Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 7363, Elias Utt, Penn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Penn.
Utt, Elias, Lucretia
N. 7363
CONTENTS

Reported
32586. Pennsylvania
Elias W.H. , dec d
of Monroe in the State of Penn who was a Private in the Co st commanded by Captain Shrauder of the Reg t commanded by _____ in the Penn line for
2 years service.
Inscribed on the Roll of Philadelphia at the rate of 80 Dollars _____ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. and terminating April 13 th 1833 when he died
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 rd day of Sept. 1847 and sent to Charles Brookhead, Esq.
Easton, Penn
Payable to his widow Lucretia W.H.
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by H. Lumphkin Clerk, Book E 2 Vol. 5 Page 65

1650 Phil Pennsylvania Lucretia M c H widow of Elias M c H Pen m who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars —
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 31 st day of Augt. 48 and sent to
Hon. Michael Prothero Easton, Pa
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 287 Vol. 2
Hopata 111. J. H. Walton 17 May 52

July 5, 1906
Apj

Utt, Elias
His name appears on a list of applicants for invalid pension returned by the District Court for the District of Pennsylvania, submitted to the House of Representatives by the Secretary of War on April 25, 1794, and printed in the American State Papers, class 9, page 103.
Rank: Private, Hewitt's rangers.
Disability: Wounded in his right breast by a musket ball, which came out under his shoulder blade, in an action with the savages.
When and where disabled: October, 1778, Wyalusing hills.
Residence: Northampton county.
Remarks: No rolls in this office for Hewitt's rangers.
Evidence transmitted by the District Court complete.

Hon. T. J. Rogers, H. R.

Application for new Certificate —
County of Northampton ss On this twenty ninth day of October one thousand eight hundred and twenty two before me the subscriber a justice of the peace for the said county of Northampton personally appeared Elias M c who on his oath declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Rethey Hewitt in the regiment commanded by Colonel Harkley in the service of the united States that his name was placed on the pension roll of the state of Pennsylvania that he received a paper which he supposes to have been a certificate but not being able to read writing he never ascertained what it was by virtue of which paper he drew his pension from the time he was placed on said list till the spring of one thousand eight hundred and nineteen which paper he left in the mayors office in the City of Philadelphia in the spring of the year following on which he was placed on said pension list which paper it appears cannot be found —
Sworn and subscribed before me the day and year aforesaid Robert Butz
Elias his M c mark.
I certify that Mr. Robert Butz is a justice of the peace, and that the above is his signature.
Washington, Dec.
26. 1822.
W m L. Rogers M. C.
J

State of Pennsylvania Monroe County ss 3
At a Court of Common Pleas held in and for said County on the ninth day of May A D eighteen hundred and forty three personally appeared in open court Lucretia Utt a resident of said County aged Eighty — years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain Widows" — That she is the widow of Elias Utt late of Northampton now Monroe County Pennsylvania deceased who was a Revolutionary Soldier and Invalid Pensioner. That she does not know the length of time her said husband served, nor the particular Regiment or Corps in which he served, all happening before her marriage with him; but she believes he served as a private soldier in the Regiment called Hartley's Regiment. That she does not know when he entered the service or who under, or when he left it, or the countries through which he marched, or the battles in which he fought. That she has no record or documentary evidence of her husband's services nor does she know of any living witness by whom she can prove his services, but refers solely to the rolls and records to be found in the offices or departments at Washington City. That her said husband drew Pension from the United States from ten or fifteen years after her marriage to him to the day of his death — That he drew a part of the time Twenty dollars per month and laterly it was increased to Thirty-two dollars per month — She further declares that she was married to the said Elias Utt in the County of Sussex in the State of New Jersey by Samuel Kirkendall Esquire on or about the second day of January Seventeen hundred and eighty two — (That her maiden name was Lucretia Solomon) and that her husband the aforesaid Elias Utt died on or about the Thirteenth day of April Eighteen hundred and thirty-three; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January seventeen hundred and ninety four, viz: at the time above stated — That her

husband the said Elias Uttt died in the County of Northampton now Monroe in the State of Pennsylvania - She further says that she has not at this time any certificate of marriage neither does she know of any documentary evidence whereby her marriage can be proven, nor does she at this day know of any living wit- ness by whom her marriage could be proven. That she has had eight children by Elias Uttt since her marriage with him The oldest of whom Jacob was born about eight years after her marriage to the said Elias Uttt and died when he was fourteen years old - That the next of said children Adam was born about three years after Jacob and is now about fifty years old - That the next child was Henry who was born about five years after Adam and died when he was about twenty four years old - That she is at this time a widow and has been ever since the death of her said husband Elias Uttt
Lucretia her Uttt X Mark
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court the day and year above written
J. H. Strong, Pres
State of Pennsylvania Monroe County ss
Personally appeared Henry Rand Berry a resident of Island Township in the County of Monroe aforesaid a witness of respectability and personally known to the Court as such who being duly sworn according to law doth de- pose and say that he knows the said Lucretia Uttt the same individual who signed the foregoing declaration - that he has known her and the said Elias Uttt to have lived together as man and wife for fifty five or sixty years ago - That he is sure of their having lived together as man and wife so many years ago from the fact of his living in the same neighbourhood with them and from the fact that his son Isaac Radberry being about forty eight or forty nine years old and that he was born a short time after the birth of Adam

Utt, a son of the said Elias and Lucretia Utt. And that he has known the said Elias Utt and Lucretia from the time aforesaid until the death of the said Elias Utt sworn and subscribed to the day and year above written in open court
Henry Burns very
J. H. Strong Prots
State of Pennsylvania Monroe County ss
Personally appeared in open court Sam- uel Banorman a resident of Shand Township in the County of Monroe aforesaid a witness of respectability and personally known to the court as such, who being duly sworn according to law doth depose and say that he knows Lucretia Utt the same individual who signed the foregoing declaration. That he knew the said Lucretia Utt and Elias Utt to live together as man and wife fifty years ago and that he knew them to live together as man and wife until about a year before the death of the said Elias Utt, at which time the said Elias lived with one of his children and the said Lucretia with another. That he was born in this neighborhood and has lived here ever since and has known the said Elias Utt from a boy. That he is eighty one years of age. That he was living in the same neighborhood at the time Elias Utt and the said Lucretia his wife came to live in the neighborhood of deponent, and that he has not lived more than five miles from them ever since. And that he knows of their living together as man and wife fifty years ago from com- paring the ages of his children with those of the said Lucretia Utt and Elias Utt sworn to and subscribed in open court the day and year first before mentioned
his Samuel x Banorman mark
J. H. Strong Prots

State of Pennsylvania Monroe County ss
Personally appeared in open court James Gehring of Pocono Township in said County and Adam Utt of Price Township in said County Witnesses of respectability and personally known to the Court as such who being duly sworn according to law say that they are well acquainted with Lucretia Utt who signed the foregoing declaration in their presence and that they knew Elias Utt the husband of said Lucretia - that the said Elias Utt died on the Thirteenth or fourteenth day of April eighteen hundred and thirty three at the house of Adam Utt one of these deponents sworn to and subscribed in open court the ninth day of May AD 1843
Adam Utt James Gehring
J. H. Strode Proth
9095
State of Pennsylvania Monroe County ss
I, James H. Strode Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of Monroe County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the applica- tion of Lucretia Utt for a pension: And further that the signatures J. H. Strode annexed to the foregoing declara- tion and affidavit are my hand writing and are genuine In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this sixteenth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty three
J. H. Strode, Proth.

May 13, 1927
Clementine Mather 1430 N. St., Bedford, Indiana
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau it appears that Elias Utt while a resident of Northampton County, Pennsylvania enlisted in 1776, served six months in the Flying Camp of the State of Pennsylvania and was in the battle of Long Island, then in the following summer served two months in the Pennsylvania Militia.
He enlisted the following spring at Wyoming in Captain Jesse (or Delthie) Hewitt's Company, Colonel Butler's Regiment, in the fall was detached under Lieutenant Daniel Gore and Colonel Hartley and while engaged in a battle with the Indians near Wyalusing, was shot through his right breast, the musket ball passing out under his shoulder blade, length of this service one year.
Beginning in the spring following, he served six months as a driver under Colonel Hooper and the next summer enlisted as a guide to the militia on the frontiers of Pennsylvania and served two years, after which, he enlisted in Captain

Philip Shrawder's Company of Pennsylvania Rangers and was finally discharged in October 1783.
He was allowed pension from May 4, 1794 on account of disability resulting from the above named wound. He died April 13, 1833 in Northampton County, Pennsylvania aged about eighty-four years.
Soldier married January 2, 1782 in Sussex County, New Jersey, Lucretia Solomon. She was allowed pension on her application executed May 9, 1843 while a resident of Monroe (formerly Northampton) County, Pennsylvania at which time she stated that she was aged eighty years, but in 1848 stated she was aged eighty-nine years.
They had eight children, Jacob born eight years after their marriage and who died at the age of fourteen years, Adam born three years after Jacob and living in 1843, and Henry who was born five years after Adam and died at the age of twenty-four years, are the only names given.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

