Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 24574, for Eliphalet Lord, New Hampshire

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental N H
Lord, Eliphalet Abigail
N 24574.
CONTENTS

13.549
New Hampshire.
Eliphalet Lord
of Sandbornton in the state of N Hampshire who was a private in the regiment commanded Colonel Poor of the N Hampshire line, for the term of one year
Inscribed on the Roll of New Hampshire at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence the 14 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 of July 1819 and sent to William Badger Esq. Dover New Hampshire
  Arrears to 4th of March 1819  $85.56    Semi-annual all'ce ending 4 Sept 1819  48    10 mo. 21 dys and 8.  133.56  
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued B.
Notified that to S. P. and pay Donal New Hampshire 6. Sept 1820

Maine
Abigail Lord
widow of Eliphalet Lord who was a private
in the Massachusetts line for 1. year.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 40 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 th day of May 1843 and sent to
Pensioner
Parris
Maine
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book
Vol.
1.
Page
Date of death not on AB.

1106 Abigail Lord,
Application for a Pension
Mr at 7 July 38
• married in '78.
Died in 1829
admd 17 mo per
40 o
No deduction
A. K. Paris
Joseph G. Cole Paris
Oxford to Main
Agent

State of Maine
Oxford ss
On this twenty eighth day of August A.D. 1838 personally appeared before the Court of Probate for said County Abigail Lord a resident of Paris in said County of Oxford aged seventy seven years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7. 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows." That she is the widow of Eliphalet Lord late of Sandborner in the County of Strafford, State of New Hampshire, who was a private in the war of the Revolution and served in the New Hampshire line of troops - that her husband was a pensioner under the Act of March 18. 1818 & continued to draw his pension until the time of his death - that his certificate of Pension was given up when she drew her arrears after his death, and she is therefore unable to state its number or date - she refers to the proof furnished by him on his application for a pension & now on file in the War department for the evidence of his service.
She further declares that she was married to the said Eliphalet Lord on the second day of May in the year seventeen hundred and eighty one - that her husband the aforesaid Eliphalet Lord died on the ninth day of August, in the year eighteen hundred and twenty seven; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first of January seventeen hundred and ninety four viz at the time above stated.
Attest. Thomas Clarke
Abigail X Lord her mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written, before Stephen Emery, Judge

State of Maine
Oxford ss. I the subscriber Register of the Court of Probate within and for said County hereby certify that Stephen Emery before whom the foregoing proceedings were had is Judge of the Court of Probate aforesaid. I also certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Judge in the matter of the application of Abigail Lord for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this thirtieth day of August A D 1838
Levi Stowell, Register

To Mr. Solomon Giddings Town Clerk This may certify that Eliphalet Lord & Abigail Lord were married by me May Second one thousand seven hundred and eighty one Isaac Mansfield
I Charles Conner depose and say that I hold the office of Clerk in the town of Exeter County of Rockingham and State of New Hamp- shire and that the above is a true extract from the records of said town with the ex- ception of the date which is expressed in fair legible figures as follows "May 2. 1781"
Given under my hand this fifteenth day of August A.D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight Charles Conner Town Clerk
State of New Hampshire Rockingham ss August 16. 1870 Then the said Charles Conner who I certify is the Town Clerk of said Exeter, made oath that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed is true — Before me John Kelly Justice

State of New Hampshire Rockingham ss J. Bartlett Scott Clerk of the Judicial Courts within and for the County of Rocking- ham & State aforesaid hereby certify that John Kelly Esq who has subscribed the within certificate was on the 16th day of August last past & still is an acting Justice of the Peace within and for said County and at the same is his genuine signature
In Testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand & affixed the Seal of said Superior Court of Justice Certify this twenty seventh day of August Anno Domini 1838-
J. B. Scott Clerk Rockingham County NH

