Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 44,268, for Elijah Price, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
New York
Price, Elijah
S. 44,268
CONTENTS

order to pay 3 March 1837
New York Roll.
934
Elijah Price, Capt Hugg Sergeant New York Line
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 8 th of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 th of June 1818, and sent to the Hon. R. Riker New York!
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818
4 months 27/30
$39.20
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Service,
6 Years
City and County of New York
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Elijah Price Soldier Correct DM

To the Honorable Richard Piker —
Recorder of the City of New-York, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, called the Mayor's Court of the City of New-York, which is a Court of Record of the State of New-York,
The Declaration under oath of Elijah Price formerly a Serjeant engaged in the Service of the United States, during the Revolutionary War, and now a Citizen of the United States, and resident of the County of Suffolk State of New-York.
Respectfully Showeth, that the said Elijah Price enlisted in March 1776 in Captain Stuggs Company and was annexed to Col d John Lamb's of Artillery Regiment and served in the whole of the war in different Companies in the same Regiment against the common Enemy which was under the Continental Establishment from the State of New-York, and was honorably discharged from the United States Service at West Point in the year 1783 that I have lost my Discharge and that I have never been allowed a Pension by the laws of the United States
Elijah Price
And this Declaration further representeth that the said Elijah Price is now a Citizen of the United States, and residing in the County of Suffolk aforesaid,

and is by reason of his reduced circumstances in life, in need of assistance from his country for support;
Therefore he conceives himself entitled to the benefit of the Act of the Congress of the United States, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval Service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War, approved, March 18, 1818, and requests that your Honor will examine into the truths of the matters aforesaid, certify and transmit the testimony in this case, and the proceedings had thereon to the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War, to the end that such relief may be had in the premises, as is by law in such case provided. And in support of the facts above set forth, he refers to the Affidavit of himself and of Lieutenant William Leavcraft hereafter set forth, Elijah Price
Dated, the Eight day of April 1818
City and County of New-York, ss.
Elijah Price
being duly sworn, says, that the matters by him set forth in the foregoing Declaration, are in all respects just and true.
Elijah Price
Sworn the Eight day of April 1818 before me,
P. Pike
Recorder of the City of New York
City of New York ss William Leavcraft of the City of New York being duly sworn doth depose and say that he was personally acquainted with the before applicant Serjeant Elijah Price in the Revolutionary Service in Col John Lamb's Regiment of Artillery from the year 1776 to the end of the war in 1783 that I was a Lieutenant in the Regiment all the time and I further state he had an honorable discharge from the Army
Sworn this 8 th day of April 1818
Wm Leavcraft
P. Pike

City and County of New-York, ss. Be it Remembered, That on the Eight day of April ————— in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen before me, Richard Riker ————— Recorder of the City of New-York, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, called the Mayor's Court of the City of New-York, which is a Court of Record of the State of New-York, personally appeared the aforesaid Elijah Price Applicant, and said that he is about 64 years of age. and he having procured Lieut William Leacroft as a witness as stated above, and is well known by me to be a Respectable Citizen and is entitled to the fullest credit, who being by me duly sworn ————— to the truth of the facts stated in the foregoing declaration and affidavits by them subscribed, and the said Applicant also
Whereupon I being satisfied that the said Applicant did serve in the Army of the United States, on the Continental Establishment, in the Revolutionary War, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months and longer, to wit, for the term and in the manner stated in the declaration of the said Applicant; and that he is fairly and justly entitled to the benefit of the Act aforesaid.
Therefore, I do hereby Certify and transmit the testimony in the case, and the proceedings had thereon, as before set forth, to the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War.
Given under my Hand and the Seal of the said Court, at the City of New-York, the day and year last above written.
R Riker

State of New-York.
CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW-YORK, ss.
I, BENJAMIN FERRIS , Clerk of the City and County of New-York, and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said City and County.
Do hereby certify, That Richard Riker, Esq.
before whom the annexed Affidavits were made, and who hath subscribed his name to the Certificate also hereto annexed, was on the day when the said Affidavits were made and the said Certificate signed, Recorder of the City of New-York and a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, called the Mayor's Court of the City of New-York, and duly commissioned and sworn. And further, that the said Court is a Court of Record of the State of New-York, and that the signature of R. RIKER subscribed to the said Certificate, is the proper hand writing of the said Richard Riker.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, this fifteenth day of April 1818
Benj. Ferris Clerk

Elijah Price, Smithtown
Con
Hon. W. Wood, H. R.

State of New York } Sag Harbor County }
At a Court of Common Pleas held at the Court House at Riverhead in & for said County on the 2nd day of Jan. A.D. 1821 being a Court of Record by the Laws & Constitution of the State of New York with power to hear, try and determine according to law all actions real, personal and mixed arising within the said County and also all transitory actions altho the same may not have arisen within the said County personally appeared before open Court Elijah Price aged about sixty nine years a resident in the Town of Smithtown in said County, who first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare as follows VIZ.
I Elijah Price do swear that I served in the revolutionary war as a sergeant from 1777 to 1783 that I enlisted in the Company commanded by Capt. Bliss in Regt. commanded by Col. John Lamb on the Continental establishment as stated in my original declaration dated the 8th day of Apr. 1818. That I was placed on the pension list by virtue of the act of Congress of the 18th March 1818 the Certificate whereof is numbered 934; and I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th of March 1818, and that I have not since that time by gift or sale in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provision 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 the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not nor has any person for me in trust any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and subscribed by me: And I do further swear that I have been a cobbler that I am now infirm and unable to labour: that my family consists of my wife aged 54 years who is also infirm and unable to labour; and 2 children (VIZ) Amelia aged fifteen and Sidney aged 12 years: that I am unable by means

of my property or the assistance of my family to support myself without the aid of Government, except by private or public charity. Sworn to & declared Elijah Price this 2 nd day of January 1821 in open Court before the Judges thereof, - Charles A. Floyd Clerk
A Schedule of the whole estate and income of Elijah Price named in the above affidavit his necessary bedding and cloth- ing excepted (P. 12.) 1 cow, shovel and tongs, 1 pair of ana ions 4 chairs, 2 tables, 2 chests, 5 tea cups and saucers, 6 knives and forks, 3 tea-spoons, 1 pot, 1 kettle, 2 spinning wheels, 1 looking glass 1 frying pan, 1 tea-kettle, 1 axe, 1 hoe, 1 scythe, 1 cradle, 1 wheel barrow - Elijah Price
State of New York Suffolk County ss I Charles A. Floyd Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Suffolk Do hereby certify that the foregoing & the Schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the Record of the said Court & 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 six dollars & Ninety Cents -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of the said Court on this second day of January in the year one thousand eight hundred & Twenty one
Charles A. Floyd Clerk

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File No. 44268
Elijah Price
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Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 3, Page 412
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Mechanics Bank New York 15 th Feb y 1837
Sir
I enclose for your examination the papers in the case of Elijah Price, a Sergeant, at $8 pr month, under the act of 18 th March 1818, who resides in the State of New Jersey.
Very Respectfully
Yours Ob t Serv t
J. Fleming Presd t Spens ag t
James L Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions