Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 42,485, for Elijah Thomas, Connecticut

SERVICE
Thomas, Elijah
NUMBER
S. 42.485
CONTENTS

Death date not on A.B.
Elijah Thomas was May 8th 1821 at Albany N. York
8179
New York
Elijah Thomas
of Hancock in the state of New York who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Burke of the cont. line, for the term of three years  War
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 22 d of May 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 th of Jan 1819 and sent to Broad Agency , Eng Albany, N. York
Arrears to 4th of Jan 1819. 9m. 27d. 75.61 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 th Sept 1819 48.00
$123.61
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Coat

Elijah Thomas 538
D. 1799
Sept. 10/19
E
Root & Rabbie Delhi, N.Y.
was my daughter Margaret aged 16. Samuel 1 st

State of New York } Delaware County }
ss. On this 29 th day of November 1820. personally appeared in open Court being the Court of Common Pleas for the said County of Delaware and declared a Court of record by the acts of the Legislature of the State of New York in such case made and provided. Elijah Thomas aged sixty two years. resident in the town of Hancock in said County of Delaware who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows; that he enlisted into a Company Commanded by Captain Bell in the first Connecticut regiment Commanded by Colonel John Durkee in the month of April or May in the year 1778. And that he continued in the said service till the month of June in the year 1783. when he was honorably discharged. That the date of his original application was the twenty second day of May 1818. And that he has received a Pension Certificate the number of which is 8179-
And I the said Elijah Thomas do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818. And that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring my self within the provisions of 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 passed on the 18 th day of March 1818. And that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property on 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

Schedule of Property
  1 hoe, 1 ax, 1 plough, 1 iron wedge, 8 drag teeth $ 3.50   1 shovel, 1 steel trap, 1 spail kettle, 1 dish kettle 3.00   1 pot, 1 strammel, 1 fire shovel, 2 earthen jays 2.00   2 tin basins 4 or 5 plates, 6 spoons, 6 cups & saucers 1.30   1 old lantern, 6 knives & forks, 3 old casks, 2 guns 1.68   1 bible, 1 psalm book, history of America 5.12   a few school books, 1 tin trunk, 1 small wheel, 1 tea kettle 4.75   1 tea pot, 1 tin bread dish, 2 tin pails 0.80   Some thing like 20 fowls, 1 table, 1 hand saw, pr flat irons } 2.93   1 auger, 1 hammer, 1 gimblet } 2.50   $ 25.08 
Sworn in open court this 29 th November 1820
Elijah Thomas
W. R. Phelps I am by occupation a farmer, but am unable to labor but very little owing to old age rheumatism and troublesome complaint called the gravel. I have in my family my wife Minerva aged 48 years in good health able to support herself at present. Also my daughter Margaret aged 16. Hannah 13, my son Calvin aged 20. These three children are in good health and the two eldest are able to support themselves, the other is too young to labor much. Also a daughter Phila aged 9, she is very weakly and troublesome subject to the phthisick. Also a daughter Sally aged 7, in good health but too young to labor. Also Aaron Kenny a nephew to my wife aged 8 in good health but too young to labor.
I have due to me in all about $15.00 not more than five collectable. I owe to different persons in the aggregate about $110.00 and have no means of paying the same than is above set forth.
Elijah Thomas

I Hame R Phelps Deputy Clerk of the County of Delaware do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the Schedule thereto annexed are truly copies from the records of said court. And I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is twenty five dollars and eight cents.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court the 5 th day of January 1821.
H. R. Phelps Dep Clerk

State of New York } Ss. Delaware County } ss.
On this twenty second day of May in the year one thousand eight hundred & eighteen, before me the Subscriber, came personally Elijah Thomas aged fifty nine years & upwards, who being by me duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & Naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War" That in the year 1778 in April or May He enlisted, as a private soldier in the Town of Norwich in the county of New London in the State of Connecticut into captain Bill's company, in the first Connecticut Regiment, under the command of colonel John Durgel, in General Samuel Holden Parsons Brigade for the term of three years, upwards of two of which He served, and then enlisted for during the War, into the company commanded by capt n Samuel Sleaf in the same first Connecticut Regiment then under the command of colonel Zebedulon Butler in which regiment He served to the end of the Revolutionary War. When He obtained an honorable discharge for six years faithful service which discharge it is not in his power to send to the War office by reason of his having sold

it to a Mr. Lord Butler in order to enable said Butler to obtain the bounty lands, which would have been coming to this deponent as he supposes -
That he served as an express rider some part of the time under Simeon Belding S.P. M. G. - but that He never was in any general action after his enlist- ment in 1778 - But that previous to that time He had been taken into the service, by Ebenezer Brewster (to whom He was bound - apprentice) then captain of a company in Colonel Ely's Regiment of one years men, during which time, He was in the Battle of Flat Bush on Long Island, at Kingbridge Valentines Hill, and White Plains -
And that He is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support - and that besides the accompany- ing document, He has no further evidence more in of his said services, now in His power sworn to & subscribed this 22 nd day of May 1818 before me
Elijah Thomas
Isaac Ogden { First Judge of said County of Delaware

State of New York Delaware county ss: { Micajah Weeks being duly sworn says, that He is a near neighbour to Elijah Thomas in the Town of Hancock in said county, that He is personally & well acquainted with him, and knows him to be in reduced circum- -stances, & that he stands in need of the assistance of his country for support
Subscribed & sworn to this 22 nd day of May 1818 before
Micajah Weeks
me Isaac Ogden { First Judge of said county

In the Matter of Mr. Elijah Thomas's Application for a Pension.

