Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 2497, Elihu Warner, R.I.

SERVICE
R.I.
NUMBER
Warner, Eliku Susannah
N. 2497
B.L.Wt. 40942-160-55
CONTENTS

248.998 Act Mar 3/58
June 10/56.
Susannah Warner poise.
Eliza Warneruca
Susannah Warner
Eliza Warner. wife of Rev. Warner. Pri.
Ms 11094 #2
July 28-411
Ms 11094 #2
Rev. War. Pensioner. ad: 160 ac, Sept: 4/57 6. W. D. Elisha Carpenter
West Killingly Ct.
Vol W-1-23

Connecticut 31.085
Ebene Warner
of Killingly in the State of Ct. who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Whipple of the Regt. commanded by Brown Col. in the R. I. line for N. Jersey
Inscribed on the Roll of Cons. at the rate of 20 Dollars 00 Cents per annum. to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 1 day of May 1837 and Lieut. S. Thompson Conn.
Arrears to the 4th of Mar '37 $120.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept. 10.00 $130.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by H. M. Addison Clerk. Book G 2 Vol. 3 Page 49

411. Connecticut Susanah Warner widow of Elihu Warner who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private R. I. Line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 20 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848. / 4 th day of January 1849 - Certificate of Pension issued the 13 th day of November 1849, and sent to
Simon Davis Thompson Col.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 99 Vol. 1, July 29 th - Book D
2.48998

State of Connecticut County of Windham } ss. Thompson
On this 10 th day of June A.D. One thousand Eight-hundred and fifty-six person- ally appeared before me a justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid Benjamin Warner aged 61 years a resident of Thom- pson in the State of Connecticut conservator of the person and estate of Susannah Warner of St. Thompson aged 86 years and being duly sworn according to law declares that the said Susannah Warner is the widow of Elisha Warner deceased who was a Private in the War of the Revolution between the United States and Great Brit- ain. The names of the commanding Officers of the Regiment & Company to which he was attached and the time & place of his enlistment and discharge being to the affiant unknown That her said husband
and continued in actual Service in said War for the term of fourteen days and upwards and was honorably discharged
He further states that the said Elisha Warner was married to the said Susannah Warner in Killington County on or about the day of A.D. by me Elisha Atkinson a Congregational Minister and that her name before her said marriage was Susannah Cady and that the said Elisha Warner died at Thompson on the 17 th day of January A.D. 1851 and that said Susannah Warner is now a widow

He further states that the said Susannah Warner has been for the last ten years and more is insane and wholly deprived of her reason and wholly incapable of doing or transacting any business whatever And for proof of the service of the said Elisha Warner in said War for the term aforesaid - his marriage to the said Susannah Warner and his death refer- is herein had to the proofs and documents on file in the Pension Department at Washington in support of the Application made in behalf of the said Susannah Warner for a Pension under the act of Congress approved of July 29 th 1848 On which said Application a Pension Certificate is for the sum of Twenty
November 1849 had recorded in Register of Pensions upon act of 29 July 1848 p. 229. Vol. 1 P. 229.
dollars per Annum. Now granted her dated 13 th day of He makes this declaration for and in behalf of the said Susannah Warner for the purpose of obtaining for her the bounty bond to which she may be entitled under the act approved March 3 rd 1855 and of the act in addition thereto approved May 1856 He also declares that the said Susannah Warner has not received a Warrant for bounty bond under this or any other act of Congress nor has any other application been made therefor He prays that a certificate thereof may be sent for the said Susannah Warner to Elisha Cooper West Killingly Connecticut
Benjamin Warner - Conservator to Susannah Warner
We Asa Root and Jason Phelps residents of Thompson in the state of Connecticut upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by the said Benjamin Warner as

