Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 8,349, for Eli Porter, Virginia

SERVICE
Porter, Eli Mary
NUMBER
R. 8349
CONTENTS
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see letter 18 Oct. 1830 to S. H. Hunt do. to Reg. V. L. Offic May 14. 1831 see letter to Genl. F. Hunt. May. 15. 1834. do. to W. Selden Regt V. L. Offic June 26. 1834
1854 June 24. let to Hon. W. Sibley G. T. Wickensham Sep 12. 1857
(20249) Ohio
Eli Porten
of Clermont Co in the State of Ohio who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Nase — of the Regiment commanded by Colonel Wood in the Virginia line, for the term of Three years from 1777 — to 1780
Inscribed on the roll of Ohio at the rate of Eight — Dollars per month, to commence on the 4 th day of October 1830
Certificate of Pension issued the 4 of October 1830 — and sent to Samuel S. Hunt Esq. Cincinnati Ohio
Arrears to 4th of Semi-annual all'ce ending 4th March 1830 $40-25
$40-25
{ Revolutionary Claim, Acts March 18, 1818, and May 1, 1820. }
Record Book D. Vol 10 — page 44 B S B

Eli Porter 19. 663. Application for Pension

State of Ohio } Clermont County } On this 26 th day of July 1830. personally appeared in open Court, being a Court of records for the County aforesaid, expressly made so by the Laws of this State, Eli Porter resident in said County, aged seventy years who being duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oaths make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the act of Congress of the 18 th of March 1818 and 1 st of May 1820, that he the said Eli Porter enlisted for the term of during the War, some time in the month of February in the year 1777. in the Company commanded by Captain William Vose, in the regiment commanded by Col d Wood, in the line of the State of Virginia, on the Continental establishment, that he continued to serve in this Corps for about three years when his regiment marched to the Southward and was taken at the Capture of Charles Town South Carolina, he being left behind on furlough in Virginia, and before he could join his regiment the place had fallen; he then joined or was placed in Capt n Nathaniel M c Carthy's company in the Eighth Virginia Regiment commanded by Col d Matthews, in which regiment he served until after the Capture of Lord Cornwallis, when he was honorably discharged from the service at Winchester in the State of Virginia that he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension except the present; that his name is not on the pension roll of any State, and that some five or six years ago he made application for a pension under the act of the 18 th March 1818 and 1 st May 1820. but failed in his application for want of proof, And in pursuance of the act of the 1 st of May 1820. I 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

myself within the provisions of an 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." passed on the 18 th day of March 1818, and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedules hereto annexed, and by me subscribed. The property I own at this time is as follows, to wit
  One mare 12 years old value $30.00   One horse colt 1 year old 15.00   one yearling colt 10.00   One Cow 9.00   6 head of Sheep 4.00   5 Sheep 2.50   1 Bureau value 6.00   1 old table 2.00   1 Bed & bedding 16.00 
and a few pots & dishes and some other articles of plain kitchen furniture worth in the aggregate perhaps 10.00
I am at this time indebted in the following sums to the persons herein after named vizt.
  To John Willielms $30.00   " Estate of Lytle Hall 9.00   and other small sum in amount 4.00 
That since the 18 th day of March 1818 to the best my recollection the following changes have taken place in my property, namely I have lost four cows and one heifer by disease, called the murrain, I sold one mare of the value of twenty five dollars to pay a doctors bill, and I do not recollect that I sold any other articles than a waggon and plow which I was compelled to do in order to pay just debts, since and except some articles of small value which went to the ordinary support of myself and family. I own no real estate house or lot. I am a cooper by occupation but I am unable to follow it in consequence of bodily weakness and shortness of breath, I have a wife living

but no children, with me, I solemnly declare that in consequence of old age, bodily infirmity and my indigent circumstances, I stand in need of the assistance of my country for support.
Sworn to and subscribed { signed } his in open Court this 26 th day { Eli Porter. of July 1830. mouth
W. Bryan Clerk
The State of Ohio } Set I, Melanethon A. Bryan clerk of Clermont County } the Court of Common Pleas for the County aforesaid, do hereby certify that it appears to the satisfaction of the Court, that the said Eli Porter did serve in the revolutionary War as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy for the term of nine months, under one engagement on the continental establishment. I also certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of said Court; And I 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 one hundred and four dollars & fifty cents.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Batavia, in said County this 31 st day of July A.D. 1830.
W. Bryan Clerk

