Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 2570, for Elihu Pond, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Pond, Elisha
W 2570.
Marena Allen B.L. Wt. 182 15-160-55
CONTENTS

10361 Mr. William
William
of Franklin in the State of Mass who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain _____ of the Regt. commanded by Col. Nixon in the Mass. time for 18 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 60 Dollars _____ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 day of April 1833 and Seat Clamguts Franklin - Norfolk. Mass
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $120.00 Semi-annual allowance ending Sept ,, 30.00 $150 00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded By Adams Clerk, Book C Vol. 20 , Page 63
Copies of Papers sent to Hon W Jackson H.R. Jan y 9 1835.
72 Norfolk
1696 Cong 10 April 1818
24 July 1819

No 3059
Elmer Pond
Pine
18 Months
30 2
60
15
75
Claimant
Franklin
Norfolk Co
Mass

I Elisha Pond of Franklin in the county of Norfolk & Commonwealth of Massachusetts do testify & say, that on the 4th day of June 1779 I enlisted in the recruiting Service of the revolutionary war in 1775 year of my age in town of Franklin, & have lived in said town the most part of the time ever since - I passed muster at Springfield in said Commonwealth the 26th day of July the same year In the month of the next August I was enrolled in Capt. John Holden Company in the Mass. Regt. commanded by Thomas Nixon in Gen. John Nixon Brigade - My enlistment was for the term of some months - In the month of January 1780 there was a Detachment from the Mass. line of troops called on Duty about 40 miles before the American encampment (Held at the Highlands) near the white plains state of New York, I was in said Detachment in company commanded under the immediate command of Lieut. Col. Garrison (who had recently been promoted from a Major to a Lt. Col.) - On the 3rd day of the next February, a part of said Detachment (comprising the whole consisted of 6) was attacked by the enemy on surprise at twilight between break of day and sunrise by more than double a full Regt. including grenadiers light infantry, one company of Refugees & one com. of Zeger Riflemen Horse - And after a short & very sanguinary engagement I was made a Prisoner with the residue of the Americans not killed in the action, and marched from thence to the city of New York & was placed in the Derry Cell the old sugarhouse prison and remained in that place to be forgotten abode of misery until the 12th day of Decemr. the next, undergoing extreme hunger & every species of small & indignity ("good enough for the D-ld Rebels all we want is to keep Soul & Body together &c") When I was exchanged and joined my Regt. & was very cordially & affectionately received by Col. Nixon who also I received an honorable Discharge & thanks for my hard service in the old sugar house prison owing to the Army Coffers being Drained which was afterwards called for to redeem a bounty from the Commonwealth which I have never since seen - After the close of the Revolutionary war I made a journey of about 30 miles and called Capt. Hayward the paymaster of the Regt. to obtain my wages due; cap. Hayward informed me that I was returned killed in the action above alluded to, Therefore I was not made up in the pay Roll of the Regt. - In the month of Decr. 1828 I being reduced and low circumstances Petitioned Congress for a year's wages due from the expiration of the term of my enlistment until I was exchanged, for my Gun & accoutrements, my Blanket and other clothing previously my own property taken from me when I was made a Prisoner and also to be placed on the Pension list - I received a pension certificate agreeable to the Congressional act of 1818 & I know of no other reason why my name has been dropped as if it were on account of property - Said Petition & notification was placed under the superintending care of the Hon. John Bailey late congressional representative for said county of Norfolk, is the last I have seen or heard of it either the Pension Office or Petition, save only in communication I received from Mr. Bailey I was told Congress committed said Petition to Hon. Committee on Military Pensions - I now live in the town of Franklin, & am in seventieth year of my age
Elisha Pond Elisha Pond of the 33 August 1832 then the above named Elisha Pond personally before me made solemn oath that the facts set forth in this declaration are correct to true before me, I further can say that I have been personally acquainted with him for many years & have lived in the same town & really believe him to be a person of well known veracity have no doubt of the facts herein stated are true Joseph Bacon Justice of Peace

No. 100
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
I James Ware Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within and for the County of Norfolk do hereby certify that Joseph Brown Ely was before whom the within declaration purports to have been executed was at the time of the making thereof (Aug. 1 st 1832) a Justice of peace in and for said County duly appointed commissioned and qualified to discharge the duties of said office and that his signature within is genuine & true
In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court of said Commonwealth at Dedham this twenty eighth day of November in one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
James Ware

2752  2432 Massachusetts.  Bi Warena A. Pond. widow of Elihu. Pond
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private.
Massachusetts Line Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 60. Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 day of November 1853 and sent to
G. F. Wood Present.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 44 Vol. W
(32)

