Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 587, for Elias Sage, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass. Privateer
Sage, Elias Elizabeth
N 587 B.L.Wt 26222-160-55 B.L.Wt 34989-160-55
CONTENTS

213,000 Art Mar 3 } 55 See 40542 Sept 19
Elizabeth Sage (wid)
Elias Sage Ch.
Rev War
Pensioner Act 1853
N.Y. July 53-2063
Ad: William J. 25/56 Blyth
X Wolcott Russell N.Y.
Vol I = 1 = 10

2063 New York, Albany Elizabeth Sage widow of Elias Sage who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 60 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1835 3 rd February 1835 Certificate of Pension issued the 20 th day of Sept r 1835 and sent to
Lewis Graves Denmark Lewis Co. N.Y.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act July 29, 1835 Page 85 Vol. A
Feby 3 rd 53
839

New York  Elias Sage
of Saratoga in the State of N. York who was a Private in the Comp. commanded by Captain Soule, of the Reg. commanded by Gen. Whitecomb in the Mohawk line for Albany N.
Inscribed on the Roll of P. N.Y. at the rate of 60 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 th day of July 1833 — and with S. Knapp Penville
  Arrears to the 14th of Mar: '33  12 00    Semi-ant. allowance ending Sep '33  3 00     $ 15 00  
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D. C. Hale Clerk, Book E. Vol. 3. Page 78

41. 542 - Ach March 3/55 June 5/55
Elizabeth Sage - wife of Elias Sage - prob
10:160001 May 16/56 B.R. Dr
Revolutionary War
July 53- 2063
Burton
[Large stylized signature or mark]
Claimant Russell - St. Lawrence B.
Let St. Vincent. Aug 24/83-
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July 53- no 2063
Vol 51, page 7

13.301 Elias Sage
✓ Declaration
On Rolls 13 Regt Mass. 4 July '80. Cmo
Com d
18 Mch Fri
600

State of New York
Levi County ss:
Personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the peace of said County Elias Sage of Denmark in said County who being duly sworn did depose and say that he served in the War of the Revolution as mentioned in his declaration hereto annexed not less than the periods mentioned below and in the following Quarters.
From the 1 st of June 1776 to the middle of November following he served in the Massachusetts State Troops as a private 5. 15 making Five Months and Fifteen Days
From the 15 th of April 1777 to about the 1 st of June following he served in the Massachusetts Militia making one month and fifteen days 1. 15
From about the first of September 1777 to the 17 th day of October following he served in the Militia aforesaid making one month and fifteen days 1. 15
From the 1 st of June 1778 to the 15 th of September following he served as a Marine private in the Ship of War General Putnam being 3. 15 three months & fifteen days
From the forepart of July 1779 to sometime in August following he served in the Massachusetts Militia as a private making one month 1.
And from the last of July or first of August 1780 to the last of November following he served in the Massachusetts line of Continental troops as a private being Five months & served — 5.
And said deponent further states that all the services above mentioned were rendered under the officers named in his declaration and at the several places and under the circumstances as specified in said declaration and said deponent further states that there was no druggman at least at the time his said declaration was made who was acquainted with the deponent and that no one resided in his neighborhood which is the reason that he obtained no respectable citizen neither of whom were druggmen to sign the certificate attached to his declaration.
Elias Sage
I certify that on the 20 th day of June 1833 personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace, Elias Sage and made oath, in due form of Law, to the truth of the preceding affidavit.
Orin Wilson Justice of the Peace

I Reuben Chase a clergyman residing in the Town of Lewiston in the County of Lewiston do certify that I am well acquainted with Elias Dage of Denmark in said County who has subscribed & sworn to the foregoing affidavit that I believe him to be twenty five years of age that from long acquaintance with him it is my opinion that full faith and credit may and ought to be given to his statements relative to his Theological services, but that I am not sufficiently acquainted in his neighborhood to certify to the general belief of his services in the same: I further certify that I am acquainted with Erastus Wright Esq. and Joseph Anderson who testified to said belief in his neighborhood and knows them to be entitled credit; —
Sworn and subscribed this 20 th day of June 1833 before me
Reuben Chase
Orin Wilbur Justice of the Peace
I certify that Reuben Chase who has subscribed and sworn to the above Certificate is a clergyman residing in Lewiston in said County of Lewiston and that his statement is entitled to credit —
Orin Wilbur Justice Peace
Clerks Office Lewiston County ss
I Carlos D. Scott Clerk of said County do certify that Orin Wilbur Esq. whose name was before whom the foregoing affidavits were presented to have been sworn was on the day of the date of the same a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and sworn and further that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of said Justice and truly believe that the signature Orin Wilbur subscribed to said affidavits is the proper handwriting of said Justice Given under my hand and seal of office this 21 st day of June 1833
Carlos D. Scott Clerk

