Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 16,850, Elisha Blunt, Conn. Privateer

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn. Privateer
Blunt, Elisha or Blount, Sally
No. 16,850
CONTENTS

28881
New York
Blunt Elisha Blount of Bangor in the State of N.Y. who was a private in the Comp commanded by Captain Fitch of the Regt commanded by Col Mott in the Cont time for 13. Mo. — $43.33
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 143 Dollars 33 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 d day of Aug 1834 and paid to T. Fitch, clk Onond Co N.Y.
Arrears to the 4th of Mar '34 — $129.99 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4th " 21.66 $151.65
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Viral Suce Clerk, Book E Vol. 4 Page 117
Letter to Timothy Fitch, Clk of County of Onond — Jan 24, '35 " " Hon H. W. Luce — same date " " " Albany Agency, apd 28. 1835.

5793
Albany New York Sally Blunt widow of Elias Blunt, dec. Blount
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 26 th November 1835 of Chemung Co: in the State of N.York who was a Private in the Comp y : commanded by Captain Fitch of the Regt: commanded by Col. Mott in the Conn t : line for 13 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany N.Y. at the rate of 43 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 th day of Sept r 1840 and sent to Miss Cincinnati N.Y. Arrears to the 4th of Sept r 1840 $194.98 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar ch 40: 21.66
$216.64 { Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by H. H. Addison Clerk, Book 4 Vol. 2 o Page 69
831

18322

State of New York
Greene County
On this 15 th day of Oct 1832 Personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas now sitting Elisha Blount a resident of the Town of Barn Orleans County State aforesaid aged seventy two years who being first duly sworn according to law, deposes on his oath that the foregoing Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 18 th 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as he then stated
That he entered the service as a substitute for one Daniel Walton of the Town of Marquette Connecticut who had been drafted as a Militiaman in the fall of the year 1778 and that he this deponent went as such substitute to New London and from there to Black Point west of New London and served as such substitute for the term of Two months under Capt Moses Park and Lieutenant Nail; the Regiment was drilled by Adjutant Root
He then Enlisted on board the Privateer Ship Defense commanded by Capt Smedley for the term of six Months in the spring of 1779 went on board and started on a cruise was out about one month when the ship ran onto the Gashen Reef at Rocks and many of the crew were lost; This Deponent together with some others of the crew got on board a boat and returned to New London
Immediately after his return he this Deponent Enlisted into the Company of Capt Iaher Fitch of Marquette Conn te for the term of Eight months and marched to New London and from there to New Haven and served out his time at these places and was discharged at New Haven by Col Matt he thinks who was Commander of the Regiment at that time; he was discharged same time in the winter after General Tyler commanded the Brigade; and as Joseph Winter was a Lieutenant in the same Company in which he served, he does not know but it is possible he may be mistaken in the year but is positive as to the length of the time he served and the names of the officers under whom he served
That he entered the service again in September 1780 as a substitute for one Zephaniah Bliss of Marquette Conn te and went to New London where about twenty of the Company including this Deponent were detached and sent to Gashen Point in the Town of Lime and were there stationed as a guard that he served at New London and at Gashen Point until he was discharged which was Three Months. And that

Lieutenant David Bates was the officer who had the command at Goshen Point under whom this deponent served during the last Three Months
That he has no other evidence of his services that he now knows of except the affidavits of Peabody and Bennett herewith annexed, nor has he any record of his age. That he was born in the Town of Warwick Connecticut in the year 1759 and resided there when called into the service and that he removed from Warwick to Green Bush New York and from thence to Onida County & then to Schenectady County New York and then to the Town of Bane Orleans County New York where he now resides and has resided there for Twelve years past - That he is acquainted with Elder Asahel Spencer and Millard Erban of said Bane and many others who can attest to his character for truth and veracity. That he never received a written discharge from the service but was always discharged verbally. That he hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity until the present and declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of the agency of any state.
Subscribed & sworn to the day & year forementioned Open Court.
Elisha Bant
Timothy Fitch Clerk
We Asahel Spencer a Justice of the Peace residing in the Town of Bane Orleans County and same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Elisha Bant of the Town of Bane in the County of Orleans who has subscribed and sworn to the above Declaration that we believe him to be Twenty Two years of age that he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed this day of 1832

