Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2,106, Elijah Canfield, Continental Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental . Conn.
Canfield, Elijah
S. 2,106
CONTENTS

Ohio
Pittsburgh agency.
Elijah Canfield
of Portage Co in the State of Ohio who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Warner of the Regiment commanded by Colonel Swift in the Connecticut line, for the term of three years, from March 1777 to — 1780.
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio Pittsburgh at the rate of eighty Dollars per month, to commence on the 4 day of March 1830
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 of July 1832 — and sent to John Whittlesey Esq. Ravenna, Ohio.
Arrears to 4th of March 1832 $ 80. — Semi-annual all'ce ending 6 Sep: " 40. — $120. —
{ Revolutionary Claim, Acts March 18, 1818, and May 1, 1820. } 7 March 1832
Rec Book D. Vol: A. fol: 187.

Elijah Canfield private
Connecticut Line
1777 — 3 years
The Pension must be stated in the declaration.
The certificate of the Judge as to the claimed circumstances of applicant, is wanting.

State of Ohio Portage County
on this ninth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eight before me the subscriber one of the Judges of the court of common Pleas for said county personally appeared Elijah Canfield aged fifty nine years resident in Palmyra in the said county who being by me first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provisions made by the late act of congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war. That he the said Elijah Canfield enlisted in the month of June in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy six in the state of Connecticut  New York in the company commanded by Captain Brown of the Connecticut line that he served in the said corps for the term of seven months and was then discharged That he the said Elijah Canfield again enlisted in the service of the United States in the month of March in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven in the state state of Connecticut in the company commanded by Captain Elizer Warner of the Connecticut line that he continued to serve in the said corps or in the service of the United States until the month of March in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty when he was discharged from service in the town of Springfield in the state of New Jersey that he was in the battles of Germantown and Monmouth and that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said service. Elijah Canfield

Sworn to and declared before me the day and year aforesaid
Alva Day Associate Judge
I Alva Day Judge of the court aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Elijah Canfield did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the foregoing declaration against the common enemy and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the Department of War pursuant to the direction of the aforesaid entitled act of Congress Alva Day A.J.
This may certify that from the oath taken by Weston to me well known I am well satisfied Elijah Canfield is in reduced circum- stances and stands in need of assistance for a comfortable support Alva Day A.J.

The State of Ohio Portage County ss
I, John Day Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County do hereby certify and make known that Alva Dole Esquire before whom the foregoing affidavit was made and by whom the foregoing certificate was subscribed was at the time of taking and subscribing
the same and now is an Associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of said County duly Commissioned and sworn and to all whose official acts full faith and credit is due and ought to be given: and that the foregoing signatures are genuine
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at Ravenna this twenty first day of July Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
John Day Clerk.

* Colonel Dugay Regiment
I colonel Hernan Swifts Regiment

Elijah Canfield
12,534
Struck off
8, November, 1820.
not entitled

The State of Ohio Portage County ss.
BE IT KNOWN
That at a Term of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Portage specially held at the Court house in the Town of Ravenna within and for the County of Portage before Elias Harmon, Alva Day and Augustus Baldwin Esquires Associate Judges of said County holding said Court being a court of Record for said County expressly constituted by law, proceeding according to the forms of the Common law with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount keeping a record of their proceedings and having the power of fine and imprisonment. On this eighth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty personally appeared in open court Elijah Banfield aged sixty one years resident in the town of Palmyra in the County of Portage aforesaid who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows:— That he the said Elijah Banfield enlisted in the month of June 1775 under the command of Captain Brown in the Regiment commanded by Col. Dugay and served until the month of January following, and was then discharged, enlisted again in the month of March following to wit in the year of our Lord 1777 for the term of three years in the Town of New Milford in the County of Litchfield and State of Connecticut in the Company commanded by Capt. Eliza Warner in the Regiment commanded by Col. Mennon Swift of the Connecticut line on the Continental establishment. That he was discharged the said service in Springfield in the State of New Jersey in March 1780. That he was in the battle of Germantown. That this declarant has heretofore to wit, on the ninth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen under the provisions of an act of Congress of the eighteenth of March eighteen hundred eighteen made declaration of his said services before Alva Day Esquire one of the Associate Judges of said court and in pursuance thereof he has been inscribed on the pension list of the United States as by his pension certificate No. 12,534 now in his possession will appear.
That the undersigned was at the time of making this declaration a citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War passed the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities contracts or debts due me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed. This declarant exhibits here in court the following inventory of his estate (to wit:)
  100 acres land. $412.00 1 Chair 1.50   1 Yoke Oxen 40.00 1 Stool .50   3 Cows 36.00 1 Age 1.00   2 two year old cattle 16.00 1 Table 2.00   2 one " " " 8.00 2 old Chests .50   3 large hogs + 10 pigs 6.00 1 Iron Rattle 3.00   1 horn 30.00 1 Small do 1.25   1 Belt 25.00 1 Spade 1.00   1 Plough 5.00 Other furniture 2.00   1 Drag 4.00 One debt due me 32.00   10 Chairs 1.50 Grain worth 40.00   $119.25 
This declarant further states that he owes and is justly indebted to the following persons (to wit:)
  Elijah Bourneman $179.77 Jonathan Wright 4.00   Charles R Banfield 30.00 Doct: Bronson 2.00   Thomas Miller 5.00 David Marvin 1.00   Jabez Gilbert 3.00 For schooling Children 2.00 
This

