Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 26747, for Elijah Kemp, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Nass. N. 76.
Keimp, Elijah Sarah
W. 26747
CONTENTS

3242 Reqd B
Wermont
Sarah Kemp.
widow of Elijah Kemp, Dec r : who was a pensioner under the Act of 7 June, 1832 and who died on the 6th December, 1834 of Canada in the State of who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Ellis of the Reg t - commanded by Col. Willey in the N. Hampshire line for 6 Months & 8 days -
Inscribed on the Roll of Burlington at the rate of 20 Dollars 90 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21st day of June 1839 and sent to Wm Bridges, St Albans, Vt: -
Arrears to the 4th of Mar: 1839 $62.70 Semi-annual allowance ending 11 Sept. 10.15
$73.15
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by Stewart Clerk, Book A Vol. 2 Page 44

31.2497 (Burlington)
Elijah Kemp Dec 2
of Franklin in the State of Vermont who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Ellis of the reg t commanded by Col. Cils on the Mt. Hope mtn for six months & 28 days.
Amount due paid to Mrs. Sarah Kemp the day of her hus- bands death, 6 th Dec 1834
M rs S arah Kemp Dec 34
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont (Burlington) at the rate of 20 Dollars 90 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 nd day of Nov r 1837 and sent to Mrs. Bridges Esq r St Albans
Arrears to the 14th of 6 th Dec 1834 $78.40 Pension allowance ending
$78.40
{ Revolutionary Claim, } Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. Allison Clerk, Book E 2 Vol. 3 Page 79

At Albany February 5th 1834 Elijah Kemp Born in Bellocia N.Y. in the year 1762 on the 11th day of July - Has a record of his age! Lived in the town of Ashby N.Y. when he first entered the service at And in the month of Sept or Oct 1779 - (think) he was drafted for three months - does not recollect the names of his officers went with Abel Richardson. - Wilson thinks the other name was Lawrence from Ashby to Albany from there west of Schenectady falls on the Mohawk River was discharged at Troy or where Troy now is - " " " " " " - At Hauerker N.Y. in the month of June  May 1780 he was hired by the town and he enlisted for 6 months and went with James Lewis Samuel Austin and Patterson march from Hauerker to Schenectady and then to where before in say Worcester before Col Peabody from Worcester to Springfield then from there to Robinson farms cross to West Point and there put under Capt Ellis of Keene N.H. Lieut Kelley in Col Kelley or Dorrborn Regt - Stayed at W.P. 10 or 12 days marched from there to and from there to Robin- sons farms to Kings Ferry to Haverstown to Mackinack English neighborhood from there to N.P. call them when Arnold left there a few days and from there to a redoubt and from there to Old Fort Anne assisting in building way or castle  fort from there to Long Island Sound by of Danbury - a few days after Danbury was burnt (at the street) he understood that the Army went to the East Sound where they took a large quantity of provision grain & Hay

and returned back to Soldiers postern and from them to the C Regt was discharged at Soldiers postern — "lived" for  in Henrico till after the war to Hillsborough to Dublin Springfield Vt and from them to Canada — rec d a discharge but has lost it
Elijah Kemp

The following marriage was solemnized by the Revd. Jonathan Dyer for the year 1775 to the year 1776 and all transmitted in the record at the same time.
Married October 11 th 1785 Mr. Elijah Lench to Mrs. Sarah Stewart.
A true copy for Calvins-Stevenson Clerk.
I hereby certify that the above is a true copy of the record now in the Clerks office in the town of Hillsborough. Andrew Flint (Clerk) Clerk.
Hillsborough July 3 rd 1837
Personally appeared the above named Amos Flint and Calvins unto that the foregoing was a true copy of record before me Andrew Sargent Just of Peace
Hillsborough ss.
Hillsboro. July 2 nd 1837
I hereby certify that the above named Amos Flint is a man of undoubted truth and veracity Sub Sargent Just of Peace

I Andrew Wallace Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature for the County of Hillsborough in the State of New Hampshire do certify that Andrew Sargent within named is a Justice of the Peace for said County of Hillsborough, as within mentioned, and that the within signatures purporting to be his are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my Seal of Office, and subscribed my name, this fourth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven.
A. Wallace Clerk

4636 Sarah Kemp's Declaration wid of Elijah Vn 1 Act July 7. 1838 Married 1785 died 1834 Allow $20.90 per ann.
Wm Bridg St Albans