In pursuance and by direction of the following act of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, passed the first day of April last, viz.
An act to provide for the settlement of the estates of deceased officers and soldiers, who served in the Pennsylvania line during the late war.
WHEREAS great inconveniencies have arisen, and much injury has been done to the rights of this commonwealth, in cases where letters of administration have been taken out upon the estates of officers and soldiers, who served in the Pennsylvania line during the late war and who died intestate, and without heirs, inasmuch as in many instances no settlement of accounts has been made by the persons to taking out letters of administration with the officer of the proper county, and paying into his hands their respective balances: And whereas, for the want of legal provision in this respect, a door has been opened for much unjust speculation: For remedy whereof,
SECT. I. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the several Registers for the probate of wills and granting letters of administration within this commonwealth shall be, and they are hereby required to cause to be published in their respective counties, on or before the first day of August next either in a public newspaper, or in a convenient number of public hand bills, to be pasted up in at least twenty of the most frequented places in their respective counties, the names of all such administrators, as well as of the names of their sureties, as have received letters of administration (and have not settled their accounts) upon the estates of officers and soldiers, who served in the Pennsylvania line during the late war, and who have died intestate, and without heirs, severally requiring them at the same time, and in like manner, to settle their accounts with the Register of the proper county, and pay him their respective balances, with interest on the same, to be computed from the end of thirty days after the said publication.
SECT. II. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Registers respectively shall, at the same time, and in like manner, require all other such administrators of whom they have not knowledge, to come in within sixty days from the date of such publication, and file, in the office of Register of the proper county, the name of their intestate, and the date of their letters of administration, and the administrators last mentioned shall, within thirty days from the time of such coming in, settle their accounts with the Register of the proper county, and pay him their
respective balances, in the same manner as is prescribed in the preceding section.
SECT. III. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if any administrators to as aforesaid known, or coming in on notice as aforesaid given, shall neglect or refuse to produce their letters of administration, and make settlement, and pay the balance, with interest, to the proper officer, as is before directed, then it shall and may be lawful, and the Register is hereby required, within thirty days after such neglect or refusal, to make out and transmit true copies of the administration bond to the Attorney-General of this commonwealth, who is hereby empowered and directed to commence suit upon the same.
SECT. IV. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if the administrators aforesaid, after having come forward, do not produce an inventory of the goods and chattels of the deceased at the time of his death, with fair and satisfactory accounts of the receipts and expenditures of moneys coming into and passing through their hands, in consequence of such letters of administration, then the penalty of the administration bond shall be forfeited, and if the suit is prosecuted with effect, shall be paid, with interest as aforesaid, into the hands of the Treasurer of the proper county, who shall transmit the same to the Treasurer of this commonwealth, for the use of the commonwealth.
SECT. V. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if any Register for the probate of wills and granting letters of administration shall, after the publication of this act, neglect or refuse to do all and singular the duties and services herein required, he shall, for the first offence, forfeit and pay to the commonwealth the sum of five hundred dollars, for the second or any subsequent offence, the sum of one thousand dollars, to be recovered by bill, plaint or indictment, as fines, penalties and forfeitures, are by the several laws of this commonwealth.
I do hereby call upon and require the several administrators hereafter named, and their respective sureties, and all others who come within the intent and meaning of the above recited act of Assembly to attend at said office, to settle their respective accounts and pay their respective balances agreeably to the directions of the said act; that is to say
   Intestate Officers & Soldiers. Administrators. Sureties. Notes     2 d Pennsylvania Regt. Lt Col. Buzorguelle Patrick Ambrose Abraham Seller & John Albert no bond filed nor out Settled   1 st Pennsylvania Regt. Lt Col. Buzorguelle Han Adam Berlip Andrew Feller & John Shuck d o   1 st Pennsylvania Regt. Lt Col. Buzorguelle John Burns Andrew Feller and John Shuck d o   1 st Pennsylvania Regt. Lt Col. Buzorguelle John Buzorguelle Andrew Feller and John Shuck d o   1 st Pennsylvania Regt. Lt Col. Buzorguelle John Beaty Andrew Feller and John Shuck d o   1 st Pennsylvania Regt. Lt Col. Buzorguelle John Coy James Shirly and Andrew Ledlie d o   1 st Pennsylvania Regt. Lt Col. Buzorguelle Clemuel Coule Philip Odenwelder and John Shuck d o   1 st Pennsylvania Regt. Lt Col. Buzorguelle James Davidson Abra: Berlin & Anthony Musgenung cert. of death on   1 st Pennsylvania Regt. Lt Col. Buzorguelle Benjamin Davidson Mich. Lawall & Adam Stenger, junr. out. death. see Bond   1 st Pennsylvania Regt. Lt Col. Buzorguelle Frederick Dittel Andrew Feller and John Shuck not settled Query is this within the act   1 st Pennsylvania Regt. Lt Col. Buzorguelle Philip Fhees Christian Winters & Jacob Sickman no bond filed nor out. Settled   1 st Pennsylvania Regt. Lt Col. Buzorguelle James Frazier Andrew Feller and John Shuck d o   1 st Pennsylvania Regt. Lt Col. Buzorguelle John Gibson Andrew Feller and John Shuck d o   1 st Pennsylvania Regt. Lt Col. Buzorguelle James Galbreath Christian Winters & John Albert d o   1 st Pennsylvania Regt. Lt Col. Buzorguelle Nicholas Handwerck Martin Linfs Shirly is a Surety to Intestate, Query is this within the act   1 st Pennsylvania Regt. Lt Col. Buzorguelle Richard Henry Philip Odenwelder and John Shuck one bond filed nor out. Settled   1 st Pennsylvania Regt. Lt Col. Buzorguelle John Horlin Andrew Feller and John Shuck d o   1 st Pennsylvania Regt. Lt Col. Buzorguelle William Hudson Andrew Feller and John Shuck d o   1 st Pennsylvania Regt. Lt Col. Buzorguelle Adam Hickberger Joseph Sewitz & Anthony Musgenung d o   1 st Pennsylvania Regt. Lt Col. Buzorguelle John Hoffman James Shirly and Andrew Ledlie d o   1 st Pennsylvania Regt. Lt Col. Buzorguelle John Hoffman Martin Weisser Query Hoffman is the Widow of Intestate   1 st Pennsylvania Regt. Lt Col. Buzorguelle David Jameson Philip Odenwelder & John Shuck no bond filed nor out. Settled   1 st Pennsylvania Regt. Lt Col. Buzorguelle Conrad Kelfer Andrew Feller and John Shuck d o   1 st Pennsylvania Regt. Lt Col. Buzorguelle Martin Kehrer Leonard Engler and John Shuck adm n granted at the request of Intestate   1 st Pennsylvania Regt. Lt Col. Buzorguelle Francis Koones James Shirly and Andrew Ledlie no inventory filed nor out. Settled   1 st Pennsylvania Regt. Lt Col. Buzorguelle William Lacey Abraham Berlin & Joseph Sewitz d o   1 st Pennsylvania Regt. Lt Col. Buzorguelle Nicholas Miller Jacob Guth and Frederick Barthold d o   1 st Pennsylvania Regt. Lt Col. Buzorguelle John Moser Frederick Peyfer and Jacob Bueche Shirly is Surety to both Children   1 st Pennsylvania Regt. Lt Col. Buzorguelle Peter McCoy John Craig and Lawrence Erb no bond filed nor out. Settled   1 st Pennsylvania Regt. Lt Col. Buzorguelle Christian Brady Philip Odenwelder and John Shuck d o   1 st Pennsylvania Regt. Lt Col. Buzorguelle Isaac Patton Philip Odenwelder and John Shuck d o   1 st Pennsylvania Regt. Lt Col. Buzorguelle John Pheasant Philip Odenwelder and John Shuck d o   1 st Pennsylvania Regt. Lt Col. Buzorguelle Ulry Peter Andrew Feller and John Shuck d o   1 st Pennsylvania Regt. Lt Col. Buzorguelle Isaac Patton Andrew Feller and John Shuck d o   1 st Pennsylvania Regt. Lt Col. Buzorguelle John Pheasant Andrew Feller and John Shuck d o   1 st Pennsylvania Regt. Lt Col. Buzorguelle Patrick Quin Abraham Seller and John Albert d o   1 st Pennsylvania Regt. Lt Col. Buzorguelle Charles Shuman James Shirly and Andrew Ledlie d o   1 st Pennsylvania Regt. Lt Col. Buzorguelle Aaron Siglin Andrew Feller and John Shuck d o   1 st Pennsylvania Regt. Lt Col. Buzorguelle Christian Schnyder Jacob Clayton and Jacob Gangwehr adm n settled no balance found   1 st Pennsylvania Regt. Lt Col. Buzorguelle Valentine Schumacher George George and Jacob Row Query is this within the act   1 st Pennsylvania Regt. Lt Col. Buzorguelle Samuel Taylor Christian Winters and John Albert no bond filed nor out. Settled   1 st Pennsylvania Regt. Lt Col. Buzorguelle John Wooden Christian Winters and Jacob Sickman d o   1 st Pennsylvania Regt. Lt Col. Buzorguelle Henry Willoufom James Shirly and Andrew Ledlie d o   1 st Pennsylvania Regt. Lt Col. Buzorguelle John Welch James Shirly and Andrew Ledlie d o  
JOHN ARNDT, Register.
Christian Winters the Administrator of Patrick Ambrose and Patrick Quin both from Sonora and the above mentioned was settled his account in my Office for each - in which he states that on a part of the property of the said two Intestates came into his hands or possession as says he

A.
To the Honorable the Senate & House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met
The Petition of Elias Utt a citizen of the State of Pennsylvania residing in the County of Northampton respectfully represents that he entered for the term of six months in the Flying Camp in the service of the State of Pennsylvania in the year 1776. during which time at the time he was in the Battle of Long Island. At the Summer following he marched with the militia of the State of Pennsylvania and remained in the service two months. At the Spring following he enlisted at Wyoming for one year in Col. Butler's Regiment of the Pennsylvania line on the continental establishment in a Company commanded by Captain Jesse Hewitt, Lieutenant Daniel Gore. In the fall part of his company commanded by Lieutenant Gore joined Col. Hartley on the West branch of the Susquehannah. That while under the command of Col. Hartley about two miles from Wykavising in a skirmish with the Indians he was wounded by a Rifle ball which passed through his back & which has since disabled him. That at the expiration of his term of enlistment he received an honorable discharge at Wyoming from Lieut. Gore, which however he has lost. At the Spring following he was admitted under Col. Hooper six months in the Continental Service. The Summer after this engagement under Col. Hooper he served for two years as a guide to the Militia on the frontiers of Pennsylvania after which he again enlisted during the war in a company of Pennsylvania Rangers under the command of Captain Philip Schrauder and finally received an honorable discharge at Wyoming in the month of October 1783. In consequence of these services and the hardships to which he was exposed but more especially in consequence of his wound he has been rendered totally unable to make any provision for his sustenance. That he is now nearly eighty years of age and without any property save a few small house.

