Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 7074, for Eli Mead, Pennsylvania

SERVICE
NUMBER
Penn.
Mead, Eli.
P. 7074
CONTENTS

New Jersey Subseq. bo.
10. 013 Application of Eli Mead of Montague in 1 st County. for a Pension -
Aug. 1832

at Sunbury Eli Mead - of the Township of Montague in the County of Northampton aged Twenty eight days of March last - Served in Army of the Revolution, fourteen  fourteen months and Nineteen days -
He first enlisted for the term of five months in the Spring of the year 1779 - under Captain John Morrison, in Northumberland on the Susquehanna River - Captain Morrison belonged to General Sullivan's Brigade or Division, but the name of the Col. of the Regiment the said E. Mead does not now recollect.
He was immediately employed with others in transporting provisions, up the River, in Boats, which were conveyed to Newtown and he recollects of a battle having been fought there, and of his being employed in conveying some wounded men from there to Wyoming - there were five Boats employed at that time - He was employed during the whole five months in this service and was with a number others then dismissed, but they got no discharge, as he recollects -
After this, he says he was enlisted for nine months & nine days, under a Captain Robinson, whose Christian name he does not remember - Moses Van Camp was a lieutenant in the same Company - Simon Chemung was the Ensign He says that during this term of service, he was stationed a part of the time at Jenkins' fort on the Susquehanna, and from there, he & part of the troops were removed to Beardsley's fort, also on the Susquehanna - where they remained until the expiration of the time, or nearly so, and then they were taken to Sunbury, on the Susquehanna, where they remained, until their time had expired, and were then dismissed, but got no discharge, that he now recollects of - The applicant says he does not now recollect the name of the officer who commanded the Regiment to which Captain Robinson belonged - The applicant recollects, of being there at this time, Genl. Clinton, General Hand, & General Maxwell.

When the applicant first entered he lived, on the East side of the Susquehanna River, about ten Miles above Hendsbury - The applicant saith he was in the Battle at Newtown afterwards, which was fought against the Indians, and he says he does not recollect that there any of the British Troops, with the Indians at the time of the Battle, but there were some Tories - He says he was born in the State of New York, at a place called the Nine Partners, or the Oblong - and he thinks in the County of Dutchess, and has never been off the Continent of America since - but has resided some part of his time in New York, some time in Pennsylvania, & for the last forty years in New Jersey - when he now resides -
I Eli Mead above named, do hereby certify with my claim whether to a pension or an annuity, except the present and declare that my name is not on the pension Role of any Agency, in any State -
Eli Mead
New Jersey Sussex County ss:
On this 27 th of August 1832. Person- ally appeared before the Judge of the Superior Court of Common Pleas of said County of Sussex. Eli Mead above named a resident of the Township of Montague, in said County aged seventy years, who being duly sworn according to Law, on his oath saith, for the purpose of obtaining the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 - That the foregoing Statement made & subscribed by him, is true to the best of his know- ledge & belief -
Sworn & Subscribed to day & year above. §
Eli Mead
By my Notary

And the said Court do hereby declare their Opinion that the above named applicant, was a Revolutionary soldier, and served as he states —
Byrney Halsey
Joseph E. Edsall, Clerk of said Court of Common Pleas of Sussex do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of Eli Mead for a pension. In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & seal of Office this thirty first day of August 1832 J. E. Edsall Clk
AD 1832
New Jersey Sussex County ss:
Personally came before me the subscriber one of the judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of said County, Eli Mead above named, and being duly sworn, saith that according to the best of his Recollection and belief, that Col Butler commanded the Regiment to which Captain Morrison, company within named belonged, and that Col Cook commanded the Regiment to which Captain Robinson, company within named belonged, and he further saith, that he thinks and believes that it was in the Month of March when he enlisted in Capt Morrison's Company, and he thinks and believes that two years afterwards, in the Month of February December Hundred and Eighty one, he enlisted in Captain Robinson's Company — Sworn & Subscribed before me this 28 th of August 1834 Robert H. Martin
Eli Mead

State of New Jersey Sussex County
I, Joseph E. Edsall, Clerk of the Court of Common pleas in and for said County of Sussex, do hereby certify that Robert H. McArthur Esquire is a Judge of said Court residing in said County, duly commissioned and sworn and that his signature, subscribed to the fore- going affidavit, is genuine. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hands and Seal of Office at Newton this 4 th day of September A.D. 1854 J. E. Edsall CLK

