Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 17792, Elias Wilcox, Continental (Conn.)

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental (Conn.)
Wilcox, Elias Sears, Hannah
No. 17792
(Former widow.)
CONTENTS
This woman's other husband was pensioned -
See case of Obadiah Sears, Conn., S. 43121.

Albany 2673
Hannah Sears, who was widow of Elias Wilcox
who died on the 14. July 1810 of Oswego Co. in the State of N. York who was a Sergeant, in the company commanded by Captain Thomas of the reg't, commanded by Col. Lamb in the New York line for 2 years N.Y. Continental
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 180 Dollars ————— Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7. day of June 1839 and sent to Leander Babcock, Oswego. N.Y.
  Arrears to the 14th of March '39  1440.00    Semi-annual allowance ending 14. Sep. "  90.00         $1530.00  
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3. }
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk Book A. Vol. 2 Page 204
23 Dec 1851 R7 Howland Dec 29 1855 Same Jany 11 1856

267 3
H148
Hannah Sear
Act July '38
Col Lamb
Capt Thomas
Col John Lamb. Artillery
Capt. Thomas Company
Bundle 7.
Feb. 2
In also Battling Book
Bundle 7
Advert
Sergeant of Artillery
2 years
Leander Babcock Esq
Oswego
New York

State of New York Chautauqua County } ss. Daniel Osborne of the town of Cherry Creek in the County and State aforesaid being duly sworn according to law says that he is upwards of 86 eighty six years old and now draws a pension for his services in the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War That he was well acquainted with Elias Wilcox and his wife whose maiden name was Hannah Fowler and whose present name is Hannah Sears. That he this deponent married a sister of the said Hannah Sears That he saw the said Elias Wilcox and the said Hannah married in a legal manner by a justice of the peace at a place which he this deponent believes was called New Windsor near Newburgh in the State of New York That the said Elias and Hannah were married as this deponent believes in the winter of 1777. the precise time this deponent cannot now recollect that he was present at the ceremony of their marriage. That at the time of said marriage said Hannah resided in Newburgh & the said Elias was a soldier in the United States Army That he lived in the same house with said Elias & Hannah about six months after they were married. That he knows that said Elias was in the service of the United States during the Revolutionary War & saw him frequently in the service and is positive that said Elias served between two and three years to his personal knowledge & much longer as this deponent believes. That he this deponent and the said Elias Wilcox were both present at the battle at Fort Montgomery in 1777. & this deponent saw said Elias in service during the battle and always understood at the time that said Elias enlisted for the war. That he saw said Elias frequently doing duty as an orderly sergeant and believes he was an orderly sergeant and a good soldier. That he belonged to Capt ain Thomas. Company in Colonel Lamb's Regiment of Artillery when this deponent knew of his being

in the service of the United States. That he has been informed and believes that the said Elias Wilcox died many years ago in Washington County, New York and that his widow married a man by the name of Sears who also died several years ago
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 28 th day of October A.D. 1838 J. H. Frost J.P.      Daniel Osborn
Chautauqua County ss. I, George R Frost a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County do hereby certify that I am personally and well acquainted with the above named Daniel Osborn and that his affidavit under oath is entitled to full faith credit and belief In testimony whereof I have thereunto set my hand the day & year above written. J. H. Frost J.P.
State of New York Chautauqua County ss. Phoebe Osborn the wife of the above named Daniel Osborn being duly sworn according to law says that she is upwards of 81 years old and is sister of Hannah Sears whose maiden name was Hannah Fowler. That she has heard the foregoing affidavit of her husband read and knows the contents thereof. That the same is in all respects true and correct. That she was present at the marriage of her sister the said Hannah with Elias Wilcox in the winter of 1777. and knows that they were legally married as stated in her said husband's affidavit. That she also knows that said Elias her brother in law served as above stated in the Army of the United States and was called Orderly Sergeant. And this deponent further says that she thinks the marriage aforesaid took place in the month of February

when it was sleighing. That there never was any record of the said marriage made or kept to her knowledge and that she believes there is no record of it whatever in existence and further this deponent saith not.
Subscribed and sworn to before
me this 23 day of October A.D. 1838.
J. Phebe for  under Osborn J. H. Frost J.P.
Chautauque County ss. I. George H. Frost a Justice of the Peace in and for said County do hereby certify that I am personally and well acquainted with the above named Nancy Osborn. And that her affidavit under oath is entitled to full faith credit and belief In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand the day & year last above written
J. H. Frost J.P.
State of New York
Chautauque County ss.
I George W. Tew Clerk of the County of Chautauque and of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do hereby certify that George H. Frost before whom the two foregoing affidavits were sworn is a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County duly Commissioned and sworn and qualified and was at the time the above affidavits were sworn before him and that his signatures to the two foregoing affidavits and the two foregoing certificates are each and every of them genuine. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said Court and County this 22 day of November  October A.D. 1838.
G. W. Tew Clerk