Sept. 2, 1853.
Appel of Mare- na A. Pond, widow of Plink,
Norfolk co., Mass.
10361
Nov 1853.
Rev.
C. F. Wood.
Present.
1853
Rev
C. F. Wood Present

State of Massachusetts ss.
On this twenty first day of June in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred & fifty three, personally appeared before the Probate Court within the County of Norfolk & State of Massachusetts, Marena A. Pond a resident of Franklin in the County aforesaid, aged sixty six years who first being sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 3 d of February 1853, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war - that she is the widow of Elisha Pond who was a private in the army as she verily believes, - that she is unable to say when he entered, or when he left the service, or the names & rank of the officers under whom the service was performed, or the place where he resided when he entered the army, - that he was a pensioner under the act of June 7. 1832, & that he received his pension at the Agency in Boston, & for a more particular statement of his services, she would refer to the evidence in his application for a pension on file in the Department at Washington -
She further declares that she was married to the aforesaid Elisha Pond on the fifth day of May eighteen hundred & thirty six, - that her said husband died on the second day of June eighteen hundred & forty six at Franklin aforesaid, that she was not married to him prior to the second of January eighteen hundred, but at the time above stated, - she further declares that she is now a widow -
Marena A. Pond
Sworn to & subscribed in open Court on the day & year above written -
Before -
J. Leland Judge of Probate.

I Theron C. Hills of Franklin in the County of Norfolk and State of Massachusetts, Town Clerk of Franklin aforesaid do hereby certify & say that I find written on the books belonging to said town, which are now in my charge & keeping a record of the marriage of Elihu Pond to Marena Allen on the fifth day of May Eighteen & thirty six, and stands in the record thus, -
I hereby certify to you that since the first of May 1836 I have joined in marriage the following individuals viz. - May 5 - 1836 Elihu Pond Esq & Marena Allen both of Franklin "E. Smallley"
The above certificate is addressed to the Town Clerk of Franklin, & is recorded by said Clerk, - And I also testify that I find on said town books, a record of the death of Elihu Pond aforesaid which took place at Franklin the second day of June Eighteen hundred & forty six and is recorded as follows, viz -
"Deaths in Franklin" June 2 d 1846 Elihu Pond"
I further testify & say that I was well acquainted with Elihu Pond aforesaid for many years previous to, and at the time of his death, - that he was reported to have been a soldier in the Revolutionary Army & subsequently a pensioner. That I am acquainted with Marena A. Pond, who is now the widow of said Elihu Pond, & I further say that she is the identical Marena A. Pond who is named in the foregoing declaration as one applicant for a pension, or as she has thereto signed her name "Marena Allen Pond" -
Theron C. Hills Town Clerk of Franklin Norfolk ss. June 29, 1853 Personally appeared Theron C. Hills, who is known to me to be town clerk of Franklin aforesaid and is a credible witness, & made oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true
Before me,
Levi Nuttall Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
NORFOLK ss.
I, EZRA W. SAMPSON, Clerk of the Judicial Courts, being Courts of Record, within and for the County of Norfolk, hereby certify that Luther Metcalf Esquire,
was on the eleventh day of March 1851 & there has been and now is a Justice of the of the Supreme Peace in and for the County of Norfolk aforesaid, duly appointed, commissioned and qualified to discharge the duties of said office, and that his signature to the annexed certificates is genuine and true.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court of the Commonwealth aforesaid at Dedham, this twenty fourth day of October A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty three
Ezra W. Sampson Clerk.

134.9375 Act mar 3/35 May 16/35
Marena A. Reed widow Ellison Pond's wife Pension
Eliz. 1821/5 Col. Wilson.
Widow Cont. line.
Revolution war AD: 160 yrs, Mch: 10/52 Mar 1821/52
Vol P. page 113.
Charles F. Wood Present

134937
Official Records Authentication in Other cases. Report.

I, Theron C. Hills of Franklin in the County of Norfolk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts testify & say that I am the Town Clerk of said Franklin, & that I find on the records of said town, which are in my possession, that Elisha Pond was married to Mariana Allen May 5 th 1836 by Elam Smedley. And I further find recorded on said town books, that Elisha Pond died the second day of June A. 1846. -
time page 44.
Theron C. Hills Town Clerk of Franklin
Commonwealth of Massachusetts - Norfolk ss. May 8 th 1855. Personally appeared Theron C. Hills who is known by me to be Town Clerk of Franklin and is a credible witness, and made oath to the truth of the above statement by him subscribed - Before me,
Brother Henry Justice of the Peace
son she represents herself to be, and that I have no
Brother Marshall Justice of the Peace

