Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 11003, for Elijah Look, Massachusetts

SERVICE
Mass.
hook, Elijah
NUMBER _____
Nov 3
Carded
CONTENTS

20.432 New York
Elijah Cook
of Chautauqua in the State of N. York who was a Private in the Comp. commanded by Captain Smith of the Regt. commanded by Col. Norton in the N. York line for 11 Months
Inscribed on the Roll of Chaut. at the rate of 10 Dollars 00 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 day of Sept. 1832 and due to T. J. Gibson Wayville
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 31 $113.33 Semi-ant. allowance ending Sept. 34 38.33 Died Aug 27, 1852 $169.99
Revolutionary Claim, W. L. Wiley June 7, 1832.
Recorded by H. C. [unintelligible] Clerk Book C. Vol. 1. Page 11

State of New York
oration of Elijah Look
for 1834
ion under act of 7. June 1832
State Troops & Militia.
Allowed
J. A. Osborn Agent Mayville Chan. Co. N. York
Approved J. A. Osborn Agent

Declaration of Elijah Look, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832.
State of New York }
Chautauque County, ss.
On this 12 th day of October 1832, personally appeared in open court, before the Judges of the court of Common Pleas, in & for the county of Chautauque, now sitting Elijah Look, previous to the death of his father, known by the name of Elijah Look junior, a resident of the town of Chautauque in the county aforesaid, aged, seventy three years, on the 27 th day of March last, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832. That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers, & served as herein stated. In the month of January 1776, then residing on the Island of Martha's Vineyard, in Dukes County, Massachusetts, he enlisted under Lieut. Monto for one year in Col. Norton's Regiment, as he thinks, of Massachusetts State troops, & served for the term of one year under the following officers. Field officers . Col. Bryan Norton. Major Heshiah Bapett. Company Officers . Capt. Nathan Smith. 1. Lieut. Jeremiah Monto. 2 d Lieut. Fortunatus Bapett. They were stationed on Martha's Vineyard, near declarant's residence, & declarant remained there with his regiment through the year, not leaving the Island but once, & that upon the following occasion. In the spring of 1776, while declarant was in meeting, upon a fast day, his officers entered & ordered him & others of the company present, to go with them to Nantucket & take a British ship then aground near the Island. That two boats were manned, one under command of Capt. Smith & the other of Lieut. Monto, & after getting out some distance fell in with a rebel which had been out from Old town harbor, & taken the ship, had her crew on board, when they accompanied the ship into the harbor & assisted in landing & securing the prisoners. When, on ascertaining that one of the crew had left the ship for the purpose of procuring aid to get her off from the neutral Island of Nantucket, & was not taken, declarant with two boats crews, one under Capt. Grannis from Elizabeth's Island & the other under Lieut. Monto went to Nantucket, & after many fruitless enquiries of the inhabitants, who were fearful of giving any information which might bring their neutrality into question with the British, they succeeded in ascertaining where he was, & took him prisoner & delivered him over with the others taken from the ship. Declarant was discharged by dismission, in the manner of militiamen & as he believes the Massachusetts State troops were, without any written discharge, in January 1777. He recollects among his companions, some of whom had enlisted for six months & others for a year. James Look, Thomas Luce, Lot Rogers, David Luce, Adonijah Luce & Samuel Lambert.
From the time of his discharge, until about the 1. of July 1778 the Island was in a state of almost constant alarm, & the militia being the sole dependance of the