181 Elizabeth Lord
13.549
en
Sept. 1849

That the date of his original declaration in order to obtain a pension is April 14, 1818 and the number of his pension certificate is _____:—That his occupation is that of a Plattin now unable to do much work being lame :—That the number and names of his family residing with him, and their ages and capacities to contribute to their support, are as follows, viz. myself wife who is sick most of the time - one son named James aged 17 years sick considerable part of the time one daughter named Harriet aged thirteen in good health -
Wherefore he prays the opinion of the said Court as to the value of the property contained in the said schedule, and that the same, together with a copy of the premises, be duly certified to the Secretary of War.
Sworn and declared before the said court the 18 th
day of July - 1820.
Attest, A. Peirce , CLERK.
} Eliphalet Lord
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.....STRAFFORD ss.
AT a Court of Common Pleas holden at Gilford within and for the County of Strafford and State of New-Hampshire, on the 18 day of July 1820 before
DANIEL M. DURELL, Esquire, Chief Justice, and
VALENTINE SMITH, and
SAMUEL QUARLES,
} Associate Justices of said Court.
The aforesaid schedule and oath and the above declaration duly subscribed and sworn by the said Eliphalet Lord having been by him exhibited in person, and presented to the court, and the same being seen and considered, it is the opinion of said Court that the value of the property contained in said schedule is fifty dollars & five cents. Wherefore the Court order that a copy of the premises, together with the proceedings thereon, be duly certified to the Secretary of War.
Attest, A. Peirce , CLERK.
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.....STRAFFORD ss.
I, ANDREW PEIRCE, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County of Strafford, being a court of record, do certify that the foregoing schedule and oath and the declaration annexed, with the proceedings and opinion of the court thereon, are true copies from the Records and files of said court.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, the 18 th day of July — 1820.
A. Peirce , CLERK.

To the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas now sitting at Gilford within and for the County of Strafford and State of New-Hampshire, on the Third Tuesday of July, 1820.
Eliphalet Lord aged Sixty two years , resident in Limbonton in said County, comes into court, and in pursuance of an act of Congress passed on the 1st day of May, 1820, brings with him, and in his proper person exhibits to said Court a Schedule by him subscribed, containing his whole Estate and Income—his necessary clothing and bedding excepted—as follows:—
one small house - Half small barn one cow - one shoat - one old Desk - one old Table - one small Kettle - one old Tea kettle - old crockery - old tin ware one old ax
Eliphalet Lord
And the said Eliphalet Lord following oath by him duly taken and subscribed:—viz.
in pursuance as aforesaid produceth to said Court the
I Eliphalet Lord do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818, and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed.
Eliphalet Lord
And the said Eliphalet Lord doth here in Court further declare on oath, that he served in the revolutionary war as follows, viz.
I enlisted the 1 st day of December 1775 under Captain Winburn old company Col Enoch Poor's Regiment New Hampshire line for one year and in December 1776 I was discharged at Mount Independence

Eliphalet Lord Private Colt's Poors Regiment New Hampshire Line Oct 1775 - 1 year
14. April, 1818. Not on rolls.
Further proof of service wanting - it is proposed that the Judge should certify to the credibility of the witnesses.
Admitted
William Badger, judge. Dover, N. Hampshire

State of New Hampshire County of Strafford ss
On this 14 th day of April A.D. 1818 before me the subscriber one of the judges of the Court of common pleas for said County personally appears Eliphalet Lord aged fifty nine years resident in the Town of Sandbornton County and State aforesaid who being by me first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the act of Congress entitled An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war That he the said Eliphalet Lord about the last of November or the first of December 1775 enlisted in the Town of Mystic in the State of Massachusetts and entered the said service in the company commanded by Captain Windborn Adams and regiment commanded by Col Enoch Poor New Hampshire line for one year that he continued to serve in said service of the United States as a private soldier in said war on the continental establishment

from the last of November or the first of December 1775 until the last day of December 1776 when he was dismissed at Mount Independence in the State of New York had no written discharge that he was in the battle on the lake and at the cedars in Canada And that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support.
Sworn to and declared before me the day and year aforesaid —
William Badger
I William Badger judge as aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Stephen Lord did serve in the revolutionary war on the Continent the Continental establishment for the term of nine months as stated in the preceding declaration and that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support and I now transmit the proceeding and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the department of War pursuant to the direction of the aforementioned Act of Congress —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and have caused the seal of the said Court to be hereunto affixed this first day of Sept A.D. 1818 —
William Badger
Attest Dan Waldrum Clerk the Court of Common Pleas for said County of Stafford

