Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 44,626, Elias Blanchard, R. I.

SERVICE
NUMBER
R. 2
Blanchard, Elias
S. 446 26
CONTENTS

15.084
New York
Elias Blanchard
of Cincinnati in the state of New York who was an Ensign in the regiment commanded Colonel Green of the Rhode Island line, for the term of Two years
Inscribed on the roll of New York at the rate of 20 Dollars per month, to commence on the 22 nd of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 4 of Sep 1819 and to Sarah New York Cincinnati N. York
Arrears to 4th of Sep 1819 328.00 Semi-annual all'ce ending Mar 1810. 120.00 16 Mo. 13/30 $448.66
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
Nov 8. 1822.
Not for the Nov 20th 1820 to Sarah Wales Cincinnati Ky 60 N.Y.

Elias Blanchard Papers
Elias Blanchard's Ensign Affidavit For Pension — Pth. Island line Col. Green
On Roll - as an Ensign Feb 24-10-77 Sept 25-1770 Resigned J. Schuyler
John Schuyler
FREE.
Admitted
Elias Blanchard Ensign Feb 4 77 to Sep 78 Green R Island Reg't on Roll
Samuel
John Schuyler
320 9.66

Clerk's Office Lottawa County, N. Dak.
I hereby certify that John Thue Esq. whose signature appears to the within is now and has been for eight Years anterior to this time first judge of the court of common Pleas for said County - his acts therefore in that capacity are, to be held valid as such, and I further certify that his signature, which appears to the within is his hand writing
Given under my hand and the seal of said court this 11 May 1818
Sam! Heschke, Jr. Dep. Clerk

State of New York
Cortland County ss. Elias Blanchard being duly sworn Deposits and saith that he is an actual Resident of the town of Cincinnati in the county of Cortland and State of New York that he served in the army of the United States in the Revolutionary war against the common enemy. That once about the last of April A.D. 1775 he enlisted for nine months into Capt. Johnson's Company Colonel John  at Albany  James  at Albany Regiment and joined the army at Boston where he served until his time expired but before his time was out he was recommended for a commission and admitted in raising a company but returned home and was sick and unable to return until the place was filled that when the troops were on their march from Boston to New York he took the place of Joseph Rice as a sergeant and served at the time of his engagement in that place and was discharged in the town of Groton in the State of New Jersey about the last of December 1776 That in a short time after he had a commission as second Lieutenant in Capt. Elijah Lewis's Company in the Rhode Island line. That he served under Captain Cole, Arnold and at last returned to Capt. Lewis. That he served as Lieutenant two years and until about the first of November after that he lost his commission in Sullivan's expedition on Rhode Island That at the conclusion he was unwell and not fit for duty That Colonel Christopher Green who commanded the Reg- iment gave him leave to go to General Sullivan who told him he had a right to resign if he wished tho he wished him to stay. That he did resign on account of his ill health and not join afterwards that he is in reduced circumstances and is in need of assistance from his country for support as he is sixty three years old and very infirm in body and has no means to support himself and an infirm wife left by his own labour and further this Deponent saith not. Sworn and subscribed this 22 nd day of April A.D. 1818 John Keen Assistant Judge of Cortland Common Pleas

Cortland County ss. Joseph Sweet being duly sworn Deposith and saith that he is well acquainted with Elias Blanchard mentioned in the foregoing Deposition and that he knew him to have served as a Lieutenant as he has stated that he saw him in the recruiting service in his uniform and also in the army in Col. Grees Regt and tho he never saw his Commission he has no doubt but his statements are all true as he has been acquainted with him from a boy and further the deponent saith not subscribed and sworn this 22 nd of Joseph Sweet April 1818 before me
John Keep First Judge of Cortland County Common Pleas.
I John Keep First Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Cortland in the State of New York do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Elias Blanchard did serve in the Revolu- tionary war against the common Enemy as stated by him in his Declaration on Oath above written made before me 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 inasmuch as the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the Department of War pursuant to directions of the said act of Congress in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the office of the said Court this 22 nd day of April 1818
John Keep First Judge of Cortland County Common Pleas