inhabitants, were in the field on every such occasion. Declarant during the whole of this year & a half, served in the militia under Capt. William Foster, Lieut. Timothy Lumbard, in Col. Bryan Norton's Regiment, was out on these almost daily occasions of alarm. On one of these occasions a brig was off the Island, & stood directly in until she run on shore; Declarant & others were sent off to ascertain who & what she was, if a friend to succour, & if an enemy to capture her. They boarded her & found her an American Brig, which had been captured by the enemy, & a prize crew put on board & ordered to take her & the prisoners into Newport. The British captain unacquainted with the coast, lost his reckoning & called upon one Brott who was the first mate of the Brig, before her capture, & then a prisoner to navigate the vessel into Newport. Brott took charge of her & purposely run her on shore. While getting the men off the Brig, a British ship came up as near as she dare & commenced & continued to fire upon the Americans until some time after their landing, but although the shot was whistling about them in every direction, not a man was injured. About the 1. of July '78 a British Fleet in pursuit of the French then just arrived in the Rhode Island coast; landed five Regiments on Martha's Vineyard, & devastated the whole island, taking off 12000 sheep & 300 head of horned cattle, & took off all the arms & ammunition then upon the Island. About one hundred sheep & one yoke of oxen All the sheep & cattle of the declarant, & of his father, were taken. After this the inhabitants were not required to do military duty. He has no documentary evidence, & that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his services, except the deposition hereunto annexed, although he has written to a friend on Martha's Vineyard to ascertain the fate of his old companions & if any are now living then to obtain their dispositions, but he has not as yet heard the result of his enquiries. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, & declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any state.
And in answer to the particular interrogatories of the court, now here, he says.
 1. I was born on Martha's Vineyard, Dukes County, Massachusetts March 27. 1759.  2. I have no record of my age, but have kept the same by tradition in the family.  3. I was living in Martha's Vineyard when called into service, & continued to live there after the Revolutionary war, till about 1805 when I removed to Whitestown & lived there till about 1817, when I removed from that town in Oneida County, to my present residence in Chautauque, where I have since lived.  4. I was called into service by voluntary enlistment, & served for my pay & not as or by a substitute.  5. There were no regular or continental officers or regiments on Martha's Vineyard. 

the general circumstances of my services are set forth in my declaration - 6. I never received a written discharge, but was dismissed as militiamen are from parade.
7. I am known to the Rev. Eb. H. Stratton, & Henry Walker & - others in my present residence, who I presume can testify as to my character for ve- racity & to their being of my services as a soldier of the Revolution
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Elijah Look
Elijah Look
Henry Look
Henry Look
State of New York
Chautauqua County ss. Henry Look a resident of the town of Stockton in said coun- ty, aged sixty nine years on the 19. day of May last, being duly sworn, depones saith that he has heard the declaration of the above named Elijah Look read. That at the times stated in said declaration deponent was residing on the Island of Martha's Vineyard, near neighbor to the said Elijah, who is a cousin of this depo- nent, & with whom he was well acquainted, and that he knew of the said Elijah enlisting under the officers named in said declaration, & of his actually serving in said company & regiment, & although he has no distinct recollection of the time, yet from his knowledge & recollection he is strongly impressed with the belief & has no doubts that he thus served for a period of one year. That the year in which he so served was 1776, & he recollects it more partic- ularly from the fact of his brother, James Look's enlisting for a year in the same company & regiment & at the same time with his cousin Elijah. That in June 1777, deponent removed from the Vineyard & that until he so removed the Island was in a state of almost constant alarm, & the militia almost daily called out to protect the inhabitants; That he has ever since his infancy been acquainted with the said Elijah & has lived near him in Whitestown Oneida County, & in the county of Chautauqua for more than twenty years last past.
Henry Look
Sworn to & subscribed the 10th day October 1832, before me
J. H. Goodrich J.P. Asa Sherley certify that the said Henry is a son of my acquaintance and that his character and credibility is unquestionable Havre de Grace May 23 1832
We Eb. H. Stratton, a clergyman residing in the town of Chautauqua in the county aforesaid, and Henry Walker residing in the same place, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Elijah Look, who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy three years of age on the 27th day

of March last, that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, & that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn to & subscribed the 9 day of year aforesaid
Ebenezer H. Stratton Henry Walker
W. Wetmore Judge when born Absent
And the said court, do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier as he states. And the court further certify, that it appears to them that Ebenezer H. Stratton who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the town & county of Chautauqua, & that Henry Walker, who has also signed the same, & Henry Look who has subscribed & sworn to the preceding deposition are residents in the same county, are credible persons, & that their statements are entitled to credit.
Judges
I James B. Lowry Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the county of Chautauqua, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court, in the matter of the application of Elijah Look for a pension. And further that the person before whom the preceding deposition of Henry Look, was taken, was on the day of the date of the taking thereof, a justice of the peace duly elected, commissioned & sworn, & that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of such justice & verily believe the signature of J. Brooks, to the foregoing subscribed thereto, to be the own proper handwriting of such justice. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 12 th day of October 1832.
James B. Lowry Clerk

