Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 11652, Eleazer Tracy, Conn

SERVICE
NUMBER
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Tracy, Cleazer Hannah
W. 11652, B.L. Mt 31724-160-55.
CONTENTS

Letter to Geo Hyde 27. Decr 1837.
" Duplicate Certificate issued 24 th Jany 1838 and sent to Hon E. Haley. A. R. 9500
9116 V1407 Connecticut
Ebenezer Tracy
of Franklin in the State of Conn who was a Priv — in the Com commanded by Captain Miles of the Regt commanded by Col Canfield in the Conn line for State Troops — n. m. —
Inscribed on the Roll of Conn at the rate of 40 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 day of March 1833 and sent to John Hyde of Mich Ct
Arrears to the 4th of March: 33: $80.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sep: : 20.00 $100.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by E. D. Bullock Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 3 Page 113

171686 At 3 Mank June 18 th
Hannah Tracy Eleazer Tracy widow Phila. Penkings Conn.
No 31-1
Revolutionary War
Conn Feb 53-5175 At 1600 per 25/57 B. B. B.
John F. Williams West Woodstock Conn.
Vol I. page 139.

5175
Connecticut
Hannah Tracy widow of Eleazer Tracy Con n
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a servant
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 40 dollars cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued 10 th day of May 1853. and sent to
John F. Williams Woodstock Vt.
171686
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act January 3, 1853, Page 16.

121686

State of Connecticut Windham County ss
On this 8 th day of June A.D. One Thousand Eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me, a justice of the Peace authorized to administer oaths for general purposes within and for the County and State aforesaid Hannah Tracy aged Eighty seven years a resident of the Town of Windham in the County of Windham in the State of Connecticut, who being duly sworn according to Law, declares that she is the Widow of Ebenezer Tracy late of the Town of Franklin in the County of New London and State aforesaid deceased. She further declares that she now draws a Pension of Forty dollars per annum as the Widow of the said Ebenezer Tracy in conformity with the 2 d Section of the Act of February 3 d , A.D. 1853 and has a Certificate to that effect signed by the proper officers bearing date the tenth day of May One Thousand eight hundred and fifty five, as will fully appear by a reference to her application for said Certificate and the papers accompanying the same which prove her said Marriage with the said Ebenezer Tracy his decease and that she still remains his Widow and now on file in the office in Washington, to which recourse may be had in support of this declaration. She further declares that her said husband was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States in his life time for services done by him the said Ebenezer during the Revolutionary War. She further states that she was Married to the said Ebenezer Tracy on

the Month of April one thousand eight hundred and fifteen and that her name before said marriage was Hannah Tracy and that her said husband died in Franklin in New London County in the State aforesaid on the Sixth day of March A. D. 1841 and that she is now a Widow.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty land to which she may be entitled under the Act approved March 3 rd 1855.
Hannah Tracy
We Dwight Cary and Calvin Long residents of the Town of Windham in the County of Windham and State of Connecticut upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Hannah Tracy in our presence, and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents herself to be.
Dwight Cary
Calvin Long
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year before written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
John F. Williams Justice of the Peace

State of Connecticut Windham County ss June 8 th 1855
I Caroline Cary of Windham in the County of Windham and State of Connecticut aged Sixty Eight years depose and say, that I was present and attended the Marriage ceremony between Elazar Tracy of Franklin and Hannah Tracy then and now of the Town of Windham in Windham County; this Marriage took place in the Month of April A D 1815. Your deponent further says that the aforesaid parties were Married by the Rev Jesse Fisher then an ordained Minister of the Gospel in said Town of Windham now deceased, she further declares that the said Elazar Tracy died in the month of March A D 1841, and that the foregoing applicant, Hannah Tracy is now the Widow of the said Elazar Tracy; search has been made on the Town Books for a record of the Marriage and death of the said Elazar Tracy, in vain and further your deponent saith not.
Caroline Cary
The foregoing affidavit was sworn to and subscribed before me, on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiant to be a credible person.
John H Williams Justice of the Peace
Ps The words in italics were inserted in the affidavit before the signing of the same by C. C. the following further of said