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 named Applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states and the Court further states and certifies that it appears to them that Asahel Sprague who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman a resident in the Town of Bangor County and that who has also signed the same is a resident in the same Town and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit
Robert Carr Jr Isaac Wilson
Timothy Fitch Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Genesee County Do certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Elisha Blunt for a Pension; In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal at affix this 15th day of October in the year of our Lord 1832
Timothy Fitch Clerk

State of New York ss
Linningson County
Pinam Ripley of the town of Linningson County and State aforesaid being Duly Sworn deposes and says that he is Seventy years of age next November that he is acquainted with Elisha Blunt of the town of Barre Orleans County State aforesaid that he knew him in time of the Revolutionary War that he the said Pinam and the said Elisha served together in the Revolutionary War for the term of one month in the year Seventeen hundred and Seventy eight in the month the officers not recruited at after wards said defendant saw the said Elisha on board the ship Independence and was there told by the said Elisha that he the said Elisha was going on board the ship Independence his wife accompanying and after wards recalled by the said Elisha that he served on board the said ship that the ship was at absent on and part of the time was not how long said Elisha was on board the ship to this defendant said defendant further said that from common report he mainly received said Elisha served in the army in the continental state troops eight months after he left the service and further none this defendant saith not
Subscribed and sworn August the 27 th Pinam Ripley 1832 before me Martin Guitreau, Justice

State of New York
Livingston County
I Chauncy R. Bond Clerk of said County do certify that Martin Guiteau Esq. before whom the within affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same a Justice of the Peace of said County legally authorized to act as such And that I am well acquainted with his hand writing & verily believe his name subscribed thereto is his own proper hand writing and signature. "Affidavit" written on occasion Witness my hand and seal of office at Geneseo this 28 th of August 1852 Chauncy R. Bond clk By J. G. Haven Deputy
I do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Pison Rely who has subscribed the & sworn to the within affidavit & do testify that he is a man of truth and morality and that his statement is entitled to credit Martin Guiteau

Howard County ss
Samuel Bennett of Riga in the County of Ontario said John Bully Swan says that he is about fifty years of age that he is acquainted with Blisha Blount who is about making an application for a Pension that he was acquainted with said Blount in Norwich Connecticut that this Blisha Blount has always understood from information & common report that the said Blisha was a soldier in the Revolutionary Army & that he served for a period of eight months in the state of Connecticut and for the said
Subscribed & sworn this 22 nd day of July 1833 before me Jeriah Blackmer J. Peace
errata errata
I the said John Bully Swan do hereby affidavit was taken & subscribed as follows that I am acquainted with Samuel Bennett and that his statement is entitled to credit
State of New York Howard County ss
Jeriah Blackmer J. P.
I certify that Jeriah Blackmer Esquire before whom the above affidavit appears to have been sworn was at the date thereof a Justice of the peace in & for said county and that I am well acquainted with his handwriting and verily believe that his name above subscribed is in his proper handwriting - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the court of common pleas of said county this twentieth day of November 1833.
Leonard Adams Clerk

Sally Plumb daugh attorn —
31/66 Act. July 7. 1838
Married to Sept. 1782 Her husband died 25 Dec 1835
1

State of New York Chenango County S/s On this fifteenth day of September 1888, personally appeared before me, Solomon Ensign M., one of the Judges of the court of common pleas in and for said county, Sally Blunt, a resident of the town of Litchfield in said county of Chenango, aged seventy-four years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed July 7. 1838, entitled, "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain Widows!" - That she is the widow of Elisha Blunt who was a private in the Revolutionary War, and who served in said War, as she believes, under one engagement for the term of thirteen months - and she thinks he was in said service for one or two months at a time besides said thirteen months. She thinks he served under Capt. Hunt - She believes that he went to White Plains during his said service - She cannot tell the names of his officers, under whom he served, other than Capt. Hunt - She cannot remember the name of his Colonel or Regiment - She is old and has had much sickness and hardship, and her memory is much broken, and these things have much gone out of her mind - She however feels certain that he served as much as thirteen months in said service, and she believes more - Her said husband applied for, and obtained a pension for his services in the War, under the act of Congress of June 7. 1832 -
She further declares that she was married to the said Elisha Blunt, on the tenth day of September seventeen hundred and eighty-two, as she thinks, at Preston in the State of Connecticut - That her husband, the aforesaid Elisha Blunt, died on the 25 th day of December, 1885; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service; but the marriage took place previous to the first of January seventeen hundred and ninety-four - viz: at the time above stated - She has no documentary evidence in her possession of her said husband services - nor does