DECLARATION FOR WIDOW
Who has never received Bounty Land.
STATE OF Massachusetts } ss.
County of Norfolk }
On this Eighth day of May 1855, personally appeared before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, within and for the County and State aforesaid, (duly authorized by law to administer oaths,) Masena A. Pond, aged 68 years, a resident of Franklin in the County and State aforesaid, who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Elihu Pond, deceased, who was a Private, in the company commanded by Captain
That she is unable to say in what company or regiment he did service, or the time when he entered or when he left the army, but would refer to the evidence accompanying her application for a pension under the act of Feb 3. 1853 - See record of her pension certificate Vol. A. page 44.
That her said husband entered the service of the United States at on or about the day of 18, for the term of and continued in actual service in said war for the term of at least fourteen days, and was honorably discharged from said service as will appear by the Muster Rolls of said company, not having any knowledge of the manner of her said husband's discharge. She further states that she was married to the said Elihu Pond in the County of Norfolk State of Massachusetts on or about the fifth, day of May 1836, by Elam Bradley a Clergyman, and that her name before her said marriage was Martha Allen, that her said husband died at Franklin, on the second day of June, 1846, and that she is still a widow.*
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the Act approved March 3, 1855, never having received Bounty Land under this or any other act, nor made any other application for Bounty Land except the present.
Charles F. Wood Esq. of Washington D.C., is hereby authorized to prosecute this my claim and to receive any warrant that may be issued hereon.
Masena A. Pond (signature)
AFFIDAVIT OF TWO WITNESSES.
We, Cyrus Allen and Thomas B. Allen residents of the County and State aforesaid, upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by the above Masena A. Pond, in our presence; and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be.
And we further declare that we were well acquainted with the said Elihu Pond and Masena A. Pond his wife (now the widow) during the life time of the former, and knew them to live together as husband and wife, and to have been so generally reputed. That her said husband, the said Elihu Pond died at Franklin on the second day of June 1846, and that she is still a widow; and that they have no interest in this claim.
Cyrus Allen (signature)
Thomas B. Allen (signature)
MAGISTRATE'S CERTIFICATE.
The foregoing declaration, and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
Souther Merrell Just. of the Peace (signature)
COUNTY CLERK'S CERTIFICATE.
STATE OF } ss.
County of }
I hereby certify that Esq., before whom the foregoing declaration and affidavit were made, is and was, at the time of taking the same, an acting Justice of the Peace within and for the county and state aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified, and that his signature above is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office, this day of 18
Clerk.
* If no public or private record of the marriage exists, or can be procured, state the fact in the declaration, after the word widow; and in such case, such other evidence, such as the testimony of persons who knew the parties in the lifetime of the husband, and knew them to live together as husband and wife, and to be so reputed, will be admissible.
If a public or private record exist, an authenticated copy thereof must be furnished; if it be a private record, the authenticated copy thereof must be accompanied with the affidavit of some disinterested person, proving the genuineness of the original, and that the copy certified is a true and correct copy of it.
A certificate from the clergyman or magistrate who solemnized the marriage is not competent evidence, unless the genuineness of the certificate be proved, and the person who gave it be shown to have been authorized to solemnize marriages.

PGV
WIDOW, &c.
File No.
25-79
Hannah Pond
Widow Elihu Pond, his Rev. Wm.
Act Feb 3. 1853.
Index :—Vol.
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Sept 3-1853
Appl of Marina A. Pond Widow of Elihu
Norfolk Co Mass.
Act Feb 3-1853
Allowed $60 per annum Commenced Feb. 3-1853.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Pension Office, Official Business
C. H. Wood
Present

No 3127
Manna A Pond of Elihu Let to C. H. Wood Oct 14/53 Gray
Act Feb. 3 - 1853

Pension Office Oct. 12/53
Sir Please report time of last payment to or death of within named pensioner
Respectfully &c H. Burt Esqr 3 and 5p Rent for Comm n .
Elisha Pond, act 1832 $60. p. an. — Died 2 d June 1846. Paid to his death.
F. Burt Auditor. 9 th