Address G. S. Mickershaw Winamac Pulaski Co Indiana

State of Indiana } White County }
On this eleventh day of August. AD 1854 personally appeared before the undersigned Justice of the Peace in and for the aforesaid County Mary Porter a resident of White County in the State of Indiana, aged Seventy five years, who first being duly sworn according to law, doath on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed on the 3 rd February 1853 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war; that she is the widow of Eli Porter who was a private and served during said war, and he drew a pension of ninety six dollars a year under the General Pension law granting pensions to all those who served during the Revolutionary war, he drew said pension at the Pension Office at Cincinnati Ohio, until the time of his death, for the proof of his service. she refers to the evidence on file in his application for a Pension

She further states that she was marrie to the said Eli Porter on the 6 th day of December A D Eighteen hundred and seventeen, that her said husband died on the fourth day of November A D 1848, that she was not married to him prior to the second day of January Eighteen hundred, but at the time above stated, she further declares that she is still widow, and that she is unable from bodily infirmity to attend Court
Signed
Mary her x Porter mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written. And I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Mary Porter who made the above declaration, and I verily believe that from bodily infirmity she is unable to attend in open Court
J. C. Hughes
{seal.}
Justice of the Peace
State of Indiana White County
On this 11 th day of August 1852 personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the aforesaid County C. T. Wickersham who being duly sworn

According to law declares that they was
personally acquainted with Eli Porter and Mary Porter and that they lived and cohabited together as husband and wife and was generally reputed as such by all who knew them, and they lived together as such husband and wife until the death of said Eli Porter which was on the 11 th day of November 1848
sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written
State of Indiana } County of White } S. J. Nanson M c Conahay Clerk of the White County Circuit court, within and for the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that John C. Hughes Esq., whose genuine signature appears above is and was at the time of signing the same a Justice of the Peace within and for said County and State duly commissioned and sworn, that full faith and credit are due all his official acts as such, that the aforesaid Circuit Court is a Court of Record having general jurisdiction,
Given under my hand and official seal at Monticello this 14 th day of October A D 1854 Nanson M c Conahay Clerk

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Eli Porter a 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. Rej- 8349
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Feby. 77 Pri. Wm Vance Wood 12" Va   served till   at Cornwallis sur. Pri. Nathl McCartney Matthews        
Battles engaged in,  Residence of soldier at enlistment,  Date of application for pension, July 26 1830 - allowed.  Residence at date of application, Stone Lick Twp., Clermont Co., Oh.  Age at date of application, 70  died  Nov. 4 1848.  Remarks: Sol. mar. Dec. 6. 1817 Mary  Ind. m. 75 No. White Co., Ind. in 1854 Aug 11.

Record Division.
March 7, 1908.
Mrs. Ella D. Gates,
# 3506 Center Street N. W.
Washington, D. C.
Madam:
In reply to your letter dated the 28" and received on the 29" ultimo, you are advised that owing to the lack of clerical force available for such a purpose, this Bureau is unable to furnish full copies of papers - on file in Revolutionary War pension claims.
Eli Porter died November 4, 1848, and the arrears of his pension were paid to his widow Mary who also applied for pension (R. File 8,349) but her claim was never allowed for the reason that she failed to furnish record evidence of her marriage.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

8349 - R1 3-068.
(Old No. 3-649.)
Bureau of Pensions.
Eli Punter
Sept. 7, 1829 -69 Clermont Co. Ohio
July 77 ————— Va Capt Vande Capt M c Arty Pvt. to close of war Col Wood
M - Mary
Dec. 6, 1817
D - Nov. 4, 1848
July 77 ————— Va
Capt. M c Vane
Col Wood
Capt. M c Carthy
Col. M c Ilvaine
Pvt. to close of war
No Bat