State of New York Chautauqua County } ss.
Personally appeared before me the undersigned, a justice of the peace in for said county, Elijah Look, who being duly sworn de- poseth & saith, that by reason of old age & the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service but according to the best of his knowledge & recollection he served more up than the periods mentioned below & in the following grades.
For one year , I served as a private under Capt. Smith in Col. Norton's Regiment on the Island of Martha's Vineyard in one term of engagement.
For one year six months , I served as a minute man in Capt. Foster's company, Col. Norton's Regiment, on & near the Island of Martha's Vineyard. I served in the field on both occasions, & in an embodied corps called into service by competent authority, and during the first period was engaged in no civil pursuit, but was so during the last period, though the continual alarm of the inhabitants & the eventual destruction of their property by the enemy rendered such pursuit useless. I was at least five months, however, in actual service in the field during this period when I was not engaged in any civil pursuit & for then service I claim a Pension.
Sworn to & subscribed before me this 22 d day of May 1833
Charles P. Young S.P.
Elijah Look
From the time of ... in a state of almost constant alarm, & the militia being on ... of the

State of New York Chautauqua County Clerk's Office I James B. Sonny Clerk of the County of Chautauqua in the State of New York Do hereby Certify that Charles P. Young Esquire before whom the within Affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date thereof & is now one of the Justices of the peace in & for the said County of Chautauqua, and that his signature there to subscribed is genuine - And that the the papers herewith Annexed contain the original proceedings of the Court of Common Pleas of said County, in the application of Elijah Cook for a pension as will appear by my hand & seal of Office reference being thereunto had -
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County this twenty second third day of May A.D. 1833
James B. Sonny, Clerk
Elijah Cook
14.834

14,834
Elijah Look
e.
Admitted
Prints 17 monthly
J. A. Osborne
Mayville
Chautauqua Co.
New York

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules and the subjjoined notes you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Elijah Look of Chautauqua County - New York
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Vol d 1776 1 Private Capt d Smith Col d Norton None Stationed on Martha's Vineyard Duke's County Mass ts aged 73 years Living witness   1778 pay to per- formed out, man- 1 year 6 months, Traditionary evidence  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops. 2. The State Troops. Militia, and Volunteers. 3. Persons employed in the Naval service. 4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I _____ of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of _____ &c.
 If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out. 
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____ hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, 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 A. B.
who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (1) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons -one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. 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 each 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. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends 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.
Proof of Service.
[j] 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 claimant's 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.
[k] The notes from [a] to [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

By the amendatory declaration, it is hoped, your objections are met & removed. You must do with the service as a minute man as you think proper, but full pay would be acceptable.
Yrs. &c.
T. A. Osborne

October 30, 1928
Bess M. Nichols Nichols and Gates Waterloo, Iowa
Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 11003, it appears that Elijah Look, "previous to the death of his father known by the name of Elijah Look, Junior", was born March 27, 1759, in Martha's Vineyard, Dukes County, Massachusetts.
While a resident of Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, he enlisted in January 1776, served as a private in Captain Nathan Smith's Company, Colonel Beriah Norton's Massachusetts Regiment, assisted in capturing a British vessel and its crew near Nantucket, and was discharged in January 1777.
During the year 1777, and until in July 1778, he stood as a minute man and served on many occasions of alarm, amounting to at least five months in all, no definite dates given, in Captain William Foster's Company, Colonel Beriah Norton's Regiment, and assisted in retaking an

ey v American brig grounded on Martha's Vineyard.
About 1805 he moved to Whitestown, Oneida County, and from there, about 1817, to Chautauqua County, New York, and while a resident of that place was allowed pension on his application executed October 12, 1832.
Soldier died August 27, 1852.
There are no further data on file relative to his family.
Due to the very large number of inquiries similar to yours and the lack of a clerical force available for the purpose, the bureau is unable to make immediate reply to each request pertaining to soldiers of the Revolution. Letters are being answered as rapidly as possible in order of receipt.
Respectfully,
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner.