6600
Massachusetts Roll.
Elihu Pond
of the town of Franklin in the state of Massachusetts who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Widcon of the Massachusetts line, for the term of Eighteen Months
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 10 th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 4 th of Feb y 1819 and sent to John Davis Esq r Judge Boston
Arrears to 4th of Sept r 1818. Am d  \frac{25}{30} 38:66
Semi-ann. all ce ending 4 th March 1819 48:—
86:66
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Papers copied. See letter Feb. 2. 1829 to Hon. J. Bailey H.R. See letter to Hon. D. Bailey. Milton Mass. 19 March 1829. do. to same Feb. 17. 1831. do 5 Nov 1832 to the Claimant

I John Fairbanks of Sherburne in the State of Massachusetts, Farmer. To testify & say that in the year 1780 I was a prisoner to the British in New York, & that Mr. Elkan Pond was a prisoner there at the same time; he was taken prisoner at Young's house near the White Plains; he was prisoner there with me about Ten months - that said Pond served in the same Brigade with Deponent, viz. Ticonderoga Brigade, but cannot say how long said Pond served. John Fairbanks -
Massachusetts District ss.
Boston 10. April 1818
Sworn to before me
W m Davis
Dist. Judge Mass. Dist.

Brief in the case of Moarena A. Pond widow of Elihu Norfolk County and State of Massachusetts act of Feb 3 1853
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband a private in Massachusetts line 18 months and pensioner of the U.S. under act of June 7. 1832 at $60 per annum paid to his death June 2. 1846 -
(If for increase.) Allowed $60 per annum to commence Feb 3 - 1853
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Marriage proved by public record
Death proved by Auditor's report
Identity & widowhood proved by credible witnesses
Name and residence of Agent
C. H. Wood Esqr. Present.
Examining Clerk.
J. S. Gray.

No 282
Elihu Pond
(Private)
Nipon's Rep. - Mass. to Lino
4 th June 1779 - till 12 th Dec r 1780 - say,
1 Year 6 months
Aff d 10 th April 1818 -
From the contents of the declaration, it appears by the declarant's own shewing, that he is worth about $1200.
Irreconcilable.
Wanted, the certificate of the Judge, that Applicant, in his belief, is in "reduced circum- stances, &c."
Correct.
9 months

MASSACHUSETTS DISTRICT, ss.
Boston June 11 A. D. 1818
IT appearing to my satisfaction, that Elihu Pond subscriber to the annexed declaration, sworn to before me, did serve in the revolutionary war against the common enemy, as stated in said declaration, I now transmit the testimony in the case, with the proceedings had thereon, to the Secretary of the department of war, pursuant to the directions of the act entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war;" the testimony and proceedings in the premises being the declaration aforesaid, with the accompanying documents marked A together with this certificate.
In witness whereof I have
MASSACHUSETTS DISTRICT, ss.
30 January 1819.
Elihu Pond
by reason
I AM satisfied that the above named, Elihu Pond of his reduced circumstances in life, is in need of assistance from his Country for support.
J. Davis
{ District Judge U. S. Massachusetts Dist.
TO THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF WAR.
...and Body Together, so as to obtain our situation in the hands of this hardened Enemy from the aforesaid 3 d day of February until the 12 day of Dec r then next after, when I was exchanged, making the term after my enlistment to the time of my exchange more than 18 months I served in the defence of my beloved Country --- when I had been thus released from this most inhumane captivity, I was so weakened and reduced, that it required 11 days to march from Elizabethtown to Westpoint, where I joined my former 6 th Reg t commanded by said col. T. Nixon, by whom also, I obtained an honorable Discharge, which required of me afterwards in order to recover a bounty due from the state, which I have never seen since. Elihu Pond
And I further declare & say that I own a farm worth at least Two thousand Dollars, & a little stock & personal estate worth about five hundred Dollars, that my debts exceed One thousand Dollars, that I have a weakly wife & a family of seven Children, five of which children I have to maintain, that I am in the 55 th year of my age. Elihu Pond