State of Connecticut } County of Windham } ss
I Thomas Gray, Clerk of the County Court for said Windham County hereby certify that John F. Williams Esq. before whom the within Declaration & affidavits were made and who has subscribed the same, was at the time of so doing a Justice of the Peace for said County duly appointed and qualified. His signature thereto is permissive.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said County Court this 12 th day of June A.D. 1855.
Thomas Gray Clerk

G. Clinton Williams is personally known to me and he has exhibited to me his commission as Notary Public and the date of the affidavit acknowledges him in this case. I also know he was at that time a Notary Public other words. —
L. M. Wilson (Col.) May 2, 1875

State of Connecticut, ss. Windham County
At a Probate Court, held at Windham in within and for the District County of Windham on the Fifth day of January in Thousand Eight hun- dred and fifty five.
Present, Calvin Hibbard Esq. Judge. On the day and year above said personally ap- peared Hannah Tracy of Windham in said County before said Court the same being a Court of record and having a common seal, aged di- ghy Seven Years. Who being sworn according to Law, doth on her oath make the following de- claration, to wit: "That she is the Widow of Stephen Tracy late of Franklin in the County of New Lon- don in the State above said deceased, that her said husband Stephen Tracy, was at the time of his death a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, for services done and performed in the War of the Revolution - That her said husband received a Certificate for such Pension from the Pension Office at Washington allowing him the said Stephen Tracy the sum of Forty Dollars per annum during his natural life, which sa- id Certificate, after the decease of the said Stephen Tracy was as your deponent believes return- ed to the Agency at Hartford and probably thence transmitted to the Department at Wash- ington - reference being had for the proofs of the Revolutionary services of the said Stephen and the grant to him the said Stephen the above said Certificate of Pension to the files and records of the Pension Office at Washington. Your deponent further declares that she was

married to the said Blease Tracy in the Town of Windham in said Windham County by the Rev. Josiah Fisher an ordained Minister of the Gos- pel in said Town of Windham on the day of April One Thousand Eight hundred and fifteen, and that the said Blease Tra- cy died in the Town of Franklin in said New London County on the Sixth day of March One Thousand Eight hundred and forty one, and that she has remained un- married since the death of her said husband and that she is now the Widow of the said Blease Tracy. Your deponent further says that she was not informed until recently, that she was entitled to a Widow's Pension. She now makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Pension to which as the Widow of the said Blease Tracy Revolutionary Pension is due as the said "Act of Congress" is entitled. Sworn to, and subscribed on the day and year aforesaid before me. Hannah Tracy
Calvin Hubbard Judge of said Court
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affix- ed the seal of said Court and subscribed my Name on the day and year before written.
Calvin Hubbard Judge of the aforesaid Court

State of Connecticut ss. Windham County. January 5 th A.D. 1855.—
Then personally appeared before me the undersigned a Notary Public within and for said State, authorized by Law to admin- ister oaths for general purposes. Mrs. Caroline Gary, of Windham in said County of New Bedford, to wit, of the age sixty eight years, and personally known to me, to be a credible wit- ness, who being sworn according to Law does depose and say. That on the day of April, A.D. 1815. She was present and saw the foregoing applicant Mrs. Hannah Tra- cy married to Deacon Tracy Esq., then of the Town of Franklin in New London County. The said Marriage ceremony was performed by the Rev. Jesse Fisher, then an ordained Minister of the Gospel in said Town of Wind- ham, in said Windham County. The deponent further says that the said Deacon Tracy died at Frank- lin in said New London County on the 6 th day of March A.D. 1841. She further says that Hannah Tracy who has subscribed the foregoing declaration, is the same person whom she saw married to the said Deacon Tracy; that she became the Widow of the said Deacon Tracy after his decease, and has remained unmarried since, and is still the Widow of the said Deacon Tracy, and that this deposition is given in aid of her application for a Pension. Sworn and subscribed before me.
caroline gary
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed my seal of office & subscribed my name the day