Elias Blanchard - copy
15087
Wilt E. C.
Con Hawks

Joshua Ballard Clerk of Cattle County Common Pleas do hereby Certify that the within oath & the schedule thereto annexed are truly Copied from the records of the said Court, And also that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is Eighty Seven Dollars.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said Court this 13 th day of September 1820.
Joshua Ballard

State of New York } Cortland County } ss. On this Seventh day of September 1820, personally appeared in open court, being the Sep- tember Term of the court of common pleas, a court of record, in & for the county of Cortland aforesaid, Elias Blanchard , aged sixty four years, resident in the town of Willet in said county of Cortland, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath de- clare that he served in the revolutionary war as follows - That is to say - He the said Elias Blanchard enlisted as a private in April 1775 and served nine months successively in Colonel James Varnum's Regiment, Capt. Johnson's company of infantry of the Rhode Island line - He also served a campaign of more than nine months in 1776 as a sergeant in Colonel Christopher Green's Regiment of the Rhode Island line - He again entered the said service in the spring of the year 1777 as an Ensign , and served three successive campaigns then next following; being about two years and eight months, as Ensign having a commission, and doing the duty of such officer, through said three last mentioned cam- paigns, in the aforesaid Colonel Christopher Green's Regiment - The most of the first of which cam- paigns he was in the company of Capt. Thomas Cole, and the remaining part thereof, and the two last campaigns, he was in Captain Elijah Lewis' company of infantry, all of the Rhode Island line - This statement is according to the best recollection and belief of this deponent -
The original declaration of this deponent under the act of Congress of the 10 th March 1818, was made the 22 nd day of April 1818, as he believes -

The pension certificate which this deponent has heretofore received under the said act of Congress of the 10 th March 1818, is numbered 15.087, and was given at the war office of the United States the 7 th day of September 1819, at twenty dollars per month —
And I the said Elias Blanchard do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 10 th day of March 1818; and that I have not since that time by gift, sale or in any manner disposed of any 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 on the 10 th 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 to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed —
I have been a farmer by occupation — But I now follow no business, through inability — my health being such as to have been such for several years last past as to render me unable to labor — I have a wife, aged fifty nine years — She is a very weakly, infirm person, equally incapable to labor as myself — We live alone; and are barely able to make our fires, and do the necessary housework — I would also observe that previous to my receiving a pension under the law of Congress of the 10 th March 1818 my health & that of my wife being so reduced, and my property being so entirely expended, I had felt myself obliged to apply to the town for support — but the prospect

of my receiving a pension enabled me again to procure credit - but should it be taken from me I have no means of support, except private or public charity - Eliza Blanchard
Swore to & signed on the 12th day of September 1820 before
Barak Niles
Edward A. Rice & Judge of Common Pleas Oliver H. Merrill & in and for said County being a County of Records by virtue of the Statute of the State of New York passed April 5th 1813
Schedule of property of Eliza Blanchard, and, his necessary bedding & clothing excepted -
Of personal property I have - 1 Bible - 1 Psalm book - 1 Book of Sermons - About 10 pamphlets & small books - 1 horse - 1 saddle - 1 bridle - 1 cow - 1 pig - 2 tons hay - 2 chests - 1 cupboard - 6 chairs - 1 table - 1 wash tub - 1 fire shovel & tongs - 1 trammel - 1 dinner pot - 1 cake kettle - 1 dish kettle - 1 tea kettle - 1 spider - 1 small tin pail - 2 wooden pails - 10 earthen plates - 2 tea pots - 3 bowls - 1 pitcher - 1 decanter - 1 glass tumbler - 6 cups & saucers - 1 sugar bowl - 1 cream cup - 6 tea spoons - 2 table spoons - 3 knives & forks each - 1 iron wedge - 1 tin basin - 3 earthen pans - 1 tin cup - 1 salt mortar spoon mustard table cloth & towels
I have about twelve dollars due to me being balance of pen- sion money unappropriated, yet in the hands of Barak Niles -
I am owing about thirty five dollars more than is due to me land as above -
I have no real estate - I hire a small house for myself & wife to situation reside in -
I add that my horse, cow, hay & many other of the above when enumerated articles have been procured by me since receiving the my pension & with the money thereby obtained -
Eliza Blanchard

