Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 14112, for Elisha L Pelham, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Pelham, Elisha L.
S. 14 112.
Carded.
CONTENTS

24. 17. 17 New York Elisha S. Pelham
of Orange in the State of New York who was a Heifer in the Coast. commanded by Captain Sackett of the Regt. commanded by Col. Graham in the New York line for 13 months — " "
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 117 Dollars 38 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 th day of Nov. 1833 and Leah M. Case Newburgh
Arrears to the 4th of Sep. '30 $ 118.95 Semi-ant. allowance ending Apr. '34 23.79 $142.74
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by G. C. Mills Clerk. Book C. Vol. 11 Page 113
W. H. Burdine 99 Herring 6 Feb 1835

13. 107 Charles L. Pelham orange 6° W. of S.
5. 16
392
Admitted Fifer 18 months
May 9
Walter Cole

BRIEF in the case of  Elisha L. Pelsman  6 th of Orange  in the State of New York  (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? 69 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.     Spring In 1777 or 78 1 musician Gen. Lord Sackett Col. Graham   Spring 1781 abt Feb 4 " Col. Dubois   Not on Rolls  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Westchester  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? By living witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Papers not attested or reg d 
X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Nicholas O'Callaghan Examining Clerk.

Flora L. Pelham
Walter Case Newburgh agent
For Asa Dunning Clerk Goshen
find letters in this case examine notes of Van C St. Louis

State of New York Orange County } p
On this eighth day of September in the year 1832 personally appeared before me Gilbert Ogden Fowler one of the Judges of the Court of Com- mon Pleas in and for the County of Orange -founded Elisha L Pellham of the Town of Cornwall in the County aforesaid aged sixty nine 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 th 1832.
That he enlisted in the army of the Uni- ted States as a musketeer in the company commanded by Captain Richard Sackett in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Morris Graham of General Turner Clinton's Brigade on the line of the Continental establishment in the Revolutionary war in the Spring of the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven or one thousand seven hun- dred and seventy eight and served therein one year at being the term for which he enlisted as aforesaid The Lieutenants name was Bocca one of the Serjeants was named Le cols and one of the corporals was named Le These are all the officers of said company as deponent can now recollect The Drum Major's name was Jack Stewart The fife Major was John Jewett - I enlisted at Bedford in West Chester County (where I resided at with Captain Sackett. From Bedford we went in small parties to White Plains which was the rendezvous of our company. We lay for some time near the Court House at that place & from there moved about four miles up the river and we lay at the place last mentioned the name of which depon-

ent cannot now recollect some time Col onel Malcolms Regiment lay at the same place at the same time From there we marched to Poughkeepsie crossed the River & proceeded to Old Pulty in Ulster County at that place we were regularly discharged I received an honorable discharge in writ- ing which is now lost on my return I gave my blanket to Hanson the owner of the ferry opposite to Pough- keepsie to pay my passage In the Spring of the year one thousand seven hundred and eight- y one entered a company in the Regiment of Colonel Lewis Dubois as a substitute under the following circumstances. Cap- tain Knapp's Company of Militia of the County of Westchester was bound to raise a quota of men to supply vacancies in the Regular Service for the term of three months I went as one The Redoubt was at West Point but I don't know what happened forget the name of the Captain & every officer of the Company in which he served But he will recollect that Dubois was Colonel of the Regiment one Hugh Connelly was adjutant, Doctor Osborn who afterwards lived and died at Fishkill in the County of Dutchess and State of New York was Surgeon of the Regiment We went to Albany by water and camp- ed on the heights We remained at Alba- ny two or three weeks and then march- ed to to Sheneectady. We staid a week or two at that place and then marched up the Mohawk River to Canajoharie at the time we lay here our term of service ex- pired Colonel Dubois drew us up in a Hal- ford square and addressed the Regiment &

time we lay here our term of service ex- pired Colonel Dubois drew us up in a Hal- land square and addressed The Regiment provided on those whose terms had expir- ed to stay two or three weeks longer which we did stay accordingly Whilst we lay at Canoe Iohary the Indians had a fight with some of our troops at a place called Stone Roby and killed a great many of our People a Colonel Sharpe had the command of the friendly Indians whilst we lay at this place after serving about three months and can't say we were discharged but I heard no written discharge - and deponent also saith that he served as a fife in each of the tours of duty before related
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annui- ty except the present and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any State
and deponent also saith that by reason of sickness and bodily infirm- ities with which he has been for a long time afflicted it will be alto- gether out of his power to attend
4 John by me

The next court of common Pleas in any other court of record to be held in and for the County aforesaid and dep- artments also saith that previous to the time of his first enlistment as a foresaid he allways was known by the name of Elisha Pellham & afterwards at the request of his mother whose maiden name was Leet he assumed the name of Elisha L Pellham He hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a pension or annuity except the present and he declares that his name is not on the pen- sion Roll of any agency in any state
Sworn & subscribed & to me this 4th day of March A.D. 1844
E. L. PELLHAM
Gilbert Ogle, Prender Clerk of the Superior Court of Common Pleas, in and for Otago County.

