Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 40265, for Elijah Pixley, Connecticut

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NUMBER S 40 265-
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955 Ohio!
Elijah Pixley, (or Pickoley) musician Connecticut line 4 Capt Smith 5 Years. — In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio, — at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 5 th of May, 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 th of June, 1818, and sent to the care of Andrew Livingston, Esq; Adams Co. 4 Ohio.
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818 $: 32 - Semi-ann. all'ce ending
4 months ---- $: 32 -
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
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Adams County Ohio
Notes sent to Wm McLean Esq 16 Nov 1821 Piqua town, Miami County Ohio

Elijah Pixley Connecticut line - Revolutionary claim.
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State of Ohio Adams County ss
I do hereby certify that this day Elijah Pickey a citizen of the United States and this State and also an inhabitant of the County of Adams personally appeared before me the undersigned a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County aforesaid and being duly sworn according to law made the following declaration under Oath, first that he served between four and five years in the army of the United States of America in the Revolutionary War against the common enemy in the Connecticut line on continental establishment. That he enlisted under Captain Smith in the month of December 1777 for during the war. That he served in Col: Chandlers Regiment that after the Col: resigned the Regiment was commanded by Col: Isaac Sherman and the Regiment then was called the 8 th Connecticut Regiment That the fall of the year before he was discharged the Men belonging to Col: Sherman's Regiment were transferred to Col: Samuel B. Webb's Regiment and that while the said Regiment served in that Regiment he belonged to Captain Donikes Company That he served as a Drummer during the time for which he enlisted That in the month of June or July in the year 1782 he procured an honorable discharge in due form and kept it till it was worn out and therefore not now in his power to produce it and forward it herewith That he never had or received any pension from the United States That from his reduced circumstances in life he needs the assistance of his country for support
Elijah Pickey

State of Ohio Adams County ss
I certify that the foregoing deposition of Elijah Pixley was this day taken subscribed and sworn before me the undersigned a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the county aforesaid And I further certify that the said Elijah Pixley has fully satisfied me by examination under oath that the facts stated in the foregoing deposition are strictly true and that from his reduced circumstances in life he needs the assistance of his country for support given under my hand and seal this fifth day of May 1818
Job Dinning Esq.
State of Ohio Adams County ss
Joseph Darlington Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that the above named Job Dinning Esq. in before the foregoing deposition of Elijah Pixley was taken & who has signed the above certificate was at the time of signing the same and still is a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County aforesaid duly Commissioned & qualified and that full faith & credit is due to his said Certificate as well in Courts of Justice as elsewhere In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at West Union this fifth day of May in the year of our Lord 1818
Joseph Darlington

Con- J. L. E.

The state of Ohio } Shelby County } ss.
On this Fifth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & twenty one Personally appeared in open court being a court of record to wit for the said county of Shelby to wit the court of common Pleas within & for the county aforesaid. Elijah Pixley aged fifty eight years resident in the county of Shelby aforesaid who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the revolutionary war as follows (to wit) That in December seventeen hundred & seventy seven he enlisted into the service of the United States for during the war in the capacity of a Drummer that he enlisted into the company commanded by Captain David Smith in the Regiment commanded by Col. Chandley on the continental establishment he enlisted at the county of Litchfield in the state of Connecticut and joined the army in the month of January seventeen hundred & seventy eight soon after which Col. Chandley resigned and Col. Isaac Sherman took command of the Regiment which was then the 8 th Regiment and Capt. Smith being promoted to a Major Capt. Mikeliah Rice took command of said company This deponent continued in said company & Regiment and was engaged in the battle of Monmouth under the command of General Lee in June seventeen hundred & seventy eight he was sometime thereafter ordered out on duty as a drummer aforesaid in a detachment commanded by General Wayne and was at the taking of Stony Point after which he returned to his said company commanded by Capt. Rice aforesaid and so continued until after the siege of Cornwallis sometime thereafter he was transferred to Capt. Donacks company in the Regiment commanded by Samuel B. Webb and there continued until June seventeen hundred & eighty three at which time he was discharged in the following manner to wit received a furlough from Genl. Washington with a discharge on the back thereof until further orders and was never again called on which said discharge is worn out or lost & cannot now be produced. This deponent has