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ statement of the military history of Elijah Look soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. S. file 11,003
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Jan'y 1776 to Jan. 77 Pri. Nathan Smith Beriah Beriah Norton Mass.   Apr. 6 mos. July 78 Minuteman William Foster " "        
Battles engaged in, captured a British ship at Nantucket & took an American brig grounded on Martha's Vineyard.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Martha's Vineyard, Mass.
Date of application for pension, Oct. 12. 1832.  Alld.
Residence at date of application, Chautauqua, Chaut Co., N.Y.
Age at date of application, b. Mch. 27. 1759.  Martha's Vineyard, Mass.
Remarks: Died Aug 27. 1852 (James Look) he was Elijah Jr. previous to his father's death.
Henry Look this bro. James (S. file 22883) were cousins of Elijah Jr.

NICHOLS & GATES  FOR GOOD FURNITURE
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WATERLOO, IOWA
Sept. 20, 1928.
Dept. of Interior, Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
Could you give me the desired information of services rendered during the Revolutionary War, of Elizah Look, born in Martha's Vineyard, March 27th, 1759 and died August 27th, 1852 in Stockton, New York.
We have reference to an extract taken from the History of Martha's Vineyard. This History is by Chas. E. Banks, 1925 Vol. 3, of which I am inclosing a copy of this extract and which states that he, Elizah Look, served in the Sea Coast Defense in 1776.
I wish this information in order that I may establish eligibility for the D.A.R. Society. If you could give me this desired information, it would expediate my eligibility.
Yours very truly,
BMN*ELE. Enc. 1.
Bess M. Nichols

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WATERLOO, IOWA
Taken from the History of Martha's Vineyard, Mass., by Charles E. Banks, 1925, Vol. 3, page 243.
58. Elijah Look, (Elijah, Samuel, Thomas), b. 27 Moh. 1759; res. W.T., miller; rem. to New York after 1803 and d. 27 Aug. 1852 in Stockton, Chatauqua Co. that state. He served in Sea Coast Defence 1776 and m. Mary Russell (30) 9 Moh. 1780, who was b. 24 Dec. 1763.

NICHOLS & GATES FOR GOOD FURNITURE
405-411 WEST FOURTH STREET TELEPHONE 634
WATERLOO, IOWA
Oct. 25, 1928
Rev War
Dept. of Interior, Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
On September 20th, I wrote you a letter, of which I am inclosing a copy. Perhaps this letter was mislaid or not received.
Would it be possible for you to give me this information at an early date.
Yours very truly,
BMN*ELE.
Bess M. Nichols

Sept. 20, 1928.
Dept. of Interior, Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
Could you give me the desired information of services rendered during the Revolutionary War, of Elijah Look , born in Martha's Vineyard, March 27th, 1759 and died August 27th, 1852, in Stockton, New York.
We have reference to an extract taken from the History of Martha's Vineyard. This History is by Chas. E. Banks, 1925 Vol. 3, of which I am inclosing a copy of this extract and which states that he, Elijah Look, served in the Sea Coast Defense in 1776.
I wish this information in order that I may establish eligibility for the D.A.R. Society. If you could give me this desired information, it would expediate my eligibility.
BMN*ELE.
Yours very truly,
Bess M. Nibbs

1911 Apl. 5. History to Dr. Charles E. Banks, letter in S. file 12,728 Mayhew Dazgett &
1915. Mch. 19. History to Mrs. W. H. Cooper. F.W.
1928 - Oct. 30, History Bess M. Nichols, M. E. E.
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Elijah Look Prim. Rev. War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index: —Vol. 2 , Page 228
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Fredonia Chautauqua Co New York.
Sept 7, 1916.
Department of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions
Dear Sir
Will you please give me the military history of Ezra Turner, and of Elijah Look. These men drew a pension in the Town of Stockton Chautauqua New York. about the year 1890-
Thanking you in advance I am yours truly
Wm. W. H. Cooper
Chairman of Historical Com
H. & R. Fredonia
Chautauqua
N.Y.