Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29989, for Eliphalet Morse, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Morse, Eliphalt
S. 29989
CONTENTS

Maine 18.166
Eliphaleth Morse
of Waterford in the State of Maine who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Adams of the Reg't: commanded by Col. Brooks in the Mass. — and time for 9 mos 16 ds.
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 31 Dollars 75 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 day of July 1833 and sent to Q. Whitman. Waterford
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $63. 50 Semi-ant. allowance ending Sept. — 15. 87
$79.37
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk Book E Vol. 1 Page 34

Eliphalet Morris Application for a Pension N o 9059. 3

STATE OF MAINE.
COUNTY OF Oxford ss.
ON this tenth day of August A. D. 1832, personally appeared in open Court, before the Board of Selectmen now sitting, Eliphalet Morse — a resident of Waterford — in the county of Oxford and State of Maine, aged 72 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 act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. In the month of November
1777, the town of Sharon, in the County of Norfolk and State of Massachusetts, in which I then resided, was applied to send on to the army. Five men and I was accordingly drafted at said Sharon on the 3 d day of November 1777 in company with Oliver Johnson, George Holmes, Thomas Fisher and Samuel Whittmore, and ordered to Cambridge in said Massachusetts — Then I faithfully served out my term of five months , in a company of State Militia commanded by Captain Moses Atwater in Col. Brooks' Regiment and was discharged on the 3 d day of April 1778 —
On the 12 th day of May 1779 I was again drafted at said Sharon in company with Ebenezer Bullard and William Richards. We immediately repaired, in pursuance of orders, to Siverton in the state of Rhode-Island where we faithfully served in the company of Capt. Cushing in Col. Purdie's Regiment till the 1 st day of July 1779 and were then discharged — On the 3 d day of August 1780 I was again drafted at said Sharon in company with William Hearn, William Rogers, Solomon Gilbert, Seth Hare, David Fisher, John Early, Jesse Rogers, Joseph Hearn, Oliver Bird, William Richards and George Holmes for a term of three months — We marched, in pursuance of orders, to Newport in the state of Rhode-Island, and there and thereabouts faithfully served out our term of service, in a company commanded by Capt. Ralph Thompson in Col. Shayers' Regiment — He was born in Dedham Mass the twenty third day of July 1760 where he supposes his birth is recorded — at the age of 4 or 5 years his father removed to Stoughton now Sharon Mass where he lived till the year 1804 when he removed to Waterford where he has ever since lived — He was drafted and has no written discharge —
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.
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Before
Eliphalet Morse Stephen Emery, Judge

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 applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. Said applicant having adduced the certificate of Lincoln Ripley, a Clergyman of said town of Waterford & of Leander Gage, a highly respectable & credible citizen of the same town in corroboration of his own declaration, on oath, duly administered, it being inconvenient for them to appear personally in Court.
Stephen Emery, Judge
I Joseph G. Gole Register Clerk of the Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Eliphalet Morse for a pension.
IN testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this sixth day of August A. D. 1832.
CLERK.
Joseph G. Gole Register

9059 -
Eliphalet Stone
12 th April 1833
Off 14.
P. 333
9 mos 16 d's $31.75
W Whitman Esq
Waterford E. Me

BRIEF in the case of  Eliphalel Morse  of Waterville in the State of Maine  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? see Brief  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? age not stated  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.     Nov 2 In 1777 4. 28 Private Genl Adams Coll Brooks   12 May 1779. 1. 28 Genl Cushing Coll Perkins   3 Nov 1780 Genl Thompson Coll Hovey   3 Aug 1780   3 9 16  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Shore in Massachusetts.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? By documentary proof  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? General 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Nahum Elliott Examining Clerk.

January 12, 1934
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BA-J/MCS Eliphalet Morse, S. 29989 Mark Mors, S. 36700
Mr. H. E. Jones 116 North Ann Street Mobile Alabama
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your request for the records of "Elliphalt" Morse and Mark Morse, Revolutionary War soldiers from Maine.
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, S. 29989, based upon the military service of Eliphalet Morse, the only soldier of that name, searched under all spellings, that is found in the Revolutionary War records of this office.
Eliphalet Morse was born July 23, 1760, in Dedham, Massachusetts. When four or five years of age he moved with his father (name not given) to Stoughton (which was later Sharon) Massachusetts, where he lived until 1804 when he moved to Waterford where he continued to reside.
While living in Sharon, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, he enlisted and served as private with the Massachusetts troops as follows: from November 3, 1777, until April 3, 1778, in Captain Moses Adams' company in Colonel Brooks' regiment; from May 12, 1779, until July 1, 1779, in Captain Cushing's company in Colonel Pierce's regiment; from August 3, 1780, three months in Captain Ralph Thompson's company in Colonel Thayer's regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 6, 1832, at which time he was living in Waterford, Oxford County, Maine.
The papers in this claim contain no data relative to the soldier's family.
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Death not on P. B.