She knows of any one by whom she can prove said services and refers to his papers on file in the War Department.
That her maiden name was Sally Davis. She has not been married again since the death of her said husband.
Sworn to, and subscribed, on the day and year above written, before me. And I certify that said declarant is a person of credibility and truth - and I am fully satisfied that her statement is substantially correct - I also certify that she cannot from age and bodily infirmity attend the sitting of the court - The reason of her signing by making her marks is inability to write through old age and infirmity -
Sally Plunkett her marks
Solomon Essig Jr. Judge of Chenango County Courts
State of New York
Chenango County ss Jonathan Chandler Jr. of Linnville in said county, being duly sworn, says, that he is a near neighbor to, and is well acquainted with the above named Sally Plunkett - He knows her to be the widow of Elisha Plunkett, named in her declaration above, and that said Plunkett was a pensioner, as she has stated - and that she is now the widow of said Elisha Plunkett, she not having again been married since his death - Sworn to, and subscribed this 15 th day of September, 1898, before me - and I well know said deponent to be a person of truth and veracity
Jonathan Chandler Jr.
Solomon Essig Jr.
Judge of Chenango County Courts

State of New York,
Chenango County ss: I Perez Randall Clerk of said County do certify that Solomon Bussey Juror before whom the within declaration and affidavit purport to have been sworn and taken was at the date of the same a Judge of the County Court of said County: And that the signatures to the within several are his genuine hand writings.
Witness my hand and the seal of said County at Norwich, this 12th October, 1838.
P. J. Prindle Dep Clerk.

No 18.322
Elijah Blount Genesee Co. N.Y.
2.
Admutter
Private 13 months $43.33
Timothy Fletcher Genesee Co. N.Y.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
C. S. [unclear]
A Statement, shewing the Service of Elijah Blount Genereux
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Sept 2nd 1778 2 Private Capt Park 72 years Witness P. Ripley for 2 mo   Entered 4 8 Capt Fitch Norwich 4 8 months & traditional   Sub Sept 80 3 Col Mott Connecticut evidence   time not stated captain Ship Defiance Capt Muddus  
+ In Certificate of Comp of the state of Conn as to service under Capt Jabez Field in the case of Henry Sturdivant
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.
The claimant alleges that the ship Defiance to have been in service during the war in some of the ports of the United States, it should be so stated.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this _____ day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____, who has hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; that he is 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 and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
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 named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____; For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or place where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
John R. Ashton

I Mary Wilson of Griswold in New London County State of Connecticut now aged eighty five years before and say I was well acquainted with Eliza Blunt then of Pask in said County, also with Sally Davis when I was young. and I well recollect that my father who was then a jus- tice of the Peace was called upon to marry them which was prior to my marriage which according to my recollection was in 1785. I well remember that the said Eliza & Sally lived together and kept house in my neighborhood a few years & had children and afterwards removed into the Country. Though I was not present at the wedding still I have no- doubts of the marriage of the said Eliza and Sally at the time above stated. My father was Eliza Lothrop Esq. of Norwich in s. County of that part of Norwich which is now Lisbon and his home where we lived was about one half a mile distant from the home where Mr Eliza Blunt's father lived - on the opposite side of the Quinebaug river. I well remem- ber that at at the time of my

of my marriage as before stated I removed into Canterbury Oline with my husband which was about the year 1785. as This deponent believes - and that prior to this time as this deponent believes the her father was called upon as before stated to marry the said Eliza and Sally, and it was before this deponent left her father that she was known to the said Eliza & Sally; living together as husband & wife & one further This deponent says not - Guiseville March 16. 1840 - Mary Wilg.
New London County ss. Guiseville March 16 th 1840 Then personally appeared Mrs Mary Wilson the above named deponent, a person well known to me as a credible witness and made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing Deposi- tion by her subscribed in my presence - before me Samuel C Morgan Justice of the Peace.