Conservator as aforesaid in our presence and that we believe from the appearance and statements of the said Betsy Warner and from the appearance of the said Susannah Warner that the said Susannah Warner is the identical person she is represented to be -
Asa Rops Jason Phipps
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before us on the day and year above written and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons - that the claim- ant - is the person she represents herself to be and that I have no interest in this claim. Stephen Crosby Justice of the Peace
State of Connecticut County of Windham
We Asa Rops and Jason Phipps residents of Thompson in the State of Connecticut having been duly sworn depose and say that we well knew Elisha Warner who was a private in the Revolutionary War - whose widow was applied for bounty land - that we knew him before and at the time of his death - that we have known his said widow from the time of his death to this time & that she is now un- married. We also depose & say that his said widow is now wholly insane and wholly deprived of her reason and incapable of doing or transacting any business whatever and that we are disinterested
Asa Rops Jason Phipps
Subscribed and duly sworn to before us this 10 th day of June 1856 and I certify that I know the said Asa Rops and Jason Phipps - to be credible persons & that I have no interest in this claim. Stephen Crosby Justice of the Peace

State of Connecticut Windham County ss
Application of Susannah Warner for a seal
I Dutton Crosby Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Thompson, hereby certify that Benjamin Warner the within named, has been duly appointed and constituted Conservator of the person and estate of the within named Susannah Warner, as appears by the records of this Court, and is now acting in that Capacity, and that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to this Court that the the said Susannah Warner is now living.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 10 th day of June one thousand eight hundred and fifty six.
Ms. A. 9. 2. 19
Dutton Crosby Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Thompson
State of Connecticut County of Windham ss.
I Uriel Fuller Clerk of the Superior Court in and for the County of Windham in the State aforesaid, and Clerk of said Windham County, do hereby certify, that Stephen Crossby Esq. whose genuine signature appears to the Certificate of the within de- claration and Affidavits was at the time of signing the same, and now is an acting Justice of the Peace within and for said Windham County, duly commissioned and sworn, and that said Superior Court is a Court of Record, having general Juris- diction.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Brooklyn this 12 th day of June A.D. 1856.
Uriel Fuller Clerk

Joseph Coakley Esq.
etc
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I Joseph Ladd of Providence in the County of Providence State of Rhode Island, aged 70 years and over, being duly sworn according to law do testify and say that Susannah Warner Widow of Eliza Warner late of Thompson in the County of Windham State of Connecticut a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, is my Sister, and was married some years before I was married. I have the Record of my own Marriage, which was September 25 th 1795. Joseph Ladd
State of Rhode Island Providence County ss. Providence Oct r 6 th 1849
Be it known that on the day and year above written, personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said State and County duly authorized by law to administer oaths. Joseph Ladd Esq. the above deponent, to me well known as a credible Witness and made solemn oaths to the truth of the same, Before me
Providence for the City of Providence Then William F. Allen Justice of the Peace

The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Providence ss
Clerks Office Supreme Court October 6 th A D 1849
I Walter Paine & Clerk of said Supreme Court for said county of Providence do hereby certify that William F. Greene Esq is a Justice of the Peace in and for the city of Providence in said county, duly commissioned and qualified, and that the signature on the opposite page purporting to be his is genuine.
Given under my hand and the seal of said Court the day and year above written.
Walter Paine & Clerk.

Appointment of Conservators

State of Connecticut
Windham County ss. Be it known that at a Court of Probate held at Thompson, in the District of Thompson in the County & State aforesaid on this 15 th Day of October A D 1849. Upon the Petition of Caleb B Crosby, Richmond M Bullock & Amasa Copelin, Select Men of said Thompson, Shewing To this Court that Susannah Warner of Thompson Widow of Elisha Warner late of Thompson dec. a Pensioner of the Revolutionary Army, is an idiot, lunatic or distracted person, & incapable of taking care of her self or her property, & is desirous of being placed on the pension list, and praying said Court to enquire into the truth of the facts, & on finding them true will appoint some suitable person, a conservator over the said Susannah, agreeable to the Statute law in such case made & provided.
Which Petition was duly & lawfully served And said Court having found the facts set forth in said Petition true, appointed Benjamin Warner, conservator of the said Susannah Warner
In testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of said Court this 15 th day of October A D 1849
Salmon Crosby Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Thompson