I Isaac Ogden First Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Delaware do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Elijah Thomas residing in the Town of Hancock in the County of Delaware aforesaid did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy and I hereby transmit the proceedings and testimony taken & had before me to the Secretary for the Department of War pursuant to the aforementioned Act of Congress Dated Walton 22 nd May 1818
Isaac Ogden
In testimony that Isaac Ogden is full page as aforesaid and that he subscribed his name to the foregoing affidavits and certifi- cate I have affixed the seal of said court this 4 th June 1818
H. R. Phelps Dep. Clerk
I. Isaac Ogden first Judge as aforesaid, do certify that it satisfactorily appears to me that the said Elijah Thompson is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his Country for support, and hereby transmit the same to the Secretary of War pursuant to the act above men- tioned. Dated 22 nd January 1819. Isaac Ogden

May 3, 1938.
Mr. Carl H. Thomas 8775 Petoskey Avenue Detroit, Michigan.
BA-J/ILL Elijah Thomas S. 42485
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of all soldiers with the name Elijah Thomas who resided in the northern states, other than that of Elijah Thomas, pension claim, S. 29503, whose record was furnished you by this office.
The data which follow are found in pension claim, S. 42485, based upon service of Elijah Thomas in that war; it is the record of the only other Elijah Thomas found on the pension records of the Revolutionary War.
Elijah Thomas served first as a private in Captain Ebenezer Brewster's company (he was then bound as an apprentice to said captain), Colonel Ely's Connecticut regiment, and was in the battles of Flatbush on Long Island, White Plains and King's Bridge; he served also some time as an express rider under Simeon Belding, Deputy Quartermaster-General, dates not shown; he enlisted in Norwich, Connecticut, in April or May 1778, served as a private in Captain Bill's company, Colonel John Durkee's Connecticut regiment, after which he served in Captain Lemuel Clift's company, Colonel Zebulon Butler's Connecticut regiment and was discharged in June 1783, length of service six years.
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 22, 1818, at which time he was aged fifty-nine years; the date and place of his birth and the names of his parents are not shown. The soldier resided then in Hancock, Delaware County, New York.
In 1820 Elijah Thomas gave the names of the members of his family living at home as follows: his wife, Mindwell, aged forty-eight years, his son, Calvin, aged twenty years, his daughter, Margaret, aged sixteen years, and his daughter, Hannah, aged thirteen years, also, a daughter, Phila, aged nine years, and a daughter, Sally, seven years, and his wife's nephew, Aaron Kenny, aged eight years. He did not state the

maiden name of his wife, nor the date and place of their marriage. There are no further data in regard to the family of Elijah Thomas.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name of person paid, and, possibly, the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, this city, and furnish the following:
Elijah Thomas Certificate #8179 Issued March 25, 1819 Rate $8 per month Commenced May 22, 1818 Act of March 18, 1818 New York Agency.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILJER, Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

42 485
Rev INVALID.
File No. 42, 485
Elijah Thomas
Rev Rev Rev
Act: 15 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 3, Page 578
[Arrangement of 1870.]

May 20. 1897 - History to Miss. Ellen B. Landfield Walton, New York.
1938 - May 8 - Hist. to Carl H. Thomas J.L.L.

O. W. & N. Div.
Lot B
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Washington, D. C. Apr 22, 1897.
Respectfully returned to the writer, who is requested to furnish, for purposes of identification, as much as possible of the information called for below.
M. C. Meigs J. P. Lockhorn Commissioner.
Full name of soldier:
Elijah Thomas
Place of residence before service: (Town, county, and State, if possible.)
not known
Place of residence after service: (Town, county, and State, if possible.)
Hancock, Delaware Co., New York
Date of death (as near as possible):
Summer of 1846
Christian name of widow:
Mindwell
Did either he or his widow receive a pension?
He did - his wife died first
Remarks:
Think Connecticut his native state, the pension rolls will contain the information
Your name and address:
Ellen B. Landfield - Walton - Del. Co. New York

April 28 - 1897
To the Commissioner of Pensions.
Washington D.C.
Enclosed find blank with all the information I have able to procure.
Respectfully
Ellen B. Kautfield
Watkins
N.Y.
N.Y.

8775 Petoskey Ave Detroit, Michigan.
April 13, 1938
Pension Bureau, Veterans Administration, Washington, D. C.
Only other Elijah
Gentlemen: I am desirous of finding the military record of one Elijah Thomas (or perhaps two , father and son) who resided in Williamstown, Mass through the Revolutionary war period, 1760-1790. The name is given many times in the Massachusetts Revolutionary Service Records but is mostly that of one or two individuals. Am later removed to Vermont. Was he a pensioner?
Some time ago I secured from you the data on Elijah Thomas (S-29503) born in Barnstable Mass. 1761, removed to Lenox 1795, died there 1841.
Another Elijah Thomas resided in Middleboro, Plymouth Co. Mass and served in response to "frontier alarms." Was he a pensioner?
I would like any information you can give me on the Revolutionary service of men named Elijah Thomas residing in northern states, (particularly Mass., Conn., Vt., N.Y.) The number of these must be very few, at most.
Very truly,
Carl H. Thomas.

This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services.
Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.
L. W. B. I. 42485.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
O. W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY.
May 20, 1897.
Madam:-
Replying to your request for information concerning Elijah Thomas, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, you are advised that he made an application for pension on May 22, 1818, at which time he was 59 years of age and residing in Delaware County, N. Y., and his pension was allowed for three years' actual service as a private in the Conn. troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time he served under Capt. Clift and Col. Butler. He enlisted at Norwich, Conn.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Miss Ellen B. Landfield,
Walton, N. Y.