34623
Eli Mead
N.Y.
Chemung Co D. York
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Thos. Maxwell Elmira N.Y.

State of New York Chemung County ss
At a Circuit Court held at Elmira in & for the County of Chemung in the Sixth Circuit of the State of New York on the 4 th June 1838
Present Hon Robert Monell Judge 6 th Circuit.
Jos. L. Darling } Jos. Highton } Judges Chemung Co.
On the 7 th day of June 1838 personally appeared in open court before the judges aforesaid, Eli Mead a resident of the Town of Elmira in the County of Chemung aforesaid aged 76 years upwards who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832: That in the war of the Revolution he resided in the County of Northumberland. Penn a , which as well as the parts adjacent was much annoyed by the attacks of the Indian enemy, in so much that in consequence of an application made by the Convention of Pennsylvania to the Continental Congress, a resolution was passed (as he has been informed) by the Continental Congress directing six companies to be raised & posted along the frontiers of the County of Northumberland & parts adjacent for the defence of the inhabitants on that frontier. That the troops so raised were placed under the command of Col. Hunter - the troops thus raised were only occasionally employed as ordered by Col. Hunter during the summer seasons, in the various forts along the North West branches of the Susquehannah River: This deponent was a resident within

bounds of the companies commanded by Capt. M c Grady, Capt. Gaskill & Capt. Robin- son: and as occasion required went into the service under one or the other of the said officers; his memory is now so deficient that he cannot detail the various times in which he was out, but can now only state the following particulars.
3 rd In 1778 he was out under Capt. Ackerson under the orders of Col. Hunter above named at Fort Jenkins, near Fishing Creek on the north branch of the Susquehannah River & in scouting in its neighborhood three months.
3 rd In 1778 early in the spring before the attack on Wyoming he went out under Capt. M c Grady who also acted under the orders of Col. Hunter and was stationed at Catawissa, Mahoning to other places along the Susquehannah for three months:
In March 1779 about the 15 th as he believes, by orders from Col. Hunter, as he has always understood a company was detached under Capt. Gaskill or Morrison Gaskill for the boat service in Sullivan's expedition against the Indians. - The deponent entered as one of the company at Northumberland. They were employed in boating provisions and munitions of war from Middletown on the Susquehannah to Wyoming until the last of July 1779 when Sullivan moved his army from there up the Susquehannah when Morrison's Gaskill's company & the deponent among them went on with the boats to Newtown on the Tioga, or Chemung River. In August an engage- ment took place at Hogback Hill near Newtown (now Elmira) with the Indians, in which a number of the Americans were wounded. Several boats were ordered to return to Wyoming to convey the wounded to that place. The deponent accompanied

the boats which conveyed the wounded troops to Wyoming or Wilkesbarre, after which they returned to Newtown point where they remained until the army returned from Genesee, and he then accompanied the boats which moved with the army down the river on its return to Wyoming, where they arrived about the tenth of October. The deponent with the company under Capt Morrison  Gaskin then proceeded with the boats to Sunbury where he was discharged on the 15 th of October as he believes having been seven months in that service.
7 th
In 1780 he served three months under Capt. Gaskin at Fort McClure & Bardslee. Fort McClure was near the mouth of Fishing creek on the North branch of the Susquehannah & Fort Bardslee on Chillisquaque Creek near the West Branch of the Susquehannah. In 1781 about the 15 th August he entered under Capt. Robinson & Lieut. Moses Van Campen for the remainder of the season term of nine months, to serve three months that season & the remainder the next season. He continued under Capt. Robinson at Fort McClure & Bardslee that fall three months and the ensuing Spring 1782 again entered the same company for the remainder of his term of service it out & something over at the same forts & neighborhood, having been in service under said Gaskin  Bardslee according to his best recollection nine months & nineteen days.
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He is not in possession of any record evidence of his service nor did he ever receive a written discharge. He respectfully refers to the resolution of the Continental Congress of Friday Aug t 23 rd 1776, for the authority under which troops were raised to defend the Northumberland frontier.
In answer to the Interrogatories required by the War Department to be propounded to pension applicants he says that he was born in the County of Dutchess

in the State of New York on the 28 th March 1762 as he has been told by his parents & believes the fact to be.  2 o He has no record of his age. It was kept in his father's family bible, but the members of the family have long been dispersed & he does not know that it is now in existence -  3. When called into service he lived in Northumberland County Penn a : left there soon after the close of the Revolutionary war, when he removed to Sussex County New Jersey where he has continued to reside until March last when he came to his present place of abode.  4. He has an indistinct impression that he entered as one of the troops for the defence of the Northumberland frontier to serve during the war as occasion should require, or until the further order of Congress - In 1779 he enlisted for the boat service as above stated - and in 1781 he enlisted for nine months - as also stated above, but is certain he never was draughted -  5. His service was of such a nature that he had no opportunity of knowing the continental officers, except in Sullivan's Expedition - In that expedition he recollects Genl. Sullivan, Clinton, Maxwell & Hand & Poor. In his other service he only knew the officers under Col. Hunter, to wit, Captains Gaskill, Robinson, Ackeron, & McCreedy -  6. He never received a discharge.  7. There are two persons in his present neighborhood to whom he can refer for his services except Daniel Van Campen of Chemung & Eldad Mead of Campbells town in Steuben county -  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 assembly of any State - Sworn to and subscribed E. M. Mead