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7 th July 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay to Pensions to certain widows:"
State of Vermont } On this 1 st day of December 1838. Georgia District ss } Personally appeared before the Judge of the court of Probate Sarah Hemphill of St Annards in the province of Lower Canada, aged seventy six 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 Con- gress passed July 7 th 1838, entitled "An act grant- ing half pay to Pensions to certain widows:"
That she is the widow of Elijah Hemphill who was a private in the army of the Rev- olution that according to the best of her recollec- tion her said husband was a resident of the town of Ashby Massachusetts when he first entered the service and went with several others for said town, and that he afterwards went for the town of Harnaker in the state of New Hampshire but under whom he served, or how long, she can- not say, believes his two terms of duty were per- formed in the state of New York and for which service a pension was granted under the act of June 7 th 1832, which pension was drawn by her after the decease of her said husband and at the same time a certificate of marriage was procured from the records of Hillsborough N. H. proving her marriage with the said Hemphill.

She further declares that she was married to the s d Elijah Kemp on the 11 day of October 1785 that her husband the aforesaid Elijah Kemp died on the 6 th day of December 1834, that she was not married to the said Elijah prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first of January seventeen hundred & nine-ty four. vis at the time above stated.
Sworn to and subscribed on the day & year above written
Sarah Kemp mark
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Probate Court for the District of Georgia at St Albans in s d district this 1 st day of December A D 1838.
William Bridges Judge of Probate

State of Vermont Franklin County St Albans Jan'y 24 th 1839
Hon J. S. Edwards
You will have the good to examine the annexed and return me an answer.
very Respectfully Yours Obedient W. Bridges

I Levi Stump of Henniker in the county of Merrimack and State of New Hampshire, yes- man depose and say, that I am upwards of twenty four years of age, that I became a resident in said Henniker in the latter part of May A. D. 1780, that my brother Elijah Stump was an inhabitant of said Henniker at said time that I was informed that the said Elijah Stump, sometime subsequent to the month of May aforesaid enlisted into the service of the U. States, that according to the best of my re- ollection the said Elijah Stump left the said Henniker about the last of June or the first of July in the year aforesaid 1780 for the purpose as I was told to join the army of the U. States somewhere on the western fron- tier, that I understood the said Elijah enlisted to be- for the term of six months and that according to the best of my remembrance the said Elijah was absent from said Henniker at the time above mentioned from four to five months -
Levi Stump
State of New Hampshire Merrimack ss. November 20. 1834. Then per- sonally appeared the above named Levi Stump and made oath that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed is true. Before me. Timothy Dooling, Justice of the Peace

Merrimack Co Nov. 20. 1834. I hereby certify that I have long been acquainted with Levi Kumps whose name is subscribed to the foregoing affidavit, that he is a man of truth and veracity, and that his statements therein contained are entitled to credence.
Timothy Darling Justice of the Peace.

Ref  WIDOW, &c.
File No. 26,747 Sarah Kump Wid of Elijah Kump Prin. H. Line
Act: July 7 th 1838
Index:—Vol. 11 , Page 394
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Elijah Kemp de Vermont
Suspended
In letter 25 th May 1837 W. Bridg

St Albans Feby 18 th 1837
Wm Lloyd Edwards
(Dear Sir)
On the 3 rd day of February, 1834, Mr Elijah Kemp of Attimands in the Province of Lower Canada called on me for the purpose of advising with me relative to a pension, and at the same time related to me the services which he had performed as a soldier in the Army of the Revolution; and said that it was his intention to take a journey the following summer as far to Massachusetts & New Hampshire, where he thought he should be able to prove his services. I informed him that it would be necessary for him to make his declaration in substance, and have the same reduced to writing previous to obtaining the proof, and accordingly he did make the enclosed statement, and made oath to the same before me. In the summer of 1834 Mr Kemp's health was such that he was not able to perform his contemplated journey, and died on the 6 th day of December following. Previous to his death a son of Mr Kemp visited Massachusetts & New Hampshire and procured the enclosed affidavits recently presented to me by the widow of the deceased Mrs Sarah Kemp with a request to

to forward the same to the War Department together with a statement of facts in the case so far as they had come to my knowledge; I have therefore thought proper to transmit the doings thus far to the proper Department for their investigation, and should you from the evidence adduced be of opinion that the applicant is entitled, the proper evidence of identity reputation & marriage will be forwarded on the other hand should you on an examination of the enclosed be satisfied that she is not entitled it will supercede the necessity of proving the marriage, identity reputation &c. Should the claim be allowed it is not expected that the applicant will be embraced in the act of 1836. But the amount found due from 1831, to the time of the death of Mr. Hensh.
The character of the deceased is well known not only in his immediate neighborhood but in the state of Vermont and if recognized by the Department, can be established beyond a doubt
Very Respectfully Myrro At Servt W Bridges
Hon J B Edwards Land of Pensions

