Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 23,120, Ephraim Bennitt, New York

SERVICE
New York
Bennitt, Ephraim Bennett,
NUMBER
S. 23.120
CONTENTS

Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6 th April 1838 from 4 Sept. 1839 to 4 March 1840. age. Notified 24 Decr 1840
24 1841 New York Ephraim Bennett
Elmira in the State of New York who was a Private in the Comp. commanded by Captain McCauley of the Regt. commanded by Colo. Hathorn in the New York line for 1 Year and 7 Months
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of (3) Dollars 33 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 day of Nov. 1832 and sent to J. Robinson of Elmira President
Arrears to the 4th of Sep. 33 $138.33 Per-ann. allowance ending 1st. 34 31.66 $189.99
Revolutionary Claim Age June 7, 1832. recorded by G. C. Stiles Clerk Book E. Vol. 1. Page 90.

2 Eleanor Bennett, Declaration.
23937
Two ats 1 year & 7 Mths. Capt M c Combly Col Hattow. N. Y.
Direct to J. Robinson Chicaw N.Y.

At a Court of Common pleas holden at the Court House in the Village of Elmira in and for the County of Tioga in the State of New York Com- mencing on the fifth day of March 1833.
Present The Hon. Grant B. Baldwin Esquire First Judge.
Joseph L. Darling } Esquire Elijah Shoemaker } Darius Bentley } Judges
State of New York } Tioga County ss } On this seventeenth day of March 1833 personally ap- peared in open Court before the Judges aforesaid being a Court of record because made so by the Constitution and laws of the State having my hand & seal Now sitting, Ephraim Bennett a resident of the Town of Veteran in the County and State aforesaid aged Twenty Years the first day of May last 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 9th 1832; That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served and fulfilled as herein stated.
He declares that on the first day of September 1799 he volunteered and was mustered in the Com- pany of Capt. McCamley in the Regiment of Col. Hathorn in the County of Orange in the State of New York. We were marched to the Hudson River and stationed at Fort Montgomery for a short time then were marched over Sterling Mountain into the State of New Jersey and were quartered at a place called Dackinsack and on the first of December were marched home and dismissed having performed three months service in this campaign.
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And he further declares that on the first of May 1798 in pursuance of Order

from the same Col. Hathorn to the same Company he volunteered for an expedition under the same Capt. McCauley before named and was march'd on to what was called the Minisink Country on the Delaware River against the Indians; we were employed for some time in scouting parties and were march'd home and dismissed on the first of July having performed two months service in this Campaign.
And he further declares that on the first of July 1779 he was again ordered out by the same Col. Hathorn and Capt. McCauley before named and were march'd on to the Hudson River and in the neighborhood of Stoney Point and was employed with the rest of the Company to guard some prisoners who had been taken until they could be further disposed of; we then received

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Orders and were March'd on to the Delaware River but our Company did not arrive in time to be in the engagement with the In- dians in which Col Hethorn was defeated. We were March'd home and discharged the first of September having served two months in this expedition. At this time our Company or such of them who would volunteer for the purpose formed themselves into a Class pursuant to the Military reg- ulations then in force and he this declarant entered into the measure and joined the Class for the more effective readiness and prosecution of the service and continued therein and performed his regular proportion of the service for four years that is from the first of September 1779 to the first of September 1783; and he further declares that he then at the close of the war received a Certificate entitling him to a Class right of sixty acres of land which he sold within a

year or two afterwards to a man by the name of David But then living in the Town of Warwick in the County of Orange but now deceased.
That during his service in this Camp he was under General Bathorn and Capt McCamby before named; and that during the said four years he was not closed as aforesaid he was in actual service one fourth of the time at least or one year making one year and seven months service in the whole for which he claims a pension.
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That he has no documentary evidence of his said services neither does he know of any person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to them. And in answer to the several interrogatories put to him by the Court he says:
That he was born in the Town of Warwick in the County of Orange in the State of New York on the first day of May 1762.
That he has a record of his age.

