Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 22,410, for Elijah Morse, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Morse, Elijah
S. 22. 410
CONTENTS

Vermont 9566
Elijah Morse
of Windham in the State of Vermont who was a pri. cav. Virg in the company commanded by Captain Pope of the Regt. commanded by Col. Tenney in the Mass. ttes line for 10 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 34 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 day of May '33 and sent Jas. Elliott Fayetteville N.Y.
Arrears to the 4th of March '33 - 68.66 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept " 17.16 1/2 $85.82 1/2
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Wm. Oriles Clerk, Book E. Vol. 3 - Page 77-

Alms 3m ca. 11. 7. Pri — 23 33 34, 33
Clerk 6°

11,078
BRIEF in the case of  Elizah Morse  of Somerset in the State of Vermont  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 74 years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     Dec r In 1775 2 Private Col l Ward; Reg t { Mil ia Capt o Pope - Co y { enlisted Mass s   1776 2 go Capt o Jos h Groot Co y { Volunt ry Col l Dan l Denny Reg t {   believe fall of 1777 3 Corporal Capt o Cunningham Co y - 0 o   believe in 1777 3 Private Capt o Ralph Earl - 0 o 0 o  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none stated  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? at Boston - Mass s  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? only traditional evidence of several witnesses - one a Clergyman - Certified to be credible persons  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
E. Stephens Examining Clerk.

No. 80. Windham Co. Vermont
Elijah Morse
Dec d . 8c. for Pensions
July-September-1832.
11675

STATE OF VERMONT.
County of Windham ss.
Probate District of Marlborough - At the Probate Court, within and for said District, being a Court of Record, expressly so declared by the Statutes of this State, and as such having a Seal and Register.
On this 30th day of July A. D. 1832 - Personally appeared in open Court, - At New Haven in said District, -
Present - The Hon. Marshall Miller, Esquire, Judge of said Court -
Before the said Probate Court, within and for said District - now sitting - Elijah Morse a resident of Somerset in the county of Windham and State of Vermont, aged seventy four 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 7, 1832 - That he entered into the service of the United States, under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. In Decemr.
1775, volunteered and served two months, under Capt. Pope of Lunenburg, most of the time at Dorchester Hill, under Col. Ward - lived then in Paxton, Mass. In 1776, volunteered and served again two months, under Capt. Josiah Grout, served at Saratoga N.Y. under Col. Samuel Denny - In the fall of the year 1778 (I believe) volunteered and served three months as Corporal under Capt. Cunningham, in Providence and other places in Rhode Island - Volunteered and served three months more in Rhode Island under Capt. Ralph Earl, I believe in 1777 - was at those times an inhabitant of Paxton, Worcester County, Mass. the above services were all in the Massachusetts militia - received no discharges in writing - Does not recollect the names of any continental officers with whom he served - Has no other evidence of his services except the affidavit of Luther Ward herewith transmitted -
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
To the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, he answers, upon his said oath, as follows:
 1. Was born at Leicester, Mass. in the year 1758.  2. Has a record of his own, in a Family Bible -  3. Lived at Paxton, Mass. when he entered the service. Removed from Paxton about twenty years ago, and have since lived in Marlborough and Somerset, Windham County, Vermont -  4. Enlisted Voluntarily -  5. Does not recollect the names of any regular officers who served at the same places -  6. Received no written discharges -  7. Refers under this interrogatory to Rev. Ephraim H. Newton and Dr. Ebenezer Tucker - Prentiss Mather, Jonas Whitney, Esquire - David Mathew, Esquire - 
Elijah Morse

5. Does not recollect the names of any regular officers who served at the same place.
6. Received no written discharges.
7. Refers under this interrogatory to Rev d Ephraim H. Newton and Dr. Ebenezer Tucker - Chas Mather, Jonas Whitney, Esquire - David Mathew, Esquire.
Elijah Morse
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Marshall Miller Judge of Probate
We Ephraim H. Newton a clergyman, residing in the town of Marlborough in said county and Ebenezer Tucker of Marlborough in said county hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Elijah Morse who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy four years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighbourhood 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.
Ephraim H. Newton Ebenezer Tucker
Marshall Miller Judge of Probate
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 Ephraim H. Newton, who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the said town of Marlborough and that Ebenezer Tucker, who has also signed the same, is a resident in the town of Marlborough in said county, and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I James Elliot, Register of the Probate Court, within and for the District of Marlborough aforesaid, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Elijah Morse for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this
27th
day of September
A. D. 1832.
James Elliot, Probate Register.