State of New York } Oswego County } ss.
On this fifteenth day of September eighteen hundred and thirty eight personally appeared before David P. Brewster First Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Oswego Hannah Sears a resident of the Town of Scriba in the said County of Oswego. 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 4. 1836 and the act explanatory of said Act passed March 3. 1837 That she is seventy seven years old. That she was married to Elias Wilcox who was an orderly ser- geant in the service of the United States during the whole Revolutionary war on the winter of the year seventeen hundred and seventy seven That she cannot now state the precise time when her said husband enlisted into the service of the United States. her her memory having failed much from old age. That she knows and therefore states positively that her said husband was in the service of the United States at the time of her marriage with him and continued in the service in the army until after the surrender of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown. That her said husband as she always understood enlist- ed into the service at some place in the State of Connecticut and enlisted during the continua- nce of the war and was discharged at the close of the war. That her said husband was at the attack on Fort Montgomery and at the battle of Yorktown & surrender of Cornwallis. That he served most if not all of the time after his marriage to this deponent in Captain Thomas's Company.

in Colonel Sams Regiment of Artillery. That he held the post of orderly sergeant at any rate from about the time of his said marriage till the close of the war. That she does not know whether he had any warrant or not but if he ever had it is now lost and cannot be found. That her said husband was stationed for some time during the war in and about Newburgh and between there & New York. That this deponent lived a portion of the time while her said husband was in the service in Newburgh and a part of the time in Fishkill in the State of New York. That she cannot recollect the day or the month when she was married to said Elias Wilcox but is positive that it was in the winter of seventeen hundred and seventy seven. That they were married at a place then called New Windsor about eight miles from Newburgh by a Justice of the Peace in a legal manner. That she cannot recollect the name of the justice who married them. Several persons were present at the ceremony. That her husband the aforesaid Elias Wilcox died at Salem Washington County New York on the fourth day of July eighteen hundred and ten. That she was afterwards married to Obadiah Sears on or about the first day of July eighteen hundred and twelve who died on the twenty seventh day of January eighteen hundred and twenty five. And that she was a widow on the 4 th of July 1836. and still remains a widow as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed. That she is troubled with a palpitation of the heart and other diseases incident to old age and she is utterly unable by reason of bodily infirmities and the diseases

Aforesaid to attend any Court of record at present & will not for sometime to come be able to attend any Court of record to make this deposition
Subscribed and sworn to the day
and year first above written Before me
S. Flannah her Sears mark
D. P. Brewster J. Judge of Oswego County N.Y.
In presence of L. Babcock
State of New York Oswego County ss.
I. David P Brewster first Judge as above mentioned do hereby certify that that the above named Flannah Sears is, from diseases incident to old age and a palpitation of the heart with which I am credibly informed she has been afflicted for about ten years unable to attend the Court of which I am Judge and I do not think from present appearances that she will be able to attend the said Court at its next session if she is ever able to attend at all. I have therefore administered the foregoing oath to the said Flannah out of Court pursuant to the regulations of the War Department in such case made & provided And I further certify that the said declaration of the said Flannah under oath above is entitled to full credit and belief. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand the day & year first above written.
D. P. Brewster J. Judge of Oswego County N.Y.

State of New York Oswego County ss.
Ebenezer Wilcox of the Town of Holney in said County of Oswego being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith. That he is a son of Elias Wilcox and Hannah Sears in the declaration of the said Hannah Sears herunto annexed mentioned. That he has been informed from other sources than the said Hannah Sears that the facts and circumstances by her stated in her said declaration were true and that he believes the said declaration of the said Hannah to be in all respects true. That he is forty two years of age and well recollects of hearing when he was a boy his said father say that he had been in the service of the United States during the whole Revolutionary War. That he had been in several battles. That he was an orderly sergeant and was discharged at the end of the war after having served through the whole of it. That he has been informed and believes that his father was discharged at Chest Point. That his said father died on the fourth day of July 1810. That he was present when he died and attended his funeral. That Obadiah Sears his mother's second husband died on the twenty seventh day of January 1825. That he was present when he died and was present at his funeral. That his said mother never married after the death of the said Sears but has remained and still remains a widow. That the said Obadiah Sears was during his life a pensioner of the United States. That his mother is unable by reason of diseases incident to old age unable to attend any court of record for the purpose of making the foregoing declaration and this deponent thinks she never will

be able to attend Court for that purpose. That she has been sorely afflicted with a palpitation of the heart for the last ten years and is now almost entirely blind and helpless. That he has been informed & believes that his said father & mother were married in a legal manner in the winter of 1777. by several persons who said they were present at the marriage.
Subscribed and sworn to before me the day & year first above written
Luther Wilcox
D. Brewster Jink Judge of Osage County B
Osage County ss
I David P. Brewster first Judge As aforesaid do hereby certify that I am dep- || Benjamin Wilcox who being by me duly sworn has promised to my satisfaction that he united with Luther Wilcox above named is a man of respectability and entitled to credit and that his deposition or affidavit is entitled to full credit and belief. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand the day & year first above written Sept 25. 1838. D. P. Brewster Jink Judge of Osage County