This declarant further states that in consequence of his being surety for Thomas Miller he expects to be obliged to pay a debt of $19.00. — Total amts $245.77 —
This declarant further states that his family consists of himself and wife Anna aged sixty three years and a girl twelve years of age Jane Gilmore bound to him until she arrives to the age of 18 years. David P. Miller aged six years given to him when five years old. This declarant further states that he is deaf and needs the assistance of his country; that he is troubled with the Rheumatism that he has had one shoulder dislocated sixty six times. That his wife Anna has been under the care of a Physician for one year that she is not able to contribute any to the support of herself and family. This declarant further states that he is not able to labour but a small part of the time and therefore prays the assistance of his country for himself & needy family.
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court
Elijah Banfield
This 8 th day of August A.D. 1820.
Elijah Banfield
The State of Ohio Portage County ss
I Seth Dey Clerk of the court of Common Pleas of said County do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are correctly copied from the Record of said Court. And I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the said schedule after deducting the debts due and owing by the said Elijah Banfield is four hundred and twenty three dollars and forty eight cents. In Testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Ravenna this tenth day of August Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
Elijah Banfield

sion on file in this Bureau.
Elijah Garfield Ser. No. 2106
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     June 1776 008 7 mos. Pvt. Brown Durkee Conn.   March 1777 3 yrs. Elizer Warner * Converse Human Swift                                            
Battles engaged in, Germantown and Monmouth Residence of soldier at enlistment, enlisted first time in State of N.Y. 2 nd time in New Milford Conn. Date of application for pension, May 9. 1818 His cl. was al Residence at date of application, Palmyra, Portage Co. Ohio Age at date of application, 59
Remarks: Soldier's wife Anna was 63 years old in 1820
( * was in Swifts Regt. not Durkees )
"Children" referred to in 1820 may be the boy + girl bound to Soldier so they are not referred to in this.
Very respectfully,

May 27, 1905. Hist to Fredk A. Canfield Saver N. J. 1910 Nov. 7 Hist. to Mr. F.B. Weston - V.L.M.
Rev. Mar.
2106
INVALID.
File No. 2106
Elizah Canfield Priest Rev Par
Act: June 7, 1832.
Index:—Vol. A , Page 56.
[Arrangement of 1870.]

12,534
O H S Co
Elijah Canfield
in the state of Ohio who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Wirt of the Connel line, for the term of 3 years
enrolled on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 9 of May 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 of July 1819 and sent to Alva Day  Stearns Portage Co
Arrears to 4th of Mar 1819 78 96 semi-ann. all'ce ending 1 Sept 1818 48 1 27 1 31 $126 26
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Ohio
Discontinued
Application sent to Sth Dept by 6 Nov 1820. In letter to the Pensions 11th April 1829. Stearns The

Job
3-871.
RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Briefed by A. M. S. 1/11/10
Claim No. _____
Certificate No. _____
Claimant _____
Soldier Elijah Canfield
Service Conn.
Additional Service Rev.
No _____ claim, State records _____, 191_____
No claim, combination records _____, 191_____
REMARKS:
Inv. 7. 2,106 No other Inv. of any service " — Wid. " " " " — Reg. " " "

