Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File O. W. Inv. Rej. 15880, for Elijah Lincoln, [Blank]

SERVICE
NUMBER
Not Rev. War
Lincoln, Elijah
O.H. Ind. Reg. 15880
Wayne's Indian War-1792-1795.
CONTENTS
No B.L. Mt. Journal (W.F.)
Born in Mass.
Enl. in Vt.
Residences after service: Ohio, Ky. & Tenn.

Declaration in order to be placed on the "Invalid Pension Lists"
State of Tennessee
Maury County } S.S.
On this 28 th day of August 1840 personally appeared, in Open Court, being a Court of Records, before Edmund one of the Callahan, Judge of the Circuit Courts of the State of Tennessee presiding at Columbia for the County of Maury aforesaid. Elijah Lincoln a resident Citizen of the County of Maury aforesaid aged 67 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 provisions of the Acts of the Congress of the United States passed for the relief of the surviving Officers & Soldiers who received wounds & disabilities in the service of their Country. - That he the said Elijah Lincoln enlisted private soldier for the term of three years on the 27 th  day of August 1792 in the County of Windson in the State of Vermont in the Company commanded by Captain William Eaton, Lieutenants Underwood & Ensign Hys was Mustered into service and attached to the the Regiment and in the Army under the Command Major General Anthony Wayne. They were Marched to Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania and took up Winter Quarters at Legionville. They were Marched to what is now the City of Cincinnati, where affiant was selected as one of the Rangers, and placed under the command of Captain Joseph Brock, they were Marched to different points in the then North Western Territory, he was in the battle near the Indian towns now Ohio, he was at the Lakes, Miami river towns. That he was wounded in the Muscle of the left arm or shoulder with a Tomahawk and also in the right ankle & left foot, with a rifle ball, that he received the said Wounds while in the actual service of his Country as a regular Soldier in the North Western Army under the command of General Wayne. he was a long time Confined by reason of his disabilities and was attended by the Brigade Surgeon, Doctor Carmichael or one of his name  he has forgotten his name , he never got the Surgeons Certificate of his disability but was promised it, he is not advised whether his Captains are yet living

Nor is he able to 'produce their sworn Certificates' or that of any of the Officers with whom he served. : Nor can he to his knowledge prove by any person "distinctly the time & place of his having been wounded or otherwise disabled" but affiant has procured the services of three distinguished Surgeons to examine his scars. & will produce the affidavits of two of them. Affiant most positively avers, that he received the said Wounds or disabilities, while in the service of the United States as a soldier in the N. W. Army. Said Wounds particularly the left foot have been painful ever since the wound was received, and as he advances in age the wound becomes more & more painful, he feels that his disability occasioned by said Wounds is more than one half, that he feels that he is bound to ask of his Country in this advanced stage of life the little pittance allowed to the poor old decrepit soldier, Affiant was discharged from the service by Captain Eaton Brock & General Wayne some time in September 1795. at Cincinnati in the State of Ohio, then N. W. Territory. After having been in actual & uninterrupted service for three whole years, he was honorably discharged by his officers and received a certificate of his services & discharge which he has unfortunately lost or mislaid but he feels confident his name will be found on the Roll of the Army: Affiant would not now ask for the humane & benevolent provisions for the Invalids, but for his poverty and necessities in his old age: he suffered many hardships & privations in the defence of his Country but they are the proudest recollections of his youth. Affiant was born on the 14th May 1773 in the State of Massachusetts. He has resided since the War in the states of Ohio, Kentucky & Tennessee, he now resides in Maury County Tennessee. He declares that his name has has not been placed on the Pension List of any Agency in the United States & he hereby relinquishes every other annuity or pension except the present, he therefore humbly prays to be placed on the Invalid

Pension List at Nashville at such rates of pension or annuity as the law directs. Affiant has no record of his age.
Sworn to & subscribed before me Elijah his + Lincoln marks
in open Court this 28 th day of August 1820.
Edmund Dillahanty Judge of the Circuit Court of the United States Judge 26
State of Tennessee } S.S. Maury County } On this 28 th day of August 1820 personally appeared in open Court, being a court of record before the Hon d . Edmund Dillahanty Judge M. Archibald H. Buchanan & Alexander H. Brown Medical Doctors, Graduates M. resident citizens of Maury County of said, who after being duly sworn on their Oaths make the following statement of the nature & character of the scars or wounds of Elijah Lincoln who represents that he received the same in the service of the United States in the North Western Army under the command of General Wayne between the years 1792 and 1795. - from the appearance of the scars they are of long standing. We carefully examined the person of said Elijah Lincoln and find scars on his person as follows. One large scar upon his left foot which extends along the Meta tarsal bone of the toe next the little toe, and the toe next the little toe has been torn off, there is also another large scar on the out side of the Ankle joint just above the external Malleolus of the left ankle, there is also a scar on the right foot about the union of the Meta tarsal bone of the big toe with the tarsus , all of which said wounds together with the loss of the toe he represents as having received by a Rifle Ball, and also states that said ball is lodged in his right foot, and which we believe to be true from the appearance of the wound. And he has also another large scar on the outside of his left shoulder about two inches long & half an inch long wide and seems to have extended through the deltoid Muscle and which he represents to have received with a Tomahawk in the war.