Susannah Warren

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 29 th day of July, 1848, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Widows of the Officers & Soldiers of the Revolutionary Army."
State of Connecticut
Windham County ss. Probate District of Thompson
On this 24 th Day of April 1849 personally appeared before the Court of Probate for the District of Thompson, held at Thompson within & for said District, Benjamin Warner of Thompson in said District, aged 54 years and over & being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following Declaration in order to enable his mother Susannah Warner of said Thompson to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress approved the 29 th day of July, 1848, entitled, "An Act for the relief of certain surviving Widows of Officers & Soldiers of Revolutionary Army."
That the said Susannah Warner is the Widow of Elisha Warner late of Thompson deceased, who was a Private in the Army of the Revolution, but in what Regiment, or under what Officers he served, he is unable to state, but believes it was mostly in the State of Rhode Island, That the said Elisha Warner drew a pension of Twenty Dollars per annum under the act of Congress of June 7 th 1832, and a certificate dated the 1 st day of May A.D. 1837, which he has been surrendered up to the Agent for paying Pensions at Hartford State of Connecticut.
That the said Elisha Warner, died at said Thompson on the 17 th day of January A.D. 1849. He further States, that his mother the said Susannah Warner was married to the said Elisha Warner, by the Rev. Elisha Atkins of Killingly in the County of Windham State of Connecticut, in the year 1789, but the month

months, and day of the month, he cannot state, & that the said Susannah is still a Widow,
He further states, that the said Susannah Warner from age & infirmity, being 83 years of age, or other causes, has become deranged & crazy, or demented, & so far lost her mind, as to be wholly unable to make this declaration, all which will fully appear from the evidence hereto annexed, and on file in the war office of the United States,
Benjamin Warner Sworn to and subscribed on the day & year first above written, before me, & I certify Joseph B. Gay that I am personally acquainted with Judge of Probate the declarant, and am fully satisfied with the truth of his statements, In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court the day & year last above written
Joseph B. Gay Judge of Probate for the District of Thompson
I John D. Baldwin Pastor of the Church & Society of North Killingly in the County of Windham & State of Conn. since aged 38 years of age, & as such have the possession & custody of the Records of Marriages, of the Rev. Elisha Atkins & others formerly Pastors of said Church, & on search & examination, I cannot find any Record of the Marriage of Elisha Warner & Susannah his Widow Sworn to & subscribed this 28 Day of April 1849.
John D. Baldwin
Before me Simon Davis Justice of the Peace,

State of Connecticut Windham County
I Daniel P. Tyler Clerk of the County Court in and for Said County, do hereby certify that Simon Davis Esq. is a Justice of the Peace in and for Said County, duly Commissioned and qualified — That his Commission is dated 24th June 1848 and will expire on the 20th day of June 1849, and that the foregoing is his genuine Signature In testimony whereof I have hereunto Affixed the Seal of Said County Court This 4th day of May 1849 Daniel P. Tyler Clerk

294 Susannah Warner, mo of Eliha Con
A ct 29 July 1849
Married 1795 Husband died 17 Jan'y 1849
Adm o 6 months per $20 per ann. comm'g 17 January 1849
Simon Davis Thompson, Ct.

I Dolly Laurence of Tillingly in the County of Windham & State of Connecticut aged 81 years Now being duly sworn according to law do testify and say that Susannah Warner of Thompson Widow of Elisha Warner late of S d Thompson deceased who was a Pensioner of the United States is my Sister & was married to Elisha Warner by the Rev Elisha Atkins about two years before I was married. When I was married she had one child I was at her wedding
I was married to James A Laurence my present husband in the month of December 1791
My Sister Susannah Warner of record has for some time lost her mind & become crazy & unable to talk rationally on any subject or so as to be able to be understood. Dolly Laurence.
I James A Laurence of Tillingly in the County of Windham & State of Connecticut aged 77 years Now being duly sworn according to law do testify & say that I am the husband of the above Dolly Laurence, we were married in December 1791, I was not at the wedding of my wife's Sister, Susannah Warner, but she was married about two years before I was, to Elisha Warner,
She is now crazy and unable to speak rationally on any subject
State of Connecticut
Windham County ss. Thompson April 28 th 1849. James A Laurence
Then personally appeared before me Simon Davis a Justice of the Peace in & for said County duly authorized by law to administer oaths Dolly Laurence & James A Laurence signers of the above depositions & to me well known to be the credible witnesses & made solemn oaths to the truth of the same by them subscribed before me Simon Davis Justice of the Peace