hold articles - Your Petitioner would further represent that there is no one in these parts by whom he can prove the above facts all those residing in this neighbourhood who knew him being dead. He therefore prays your honorable bodies to grant him a pension for the few remaining years of his life - And he will pray
Elias his X Utt mark
Elias Utt the above petitioner being duly sworn declares the facts set forth in his said Petition are true.
Sworn and Subscribed before me Feb 20. 1829
Jeff m K Heckman J.P.
Elias his X Utt mark
Endorsed - Butz, Northampton - pt Elias Utt - Rev. Soldier -
H.R. February 24. 1829 - Claims -
B.
W.R. Butz Esq
The annexed petition you will please present and if possible obtain me a pension - I enclose you also a Certificate of Captain Schrande which you will will please to take care of
Yours Trly Elias his X Utt mark
C
- tify that Elias Utt late a Soldier in Capt n Philip Shrawan's Company - a Rangers after faithfully serving in said company to the end of the - was discharged the service by order of the President of Pennsylvania - the month of October in the year of our Lord one thousand seven - ty three. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand the - february. Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
Philip Shrawan late Capt n Pennsylvania Rangers
D
I do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Elias Utt of Northampton a Soldier of the Rev. who has petitioned the Legislature for an annuity for his military services

in the Pa line and that he is in indigent-circumstances and unable to support himself by manual labour through age and infirmity
As Witness my hand,
W m Overfield
I hereby certify That the foregoing papers, marked A, B, C & D, are true copies of original papers, on file in the Archives of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Penn a , at Harrisburg, - presented in the year 1829 by Mr. Butts then a member of the Legislature, - in fa- vor of Elias Utt of Northampton County - That the Certificate of Captain Philip Shrawder has every evidence of being genuine, and that it is mutilated on the left margin, as appears by the Copy. The foregoing is doubtless the testimony upon which an annuity was granted, in the year 1829 (as appears by the Pamphlet Laws of this Commonwealth) to the said Elias Utt, and continued to his widow by an Act passed A.D. 1836. Witness my hand and Seal, at Harrisburg, this 6 th day of May A.D. 1847.
C. Fleming, Clerk of House of Reps of Penn a

PENNSYLVANIA, SS: IN THE NAME AND BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA.
Fr R. Shunk Re.
GOVERNOR  OF THE SAID  COMMONWEALTH
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, SENDS GREETING:
Know ye, That the Attestation or Certificate herunto annexed, is in due form, and made by the proper Officer, and that David Hosung whose name is subscribed thereto, was at the time of subscribing the same, and now is Clerk of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania duly elected and commissioned , and full faith and credit are due and ought to be given to his official acts accordingly
Given under my hand and the Great Seal of the State, at Harrisburg this Sixth day of May in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and forty- Seven and of the Commonwealth the seventy-first -
BY THE GOVERNOR.
J. Miller
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Wid. F. 7363
Elias Utt.
A printed copy of an Act passed by the General Assembly of Penn. April 1. 1706 providing for the settlement of the estates of deceased officers and soldiers of the Penn. line, with list of names and memoranda has been removed from this case and locked up in the Record Div. for safe keeping
M. B. H.
Jan. 27. 1911

1912 Oct. 19. History to Rev. H. U. Sebring - & 1927 - May 12 - Visit to Clemens Mather - MMS
Pay  WIDOW, &c.
File No. 7363
Lucretia Utt Widow Elias Utt Pat. Rev. Kan
Act: Feb. 2. 1848
Index: — Vol. 16 , Page 292
[Arrangement of 1870.]

October 19, 1912.
Wid. File No. 7,363, Rev. War, Elias Utt who as a son of Rev. Thomas Utt stated that he enlisted for six months in 1776, in the Flying Camp of the State of Pennsylvania, and was in the battle of Long Island; in the Summer following he served in the Pennsylvania Militia, two months; enlisted at Wyoming, in the Spring following, in Captain Dalbie's Jesse Hewitt's company, Colonel Butler's regiment, in the Fall he was detached under Lt. Daniel Gore and Colonel Hartley, and was shot through his back in a skirmish with Indians about two miles from Wyalusing, served one year. Spring following he served as a driver under Colonel Hooper, for six months; the Summer after, he enlisted as a Guide to the Militia on the frontiers of Pennsylvania, served two years, after which he enlisted in Captain Philip Shrawder's company of Pennsylvania Rangers and was finally discharged in October, 1783, at Wyoming, Pennsylvania.
He was allowed pension from May 4, 1794, on account of
To Rev. H. U. Sebring, his letter dated Oct. 13, 1912. Joanna, Pa. (bearing War Dept. endorsement returned by his request) also inquired for Richard Sebring S. 43,115.

wound of right breast, by a musket ball which came out under his shoulder blade.
In 1829, he resided in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, and was nearly eighty years of age.
Soldier married in Sussex County, New Jersey, January 2, 1782, Lucretia Solomon; he died April 13, 1838 1838 , in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, and she was allowed pension on her application executed May 9, 1843, at which time she was eighty years of age and a resident of Monroe County, Pennsylvania. formerly Northampton Co.  1848 89 11
She stated that they had had eight children, the first three were Jacob Utt who was born eight years after her marriage and died at the age of fourteen years; Adam born three years after Jacob; 1843 and Henry who was born five years after Adam and died at the age of twenty-four years.
In 1847 James Sebring Jr. and Elizabeth Sebring testified in the case, but did not claim any kinship to each other or to the widow.
Very respectfully,
J. C. Kavanport Commissioner. 1827 1833 1838 1747 84

CLEMENTINE MATHES 1420 N. ST. BEDFORD, INDIANA
March 4 - 1927 Rev War
Dept. of Interior Washington, D.C. Gentlemen -
Have you a record of Martha Robinson widow of Joseph Novas of Fauquier Co. Va received a pension He died in 1782. also Elias up btt of North Hampton Pa. In Penn. Arch. series 3 his name is given as a pension If you have these records I will be very thankful to you for same.
Respectfully Clementine Mathes 1420 N St. Bedford, Ind

Pennsylvania
Elias Utt.
Private.
U. S. Army?
increased from
$ 1. 66 2/3 / 100
to
$ 2. 66 2/3 / 100 per mo
under act of Apr. 24. 1886.
Formal Certificate
issued
Dec. 26. 1822
sent to Honorable
T. J. Rogers. House of
Rep s

Ch. Charles Brookhead August 20 '47

Let. to Charles Brodhead June 11. 1847.

V 9095
Lucretia Mott Pa
H. let to Hon. R. Bird June 27. 47
let to Henry Northup July 12 47.
let to H. Northup Secy of State
July 25-1843. to H. Northup Aug 9. 43.
debt C Bird head a/c 30. 47
#1 act 7 July 1838

8203.
Pennsylvania.
Lucretia Ull widow of Elias Ull who was a Private in the Penn a . Line
Husb d died 13 th Ap r . 1833.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 nd day of June 1847 and sent to
Ch. Brodhead, Esq. Easton Pa o
[Acts of March 3, 1843, and June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book d , Vol. 2. Page 118.
2 beq ts . 1838, 1843 rd .
Ref d Let to Charles Brodhead July 16. '47 Let to same Od. /2. '47

(10.303)
Rep.
Pennsylvania.
Lucretia Ull
Widow of Elias Ull who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 13 th April 1833 of morosis in the State of Penn a who was a private in the Comp y commanded by Captain Shrauder of the ~ commanded by ~ in the Penn a line for 2 years.
Inscribed on the Roll of Philadelphia at the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 d day of June 1841 and sent to Charles Brodhead Esq. Caston, Pa.
Total amount, $400.
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by D. H. Wood Clerk, Book D. Vol. 1. Page 233.

J. L. Edwards Esq.
Sir. Yours bearing date Aug 21 st 1847, is at hand. The explanation of the mistake is entirely satisfactory, and I hope you will excuse the ungentlemanly indiscretion into which I was betrayed by a sudden (& transient) ebullition of passion at a mere clerical error . I dislike to be charged with anything, wrongfully, and much less do I like to make the charge against another, unjustly, and having done so, I consider it my duty & pleasure, however unnecessary or non-important it may be considered, to tender the amende honorable, and I trust your clerk will consider this as such.
However unaccountable it may be to you, and I confess it is also inexplicable to me, (at present tho' I intend to solve the enigma) the Capt Philip Shrawder, who was 2 d Lieut. in 1776, 1 st Lieut. in May 1777, & Capt Lieut. in 1779, in the German Regiment of the Penna. Line, and served to the end of the war in that Regiment, rec d commutation &c.!! was the one & the same man with Capt Philip Shrawder of the Penna. Rangers. Why Continental troops were engaged in Frontier & Local service is easily accounted for; This County of Northampton, where the Rangers served, was completely drained of men willing to fight, by Continental drafts, and none were left for the defence of the inhabitants but an inefficient & ill-organised militia. After Sullivan's tour thro' here & the subsequent frequent invasion by Indians, representations were made to Congress concerning their troubles & dangers. Philip Shrawder received a Commission as Capt.