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Elias Blanchard , 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. S, 44626.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Apr. 1775 9 mos. Pvt. Johnson James M. Varnum P.D.   1776 9 mos. Sgt. Thomas Gale Christopher Greene   Apr 1777 2 yrs 8 mos Ensign Thomas Gale Christopher Greene   2nd Lt. Ebenezer Dyer   Ames  
Battles engaged in, Sullivan's Is.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, 2nd, Coventry, Kent Co R.I.
Date of application for pension, April 22, 1818. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Cincinnati, Gortlan & Co. N.Y. Mill St. San Fran B.C.
Age at date of application, 63 years. (date & place of birth not stated)
Remarks: in 1820 soldier refers to his wife 59 years. Name not etc. Soldier died Nov 2, 1822 (A.B.) place not stated
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

1915 Jan. 28. History To Mrs. Laura Locke Elmendorf 1915
44626
Rev INVALID.
File No. 44626
Elias Blanchard
Ensign Rev. War
Act: 18 th March 1818
Index:—Vol. 3, Page 49
[Arrangement of 1870.]

State of New York
Otsego County ss. Arthur Love of the town of Pittsfield and County aforesaid aged fifty six years being duly sworn saith that he was born in the town of Coventry and State of Rhode Island where he resided until the year 1796 - that he was well acquainted with one Elias Blanchard from his infancy and perfectly recollects that the said Blanchard and was a recruiting Lieutenant in the town of Coventry in the year 1777 - And this deponent knows that he wore the Uniform of the United States and saw him frequently marching as an officer in the army of the United States and performing the duty of a Lieutenant And this deponent understood at that time and has ever since believed that the said Blanchard was a Lieutenant in the Rhode Island line on the continental establishment but and from the best recollection of this deponent it was in Col. Green's regiment - And this deponent further saith that the said Elias Blanchard is the same person now here present and from information this deponent believes that the said Blanchard resides in the County of Cortland in the State of New York
Arthur Love Sworn & Subscribed before me this 24 th day of July 1829 - And I certify that the said Arthur Love is a credible witness -
John Raper Judge of Court.

State of New York Otsego County Clerk's Office I certify that John Russell is a Judge of Otsego Common Pleas. Duly qualified as such and that his signature to the within appears to be Genuine. Given under my hand and the Seal of said Court this 24 th Day of July 1819 David Sprague Dep. Clk.
Arthur Love is Effingham Correct

State of New York } Cortland County } ss. On this seventh day of September in the year One Thousand eight hundred and eighteen personally appears before me Sarah Niles one of the judges of Cortland Common Pleas, Anna Greene, aged fifty seven years, who being by me first duly sworn, doth, under oath, depose & say, that she, this deponent, is, and has been from her youth acquainted with Elias Blanchard, now an inhabitant of the town of Cincinnati in the county aforesaid, that she this deponent knows that the said Elias Blanchard served in the American Army during the American Revolution — That according to her best recollection the said Elias entered the said Army in the year 1775 as a private — That she this deponent lived in the town of Coventry in the State of Rhode-Island when & where the said Elias joined the said Army — That the said Elias as she was then informed & verily believes marched from thence to Boston in the State of Massachusetts — That soon after the said Elias joined the Army as aforesaid, she this deponent was informed and verily believes, the said Elias to have been appointed an Ensign in said Army, which appointment was soon followed by an appointment to a Lieutenancy — That she this deponent saw the said Elias frequently for & during the term of, as she thinks — four or five years, following the year 1775 aforesaid — That she knows of his recruiting soldiers for the service aforesaid — That she saw the said Elias often in the Army aforesaid — That she often made wearing apparel during the term aforesaid for the said Elias — That in addition to her personal knowledge as aforesaid, she was then informed by reputation, as she has ever since been, and has uniformly, and does now verily believe that the said Elias, served in the said Army as aforesaid for four or five years —
Anna her Greene Mark
Subscribed & sworn this 7th day of September 1818 before me
Sarah Niles Judge as aforesaid
Cortland County ss. On the day & year above written, & at the time of taking the above affidavit appears Elias Blanchard the person named in said affidavit, before me the subscriber, & the said Elias being by me first