I Joseph Warner of Thompson in the County of Windham State of Connecticut aged fifty seven years, in March last past was and being duly sworn according to law do depose and say, that I am the oldest child of Elihu Warner, & Susannah Warner, his now Widow who has made application to be placed on the Pension list by my brother Benjamin Warner, who is two years younger than I am, with whom she now lives, It has always been said that I was born March 25 1792, there was one child older than myself that is dead, three younger now alive,
My Father Elihu Warner lived the last years of his life with me and died at my home on the 17 th day of January 1849.
My mother Susannah Warner now lives with my brother Benjamin who takes care of her, She has become crazy, and so entirely lost her mind, as to be unable, to converse on any subject so as to be understood, She is still a Widow.
Joseph Warner
2 nd May
State of Connecticut
Windham County ss. Thompson May 2 nd 1849 Then personally appeared Joseph Warner to me well known as a credible witness, signer of the above deposition, & made solemn oath to the truth of the same, before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in & for said County, duly & legally authorized by law to administer oaths
Simon Davis Justice of the Peace

State of Connecticut
Windham County ss. I Daniel V. Tyler Clerk of the County & State of the County & State aforesaid do hereby certify that Simon Davis is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned & qualified that his Commission was dated the 24 th day of June 1848 & will expire on the 20 th day of June 1849, & that his signature to the foregoing affidavits is genuine Given under my hand & the seal of said Court This 4 th day of May 1849
Daniel V. Tyler Clerk

Application of Elisha Warner for Pension
R. Island -
Set to Sandy atoll 16 Oct
Transferred to
Gloucester Rd
Wm H Smith
Rev. J. E. Warner
Hon. N. R. Knight S. Davis Thompson, Co.

C. H. Brown S. Clerk
State of Rhode Island.
Providence
On this twelfth day of October 1833 personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Probate of the Town of Gloucester in said County now sitting Holles Warner a resident of the Town of Killingly in the State of Connecticut & formerly a resident in said Gloucester, 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 viz. If the said declarant was born in said Gloucester October 7 th 1758 there is a record of my age in a Family Bible at my brother Dan l Warner. I lived in said Gloucester when first called into service. Since the revolution I have lived in said Gloucester & in said Killingly & now live in said Killingly. I removed to said Killingly about 12 years since. The reason why I do not make my application for a pension before a Court in the County where I now reside are, that my revolutionary services were all performed in Rhode Island & in Rhode Island regiments, that the person who has knowledge of those services lives in said County of Providence, & that the traditional residence required by the war department can be found only in said County of Providence where I resided during the revolution & for a long time afterwards. In June 1775 I was enlisted as a private in Capt. Andrew

Waterman Company of minute men raised by order of the General Assembly of Rhode Island & I was discharged therefrom in March 1778 by order of said Assembly, making a period of service of at least 9 months, during said period & while in service as a minute man I was stationed in the autumn of 1775 three months on Rhode Island a little north of Newport Court House, one month at Bristol Rd. one month at Cranston Rd. one month at Fall River (Tiverton) Rd. I cannot recollect the precise dates of each service, but they were within the period first mentioned. In April 1776 I was drafted as a private in Capt Benjamin Whipple's Company Col. Charles Brown's Regiment R.I. Militia Lieut. John Eddy assigned & was stationed at Bristol Rd. one month. In March 1776 soon after I was discharged as a minute man I went as a substitute for Benjamin Brown & served as a private in said Company one month & was stationed at Bristol & Cranston Rd. In May 1776 I was drafted as a private in said Company & was stationed one month at Cranston & Bristol Rd under the command of Ensign John Eddy. In August 1776 I went as a substitute for my father & served as a private in Capt Samuel Hays Company same Regiment & was stationed at Pawtucket Rd. one month. In December 1776 I went as a substitute for my father & served as a private under said Ensign John Eddy & was stationed at Bristol Rd. one month. It was shortly after the British took possession of R. Island.