Rev Mr Tallmans Leicester, Mass

Windham County ss. Windham State of Connecticut
In the Records of Marriages kept by Rev Jesse Fisher Pastor of the Second Cong. Church in Windham, in the Church Records is the following record "Eleaser Tracy of Franklin to Hannah Tracy of Windham April 1815"
This is true copy of Record
H. S. Tallman
Pastor of said Church
This is to certify that the above is a true and certified copy of the record of marriage between Eleaser Tracy of Franklin, New London County State of Connecticut and Hannah Tracy of Windham, in Windham County and State aforesaid as entered in the Records of Marriages in the Church Records of the Second Cong. Church in the town of Windham aforesaid in the handwriting of the Rev Jesse Fisher settled Minister of said Church at the time of said marriage. This Certificate is given with the knowledge that it is to be used in aid of a petition for a pension by the said Hannah Tracy. Certified from Record
H. S. Tallman
Pastor of the Second Cong. Ch. Windham

State of Connecticut ss Windham Co. Windham February 16 th 1855 Then personally appeared Thomas Sullivan who hath subscribed the within and foregoing Certificate and made solemn oath to the truth of the said Certificate by him subscribed be- fore me, one of the Justices of the Peace for said Windham County
David L Fuller Justice of the Peace

Feb 1880
Elect. Energy Declaration No 1075
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State of Connecticut ss. County of New London City of Norwich
On this day the sixteenth of July A.D. 1832 personally appeared in open court before the city Court of the City of Norwich a court of record of unlimited jurisdiction in point of amount and keeping a record of its proceedings in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 and on his oath makes the following declaration That he Ebenezer Tracy residing in the town of Franklin in the county of New London & state of Connecticut aged sixty seven years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
He was born in the town of Norwich on the 27 th day of March A.D. 1765 as will appear by the town Records of Norwich, and he was sixteen years old the March before New London was burnt by the British Troops under Benedict Arnold & according to the Laws of the state of Connecticut at that time became a soldier in the militia of said state in Capt. Isaac Johnson's Company, and the first tour he took as a soldier was at New London at the time it was burnt as aforesaid, which was September 1781. and previous to the first of April 1782. I enlisted into a Regiment of State Troops raised by the state of Connecticut

and stationed in a Fort in the town of Stamford in said state where I remained one year viz. from April 1782. to April 1783. when my time of enlistment having expired and the war ended I was  was duly discharged by the disbanding of the Regiment were  were discharged
The officers of said Regiment so far as he can recollect were
Samuel Garfield of New Milford Colonel
Dana or Dena Major
Charles Miles Captain of Preston
Allen Do.
Stoddard Do.
Granger Do.
David Spencer Lieutenant
Isaac Webster Ensign
Gutter Do.
Eben Roberson Do.
Sworn a subscribed the day and year aforesaid Alex. Tracy Attest M rs Lathrop Clerk
State of Connecticut ss. County of New London City of Norwich July 16 th A.D. 1832.
I Deac. Kingsbury of Franklin in said County late Col o in the Army of the United States hereby on oath declared say that I am well acquainted with M rs Lathrop Tracy above named who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that I believe him to be sixty seven years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resided to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that I concur in that opinion
sworn before me in open Court Jacob Kingsbury Attest M rs Lathrop Clerk

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states: And the Court further Certifies that it appears to them that Jacob Kingsbury who has signed the preceding certificates is resident in the town of Franklin County of New London is a credible person and that further find that John Hyde who has signed the same is a resident in the Town of Norwich and is a credible person and their statements is intitled to Credit
I Alexander Bathrop clerk of the Court of the City of Norwich do hereby Certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Eleazer Tracy for a Pension In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 16 th day of July A D 1877.
Alex Bathrop clerk " " " "

I John Hyde Norwich in the county New London & state of Connecticut fifty nine years old testify and say that I remember well that during the Revolutionary war Ebenezer Tracy enlisted as it was said as a soldier and went away it was said to join the army and was gone probably a year and I remember very well when he came home at it was said that he had come from the army, he is cousin to me we went to the same school he being about eight years older than I am and further the deponent saith not John Hyde
State of Connecticut } Norwich New London County July 16 th A.D. 1832. }
Personally appeared John Hyde and made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed
Before me
La Fayette S. Foster Justice of the Peace. —

This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services.
Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
O. W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY.
December 16th, 1897.
Sir:-
Replying to your request for information concerning Eleazer Tracy, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, you are advised that he made an application for pension on July 16, 1832, at which time he was 67 years of age and residing at Franklin, Conn., and his pension was allowed for one year's actual service as a private in the Conn. troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time he served under Capt. Miles and Col. Canfield. He enlisted at Norwich, Conn.
His widow, Hannah, made application and received a pension for the service of her husband as above set forth.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mr. Carlos C. Huntington,
Torrington, Conn.