State of Vermont, I William Bridges Georgia (District), Judge of the court of probate within & for the District of Georgia, do hereby certify that Sarah Kump of St Armand in the Province of Lower Canada, personally appeared before said probate court and produced the most satisfactory proof that she is the lawful widow of Elijah Kump late of St Armand aforesaid deceased, and that the said Elijah died on the sixth day of December A D 1834,
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court at St Albans in said district this 19th day of July A D 1837.
William Bridges Judge of Probate

St. Albans July 22 d 1837
Sir
Enclosed I send the evidence of Mrs Sarah Kemp proving her marriage to Elijah Kemp deceased You will have the goodness to examine the same and return an answer in due time, and direct to me the subscriber at St. Albans Franklin County Vermont
Respectfully Yours A Servant William Bridges
Hon J H Edwards Comm d of Pensions

34.074 1444
Elijah Kempster Vermont.
admitted Pr
6 mo 8 da. $ 20 90 / 100
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H. Albans Feby 15th 1834
Elijah Kemp. Born in Billerica Mass in the year 1762, on the 11th day of Feby - Was a second of his age. Lived in the Town of Ashby Mass when he first entered the service. And in the month of August or Sept 1779, (thinks) he was drafted for three months, does not recollect the names of his officers, went with Abel Richardson — Wilson thinks the other name was Lawrence, from Ashby to Albany, from thence West of Schenectady fall on the Mohawk River was discharged at Troy as where Troy now is At Hanniker N.H. in the month of June 1780 he was hired by the Town and he enlisted for 6 months and went with Thomas Lewis, Samuel Dustin, one Patterson, marched from Hanniker to Amherst & there passed muster before Col Peabody from thence to Worcester, from thence to Springfield where he drew his gun & from thence to Robinson's farms crossed to West Point & there put under Capt Ellis of Vienna N.H. Lieut Kelley in Col Sellogs or Derborn Regt. Stayed at West Point 10 or 12 days & from thence to Robinsons farms, to Kings Ferry to Haverstraw to Mackin- sack, English neighborhood, from thence to West

Paint, called there when Arnold left. There a few days & from thence to a Redoubt and from thence to Soldiers fortaine, assisting in building, Nutts. from thence to Long Island Sound by way of North Castle church to Danbury a few days after Danbury was burnt. He understood that two Brig s West at the Cast sound where they took a large quantity of provision grain & Hay. Returned back to Soldiers fortaine and from thence to the Cast Redoubt, was then discharged at Soldiers fortaine. Lived in Housatonic till after the war. to Hillsborough, to Dublin, Springfield VT and from thence to Canada. Received a Discharge, but has lost it Clijah Hemp
State of Vermont } Statute February 18 th Georgia District } 1837. I hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true copy of the original declaration taken by me on the 5 th day of Feby 1854.
William Bridges Judge of Probate

State of Vermont Georgia District ss
I hereby Certify that the Hon. William Bridges the signer of foregoing instrument is Judge of Probate for the District of Georgia ss
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court at St. Albans in said District this 24 th day of February A.D. 1857 A.H. Hoyt Register

I Abel Richardson of Ashby in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Yeoman, aged nearly eighty three and a half years, do testify and say
That I was a Soldier of the Revolutionary War; that I marched as a Soldier from Ashby to the State of New York in the year of Lord 1779 in October; that I was enlisted for three months, and staid the whole time except a few days of it; having been discharged a few days before our time was out; that Elijah Kump of Saria & Ashby went with me as a Soldier from Saria town, at Saria time, to the same place and remained as long as I did, and came home with me, having been regularly discharged when I was.
That Captain John Porter late of Littleton in said County, was our Captain - that Benjamin Bonnett Junior, Iona- than Lawrence Junior, and Isa Kendal Jr. Junior, were with me at the same time as follows Soldiers
That this day I have been on the same sheet of paper the names of Isa Kendal Jr. Benjamin Bonnett Jr. Elijah Kump, Iona Lawrence Jr. and my own name, attached to what appeared to me as Receipts for out days for public Service, in which we were engaged in the year 1779 - said Receipts belong- ing to the Clerk's office of said town, October first A.D. eighteen hundred and thirtyfour.
Witness Albert Locke
Abel Richardson
John Locke
mark
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Middlesex p. October 1. 1834 Then personally appeared the above Abel Richardson and made oath to the