State of Indiana } Ss Pulaski County }
On this 12 th day of January A D 1855 personally appeared before me the undersigned a Notary Public duly Commissioned and qualified. G. S. Wickersham who being duly sworn, on his oath says, that he was personally acquainted with Eli Porter for the time of ten years previous to his death and also with Mary Porter widow of Eli Porter (who has filed her declaration for a pension) for the time of sixteen years. And that the said Eli Porter and Mary Porter lived and cohabited together as husband and wife and was universally reputed as such by all who knew them (The said Mary & Eli Porter lived at the time above named - in a neighborhood where a large portion of the inhabitants knew them from the time of their Marriage until the death of said Eli Porter and they were universally reputed by all as husband & wife) And he further states that every reasonable means have been used to procure a private or public record of the Marriage of the said Mary & Eli Porter, but have entirely failed, and he verily believes there are no such records.
G. S. Wickersham
Subscribed and sworn to before me this twelfth day of January A D 1855
J. W. Eldridge Notary Public

The Certificate of Abraham White

I Abraham Hite of Jefferson County State of Kentucky do hereby certify that I was formerly a Captain in the Revolutionary War in the Eighth Regiment of the Virginia Line, I have at this time in my possession a register of the names of the soldiers that was in said 8 th Virginia Regiment, and the term of their enlistment.
I was this day applied to by Ely Porter for a certificate of his having been a soldier in Capt. William Sauer's Company of the 8 th Virginia Regiment, and the time he served in said Regt. On examining the aforesaid register I find that said Ely Porter is returned in the 8 th register of Capt. Sauer's Company, as having enlisted during the war, I know Ely Porter served as a soldier in said Sauer's Company, I have no recollection of said Ely Porter, being with the Regiment when on its march to Southward in December 1779.
I am confident he was not with the Regiment when it was captured in Charles Town in May 1780, how long said Ely Porter actually served in the Army or when he was discharged I have no knowledge of.
Given under my hand this 29 th day of August 1829
Ab. Hite

Re: 3 June 1800.
The deposition of John Short
John Short of lawful age being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he the said John Short and Eli Porter both served in together in Captain McCartys company in the United Service at the capture of Lord Cornwallis army at Little York at the close of the war between the United States and Great Britain commonly called the Revolutionary war And further this deponent saith not
John Short
The above sworn to and subscribed before me this twenty second day of March one thousand eight hundred and thirty. — George M c Mahan J.P.
The State of Ohio } Olmsted County } To the Court of Common Pleas Within and for said County do certify that George M c Mahan Esq. whose name is subscribed to the above Certificate of Affi- =davit of the therein named John Short and before whom the same appears to have been taken now is and was at the time of signing the same an Acting Justice of the Peace Within and for said County duly Commission- =ed and sworn and that full faith and credit are due and Ought to be given to all his official acts as such. In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court at Painesville this 23 rd day of March A.D. 1830. M c A. Bryan Clerk

Winamac Aug 21 st 1854 L P o Waldo Commissioner of Pensions
Sir, By the request of Mary Porter widow of Eli Porter a revolutionary soldier. I ask of you information in regard to her pension. The circumstances are thus, she engaged me to make application for a pension and while we was procuring proper proof to forward on to the Department, A H Reed Presented to her an warrant on the United States Treasury for $16 25 purporting to be the first payment of her pension. Now she is desirous of knowing wheather in reality the department has granted her a pension, if so, upon what authority it has been done as she has never made an application for it. She wishes to know wheather it is all right or wheather there is not something wrong about the matter, Please write and direct to
C. S. Wichersham Winamac Indiana

Winamac Ia Jan 12 th 1855 Commissioner of Pensions Sir
I herewith send you my affidavit in regard to the cohabitation &c of Mary & Eli Porter which you will please file with with Mary Porter's declaration for a Pension already on file in the pension office. I have wholly failed in the attempt to procure either a private or public record of their marriage.
This affidavit and the widow's declaration I hope you will examine and report to me at Winamac Indiana
Yours truly G. T. Mickersham