and from the appearance and the representation of Mr Lincoln we believe it to be a scar made from the wound with a Tomahawk? the extent of the disability we refer to the statement of Mr Lincoln himself who is the best judge of the disability and who is proved to be a man of good moral character. which they believe is one half. S. H. Buchanan.
Sworn to and subscribed to in open court Sept 9 th 1840 P. Nelson Clerk
State of Tennessee §
Maury County. § Personally appeared in open Court William Housley a regularly ordained Minister of the Gospel of the Methodist Episcopal Church and made oath in due form of law that he is well  he has been for eighteen months acquainted with Elijah Lincoln who has signed & swore to the foregoing declaration that he is a Man of good Moral Character & entitled to full credit on his oath in any Court of justice and truly does believe that the said Elijah Lincoln was a private Soldier in the War of the rebellion  with the first for the under General Wayne in the North Western Army as he declares that he has heard heard said Lincoln speak of his being in the War of his wounds & disabilities he received in the service of his Country
Sworn to & subscribed in open Court
this 11 th day of September 1840
William Housley
P Nelson Clerk Maury Circuit Court
State of Tennessee §
Maury County. § Personally appeared Adam Dale in open Court & made oath that they are well acquainted with Elijah Lincoln the foregoing applicant for pension that he is a man of good Moral Character & entitled to credit on his oath in any Court of justice
Sworn to & subscribed before me
Adam Dale
this 11 th September 1840
P Nelson Clerk Maury Circuit Court

Elijah Lincoln Involved - Susp? Tennessee
See letter to J. H. Dew Sept. 27. 1840-

15880
24 th Apr. 1816
Elijah Lincoln Columbia Tenn.
REJECTED
15880
1792
15880

Pension Office 220 Sept. 23. 1840
Sir,
The papers in the case of Elijah Lincoln, which you sent to this office in order to substantiate his claim to a pension on account of disability arising from a wound alleged to have been received while in the service between the years 1792 and 1795, have been examined and placed on our files. These papers do not contain any proof sufficient to establish his claim. The enclosed printed sheets will show what evidence is required. A strict adherence to these rules of evidence is deemed indispensable in order to a favorable decision. L
John H. Dew, Esq. Columbia, Tennessee
Enter this on Reg. See act Apr. 25 th 1808 Tennessee M d case

Direct to John H Drew the Atts for Applicant. Columbia Tenn Yours Enr H Drew. Atty.

State of Tennessee
Maury County Circuit Court August term A D 1840.
I Edmond Dillahenty Judge of the Circuit Courts of the 8 th Judicial Circuit of the Circuit Courts of the State of Tennessee presiding in Columbia for the County of Maury do hereby Certify that it appears from the evidence before me that Elijah Lincoln who has sworn to & subscribed the foregoing declaration is a Man of good moral character that he was three years a Soldier in United States Army under General Wayne in the North Western territory, that he was wounded with a Rifle ball & Tomahawk & his disability thereby is one half according to the proof before me.
Given under my hand and seal this 11 th day of Sept 1840.
Edmond Dillahenty
Judge
State of Tennessee Maury County } ss. J Pleasant Nelson Clerk of the Circuit Court of Maury County affirms and do hereby certify that the foregoing declaration affidavits & certificates are all genuine and that they contain the Original proceedings had in this Court upon the application of Mr. Elijah Lincoln for the purpose of being placed on the Invalid Pension List.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and private seal there being no seal of office, at Columbia Tennessee on this 11 th day of September in the year 1840 & in the 65 th year of American Independence.
P. Nelson Clerk of the Circuit Court of Maury County

State of Tennessee } Maury County } ss.
I Henry M. Watterson Member of the Congress of the United States from the State of Tennessee do hereby Certify that Edmunds D. McAlister is the Judge of the 8 th Judicial Circuit of the Circuit Courts of Tennessee and that Pleasant Nelson Esq who has submitted the foregoing Certificate, is & was at the time of signing the same the Clerk of the Circuit Courts for Maury County, that the same are genuine, that they are duly elected, qualified & commissioned and that full faith is due to all their official acts as such.
Given under my hand and Seal this 11 th day of September 1840. H. M. Watterson