truth of the foregoing declarations by him subscribed Before me
John Locke Justice of the Peace
Meadesville, October 1, 1834. I hereby certify that I know Alec Richardson, that he lives in the same town with me, and that he is a man of truth and veracity and I believe his declarations.
John Locke Jus. Peace

William Brewster GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
To all who shall see these presents,
Greeting.
KNOW YE, THAT
in the said State, duly Constituted and Sworn, and that to all Acts and Attestations, as such, full Faith and Credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court, within and out of the State.
In testimony whereof, I have caused the Seal of the State to be hereunto affixed.
GIVEN UNDER MY HAND, at Concord, this fourteenth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty four and in the fifty fourth year of the Independence of the United States of America.
By the Governor.
William Brewster
Joseph Abbott
Secretary of State.

I Phineas Campbell of Henniker in the county of Merrimack & State of New Hampshire, aged upwards of seventy three years, depose and say, that I have been an inhabitant of said Henniker more than sixty five years, that I became acquainted with Elijah Kumps sometime during the Revolutionary war soon after he became a citizen of said Henniker that he enlisted into the army army of the U. States sometime in the course of said war for the term of six months I think; that he left said Henniker soon after his said enlistment to join the U. S. army as I was informed, but how long he was absent I do not recollect Phineas Campbell
State of New Hampshire, Merrimack ss. Nov. 20. A. D. 1834. Then personally appeared the above named Phineas Campbell and made oath that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed is true; Before me, Timothy Darling Justice of the Peace.
Merrimack ss. Nov. 20. 1834. I hereby certify, that I have long been acquainted with the above named Phineas Campbell, that he is a man of truth and veracity, and that his declarations contained in the above affidavit are entitled to credence.
Timothy Darling, Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
By His Excellency JOHN DAVIS, Esquire, Governor and Commander in Chief in and over said Commonwealth.
To all whom it may concern:
Know Ye, That
John Socke Esquire is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Middlesex,
John Davis
in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned, and that to his Acts and Attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given in and out of Court.
In Testimony Whereof, I have caused the Public Seal of the Commonwealth to be hereunto affixed, this first day of October A. D. 1834, and in the Fifty Ninth Year of the Independence of the United States of America.
By His Excellency the Governor.
Edward D. Davis
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

I, Saba Ken a native of Ashby, in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Gentlemen, aged nearly Seventy five years and a half do testify and say That I was a Soldier in the Revolutionary War; that I went as a Soldier from Ashby to the State of New York in the year of our Lord 1779 in October; that I was enlisted for three months, and staid the whole time except a few days of it, having been discharged a few days before our time was out; that Elijah Kemp of said Ashby, went with me as a Soldier from said town, at the said time, to the same place, and remained as long as I did, and came home with me, having been regularly discharged when I was. That Captain John Porter late of Littleton in said County was our Captain. That Benjamin Barrett junior, Abel Richardson, Jonathan Lawrence junior, were with me at the same time as Soldiers.
That the day I have been on the same sheet of paper belonging to the Clerk's office of said Ashby public receipts of post payment for services, in which the signers of the receipts therein say they are engaged at the time of the date of said Receipts, and that the time is October 22 d 1779; among them is one signed by Elijah Kemp and one by myself, and one by Abel Richardson; I know my own signature then to be a true signature and believe the others to be also true signatures.

Said Kemp was about my age, and has been gone from said Ashley many years - I believe even since near the close our said services. Bolster first A.D. eighteen hundred thirty four. Asa Kendall
Commonwealth of Massachusetts - Middlesex ss. October 1. 1834. Then personally appeared the above named Asa Kendall and made to the truth of the foregoing declaration by him subscribed.
Before me John Locke Justice of the Peace
Middlesex ss. October 1. 1834. I hereby certify that I knew the above subscribed Asa Kendall, that he lives in the same town with me, and that he is a man of truth and veracity and I believe his declarations -
John Locke Jus. Peace