2106
3-068.
(Old No. 3-649.)
6-20
Bureau of Pensions.
Elijah Canfield
May 9, 1818 - 59
Portage Co Ohio
Palmyra
June 76 -
Conn
Capt. Brown
Col. Burkee
Post - 7 yrs
mob. 77 Capt. Warner
Col. Swift
Post. 3 yrs
Bat. Germantown &
Monmouth
Wife Anna first
state 63 Yrs - 1820
no mention of children
# 50 Atch Jun 7, 32 Issid. July 16, 1837, Ohio Agcy

Pension Office 5 March 1829
Abijah Crafts
Macdonald
Oct 20th
Secretary of War Washington City
John H. Peter
Sept 19
Christianity

To the Hon. Peter B. Porter Secretary of War US
Your Memorialist Elijah Canfield in the 40th 38th year of his age Enlisted in Capt Elizer Warner's Company, Col Herman Swift's regiment in the year 1827 for the term of three years & served the term of his enlistment. He your memorialist served at another time in Capt. "Converse" in Col Duryee's regt Company for the time of eight months. His property which now is owned by him Clear of all incumbrances by the sworn appraisal of Hiram - Giddings and Truman Park amounts to seven hundred and seventy one dollars $771.00 . Your memorialist would further state that he has a small family to support from this above - mentioned property;
Elijah Canfield
Sworn to and subscribed this 24 th day of February A.D. 1829.
Before me M c Brine J. Peace
Personally appeared before me Lucius V. Bierce one of the acting Justices of the peace for Ravenna Township Port age County & State of Ohio Ebenezer Bostwick of said who being duly sworn doth depose & say that he is well knowing to service & enlistment of the said Elijah Canfield who served for the term of three years years in said Company of further saith not
Ebenezer Bostwick
Sworn to and subscribed this 24 th day of February A.D. 1829.
Before me M c Brine J. Peace
Personally appeared before me Lucius V. Bierce one of the acting Justices of the peace for Ravenna Township Portage County Ohio Ebenezer Bostwick who being duly sworn doth depose & say that the above statement made by Elijah Canfield as to the enlistment & service for three years is true & correct to the best of his belief.
Ebenezer Bostwick
Sworn to and subscribed this 24 th day of February 1829.
M c Brine J. Peace

THE STATE OF OHIO, } ss. Portage County, }
I, SETH DAY, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the county of Portage, in the State of Ohio, do by these presents, certify and make known, that Lucas V Brice
Esquire, before whom the annexed and foregoing deposition was taken, and who has thereunto, in his own proper hand writing subscribed his name, was at the time of taking such deposition and now is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and sworn, and to all whose official acts as such, full faith and credit is, and ought to be given throughout the United States, and elsewhere.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court at Ravenna, in said County, this twenty fifth day of February in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and twenty nine.
Day Clerk.
Personally appeared before me Lucas V Brice one of the acting Justices of the peace for Ravenna township. Eliphalet Canfield Who being duly sworn doth depose & say that out of the property within appraised lot 6 and 7 is liable to pay to the heirs of Eliphalet Boardman and others two hundred dollars & fifty Cents: Ravenna Feby 25 th 1829
Sworn to & subscribed this 24 th day of February A.D. 1829
Eliphalet Canfield
Before me William J. Pease -

If this claim be allowed the applicant wishes to have the draft on the Branch Bank Pittsburgh Penn s . the said draft directed to "Elijah Canfield Palmyra Portage County Ohio"
Elijah Canfield