Directly after my return from Bristol I was drafted as a private in Capt Whipple's Company & was stationed at Providence R.I. one month under the command of Capt James Williams. In April 1777 I was drafted in same Company as a private & was stationed at Bristol R.I. 12 days under the command of Capt Henry Wheeler. In October 1777 I went as a substitute for my Father & served as a private in same Company under the command of Lieut. Stephen Olney, & was stationed at Tristram R.I. one month . It was in what was called Spencer's expedition. Genl. Lord Howe Genl. Howe Col. Pick Col. Brown were officers that I recollect were in the expedition. There were several companies or regiments of Massachusetts troops in the expedition but I do not recollect the name of the officer. In December 1777 I was drafted in Capt. same Company as a private then under the command of Capt John Celay & was stationed at Providence R.I. one month . In August 1778 I went as a substitute for my Father & served as a private in same Company then under the command of Capt Stephen Olney. We joined the troops under Genl. Sullivan & marched to Rhode Island. We lay at Burt's Hill during a severe storm afterwards we moved down to the lower line where we lay until my time was out when I was immediately drafted in same Company as a private & continued at the lower line until the the evening before the 29 th of August when we retreated towards Burt's Hill. In the morning the British overtook us & a battle was fought & the enemy repulsed. The next

day for life who will and I asked Portland ferry to Portland Rd where we were stationed until I was discharged. The whole period of my service in this expedition was 40 days, 20 days each time. Before the battle I was placed in Capt. Toach Company for heavy regiment artillery & did duty therein during the same. Genl Green Col. Crane Genl. Groom Col. Groom Capt. Toad Col. Brown Capt. Williams were officers that I recall were with the troops on the island. I served at this time in the Militia of Rhode Island but cannot recall the particular. I never received any regular discharge & have no documentary evidence. The testimony of such surviving witnesses as I know of is hereunto annexed. William Arnold Timothy Street & Stephen Eldridge of Gloucester & Capt. Barton David Chase Esq. & Peter Louis Esq. of Wickford are persons who reside in my present & former neighborhood & who can testify as to my character for integrity & their belief of my services as a soldier of the revolution. I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and do declare that my name is not on the pension rolls of the agency of any State.
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Sworn to & subscribed this day of year aforesaid in open Court.
C. H. Brown P. Clerk.

We Timothy Sweet & Reuben Gacy residing in said Gloucester hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Elias Warner formerly of said Gloucester now of Wickford, Conn. who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be 75 years of age that he is situated & resided in the neighborhood where he formerly resided in said Gloucester to have been a soldier of the revolution & that we concur in that opinion
Timothy Sweet Reuben Gacy
Sworn to & subscribed in open court the day & year aforesaid
Attest C. H. Brown P. Clerk.
And the said Court on hearing thereon their opinion after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories presented by the war department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states. And the court further certify that it appears to them that Timothy Sweet & Reuben Gacy Esq. residents in said Gloucester are credible persons & that their statement is entitled to credit & that no other person resides in the vicinity of the former residence of the said applicant in said Gloucester. I the undersigned Clerk of the Court of Probate within & for the town of Gloucester in said County of Providence do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Elias Warner for a pension In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this twenty eighth day of October 1833 C. H. Brown P. Clerk

State of Rhode Island
Providence Fe. Dexter Randall Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and said County. Having a true and correct copy certified that Elias H. Bowen whose signature is subscribed to the within document, as "E. H. Bowen P. Merte" is the clerk of Probate of the Town of Gloucester within said County and that the same is the proper hand writing of the said Elias H. Bowen.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court at Providence this thirty first day of January AD 1835.
Dexter Randall Clerk

Rowe  WIDOW, &c.
File No. 2497
Susannah Warner Widow Eliza Warner Prisoner War
Act: July 29, 1848
Index:—Vol. 91. Page 305.
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1 40.942
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N 394
Susannah Warner Con
Little Simon Davis 10 th Sept 1849.
at 29 July 1848

12 48,998.
PAID
Hon. Commissioner of Pensions Washington D. C.