In open Court the 7 th June 1838 before me. Isaac Baldwin Clk
Open
And the
7 m Chemung County Vs. Daniel VanCampen of the Town of Chemung in the said County, being duly sworn says, that his age is seventy five years and upwards: that he has recently become acquainted with Eli Mead whose name is subscri- bed to the foregoing application: that he resided during a part of the revolutionary war in the neighborhood of said Mead's family whom he will recollect: that the deponent was in the boat service himself accompanying the Indian expedition of Gen Sullivan in the company commanded by Capt Thomas Gaskin in the year 1779 in which company he enlisted for the term of seven months: he will remember that Capt Morrison accompa- nied the expedition with a company of men under his command; that all the said Companies were under the command and direction of Col. Hunter of Northumberland County. This deponent has had several con- versations with the said Eli Mead and has heard him relate circumstances which occurred at various places during Sullivan's expedition against the Indians in 1779 to the knowledge of this deponent, and which in his opinion could have only been known to an eye witness; and from the great variety of events which the said deponent Mead details, the deponent entertains no doubt that the said Mead was in the boat service in the expedition of Gen Sullivan

against the Indians in the year 1779 - This deponent is a pensioner under the act of the 7 th June 1832 for services rendered in that campaign & other services during the war of the revolution -
Sworn in open court before me the 7 th June 1838. Isaac Baldwin Clk
Daniel Wolfcamp

State of New York 2
Chemung County ss Eldad Mead of Campbelltown in the county of Steuben being duly sworn says that he is seventy years & upwards of age. That he knows Eli Mead the pension applicant mentioned in the annexed declaration that he has known him from his earliest infancy: that he recollects in the spring of the year 1779 he left his home in Northumberland county Pennsylvania, to enlist in the boat service connected with Sullivan's Indian expedition as he understood at the time (the deponent residing in the same family), that he was gone one trip down the river from Northumberland to Middletown & up to Wilkesbarre, that on his return he stopped at home, a short time & went on another trip, and then went on with the army to Newtown as he was informed at the time and has always since understood, both in the family & from the general reputation in the neighborhood: The deponent thinks from his best recollection that the said Eli Mead's term of enlistment in the boat service under Capt. Morrison was for six months. That he understood his enlistment to have been in the month of March and that as soon after as the river & weather would permit for boating to commence he he entered upon his duties and continued until the return of the expedition in the month of October 1779.
In the month of August 1781 as he thinks, the said Eli Mead enlisted under Capt. Robinson of Northumberland county for

The term of eight months, according to the best of his present recollection, for the purpose of defending the forts and garrisons in the neighborhood of Northumberland County which was then subject to Indian depredations. The forts at which they were stationed were Fort M c Clure & Fort Bardsley as he has been informed and always understood. The term was served out in the fall of the year 1781 and the next year, after the opening of the spring. The was nature of the service not requiring winter service. He recollects that the said Ely Mead returned home in the fall of 1781 late in the season in company with some other soldiers who had been in one of the forts with him, and that they assisted the family of his father in digging Potatoes. He has knows the said Mead above described, to be the same person who rendered the service above mentioned, having always been acquainted with him, under such circumstances as to identify him now as the same individual.
He has always had the reputation of having been engaged in the service in the revolutionary war.
Sworn & subscribed before me the 7 th day of June 1838
Eldad Mead
J. W. Maxwell Esq. Chemung Co. N.Y.

I Thomas Maswell the magistrate above named do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Eldad Mead, I have been so acquainted with him for more than twenty years: that I believe him to be a credible & disinterested witness this statement entitled to confidence -
T. Maswell J.P.
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states: and the court further states that it appears to them that Eldad Mead who has signed the affidavit annexed is a resident of Campbelltown in the county of Steuben, and is a credible person and that his statement is entitled to credit - and that the said applicant could not without great inconvenience procure his attendance in court this day to testify, the situation of his family requiring his return to his family before the opening of the court. and the court further certify that Daniel Van Campen whose affidavit is also annexed to these proceedings is a respectable and credible man, a resident of the town of Pennym in the said County of Chemung and that full faith and credit should be placed in his statements -
J. Isaac Baldwin Clerk of the said

Court Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County of Chemung do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Eli Mead for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have here to subscribed my name & affixed my Seal of office the 7 th June 1838
Isaac Baldwin
Oral