1700 Pension Office. May 14 th 1855,
Sir: Please certify the time to which the within named pension was paid on the date of his death. Very Respectfully,
L. D. Allen Commissioner. To 25 Feb 1861
1861
(000721) H. J. Atkinson Esq., Third Auditor Treasury.
Elazer Tracy died 25 Feb 1841. Paid in full
Rev. Jonathan Dunder

5392
Hannah Tracy, wid: of Eleazer.
Set to Mrs. F. William pay: 11/55. " " " " " Feb. 28. "
Act/53

Jan'y 10 1855.
Hannah Tracy. wid. of Eleazer. Worthington. Cl.
Act 53 $40. per An. Comm: Feb'y: 3.7853.
Rev:
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. Pension Office, Official Business.
Commissioner
Mr. J. Williams

Churchree, Ma. 6" Mch. 41, 1811. 1811: 1811: 1811.
Boyle

DEC 4 1897
WAR & NAVY
TORRINGTON CLUB.
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The Hon. Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
Sir:
Will it be possible for you to furnish me with a record of the Revolutionary service of Maj. Eleazar Tracy which entitled him to be placed on the list of pensioners in 1823 & 1840.
I have been unable to find any such record and as a last resort I beg to trouble you.
In a book published by the State of Connecticut some years ago entitled "Record of Service"

of Connecticut men in the War of the Rebellion" I find on page 656 the name of Ebenezer Tracy as on the pension list from New London County in 1823. and on page 661 he is mentioned in the pension list from Montville in 1840 - age 75 years.
I shall be glad to receive any information you may be able and willing to give me.
If I have erred in addressing you, may I ask that you hand my inquiry to the proper department.
Thanking you in advance for such consideration as you may

giving my inquiry. I beg to remain -
Very respectfully yours -
Carlos C. Huntington
Torrington Conn.
Nov 30 th 1897.

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Mr. H. Clay Evans. Commissioner of Pensions. Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
My great-grandfather was Eleazer Tracy , of Frank- lin, Conn, and I am inform- ed that he drew a pension about the year 1832, for one years service as a soldier in the Revolution. according

to the Pension Office records in Washington."
Can this statement be verified for me, as I wish to join the "Daughters of the Revolution" and must have the record authenticated.
Yours truly
Mary A. Miller.
(Mrs. E. R. Miller Auburn, Ala.)
Mar. 5 th 1898.

admit
1 year private
# 4.00
John Hyde Esq
Norwich
Co

State of Connecticut New London County ss. Court of Probate District of Norwich
On this seventh day of January A.D. 1833, personally appeared Major Eleazer Tracy a resident of Franklin in said Probate District, in open court before the court of Probate for the district of Norwich, aged sixty seven years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration in addition to & amendment of the declaration made by him on the 16 th day of July 1832, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832.
That in said declaration he did not mean to claim a pension for any revolutionary services but for one years services in the state troops as therein stated, the other being only incidentally stated as a circumstance of time, he knows that he enlisted into the state troops as therein declared for one year in the month of March 1782, and the Regiment was disbanded at Stamford so that he arrived home to his father's house on the 14 th day of April 1783.
That at the time of making his original declaration he did not know of an individual who served with him, but since his papers have been sent back he has found that Alas Brumley belonged to & served in the same company with him on whose deposition he depends to prove the same. He knows the Rev. Samuel Nott, D.D. Peter Pettis, Doctor Elijah Harts horn, Dudley Tracy Oliver Johnson Esq., & Jabez R. Packard who

are his neighbors. He was born in the town of Norwich on the 23 rd day of March A. D. 1765. has ever lived at the same place, he lived there at the time he so enlisted & has lived there since the revolutionary war & lives there now it being now Franklin, he enlisted and served as a waiter to Ensign Israel Webster, he never received any written discharge, the Regiment was paraded, and the Colonel, viz. Col. Samuel Canfield addressed them & informed them that the war was over, & their times of service were out, & dismissed them.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state
Sworn to & subscribed, the day & year aforesaid
Warren Tracy
Before me John Hyde Judge of court of Probate
en a 110 100 100