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Elijah Morel 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.
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   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Dec. 75 2 mos. Priv. Pope Ward Mass.   Fall 76 2 mos. Josiah Grout Samuel Denny   77 3 mos. Corl. Cunningham ✓   77 3 mos. Ralph Earl ✓  
Battles engaged in, ✓
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Paxton, Worcester Co. Mass.
Date of application for pension, July 30, 1832.  Allowed.
Residence at date of application, Somerset, Windham Co. Vt.
Age at date of application, born in 1758 at Leicester, Mass.
Remarks: No date relation to family. - Paid for last payment etc

State of Vermont
Wadsworth Be it known that on the 3 d day of September one thousand eight hundred and thirty two Luther Ward of Dover in said county appeared before me Wm H Jones a Justice of the peace within said county and made solemn Oath as follows (viz) That he is acquainted with Elijah Moore now a resident of Somerset and that he was acquainted with him when he lived in Paxton Mass and that he was knowing to his going out in the service of the United States in the Revolutionary War as a militia man that his character was considered good at that time and that he is considered to be a man of truth and veracity in the neighborhood where he now resides
Sworn & subscribed this 3 d day of September one thousand eight hundred and thirty two In presence of Luther Ward
Binion Tyles
Justices
Before me Wm H Jones Justice of the peace
I certify that the above named Luther Ward is considered to be a man of truth and veracity in the neighborhood where he resides
Dover Sept 3 d 1832
Wm H Jones

State of Vermont.
Windham County Court Clerks Office, New Haven September 27. 1832.
I certify that William H. Jones, Es- quire, is a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Windham afore- said, and that the within appear to me to be his signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said County Court on the day and year above written.
James Elliot, Clerk.

11,675
BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Elizah Morse which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? — no V. * Has he mentioned 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? VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? — no device to the Seal attached to his declaration

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? — no — XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? none — If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
 EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. 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 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 shewn 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.
† QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
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 claimants 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.
‡ QUERE XVI.  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 paper 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.
¶ In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.

RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Briefed by A. Ward, 29/9/10
Claim No. _____
Certificate No. _____
Res. Somerset, Windham Co., Vt. Claimant
Soldier Elijah Morse
Service _____
Additional Service Rev.
No. _____ claim, State records _____, 191_____
No claim, combination records _____, 191_____
REMARKS:
Inv. 7, 22, 410 (Mar.) (res Windham Co., Vt.)

1910 Oct. 4. Hist. to Hon. F. M. Crosby. J 1915. Sept 16: History to Mrs. Grace E. M. Culler. M.B.H
Resolutions
22410
INVALID.
File No. 22410
Elizah Morse
P. Rev War
Act: June 7 th 32 nd
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 282
[Arrangement of 1870.]

M/Rev Sec
The U. S. Pension Office. Washington - D.C.
Gentlemen -
I have been informed that one of my ancestors drew a pension for services rendered during the War of the Revolution. Will you kindly inform me if you have any data on that subject.
Abner Morse.
Born - Nov. 5 th 1727.
Died - June 3 rd 1810
Maw. = Keziah Stow. dau. of John and Elizabeth (Brigham) Stow.
Their son Elijah Morse.

Elijah Morse.
Born 3-25-1758
Died 3-4-1843
mar. Abigail How. daughter of ?
Father and son - lived in Leicester and Paxton - Mass. and Marlboro - Vt.
Thanking you for any information you can furnish me -
I am - very sincerely yours.
Grace E. M. Cullis
63 No. 7 th St.
Newark. N.J.
Monday. Sept 6 th 1915.

OFFICE OF CLERK OF COURT, DAKOTA COUNTY, MINNESOTA. JOHN RAETZ, CLERK.
FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT, DAKOTA COUNTY, STATE OF MINNESOTA. JUDGES, HON. F. M. CROSBY, HASTINGS. HON. W. C. WILLISTON, RED WING. GENERAL TERMS. FIRST TUESDAY IN MAY. FIRST WEDNESDAY AFTER FIRST MONDAY IN NOVEMBER.
HASTINGS, MINN., Sept 26 1910
Commissioner of Pension, Dear Sir:
Elijah Morse was pensioned May 23. 1833. when residing in Linn County Co. VT In 1840 he was living in Somerset VT with Joseph Morse
Will you furnish me with what your records show with reference to his military service residence family etc.
Yours truly F. M. Crosby
SEP 29 1910