Of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for Ulster County.
Personally appeared before me Abraham Lopez First Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County Ulster Joseph Dayton to me personally known to be a credible witness whose having been by me duly sworn  affirmed according to law and on his oath say that he is person- ally acquainted with Doctor Elisha Pelham of the Town of Cornwall in the County of Orange and State aforesaid and knew him in the Revo- lutionary war In the month of June or July or February 1778 Deponent enlisted in a Company commanded by Cap- tain Richard Tackett in a Company Regiment commanded by Colonel Mor- ris Sullivan  Brigade In the Brigade command- ed by General James Clinton On the line of the Continental establishment That Doctor Elisha Pelham before nam- ed belonged to said Company and served in the same as a fifer from the time said Company was first organ- ized until it was disbanded That the term of service of said Comp- any was one year & the said Doc- tor Pelham served to the end then of to the best of Deponents recollection and belief -
Affirmed and Subscribed before me this 8 th day of September 1832
his Joseph R. Dayton Deponent
A. D. Merrill First Judge Ulster County

State of New York
State of New York
Ulster County
ss: I. Jacob Snyder Clerk of the County of Ulster and Clerk of the Court of Commonpleas of Ulster County do hereby certify that Abraham D. Boper Esquire was on the date of the within certificate to the within affidavit First Judge of Ulster County duly authorized to take affidavits &c and further that I am well acquainted with the hand of said Judge and verily believe the signature "A.D. Boper" subscribed to the said within affidavit to be genuine In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court and County this twenty-eight day of September 1833.
Jacob Snyder
rec fees 2/-
affidavit

1 Feb 2 Dec I Gilbert Ogden Fowler a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Orange where the defendant resides do hereby certify that the above named Elisha L Pellham will in my opinion be unable by reason of sickness and bod- ily infirmities to attend the next Court of Com- mon Pleas or any other Court of Record to be held in and for the County aforesaid he being evident- ly in a decline I have therefore in pursuance of the act of Congress of the 7th of June 1832 at- tended at the office of Walter Cuse Esquire in the Village of Newburgh to which the said Elisha L Pellham was conveyed and having heard the proofs and allegations of the said Elisha L Pellham and the affidavit thereto annex- ed do certify hereby declare my opinion that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states and I also certify that the name A. D. Soper signed to the preceding affidavit is in my opinion the signature of A. D. Soper First Judge of Ulster County. I am well acquainted with the handwriting of said Judge and have no doubt on the subject.
Dated September 19 th 1832. Gilbert Ogden Fowler.
I Asa Dunning Clerk of the Court of Com- mon Pleas in and for the County of Orange do her- by certify that Gilbert Ogden Fowler who signed the preceding Certificate and before whom the preced- ing affidavit of Elisha L Pellham was sworn to and subscribed was on the Eighth day of Septem- ber 1832 a Judge of said Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Orange and still is a Judge of the same and that the said Court is a Court of Record and that the signature of Gil- bert Ogden Fowler subscribed to the said Certificate is now

and affidavit respectively is his genuine signature
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto to set my hand and Seal of office This 22 d day of September 1832
Asa Dunning
Pelham
13.187
Rolls
for

Personally appeared before me at his residence in the Town of Cornwall in the County of Orange & State of New York Eliza L Pellham to me personally known to be a credible witness who having been duly sworn to the dispose and say - That he is seventy years of age That he is sick and infirm and has been for Three years almost exclusively confined by a complaint commonly called the Consumption inasmuch that deponent but seldom leaves his house and has not been able to transact business for upwards of two years. Deponent's Recollection is greatly impaired inasmuch that he cannot state with certainty and pre- cision the commencement termination and duration of his services in the Revolution- ary war - In the year 1777 or 1778 Deponent serv- ed in the company of Captain Richard Graham Sackett in the Regiment of Colonel Morris Gra- ham as a fifer until some time in the fall of the year when deponent was transferred to the Regiment of Philip Van Cortland but the pre- cise time when or the circumstances under which deponent was transferred he cannot now recollect but he will remember that said company rendezvoused at White Plains af- ter deponent was first enlisted, from thence we proceeded at different times to Middlebush in the Town of Fishkill near Fishkill Vil- lage here I first recollect seeing Colonel Brumbot- land at the head of the Regiment to which I then belonged, but how or when I was trans- ferred from Graham's Regiment I cannot now Recollect - From Middlebush we marched to some place the name of which deponent

* * * collect some time Col  P'keepsie & from there we proceeded to the Hd P'ty and arrived there some time in the begin- ing of the winter of that year. At the Hd P'ty I received a written discharge from said  2nd  and Regiment signed by the said Philip Van Bortland but deponent states with confidence that he served in said Regiment nine months at least and deponent also saith that in the year 1780 or eighty one he served in the Regiment of Colonel Lewis Dubois at Bannegoharrie on the Mohawk River against the Indians - four months - The battle at Stone Robby took place at the time deponent was engaged in this service and deponent further saith that he cannot give any reason why his name does not appear on the records other than that he was very young and very small of his age deponent was weighed shortly after he joined the army and did not weigh more than sixty weight. And also saith that there is no person living within his knowledge by whom he can prove his said services except Joseph Dugton whose affidavit is an- nexed -
Sworn & subscribed this 2 eighth day of June 1833
E. L. PHILLIPS
before me Joseph Morrell a Commissioner of Quarters in the County of Ulster