I John Bray of Switzerland County State of Indiana do hereby certify that I was a Soldier in the Revolutionary army was in the 12 th Virginia Regt and was finally attached to the Eight Regt of Virginia regulars and served three years altogether I enlisted under William Dure
I was this day applied to by Eli Porter for a Certificate of his having been a Soldier & know that Eli Porter was belonged to William Howers Company and the same Regt that I belonged to & we served together three years he then enlisted for during the war & never saw him until the 31 st day of August 1829 and I remembered him well altho it had been so many years as near as can recollect we enlisted in the month of January 1777 I know it was in that year Sept 2 nd 1829 John his Bray Mark
State of Indiana Switzerland County Sworn to and subscribed to before me the 2 nd day of Sept 1829
Pruit Harvey Justice of the Peace
State of Indiana } S.S. Switzerland County }
I Barael R. Whitehead Clerk of the Circuit Court of said County certify that Pruitt Harvey is a Magistrate as above to wit, a Justice of the peace of said County and that on the second day of September A.D. 1829. he the said Pruitt Harvey was a Justice of the peace of said County of Switzerland, and the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name this 4 th September A.D. 1829.
Barael R. Whitehead CLK

I Andrew Stapleton of Switzerland County, State of Indiana do hereby certify that I was a Soldier in the revolutionary army was in the 12 th Virginia Regt. and was finally attached to the Eight Regt. of Virginia regulars and served three years all together enlisted under William Vance.
I was this day applied to by Eli Porter for a Certificate of his having been a Soldier, I know that Eli Porter belonged to William Vances Company and the same Regt. that I belonged to and we served together three years, he then enlisted for during the war I never saw him until the 4 th day of September  1829. and I remembered him well altho' it had been so many years, as near as can recollect we enlisted in the month of January 1777 I know it was in that year.
Sep. 4. 1829.
Andrew Stapleton
State of Indiana Switzerland County S.S.
Personally appeared before me Andrew Stapleton and after being sworn deposed that the foregoing is correct and true and further saith not.
George E. Pheasant
Justice of the Peace
State of Indiana, Switzerland County S.S.
I Sarah R. Whitehead Clerk of the Circuit Court of said County certify, that George E. Pheasant is a Magistrate as above, and the signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto Affixed my Seal of Office and subscribed my name this 14 th day of September 1829. Sarah R. Whitehead Clerk.

For the purpose of obtaining the benefits of the act entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution,, approved on the 15 th day of May 1828. I Eli Porter of Stone Lick Township in the County of Clermont in the State of Ohio do hereby declare that I enlisted in the Continental Line of the Army of the Revolution for three years some time in the month of January 1777 and served out that period. and after it was over; continued in its service until its termination; at which period I was a private in Capt. McCarty's Company of the 8 th Regiment of the Virginia Line And I do also declare that I afterwards received eighty dollars in money from Capt. Abraham Hite and not a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars; to which I was entitled under a resolve of Congress passed the 15 th of May 1778. And I further declare that I was not on the 15 th day of May 1828. on the Pension List Roll of the United States Govt.
James Hunt.
State of Ohio
City of Cincinnati
Eli his Porter mark
I Isaac G. Burnet Mayor =or of the City aforesaid do hereby certify that Eli Porter who has signed the above declaration personally came before me and was sworn to and subscribed the same
In testimony of all which I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the Corpo- rate Seal of the said City this seventh day of September 1829. Isaac Burnet, Mayor

