Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 5994, for Elizur Kirtland, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Kirtland, Elizur
R, 5994
CONTENTS

c 1:8839 Elazar Kirtland
14 years old Valley Falls N.Y. 1812
5.13
10 Sep 32 20 No.
1834
Levi W. Riley Greenville Green Co N.Y.

N o 8839  BRIEF in the case of  Ebenezer Hartland  of  Greenville  in the State of  New York  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? 
3. How old is he? 64 years & 10 months
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days. As a Gen.      In 1781 Spring - Enlisted for 1 year continued in service all the spring of 1782 -  undefined Martin Hartland Col Lyday  
5. In what battles was he engaged?
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Seabrook Conn
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  Jonathan Hovey a Clergyman. an Aaron Hull prove Traditional evidence
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
A. Kintzel  Examining Clerk.

Eliza Hilland Application 8839

State of New York, County of Greene } ss
On this fifth day of September 1832, personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Greene, now sitting Elizer Kirtland a resident of Greenlee in the County of Greene and State of New York aged sixty four years and ten months who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provisions made by the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers, and served as herein stated That in the spring of the year 1781, he enlisted at Seabrook in the County of Middlesex and State of Connecticut into the Company commanded by his Father Martin Kirtland in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Sedgwick of the Militia of the State of Connecticut for the term of one year. That he served as Water to his Father Martin Kirtland aforesaid; That the said Regiment was divided into several parts That a part thereof occupied Fort Griswold - a part Fort Trumbull at New London and the Company to which he belonged garrisoned a Fort at Seabrook That Early in the Fall of the same year Fort Trumbull and Fort Griswold were taken and many of the Regiment in the latter Fort massacred That he continued in the service aforesaid in said Fort at Seabrook until the Spring of the year 1782 when he was regularly discharged That he was born at Seabrook aforesaid in the year 1767 That he resided there during the Revolutionary War and for some time afterwards That he has resided in Greenlee where he now lives for the space of thirty years last past That there is a record of his age in the Town Clerk's office at Seabrook and he has the copy of a record of his age made by his Father That when called into the service he was in his fourteenth year That there were no Regiments of the Continental Army lying or stationed near Seabrook at the time of his service That his Father Martin Kirtland with whom he served had been a Captain for several years in Colonel Meigs Regiment of the Regular Army That he did not nor to his knowledge did any of the Company to which he belonged receive a written discharge from the service That almost

Every Person in the town where this Applicant resides he thinks will give him credit for being a person of veracity and entertain a belief of his services as a soldier in the Revolution That he will mention the names of Abijah Reddy, Hon. Perkins King, Abel Watsley and Simon Steele etc. That he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a Pension except the present, that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State Sworn and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid in open court Elizer Kirtland William T. B. Hermance Clerk
We Jonathan Hovey a Clergyman residing in Guilford aforesaid and Aaron Hall residing in the same town hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Elizer Kirt- land who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration and we believe him to be sixty four years and ten months of age; That he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier in the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion Sworn and Subscribed in open court Jonathan Hovey Sept. 5. 1832 Aaron Hall William T. B. Hermance Clerk
In the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that 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 Jonathan Hovey who has signed the preceding Certificate is a Clergyman residing in the town of Guilford in said County and that Aaron Hall who has also signed the same is a resident in the same place and is a creditable person and that their statement is entitled to credit
Darrance Kirtland Presiding Judge

I William T. B. Hermance Clerk of the court of common Pleas of the County of Greene do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of Eliza Nuttall for a pension
Given under my hand and seal of office this fifth day of September 1832.
William T. B. Hermance Clerk

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
5994.
P. O.
Eleazar Kirtland
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
REMOVED
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized.
_____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis.
Searched for _____, 18

Eleazar Kirtland
New York
Act 7 th June 1832
Suspended see let:
ter to Lewis Watsley April Dec 1833
Copied for Hon. G. Pratt Apr. 7, 1838.
5994

Elozer Kirtland

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

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? yes
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
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
XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? And is the official character and signature of the magistrate certified by the proper officer under his seal of office?
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? 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 the 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.
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 authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end 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.

I hereby appear before me the undersigned Clerk of the Peace in and for the County of Greene in the State of New York. Elmer Hillard who being duly sworn upon the said oath, that by reason of old age and 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 period mentioned below and in the following grade. For one year I served as a leader to my father Capt Martin Kithard and for such service I claim a Pension. That I have no documentary evidence of my service nor do I know of any person who has any. I can procure a certificate to the same if required. Elmer Hillard
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 31st day of December 1832. Abijah Reed a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County. The foregoing is a true and correct copy of the original now on file in my office and of the whole thereof. William T. B. Hemenway Clerk.
State of New York Greene County ss.
I William T. B. Hemenway Clerk of the said County do certify that Abijah Reed Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavit was sworn was at the date of the same a Justice of the Peace of the said County. And that his signature thereto is genuine.
Witness my hand & Seal of office this thirty first day of December 1832
William T. B. Hemenway Clerk