Alas Brumley of Preston in the county of New- London & state of Connecticut aged sixty seven years being duly sworn on his oath testifies and says that in the year 1782, the last year of the Revolutionary war he enlisted into a company of state troops raised by the state of Connecticut under Captain Charles Miles in Colo. Samuel Canfield's Regiment and entered into the service on the first day of April of said year & continued in said service one year & was discharged at Stamford in said Connecticut in April 1783. The spring after the war was over, having been stationed during the year at said Stamford, and from conversation with Major Ebenezer Tracy of Franklin in said county & state he is well satisfied that said Tracy was also a soldier in the said company & regiment & served the same time with him, and from circumstances which he mentions to me truly believes that he the said Tracy was a member of said company said year altho' he the said Brumley enlisted the first of April still he did not join the army at Stamford till sometime in May following And further the deponent saith not
Alas Brumley
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid before me
John Hyde Judge of the court of Probate

Dudley Tracy of Franklin in the county of New London state of connecticut seventy three years of age being duly sworn doth under oath testify and say, that Major Ebenezer Tracy of said Franklin is his cousin that we were both born in the same house and lived in the same house until about thirty years ago the said Major Tracy moved into a house a few rods from the one that we had both lived in before, in which I still live, I well remember that in the last years of the Revolutionary war the said Ebenezer enlisted into the state troops raised by the state of connecticut went to join the army and was gone about a year and after the war was over returned home & as near as I can recollect it was in the month of April 1783, and I understood in the time of it that he was stationed at Horse neck so called in Stamford in said connecticut and served one year
And further the deponent saith not
Dudley Tracy
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Before me
John Hyde
Judge of the court of Probate

We Samuel Nott a clergyman of Franklin in the county of New London & state of Connecticut and Peter Pettis of said town, county and state hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Eleaner Tracy who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration; that we believe him to be sixty seven years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Samuel Nott
Peter Pettis
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Before me John Hyde
Judge of the court of Probate.
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the court further certifies that it appears to them that Samuel Nott who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman

resident in said Franklin, and that Peter Pettis who has also signed the same is a resident in said Franklin and that Atlas Brumley whose deposition is hereto attached is a resident of said Preston & Dudley Tracy whose deposition is also hereto attached is a resident of said Franklin and are all credible persons and that their statements are intitled to credit.
I Burrel Lathrop, 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 Eleanor Tracy Esq. for a pension.
I further certify that La Fayette L. Foster, Swan Abell and Joseph Kingsley Esquires are Justices of the Peace for the county of New London & by law are authorized to administer oaths and that I believe their several signatures to be genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of this court this seventh day of January Anno Domini 1833.
Burrel Lathrop Clerk

I Jabez R. Packard of Franklin County of New London and State of Connecticut do certify that I am well ac- -quainted with Clarus Tracy of said Town and do well remember that said Tracy did enter into the service in the war of the Revolution as one of the State Troops for the term of one year being in the year 1782 - and stationed at or near Stamford in said State - I further testify that said Tracy sustains a good Moral Character and is a Meritorious Citizen and further the deponent saith not _____ only will add that my age is sixty seven years
Jabez R. Packard
New London County ss Franklin December 31 st 1832 Personally appeared Jabez R. Packard signer of the foregoing Deposition, and made solemn Oath to the facts therein contained _____ The said witness is well known to me and is a credible witness Before Me Alvan Hall Justice of Peace