I Enoch Baker of Griswold in New London County and State of Connecticut now in my eighty sixth year of age depose and say that I have lived in the town of Griswold since its incorporation as a town, and before, it being then Preston, forty eight years, and I well recollect that Elisha Blunt came down from the country the first or second year after my removal into Preston and I well remember that it was said that he had some years before removed from Preston taking with him his wife and family. I never knew him before he came down but was well acquainted with his brother Walter Blunt who was younger than his brother Elisha and will know that Walter was married prior to my removal into Preston forty eight years ago and further this deponent says not. Dated at Griswold March 16 th 1840
Enoch Baker
New London County ss. Griswold March 16 th 1840. Then personally appeared Enoch Baker the above named deponent

Subscribed and sworn to before me a person well known to me, as a credible witness, and made sworn oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscri- be in my presence before me Samuel C. Morgan Justice of the Peace
State of Connecticut, New London County, ss. John D. Witt Clerk of the County Court in and for said New London County do hereby cer- tify that Samuel C. Morgan Esq. before whom the annexed depositions of Mary Wilson & Enoch Baker were taken was on the 16 th day of March 1840. and still is a Justice of the peace in and for said New London County and that his signa- tures thereto affixed are genuine In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County the 19 th day of March AD 1840 John D. Witt Clerk
Ms. A. 9. 2. 1. 50

V th N. York
Sally Blunt
let. to B. Niles, 6. May 1839
to same 30. Aug. 1839
to same 9. Nov. 1839
to same 8. July 1840
Act. July 1838

3116
Sally Blum
Act 1838
Manned to Sept. 1782
Husband and 25 Dec 1835
Col Mott } Comm Capt Fitch } Staff Troops
Admitted
Private 13 mo $43.33
R. Niles Esq
Cincinnati
New York

Albany - Elisha Blunt act June 7, 1832 to what time paid? VL
Died 26 Dec. 1835 p.t. that paid 14
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 16855
Sally Blunt Widow of Elisha Blunt Priv. Rev. War
Act: July 7 th 1838
Index: - Vol. a, Page 68
[Arrangement of 1870.]

State of New York Cortland County Sps. On this 16 th day of September, 1839, personally appeared before me, the undersigned Justice of the peace, in and for the county aforesaid, Sally Blunt, widow of Elisha Blunt, dec d . - The said Sally Blunt being an applicant for a pension, a resident of the town of Lincoln in the county of Chenango and State of New York, and being duly sworn, according to law, doth depose and say, that her said husband was a pensioner of the United States, and that he resided, when he was first placed on the Pension List, in the town of Barre, in the county of Orleans, and State of New York; and that at the time of his death he resided in the town of Lincoln in the county of Chenango and State of New York - She further declares that Pharoah Blunt, their first born son, is now aged fifty-four years - and that she had, by her said husband, thirteen other chil- dren - That nine of them are still living, as she believes, and five of them have deceased. - That all of them were born in lawful wedlock - and that she never had any other husband - That after her said husband obtained his Pension Certificate at Barre aforesaid, they removed to Lincoln, above named, where she now resides, and where they resided when he obtained his first payment of Pension money - he continued to reside at said Lincoln until his death, and further saith not -  Sworn to, and subscribed before me, by making her mark, on account of age & infirmity and long disuse of writing, the day and year first above written - and further certify that said deponent is a person of the most respectable character for truth and veracity.  Sarah Miles, Justice Peace -  Sally H Blunt her mark