State of Ohio
City of Cincinnati
ss. Before me Isaac G. Burnet Mayor of the City aforesaid personally
appeared this 27 th day of September 1830, Eli. Piter of lawful age who on his solemn oath declares and says that he is the identical person of that name who as an applicant for pension did on the 26 th day of July 1830 before the Honorable Court of Common Pleas then sitting in and for the County of Clermont in the State of Ohio swear to and subscribe a declaration and schedule of his property in order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of the 18 th March 1818 and act of May 1820 in which said declaration he stated that he "entered for during the War in the company commanded by Capt William Vose in the Regiment commanded by Col. Wood in the line of the State of Virginia on the Continental Establishment." He further states that it has been represented to him by J. L. Edwards Esquire of the Pension Office War Depart- ment in the said Edwards letter to Samuel H. Hunt of Cincinnati Ohio bearing date August 11 th 1830 that no officer of the name of Vose belonged to the Virginia Line, in expla- nation to which remark he under oath states and declares that he is very illiterate that he can neither spell read or write, and that he cannot say with certainty how the name of his Capt was or ought to be spelled, but he can state this with certainty that he was called by the men of the company Vose or Vause and perhaps his name ought to have been spelled the latter, but he further states that of this fact he is certain, that it was was under the Capt of that name Vause incorrectly spelled Vose in his declaration in Col. Wood's Regiment of the Virginia Line that he served, whose name has been incorrectly spelled by

The writer who drew up for him his declaration of the date date aforesaid, and further he saith not. Signed in presence of Samuel Hunt.
His Eli. X Porter mark
In testimony of which I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the cor- porate seal of the said city this 27th day of September 1830.
Grace B. Wood, Mayor.

Jany. 16. 1905 - his to Chas. J. Gates - City
1907 June 18. Hist. to Mrs. Chas. J. Gates 1908 Mar. 7. Mrs. Ella D. Gates notif. that full copies of papers cannot be furnished - widow applied but claim was not allowed.
Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
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P. O. _____
Service: _____ Eli
Enlisted: _____ REJECTED _____, 18 .
Discharged: _____, 18 .
Application filed: _____, 18 .
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contr
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

Rec'd June 1830.
1905.
Cincinnati May 27 th 1830.
Sir,
In your letter of the 22 nd of October last to Ely Porter an applicant for pay under the act of Congress of the 15 th May 1828, you informed him, that it would be desirable for him to obtain from one or more persons who knew him to have served in the continental army, until the close of the war. An affidavit to that effect is now enclosed, with which together with the certificate of his Captain as to his service for a part of the time if I remember right three years, supported by other affidavits which I some time last autumn forwarded to you will I trust be quite sufficient to establish his claim under the act of the 15 th of May 1828.
But if this should not be the case he surely will come under the provision of the act of the 18 th March 1818. You have

proof of his services for a least three years and a schedule of his property as I am inform- =ed or file in the pension office
I am very respectfully Sir your most obedt servant Samuel Hunt for Eli. Porter
Honble Samuel D. Ingham Secretary of the Treasury

No 5213. Mary Porter Wid of Eli, White Co. Ind
G. T. Wickersham Nov 6 1852 " " " Jan. 22 1855. Letter cannot be found - e
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Feby 3 1853

Mr
Land office
June 20 1834
I laid before the proper Department as you requested here the application of Eli Porter for Land bounty. It will be proper to send on certified copies of the evidence on which Porter's Prussia has been allowed. And, perhaps, that evidence will be sufficient to establish Porter's claim to Land bounty.
I ask the favor of you at the same time to send me copies of the evidence on which Lieutenant St-Miller was placed on the Prussian List. His only heir as you will perceive by the enclosed Certificate desires me to make this request of you. Would it be too much for me to ask of

you to ascertain whether the said Th. Miller has received Commutation Pay?
Very res. ble
30 00 25
W. Selden
J. L. Edwards Esq

Cincinnati September 27. 1830.
Sir
I have received your letter of the 11th of Au- -gust last returning to me the declaration of Eli Porter applicant for pension for revolutionary services in which you inform me that he must amend his de- -claration. That there was no officer of the name of Rose in the Virginia line of the army or the Continental Establishment. From conversation with Porter I have no doubt in my own mind, that the name of the officer under whom he enlisted was Vause and that the spelling of the name Rose was an error of mine and not his. When I drew up his declaration, the name of Rose was familiar to me from my acquaintance with a gentleman of that name in Alexandria Dist. Columbia.