Lieut. June 16 th 1779, to take rank from Feb 8 th 1778, & whilst holding this command, was with Sullivan thro' here. In 1780 nearly in 1781 additions were made to the Penna Line, by Act of Congress, for defence of frontiers, and the Supreme Ex. Council of Penna, was directed to appoint officers, Feb 10, 1781 Philip Shrauder was so commissioned as Capt, & then Ute was under his command. Sept 25 th 1783, he (Shrauder) was commissioned as Capt, of Infantry in Col. James Moore's Reg't. The above facts I have from the Penna. Historical Society, which has in its possession two of Shrauder's Orderly Books.
As soon as I can arrange it, I will send you evidence identifying Capt Shrauder of the Penna. Rangers, with the Ph. Shrauder who was 2 d Lieut & received Commutation &c & also that Ute was returned to the National Government as one of the Penna Line entitled to Donation Land for service under Shrauder, which I suppose will entitle his widow to arrears.
In the mean time you may issue a certificate for the arrears due under the Act of 1832, to afford a present " aid & comfort " to the old Lady, for fear that the claim under the Act of 1828 may be delayed, or perhaps, tho' I trust not, ultimately lost,
Respectfully Yours &c
Charles Brodhead
Easton. Northampton Co, Penna
Aug. 23 rd 1847,

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Chas WH dec'd
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To Lucretia WH widow
Chas Brookehead Easton Pa

State of Pennsylvania } County of Monroe } ss. On this twenty fourth day of July A.D. 1847 Before John Merline Esquire, one of the Associate Justices of the Court of Common Pleas of Monroe County and state aforesaid, personally appeared Sueretia Utt of Pokono Township, whom I hereby certify to be the aged and infirm to appear in open Court, and whose statements I declare to be worthy of credit and belief aged about 89 years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7 th 1832.
That her husband Elias Utt of Northampton County, now Monroe, entered the service of the United States in the Flying Camp, in the year 1776, and that after that term of service expired he served his country in different corps, and was in active service, as he always asserted, and as she believes, during the whole war. That at one time he was under an enlistment for one year in Capt. Sethio Stewart's Company of Rangers, on Continental Establishment, and that whilst under said engagement, he was wounded in the Breast, in an engagement with the Indians on the Myalusing Hills, he being at that time under the immediate command of Col. Hartley. That after the expiration of said term he was engaged in the militia and commissary service until the spring of the year 1780, when he enlisted in Capt. Philip Shranders Company of the Pennsylvania Line, to serve for and during the War, and that he so served until the close of the war and that he received a certificate to that effect from Capt. Philip Shranders, which was certified to the Pension Department, from the Records of the Pennsylvania Legislature together with Elias Utt's own affidavit of his services, in May 1847, and that upon the proof, then and since filed the department on the 22 d day of June A.D. 1847, issued certificates to her, as the widow of "Elias Utt, of the Pennsylvania Line" for the maximum pension of eighty dollars per annum, under the acts of 1838, 1843, & 1844. She fur

Her declares that she was legally married to the said Elias Utt who served as above, by Samuel Kirkbride Esquire and that she lived and cohabited with him as man and wife up to the time of his decease which took place on the 13 th day of April 1833, which is more fully established by the evidence herewith transmitted. And that by reason of the said Elias Utt her husband as aforesaid, surviving until the 13 th day of April A.D. 1833, he became entitled to a pension of eighty dollars per annum, by the Act of Congress of June 7 th 1832, from the 4 th day of March A.D. 1831, up to the 13 th day of April 1833, and that by reason of the said Elias never having claimed said pension, the right to declare for, and recover the same, vested in her, the said Lucretia, and she accordingly makes this declaration in order that a certificate may issue to her, for the amount so due her husband at his decease
She further declares that the name of the said Elias Utt, was not on any pension roll at the time of his death, (although he had formerly been an invalid pensioner of the United States) except the annuity list of the state of Pennsylvania
Sworn and subscribed the day 13 th of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three, before me
In presence of Charles Brodhead, J. W. Mervine Associate Judge
On the same day and year, personally appeared John Sebring, whom I certify, to be a respectable Citizen of Pocono Township, in the County of Monroe, and whose statements are entitled to full credit, and belief, who being duly sworn according to law, doth depose and say, he was well acquainted with Elias Utt a soldier of the revolution, during his life time, and that he was his next neighbour, at the time of his death which occurred in the Spring of the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty three, in the month of April

as he believes, that he is able to state the time with certainty, because a friend of his, John Fenton, died in the fall of the same year (1833) and he knows that Elias Utt died the spring previous, and that Lucretia Utt his widow, still resides in Pocono Township, (forenoon) sworn and subscribed before me the day and year aforesaid } John Sebring Jr.
J. McMerwine associate Judge
State of Pennsylvania Monroe County ss.
I, James H. Strong, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Monroe do certify that John McMerwine Esquire, before whom the foregoing proceeding was had is an Associate Judge of the Courts of Monroe County, duly commissioned and qualified as such according to Law, and that the signatures thereto purporting to be his are genuine.
In Teste
my whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Stroudsburg the second day of August, Anno Domini, One thousand eight hundred and forty seven.
J. H. Strong Prothonotary

Declaration.
To obtain the Benefit of the Act of Congress of February 2 d 1848.
State of Pennsylvania } County of Monroe }
S.S. On this thirty first day of July A D 1848, Before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid personally appeared Lucretia Utt of Pocono Township, County and State aforesaid age of eighty nine years who being first duly sworn according to Law Dath on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of February 2 d 1848 granting pensions to Widows of persons who served in the Revolutionary War.
That she is the widow of Elias Utt who was a private in the War of the Revolution, and that she is the identical Lucretia Utt, who was a pensioner under the Act of June 15 1844, at the rate of eight Dollars per annum.
She further declares that she is still a widow,
Of the truth of which statements, I Justice as aforesaid, Certify that I am satisfied from my personal knowledge
Sworn to and subscribed } on the day and year above } Lucretia Utt. written, Before me } Mark
In presence of } Peter Keyhart J. P. Peter Keyhart
William Selering
State of Pennsylvania } Monroe Mifflin County ss } I James H Stroud, Prothono- tary of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Monroe aforesaid Do Certify

that Peter Neyshart Esqr before whom the foregoing proceedings were had, was at the time thereof, & still is one of the Justices of the Peace of our said County of Monroe duly commissioned and sworn, and, that the signature purporting to be his is genuine,
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this third day of August in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Forty Eight
J. H. Strong Prothonotary

Respectfully Ref d to the Comm ee of Pensions
Rich d Goodhead Easton Pa

State of New Jersey Warren County J.S.S.
Before me Francis Heany, a Justice of the Peace at Columbia and County of Warren, on this fourth day of June 1847, personally appeared Francis Hagaman who being duly sworn according to law doth depose and say, That he was well acquainted with Elias Utt of Monroe, then Northampton County, and Lucretia his wife that he well recollects them to have been living and cohabiting together as man and wife, in and about the year 1790 and previous thereto. He was accustomed to pass their residence every fall about that period which causes him to recollect the fact with certainty & precision - That even at that time they had children pretty well grown up. That the said Elias had an impediment in his speech. That he also had a wound in his breast which he was reputed and believed to have received in the Revolutionary War - That the said Elias also was generally reputed and believed to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and that he never heard the same contradicted or denied, - That the said Elias Utt died about 12 or thirteen years ago, but he cannot speak with certainty as to the time, and that the widow yet survives him and to his certain knowledge yet lives in Brodhead's Creek in Monroe County, And further saith not,
Sworn and subscribed this } Francis Hagaman 4 th day of June 1847, Before me
F. Heany J. P.
On the same day and year also appeared before me, Jacob Lamb, who being first duly sworn according to law doth depose and say, That he was well acquainted with Elias Utt and Lucretia his wife - that he first be-

came acquainted with them at their residence on Brodheads Creek in Monroe County, about the year 1806, or 1807. That at that time he was very intimate with the family, and that the said Elias & Lucretia then had children well grown up, and that judging from the sizes and ages of the children he has no hesitation in saying that Elias they must have been married previous to the year 1790. That he does not know exactly when Elias M tt died, but that he understands that his widow yet survives, and resides on Brodheads Creek and that he believes she does, And further saith not, Sworn and subscribed before me { This 4 th day of June 1847, F. Hearn } Jacob Lamb
I, Francis Hearn, Justice as aforesaid, hereby certify that the foregoing deponents, Francis Hageman and Jacob Lamb with whom I have been long and intimately acquainted, are aged and respectable citizens in our neighborhood, and that their statements are entitled to full faith and credit. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 4 th day of June 1847,
F. Hearn

State of New Jersey } Warren County ss }
I James D Brown clerk of the Inferior Court of Common pleas in and for said County of Warren do hereby certify that Francis Heany is now and was at the time of signing his name to the foregoing an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County of Warren duly commissioned and sworn In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court This fifth day of June A D 1847 Jas D Brown clk

State of Pennsylvania § County of Monroe § 88
On this twenty fourth day of July A.D. 1847, before John Mervine, Esquire, one of the Associate Justices of the Court of Common Pleas of Monroe County and State aforesaid personally appeared Sueretia Utt of Pocono township in said County, whom I certify to be too aged and infirm to appear in open court, and whose state- ments I declare to be worthy of credit and belief, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 15 th of May A.D. 1828.
That her husband Elias Utt of Northampton County, latterly Monroe, entered the service of the United States in the spring of the year 1781, by enlistment "for and during the war" in a Company commanded by Capt. Philip Shranden, in the Line of the State of Pennsylvania, on the Continental establishment, and, in the language of Capt. Shranden's Cer- tificate, "after faithfully serving in said company to the end of the war, was discharged the service by order of the President of Pennsylvania in the month of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty three" That the evidence of said service, is now among the papers filed by the Declarant, to obtain the benefit of the Act of 1828; That the evidence consists of an affidavit made by her said husband, Elias Utt, in the year 1829, when he made appli- cation for a state pension, of enlistment "for and during the war", corroborated by Comptroller Nicholson's certificate of Elias Utt being one of the Pennsylvania Line entitled to donation land, also a certificate of his having obtained said land, and a Certificate of Capt. Shranden of faithful service to the close of the war, and discharge. All of which was duly certified from the Records of the State of Pennsylvania. She further declares that none other of the services of her husband, Elias Utt, entitled him to said Donation Land, except his enlistment for during the war, and service to the end thereof, as above stated, Wherefore by reason of

said enlistment and service the said Elias Utt became entitled to an annuity of ninety six dollars per annum by force of said Act, commencing on the fourth day of March 1826, and continuing during his natural life. That the said Elias Utt died on the 13 th day of April A.D. 1833, (as will more fully appear by evidence herewith transmitted) never having claimed said pension, whereupon the right to declare for, and recover the said arreages vested in her, the widow of the said Elias Utt, and she therefore makes this declaration in order to recover the same. That the proof of her being the wife and widow of the said Elias Utt is now at Washington, with her application for the benefit of the Act of 1838, and upon which a certificate issued to her on the 22 d day of June 1847, as the widow of "Elias Utt, of the Pennsylvania Line" for the maximum pension of eighty dollars per annum.
And further saith not. — her sworn and subscribed the day & Sucretias X att and year aforesaid, before me marks In presence of Charles Brothman. J. N. Merwine Associate Judge
On the same day and year, personally appeared, before me John Sebring, whom I certify, to be a respectable citizen of Pocono Township, in the County of Monroe, and whose Statements are entitled to full credit, and belief, who being duly sworn according to Law, Doth depose and say, That he was well acquainted with Elias Utts, a soldier of the Revolution, during his life time and that he was his next neighbour, at the time of his death, which occurred in the Spring of the year One Thousand eight hundred and thirty three in the month of April, as he believed, that he is able to state the time with certainty, because a friend of his, John Fenton, died in the fall of the same year (1833) turn over

and he knows that Elias Utt died the Spring previous, and that Lieretia Utt, his widow, still resides in Pocono Township, aforesaid, and further saith not. Seem and subscribed before me the day and year aforesaid.
John Selring
W. Mervine associate Judge
(State of Pennsylvania) Monroe County ss.
I, James H. Stroud, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Monroe do certify that John Mervine, Esquire as an Associate Judge in and for the County of Monroe, duly commissioned and qualified as such according to law and that the signatures thereto are genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Honesburg the second day of August Anno Domini, One thousand eight hundred and forty seven.
J. H. Stroud Prothonotary