I Reuben Steen of Scituate in the County of Providence State of Rhode Island & formerly of Gloucester in said County being first duly sworn according to law on oath do testify & say that I was a Soldier of the revolution & am now a pensioner of the United States under the act of June 1832. I further say that I was well acquainted with Elias Wann, formerly of said Gloucester now of Killingly in the State of Connecticut. I further say that the said Elias was a private in Capt. Anthony Waterman Company of minute men, R.I. militia, from June 1775 to March 1776, according to the best of my recollection.
I further say that during that time we were on duty together in said Company at or near Newport, Bristol & Wann R.I. & I cannot now recollect the length of either tour of duty, I further say that Reuben Steen
I further say that afterwards & during the war I saw the said Elias Wann as a private Soldier doing duty in Capt. Benajah Whipple Company Col. C. Brown regiment R.I. militia, on several occasions, but I cannot recollect the particular times.
Reuben Steen State of Rhode Island I, the undersigned, do hereby certify that the foregoing deposition of Reuben Steen, who on oath testified, is just & true in all its particulars. I further certify that the said Reuben is a credible person & that his statement is entitled to credit.
Isaac D. Smith Justice of the Peace

I James Bown of Gloucester in the County of Providence State of Rhode Island aged 74 years being first duly sworn on oath do testify & say that I am was a Colonel of the revolution & am now a pensioner of the United States since the act of June 1832. I further say that I am well acquainted with Elias Warner formerly of said Gloucester & now of Killingly in the State of Connecticut. Some time after I was discharged from Lippitt's regiment in the month of February or March 1777, I was drafted in Capt. Vernon Company Col. Chad Brown's regiment R.I. militia & was stationed in Providence R.I. one month , that said Elias Warner served as a private in Capt. Whipple's Company same regiment & was stationed at the same place during said month. I well recollect him having stood guard with him at Fox Point during said time. After 1777 I lived a neighbor to said Warner & know of his serving in the militia of Rhode Island, at other times, his quarters at but I cannot now recollect the particular period.
JAAMES BOWN
State of Rhode Island & Providence Co. In Gloucester this 14 th day of August 1834 before me personally appeared James Bown who being first duly sworn on oath says that what the above deposition by him signed in my presence is just & true in all its parts. I further certify that the said Bown is a credible person & that his statement is entitled to credit in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this day of year first written.
Sam M. Sturtevant

I Jeremiah Sweet of Gloucester in the County of Providence State of Rhode Island aged 77 years being first duly sworn on oath do hereby say that I was a soldier of the Revolution & am now a pensioner of the United States under the act of June 1832. I further say that I am well acquainted with Elias Warner formerly of Gloucester & now of Killingly Connecticut. I will remember him & his family as acquaintances during the revolutionary war. In December 1774 I served as a private in Capt. Mowatt's Company, Col. Chas. Brown's regiment R.I. militia, & was stationed at Bristol R.I. one month . During that period the said Elias served as a private in Capt. Whipple's Company same regiment & was stationed at the same place.
Jeremiah Sweet
State of Rhode Island & Providence ss. In Gloucester this 14 th day of August 1834 before me personally appeared Jeremiah Sweet who being first duly sworn on oath says that the above deposition by him signed in my presence is just & true in all its parts. I further certify that the said Sweet is now known to me, that he is a credible person & that his statement is entitled to credit. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal at said Gloucester this day & year first written.
Sam l H. Weeks Prob. Not.

State of Rhode Island &c Providence ss I Dester Randall Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within said County being a true and Right do hereby certify that Jesse Downton before whom the first preceding affidavit was sworn is a Justice of the peace within the Town of Gloucester within said County and that he is by Law duly authorized & empowered to administer oaths & take depositions, and that the signatures affixed to his certificate is genuine
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court at Providence this Ninth day of September A.D.
1834
Dester Randall Clerk
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State of Rhode Island &c Providence ss I Dester Randall Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within said County being a true and Right do hereby certify that Samuel G. Muel before whom the preceding affidavits were sworn is a Notary Public within & for the County of Providence duly authorized to administer oaths & take depositions and that the signatures affixed to said certificates purporting to be his are genuine
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court at Providence this Ninth day of September A.D. 1834
Dester Randall Clerk
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Edward 1866 Town Clerk Certified