State of New York Cortland County - Ss. On this 16 th day of September, 1889, personally appeared before me, the undersigned Justice of the peace, in & for said county, Roxana Catlin, aged 76 years, and being duly sworn, deposes and says, that she has been acquainted with Sally Blunt, within named for thirty- seven years past - that she knows that she and her husband Elisha Blunt, lived and cohabited together as husband and wife, from her first acquaintance, until his death, which was in Oct r 1885, as she thinks - That she verily believes, and ever has believed, that they were lawful husband and wife - and she well knows that they were so reputed and believed in their neighborhood - That the eldest son of said Elisha Blunt & Sally Blunt, to wit, Marcellus, was always called Eli D. Catlin, the five or six days older than Eli D. Catlin, the son of this deponent, and that said Eli, is now aged fifty-four years, and further saith not - Sworn to, and subscribed, before me, the day and year first above mentioned and I certify that said deponent is a person of credibility and truth - Sarah Miles, Justice Peace -  Roxana Catlin
State of New York Cortland County - Ss. On this 16 th day of September, 1889, personally appeared before me, the undersigned Justice of the peace in & for said county, Amy Craft, of the town of Cincinnae, Chenango County, New York, & who being duly sworn, deposes & says that she is well acquainted with Sally Blunt, above named, and was also well acquainted with Elisha Blunt, her husband in his life time - that she, this deponent, is now aged sixty-three years - that she, this deponent, was born in the town of Preston in the State of Connecticut, and from her earliest infancy has ever been acquainted with said Sally Blunt and her said husband, as they were all near neighbors - and this deponent well remembers hearing of their marriage in said town of Preston - and altho' she cannot

remember the year so as to state it, in which she first heard of their said marriage, yet she well knows it was previous to the birth of any of their children - and she believes their oldest son, Pharoah Hunt , to be fifty-four years of age - as she believes herself to be but nine years older than said Pharoah - She believes they had fourteen children, in all - and she knows they all were born after hearing of their said marriage - She knows they were separated and believed to be husband and wife, and deponent believes the same, and ever has, since hearing the same, as aforesaid - And deponent well knows it is more than fifty years ago, as she knows her own age, and that she was under thirteen years of age at the time of hearing of their said marriage as aforesaid - and further says not - Sworn to, and subscribed, by making her mark, on account of long having omitted to write, before me; and further certify that deponent is a reputable and credible person -
her Craft mark
Barak Viles Justice Peace
Collana County Clerks Office
I, Owen Simson Clerk of Said County do hereby certify that Barak Viles before whom the above Affidavit purport to have been taken, was at the time of taking the same a Justice of the Peace in and for Said County, Duly Elected and qualified, and further, that I am well acquainted with his handwriting and verily believe that his signature to the above are genuine - Witness my hand and Seal of Said County this 19 th Day of September 1839.
Owen Simson Clerk for D. B. Anfield Deputy

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No. 12
N.Y.
7 July 1838.
Hon. J. S. Edwards Comr of Pensions Washington City

Cincinatus, Col. Co. N. York Nov. 5 th 1828
Hon. J. L. Edwards,
Com. t of Pensions,
Dear Sir,
I herein enclose the Ev i , in part, of Mrs. Sally Blunt, of a claim for a pension, refering you, Sir, to the Ev i , of the servi- ces of her husband, to the papers on file in your Dept t , when he applied for a pension and obtained the same, supposing that the such will be satisfac- tory -
Allow me, Sir, most respectfully to say that this old Lady is in the most humble and poor circumstances, to which any of us, are liable - she is also a most worthy person - It is with much difficulty that she supports herself, and has no relations near her who are able to give her but scanty aid - It will therefore be doing her a great kindness by giving her case the most prompt attention - When done, please make return to me -
I am most Respectfully Your Obl t Serv t Sarah Miles

Sept 25
My Adolph of Sally Blunt,
Concord Sept 20th
Rev. J. S. Bales Concord Penna
W. H. Hinton

apl. 14. 1840
att. Prof Saml. Blair
Cincinnati Kent Co. N.Y. April 9th 1840
Hon. J. A. Stewart
Comr of Pensions Washington City

Cincinnati, Oct. 60. N. Y. Apr. 9 th 1840
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Sir,
I have after much trouble been able to procure the enclosed additional testimony in the case of Mrs. Plumb - Please add this to that already in your Dept. - I cannot but hope that the facts stated by these deponents are such as to afford legal, satisfactory proof that the marriage of Mr. Plumb & wife took place several years previous to 1794 - In which case I beg you to be good enough to find her Certificate as soon as practicable to relieve the poor old Lady's anxiety - No one can read it more - and the bounty of the country cannot be bestowed upon a more worthy person -
With great respect I am Your obedt Servt Sarah Miles

ny. June 3. addison Sally Blunt Anna Coyle
Rev. J. S. Edwards Town of Pownal Pension Office Washington