I Elijah Hartshorn of Franklin in the County of New London and State of Connecticut Certify that I am well acquainted with Elisha Tracy of said Franklin and have been from the age of fifteen years, that he has been a respectable citizen, has been in commission of the Peace has represented said Town of Franklin in the General Assembly of the State, a number of times that the said Tracy had been a Prof. to me in a common District School for three winters previous to his going into the Revolutionary army, He enlisted in the army of the Connecticut State troops and to be stationed at Stamford Conn. April first 1782 and continued there for the term of one year, and I well recollect his return the Spring following, that I am Seventy eight years of age and that the said Tracy is about Sixty seven years of age, and further the deponent saith not Elijah Hartshorn
State of Connecticut Is
Franklin New London County December 29, 1832 Personally appeared Elijah Hartshorn and made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing Deposition by him subscribed the said witness is well known to me and is a credible witness before me Joseph Kingsley justice of the Peace

I Oliver Johnson of Franklin County of New London and State of Connecticut do certify and say that I am personally acquainted with Elazar Tracy of said Town being born and brought up in the same Neighborhood and am personally knowing that said Tracy did enter into the service in the War of the Revolution as one of the State Troops and according to the best of my recollection for the term of one year - being in the year 1782 - and stationed at or near Stamford in said State - and I further state that said Tracy sustains a fair Character as a good Citizen and a true Patriot - that I am seventy seven years of age and further say not — Oliver Johnson
New London County ss Franklin December 31 st 1832
Personally appeared Oliver Johnson Esq. and made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed - the said witness is well known to me & is a credible witness Before me Alvan Abell Justice of Peace

FREE
Hon. Lovin P Waldo Commissioner of Pensions Washington D. C.

West Woodstock Ct, June 15, 1855 Hon L P Waldo
Sir,
I enclose the applica- tion of Mrs Hannah Tracy for Boundary Land, any communication on the subject matter thereof, and the Warrant when granted should be addressed to me
Your Obt Servt
John H Williams

Dec. 16, 2 Hunting
March. 15
Auburn
97- To Mr. Carlos C. ton, Torrington, Conn-
98 Mrs. E. R. Miller Ala.

11-652 Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 11652
Hannah Tracy Widow Elizer Tracy Br. Rev. Wm
Act: Feb 3, 1853
Index:—Vol. M , Page 280
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Washington D.C. March 13 th /58
Hon Mr Dalelo:
Sir:
I enclose to you a certificate, received by this morning's mail - of the official character of David L. Fuller, Esq of Windham Conn. before whom was sworn to and verified the Certificate of Thos Tallman Pastor of the 2 d Congregational Church in said Windham to be used in support of the claim for a pension , of Mrs Hannah Tracy - of said Windham and widow of Ebenezer Tracy
Please to place it on file with the papers supporting the above mentioned claim I am very respectfully
Your obt servt
G. Clinton Williams

Jan 21/45
Returned to Agent
FREE
Hon. Lewis Cass Secretary of War Pension Office Washington City D.C.

Post Office, Norwich. 24 June, 8 th 1833
Hon. Lewis Cass,
Dear Sir, Enclosed are the papers for a Pension for Eleazer Tracy Esq. if correct please send the Pension certificate to me, Yours very respectfully
John Hyde

Washington D. C. May 1 1855
Hon L. P. Waldo Commissioner of Pensions Dear Sir:
My Father, John R. Williams, wrote to me a few days ago wishing me to make enquiries of you relative to the application of Hannah Tracy of Windham - for a continuance of the Pension - granted to her deceased husband - - Tracy of Franklin Conn - to herself. He wishes to know what is wanting to make good the application. He does not understand what is meant by "Mrs Cary's affidavit must be verified". It was sworn to before me as a Public Notary and my commission as such is on file in your office. It has also - I believe - been sworn to before a Justice of the Peace for Windham County and his official character has been certified to your office. The old lady is feeble and hence the matter is urgent. Oblige My Father by informing him directly at West Woodstock Conn or through myself how the case stands and you will confer a favor on your humble servt
G. Clinton Williams

STATE OF CONNECTICUT, Windham County,
} ss.
I Thomas Gray Clerk of the County Court for the County of Windham, and keeper of the Seal thereof, do hereby certify and make known to whom it doth or may concern, That David D. Fuller Esq. is and since the 4th day of July 1855 , hath been a JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, within and for the County of Windham, in said State, duly appointed and commissioned, having full power and authority by the laws of said State, to take the acknowledgment of Deeds, and to certify the same; also to administer Oaths, to take affidavits and depositions out of courts, and to give certificates thereof; and that full faith and credit may and ought to be given to his official acts and attestations.
And I further Certify that I believe the foregoing signature of the said _____ to be genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court, at Brooklyn this seventh of March in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Forty  fifty five
Thomas Gray Clerk.