The State of Ohio } Be it known that before me the undersigned Portage County ss } James a justice of the Peace of said County.
Personally appeared Elyah Campfield, who being duly sworn says that he is the identical Elyah Campfield named in an original Certificate (herein enclosed, and returned) of which I certify the following is a true copy - His am Gidings Justice of the Peace
War Department -
Revolutionary Claim
I certify that in conformity with the Law of the United States of the 18th of March 1818 Elyah Campfield, late a Private in the army of the Revolution is inscribed on the Pension list Roll of the Ohio Agency at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 9th day of May one thousand eight hundred and eighteen -
Given at the War Office of the United States this 21st day of July one thousand eight hundred and nineteen -
Seal
J. C. Calhoun
Secretary of War
that he served in Captain Elizer Warner's Company of Infantry in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Herman Swift in the Connecticut Line - three - years, and until the close of the war when he was discharged at Morristown in the State of New Jersey - that his papers and proofs were forwarded to the War Office of the United States previous to the granting of the aforesaid certificate, when he supposes they are still on file -
that after drawing two semiannual payments under said Certificate, his name was stricken off the Pension list Roll, as he was informed by letter from that Office, on account of his property amounting to $770 Dollars, and has not been restored, as by a Letter enclosed, dated April 1829, he is informed -
Sworn and subscribed this fifth { Elyah Campfield day of July AD 1832 - His am Gidings Justice of the Peace
I Ebenezer Knowlidge, being duly sworn say, that I am, and for Fifty eight years have been personally acquainted with Elyah Campfield who has subscribed, and made oath to the above Affidavit, and knows that he served in the Army of the Revolution as therein mentioned, and that he is the identical Elyah Campfield named in the enclosed certificate
Ebenezer Knowlidge

The State of Ohio } Personally appeared Ebenezer Mowbray, Portage County ss } and being sworn says the above affidavit by him subscribed is true - and I certify that I am personally acquainted with the said Ebenezer Mowbray and that he is a person of truth, and veracity. Palmyra July 6 th 1832. Hiram Giddings Justice of the Peace
The State of Ohio } I Geo. Kirkum Clerk of the Court of Com- Portage County ss } mon Pleas of Portage County, in the State of Ohio do certify that Hiram Giddings the Person before whom the within and fore- going affidavits were made was at the time of taking said affidavits and now is a Justice of the Peace for the Township of Palmyra in the County and State aforesaid duly commis- sioned and sworn and to all whose official acts as such full faith and credit is and ought to be given throughout the United States and elsewhere. I further certify that I am acquainted with his hand writing and I believe the signature to the jurats under said affidavits to be his. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Ravenna this ninth day of July Anno Domini one thousand eight hun- dred and thirty two. Geo. Kirkum Clerk -

July 14 1832
Lentini's Office
$80 per ann.

Waukesha Portage Co Ohio July 9 th 1832
Sir
Enclosed you will find Elijah Can- -field's pension certificate, and proof as to his identity. Mr Canfield asks a pension under the late act of June 7 th 1832
I am very respectfully
Your Obt Servt
John McIntire
Hon D. C. Gales Secretary of War

Payable semi-annually. The first payment on this Certificate will be made on the 4th of September next, in
Chillicothe, at the Branch Bank of the U States
Recorded

War Department.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I CERTIFY that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th of March, 1818, _____
Elijah Sanford late a Private in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Ohio Agency, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to com- mence on the 9 th day of May one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this 21 st day of July one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
J. B. Calhoun
Secretary of War.

MANUFACTURERS OF
F. A. CANFIELD, PRES.
G. O. HINCHMAN, SEC'Y AND TREAS.
H. SHEPHERD, SUPT.
Air Compressors and Engines.
OFFICE OF
CONTRACTS TAKEN FOR
The Morris County Machine & Iron Co.
ALL CLASSES OF MACHINERY
No. 78-86 North Sussex Street.
Castings in
IRON, BRASS AND BRONZE.
DOVER, N. J.,
Dover, New Jersey. May 13 1905
Chief of Pension Bureau Washington, D.C.
2106
Dear Sir
Elijah Canfield , private in Connecticut Line. enlisted 31 March 1777. He was a pensioner and lived somewhere in Ohio.
Do the records of your office show where he lived in Ohio? & the date of his decease?
3 rd any names of his next of kin.?
4 th any facts concerning him?
Thanking you in advance for your reply, I am
Yours truly Frd ck A. Canfield

Commissioner of Pensions Washington D. C.
October, 27, 1910.
Dear Sir:- Will you kindly furnish pension record of Elijah Canfield, private in Captain Warner's Co., Col. Heman Swift Conn. Line, Pension Act 1818. Died in Copley Summit County Ohio. Also of Henry Brown who served in Capt. Hutus from the town of Nethersfield also as Sargt in Capt. Erastus Wolcott's Co. First regt. Col. John Burke, also in Capt. John Hart's Co. Conn. Pensioner.
F. S. Weston
East Akron.
R. F. D.
Ohio