in his profession which he received from his parents and which he supposes to be correct.
That when he first entered the service he lived in the town of Warwick aforesaid the place of his nativity. After the close of the war he continued to live there a few years then lived five years in Northumberland County in the State of Pennsylvania; then lived at his present residence thirty two years.
That in all his service as aforesaid he was a volunteer.
That Gen. Clatborn, Col. Henry Wisner, Col. Odell and Gen. Wayne were with the troops where he served and he was well acquainted with most of them.
That he never received any written discharge; he was verbally dismissed at the expiration of each tour -
That he would refer to Col. George Coryell, Joseph L. Darling Esquire, Thomas Mills Esquire and Elijah Seaton Esquire who are well acquainted with his reputation for truth and

veracity and who can testify to their belief in the truth of the foregoing declaration.
That he hereby Relinquishes every Claim whatever to a pension or an 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 Ephraim
Green M Tuthill Clk
Bennett
We Simon R. Jones a clergyman residing in Southport and Josiah Merrill of Catherine and Darius Bentley of Olina, Tioga County hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Ephraim Bennett who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy years of age and upwards that he is generally reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion sworn & subscribed } Sarah Merrill the day and year } Simon R. Jones. aforesaid — Green M Tuthill Clk D at Bentley

And the said Court do hereby declare their Opinion after the investi- gation 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 Simeon R. Jones who has signed the preceding Certificate is a Clergyman resident in the Town of South port and that Josiah Merritt who has also signed the same is a resident in Catherine and that Darius Bentley who has also signed the same is a resident of Elmina and one of the present Judges of the Court and are credible persons and that their Statement is entitled to credit.
State of New York Tioga County ss I Green M Tuttle Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas afore- said do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of Ephraim Bennett for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this 11 th day of March 1833.—
Green M Tuttle

In reply to your request of _____, received for a statement of the military history of Ephraim Bennett 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. Sur File 23120
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Sept 1 77 3 mos. Priv. McKinley Halloran N.Y.   May 1 78 2 mos. " "   July 1 79 2 mos. " "   Nov 1 79 - Sept 83 1 year " "  
Battles engaged in,
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Marble, Orange Co. N.Y.
Date of application for pension, Mch 7 1833. Albany N.Y.
Residence at date of application, Volcan, Tioga Co. N.Y.
Age at date of application, Jan May 1 1762 Marbled, Orange Co. N.Y.
Remarks: (No fam. data - En.)  (The above noted is the only etc. En.)

Pittston
23120 INVALID.
File No. 23,120
Ebenezer Bennett
Rev. Rev. Rev.
Act: June 7 th 1800
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 31
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Nov 7, 1896 Soldier pensioned to Mrs. J. C. Rees (Smithsonian)
May 10 1899 S. B. Bennett Pittston Pa.
 1907 July 19. History to S. E. Bennett c  1908 Apr. 9. Hist. to John W. Overton, letter in Rej. File 3494 f  1908 Dec. 9 Hist. Mrs. Pearl B. Harris d  1910 Mch. 1. To Mrs. John Bates Jr. c  1913 Mar. 20 To Mrs. W. M. Helton au.  1922 Dec 20 To Helen G. Lyon. Ev. 

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
December 19 th , 1840.
Sir :
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Ephraim Bennett, — a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany, N.Y. Agency, at the rate of Sixty three Dollars and 33 Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept. 1839, to the 4 th March 1840.
Respectfully yours,
Alvin L. Parsons Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.

November 22.
Rev. Acc 1922
Bureau of Pensions Department of the Interior. Washington, D.C.
✓ 24 Nov 22
Will you please give me a report of all the Ephraim Bennettts that you have on record as serving in the Revolutionary War. From New York or Connecticut. I am particularly interested in the war record of one coming from Chemung County, New York. Truly I may hear at your convenience. I am,
Yours very truly Helen G. Lyon Box 357. St. Petersburg, Fla.