and I conceived it might possibly be some one of the same name or family, and I spelt the name Rose. Peter is very illiterate can neither spell, read or write and the misspelling is perhaps more to be set down as an error to one than himself.
His affidavit which I now enclose to you I trust will be satisfactory
I remain with great re- spect Sir your obedt servant
Samuel Hunt
J. L. Edwards Esq

S F Hunt, for Eli Pater Re: 21 Sept. 1826
687

Cincinnati September 12th 1829.
Sir
I have the honor to enclose to you the declaration of Eli Porter, an applicant for pension under the Act of Congress of the 15th day of May 1828, together with evidence in support of his service. From the certificate of the late Capt Hite of the Revolutionary Army, whom I am informed is well known at the Department, it would seem that Porter is returned on the Roll of the Regiment as having enlisted for during the war. The Porter in his declaration states, that at first he enlisted for three years only, and continued to serve until the end of the war, and was discharged from Col. McCarthy's Company in the same Regiment. Porter accounts to me for his not being with the Regiment at the Capture of Charlestown South Carolina in this way, that when the Regiment was about to make march (in Dec 1779) to the southward his time of three years would expire in January 1780, having enlisted in January 1777, he claiming that he had enlisted for the three years only, and his Officers that it was for during the war.

but, in consideration of his, agreeing to remain for during the War, or as he calls it reenlisting, he got a furlough for a short time, and was left in Virgi- nia when the Regiment moved to the South Carolina and there actually received in Continental money Eighty Dollars from Capt Hite and not a certificate for Eighty Dollars. He states that he joined Capt McCarthy's company (in Virginia) of the 8th Regi- ment after wards marched to Yorktown, under him was present at the siege, and soon after that event was honorably discharged.
From his name appearing on the Rolls of the Regi- ment as enlisted for during the War, I think it quite probable that he served out the balance of his enlistment in Capt McCarthy's company
I remain very respectfully Sir your mdt. ob't servant
Sam'l Hunt Agent for Eli Porter
Honble Sam l D. Ingham Secretary of the Treasury.

May. 15. 1834.
Miss
Eli Porter
John
Feb. 18 March 1818
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15 May. 1834
W.R.R.

Cincinnati, May 9 th 1834.
Sir
Eli Porter a revolutionary soldier of the Virginia line in the continental establishment during the revolutionary war, was placed on the Pension List Roll of the Ohio Agency on the 4 th of October 1830 on which day his pension commences. The number of his pension certificate is 20.249. He resides in Clermont Co Ohio about twenty miles from this city.
Porter informs me that he enlisted in the year 1777 for during the war under Capt Vose in the 12 th Virginia Regiment commanded by Col. Wood. He states that he served three years under Capt Vose when he retired from the service and that Lt. Williams took the command of the company in which he served until the time of the surrender of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown in Virginia, after which he with most of the company was sent to guard the British prisoners to Winchester in Virginia, after which he was discharged by Col. Morgan from the service.

Evidence to this effect is I believe on file in your office or at least sufficient to establish his claim to a pension. The witnesses by which Porter proved his services and established his claim to the pension he is informed have since died, and consequently he is unable to procure their testimony a second time. He thinks himself entitled to a warrant for land under the act of Congress of the 30th of May 1830 - as being a soldier of the Virginia line on the Continental Establishment. This warrant he is desirous to procure, and in order to enable him to do it, he wishes to procure a certificate from you, setting forth the time of his enlistment, the length of his service, and the Regiment and line in which he served, which I trust you can give from the testimony now on file in your office. The original papers on file I presume you will not allow to be withdrawn, new testimony cannot be procured for the reasons above stated, and this would seem to be the only evidence he can procure independent of his own declaration.
I presume that a certificate from you stating what has been proved to your satisfaction in establishing his claim to pension, will satisfy the Governor & Council of Virginia of his right.

to the land he now claims
Will Mr Edwards have the kindness to give such a certificate and enclose it to his
very obedient servant
Samuel Hunt Agent for Eli Peter
To J. L. Edwards Esquire Commissioner etc.