State of New York County of Lewis 3 p.
On this Twentieth day of September in the year 1832 personally appeared in Open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County of Lewis in the State aforesaid, Now sitting Elias Sage of Denmark in the said County of Lewis and State aforesaid aged Seventy four years and four months, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions of the act of Congress, passed June 7. 1832-
That he entered the service of the United States at Sunderland in the County of Berkshire Massachusetts, then his residence under the following named Officers and served as herein stated. On the first of June 1776 he entered the service as a substitute for his elder brother Enas Sage, who enlisted with Captain Lowles in the month of November in the year 1775. He joined Captain Lowles Company under Colonel Asa Whitcomb's Command, in Boston and was present in the discharge of his duties as a private Soldier in said Company when the declaration of Independence was first read at the head of the forces then in Boston. Sometime in the fore part of August of the same year he marched with Colonel Whitcomb's Regiment (then commanded by Major Fraser in consequence of the ill health of Colonel Whitcomb) to Ticonderoga through Charlestown and Sheresborough (now Whitehall) at which place he arrived towards the last of August aforesaid, where he remained until some time in November, when being out of health he

was sent to the Hospital at the head of Lake George, soon after which he was discharged, having been engaged in the service about five months & a half, and returned home to Saundersfield aforesaid. There was another regiment in Boston at the time the said Sage was in service at that place, but he does not recollect the names of the officers which belonged to said Regiment, nor does he recollect the number of the regiment to which he was attached. The discharge which he received on leaving the service as above mentioned is lost, and he has been unable to find it.
The said Elias Sage further declares on his oath as aforesaid that in the month of April in the year 1777, he again entered the United States service as a volunteer in the Massachusetts Militia with Captain Elizab Dearing, but he does not recollect the names of the other officers of said Company nor to what regiment it was attached, nor by whom said Regiment was commanded. That he marched with said Company from Saundersfield to Albany in the State of New York, and from thence to Saratoga, where he remained about four weeks, when the said Company was disbanded, and he returned home to Saundersfield aforesaid, having been engaged in the service at this time about a month and a half. He did not at the time the company was disbanded receive any written discharge.
He believes that at Saratoga they met one or two other Companies, but he does not know to what Regiment they belonged, nor does he

recollect the names of any of their officers -
In September 1777 he again entered the service of the United States as a volunteer in the company of Captain Elizah Deming aforesaid, and marched with said Company from Saundersfield aforesaid to Stillwater by way of Albany in the State of New York - he remained at Stillwater about two weeks, at which place the Company to which he belonged, joined the forces under the command of Genl. Gates - From thence he crossed with the forces a Regiment of Massachusetts militia, over on to the East side of the Hudson River, on a bridge of pine logs which was constructed for the purpose, From thence he marched with said Regiment up the river ten or twelve miles to a place then called Easttown - At this place he remained taking a position  as a  scout until about the seventeenth day of October thereafter, He does not recollect that they met any other forces at this place - Lieutenant Nathaniel Paine belonged to said Demings Company - He also recollects the name of a Captain Noble of Sheffield, Massachusetts who was attached to the Regiment which marched to Easttown - He recollects that while he was at Easttown the Mills of General Schuyler were burned by the British under General Burgoyne - On the seventeenth day of October of the same year, the Company to which he belonged was disbanded, and he again returned to his residence in Saundersfield above mentioned, receiving no written discharge having been engaged in said service about six weeks, during the last mentioned time The said Elias Sage further on his oath declares that on the first day of June in the year 1778, he

