Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 33223, Elisha Ward, Mass.

SERVICE
Ward, Elisha
NUMBER
S 33223
Mass.
CONTENTS

17326 R Massachusetts
Elisha Ward
Wolffleet in the state of Massachusetts, who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Grafton of the Massachusetts Line, for the term of 1 year.
scribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 19 th of June 1818.
certificate of Pension issued the 2 nd of June 1820, and sent to John W. Davis Esq. Boston, Massachusetts.
Arrears to 4th of March 1820, 164 23 semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sept. 1820, 48 23
20 12 / 30 & 4 / 31 months $212.23
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued Barnstable County
Speaker of House, 1821 for Barnstable Ezra Brainerd, Mass.

MASSACHUSETTS DISTRICT, ss.
8. May 1819.
I AM satisfied that the above named, Elisha Ward by reason of his reduced circumstances in life, is in need of assistance from his Country for support.
M Davis { District Judge U. S. Massachusetts Dist.
TO THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF WAR.

MASSACHUSETTS DISTRICT, ss.
8 May A. D. 1849
IT appearing to my satisfaction, that Elisha Ward subscriber to the annexed declaration, sworn to before me, did serve in the revolutionary war against the common enemy, as stated in said declaration, I now transmit the testimony in the case, with the proceedings had thereon, to the Secretary of the department of war, pursuant to the directions of the Act entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war;" the testimony and proceedings in the premises being the declaration aforesaid, with the accompanying documents marked A & B together with this certificate.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the District Court of the United States for this District to be hereunto affixed.
M c Donell } Judge of the District Court U. S. Massachusetts District.

Elisha Ward of Welfleet, Massachusetts.
544 Continental Soldier
Private
Col. Eaton's Regiment Massachusetts Line
1776-17 year
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Admitted 2 June 1820
Send to John W. Davis
Boston

United States of America.
State of Massachusetts, Suffolk ss. Boston June 1818
I, Elisha Ward of Welfleet , a Citizen of the United States, now resident at said Welfleet , in the County of Barnstable , declare, that I served, in the War of the Revolution, the full term of time required by a Law of the United States, made and passed in the month of March, A. D. 1818, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," as a requisite to entitle me to be placed on the pension list of the said United States, having entered the Land service of the said United States, on the Continental Establishment, and served as a private Soldier , against the common enemy, from the first of January 1776 to the last of December 1777 , being one year, when the term of my enlistment having expired I was honorably discharged. My discharge I have lost. I enlisted in, & belonged to, the company commanded by Capt. Cushing, in Col o Graton's regiment Massachusetts Line. During said term of twelve months I served a part of the time in New London, a part of the time in Albany and a part of the time in Montreal. I also served a short time in said Revolutionary war against the common enemy as a Marine . I am now in the sixty fifth year of my age.
I also declare that, by reason of my reduced circumstances in life, I need the assistance of my Country for support.—And I hereby relinquish all claim to every pension heretofore allowed me by the laws of the said United States, if any may be, or hath been, so allowed.
Elisha Ward
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on this 19 — day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen , pursuant to a law of the United States, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," made and passed on the 18th of March, A. D. 1818, before me, personally appeareth Elisha Ward , abovementioned, and after due examination and caution to testify and declare the whole truth, he maketh oath to the declaration aforesaid, and subscribes the same in my presence.
M c Derby Dist Judge Mass. Dist.

