, who was a private in the Revolution & died the 27 th day of April 1824. & served as the declarant set forth in her declaration of his services now on file in the Pension Office at Washington, and the annual amount of the pension which she received under the act of July 7 th 1838 is eighty dollars.
The further declares that she is still a widow.
In presence of Mary Lathrop Mary A Lathrop
Margery M. M. her X Vergason mark
Sworn to & subscribed on this 5 th day of July 1843, before me & I certify that the declarant is personally known to me.
William L. Crocker Justice of the Peace
Vergason
Agreeable to order