Cincinnati, Oct. 6. N.Y. May 28. 1859
Hon. J. L. Edwards Com. of Pensioners,
Sir,
I enclose the within affd.
of Mrs. Sally blunt in relation to her marriage -
I also will remark that only two days  a few weeks after I forwarded to your Dept. her declaration, I recd from Asher P. Brown Esq. Town Clerk of Preston in Connecticut, his affd. duly authenticated, that he had examined the record of marriages and that such marriage was not recorded - I sent the same to your Dept Nov. 7. 1858 - I hope it was recd. - But I perceive that it has not been placed in file with her declaration - I however indulge the hope that it may be found, as in such case, I suppose further proof on that subject will not be required -
As Mrs. Blunt is a very worthy, and I assure you a very needy woman, I hope her case may receive the most speedy attention, and I cannot but hope it may be favorable - as I feel assured she deserves it -
I am most respectfully
Your Ob't Servt
Barah Niles
P.S. I also herein enclose the further proof of Marriage &c, in the case of Mrs. Anne Coyle -
B. N.

Town Clerks office Town of Preston in the County of New London & State of Connecticut Oct 30 th D 1838.
I certify that I have carefully examined the records of the Town of Preston in search of the Marriage of Elisha Blunt and Sally Davis but find no such Marriage on said records
Attest Asahel P Brown
Town Clerk
New London County
Nov 1 st Oct 30 1838
Personally appeared Asahel P Brown and signed the above certificate and made oath that the same is true. before me
John D'Witt justice of the peace

State of Connecticut } New London County } J. S. John D Witt Clerk of the County Court in and for said New London County do hereby certify that John D Witt , before whom the within Certificate by Asahel P Brown Esq was sworn was on said 30 th day of October 1838 a Justice of the peace in and for said New London County. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County this 30 th day of October A D 1838. — John D Witt Clerk (U)

Depositions of Witnesses taken in testimony of the marriage of Elisha Blunt and Sally Davis
Roswell Jones of the county of Seneca in the State of Ohio of lawful age being first by me duly sworn by me as hereafter Certified deposes and says that he was at the wedding of Elisha Blunt and Sally Davis which took place some time in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty three or four in the State of Connecticut in the town of Preston. That he was well acquainted with Elisha Blunt and Sally Davis previous to their marriage and for several years after Roswell Jones
Also Abigail Jones of the county of Seneca in the State of Ohio and of lawful age being first duly sworn by me as hereafter Certified deposes and says that when her oldest son was about two months old she visited Mrs Elisha Blunt and Mrs Blunt had a son which was about two years old and she had been married about one year when she visited Mrs Blunt and her son which was then a babe when she visited Mrs Blunt is now fifty two years old Abigail Jones
I Edwin T. Stickney, a justice of the peace in and for the Township of Seneca in the County of Seneca, Ohio, do hereby certify that the above named Roswell Jones and Abigail Jones were by me first duly sworn to testify the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth and that the foregoing depositions by them respectively subscribed were reduced to writing by me and were taken on the State in testimony whereof I have set my hand this 30th day of July A.D. 1840 Edwin T. Stickney J. Peace
It is hereby certified by me that Roswell Jones & Abigail Jones are persons of undoubted veracity and the signatures above are in their own handwriting Edwin T. Stickney J. Peace

Ohio, The State of Seneca County, ss.
I Luther A Hall Clerk of the Court of common Pleas of said county do certify that Adson T. Stickney is just before whom the within or foregoing Depositions appear to have been taken and whose name is thereunto subscribed was at the time of subscribing the same & now is and acting Justice of the Peace within and for said county duly commissioned and qualified & that full faith and credit are due to all his official acts as such. And I further certify that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Stickney esq r and believe the within signature to be genuine —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court at Tiffin in said county this 30 th day of July A D 1840
Luther A Hall Clerk By John Eldridge Deputy Clerk