Barnstable ss
A
I David Brown of Eastham and in the county of Barnstable aforesaid testify and say that I was in the army with Elisha Ward in the Revolutionary war in the year of our Lord 1776 I was personally knowing that the said Elisha Ward was in the army at Cambridge (some time in January to the best of my remembrance) and that we joined the Regiment in company commanded by Col. Graton in the Continental Army commanded by Genl. Gushing and that I was with the said Elisha Ward in the said Army in New London at Albany and at Montreal I left the said Elisha Ward in no other following to the best of my remembrance. On account of indisposition in the said Army when I was discharged by General Gates not being able to endure the campaigning reason of bodily disorder To the best of my judgment the said Elisha Ward stands in need of assistance from his country
David Brown
Barnstable ss — On the eighteenth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen the aforesaid David Brown was examined and sworn to the deposition aforesaid by him subscribed taken at the request of Elisha Ward of Wellfleet aforesaid county of Barnstable Before me Harding Knowles Justice Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Barnstable ss:
I Albin Davis, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the County of Barnstable, do certify that Harding Knowles, who hath signed, the foregoing deposition of David Brown, as Justice Pleas, is a sworn Justice of the Pleas for the County of Barnstable; and full faith and credit, are due to his official acts as such; and that the above is the signature of said Harding Knowles.
In testimony, whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of our said Circuit Court of Common Pleas, and subscribed my name at Barnstable, the twenty fifth day of September, in the year of our LORD, one thousand eight hundred & nineteen.
Albin Davis. } Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the County of Barnstable.

In addition to the within subscribed deponent I further certify that the within named David Brown is an honorable a honorable man and that the said David Brown has been elected to the office of Selectman repeatedly
Witness my hand and seal one of the justices of the Peace for the County of Bristol

B I Thomas Dill of Eastham in the County of Barn- stable of Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age to testify, do on oath declare that I am well acquainted with Elisha Ward of Welfleet in said County of Barn- stable, late a soldier in the Revolutionary war, and as I was also a soldier in said Revolutionary war, I can and do hereby on oath testify that it is a fact, within my own knowledge, that said Elisha Ward did serve his Country as a good soldier against the common ene- -my more than nine months, and that he, said Elisha Ward, was, during said term of nine months and more, a soldier on the Continental establish- ment - I further testify and declare that I am well acquainted with his circumstances in life, and that he is very poor, and needs the assistance of his Country for support. — Thomas Dill
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Suffolk ss. Boston June 18 th 1848 Then the above- mentioned Thomas Dill personally appeared and made solemn oath that the above declaration by him subscribed, in my presence, is true in all its parts. Before me Sam. J. Prescott Just. Peace & Notary Public

Commonwealth of Massachusetts S. 1. 50th p. Boston August 6 th 1870 I hereby certify that the within named Thomas Dill, who has subscribed the within affidavit & deposition, & who is to me personally known, is a credible & disinterested witness. I further certify that said Thomas Dill did on the eighteenth of June eighteen hundred & eighteen appear before me as within mentioned & made solemn oath to the truth of the within affidavit & deposition by him subscribed. - And in testimony thereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my Seal of Office, at said Boston, the day & year first above written.
Sam. J. Prescott Notary Public, & Just Peace Commissioner.

Reuben Strey Guardian to Elisha Ward Schedule of property.
19324
600 J.L.G.

Reuben Strey, who is Guardian of Elisha Ward, & legally authorized thereto, by the Judge of Probate of Barnstable County.
SCHEDULE.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
County of Barnstable ss.
On this eighteenth day of April — 1822, before the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Southern Circuit, proceeding according to the course of the common law with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, having a power also of fine and imprisonment, and keeping a record of their proceedings, personally appeared in open Court, being a Court of record for the said county, and said Ward is aged 75 years, resident in Welfleet — in said County, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows, viz. for the term of one year & more in the revolutionary war and that he has received a pension certificate dated _____ and numbered 17,324 , in pursuance of his original Declaration made, _____
(And also takes and subscribes the following oath, viz.)  (And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary war," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.)
That said Ward has no Real Estate, and no personal estate whatever and has done no kind of bodily labour for several years, and no probability that he ever can. He has a wife & his children one of which he says was never capable of earning its own living, & all very infirm; his wife is 68, named Hannah & the children Joseph & Hannah, one 25 & the other 28 years old.
Reuben Strey } Guardian to Elisha Ward.
Sworn to, and declared, on the eighteenth day of April 1822, before said Court.
Almer Davis, Clerk.
I, Almer Davis , clerk of Barnstable County , do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath _____ and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is nothing dollars and _____ In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, on this nineteenth day of April — 1822.
Almer Davis Clerk of the Court for the County of Barnstable.

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Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 59
[Arrangement of 1870.]