State of Pennsylvania } County of Monroe }
On this 29 th day of June 1847 before me John Edinger a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of But Monroe of said personally appeared Elizabeth Selbing, who being first duly sworn according to law doth depose & say - That she was well acquainted with Elias Utt the husband of Lucretia Utt of Monroe County Penna, and that the said Elias Utt died in the month of April 1833 - that she was at the funeral of the said Elias, and that she recollects the fact from the circumstance of her being married in February 1834, and that the said Lucretia Utt has since lived in the house with her a greater part of the time.
Elizabeth her Selbing mark I sworn to & subscribed before me this 29 th day of June 1847.
John Edinger J.P.
State of Pennsylvania } Monroe County }
I James H. Stroud Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of Monroe County certify that John Edinger is a Justice of the Peace of our County of Monroe duly commissioned and sworn, and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine -
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of Office and subscribed my name this twenty ninth day of June A.D. 1847.
J. H. Stroud Prothonotary

State of Pennsylvania } County of Pike }
before me Moses Van Gorden one of the Justices of the peace in and for the County of Pike, on the 5 th day of June 1847 personally appeared Elizabeth Nye of Lehman Township Pike County (formerly called Delaware Township Northampton County) whom I hereby Certify to be an aged and Respectable Widow Lady, - who being duly Sworn according to Law doth depose and say that she was born on the 29 th day of January 1779 in Smithfield Township, formerly called Lower Smithfield Township Northampton County. Now Monroe County. that her Father was a Miller and Resided in said Township, and that she well recollects, often seeing Elias Utt, and Lucretia more Commonly called Crissy, his wife, coming from the place where they lived, to the Mill in company, that that she was a mere Child at the time, and was accustomed to play in and about the Mill, and that she is Certain to have seen them there together when she was as young as twelve or thirteen years of age, and that she well Recollects the fact of having seen them there, from the circumstance of Elias Utt, being known to the Children as an Indian Killer and old Soldier, and having an impediment in his voice Speech, which caused him to talk curiously and thus form an Indelible impression upon her mind - That she also has no hesitation in saying that Elias Utt, and his said wife Lucretia used to come to the Mill together previous to the year 1794 from the Circumstance that she was married on the 2 nd day of June 1801 and that she remembers Elias Utt and his wife many years previous to that event, - as far back in fact as she can remember any thing - and further saith that they were in the habit of staying at her Father's house over night frequently when they came to Mill. Sworn and subscribed before me this 5 th day of June 1847 -
Elizabeth Nye Moses Van Gorden P.P.

State of Pennsylvania } Pike County — } ss
Before me Moses Van Gorden one of the Justices of the peace in and for the County of Pike aforesaid, on this 5th day of June 1847 personally Robert Pitts whom I hereby certify to be a Minister of the Gospel regularly Licensed and in good standing and repute, who being duly sworn according to Law, doth depose and say, that he is intimately acquainted with Elizabeth + the forgoing affiant  Myer and has been for a number of years, and that she is a woman of remarkable strong and retentive memory, especially concerning the events of her youth, and that he would have no hesitation in placing full confidence and reliance upon the statements made in her forgoing affidavit, and further saith not
Sworn and subscribed before
me this 5th day of June 1847
Moses Van Gorden J.P.
Robert Pitts
State of Pennsylvania Pike County ss
I John B Westhake Prothonotary of the court of Common Pleas of Pike County hereby certify that Moses Van Gorden Esquire before whom the foregoing affidavits were made and taken was at the time thereof and still is a Justice of the Peace of our said County of Pike duly commissioned & sworn and that the signature purporting to be his are genuine the testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 7th day of June A.D 1847
J B Westhake Protho per H. T. Endhead

J. L. Edwards Esq.
Sir: From the length of time which has elapsed since I forwarded to you the application of Lucretia Utt for the arrears of pension due her husband under the Act of 1828, I am led to infer that the Department intend to persist in the decision made in your letter of 16 th of July, - "That Shadwell's Rangers did not belong to the Penna. Line, and that "Elias Utt's services did not end under Shadwell did not entitle him to "a pension under the Act of 1828."
Notwithstanding the gross injustice done Mrs Utt (and against which I took occasion to remonstrate in a former letter, & at which I suppose the Department took umbrage from their neglect to answer) by refusing to allow her arrears under the Act of 1828, because a certain Shadwell (under whom service was never alledged) did not belong to the Pa. Line, I suppose she will have to submit, however hard the case, until the evidence can be fully & satisfactorily arranged, and placed before a tribunal when it will receive the justice it merits.
If proof that Shraders Rangers belonged to the Pa. Line is all that is wanted, by a reference to the Acts of Congress in 1780 or 1781, (I cannot give the date, at present, but, the Act, or part of it, I can) the following will be found "That five Companies of Rangers be immediately raised on the Western "frontiers to protect the same & annoy the enemy, each Company to consist "of a Captain &c &c That the Supreme Executive Council of Penna, be

"authorised to appoint the said Officers &c that every volunteer on passing "muster, shall receive a bounty &c &c and be entitled to Col'l pay & rations". In pursuance of the above Resolution I can show a Resolution of the Council of Penna. directing Capt. Shranders to enlist Rangers as above &c &c, & reciting the Act of Congress above named.
If upon examination of the above Act, an extract only, of which I have, and which you can easily find, you are still unsatisfied as to Shranders troops being U.S. troops, you may issue a certificate for the amount due under the Act of June 7 th 1832, which you agreed to do in your let- ter of July 16 th upon Declaration filed, which declaration is enclosed.
I would be pleased if you would give early attention to this matter & issue the certificate under whichever act you think proper for so that the powers may be drawn & cashed on the 1 st of September next when her semi-annual stipend under the Act of 1844 becomes due and thus spare a considerable item of expense to an indigent old lady residing remote from residences of Justices & places for the payment of pension
Yours Respectfully &c
Charles Brodhead
Easton Penna. Aug. 18 th 1847.

1832 no. 37594 (9095) 9311 1452
Lucretia W.H.
Pa
abt 7. July '38. Secy & am. Genl. certificates — adm d 2 grs pr 80
asscts 43. H.H. $80
Ch. Brodhead Esq Easton Pa

Monroe Co. Pa Sturtevant May 12/52
Comm d of Pensions
Dear Sir.
Will you be pleased to inform me, how much pension money was granted to Lucetia Utt. for the services of Elias Utt a Soldier, also to whom the Certificate was handed, & to whom it was paid.
Yours Respect James H. Walton

J. J. Edwards Esq
Sir - Yours of the - enclosing certificates in favor of Paul Solt & Lucretia Utt, was rec d , but none was issued to Mrs Utt for the amount accruing from the 4 th of March 1826 up to the period of the death of Elias Utt in April 1833, I suppose the fact of his having received his Donation Land as one of the Penna. Line establishes his right under the Act of 1828. If not, advise me and I will prove to your satisfaction that Shrawders Rangers were enlisted for the war. If you will examine the Rolls of the German Regiment that was stationed at Easton Penna, & in the Valley of Wyoming you will probably learn something of the terms of enlistment of the Rangers & of their service. If the proof there is not conclusive - please advise me what proof will be considered so.
I enclose an additional affidavit as to the period of his death.
Respectfully Yours &c,
Charles Brodhead
Easton Penna, July 4 th 1847.

J. L. Edwards Esq. Com. of Pensions, Sir.
Enclosed you will receive more evidence concerning the claim of Lucretia Utt. It consists of an affidavit made by Elias Utt in 1829, and a certificate of Captain Philip Shrauder. Although it is only the allegation of a party concerned, yet I think the corroborating circumstances are sufficient to raise a presumption of their truth. In the first place, our state regulations require proof of only four months service to entitle to an annuity, which time is amply proved by Shrauder's certificate. There being thus, no necessity for allegation of long service, a presumption of the truth of the statement arises. He alleges one years service in New-its Rangers, and a wound received at that time. Now if you will refer to the "American State Papers" (published by Clarke & Foss) in the volume relating to Claims, in the region of page 100 or there abouts, his (Utt's) name in the index marking the select page, you will find his statement exactly corroborated, and the completeness of the evidence certified to by the Judge of the D. Court. Then taking his statement as to time of enlisting &c to be true, it would have been in the year 1788 when he enlisted for the war. That he served a length of time under Shrauder is evidenced strongly, by Shrauder's certificate that

he served faithfully until the close of the War. Had he served but for a few months, other terms would have been used than "serving faithfully". Your own knowledge of the transactions in Wyoming will show that he describes the movements of Hartley, Gen., Hewitt & Hooper as they really were. In the affidavit, from a mistake of the clerk, I suppose, the Capt. is named Jesse Hewitt. His proper name was Dittie sometimes pronounced Lessie, whence the mistake. Of my recollection serves me aright he was the "Continental Captain" who, with the men under him, were the bones of contention between the Butlers & Brandt at the surrender of Wyoming, at which time Utt was detached with Hartley on the West Branch.
Abundant evidence can be procured as to Utt's Revolutionary reputation, concerning the ball-hole in his breast, and also evidence of co-habitation & birth of children prior to '94.
By arrangement at Harrisburg, the papers of Paul Solt, whose declaration is now before you were attached to those of Utt to save trouble. I suppose however it makes no difference as you can separate them after satisfying yourself as to their authenticity.
Please advise me of your action in the matter or of whatever you may wish done at your convenience, and I Remain Yours &c.
Charles Birdhead Easton Penna. May 15 th 1847.