no evidence of his services as aforesaid in his power at this time other than this his statement, This deponent further saith that on the fifth day of May Eighteen hundred & eighteen he made application for a pension to the War Department and obtained a certificate accordingly No. 955 This deponent was then a resident of the county of Adams in the state of Ohio but has now removed to the said county of Shelby a farmer by profession but he is now in consequence of bodily infirmity entirely unable to perform ordinary labour and greatly stands in need of the aid of the Government for the support of himself & family. That he is married & lives with his wife Eleanor who is forty years of age or nearly so he has seven children now & constantly residing with him to wit, Thomas aged 14 years Plummer aged 11 years Hezekiah aged 9 years Phebe aged 7 years Rachel aged 5 years Mary aged 3 years & William aged 1 year.
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 sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby 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 and naval services of the United States in the Revolutionary war, passed on the 18th 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 schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed.
  1 Loom value 80.00 Stove, amt. bro't forward $16.12 1/2   1 Dutch oven 2.75 1 Reel 1.50   1 New kettle 2.00 Earthen ware 2.50   1 Shillet 75 Leans 11.00   5 knives & forks 62 1/2 2 axes 3.00   13 spinning wheels 4.00 $34.12 1/2   $16.12 1/2 Carried over 

an old wrought fence d. $34.12 3/4 1.00 1 old plow share 11 2 1/2 2 Hoes 10.00 1 old mare 2.00 1 pair steel yards 52 1/2 2 small buckets 2.50 1 pair andirons 2.00 4 chairs $53.37 1/2
amt bro't up - $53.37 1/2 1 note on John Little 6.00 who is insolvent Total $59.37 1/2 Debts owing by Elijah Pixley to wit, To John McCorkle $12.12 1/2 39.00 John Craig - 16.00 Mr. Beller - 2.00 Judge Marshall - 30.00 Wesley Lee - Total $99 12 1/2
Sworn & declared on the fifth day of September in open court the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & twenty one in open court being the court of common Pleas as etc.
H. B. Foote (Clk) C. C. P. S. C.
Elijah Pixley
I Harvey B. Foote clerk of the court of common Pleas within & for the county of Shelby & state of Ohio do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the record of the said court. & I do further certify that it is the opinion of said court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is Fifty nine Dollars & Thirty seven & one half cents.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said court on this fifth day of September 1821.
Harvey B. Foote Clerk C. C. P. S. C.

M. J. Hickey 1022 East 9th St. Portsmouth Ohio
Respectfully yours,
On the list of Revolutionary Pensioners from Ohio, occurs the name of Elijah Pixley, No. 955. Would you kindly furnish me the statement of his declaration for pension. I think it is likely I am a descendant.
Dear Sir:-
Hon. H. C. Evans, Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Evans vs. COURT OF
NELSON W. EVANS, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW. 108 WEST SECOND STREET. PORTSMOUTH, O. April 21st 1902.

GW
vs.
COURT OF
NELSON W. EVANS, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW. 108 WEST SECOND STREET. PORTSMOUTH, O.
April 21st 1902.
Hon. H. C. Evans, Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:-
On the list of Revolutionary pensioners from Ohio, occurs the name of Elijah Pixley, No. 955. Would you kindly furnish me the statement of his declaration for pension. I think it is likely I am a descendant.
Respectfully yours,
M. S. Pixley to 22 East 9th St - Portsmouth Ohio

West Ohio Circleville Elkins Ark
40 265
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File No. 40 265
Elijah Pixley (Musician Veto Rev)
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 8 , Page 396
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May 26-1902 M. D. Pixley-Patent
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Elkins Arkansas
Aug 7 - 1903
United States Pension Office Washington City D. C.
Dear Sir One or two years ago I seen a statement the Pensi- -on Office was fixing up the Revolutionary Soldiers list so they could answer any inq- -ries that was called for My Grand Father was a Soldier of the Revolution 1776
His Name was Elijah Pixley I heard my Mother say he was Young Major in the Army I cannot tell you his company or Regiment Did he get a land Warrant or Pension I think he died in Ohio Please give me what information you can and oblige J. H. Wiley Elkins Ark

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Piqua Miami County Ohio Sept. 7 th 1821
Honble J. C. Calhoun Secty. of War.
Herewith I transmit to you the application of Elijah Pindley which has been duly certified agreeably to your instructions for a pension at his right. The result of what you will please advise me,
I am Your Obot Servt.
William M c Lean