West Woodstock July 19th 1893
My dear
L. P. Waldo Home of Peruvian Washington D. C.
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West Woodstock Ct Feb 15. 1855
Hon D. P. Waldo D r Sir,
I enclose to you the certificate of the Rev Mr Tallman, sworn to before David L. Miller Esq; who for a long period has been a Justice of Peace in our County, and who from his prominence, I presume is personally known to you. This certificate was given in aid of Mrs. Hannah Tracy's application for Pension. Mrs Tracy's application is not of a simple character. Upon examining the application, you should discover anything of importance, deficient in the proof. I am persuaded that my Son, now in the Treasury Office at Washington, can from his own personal knowledge of the matter, by his ex- peditious work in Washington supply that deficiency.
Yours Obediently
John H. Williams

Brief in the case of Hannah Tracy, widow of Eleazar Worthington County and State of CT ; act 3 d July 1853.
Claim, ("original," or " for increase .")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was pensioned under the Act of 7 th June 1832. at the rate of $40. per An. Marriage proven by the Church record thereof. Pensioner died March 1 st 1841. as per the Affidavit of credible witness, report of the Hurn Auditor.
His identity is established by the Affidavit of a credible witness.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Geo: F. Williams, Esq.
Name and residence of Agent
West Stockbridge, CT
H. B. Root Examining Clerk.

Conn Hannah Tracy wid Bleaker
Jan 11/79
Hon. Loren P Waldo Chairman of Pensions Washington D. C.
Country

West Woodstock 6 th Jan. 9, 1855
Hon. L. P. Waldo
Sir,
I enclose the Application of Mrs. Hannah Tracy of Windham for Pension, Mrs. Tracy was the Mother of my first Wife. Any communica- tion on the subject matter thereof, may be addressed to me.
Yours Obediently,
Geo H. Williams

Dec 26 New Haven
J. J. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D. C.

State of Connecticut } Franklin Dec. 21 st A.D. 1837. New London County }
Hon. Joel R. Poinsett Secretary of War.
The subscriber, aged seventy-two years, Eleazer Tracy a resident of the town of Franklin in the county of New-London & state of Connecticut, who being first duly sworn, doth on his oath, make the following declaration; viz, that he is a pensioner of the United States under the act of Congress of seventh day of June, 1832, for one years service in the war of the Revolution for which he had a certificate from the War Department for the sum of Forty Dollars per annum payable semi-annually on the fourth day of March & fourth day of September in each year. And that he had so received his semi-annual pay therefor from the agent at Hartford for paying pensions in the state of Connecticut from the fourth day of March 1831. to the fourth day of March 1837. And that on the fourth day of September 1837. his pension certificate could not be found, and he has made diligent search for the same ever since but cannot find it, and it has become lost, he therefore prays for a new certificate so that he may enjoy the benefit of said act of congress, or in some other way grant to your petition relief in the premises as he in duty bound will ever pray
Sworn & subscribed
Before me
John Hyde
Justice of the Peace

Nowich Town Ct. Dec. 22 d . 1837.
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Dear Sir, I enclose you an application of Ebenezer Tracy Esq. for a new certificate for his Pension Since he has been a pensioner he has called at my office semi-annually to make oath &c. & I have made out the paper &c. & collected his payments for him. Last March he being unwell & confined to his house, his neighbor brought his certificate & I made out the papers for him & it not being convenient for me to leave my office they were carried to his house & executed by a Justice of the peace a neighbor of his, & brought back to me, & I forwarded them to Hartford & he received the payment. On the 14 th of September last he being still confined to his house & in very feeble health his neighbor again undertook to assist him to get his semi-annual payment, but they could not find the Pension Certificate, and he called on supposing it might have been left with me it was not. I have ever made it a rule not to keep any of the Pension Certificates but advised every one to keep their own. But notwithstanding I have spent a great deal of time in search for the same I cannot find it, and it is not in my office, & Mr. Wills his neighbor tells me that he has searched his house thoroughly for it but cannot find it and the Justice of the Peace who took the oath last March has been enquired of & can give not the least information on the subject.
The Pensioner is very poor & distressed for want of his semi-annual payment - He has formerly been a man of good mind - but it has failed & he is bewildered & lost, & has placed his Certificate where he can give no account of it & it cannot be found. Yours very respectfully John H. Lloyde

Mr Evans,
Hon. E. Haley M.R.