again entered the service of the United States, on board the Privateer Ship of war General Putnam, mounting twenty guns and commanded by Captain Thomas Allen. He recollects that the Surnames of the first and second mates were, Solliston and Galt. Soon after he went on board said Ship at the Port of New London in the State of Connecticut, he sailed in her on a cruising voyage in the Atlantic Ocean. They cruised off South of England and West of Ireland, and along East of the great bank of Newfoundland. In the course of said cruise, the crew captured and took six British Briggs, and sixty or seventy prisoners of war, and returned to New London aforesaid on the fifteenth day of September thereafter, when he left the service and returned home to Saundersfield aforesaid having been engaged in the service three months and a half. He further declares as aforesaid, that in the month of July in the year 1779, as nearly as he can recollect, he again engaged in the service of the United States as a volunteer, in a company of Massachusetts Militia commanded by Captain Collar of New Marlbury in the County of Berkshire aforesaid. The name of the Lieutenant was Porter, who resided in Saundersfield aforesaid. He marched with said Company from the town last men- tioned to New Haven in the State of Connecticut by way of Norfolk, Goshen, Litchfield, Watbury &c. He remained with said Company until some time in the month of August of the same year, and the Company was disbanded at this place after said Sage had been engaged in the service a little over a month during the last mentioned

term when he returned to his residence in Saunders- field. He does not recollect meeting any other forces during the last mentioned term, nor does he recollect the names of any other officers than those above mentioned belonging to said Com- pany, and he is not aware that there is any person now living, unless there may be some one in Massa- chusetts, who served with him during the term last mentioned.
He further declares that about the last of June or the first of July, 1780 he enlisted in the army of the United States and again entered the service, with Captain Smart, whose company he immediately after joined at Port Point in the State of New York. The said Company was then commanded by The Lieutenant, whose name was Annibal according to his best recollection. He believes that General Washington was in command at that place when he first arrived there. General Arnold was stationed there soon after. Immediately after said Sage joined Captain Smarts Company, they crossed over to Robinsons farms, where he remained until the first of August, when he marched with a large detachment of the American army into the State of New Jersey, crossing the Hudson at Stony point, and proceeding from thence to a place called Tarrytown, where he heard of the Capture of Major Andre by Loilliams and his associates. From this place he marched with the said detachment to a place called Totoway where he remained until some time in the month of November thereafter, when they returned by

way of the Highlands to West Point - He remained at the last mentioned place until about the last of November of the same year, at which time he was discharged and left the service. Having been engaged therein during the last mentioned period, the term of five months -
The whole amount of time in which the said Sage was engaged being eighteen months -
The said Elias Sage further declares on his oath as aforesaid that while he was in the service under Captain Smart during the last term of five months above mentioned, he was acquainted with Captain Noah Allen, Captain Ebenezer Smith, Captain Walter Dean, and Lieutenant Luke Hitchcock, all whom he believes belonged to the same regiment in which he served. He further says that the discharge which he received on leaving the service at West Point has been lost, and he is unable to find it. He was not engaged in any action while in the service. He does not recollect the number of the regiment in which he last served, but that it was of the Massachusetts line and was commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Smith General Glover, Brigadier
The said Sage further declares on his oath as aforesaid, that he was born in the town of Middletown in the County of Middlesex in the State of Connecticut on the seventeenth day of April in the year 1758 where he resided until he was about six years of age, when he removed with his parents to Saundersfield in the County of Berkshire & State of Massachusetts, at which place he

resided until the year 1800 when he removed to the town of Tiffin in the county of Lewis aforesaid where he resided about four years. From Tiffin he removed to the town of Denmark in said County of Lewis where he has ever since resided, and where he still resides, and he further declares that he has no record of his age, but his information on that subject is derived from the representations of his parents.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
Sworn to, and subscribed,
the day and year aforesaid.
Carlos P. Leavitt Clerk
- Elias Dage
We Erastus Wright and Joseph Anderson residing in the Town of Denmark in the county of Lewis do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Elias Dage who has subscribed and sworn to the above Declaration that we believe him to be twenty four years of age; that he is reputable and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid. Carlos P. Leavitt Clerk Joseph Anderson Erastus Wright
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories presented by the War Department that

The above named Applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states and the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Joseph Anderson and Walter Wright who have signed the preceding certificates are residents of said Town of Denmark and that they are credible persons and that this Statement is entitled to credit
I Carlos P. Severt Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Erie do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the Application of Elias Sage for a Pension - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of my office this twentieth day of September One thousand eight hundred and thirty two -
Carlos Severt Clerk