State of Pennsylvania ) Pike County — ( )
Before me Moses Vangorden, a justice of the Peace in and for the County of Pike aforesaid, on the 5 th day of June 1847, Personally appeared Williams Hisams of said County, who being by me duly sworn according to law, did depose, and say, That he is now near 78-years of age, that in or about the year 1788- or 90 and most certainly prior to the 1794- as he was then a minor in the employ of Col. Jacob Stroud of Lower Smithfield township then Northampton County, now Monroe County, he was well acquainted with one Elias Utt and Lucretia his wife, of the same place - having frequently been at their house, about four miles distant from Col. Strouds, that they were then living and cohabiting together as man and wife - and that the said Elias Utt had a bullet wound on his breast, and that this deponent has frequently been shown the scar, one occasion he distinctly remembers, as they, this deponent and Utt, were pruning Apple trees for Col. Stroud, when Elias Utt fell from one of the trees - and complained that he had hurt his sore breast - and that he has frequently heard his Father and other old soldiers, who are now all dead, say that Elias Utt was wounded whilst in the war, in the breast, by a bullet - and that the general reputation and belief in the neighborhood was, that Elias Utt had been a soldier of the Revolutionary war, and that he had been wounded, and that he mentioned the same question or denied, and that his widow Lucretia Utt is yet or was not long since still living in Monroe County aforesaid, and that this deponent never knew any other Elias Utt in Northampton, other than the above named Elias Utt, who had an impediment or stammering in his speech - and further sayeth not.
Sworn and subscribed before me this 5 th day of June 1847
Moses Vangorden P.P.
his Williams Hisams Mark

State of Pennsylvania
Pike County ss
I John C Westbrooks Prothonotary of the court of Common Pleas of Pike County hereby certify that Moses Van Lor den esquire before whom the foregoing affidavits were made and taken was at the time thereof and still is a Justice of the Peace of Our said County of Pike duly Commissioned & sworn and that the signatures purporting to be his are genuine In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office this 7th day of June AD 1847
J. C. Westbrooks Proth. Per J. C. Breidhead

Elias Pitt.
Not released entitled to Boney Land.

   Acre     James Forry 200   Elias Ott 200   Christian Hartman 200  
A patent was issued from the Land Office in the name of Elias Ott for lot no 299 in the 2 nd District dated the 8 th of March 1803
Pennsylvania
I do Certify that the above is a true extract from the "Donation Land Book" No. 6 as the same remains of record in this Office
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the Secretarys Office at Harrisburg this 4 th day of June A.D 1847
J. M. Miller
Secretary of the Comm th

   Names Rank Regiment Acres     O'Rain James Private Stock: 60 th 200   Duncil Frederick " H th Regt 60 th 200   Ott Elias " Sh rs " 200  
Pennsylvania ss
I do certify that the above is a true extract from the original "Return of the Pennsylvania Line entitled to Donation Lands reported by the late Comptroller General" as the same is recorded in this office - In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the Secretarys Official Warranting this 4 th day of June A D 1847
J. Miller Secretary of the Comm te
Sh rs means Schuylkill Company

No. 518] A
£ 14. 1. 10 Specie.
I do Certify that the State of Pennsylvania is indebted to Elias Ott priv. Captain Shrawden's Rangers in the sum of Fourteen Pounds One Shilling and ten pence, Specie, with lawful interest from the first day of July One thousand seven hundred and Eighty three; the same being due upon an account settled in this Office. Pursuant to an Act of Assembly, passed the first day of April 1784.
Comptroller General's Office Oct r 27 th 1784
Mo: Nicholson
No. 8647] A
£ 4. 1. 0 Specie
I do Certify that the State of Pennsylvania is indebted to Elias Ott of Northampton Co. Militia in the sum of Four Pounds One Shilling, Specie, with lawful interest from the first day of July One thousand Seven hundred and Eighty three; the same being due on an account settled in this Office. Pursuant to an Act of Assembly, passed the first day of April 1784.
Comptroller General's Office 4 th Janu y 1786
Mo: Nicholson
No. 9933] B
£ 1. 15. 0 Specie
I do Certify that the State of Pennsylvania is indebted to Elias Ott of Northampton Co. Militia in the sum of One pound Fifteen Shillings, Specie, with lawful interest from the first day of July, One thousand seven hundred and eighty three; the same being due upon an account settled in this Office. Pursuant to an act of Assembly, passed the first day of April 1784.
Comptroller General's Office 16 th Janu y 1786
Mo: Nicholson
No. 9934] A
£ 3. 10. 0 Specie
I do Certify that the State of Pennsylvania is indebted to Elias Ott of Northampton Co. Militia in the sum of Three Pounds ten Shillings specie with lawful interest

from the first day of July One thousand seven hundred and eighty three; the same being due upon an account settled in this Office. Pursuant to an Act of Assembly passed the First day of April 1784.
Comptroller General's Office 15 th Jan y 1786.
End S M c Nicholson
Pennsylvania G ps .
I do certify that the above and foregoing are true copies of From respective original Certificates, as the same remains on file in this Office.
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the Auditor General's Office at Harrisburg this 31 st day of May A D 1847.
Wm. N. Purdie Aud. Gen.

William Overfield of Monroe County Senator of the State of Pennsylvania.
Do hereby Certify that I was well acquainted with Elias W th of Monroe County family of Northampton. That my acquaintance with him first commenced Forty five or Forty Eight years ago. That the said Elias W th was then living and cohabiting with his wife Susanna W th , who is still living. That judging from their ages and the ages of their children, at that time living, I would have no hesitation in saying that they were married previous to the year 1792.
That the said Elias W th had an impediment in his speech, and also wounded, as was reported and believed in the Revolutionary war.
And that the said Elias also bore the reputation of being a Revolutionary soldier. And that I never heard the same doubted or denied. That I was a Member of the State Legislature in the year 1829 and aided in procu- ring him a State Pension, and that the said Elias W th died as I know and believe in or about the year 1833 or 4.
Middle Smithfield
Yours Respectfully &c
Monroe County Pa.
William Overfield
June 5 th 1847.

June 21 43
May letters

J. J. Edwards
Com. of Pensions,
Sir: Your letter to the Hon. Rich d Brodhead, under date of May 28 th is at hand, in which you offer to allow Lucretia Utt a pension for nine months service, upon proof of marriage prior to 1894. — I cannot consent to such a sacrifice of the old lady's interests, until I have opportunity of consulting her; and also ascertaining whether farther proof of service can be found or not.
I think, my Dear Sir, you make rather a hard decision in Mrs Utt's case. I should think that his own affidavit of enlistment for one year in Stewart's Rangers accompanied, by the corroborating circumstances of his wound rec d during that period, (as shown by the reference I gave you to the Book of Claims) and the invalid pension granted thereon, were sufficient to warrant the inference of a years service. The wound itself, as proved, was of a kind to keep him in the "line of his duty" for more than nine months, and he must have had an iron constitution, else he had been kept there until the resurrection.
As I remarked in my a previous letter, I consider that one may legitimately infer from the wording of Capt. Shranders certificate, that he had "faithfully served" for a considerable time. The matter, however, is in your hands, and it is for you

to say what weight is to be given to the items of proof before you, I would respectfully request, however, that you take into consideration, when you make your decision, the almost utter impossibility of obtaining proof of service from contemporary survivors, even when the law in favor of widows was first passed, and that the declarations of parties, accompanied by corroborating circumstances, are the bases upon which claims are to be allowed, as laid down by the Rules of your Department.
If you will be so kind as to inform me upon which portion of her husband's service, you are willing to allow the pro rata, I will endeavor to procure some evidence, if possible, of the portions which are unsubstantiated.
Respectfully Yours &c
Charles Brodhead
Easton, Penna, May 30 th 1847.
Please direct all your communications to the Hon. P. S. Brodhead, as heretofore.

Payment to be made at Philadelphia by J. R. Snowden Agent for paying pension- ers, in the Agency of Phil Penn.
Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book E 2 Vol- ume 5, Page 65 by Th. R. Rankin, Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Claim for Military Service.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States, of the 7th June, 1832, Elias M c H. deceased late of Pennsylvania, who was a Private in the Revolution, and who died on the 13th day of April, 1833, is inscribed on the pension roll, at the rate of Eighty Dollars per annum, commencing on the 4th day of March, 1831, and terminating on the 13th day of April, 1833. The amount is due and payable to Lucretia M c H. his widow.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 3rd day of September, one thousand eight hundred and forty-seven.
Acting Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. }
Commissioner of Pensions.

9095
May 19 1843
Pa
July 7 1838
Lucretia Mott
Elias
Stearns
Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Present
H. Northrop Pres.