Henry Mead son of Eli Mead.
Act 7 June 1832 Registered
Power of Atty to J. P. Stevens Present.
Mr Anderson

Know all men by these presents that I Henry Mead of Scarsdale in the County of Orange and State of New York one of the heirs of Eli Mead who at his decease was an apportionment for pension in the United States since of 7 June 1832 and which pension has not been allowed to him as entitled and appointed I J Stevens of the City of Washington D C my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name to examine and review the same and if possible bring it to a successful determination and all that the same if it was as in the case shall be appointed in law as if done by myself The declaration of the said Eli Mead was made in Elmira Chemung County New York before sealed and acknowledged this 20 day of October 1854  Before me John H. Martin Justice of the Peace in and for Orange County  I his Henry + Mead mark

State of New York. } ss: Orange County Clerk's Office,
I, NATHAN WESTCOTT, Clerk of the County of Orange, do hereby certify that John H. Clinton whose name is subscribed to the certificate of the proof or acknowledgement of the annexed instrument, and thereon written, was, at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgement, a Justice of the Peace, dwelling in said county, elected and sworn and duly authorized to take the same. And further, that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of such Justice, and verily believe that the signature to the said certificate of proof or acknowledgement is genuine; and that said instrument is executed and acknowledged or proved according to the laws of this State.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County, the 21 st day of October 1854
N. Westcott Clerk.

State of New York Steuben County
Abad Mead being duly sworn deposes and says that he is a resident of the town of Painted Post in the County of Steuben and State of New York and is in the twenty sixth year of his age. That he is the brother of Eli Mead who at this deponent believes is eighty one year of age and upwards And this deponent further says that during the Revolutionary War this deponent lived with his father in the state of Pennsylvania in the County of Northumber- lands on the banks of the Susquehanna about ten miles above Sunbury. That his said brother Eli Mead also lived at home at the same place with his father - And this deponent further says that in the year 1779 about the time of the ex- pedition known as Sullivan's Expedition against the Indians, this deponent said brother Eli went from his father to Sunbury for the purpose of enlisting to serve in said Expedition. This was early in the spring of the year. That his said brother shortly after returned and said he had enlisted as a boatman in the Company under Captain John Morrison to aid in getting the troops up the river with stores &c. That shortly after said enlistment his said brother went into the service and went to Middletown to assist in getting some boats belonging to said Expedition up the Susquehanna as far as Wilkesbarre. That on his way up the river his said brother called at his father's house with the boat crew with whom he was engaged, and from thence went on as this deponent understood and believes as far as Wilkesbarre. That after some time he returned again to Middletown and went up the river again with another boat. That on the said second trip up the river his said brother called again at his father's and that his Captain the said John Morrison was then with him that this deponent distinctly recollects seeing the said Captain Morrison at this time and knows that his said brother went with him up the river on said Expedition as one of his Company. And this deponent further says that

after his brother left the second time in the said Spring he did not see him again until some time in October of the same year when he returned down the river with the fleet of boats and came home again and resided there till the next Spring. And this deponent further says that according to the best of his recollection his said brother at this time was engaged in said service for the period of at least six months.
And this deponent further says that on or about the month of August 1781 his said brother Eli left home and after being gone some time this deponent's father went to Hamburg and found that the said Eli had enlisted under one Captain Robinson whose Christian name this deponent does not recollect. That the said Robinson's Company went to keep garrison at Fort McClure at the mouth of Fishing Creek twenty miles above Northumberland on the Susquehanna river. That after his said brother left home in August as aforesaid this de- ponent did not see him again till late in the fall when his father was digging potatoes. His said brother returned and some three or four men who had been with him and this deponent was then informed by the said Eli and his companions as to the kind of service they had been engaged in during his absence, which was to keep the said fort and from the country to protect the settlements from the Indians. That this deponent believes that his said brother was so engaged although he did not see him in said service. That this deponent then understood from his father and his said brother that he had enlisted for the term of eight or nine months and was to serve out the remain- der of his term the next season. And this deponent further says that his said brother remained at home during the ensuing winter and the next Spring which was the Spring of 1782 he set off again to serve out the remainder of the term of his enlistment at the same place that his said brother was absent from home during the whole of this season until late in the fall and as was understood and believed in the neighborhood

hood and as this deponent believes was engaged in the Service, that in the fall of that year and according to the best of this deponent's recollection late in October this deponent was at Northumberland and there saw his brother on parade with Captain Robinson's Company who had just returned from pursuing the Indians with the dead bodies of John Lee and Mr. Walker who had been killed by the Indians beside some women & children. That Captain Robinson was not then present but the men were then under the command of the ensign whose name this deponent thinks was Chamberlain. And this deponent further says that his said brother also served as a minute man and as a volunteer at different times and for short periods during the whole war but the particulars of such service this deponent cannot give owing to the lapse of time. Eldad Mead sworn & subscribed this 22 nd day of May 1843 At full length of the knee
I certify that I am well acquainted with Eldad Mead who has made the foregoing affidavit and have known him for fifty years and that his statements are entitled to full credit. He is also well known to Abner Bradley and Edward Stubbs of Washington City who can testify as to his good character May 24 th 1843
John Knapp