State of New York County of Jefferson } B.
John Batten of Brownville in the said County of Jefferson of aforesaid being duly sworn says that he is now seventy five years of age and that he is well acquainted with Elias Sage now of Denmark in the County of Lewis in the State of aforesaid, and that he has been acquainted more or less with said Sage every since he was six or seven years of age. That when he first became acquainted with said Sage both this deponent and the said Sage resided in the town of Saundersfield in the County of Berkshire in the State of Massachusetts, and that according to this deponent's best knowledge and belief said Sage is now about seventy four years of age. That about the first of June in the year 1776 this deponent was a soldier in a Company commanded by Captain Lowell in Colonel Whitcomb's Regiment of the Continental Line, and was then in Boston in the State of Massachusetts, that about the first of June of aforesaid the said Elias Sage entered the service of the U. States, and joined the same Company in which this deponent was then serving. That he was informed at the time, and believes that the said Elias Sage entered the service as a substitute for his elder brother, Enos Sage, with whom this deponent was also well acquainted, and who had enlisted as a private soldier in the Company of aforesaid. That the said Elias Sage continued in the service as such substitute in the Company of aforesaid, which Company constituted a part of

The above named Ahlecart was a Revolutionary Colonel Rohitcomb's Regiment of the Continental line as aforesaid, until towards the last of November according to this deponent's best recollection, in the year aforesaid, when the said Sage being in a bad state of health was discharged from the service & returned to his residence as this deponent was informed at the time aforesaid -
This deponent further says that in the month of April in the year 1777, this deponent entered the service as a volunteer in Captain Eliphalet Demings Company of volunteers, in which Compa- ny he served as a private soldier for about the term of six weeks, and that during the said term of six weeks the said Elias Sage also served as a volunteer in said Company, and that he left the service at the same time with this deponent. That he recollects that they marched together during the term of service last aforesaid, to Albany in the State of New York, and from thence to Saratoga at which place the Company aforesaid was disbanded about the last of May in the year aforesaid -
This deponent further says that the said Elias Sage, together with this deponent, entered the service of the United States on the first day of June 1778, on board the Private Ship of War General Patnam, mounting twenty guns, Command- ed by Captain Thomas Allen according to this deponent's best recollection, and that the said Sage served as a Marine on board said ship during the term herein after mentioned. That the surnames of the first and second mates were

Solliston, and Gait, That soon after the first of June aforesaid, they sailed together on board of said Ship from the Port of New London in the State of Connecticut on a cruising voyage upon the Atlantic Ocean. That they cruised off East of the great Bank of Newfoundland, South of England and west of Ireland, and that they returned to the Port of New London aforesaid on the fifteenth day of September thereafter, having captured and taken on said voyage, six British Brigs and fifty or sixty prisoners of war. That he does not recollect the names of the said Brigs or of their officers, and that immediately after the said fifteenth day of September this deponent and the said Elias Sage left the service and returned to Saundefield aforesaid.
This deponent further says that about the last of June or the first of July in the year 1780 the said Elias Sage and this deponent enlisted in the army of the United States, this deponent with Captain Noah Allen and the said Sage in Captain Smart's Company, from which time until the time of said Sage's discharge as hereafter mentioned this deponent used frequently to see and converse with said Sage while in the State of New Jersey during the summer of 1780, and that he recollects the fact that the said Sage returned with the detachment to which he belonged, from New Jersey to West Point in the month of November thereafter, about the last of which month, according to this deponent's best recollection the said Elias

Sage was discharged from the Service, and returned to his residence, and further this deponent saith not -
John Baxter
Subscribed & sworn this
24 th day of August 1832
Before me -
G Brown Judge
Jeff Co. Ky. Court
State of New York
Jefferson County
Clerks Office
ss
I, McLewis Sherman (Dept. Clerk) of said county do hereby certify that George Brown Esquire before whom the above affidavit was sworn to that on the day of the same one of the associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in the said County of Jefferson duly commissioned & sworn. And authorized to take the same. And further that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his signature as Judge, to the said affidavit subscribed is Genuine. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County this 24 th day of August 1832. McLewis Sherman Dept. Clerk
I, George Brown, the Judge before whom the above affidavit was sworn & subscribed by the above named John Baxter on the 24 th day of August 1832, do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the said John Baxter who made & swore to said afft. & that he is a man of good character, & is entitled to full credit. G Brown Judge Jeff Co. Ky. Court Brownsville June 21. 1833.