State of New York } Orange County } ss
Personally appeared before me the subscriber a justice of the Peace in and for the County of Westchester Rebecca Roser of the Town of Mount Pleasant to me known to be a credible Witness aged seventy five years and having been duly sworn deposeth and saith that during the Revolution- ary war she was married to Francis Pelham now deceased the father of Elisha L Pelham now of the Town of Cornwall in the County of Orange whose affidavit is herewith annex- ed and who is an applicant for a pension un- der the act of June 7th 1832. Deponent well recollets that the said Elisha enlisted in a company in actual service in the Revolutionary War against the enemy and served therein as a fifer a consid- able length of time as a fife as deponent was in- formed and believes to be true. Deponent furthermore advised Francis Pelham was also in the service of his country a great part of the re- volutionary war and a brother of the said Elisha and Francis was shot by the refugees at his own door all which circumstances have made a lasting impression on depo- nent's memory and she is sure she is not mistaken as to the service of the said Elisha L Pelham and deponent also saith that it is upwards of forty years since she was acquainted with the said Elisha L Pelham or since she saw him until Thursday the twenty second instant. That when deponent first met him he was called Elisha Pelham but is now designated by the name Elisha L Pel- ham and deponent also saith that the said Elisha Pelham and Elisha L Pelham are one and the same person and deponent also saith that the said Elisha L Pelham is now

all at same time Col a regular clergyman of the Methodist Episcopal Church
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 30
Rebecca Rose
day of August 1833 before me Charles Yee Justice of the Peace
I, Nathaniel Bayles Clerk of the County of Westchester State of New York do hereby certify that Charles Yee Esq r before whom the foregoing affidavit was sworn to, and who has subscribed the jurat thereto was on the day of the date thereof a Justice of the peace in For said County, duly elected & sworn Presiding in said County and that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of said Justice and believe the signature subscribed thereto as his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of said County & subscribed my name this 31 st day of August 1833
N o Bayles Clk

State of New York Orange County } ss
Personally appeared before me Edward M c Garley a Justice of the Peace in and for Orange County Joseph Wood Esquire to me personally known to be a credible Witness who on his oath saith that he is personally acquainted with Doctor Elisha L Pelham that he is a re- spectable man and credible Witness & labors under a severe Illness which confines him to his room as depon- ent has been informed and believes and also seen with his own eyes - and deponent also saith that it was as towards in the Revolutionary war on account of the scarcity of men to enlist boys and employ them as musicians or servants until they were large enough to turn into the ranks - Deponent served as an officer in the revolutionary army throughout the war - and Depon- ent also saith that he has convers- ed with the said Elisha L Pelham re- lative to his services in that war & examined him particularly and de- ponent has not a doubt but that

Book  The said Elisha L Pellham served in the Revolutionary army  army as sta- ted in his affidavit annexed Sworn this 24th day of Joseph Merrill June 1833 before me Ward M Farley Justice of the Peace
Orange County ss Walter Carr - Commissioner at law of the Village of Middletown County and State aforesaid (a Credible Witness) having been duly sworn doth depose and say that he is well acquainted with Doctor Elisha L Pellham who swore to and subscribed the foregoing affidavit that the said Pellham is a Credible witness  witness and Respec- table gentleman & deponent also saith that the said Pellham has been a practicing Physician and a regularly licensed Methodist Preacher. The last of said facts deponent knows to be true by having seen his license to preach signed by Bishop Asbury. The first of the facts above stated deponent believes to be true because he has been often informed that the said Eli- sha was a Physician and never heard it contra- dicted & also because he is generally addressed by the title of Doctor. Deponent also saith that within in a few years the said Elisha removed from the far west to Orange County his present residence & that he has been sick for about three years as depon- ent has been informed and believes and that he lives in the Mountains near West Point excluded from Society in a great measure. —
Judge Morrill's
affidavit Sworn to and subscribed this Walter Carr Thirtieth day of September 1833 — Ward M Farley Justice of the Peace

I also Dunning in and for the court of com- mon Pleas in and for Orange County do hereby certi- fy that Joseph Norrell before whom the proceedings of affidavit of E L Pellham of the eighth day of June 1833 was sworn was on that day and still is a Com- missioner of Deeds in and for the County of Orange above said duly authorized to administer oaths and that his name subscribed to said affidavit is his genuine signature and I also certify that the name Wardell Gargley subscribed to the preceding affidavit of Joseph Norrell of the fourth day of June 1833 and to the preceding affidavit of Walter Gargley of the thirtieth day of Sep- tember of the year last aforesaid is his genuine signature and that the said Wardell Gargley the respective days when the said affidavits bear date was a Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Orange
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto to signed my name and affixed my official Seal this Second day of October
1833
Asa Dunning Clerk
...man upon

Rev War
14112
INVALID.
File No. 14112
Elisha L Pellham
Infir. Rev. War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 293
[Arrangement of 1870.]