State of New York Steuben County ss.
I William Hamilton, Clerk of the said County. do certify, That H. H. Hull, before whom the preceding Affidavit, purports to have been Sworn, was at the date of the same, One of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said County, and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and do verily believe, his name Subscribed to the said Affidavit to be his proper hand writing and Signature Witness my hand and Seal of Office this 26 th day of May in the year 1843
W m Hamilton Clerk
8 M. 4 days.

In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of Oli Mead , a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     He alleged that he served as a minute-man and private, during the summers from 1777 to 1782, in Northumberland Co. Pa., under Captains Dickerson, McGrady, Baskin and Robison, under Col. Hunter and Wm. Montgomery, guarding the frontiers against the Indians; he was in Gen. Sullivan's Indian Expedition as a boatman under Capt. John Morrison, conveying supplies to the army.  
Battles engaged in, Newtown
Residence of soldier at enlistment Northumberland Co. Pa.
Date of application for pension, Aug. 27, 1832.
Residence at date of application, Montague Township, Susqueh. N.Y.
Age at date of application, born Mar. 28, 1762, at Nine Partners (or the Oblong) Dutchess Co. N.Y.
Remarks: Soldier's brother Eldad was 70 years old and a resident of Painted Post, Steuben Co. N.Y. The claim was not allowed, it was not considered that soldier performed military service as required by the Act of June 7, 1832 under which he applied for pension.
E. H. M.

1907 May 16. Heir. to Fannie M. Patten AW
1923 - June 12. Photostat copies of 8 pages mailed to Mr. E. F. Messenger
Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1863
REJECTED
7074
P. O. _____
Eli Spear
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

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Atkinson '77 3 mrs F & Lukins Mcgrady 78 3 caenippa Korpian 79 7 beating same 5-10 Gaskin '80 3 fishing cat Robinson 81 3 do 82 6.19.
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34623 Eli Mead. N.Y.
Set. to Tho. Maxwell Aug. 13 '38. clo. to same Aug. 23. 1838 " " G. Hastings Sep. 4. 1843 " " Rev. J. Russell Aug. 16. 1833 " " T. C. Ingham Sept. 11/54 J. E. Hapler Feb. 1, 1853 " same Nov 14/55
1832

Eli Meads New Jersey.
Suspended
12 Sept. 1834
Wm T. Anderson
F.E. Hapgood 25 th Oct. 1853.
Act 7 th June 1832.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Eli Mead 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? No 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? Yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? 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  e No
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? None  e No
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? No  e No
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?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?
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?
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? Yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so 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 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.
The Presumption is, the applicant was not a Continental Soldier, but engaged in the Militia Service. — hence he should have his papers made out as a Militia Man. — If however, he persists in the allegation that he was Cont. an regularly enlisted, he must give the Name of the Col under whom he served, and the period when he entered the Service.

Revolutionary Eli Mead
N.Y.
New York suspended
Cole
+
filed 25 Oct 1852.
1852

No 18184) B
I do hereby certify, that the State of Pennsylvania is indebted to Moses Bancroft Lieutenant in the sum of One hundred pounds Two shil- lings & 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.
£ 100-2-10. Specie
Pursuant to an Act of Assembly, passed the first day of April 1784. Comptroller General's Office May 3 d 1791
John Dorratson Brig Genl Offick Nicholson
Auditor General's Office Harrisburg Oct 8. 1852
I certify the above to be a true copy of the original on file in this department.
Witness my hand and seal of office the day and year aforesaid
E. Banks
Aud. Gen by Enoch A. Banks

No 151) B
£ 10- 8- 0 specie
I do hereby certify, that the State of Pennsylvania is indebted to Eli Mead private of Robinson's company in the sum of Ten pounds eight 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 } April 16. 1784 } M c Nicholson
Auditor General's Office Harrisburg Oct 8. 1852
I certify the above to be a true copy of the original on file in this department.
Witness my hand and seal of office the day and year aforesaid.
E. Banks
Aud. Gen
by Enoch A. Banks