Security Land Claim
State of New York
County of St Lawrence } ss
On this twenty fourth day of March A. D. One thousand eight hundred and fifty five, personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County and State aforesaid, Elizabeth Sage aged Ninety years, a resident of the Town of Massie County and State aforesaid, who being duly sworn according to law, declares, that she is the widow of Elias Sage, deceased, who was a private in the Company of, or commanded by Captain [blank] in the Regiment of [blank] commanded by [blank] in the Revolutionary War
For further evidence of the genuineness of her said claim, reference may be had to the roll of Pensions under the Act of February 3 rd 1833 page 3 Col 19 Third Pension Certificate bears date September 20 th 1833 and entitles her to an annual pension of Sixty dollars
That she is now a Widow at the date of executing this her declaration, and she refers to the declaration and evidence submitted with the former claim as evidence of her husband's services, her marriage &c.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Security Land to which she may be entitled under Act aforesaid March 3 rd 1833
She also declares that she has never received nor applied for Security Land under this or any other act of Congress, except as above stated Witness her hand

Sworn to and subscribed before me this and year above written, and I Certify that I believe the claimant to be the identical person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in said claim.
Margaret C. Carr Justice of the Peace
State of New York St Lawrence County ) ss
On this Twenty fourth day of March 1855, personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid Sylvester Wolcott Jr. and Alexander Bose residents of the Town of Massena County of St. Lawrence and State of New York aforesaid who being duly sworn according to law, declare that they are personally and well acquainted Mrs. Elizabeth Sage, who gave her sign her name by making her mark to the foregoing declaration, that she knows her to be the identical person whom represented, and that she is now a widow and they know they are disinterested witnesses.
Sylvester Wolcott Jr.
Alex Bose
Sworn to and subscribed to before me this Twenty fourth day of March A.D. One Thousand Eight hundred and fifty five, and I Certify that the said Sylvester Wolcott Jr. Alexander Bose are credible and respectable witnesses and Eliza
Margaret C. Carr Justice of the Peace

11.5-22
Bounty Land Claim Elizabeth Page

STATE OF NEW YORK, St. Lawrence County, Clerk's Office,
Symander Dugally Deputy I, JOHN B. RICHARD Clerk of said County
of St. Lawrence, and also of the Courts of Record directed by law to be held therein, do hereby certify, that Horatio O. Harr before whom the annexed affidavit was made, was , at the time of taking the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, and duly authorised to take the same; and I further certify that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice, and verily believe his signature to the jurat of the annexed affidavit is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County and Courts, this 26 th day of March 1855
Symander Dugally CLERK.

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DECLARATION.
State of New York } ss. County of St. Lawrence }
On this Eighth day of September A. D. 18 55. before me, Gerry Knox a Justice of the Peace in and for the county and state aforesaid, personally appeared Elizabeth Sage aged Eighty Eight years, a resident of Russell in the State of New York who, being duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the Bounty Land to which she is entitled under the Act of Congress approved March 3d, 1855.
That she is the widow of Elias Sage who was a Private in the Revolutionary War; that, on account of the services of her husband, the aforesaid Elias Sage in said war, she now receives a Pension at the rate of $ 60. per annum, under the 2 nd Section act of 3 rd February 1853  Act of Congress, as will more fully appear by reference to the evidence now on file in the Pension Office at Washington.
She further declares that she is now a widow; that she has never before applied for nor received any Bounty Land under this or any other Act of Congress.
Claimant's Signature.
Elizabeth Sage
WE, Sylvester Nuttall Jr. and Thomas S. Baker residents of Russell in the State of New York upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Elizabeth Sage in our presence, and that we know her to be the identical person she represents herself to be.
Sylvester Nuttall Jr.
STATE OF NEW YORK, St. Lawrence County, Clerk's Office, } ss.
I, GEORGE S. WINSLOW , Clerk of said County of St. Lawrence, and also Clerk of the Courts of Record, directed by law to be held therein, do hereby certify, that Gerry Knox before whom the annexed affidavit was made, was, at the time of taking the same a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, and duly authorised to take the same; and I further certify that I am well acquainted with the hand-writing of said Justice, and verily believe his signature to the jurat of the annexed affidavit is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County and Courts, this 12 th day of September 1855
George S. Winslow CLERK.
and year identical
peace

