Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 41,082, for Elkannah Prentice, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Prentice, Elkanah
S. 41,082
CONTENTS

G. Greenfield let to Hon. G. A. Briggs H.R. June 20. 1834.
Motion sent to Elijah Aboard Eng 28 July 1822 Greenfield D. Mass
Wound Aug 32 and sent Station Aug 1833 - See Root
To WLR = 4,064 = m on
Massachusetts Roll
Elhanan Prentice 4 Capt Mills Private Massachusetts line 1780 - 3 years In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 8 th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 th of Octo 1818 and forwarded to Jonathan Leavitt Greenfield Franklin Co Mass
  Arrears to 4th of Sep 1818  39.20    Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Mar 1819  48.00        $ 87.20    4 mo 27/30
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818 }
Continued
Lydon, Franklin Co

Elkanah Prentice
private, Massachusetts line.
Not found on the rolls. discharged as an invalid (See discharge inclosed.)
admitted.
Com. d 8. April, 1818.
Jonathan Leavitt, Esq; Judge, Greenfield, Franklin County, Massach'tts Rec. d 30. April, 1818.

I Elkanah Prentice, a Citizen of the United States, resident in the Town of Hayden in the County of Franklin in the State of Massachusetts, do hereby declare that I belonged to the Army of the United States in the revolutionary War. I entered the Service in the year 1780, I continued in the Service until July 1783. The Company in which I served was commanded by Capt. William Mills in the Regiment commanded by Col. John Brown of the Massachusetts Line. The Discharge which I received is herewith annexed. I am extremely poor & stand in great need of Assistance from Country for support. Dated this eighth day of April A.D. 1818.  Attest. Sam l Wells Jr. Elkanah Prentice
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Franklin ss. April 8 th A.D. 1818 Then personally appeared Elkanah Prentice signer to the foregoing declaration and made solemn oath to the truth of the same - Before me J. H. Smith. Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas -
I Charles Harns of Hayden in the County of Franklin ss. do hereby testify that the above named Elkanah Prentice is a very infirm man, & wholly destitute of property, & is in extreme need of Assistance from his Country for support. Dated the 8 th day of April A.D. 1818 - Charles Harns
Sworn to the day & year last aforesaid - Before me J. H. Smith Judge of Common Pleas.

To the Secretary of the Department of War, I the subscriber, Judge of the Circuit of Common Pleas for the Western Circuit in the State of Massachusetts, which includes the County of Franklin upon oath, do hereby certify that from the testimony before me it appears to my satisfaction that the before named Ephraim Prentice served in the Revolutionary War, against the common enemy, as being set forth in his Declaration of 1828 that by reason of his reduced circumstances in life he is in need of assistance from his Country for support.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the Court this eighth day of April A.D. 1838.
Jonathan Leavitt

4.034
Elkanah Prentice
Em
March 1819.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
FRANKLIN ss.
At a Special Session of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Western Circuit, began and holden at Greenfield, within and for the County of Franklin, on Monday the tenth day of July, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and twenty, et de die in diem to the fifteenth day of the same month,
P ERSONALLY appeared in open Court, being a Court of Record, within and for said County of Franklin, established as such by the Constitution and Laws of said Commonwealth, Elkanah Prentiss aged fifty nine years, resident in Seyden
in said County, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the
Revolutionary War as follows: I entered the service of the United States sometime in the year 1780 (my memory is so far gone that I cannot swear what month) for the term of three years in the company commanded by Capt. William Mills in the Regiment commanded by Col. John Brooks in the Massachusetts line, where I served the term of my enlistment wanting about two or three months, when I was discharged at New Windsor near West Point, on account of lameness.
My certificate is dated the 29 th day of October A.D. 1818 the pension to commence on the eighth day of April A.D. 1818 and is numbered 4,034.
I have no occupation but that of a common labourer, which for about six years past I have been almost wholly precluded from following for by bilious complaints, from which I never expect to be relieved.
I have no family of my own and am wholly dependent on my pension for support.

and I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th 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 and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th 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 Schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.
Attest S. Wells Jr
Elkanah his X Prentice mark
Sworn to and declared, on the tenth day of July A. D. 1820, before the said Court.
Attest, E. Alvord CLERK
I ELIJAH ALVORD, Clerk of the aforesaid Court, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the Schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of the said Court; and 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 eight dollars and fifty cents
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this fifteenth day of July, 1820.
E. Alvord CLERK.