Washington City D.C. Oct. 25 th 1852
Honorable J. E. Heath Commissioner of Pensions Sir.
Enclosed please find the certificate of the Auditor General of Pennsylvania touching the Revolu- tionary services of Ch. Mead who applied for a Pension - under act 1832 - whose case has been suspended. I hope an examination of the papers of Lieut Moses Van Campen a Pensioner state of New York act 1828, may be examined with this claim, I also send the Auditor's General Certificate in Van Kampen's case -
Yours respectfully
J. E. Hassler

Washington D.C.
Jany 7 th 1853
Hon S. P. Waldo Comm t of Pensions Sir:
I respectfully request a re-examination of the Revolutionary pension claim of Eli Mead. Myrta suspended act 1832, and would call the attention of the office to a careful examination and comparison of the proofs in this claim with those in the cases of Catharine Burk, widow of James Burk who was pensioned on the Pennsylvania Rolls act 1836; and Agnes, widow of William S. Lemmon (the woman under the act of 1848, the man under the act of 1832) on the N. York or Pennsylvania Rolls -
Very Respectfully Yr obed Servt
J. E. Wassler

1855, Orrin Mead Chestertown N.Y. } 28 Jan
R 28 Jan
Eliz Mead Rev. Pension

Chestertown Jan: 25 1855 F E Hassler Esq
We have written to the Auditor General at Harrisburgh and have recieved an answer of which the following is a copy. We can send you a certificate that Eli Mead recieved £ 10. 8 shilings as pay for services in Robinsons Militia this is the only evidence we can find the cost will be $2,00
E Banks Aud Gen pr A A Banks
If such a certificate will be of any use please write and let me know
Yours Truly Orison Mead
$ 27. \frac{73}{100}
   £.  8      70.       20       208       12       2416       208       90 | 2496   (27.73)     180       696       830       660       630       30      s. 2 7 6 12

Eli Mead
N.Y. - Aug 1832
Eli Mead
N.Y. - Oct 1832
P. Hall Camp Union Penn

Sir:
Please have reference to Mr the case of the Mound who applied but from N. Y. and N. S. but which application I desire to have examined in connection.
Very Respectfully
Yours at service
J. A. Chipman

Washington D. C. August 11th 1853
Dear Sir
I wish You to inform me the name of the person who filed the application of Eli Meade of Chestertown Warren Co Md a Revolutionary Soldier for a Pension His name is amongst those of the Published list whose claims were suspended. — also would like to have You furnish me with two or three copies of the late Pension Laws in reference to the war of 1812 and the late Mexican war
I am Sir Very Respectfully
Yours & C Joseph Russell
Wou L. P. Waldo Com d of Pensions

18. JUN 1832 NEW BEDFORD Eli Mead,
original claim under } act of 7 June 1832 }
Free FREE
James L. Edwards Esq Com r of Pensions Washington

Elmira NY
June 10 1838
H. Edwards Esq.
Sir
I enclose the declaration of Eli Mead, who applies for a pension under the act of 7 June 1832..
When examined, please inform me the result
Yours Respectfully R. Maxner

Hooper
Eli Mann
N. Y. & N. J.
Oct '32
Imp

Pension Office September 11. 1854.
Sir.
In compliance with your request, I have examined the applications filed in this office under the act of June 7, 1832, in the name of Eli Mead, from New Jersey and New York. They were, doubtless made by one and the same person. The former, in its allegations of service, however, varies materially from the latter, but the analysis furnishes no ground for a reversal of the opinion expressed of the claim. —
Very respectfully L. P. Wallace Commissioner
J. H. C. Sniplett Esq. Present

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J. L. Edwards Esq.
Sir,
I soon return to the Pension office in the application of Eli Meade - with an additional affidavit - and hope he may now succeed in his claim - He persists in his allegations that he was in the Continental service - and according to the instructions sent to one when his application was returned he has given the names of the Colonels who commanded the Regiments to which he belongs - He says it is so long ago, and he is now so old, and his memory so confused by his age and infirmities, that he can not perfectly and distinctly recollect the transactions of those days - but he believes that he served under both those Colonels - and he says he was also some time doing duty in the Militia - I have not the least doubt, but that the old man was a soldier in the war -
Some time ago I sent to you the amended declaration of Capt John Westbrook - in which every objection was certainly met all the objections and difficulties that had been suggested - and requested an early attention to it - If ever a Militia man was entitled, this man is - and I know that he presents himself better fortified than many who have already succeeded - I must beg your immediate attention to this case - The old veteran is very old & very infirm - I hope I shall hear from you satisfactorily very soon upon both these cases - They have been now more than 2 years on hand -
Very Respectfully your ob. Serv.
J. V. Anderson
Newton. Ms. Sept. 4 1822

Rev. Pension claim
Eli Mead
New York suspended Col.
act 1832
n Sills papers
filed 29 Jany. 1853.
H. Hassler
Attorney