DECLARATION.
State of New York } ss. County of St. Lawrence }
On this Eighth day of September A. D. 18 55 , before me, Guy Knox a Justice of the Peace in and for the county and state aforesaid, personally appeared Elizabeth Sage aged Eighty Eight years, a resident of Russell in the State of New York who, being duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the Bounty Land to which she is entitled under the Act of Congress approved March 3d, 1855.
That she is the widow of Elias Sage who was a Private in the Revolutionary War; that, on account of the services of her husband; the aforesaid Elias Sage in said war, she now receives a Pension at the rate of $ 60. per annum, under the 2 nd Section of  Act of 3 rd February 1853  Act of Congress, as will more fully appear by reference to the evidence now on file in the Pension Office at Washington.
She further declares that she is now a widow; that she has never before applied for nor received any Bounty Land under this or any other Act of Congress.
Claimant's Signature.
Elizabeth B. Sage
WE, Sylvester Nuttall Jr. and Francis V. Babcock residents of Russell in the State of New York upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Elizabeth Sage in our presence, and that we know her to be the identical person she represents herself to be.
Sylvester Nuttall Jr.
Signature of Witnesses.
Francis V. Babcock
The foregoing declaration and affidavits were sworn to and subscribed before me, on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the identical person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
Magistrate.
Guy Knox, Justice Peace

State of New York St Lawrence County } ss:
On this Seventh day of May 1853 personally appeared before me Edwin Dodge, County Judge of the County Court of St Lawrence County in the State of New York, Elizabeth Sage, a resident of the County of St Law- rence State aforesaid, aged eighty six years, who first being duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the third day of February 1853, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of Elias Sage, who was a pensioner of the United States and died on the last day of February 1852. That she was married to the said Elias Sage according to her best recollection & belief on the 17 th day of March 1825, that they were married at Bernmash in the County of Lewis in the State of

New York by Ely Morrison, who is now deceased and there is no records to the knowledge of the Declarant of such Marriage - - that after her Marriage to said Elias Sage they resided at Denmark aforesaid until about four or five years since, when he went to reside with his son Elias Sage Jr in the town of Chautauqua in the County of Jefferson State of New York, where he remained to the time of his death - that as this Declarant was informed by said Elias Sage by his brother Enos Sage, now deceased, and his brother in law Underwood, also now deceased, he the said Elias Sage, was a Soldier in the Revolutionary War, but this Declarant does not now recollect the length of his service or the names of the officers under whom he served - That he drew a pension for such service of about sixty or seventy dollars per year for a number of years, and this declarant thinks about sixteen years previous to his death And she further states and declares

that she was not married to said Elias Sage prior to the second day of January 1800 but at the time above stated and that she has remained a widow since his decease - and that from age and infirmity of body she is unable to attend court to make her declaration in open court - In presence of { Elizabeth her Sage R Wolfe } mark Sworn to & subscribed on the day and year first above written
Alvin R Wolfe County Judge of Linn County Court

State of New York St Lawrence County ss Clerks office
I George S. Winslow clerk of said County of St Lawrence and also clerk of the Courts of record therein by law to be held therein do hereby certify that Hon Odium Dodge before whom the foregoing declaration and affidavit were made was at the time of making the same a competent judge of the peace in and for said County and duly authorized to take the same and I further certify that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said judge and justly believe his signature to the affidavit of the said affidavit is genuine
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County this 9 th day of May A.D. 1853 G. S. Winslow Clerk

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Elizabeth Sage of Ohio
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Pension Office August 17/53
Sir Please inform me of the time of the last pay- ment to a death of letter named Pensioner
Respectfully be Herbert S. Cole 3rd
Present for Comr. Elias Sage, act 32 H.M. p.m. Died 29 th Feb. 1852, paid to his death.
H. Smith Auditor. "

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Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. Elizabeth Sage Widow. Elias Sage Pris. Rev. War.
Act: Feb. 3. 1853.
Index:—Vol. M , Page 186
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Elias Sage
J. Knox Lowville Lewis County New York

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Elias Sage which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? No The applicant is required to state with precision the length of each term of service he rendered. VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? No
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? None
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? No
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? yes
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? yes
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? No
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? They are answered
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

Affidavit of Isaac & Mary Butler

State of New York } ss Jefferson County }
On this 23 d day of May 1853 Before me Personally
appeared Isaac Cutter and Mary his Wife residing in Champion in said County and each of them being duly sworn severally depose and say, that they were well acquainted with Elias Sage and Elizabeth his Wife and was knowing to said Sage being a Revolutionary Pensioner, lived near neighbors to them for the term of forty years, also knowing to their living together as Man and Wife, And personally acquainted with them up to the death of said Sage and the said Elizabeth now remains the Widow of said Sage Isaac Cutter Subscribed and sworn } Mary Cutter before me this 23 d day of May 1853
As Babcock Justice of the Peace

State of New York,
ss.
JEFFERSON COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE,
I, JOHN L. MARSH, Clerk of the County of Jefferson do hereby certify that A. S. Babcock Esq. before whom the annexed affidavit was taken, was at the time of taking such affidavit, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly authorized to take the same; and further, that I am well acquainted with the hand-writing of such Justice, and verily believe his signature thereto is genuine.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed the Seal of said County, this 24 th day of May 185 3.
John L. Marsh Clerk.