Winamac Indiana Oct 26 th 18521 Y P Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions I herewith send you Mary Parters Declaration for a Pension. I attached my affidavit to it. I was going to produce similar proof of their cohabitation &c but was informed there was a record of their marriage, somewhere in Ohio which could be procured. I then cut out my signature and that of the magistrate. A copy of their Marriage will be forwarded in due time
Concerning this pension address
G T Nickershan Winamac
Pulaski County Indiana

Treasury Department,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
June 27/ 1854
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States;" and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which Pensioners may receive their pensions from the Pension Agents,
the widow of Eli Porter, dec.
"Pensioner on the Roll of the Cincinnati Agency, at the rate of Eight Dollars and Cents per month under the law of the 18 March 1818, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept. 1848, to the 4 th Nov. 1848 ~
Respectfully, yours,
J. M. Broadhead Comptroller.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, Present.

20249 own see
Washington D.C. 3506 Center st. n.w.
Jan. 1, '05
Commissioner of Pension City,
Dear Sir:-
Eli Porter was a private in the Army of the Revolution. He was granted a pension of eight dollars per

month, on the 4th of Oct. 1830, his name being then on the Pension List Roll of the Ohio Agency.
Can you inform me from the records in your office, the date of enlistment of said Eli Porter; the regiments & company in which he served; the names of officers of his regi-

ment or company, and the length of time he served. Also the date on which his pension was discontinued & cause of such dis- continuance
Any further facts in your possession will be gladly received by me
Yours respectfully Chas. J. Fales.

OLD NAVY JAN 4 1905 FILES. P. B.
PENSION U JAN 3 1905 OFFICE

Washington, D.C.
June 10, 1907
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:-
Please send me certified copies of the Revolutionary Claim No. 20249, application for pension and any other papers on file in your office relating to the Revolutionary record

of Eli Porter who served as a private in the Revolutionary War from 1777 to the end of the war, under Captains Vance and McCarthy and Colonels Wood and Mathews.
I am desirous of establishing my lineal descent from this gentleman and any information in regard to his service will be

greatly appreciated.
Yours truly
Mrs. Chas. J. Galt
3506 Center St. n.w.
Washington, D.C.

MARCIA BURNS CHAPTER WASHINGTON, D.C.
Feb. 28, 1908.
The Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:-
Can you furnish me with copies of the ap- plication for a pension, the three affidavits, one of an officer, connected with the application, and all the cor-

correspondence relating to it, on file in your office, of Eli Porter, a soldier of the Revolutionary War in the 12 th Virginia.
The application was made July 26, 1830 and the claim was allowed.
Will you tell me how long this pension was paid and if there was any effort on the part of the

widow to have it renewed.
Please notify me of the charges for this work.
Respectfully,
(Mrs) Ella D. Yates,
3506 Center St., n.w.,
Washington D.C.

Cur Rej
#8349

Eli Porter- Va. line
Pub-
Ohio
Rej. File No 8,349 OK
No record of De
Evidence insufficient
Act 821

Revolutionary Claims.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
7 Oct 1829
Eli Porter ————— of Stonebeck township in the county of Clermont in the State of Ohio — has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution," approved the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued until its termination, at which period he was a Private ————— in captain McGarty — 's company, in the light regiment of the Virginia line; and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of the 15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, nothing
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
By Order of the Secretary.
F.A. Dickinson.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
8 th October 1829
It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has been issued to Eli Porter in the
It further appears that Eli Porter — not — is now on the pension list of any — — — — — agency, and has been so since the 3 d  March 1826 at the rate of  dollars per month.
The name of Eli Porter cannot be found among those of the Virginia line, to whom certificates for the gratuity of Eighty Dollars, were issued.
John Hagner Auditor
correct

War Department Bounty Land Office Oct. 16 th 1829
The name of Eli Porter does not appear on the Records of the Virginia line, on file in this Office, among those who acquired a right to Bounty Land or, to whom a Warrant has issued
Wm Gordon
General Land Office 19 October 1829
The name of Eli Porter does not appear on the list of Warrants issued by the Register of the Land Office at Richmond Va - so far as they have been received
E. W. Gordon Caminifying