Washington City 14th of May 1843
Sir
Enclosed is the papers of Ellen Leavitt a widow of Elias H. for a pension under the act of 7th of July 1838. Although there is no record or documentary proof of marriage yet there is abundant proof and that which the Court has certified to be credible of witnesses who have known them as husband and wife for more than fifty years . In her application she states that she is unable to state the particular services rendered by him the period for which entitled to them be the argument of the Comptroller but believes it to have been in Florida . There is evidently a clerical error as to the annually pension which he drew. The word drawn is written erroneously instead of the word year , but that error will be discerned at sight on the Invalid Pension rolls for Washington County Pennsylvania where his name will be found with the pension for services rendered by him. And it is presumed the records at Washington on which his claim to Invalid Pension was allowed and his name placed on the list as such will furnish the necessary evidence of the length of service. Will you Sir cause this claim to be taken up as early as convenient and oblige Sir
Yours Respectfully Henry Ward

July 24 43
Dear Sir,
Mr. W. Edwards
Commissioner of Customs
Print

Washington City 22nd of July 1843
Sir
Sir Yours of the 12 relative to Mrs. Watts case I found on my arrival at home. on this receiving you suggest applying to the Auditor Genl of Pa for some kind of record evidence . I applied in person in April last. And there is no record evidence of any kind in Mrs. Watts case he does not appear ever to have received any pay from Pa. in fact could not. All his services were in Hartley's Regiment which was two years in service as one of the 16 regiments called Congregational and belonging to the line of no State. before it was incorporated into the Pennsylvania line. And its service was all before it became a part of the Pa line there is record evidence at this place if any there . I believe the company datts of Hartley's Regiment will be found amongst the Washington papers in the State Department as in some of the Offios here certain there is none to be found at Harrisburg. - As the subject of the marriage in a state where there is no record of marriages unless sometimes in par- ticular religious societies. There are church records, and for their time there are no family records which is most generally the case, I can not desire any further or better proof of marriage than that already filed when credible witnesses swear to their knowledge of them as husband and wife at a period prior to 1st of Jany 1784 it should surely be satisfactory. - If you will have the contract of all the vouchers and records in the General Department and surely in some of them the records will be found in Mrs. Watts case I remain Sir Yours Respectfully
Thomas Sir
Yours respectfully Henry  Wane  Trapp

J. L. Edwards
Com. of Pensions
Sir
Yours of the 16 th Ult, is at hand relating to my application in behalf of Lucretia Utt, for the arrears of Pension due her husband Elias Utt of the Penna. Line, under the Act of 13 th May 1828. I am informed by your letter that " Shadwell's Rangers, did not belong to the Penna. Line on Continental Establishment". Service in Shadwell's Rangers is not averred, but enlistment in Shrader's Rangers "for during the war" is averred, and I think is satisfactorily proven, as well as a discharge at the close of the war. Now as the Department, or the clerk who examined my claim and answered my letter, appears to be in such lamentable ignorance concerning Capt Shrader and his Rangers, I will endeavor to give him some light on the subject.
By an Act of the General Assembly of Pennsylvania, entitled an "Act to compleat the quota of the Federal Army assigned to this State" passed the 23 d day of Dec. A D 1780, wherein was recited the inconvenience of enlisting men for short periods, for the Continental service the 2700 men assigned by Congress to Penna, were directed to be enlisted "for during the war". The proportion of the 2700 men assigned to Northampton was 112. By the 11 th Section of the said Act, it was declared "that every recruit so enlisted and enter-

ed into the army shall receive one compleat suit of cloaths each year, and at the end of the war 200 Acres of land, and all other pay, gratuities and exemptions that other soldiers in the line of this state are or shall be entitled to"
That Elias Utt so enlisted "for and during the War, and served to the end thereof," as required by the Act, is proved by the certificate now with Mrs Utt's papers at Washington, of his having received said Donation Land of 200 Acres, as a member of Shranders Rangers, and also by Comptroller Nicholson's certificate that he was a member of the Penna Line of Continental Establishment, entitled to Donation Land, which is also with her papers, forwarded by me sometime since, and on which the widow rec d the amount due her under the acts of 1838, 43 & 44.
Now as to Capt. Shranders - He was a German - Came to this Country in 1765, settled in this County (Northampton, near where Elias Utt then lived) Early in the Revolutionary War he entered the Army as an Ensign. Rec d a commission as Capt. Lieut. June 16, 1779, to take rank from Feb 8, 1778. During this command he was with Gen Sullivan, in his incursion against the Indians.
The Act of Dec 23 1780 , above cited, directed the above troops to be enlisted immediately , They were so, and on the 10 th of Feb 1781, Phil ip Shranders, was commissioned by the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania as the Capt. of the Proportion assigned to Northampton County. The certificate of Capt Shranders
On reference I find that the affidavit was sent to you, which fact I had forgotten.

Of Elias Potts service to the close of the War and of his honorable discharge, is now at Washington - also the certificate of his having rec'd his Donation and as a member of the Penna Line on Continental Establishment, which with his own averment certified from the Records of the Penna Legislature, so strongly corroborated, in my humble opinion makes out the validity of the claim.
I again ask that the certificate may issue for the arrears accruing from the 4 th of March 1826, to April 1833, the period of his decease, of which I enclose an affidavit.* And permit me to assure you, or rather the clerk who does your correspondence with me, that I am not to be trifled with any longer with assertions of ignorance of Shraunders Command, and of Shadwell's Rangers, when he knows nothing of the matter whatever, and should not attempt to transact any business relating to them. His ignorance, negligence, or perhaps I might use a harsher term, has already been made sufficiently manifest, in this and another case, when he corresponded with me and if I do not now get that justice to which my client is entitled, the matter shall be taken to another tribunal, with no light strictures upon the treatment it received in the Pension Department.
Respectfully Yours &c
Easton Penna. July 20 th 1847.
Charles Brodhead
On reference I find that the affidavit was sent to you, which fact I had forgotten.

Philip Schrauder left P. o Vine - did he re- -ceive Commutation? If not when did he leave the service?
C. W. Wagner J. rd Thudium
G. H. 30 July '47-
Dr. Philip Schrauder has received his Commutation amounting to 1600 Dollars P. H.

Philip Schrader capt. Pa. Line - Bounty Land?
The name of Philip Schrader, is not returned on the list of Revolutionary Officers as
Philip Schawder Lt. Pa. Line Bounty Land?
G.M.C.
Warrant No 2029. for 200 acres issued the 12 th Sept r 1789. in favor of "Philip Schawder", who was a Lieut in the Berks County Regiment and of the Pennsylv a Line
2 nd Lt 17 July 78 - 1 st Lt 13 May 79 - Mustered as capt. Discharged in July 79 -

Easton Pa May 10th 1847
Col Jas L Edwards Commit of Pensions.
Sir I am desired to transmit the enclosed Papers relating to the claim of Lucretia W H for a Pension - I know the old Lady very well, and from my knowledge of her as well as the reputation of her late husband I have no hesitation in saying that a Pension ought to be granted to her
Yours Respectfully
Rich d Brodhead

J. L. Edwards Esq.
Will you please inform me whether, Jacob Erb, an Ensign in the Militia, of Northampton County, Penna. ever filed a declaration under the Act of June 1832, and if he did what proof is required to perfect the claim.
Also whether Elias Utt of Northampton Co. Penna. made a Declaration under the Act of Mar. 18. 1818, and why the claim was rejected, if made.
Respectfully Yours &c
Charles Brodhead
Easton. Penna. Aug. 7 th 1847.

Monsoe Co.
Peras m
Capt Shrauder
d 13 Apr '33

J. L. Edwards Esq. Com. of Pensions
Sir: Yours of June the 11 th relating to the case of Lucretia Utt is at hand.
The fact that Shranders Ranges were Pennsylvania Regulars, is evidenced by Shranders certificate, for he states that they were discharged "by order of the President of Penna." had they been organised as yore  instimate , they would not have been thus discharged. The matter is put at rest however by the enclosed evidence, showing that he received his as a member of Shranders Ranges depreciation money, calculated according to the Scale of Depreciation fixed by Act of Assembly for the year 1783, shows that his last settlement was for about four  for months service. The Certificate of his having rec d his Donation Land as one of the Pennsylvania Line, settles or establishes the fact that he enlisted "for & during the War & served to the end thereof" as per Act of Congress, of which the State Act was a rescript. There are also certificates enclosed of six months or three tours of service in the "Northampton Co. Militia", given by Compt o Nicholson - each certificate being given for the balance due & depreciation upon each particular tour.

I also enclose testimony of marriage previous to 1794, being the affidavits of Francis Hagaman, Jacob Lamb, Elizabeth Ryce, William Hissam, &c & the certificate of William Overfield, State Senator, and member of Assembly in 1829, when Elias Utt rec d his state pension. Evidence of reputation & cohabitation is all that is required by the laws of this state.
You have the matter now before you - If you think the proof is insufficient to warrant a certificate for the maximum amount of pension, the old lady will have to be content, with what you are pleased to allow her
Respectfully Yours &c Charles Rodhead Easton Penna. June 16 th 1847.

James L Edwards Esqr
My Dear Sir,
Your last letter relating to Elias Utt's claim under the Act of 1828, is at hand. You must pardon me for troubling you again in the matter, after your positive rejection of the claim, but as you rejected it under the impression that Philip Shrawder, Captain-Lieutenant of the German Regiment in 1779, & Philip Shrawder, Captain of the Rangers in which Utt served, were different persons, I am induced to lay the matter before you so that it will only require a simple affirmative or negative from you.
If I prove that,
Philip Shrawder of the German Regiment, who drew his commutation money, was identical with Philip Shrawder, Captain of Rangers, which proof will be made by the production of Commissions as Captain Lieutenant in the Ger. Reg't and as Capt, of Rangers, verified by the proper affidavits—
That, officers & soldiers of the the Penna, Regiments, or of independent "corps," acknowledged by this State as of the quota of Pennsylvania "in the Federal Army, who have served therein until the close of "the War", were the only persons entitled to Donation Land— And that Elias Utt was returned by Comptroller Nicholson as a member of an independent Corps, acknowledged by Penna, as

of her quota in the Federal Army entitled to Donation Land, Will the case be made out?
Respectfully Yours
Charles Brodhead
Easton, Penna, Sept 9 th 1847,

J. L. Edwards
Sir: Enclosed you will receive the Declaration of Lucretia Utt under the Act of 1828, for the arrears due her husband, Elias Utt, at the time of his death. An affidavit is also annexed as to the period of his death.
I wish my remarks in my letter, in which I received the matter, to be distinctly understood - also the cause of my complaints. In the first place I was informed that Shraunders Rangers were not of the Panna Line, but that they were merely a sort of Mutual Insurance Company, ranging along the frontiers. When Compt'le Nicholson's certificate was produced, showing that Shraunders Rangers did belong to the Panna Line, and that Elias Utt received his Donation Land as a member thereof - The Department appeared to have received a great deal of light upon the matter, and I am gravely informed that Shadwell's Rangers did not belong to the Panna Line, and that Utt's service there did not entitle him to the benefit of the Act of 1828. If Nicholson's certificate is not evidence sufficient to show that he belonged to the Panna Line, I desire to know in explicit and definite terms what evidence is required, and the Executive Regulation by which such strict proof is required.
As presumptive evidence, I enclose an old document found among

Capt. Arndt's (of the Flying Camp) papers, which I suppose will prove itself. By looking at the name of Peter McCoy in the first column you will perceive that he was noted as belonging to the Northampton Rangers (which was Shrewder's command) and that they were considered in that day, as belonging to the line of Pomeroy, as the 1 st Section of the Det't declares.
I again ask that the certificate may issue for the amount accruing from the 4 th March 1826, to the 1 st April 1833, or an explicit & satisfactory reason why it is not issued.
Respectfully Yours &c
Charles Brodhead
Euston, Paines. Aug. 4 th 1847.