Washington City D.C. Jan'y 29. 1835. Hon J. P. Waldo Commissioner of Pension
Sir, I respectfully ask a reexamination of the Revolutionary Pension claim of Eli Mead, New York suspender act 1832 = and would refer to Mr Mead's letter herunto annexed, showing that that at an expense of $2. upon a certificate from Harrisburgh, can be procured, but unless this matter is absolutely requisite, it is desirable to avoid this outlay. This certificate is for $27.73 pay & thus covers a period of 6 mos, at least
Yours obedt Servt
J. H. Wassler

July 11, 1832.
NY. June 7 1832 Eli Mead
FREE
J. L. Edwards Esq Comr of Pensions - Washington D.C.

W.H. Morris July 1 st 1823
J. S. Edwards Esq r Sir
I enclose papers in the case of the application of Eli Mead for a pension. The old man has made two or three attempts before to obtain a pension, but through the negligence of his attorneys as I am informed his papers have not reached the department
Yr Obh d Serv t
Geo. Hastings
N.B. I observe that in the Certificate of Mr Knapp attached to Eldad Mead reference as to his veracity is made to Abram Bradley & Edward Stubbs of Washington City - If it is not out of the way of your duty, I would request you to call on those gentlemen & satisfy yourself as to his respectability
Yrs
G. H.

Elmira August 17 1838
Sir
I have just rec d your in relation to the claim of Eli Mead, in which you state that doubts are entertained whether the officers of the two companies raised for the defence of Westmoreland & were ever commissioned. It notwithstanding the resolution of Congress of the 23 d Aug y 76. Those two companies were raised for the defence of that frontier, and were furnished with provisions & ammunition by order of Congress while they were engaged on the frontier. They were it is true liable to serve with the main army when needed & did so serve .
By reference to vol 1. Journal s Congress p 456 you will see that Zebulon Butler Esq r . of Wyoming (in Westmoreland) was appointed to supply the two companies with provisions & allowed \frac{1}{12} of a dollar per ration.
Same vol p 471 4000 lbs were directed to be sent to Z t Butler for the use of the 8 th companies.
In the same vol p 454 the Secret Committee were directed to send to Capt. Durkee 200 lb Powder & a proportionate quantity of base lead.
vol 2. p 599 June 23 d 78 The board of war report "that the two independent companies raised in the Town of Westmoreland, lately commanded by Capt s Durkee & Ransom are reduced by various causes to 86 non com. officers & soldiers, & that there is no chance of their completed to the establishment. That the said companies are now detached from the main army for the defence of the frontiers", when it was resolved that they should be consolidated in one company. & that Lt. Simon Spalding be appointed Captain, Lt. Timothy Pierce & Phineas Pierce were appointed Lieut s of said company the former to rank from 16 Jan y 1778 the latter from 1 Apr y 1778 the terms when they were respectively appointed Lieut s ."

Again in the same journal Nov 10, '78 the resignation of Phineas Pierce is accepted.
Again in vol 3 page 690 Nov 21. 1781 "on application of Lieut. Jenkins Resolved that the two Independent companies raised by Capt. Durkee & Ransom be considered as part of the quota of the State of Connecticut, in whose regiments they are incorporated : Provided the said State settle with them for the depreciation of their pay & that it be recommended to the said State of Connecticut to settle the depreciation of their pay on the same principles adopted by them for the officers & soldiers of their line".
So far as the Westmoreland companies are concerned, I think I give you a conclusive answer to your objections, and that it is useless to look to Pennsylvania records for those companies. I have been told that these two companies belonged to a Regt commanded by Col. Durkee in the Connecticut Troops. It is in the returns of the Connecticut continental line then that they must be sought for. Those records are in your office, and beyond our reach —
Yours Respectfully J. H. Maxwell
J. H. Edwards Esq
The town of Westmoreland during the war was considered under the jurisdiction of Connecticut & was entitled to a representative in their General Court, or legislative assembly & was so represented as I am informed by the old settlers. It was some years after the war before the dispute as to jurisdiction over this territory was settled by the State.