State of New York Oswego County } ss.
Sydia Christie of the Town of Scriba in the County of Oswego aforesaid being duly sworn according to law deposes and saith that she is the daughter of the said Elias Wilcox and Hannah Sears in the foregoing declaration of Hannah Sears mentioned. That she is thirty nine years old. That her said Mother now resides with this deponent and has for the last eight years and upwards. That she has heard the foregoing deposition or affidavit of Luther Wilcox her brother read and knows the contents thereof that the same is in all respects true and correct. That she has a personal knowledge of all the facts therein stated and set forth & that the facts and allegations therein contained are all true to her own knowledge and further says not.
Subscribed and sworn to before me the day and year first above written
Sydia Christie
D. P. Brewster First Judge of Oswego County
Oswego County ss.
I David P Brewster First Judge as aforesaid do hereby certify that I am acquainted with Benjamin Miles who being by me duly sworn has proved to my satisfaction that Sydia Christie above named is a respectable woman entitled to credit. Her deposition or affidavit under oath is entitled to full credit and belief In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand the day and year first above written -
Sept 25. 1838.
D. P. Brewster First Judge of Oswego County

State of New York. Oswego County Clerks Office } ss
I, Daniel H. Marsh Clerk of the County of Oswego and of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the said County of Oswego do hereby certify that David P. Brewster First Judge or before whom the foregoing depositions and affidavits were sworn is the first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Oswego a Court of Record in the said State of New York That the several signatures (being six in number) contained in the foregoing papers of the said David P. Brewster are each and every of them the genuine signatures of the said David P. Brewster first Judge as aforesaid. That there are no erasures in the said papers depositions & affidavits except the words following, in the certificates of the said David P. Brewster as to the credibility of Luther Wilcox and Lydia Christie viz. "Benjamin Wilcox who being by me duly sworn has proved to my satisfaction that" is a Man of respectability and entitled to credit" "is a respec- table woman entitled to credit" all which are in the hand writing of said David P. Brewster. That said David P. Brewster was such first Judge as aforesaid at the time of taking of the said depositions & affidavits and is duly Commissioned and sworn
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court and County this Twenty Eighth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty Eight
D. H. Marsh Clerk

Asheboro Nov. 28. 1858.
J. S. Edwards Esq Com ee of Pensions
Dear Sir
I send you herewith Papers in the application of Hannah Sears - for a pension &c - I believe the application to be in all respects a meritorious one
Respectfully
Your most Obb st Servt.
Seamer Babcock

Res
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 17792
Hannah Sears
Widow of
Elias Wilcox
Sergt Rev War
Act: July 4 th 86
Index:—Vol. 11 , Page 201
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Feb 11/04. Adm. Randall no law granting B.L. to grand- children. H.

BOUNTY LAND
8046 Revolution
Elias Wilcox
no papers — supposed to have been destroyed by fire.
JAN 21 1904

INCREASE
Accord
3 Bunn
MEXICAN WAR.
3-449 No. 535
Q.W. & N. Div. Division.
Bunn M , Examiner. (Write surname first plainly)
McKin. W No. 16.070 (Class)
Soldier, John J. Williams
Prov. Mich. Co. Reg't 1
Submitted for Adm. Sept. 30, 1903
Name and address of recognized attorney:
Reviewer, _____, 190_____
Resubmitted for _____, 190_____
Reviewer, _____, 190_____
FROM BOARD OF REVIEW TO
Examiner _____
2d charge _____
3d charge _____
Sp. Ex. Div. _____
2d charge _____
Law Div. _____
Finance Div. _____
Misc. charges _____
John J. Williams

W. 3. 17792
Clare
Capt Spokane Wash Jan 14th 1904
Hon Com of Pensions Dr Sir I sit down to say to make an inquiry if you think there might be a chance for me to get my Grandfathers Land warrant - he served in the Revolution war his name was Elias Willcox and his widows name was Hannah Willcox and she drew her Pension in Albany N.Y. for a long time before she died. She died some time in 1837 or 1839

She drew her Pension under the name of Sears She got married after the war. and her Second Husband Served in the same Company that her First Husband Served in I Supposed She must of drew her Pension in the name of her Second Husband. I Don't remember the given name of her Second Husband but His Sir name was Sears
Send Blanks & Instructions to insel me to get his Land Warrant. I am a Grand son will say William Randall my Grand Father was an officer in the Navy he was Ensign
JAN 19 1904

O.L.G. Exr.
78- O.W. F. 17,792 2 Elias Wilcox, Rev. War.
February 11, 1904.
Sir:-
In response to your inquiry of recent date, you are advised that there is no existing law under which you would have title to bounty land for the service rendered by your grand-father in the Revolutionary War.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mr. William Randall,
East Spokane,
Wash.

Chris Wilson
39563-1220
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Marshall Michigan
June 19th 1854, —
Com d of Pensions
Dr Sir,
An aged lady by the name of Lucy Campheard has called upon me to obtain what she may be entitled to under the Pension laws.
She is the daughter of Elias Wilcox who was drafted or enlisted at Bristol Conn, and served several years in the American revolution — Wilcox is dead and she and her brother are his only surviving Heirs.
I have not before me the Laws or the regulations of your Department in relation to revolutionary claims. If not too much trouble please inform me whether her case comes within any of the Statutes & send me the regulations of your Department respecting it.
Yours Affec d sent D. Darwin Hughes