I Shubael Adams of Killingsly in the County of Windham & State of Connecticut aged 50 years and over being duly engaged according to law do testify and say that I am Town Clerk of Town of Killingsly and as such have the custody & possession of the Records of said Town of the Births Marriages & Deaths therein, and that on a careful search of the same, I cannot find any Record of the Marriage of Elisha Warner late of Thompson in said County dec. d. a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States former of Killingsly with Susannah Warner his now Widow.
Shubael Adams Town Clerk Killingsly
State of Connecticut Windham County ss. Be it known that on this 11 th day of October 1849. before the subscriber a Justice of the peace within and for said County, duly authorized by law to administer oaths personally appeared Shubael Adams sign of the above deposition, to me well known as a credible witness & made solemn oath to the truth of the same. Before me Simon Davis Justice of the Peace
State of Connecticut
Windham County ss. I Daniel P. Tyler Clerk of the County Courts within and for the State & County, aforesaid, do hereby certify that Simon Davis is a Justice of the Peace within & for said County, duly commissioned & qualified & & that his Commission was dated the 14 th day of June 1849, & will expire on the 14 th day of July 1850, & that his signature to the above affidavit is genuine. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said County this 11 th day of October 1849.
Daniel P. Tyler Clerk

Thompson Ct Ma 28
Free
Eliza Warner -
Conn.
Hon. J. D. Edwards Comp. of Pensions
Washington, City & D. C.
1832
Recd. Appl. Ct
Ms. A. 9. 2. 24

Thompson Ct. March 27 th 1837
Sir. Some years ago. Mr. Elihu Warner. an old Soldier of the Revolutionary War. made application for a pension under the act of June 7 th 1832. his papers are on file for want of more Evidence.
He has succeeded in finding an old soldier, whose deposition I enclose. wishing his case may be received & considered in the light of this additional testimony. not doubting. you will find it sufficient, to grant him a pension.
This deposition has long been mislaid in my office, but I hope not to his prejudice. He belongs to R Island, & his papers can be found. no doubt. among those of that State.
Any communications on the subject can be addressed to me as above.
Your obt servt Simon Davis.
Hon J. L. Edwards Comf. of Pensions

V. L. Edwards Esq.

Gloucester Oct. 1 st 1835
Sir
I herewith transmit You the application of Elizer Warner for a pension, for reexamination. You will perceive that he claims but 6 months (not 9) service as a minute man in Watertown Company. & I have no doubt from say, the information I have received from Ensign James, that Watertown Company were on duty at least that length of time. In Rhode Island the minute men were under different regulations from those in other States. They were regularly enlisted , & with the exception of the Brigade Stationed at or near Boston, were the only troops in the pay of the State, from June '75 to March '76 when they were disbanded. During this time the enemy had a naval force Stationed at the mouth of our bay & made frequent incursions upon our shores, the minute men were consequently in service most of the time. By referring to the Statements of Skinner & Sargent, Davis & others who were minute men (one

to the proceedings of our General Assembly, during this period. You will obtain find the statements of Warner confirmed as to the general character of this period. The other period for which he claims a pension is of a character with the military service rendered by almost every able-bodied man residing in this State during the period that Rhode Island was in the occupancy of the British. By law the militia during this period were divided into two & sometimes three divisions, one of which was alternately on duty. The peculiar situation of Mr. Warner renders it difficult for him to prove positive testimony of his service, he has retired out of the State many of his old companions in arms are dead, & many that are now living have only a general recollection of his services as a soldier, as will appear by the deposition. Under these circumstances I trust you will deem it proper that this poor but as I believe worthy man should be benefited in his latter days, by the bounty of his Country. Perhaps I ought to state that

This application has not sooner been returned owing to the fact that it was for a long time mislaid by me, & since I found it my professional engagements have prevented my attending to the matter!
Respectfully, Your Obedt Servt
Sam l H. Albrecht
W. L. Edwards Esq.