Schedule of the estate of Elkanah Prentice of Leyden in the County of Franklin & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, applicant for a pension under the act of Congress of May 1. A. D. 1820
  11 Lasts 1.10 — 1 Shoe hammer, 25 1.35   1 pr. Pincers, 20 — 1 pr. Nippers, 06 26   3 Shoe knives, 18 — 6 Awl blades & hasps, 18 36   1 Punch, 16 — 1 Stamp, 06 — 15 Awl Blades, 10 32   1/2 oz Spunge, 08 — 1 1/2 doz tacks, 06 14   2 Windsor Bottles, 16 — 1 Sunk Bottle, 08 24   1 Flour Tub, 33 — 1 Arm Chair, 67 1.00   1 Earthen Pot 12 1/2 — 7 lb Soap Leather 1.40 1.52 1/2   1 Earthen Jug, 06 — 1/2 side Kibskin 0.50 ,56   1 Bible, 75 — 1 Book viz Rise & progress of religion 75 1.50   1 Tea Pot, 83 — 1 Butter Box, 13 96   1 Tea Cup & Saucer, 02 — 16.6. Quart Bowl, 06 08   16.6. Plate, 02 — 6 Phials, 18 20   $8,49 1/2 
Attest S. Wells Jr
Elkanah his Prentice mark

Application for a Transfer.
State of Vermont, County of Windham ss. - - - - -
On this 6th day of June A.D. 1833 before me, the subscriber a justice of the Peace for the said County of Windham, personally appeared Elkanah Prentice of Guilford in the aforesaid County, who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company commanded by Captain 88 th Mills in the Regiment commanded by Colonel John Brooks in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of Massachusetts from whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in the State of Vermont, where he intends to remain and wishes his pension to be there payable, in future. The following are his his reasons for removing from Leyden, in Mass. to Guilford in Vermont - House rent where he now resides is not so high as it was in Leyden and that he can support himself and family with a smaller sum of money in Vermont than he could in Massachusetts - and that the expense of drawing his pension semi-annually from the agency of Vermont will not cost one half the sum that it has heretofore cost him to draw from Massachusetts. Elkanah Prentice
Sworn and subscribed to before me, the day and year aforesaid.
Attest Samuel Sikes Just. Peace

The deponent being of lawful age, do depose and say that I live in the Town of Guilford in Windham County and State of Vermont and in the same neighborhood with Ethanah Prentice that I have been acquainted with him for more than ten years, and know him to be the identical Ethanah Prentice who is described in the foregoing affidavit and by him signed and sworn to in my presence at said Guilford this 6th day of June 1833
attest Simeon Aldrich
State of Vermont Windham County ss
Simeon Aldrich signer of the above deposition Personally appeared before me the subscriber and was duly sworn to the truth of the above by him signed on this 6th June 1833. and hereby certify that the said Aldrich is a respectable farmer and man of truth and veracity
attest Samuel Sikes Just. Peace
State of Vermont.
Windham County Court Clerks Office
New Haven, June 7. A.D. 1833.
I certify that Samuel Sikes, Esquire, is a Justice of the Peace for the county of Windham, and that the preceding, on this sheet, are his signatures.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the affixed the Seal of the said County Court on the day and year above written.
James Elliot, Clerk.

41082
INVALID.
Ray
File No. 41082
Elkanah Prescott
Rev. Rev. Jas
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 8 , Page 302
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Boston March 1 1792 himself
Payment secured by
Gybel Smith
Prentice, Elkanah Mass SH1082

Henry General Washington Genl
United States of America
Elkanah Prentice Soldier in the Fourth Regiment of Massachusetts, having been certified by a Board of Officers appointed for the Examination of the Invalids of the Army, as unfit for any further Duty either in the Field or Garrison - on account of an Ulcer - is hereby discharged from the Service of the United States
Given at Headquarters Newburgh
This 10 th Day of July 1783
By Command
G. Washington
James M c Call Secy
Registered in the Books of the Regiment
Charles Selden Adjutant
April 23 1902