April 23, 1937.
Mr. Ralph M. Lord Tannersville, New York.
BA-J/ILL W. 24574 Eliphalet Lord
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Eliphalet Lord who served from September 8, 1777 until November 30, 1777 as private in Captain Zebulon Gilman's Company, Colonel Stephen Evans' Regiment of New Hampshire Militia, was wounded in the battle of Trenton and became a pensioner, also, information in regard to any other Eliphalet Lord.
A search of the Revolutionary War records has been made and no claim for pension found based upon service of an Eliphalet Lord whose service is shown as cited by you. The record of only one Eliphalet Lord has been found who served from New Hampshire. The data given herein were found in pension claim, W. 24574, based upon his service in that war, as it may aid you in your research.
Eliphalet Lord enlisted, the place not stated, May 1, 1775 and served as private in Captain Winthrop Rowe's company, Colonel Enoch Poor's New Hampshire regiment, reenlisted about December 1, 1775, in Mystic, Massachusetts, served as private in Captain Windborn Adams' company, Colonel Enoch Poor's New Hampshire regiment, went to Canada, was in the battle "on the lake and at the Cedars in Canada" and continued to serve until the last day of December 1776, when he was discharged at Mount Independence. It was not stated that he rendered any service subsequently in the papers in this claim. ) 8 Cont.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 14, 1818, at which time he resided in Sanbornton, Strafford County, New Hampshire. He gave his age then as fifty-nine years, but did not state the date and place of his birth, nor the names of his parents.
Eliphalet Lord died August 9, 1837 in Sanbornton, New Hampshire.

Eliphalet Lord married May 2, 1781, Abigail Lord; they were married in Exeter, Rockingham County, New Hampshire .
Abigail Lord, the soldier's widow, was allowed pension on her application executed August 28, 1838, at which time she resided in Paris, Oxford County, Maine. She was aged then seventy-seven years ; the date and place of her birth and the names of her parents were not given.
The names of two children of the soldier are shown, James and Harriet, whose ages in 1820 were given as seventeen years and thirteen years, respectively; both children were living at home then.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name of person paid, and, possibly, the date of death of Abigail Lord, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following:
Abigail Lord, widow of Eliphalet Lord Certificate #72 Issued May 5, 1843 Rate $40 per annum Commenced March 4, 1843 Act of March 3, 1843 Maine Agency.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

1937- April 23 - Hist. to Ralph M. Lord - H.L.
Reg WIDOW, &c.
File No. _____
241574
Abigail Lord
Wid. of
Eliphalet Lord
Priv. Rev. War
Act March 3 d 1843.
Index : Vol. _____
A
Page _____
444
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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March 27 1937
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Pension Dept.
Gentlemen:
714 OK For ancestral and historical records, information is sought of an Eliphalet Lord, who served in the Continental Army, from September 8th 1777, discharged November 30th 1777, and he served as a private in Captain Zebulon Gilman's Company, Colonel Stephen Evans Regiment, New Hampshire Militia. Was wounded at Battle of Trenton, and became a pensioner.
If possible may I have any information you may have concerning this man, as well as any information you have of any other Eliphalet Lord that appears in your records, as I am informed by the War Department, there were several.
Very truly yours,
RALPH M. LORD
RMI:D