Reported
32586.
Pennsylvania
Elias W.H. , dec d
of Monroe in the State of Penn who was a Private in the Comp y commanded by Captain Shranders of the Reg t commanded by _____ in the Penn line for
2 years service.
Inscribed on the Roll of Philadelphia at the rate of 80 Dollars _____ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. and terminating April 13, 1833 when he died
Certificate of Pension issued the 3rd day of Sept. 1847 and sent to Charles Brookhead, Esq. Easton
Arrears to the 4th of _____ Penn
Payable to his widow Lucetia W.H.
Revolutionary Claim, { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by H. Rumpshorn Clerk, Book E 2 Vol. 5 Page 65

1650 Phil Pennsylvania Lucretia M c H widow of Elias M c H Pen ne who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars —
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 31 st day of Augt. 48 and sent to
Hon. Michael Prothero Easton, Pa
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 287 Vol. 2
Reported J. H. Walton 17 May 52

July 5, 1906
Agf

Utt, Elias
His name appears on a list of applicants for invalid pension returned by the District Court for the District of Pennsylvania, submitted to the House of Representatives by the Secretary of War on April 25, 1794, and printed in the American State Papers, class 9, page 103.
Rank: Private, Hewitt's rangers.
Disability: Wounded in his right breast by a musket ball, which came out under his shoulder blade, in an action with the savages.
When and where disabled: October, 1778, Wyalusing hills.
Residence: Northampton county.
Remarks: No rolls in this office for Hewitt's rangers.
Evidence transmitted by the District Court complete.

Utt, Elias
His name appears on a list of applicants for invalid pension returned by the District Court for the District of Pennsylvania, submitted to the House of Representatives by the Secretary of War on April 25, 1794, and printed in the American State Papers, class 9, page 103.
Rank: Private, Hewitt's rangers.
Disability: Wounded in his right breast by a musket ball, which came out under his shoulder blade, in an action with the savages.
When and where disabled: October, 1778, Wyalusing hills.
Residence: Northampton county.
Remarks: No rolls in this office for Hewitt's rangers.
Evidence transmitted by the District Court complete.

Application for new Certificate —
County of Northampton ss On this twenty ninth day of October one thousand eight hundred and twenty two before me the subscriber a justice of the peace for the said county of Northampton personally appeared Elias M tt who on his oath declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Hethy Hewitt in the regiment commanded by Colonel Harkley in the service of the United States that his name was placed on the pension roll of the state of Pennsylvania that he received a paper which he supposes to have been a certificate but not being able to read writing he never ascertained what it was by virtue of which paper he drew his pension from the time he was placed on said list till the spring of one thousand eight hundred and nineteen which paper he left in the mayors office in the City of Philadelphia on the spring of the year following on which he was placed on said pension list which paper it appears cannot be found —
Sworn and subscribed before me the day and year aforesaid Robert Butz
Elias his M tt mark
I certify that Mr. Robert Butz is a justice of the peace, and that the above is his signature.
Washington, Dec. 26. 1822.
Rob t J. Rogers M c
§

State of Pennsylvania Monroe County ss 3
At a Court of Common Pleas held in and for said County on the ninth day of May A D eighteen hundred and forty three personally appeared in open Court Lucretia Utt a resident of said County aged Eighty — years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain Widows" — That she is the widow of Elias Utt late of Northampton now Monroe County Pennsylvania deceased who was a Revolutionary Soldier and Invalid Pensioner. That she does not know the length of time her said Husband served, nor the particular Regiment or Corps in which he served, all happening before her marriage with him; but she believes he served as a private soldier in the Regiment called Hartley's Regiment. That she does not know when he entered the service or who under, or when he left it, or the countries through which he marched, or the battles in which he fought. That she has no record or documentary evidence of her husband's services nor does she know of any living witness by whom she can prove his services, but refers solely to the rolls and records to be found in the offices or departments at Washington City. That her said husband drew Pension from the United States from ten or fifteen years after her marriage to him to the day of his death. That he drew a part of the time Twenty dollars per month and laterly it was increased to Thirty-two dollars per month. She further declares that she was married to the said Elias Utt in the County of Sussex in the State of New Jersey by Samuel Kirkendall Esquire on or about the second day of January Seventeen hundred and eighty two — That her maiden name was Lucretia Solomon, and that her husband the aforesaid Elias Utt died on or about the Thirteenth day of April Eighteen hundred and forty-three; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January seventeen hundred and ninety four, viz: at the time above stated. That her

husband the said Elias Utt died in the County of Northampton now Monroe in the State of Pennsylvania - She further says that she has not at this time any certificate of marriage neither does she know of any documentary evidence whereby her marriage can be proven, nor does she at this day know of any living wit- ness by whom her marriage could be proven. That she has had eight children by Elias Utt since her marriage with him The oldest of whom Jacob was born about eight years after her marriage to the said Elias Utt and died when he was fourteen years old - That the next of said children Adam was born about three years after Jacob and is now about fifty years old - That the next child was Henry who was born about five years after Adam and died when he was about twenty four years old - That she is at this time a widow and has been ever since the death of her said husband Elias Utt
Lucretia her Utt X mark
Sworn to and subscribed in open court the day and year above written
J. H. Strong, Pres
State of Pennsylvania Monroe County ss
Personally appeared Henry Ran- berry a resident of Sheldahl Township in the County of Monroe aforesaid a witness of respectability and personally known to the court as such who being duly sworn according to law doth de- pose and say that he knows the said Lucretia Utt the same individual who signed the foregoing declaration - that he has known her and the said Elias Utt to have lived together as man and wife for fifty five or sixty years ago - That he is sure of their having lived together as man and wife so many years ago from the fact of his living in the same neighbourhood with them and from the fact that his son Isaac Ranberry being about forty eight or forty nine years old and that he was born a short time after the birth of Adam

Utt, a son of the said Elias and Lucretia Utt. And that he has known the said Elias Utt and Lucretia from the time aforesaid until the death of the said Elias Utt sworn and subscribed to the day and year above written } Henry Burns very in open court
J. H. Strong Prots
State of Pennsylvania Monroe County ss
Personally appeared in open court Sam- uel Banorman a resident of Stroud Township in the County of Monroe aforesaid a witness of respectability and personally known to the court as such, who being duly sworn according to law doth depose and say that he knows Lucretia Utt the same individual who signed the foregoing declaration - That he knew the said Lucretia Utt and Elias Utt to live together as man and wife fifty years ago - and that he knew them to live together as man and wife until about a year before the death of the said Elias Utt, at which time the said Elias lived with one of his children and the said Lucretia with another - That he was born in this neighborhood and has lived here ever since and has known the said Elias Utt from a boy - That he is Eighty one years of age - That he was living in the same neighborhood at the time Elias Utt and the said Lucretia his wife came to live in the neighborhood of deponent, and that he has not lived more than five miles from them ever since - And that he knows of their living together as man and wife fifty years ago from com- paring the ages of his children with those of the said Lucretia Utt and Elias Utt
sworn to and subscribed in open court the day and year first before mentioned
his Samuel x Banorman mark
J. H. Strong Prots

State of Pennsylvania Monroe County ss
Personally appeared in open court James Gehring of Pocono Township in said County and Adam Utt of Rice Township in said County Whose names of respectability and personally known to the Court as such who being duly sworn according to law say that they are well acquainted with Lucretia Utt who signed the foregoing declaration in their presence and that they knew Elias Utt the husband of said Lucretia - that the said Elias Utt died on the Thirteenth or fourteenth day of April eighteen hundred and thirty three at the house of Adam Utt one of these deponents sworn to and subscribed in open court the ninth day of May AD 1843
Adam Utt James Gehring
J. H. Strooud Proth
9095
State of Pennsylvania Monroe County ss
I, James H. Strooud Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of Monroe County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the applica- tion of Lucretia Utt for a pension: And further that the signatures J. H. Strooud annexed to the foregoing declara- tion and affidavit are my hand writing and are genuine In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this sixteenth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty three
J. H. Strooud, Proth.

MM HI
May 13, 1927
Clementine Mather 1480 N. St., Bedford, Indiana
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau it appears that Elias Utt while a resident of Northampton County, Pennsylvania enlisted in 1776, served six months in the Flying Camp of the State of Pennsylvania and was in the battle of Long Island, then in the following summer served two months in the Pennsylvania Militia.
He enlisted the following spring at Wyoming in Captain Jesse (or Delthie) Hewitt's Company, Colonel Butler's Regiment, in the fall was detached under Lieutenant Daniel Gore and Colonel Hartley and while engaged in a battle with the Indians near Wyalusing, was shot through his right breast, the musket ball passing out under his shoulder blade, length of this service one year.
Beginning in the spring following, he served six months as a driver under Colonel Hooper and the next summer enlisted as a guide to the militia on the frontiers of Pennsylvania and served two years, after which, he enlisted in Captain

Philip Shrawder's Company of Pennsylvania Rangers and was finally discharged in October 1783.
He was allowed pension from May 4, 1794 on account of disability resulting from the above named wound. He died April 13, 1833 in Northampton County, Pennsylvania aged about eighty-four years.
Soldier married January 2, 1782 in Sussex County, New Jersey, Lucretia Solomon. She was allowed pension on her application executed May 9, 1843 while a resident of Monroe (formerly Northampton) County, Pennsylvania at which time she stated that she was aged eighty years, but in 1848 stated she was aged eighty-nine years.
They had eight children, Jacob born eight years after their marriage and who died at the age of fourteen years, Adam born three years after Jacob and living in 1843, and Henry who was born five years after Adam and died at the age of twenty-four years, are the only names given.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.