I Benjamin Bisbee of Stoughton in the County of Norfolk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged Seventy two years testify and say that to my knowledge Eliphalet Morse of Waterford in the County of Oxford and State of Maine served with me in the State troops in the company commanded by Ralph Thompson in Col. Pheyers Regt at Rhode Island between three and four months in the year one Thousand Seven Hundred and eighty. at the time of engaging in the service the said Eliphalet Morse lived in Stoughton then now Sharon in said County of Norfolk Benja Bisbee
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Norfolk ss Stoughton August 31 1892
Then personally appeared Benjamin Bisbee and made solemn oath that the above declaration by him subscribed was true
Before me Joel Tabbott Justice of Peace
I furthermore certify that I am acquainted with the above named Benjamin Bisbee the deponent and that he is a man of veracity and his evidence may be relied on
Joel Tabbott Justice of the Peace

Ex Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Sept. 1st. 1832.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that Elephatet Morse served in Captain Moses Adams company in Col. Brooks Regiment of Guard in the vicinity of Boston four Months and twenty eight days as appears from two rolls, one of the dates is from Nov. 5 th to 3 d of Feb'y. 1778 - and the other is from the 3 d day of Feb'y to the third day of April 1778.
Edward D. Bangs. Secy

I Caleb Atherton of Taunton in the County of Bristol, State of Massachusetts of lawful age, on oath do testify & say that I am knowing to, & served with, Eliphalet Morse of Waterford, County of Oxford, State of Maine, in the States service, in the revolutionary War, at Cambridge, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & seventy seven & eight, for the space of five months, in the Company Com- manded by Moses Adams as Captain, & in the Regiment Commanded by Col, E. Brooks.
Caleb Atherton Bristol S.D. August 23 - 1832 - Then personal. - by appeared the above named Caleb Atherton & made oath to the truth of the foregoing instrument, Before,
Anthony Shaw Justice of the Peace
I furthermore certify that I am personally acquainted with Caleb Atherton the deponent, & that he is a per- -son of veracity, & his evidence may be relied on.
Anthony Shaw Justice of the Peace

I Thomas Fisher of Branststown, County of Hillsborough, State of New Hampshire, of law- -ful age, on oath do testify & say that I am know- -ing to, & served with, Eliphalet Morse of Water- -ford, County of Oxford, State of Maine, in the States Service, in the Revolutionary - War, at Cambridge in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & seventy- -seven, & eight, in the five months Cam- -paign, in the Company Commanded by Moses Adams as Captain, & in the Reg- -iment Commanded by Col. Brooks.
Thomas Fisher
Bristol Ss. August 23 - 1832. Then personally appeared the above named Thomas Fisher & made oath to the truth of the above instrument -
Before, Ameyntas Shaw Justice of the Peace
I furthermore certify that the above named Thomas Fisher, the Deponent, is reputed to be a man of un- -doubted veracity, & his declaration may (with con- -fidence) be relied on.
Ameyntas Shaw Justice of the Peace.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
By his Excellency LEVI LINCOLN, Esquire, Governor and Commander in Chief in and over said Commonwealth.
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
Know Ye, That Ameyntas Shaw Esq r is a Justice of Peace in the County of Bristol. And Joel Talbot Esq r is a Justice of Peace for the County of Norfolk.
in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned, and that to their Acts and Attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given in and out of Court.
In Testimony Whereof, I have caused the Public Seal of the Commonwealth to be hereunto affixed, this first day of September A. D. 1832, and in the fifty seventh year of the Independence of the United States of America.
By His Excellency the Governor,
Edward D. Bangs Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Elephant-Morse Calergym am Certificate

We Lincoln Ripley, a clergyman, residing in Watford in the County of Oxford and State of Maine, and Leander Gage of the same Watford, Physician, do hereby certify, that we are persons well acquainted with Eliphalt Morns who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 72 years of age; that he is respected and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion -
L. Ripley. L. Gage
State of Maine County of Oxford ss. August 6 th 1832 Subscribed & Sworn to
Before me Charles Whitman Justice of the Peace
STATE OF MAINE.
OXFORD COUNTY, ss.
I, RUFUS KING GOODENOW, Clerk of the Judicial Courts in and for said County of Oxford, hereby certify, that Charles Whitman
whose genuine signature is annexed to the foregoing Deposition of L. Ripley & L. Gage is a Justice of the Peace in and for said county of Oxford.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office, this 28 th day of August in the year A. D. 1832
M. Goodenow { Clerk of Oxford County Courts.

Re Lincoln Ripley, a Chuggerman, residing in Watford in the County of Oxford and State of Maine, and Leavitt Gap of the same Watford. Physicians, do hereby certify, that we are persons well acquainted with Eliphalt-Morse who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 72 years of age; that he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a Soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion -
J. Ripley. L. Gage
State of Maine County of Oxford ss. August 6 th 1832 Subscribed & Sworn to
Before me Charles Whitman justice of the peace

29989 Perry INVALID.
A34 Jan. 12. hist. to the H.E. Jones, ... .. 11/14
File No. 29,989
Eliphalet Morse
Rev War
Act: June 1 st 39 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 284
[Arrangement of 1870.]

116. North Ann St Mobile Ala. 12/30/33
The Director of Pensions Washington D.C.
Sir: Am desirous of receiving information as to Revolutionary War Service of ✓ Elliphalt Morse and of ✓ Mark Morse , from Maine and who are supposed to have served with the Mass, or other New England Troops, in the War of the Revolution.
If your records show, and if you can give me any data on this it will be highly appreciated.
Yours very truly
H. E. Jones.