duly sworn, cloth, under oath, declare & say, that he this deponent is the same person who has lately, in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress, entitled, "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war" - made his affidavit before John Wells Esquire First Judge of the County aforesaid - Elias Blanchard Subscribed & sworn the day & year aforesaid before me Barak Niles Judge as aforesaid
I certify that the above persons who have made the above affidavits before me are to me known to be persons are persons deserving credit - B. Niles Judge Cortland County ss. I Barak Niles one of the judges of the court of common pleas in & for the said county, do certify that from my own knowledge it appears to my entire satisfaction that the within named Elias Blanchard is in reduced and indigent circumstances & stands in need of the assistance of his country for support - Given under my hand this 25 th day of January 1819 - Barak Niles -
Clerk's Office Cortland County Court I hereby certify that Barak Niles Esquire whose signature appears to the above affidavit before whom the same was made, was at the time thereof a Judge of the court of com. pleas for said county duly authorized to take the same, his commission in that capacity as to the said as such also that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said judge and truly believe his name thereunto subscribed to be in his own proper hand writing
Given under my hand the Seal of said Court this 27 th Jan y 1819 Sam l L. Hoschkip L. Dep. Clerk
Anna Greene Affidavit of her

Francis Harrington's Affidavit
David Chapman says the above Harrington was not known to him - that is not suff- -cient for the pur- -pose of knowing his character.

Otsego County N.Y.
Frances Harrington in the Town of Pittsfield in said County and State of New York deposeth and saith that Elias Blanchard enlisted and went to Boston the first Campaign and further saith that the said Blanchard had a second Lieutenant Commission and did duty for a number of years in the Continental Revolutionary War and saw him in actual duties of his office Enlisting recruits and Marching to the westward to head quarters further states that the said Blanchard supported a good character further saith that the said Blanchard and he were near neighbors in the Town of Coventry in the County of Herk and State of Rhode Island further the deponent saith not Francis Harrington
Otsego County Personally appeared before me Frances Harrington a man well known to me and was sworn to the above affidavit and subscribed his name to the same this Seventeenth Day of July 1819
David Chapin Just Peace

Handwritten signature
PENSION O U JAN 26 1915 C. OFFICE

409 Church Street Herkimer, New York January 26, 1915.
Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D.C.
Sir: Can you give me any information in regard to the following; A record of the service of Elias Blanchard , born March 28, 1756 at Hartford Connecticut and died the same place November 8, 1822. I understand he served as a private. Did he serve in any other capacity? Have you any record of the birth and death of his children?
Also the record of William Rexford whom I understand was a member of Captain Seth Smith's Company from Hartford on the Lexington Alarm, April 19, 1775.
I am especially anxious to obtain dates of his birth, death and marriage and if possible, information about his children.
Respectfully (Mrs.) Lura Locke  Olmendorf 409 Church Street Herkimer, New York.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Blanchard, Ephraim GRADE Private LINE New York
WARRANT NUMBER 6862 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Feb. 14, 1791 to — not shown —
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.