MASSACHUSETTS DISTRICT, ss.
Boston June 11 A. D. 1818
IT appearing to my satisfaction, that Ebenezer Pond subscriber to the annexed declaration, sworn to before me, did serve in the revolutionary war against the common enemy, as stated in said declaration, I now transmit the testimony in the case, with the proceedings had thereon, to the Secretary of the department of war, pursuant to the directions of the act entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war;" the testimony and proceedings in the premises being the declaration aforesaid, with the accompanying documents marked A together with this certificate.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the District Court of the United States for this District to be hereunto affixed.
M c Guire } Judge of the District Court U. S. Massachusetts District.
The Americans were reluctantly compelled to surrender, accordingly I was made a Prisoner, & from thence marched, as such into the City of New York, and was placed in that dreary, & dismal cell, the Old Sugarhouse, where I remained with a most wretched throng of sufferers, to the amount of 300 or more, for more than ten months, undergoing extreme hunger, & suffering almost every other man's indignity, and hardships, that cruel Time could think I well remember was frequently said "Good enough for the D. d. Rebels, all we want is, to keep Soul and Body together, so as to obtain our Prisoners for years" (or that effect) - I thus remained in this unfortunate situation in the hands of this hardened Enemy from the aforesaid 3 d day of February until the 12 day of Dec r then next after, when I was exchanged, making the term after my enlistment to the time of my exchange more than 18 months I served in the defence of my beloved Country - When I had been thus released from this most inhumane captivity, I was so emaciated and reduced, that it required 11 days to march from Elizabethtown to West Point, said to be 65 miles where I joined my former 6 th Reg t commanded by said Col. T. Nixon, by whom also, I obtained an honorable Discharge, which required of me afterwards in order to recover a bounty due from the state, which I have never seen since. Ebenezer Pond
And I further declare & say that I own a farm worth at least Two thousand Dollars, & a little stock & personal estate worth about two hundred Dollars, that my debts exceed One thousand Dollars, that I have a weakly wife & a family of seven Children, five of which Children I have to maintain, that I am in the 55 th year of my age. Ebenezer Pond

I Elisha Pond of the town of Franklin in the county of Norfolk & a resident Citizen of the United States and commonwealth of Massachusetts, in presence of Almighty God, do hereby say that as near as I can recollect dates on the fourth day of June A.D. 1779 I enlisted as a private soldier in the nineteenth year of my age, in the recruiting service for the term of nine months. On the 25 th day of July the same year I passed muster before Justin Eli Esq. at Springfield - From there I marched to the American encampment at Westpoint - in the month of the next August, I was enrolled in cap. John Holden's company, in the 6 th Massachusetts Regiment commanded by Thomas Paine and General Nixon's Brigade - I remained there doing duty until the month of January 1780, when there was a Detachment from the Mass. line of Troops, sent on duty, on what was then called the neutral ground, near the White Plains - I marched in said Detachment, in cap. John Watson's company, under the immediate command of Lieut. Col. Thompson, where I remained stationed, near the noted Esq. Jones House doing duty, until the 3 rd day of February 1780, when a part of said Detachment, was attacked an surprise, by a much superior force of the Enemy, and after a short and sanguinary engagement the Americans were reluctantly compelled to surrender, accordingly I was made a Prisoner, & from there marched, as such into the City of New York, and was placed in that dreary & dismal cell, the old Sugarhouse, where I remained with a most wretched throng of sufferers, to the amount of 300 or more, for more than ten months, undergoing extreme hunger & suffer- ing almost every other inhuman indignity, and hardships, that cruel men could think, & contrive to inflict on unfortunate sufferers - One expression of the Rebels, all we want is, to keep Soul and Body together, so as to obtain our Prisoners for years" (or that effect) - I thus remained in this deplorable situation in the hands of this hardened Enemy from the aforesaid 3 rd day of February until the 12 th day of Dec r . then next after, when I was exchanged, mak- ing the term after my enlistment to the time of my exchange more than 18 months. I served in the defence of my beloved Country - When I had been thus released from this most inhumane captivity, I was so emaciated and reduced, that it required 11 days to march from Elizabeth Town to Westpoint, which is 65 miles where I joined my former 6 th Reg t . commanded by said col. T. Nixon, by whom also, I obtained an honorable Discharge, which required of me afterwards in order to recover a bounty due from the state, which I have never seen since.  Elisha Pond
And I further declare & say that I own a farm worth at least Two thou- sand Dollars, & a little stock & personal estate worth about five hundred Dollars, that my debts exceed One thousand Dollars, that I have a weakly wife & a family of seven Children, five of which Children I have to maintain, that I am in the 55 th year of my age.  Elisha Pond

Massachusetts District J. Boston 10. April 1818
The within Declarations sworn to
Before me M c Alister
Dist. Judge Mass Dist
No 282
Abner French
(Private)
Weymouth Sept. 6. Mass to Line
4. June 1799. title 12 th
Dec r 1902 - copy
1 Year 6 months
App d 10 th April 1808 -
103 From the contents of the declaration, it appears by the declarants own showing, that he is worth about $1200.
Abner French
Wanted the certificate of the charge, that Abner French, in his belief, is in "the said sum" "plained, &c."
Abner French
of the sum of