In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Bangness of the 3 d of March, 1843, granting pensions for one year to certain Widows who have received pensions under the act of July 7 th , 1838.
State of Maine Oxford ss
on this 20 th day of April 1843 personally appeared before me Simon Harris justice of the Peace, Abigail Lord, a Resident of Paris, in the county of Oxford, aged 81 years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath make the following declar- ation, in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the act of Congress, passed on the 3 rd of March, 1843, granting to Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That She is the widow of Eliphalet Lord, who was a private in the army, for further particulars, See Certificate or record in the Pension office, in Book A, Vol 1, Page 14, and the papers on file. Which said Widow recd an annual pension of 40 dollars, under the act of March 7 th , 1843,
She further declares that she is still a Widow. Witness: Simona Harris Abigail her Loni Mark Agob S. Tuttle
Sworn to and Subscribed on the day and year above written, before me, Simon Harris { Justice of the Peace I hereby certify that the above declarant is personally known to me
— Lincoln & Davis } printed of the Head

State of Maine
Oxford County ss: I the Subscriber, Register of the Court of Probate within & for said County of Oxford, hereby certify, that Simeon Norris, whose proper signature is affixed to the foregoing Declaration, is a Justice of the Peace within & for said County, duly appointed and qualified, and that full faith and credit are due to his acts as such.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and set the seal of said Court this twentieth day of April in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and forty three.
Geo. F. Emery Register.

I Parker Morgan of Gilmanston in the County of Shafford and State of Newhampshire do hereby say that I served as a private Soldier in the year 1776 in the Company commanded by Captain Windborn Adams Col Enoch Poor's Regt of the Newhampshire line and was then well acquainted with Elphalet Lord now of Sandbornton County and State aforesaid and do know that he served in said company Regiment and line from the first of December 1775 until sometime the last of Nov November 1776 when I was taken sick and did not personally know him afterward
November 11 th 1818 - -
Parker Morgan
Shafford ss November 11 th 1818 Then personally appeared the above named a person of Credibility Parker Morgan, and made Solemn Oath that the above Deposition by him sub- scribed was the truth before me -
William Badger Justice of the peace for said County of Shafford and Judge as aforesaid
State of Newhampshire
Shafford ss June 18 th 1819 I William Badger judge as aforesaid do certify that the above named Parker Morgan is a person of good credibility and disinterested in the foregoing claim of Elphalet Lord -
William Badger

I Noah Robinson of Newhampton in the County of Strafford and State of New Hampshire do testify and say that I was an Officer in the Revolutionary War that I was acquainted with Eliphalet Lord of Sandbornton in said County and am knowing that on the first of May A.D. 1775 he enlisted into Capt e Winthrop Row's Company for eight months in Col l Enoch Poor's Regiment New Hampshire line. In December A.D. 1775 he enlisted into Captain Winborn Adams Company for one year in the same Regiment then he went into Canada & afterwards returned to Tienderoga and there remained until the month of November or December then he went to Charleston in New Hampshire in New Hampshire with the sick & further with not—
Noah Robinson
June 26 th 1819
State of New Hampshire
Strafford ss June 26 th 1819 Then personally appeared the above named Noah Roberson who is a person of good credibility and disinterested in the foregoing claim of Eliphalet Lord and made solemn oath or affirmation that the above deposition by him subscribed is the truth before me—
William Badger Jus. Peace— A Judge as aforesaid—

620 after 25 1843 Mansfield Mar 3 1843 Ab. Lord
H
Edward Eay Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.

Mollers - 911 - Abigail Lord - widow of Eliphalat Lord, de d who was a pensioner under the Act of 18 th Dec r 18 th , and who died on the 9 th Aug t 1827 of Oxford in the State of Maine who was a P er in the City commanded by Captain  of the R gt commanded by  P er in the M ty line for 12 m ths
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 40 Dollars - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 th day of Nov r '38, and sent to A. K. Paris Present.
Arrears to the 4th of Sep r - $ 100.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 20.00 $120.00
{ Act July 7, } { 1838. }
Recorded by R. Burdin Clerk, Book 4 Vol. 1 Page 14