Mrs W W Hilton Elmira NY
3-871
RECORD DIVISION
Department of the Interior BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Briefed by AW Mar. 10 13
Claim No. _____
Certificate No. _____
Claimant _____
Soldier Ephraim Bennett b. May 1, 1762 - d. Oct 26, 1873? Service _____
Additional Service Rev. 4.
No _____ claim, State records _____, 191
No claim, combination records _____, 191
REMARKS:
No claim as above

W. N. HILTON,
403 W. GRAY STREET,
ELMIRA, N. Y.
Dearest Cousin
Is there not a mistake in regard to Bennett's name not appearing in the Revolutionary records?
The copy included is secured from the Bennett-genealogy book compiled & published by Stephen B. Bennett of Pittsburgh Pa. in Aug 1899 - a descendant.
Born May 1 st 1762 - Died Oct 26. 1843.
Will you kindly give the writer your attention again & greatly oblige
Yrs. Willie N. Hilton
403 W. Gray St.
March 17.
Elmira N.Y.
(over)

P.S.
I might also add there is a bronze Tablet erected at the Cemetery on his grave, at Hornsby Falls N.Y. with the inscription similar to the inclosed copy. Sergeant under Col. John Washburne & Captain David McCamly re

7517 Luscara St. Homewood. Pitts- burg. Pa.
July 28/1912.
J. L. Davenport, Esq. Commissioner.
My Dear Sir;
I am in receipt of your favor of the 20 th inst in reply to my query as to Revolutionary War Record of my great grand- father Ephraim Bennett. There must be some mistake

Under date of Feby 25 th 1907, my brother Dr. D. C. Barnett of Chicago received from Robt. S. Person. Aud. a record of great grand father "Ephraim Barnett" Rev. War. Act 1832, Certificate # 24,184, Albany Agency. Showing payments made at $63 33 per 12 mos. to Sept. 1843. "Payments were made to pensioner residing in Dix, Chemung County N.Y. for seven years,

and previously in Batavia, Same County."
My brother also received a paper under date Feby 19, 1907. "I. S. 6" survivors File 23120. Rev. War"
Capt McCarroll, Col. Hathorne, State of N.Y. Ephraim Brant enlisted Sept 1-1777, private. length of service 3 mos, Enlisted May 1-1778 service 2 mos, Vc.
Claim for pension made March 7, 1833

Claim allowed. Vc. Residence at date of application between Tioga Co. N.Y.
I trust this may be of use in locating the record.
I enclose herewith form of Application that you may see what form of certificate is required. I believe it should be in duplicate.
Thanking you for your kind consideration.
Very truly yours,
Wm John Gats Jr.

PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF ADAMS TOWNSHIP, SENECA CO. MRS. PEARL B. HARRIS, Supt.
Enc
Clyde, Ohio, Nov. 30, 1908
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
I am trying to establish a line of ancestry back to the Revolution, my Revolutionary ancestor was Ephraim Bennett a soldier in the New York troops from Chemung or probably Tioga County. The pension was issued to him about 1833.
Will you kindly send me a copy of this pension certificate or his war record. I think I have a direct line now if I get his war record.
Very truly yours,
(Mrs.) Pearl B. Harris
Clyde, Ohio Route 4,

316 Live Stock Ex Chicago, Ills.
Feb 6, 07.
Mr V. Warner Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D. C.
Sir:—
Will you kindly advise me at your earliest convenience if there are any records in your office to show when Ephraim Bennett Jr. served during Revolutionary War? The family record shows that he served in an Orange Co. N.Y. regiment under Col. John Hathorne. I think he applied for and was granted a pension about 1830 for services rendered during Revolutionary War. Any information you may be able to furnish will be thankfully received. Hoping you for your kind consideration.
I am very truly Yours
J E Bennett

Butler Mine Company (Limited)
Mineis and Shippers of Pittston Anthracite Coal
OWNERS OF { BUTLER, SCHOOLEY, EVERHART, FERNWOOD }
BREAKERS.
Pittston, Pa. April 6 1899
The Hon. Commissioner of Pensions
was kept on file.
Sir Can you please Must give me any information as to Pension Records of an Ephraim Bennett or Bennett who served in the Continental forces. About 1778. Residence near Warwick Orange Co. N.Y. I am informed and believe there were two of them Father and Son the former father and Great Grandfather of the writer. They later lived near Elmer Cheung or New York.
Any information given or instruction how to proceed in the search would be highly appreciated.
Very Truly yours
Stephen A. Bennett
418. N.Y. Volunteer Infantry 1861, etc.
P.S. I have also with you an inquiry as to my Great Grandfather Ebenezer Bentley a Revolutionary Soldier and one who served in the French Wars