State of New York County of Jefferson } ss. On this 14 th day of February in the year of our Lord 1853, before me James P. Hodgkins a justice of the Peace of the said County personally appeared Freeman Crowner & Polly Crowner his wife, residing in Utica in said County & being each of them by me duly sworn depose & say, & each of them severally depose & say, - That they were acquainted with Elias Sage a revolutionary Pensioner, who resided in Denmark Lewis County N.Y. - in the year 1815. - and saw them married That they were present at his marriage in the year 1815 to Elizabeth who after the said marriage lived with him many years as his wife. - That the marriage ceremony was performed in Denmark aforesaid by a justice of the Peace named Morrison - That the said Elias Sage & Elizabeth immediately preceding said marriage were single persons as was commonly reported & believed, & of sufficient age to contract matrimony. That the name of the said Elizabeth before said marriage was Elizabeth Clintonman - That they have been informed &

believe that since Morrison is dead. -
Freeman Brownson
Sworn to & subscribed before Polly Crowner
me May 14 th 1853
James P. Hopkins, J.P.
Polly Crowner
Lewis Graves
Deborah
Lewis Co. N.Y.
Lewis Co. N.Y.

State of New York, } ss. JEFFERSON COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE,
I, JOHN L MARSH, Clerk of the County of Jefferson do hereby certify that James P. Hodgkins, Esq. before whom the annexed affidavit was taken, was at the time of taking such affidavit, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly authorized to take the same; and further, that I am well acquainted with the hand-writing of such Justice, and verily believe his signature thereto is genuine.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed the Seal of said County, this 24 th ————— day of May 185
John L. Marsh Clerk.

State of New York Jefferson County
I The undersigned do certify that Thomas Brown and Polly his wife of the Town of Billings came before me on the 14 day of May 1853 and subscribed their names to an Affidavit in my presence for the purpose of obtaining a Pension for Mrs Elizabeth Sage, are personally known to me are credible witnesses and whose Statements are entitled to full Credit & belief.
Dated at Carthage this 9 th day of September 1853 James P. Hodgson Justice Peace

I the undersigned do certify that Isaac Butler & Mary his wife of the Town of Champion came before me on the 23 d day of May 1853, and subscribed their names to an Affidavit in my presence for the purpose of obtaining a Pension for Mrs Elizabeth Sage, are personally known to me are credible witnesses and whose statements are entitled to full credit & belief -
(Dated at Champion this 9 th day of Sept 1853
A. J. Babcock Justice of the Peace

STATE OF NEW YORK, } ss. JEFFERSON COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE.
I, JOHN L. MARSH, Clerk of the County of Jefferson do hereby certify that James P. Hodgkin & A. J. Babcock Esq s whose name is subscribed to the certificate of proof or acknowledgment  his to annexed of the annexed instrument and thereon written, was, at the time of making such proof or acknowledgment, a JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, in and for the said County, duly authorized to take the same; and further, that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice, and verily believe that the signature to the said certificate of proof or acknowledgment is genuine; and further, that the said instrument is executed and acknowledged according to the Laws of this State.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereto subscribed my name, and affixed the Seal of the said County, this 12 th day of September 1853.
John L. Marsh Clerk.

Denmark Lewis County New York Sept 13: 1853
L d T o Waldo Esq
I Sir Enclosed I send you the Certificates of Esquires H. Babcock & J P Hodgkins
Very Respectfully
your ob t Servt
Lewis Graver

Brief in the case of Mrs Elizabeth Sage widow of Elias N. Lawrence County and State of N York act of Feb. 13. 1853
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband a pensioner under act of June 7 1832, at $ 60 per annum
P. hi
Marriage proof cr. witts.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Death Aud d rep
Identity cr. witts.
Name and residence of Agent
Lewis Graves Denmark Lewis Co N York.
Examining Clerk.
H. Gray