We Calvin Cooper a clergyman residing in the town of Killingly in the County of Windham and State of Connecticut & Jonathan Cutler residing in said town hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Elisha Warner residing in said Killingly that we believe him to be 75 years of age that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion -
Calvin Cooper
Jonathan Cutler
Windham ss. in Killingly this 25 th day of July - 1834 - Personally appeared Calvin Cooper and Jonathan Cutler who have signed the above certificate and made solemn oath to the truth of the same before me. And I do certify that the said Calvin Cooper is a clergyman residing in said Killingly and that the said Jonathan Cutler is a resident in said Killingly and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit
Attest
Thomas Backus Judge of Probate
State of Connecticut ss. District of Killingly - I Isaac T. Hutchins Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Killingly do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Elisha Warner of said Killingly for a Pension. -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 25 th day of July A D 1834 - -
Isaac T. Hutchins Clerk

Comr May 1. Thompson G April 26
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Hon. J. D. P. Edwards Commr. of Pensions (Washington DC)
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Thompson, Windham Co. Ct April 26. 1837
Hon. J. L. Edwards In Mr. Yarn of the 18 th inst is rec. d. W. Blake Warner had supposed that. More than 6 months service ought to be allowed him as a soldier in the Revolution. The chances of the proof of service are now constantly diminishing & I think he must be satisfied with the allowance for the 6 mo. The pension certificate, you will send to my direction. Yours obt. servt
Simon Davis

Hon. J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D.C.

Thompson, Windham, Co. CT,
October 29 th 1849
Sir:
In agreeable to the requirements of your Department the proper Court, has appointed a conservator, so called in our law, to take care of the Person & estate of lunatics, distracted or crazy persons. & I herewith send you the appointment, in the case of Susannah Warner Widow of Elihu Warner a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, who has applied for a Pension, for the services of her late husband, under the Act of July 29 th 1849.
The application was made by her son, the same person, who is now her conservator who hereby continues, the same, and sends the certificate of the Town Clerk of Killingly, where she was married, that on the Records of Faxon there is no Record of her Marriage. You have the certificate from the Church Records, that it is not recorded there, but you have the deposition of her sister & husband, who saw her married, & I send you the evidence of her brother, Joseph Easty Esquire of Providence, State of Rhode Island, a gentleman of first respectability, that he was married in 1795 & that his sister Mrs Warner, was married several years before he was, which evidence must I think satisfy you that the marriage, was in time.

I trust you will find the papers, sufficient, and no further delay necessary. To placing her on the Pension list. She is in extreme poverty & in addition to her mental calamities, is totally blind
Very respectfully your obst. servt.
Simon Davis
Hon ble J. L. Edwards Commission of Pensions

Hon. J. L. Edwards
Commencing Perms Washington City L.O.C.

Shoreham, Windham Co., Vt.
May 9 th 1849
Hon ble J. D. Edwards
Sir, I send you the application of Susannah Warner, Widow of Elisha Warner, late a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States who died on the 17 th of January last, to be placed on the Pension list, under the Act of July 29 th 1848.
I hope you will be able to give your early attention,
Your obed t serv t ,
Simon Davis.

Henners Angel Dep. -
1758
Shenstone

I Francis Angel of Providence in the County of Providence & State of Rhode Island being now 80 years of age on oath do testify & say that I have always been acquainted with Elisha Warner now present before me & have known him ever since the war of the Revolution we both then belonged to a minute com- pany commanded by Capt Andrew Waterman from September 1775 & two years afterwards said Warner then belonged to Gloucester & I in Smithfield where the company was raised or a part of it - we both were privates in said company In the fall of said year , in October & November we were stationed on the Island of Conanicut two months & did duty as privates in said company & January 1776 we were stationed at Bristol a month, in same capacity

I remember said Warren scored the forfeiting team, I also remember & know of his saving a youth in Salt River of the action on Rhode Island in August 1778, we then in different companies he was in Capt Whipple's company of militia - Jonathan Angell
Providence R.I. December 3 rd 1836
I worn to a subscribed before me and I further certify said document is a credible witness
By a Fellow E. J. C. B. Ph.D.

State of Rhode Island ss
Providence ss I Dexter Randall Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County, being a Court of Record, do hereby certify that Benjamin Cowell Esquire before whom the foregoing affidavit was sworn is Chief Justice of said Court: That by Law he is duly authorized to administer oaths and take depositions and that his signature written on the opposite page is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court at Providence this twentieth day of December AD 1836.
Dexter Randall Clerk