APPLICATION FOR A NEW CERTIFICATE.
County of New London
ss. Franklin
On this fourth day of January 1838, before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said county of New London personally appeared Ebenezer Tracy who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Charles Miles in the regiment commanded by Colonel _____ in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of Connecticut that he received a certificate of
that fact under the signature and seal of the Secretary of War; which certificate on or about the 10 th day of March , 1837,
at or near his dwelling House in said Franklin , was between said 10 th day March & the 4 th day of September following as he had the same on the first mentioned day he lost said certificate and on the last mentioned day it could not be found and diligent search & enquiry for the same has been made ever since, but without effect
Ebenezer Tracy
Sworn and subscribed to, before me, the day and year aforesaid.
John Hyde Justice of the Peace
NOTES.—The last four blanks are left for the applicant to set forth the time, place, and manner of the loss or destruction of the original certificate.
The oath to be taken before a duly qualified magistrate, whose official character and signature must be properly authenticated.
☞ If the pensioner has never received a formal certificate, but has drawn his pension on a mere notification, as was the case in a few instances many years ago, he should leave out the above words in italics, and insert, in lieu thereof, "but has never received a formal certificate, and now wishes to obtain one."
The pensioner's oath must be supported by the evidence of another person as to identity. The person must swear that he well knows him to be the same person described in the above affidavit. The magistrate must certify that the deponent is a person of veracity. This oath must also be authenticated by the certificate of the proper officer, under his seal of office, setting forth that the officer before whom the affidavit may be made is a Justice of the Peace, Judge, or Notary Public, as the case may be.
When a person acting as an Agent or Attorney for a Pensioner, loses the certificate, the affidavit of that person is also required, which must be authenticated as above.
☞ In every case where the Clerk of the Court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should be sent with the papers.
☞ Mode of authenticating papers.—In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or small ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
☞ No attention will be given to applications from persons who act as agents, unless they are known at the War Department or are vouched for as respectable persons by some one who is known to the Department.

Joseph Wills of Franklin in the county of New London and state of Connecticut aged Fifty five years having been legally sworn doth on his oath testify & say that he well knows that Eleaner Tracy who has signed the within affidavit is the same person therein described: and he further testifies that he knew of his having his pension certificate at the time he drew his pay to the fourth of March 1837. and he also knows that on or soon after the fourth of September 1837. his said certificate could not be found, and that search & enquiry has thoroughly been made therefor, but that it has not been found and therefore has become lost. He also would testify that the said Eleaner Tracy has lost his mind and memory, so that a great part of the time he does not know what his own name is, and that he was present when he signed the within affidavit, and being asked if Charles Miles was his Captain he answered that he was, but the name of the Col. of the Regiment not being known for certain was left blank although the names of several Colonels were mentioned to him yet he could give no satisfactory answer
Sworn & Subscribed this 4 th day of January 1838. and I certify that the Deponent is well known by me & is a credible witness.
Joseph A Wills
Before me John Hyde
Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that the above named John Hyde is a Justice of the Peace for the County of New London in the State of Connecticut and is entitled to credit as such Washington 29 th of June 1838
Elisha Haly M.C.

✓ 31.724
5 New Aug

This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services.
Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.
L. W. B. W. 11652.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
O. W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY.
March 12, 1898.
Madam:-
Replying to your recent communication you are advised that Eleazer Tracy made an application for pension on July 16, 1832, at which time he was 67 years of age and residing at Franklin, Conn., and his pension was allowed for one year's actual service as a private in the Conn. troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time he served under Capt. Miles and Col. Canfield. He enlisted at Norwich, Conn. His widow, Hannah, made application and received a pension for the service of her husband as above set forth.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mrs. E. R. Miller,
Auburn, Ala.