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State of New York } County of Livingston } ss:
On this thirty first day of May 1843 personally appeared in open court, before the court of Common Pleas of the county of Livingston now sitting Eli Mead a resident of the town of Mount Morris in the county of Livingston, and State of New York aged eighty one years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832: That he entered the service of the United States under the following-named officers, and served as herein stated. That he entered the said service as a substitute for David Mead in the company of Captain A. Kirtland in the month of March 1778 and continued as such substitute in said company for one year & left said company in the spring of 1779, that previous to his entering said company he lived with his father in the State of Pennsylvania, in the county of Northumberland on the banks of the Susquehanna about ten miles above Sunbury. That said company while he served therein as such substitute was on duty at Sunbury & Northumberland and in following the Indians in that neighborhood. That in the month of March 1779 he

enlisted as a volunteer in the company commanded by Captain John Morison then at Northumberland, for six or seven months but this deponent does not recollect which that he was employed as a forage master during most of said time in carrying forage and stores up the Susquehanna from Middletown to New York for Sullivan's expedition that he was engaged at the battle at Newtown in the month of August 1779 That Generals Sullivan, Clinton Heads, Maxwell & Poor were engaged in that battle, That after the expiration of his term of enlistment and as this deponent thinks in the month of October he left said service & returned home.
That in the Spring of 1780 and this deponent thinks in the month of March he enlisted as a volunteer in the company of Captain Robison, at Sunbury for nine months. That he was employed during said time at different places, soon after he enlisted he went with said company to the widow McClure's fort at near Fishing Creek and from there to Bardleys Fort, and from thence to Northumberland & Sunbury & then to the widow McClure's Fort, that sometime in the fall, he went home on leave from his commanding officer to winter quarters and that all of said company at that time went to winter quarters, that in the Spring of 1780 he again returned to Sunbury.

That William Montgomery was the name of the Colonel under whom this deponent served most of the time according to his best recollection That the time that this deponent served when he was regularly enlisted was fifteen months, of which time he was a private, that he was a minute man during the whole war of the Revolution. That he has no documentary evidence of his said service
He hereby relinquished every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present; and declared that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid And to the interrogations of the court the applicant answers
I was born in the year 1762 in the County of Dutchess in the State of New York & have now no record of my age, when I was called into service I was living in the County of Northumberland in the State of Pennsylv- ania - that after the Revolutionary War I lived in Sussex County in the State of New Jersey & continued to reside there until about four years ago when I removed to the town of Mount Morris in the County of Livingston & State of New York where I have ever since resided. The manner in which I was called in to service is hereinbefore set forth - as well as the names of the officers which I recollect & the circum- stances of that service. And I never had a dis- charge from service -
his Eli X Mead mark

In open court personally come Jared P Dodge & Andrew Bogart
Being sworn say that they are personally acquainted with the said Eli Mead & have known him for three years past & that they believe him to be of the age he represents himself to be & that he is reputed & believed in the neighbourhood where he lives to have been a Revolu- tionary Soldier & that they concur in that opinion & that he is an honest man & worthy of cred- it
Jared P. Dodge Andrew Bogart
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the Interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant, was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states, and the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Jared P. Dodge & Andrew Bogart Eli Mead, who have signed the preceding certificate are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit. The Name of "Eli Mead" erased, and those of "Jared P. Dodge" and "Andrew Bogart" inserted before certificate & seal,
I Samuel T. Allen Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the said Court in the matter of the application of Eli Mead for a Pension.
In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office at Geneva the 31 May 1843.
Samuel T. Allen Clerk.

01/14/14
Yuma, Colorado May 3rd 1907
The Commissioner of Pensions Washington D. C
Dear Sir;—
Will you please write me if any of the Meads (or their widows) named in the following list received pensions.
 Captain Job Mead  Lieutenant Jonathan Mead  " Nathaniel Mead  " William Mead ✓  Ensign Jehiel Mead  Eli Mead ✓ 
They were soldiers of the Revolution from Dutchess County, N.Y.
Yours truly (Miss) Jennie M Patten
Yuma, Colorado

Cash $1.20 W from Mrs. S. F. Meade Pinckneyville, Ill. for copies of 8 pages from Rev. War claim of Eli Meade R. 7074
Proctor 6/1/23
No receipt necessary
M 233
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Finance Division
JUN 1 - 1923 192
Chief of Gen. Adm.  Spec. Adm. Section Sir:
I have this day received from Mrs. S. F. Meade Cash No. _____ for $ 1.20 , requesting post-office address as per letter herewith.
Respectfully,
O. J. RANDALL
Chief Finance Div.
 Photostat Copies mailed and Law Dis. nfd June 12, 1923 
(MF 42)
Name Eli Meade Date June 11-19 No. R. 7074  Rev. War 
Photographic copies wanted of 2 pieces, consisting of 8 pages.
Remarks:
For MMH  Rev. War Section Chief, Div.
Serial No. 9363  Cut. 
Law Clerk.
 These selected who called claim - mmh 

Mrs. H. F. Meade Pinckneyville Illinois -
June 1, 1923 wants
Photostatic copies of 8 pages
from
Rev. War pension claim of Eli Meade T. 7074
Penn. Troops
not-certified
These pages were selected by Mr. Jenks who called + saw claims - M. H. G.