Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 34961, for Elisha Lewis, North Carolina

SERVICE
NUMBER
Lewis, Elisha
S. 34961
CONTENTS

W. to Wm J Sprague Feb 20 - 45. Let. Col Wm A. G. Brown June 22 d 1852
19.005. R
Mississippi Elisha Lewis
of Lawrence Co. in the state of Mississippi who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Stephens of the regiment commanded by Colonel Fletcher in the N. Carolina line, for the term of three years.
scribed on the Roll of Mississippi at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 1 st of March 1823.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 d of Oct 1823 and unto Col. Wm. A. G. Brown Controller, Mississippi
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1823 49. Semi ann. all'ce ending March 1824 18
{ Revolutionary claim, Acts March 18, 1818, and May 1, 1820. }
March 1. 1823

18,974
Elisha Lewis
Col.
U. S. Marshal for Northern District of Ohio at Toledo

State of Mississippi } Laurens County } of our Lord 1822 } Of the Term of Sept n in the year of our Lord 1822
Personally appeared in open Court held in for said County the first Monday in September in the year of our Lord 1822 (the same being a County Court made by the Laws of said State for all legal purposes a Court of record) Elisha Lewis of the County & State aforesaid who for the purposes of obtaining the advantage of the provisions made by certain acts of Congress passed March 18 th 1818 and May 1 st 1820 for the benefit of needy & poor Soldiers belong- ing to the Continental establishment of the revolution- ary army of the United States of America & etc Deposeth & saith on oath that he the said Elisha Lewis enlisted in said Continental establishment some time in the fore part of March 1776 for the term of three years under Capt Silas Stephens of the 11 th North Carolina Regiment commanded by Col. Abraham Shepherd & that he did then take the oath of allegiance as required by law & continued faithful in said

Service for the space of one year when he the said deponent was legally discharged on a furlough for sickness until his health should be restored after which time he was almost constantly employed in various services in the Militia until the conclusion of the war - That he this deponent was born in the State of North Carolina in the year 1800 agreeably to his family record of births & that he was a Citizen & resident of the United States March 18 th 1818 having now three daughters & an aged & weakly wife dependent upon him for support which he this deponent is infirm & unable to perform laborious work - That he this deponent has no property either real or personal nor has he disposed of any of his property by gift sale or otherwise for the purpose of evading  securing the benefit of said acts of Congress or in any wise to so diminish the same as to bring himself within the provisions thereof And this deponent further says that his intest- ment papers & certificate of discharge are lost

Or mislaid & that he has no proof of his above entitlement & services but his due auth & the records of the Continental army and further this deponent saith not
Elisha Lewis
Sworn & subscribed to in open court by law Convened this 9 th day of Sept r 1822
Harmonell Runnels Clerk
State of Mississippi } Laurens County } S Harmonell Runnels Clerk of the County Court in and for the State and County aforesaid do certify that the foregoing sheet contains a true transcript of the records of said Court of the original claim of Elisha Lewis
Given under my hand and Seal of my office this 11 th day of September 1822
Harmonell Runnels Clerk

2 Mississippi Roll Act 18 March 1818. Elisha Lewis, Private.
To what time last paid for his death - July 22/1829.

Free
Pension Office of the War Dept. City of Washington

34961 Pay INVALID.
File No. 34,961
Elisha Lewis
Rev War
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 287
[Arrangement of 1870.]

State of North Carolina, Secretarys Office 13 th Octo r 1823.
I William Hill Secretary of State in and for the State aforesaid, do hereby certify that it appears from the Musterrolls of the Continental line of this State that Elisha Lewis a private soldier in Capt. Stephens Company of the 10 th Regiment, was mustered on the 29 th day of June 1777 for 3 years, and Omitted in February 1779.
Given under my hand at Office in Raleigh the date above
W m Hill
I think it probable that the Furlough mentioned in the Declaration, was granted at the time the Musterrolls states Elisha Lewis was omitted.
W m Hill

Monticello Sept. 10, 1822
Understanding that Elisha Lewis, a Citizen of this County, is about to make application, under the Laws of Congress for a pension , allowed to revolutionary Soldiers, we the undersigned deem it our duty to state, that we consider the said Lewis a fit & proper person to receive the benefits & provisions of the said pension Law, and that having been long & intimately acquainted with him, believe him to be a quiet upright & respectable citizen.
W. Burnside
J. Calawell
J. Blair
Joseph Cooper
E. J. Reville
Hammon M. Runnels
Col. J. Underwood

18,974
Elisha Lewis, Laurens Co. Miss.
Col. H. Runnels, Natchez, Mississippi
Rec. 3 Oct. 1823.
Kentucky William Dunlop Washington
MS

Watches Sept 9. 82 3.
Enclosed you receive an application for a pension of the wife of the late Col. R. Burney my arrival at Washington. Please direct to Col. R. Burney Lawrence County Mississippi to the care of Col. R. Burney
Respectfully,
W.M.
Chas Rankin