State of Ohio Seneca County 3/3. On this Fifteenth day of October 1888, personally appeared before me, the under named justice of the peace, in and for said county, Roswell Jones of the town of Seneca, — in said county, aged seventy five years, who being duly sworn according to law, doth depose and say, that he was formerly well acquainted with Eliza Blunt, late of the town of Litchfield in the county of Litchfield and State of New York, now deceased; and also with his wife Sally Blunt, now his widow, resident in said Litchfield. That he this deponent was well acquainted with them when they lived in the State of Connecticut, both before and after their marriage —
That he this deponent personally attended their wedding, and saw them duly married, which took place at Preston, in the county of New London, in the State of Connecticut — and this deponent knows it was near the close of the Revolutionary War — and believes it to have been in the fall of the year, seventeen hundred and eighty-one, or eighty-two. He is not able to state with certainty the year, or the month — but he knows it took place several years before the year seventeen hundred and ninety-four — and easily believes it to have taken place at the time above stated — and further saith not; — except that her maiden name was Sally Davis —
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day & and year above written, before me — and I certify that I am acquainted with said deponent and that he is a person of truth and credibility —
Joshua Maynard J. Peace
Roswell Jones

The State of Ohio Seneca County ss
I, Anthony H. Keck, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of our said County, do hereby certify that Joshua Maynard, before whom the petition or foregoing affidavit, appears to have been taken, and whose name is thereto subscribed was at the time of subscribing the same, and now is an acting Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and that full faith and credit are due to all his official acts as such. — In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 18 th day of October A.D. 1838
Anthony H. Keck Clerk

Eliza Blount
28, 887
Oliver J. Edwards Esq. Commissary of Education New Sep. French City of Washington
Apr 28

Michl. & Harris Bank Albany Pension Agency April 24. 1835.
James L. Edwards Esquire, Commissioner of Pensions,
Sir, Elisha Blunt of Madison Co. claims pay at the rate of $43 \frac{33}{100} per annum, from 4 March 1831 - His Certificate bears date August 23 d 1834 - His name is not on our Books - but we have the name of Elijah Blount , for the same amount per annum, and for the same period, residence unknown - Be pleased to instruct us whether or not, Elisha Blunt is the person intended instead of Elijah Blount - I am, Sir, very respectfully Your ob t Servt.
Thos M c Clusky Acting Penl Agt

Aug 17. 1820
Cincinnati Aug 17
My Madam Sally Plumb Blunt
Rev. J. S. Calver
Com. of Penitence
Washington

Cincinnati, Oct. 60. N.Y. Aug. 12 th 1840
Hon. J. L. Edwards,
I herein enclose further additional proof of the marriage of Mr. Elisha Hunt & Sally Davis, and cannot but most respectfully hope it may be sufficient to establish the claim of Mrs. Sally Hunt to a pension -
Allow me to ask the prompt & immediate attention of your Dept. to her case - The old lady is an exceeding worthy woman, and perfectly poor - she has in fact for many months been an object of the most generous charity - Her neighbors have freely contributed their support to keep her from the poor house, and in the hope that she would soon realize a pension - Her anxiety on all accounts is greater than I can express - I pray therefore that you will give her case immediate attention - I hope the proof will now be satisfactory - But if not, I shall wish to bestow the most prompt attention to it - Most Respectfully B. Miles

Nov 16 My file with Sally Blunt's paper.
Henry J. S. between Com. & of Persons Washington City-

Cincinnati, Cost. Co. N. York Nov. 8 th 1888
Hon. J. L. Edwards Com. of Pensions,
Sir,
I sent the declaration of Mrs. Sally Blunt , widow of Elisha Blunt , who is an applicant for a pension, to your Dept. 3 days ago - I have this moment recd. the affd. of Abner P. Brown Esq. Town Clerk of Preston, Connecticut, in her case, which I herein enclose - So much time had elapsed since I had written for it that I concluded to for- her papers without it -
I am Most Respectfully Your Ob t Serv t Barak Niles

Sally Flint

State of New York
county of Contra D o . On this 20 th day of May 1839, personally appeared before me, the undersigned Justice of the peace, in and for said county, Sally Blunt, Widow of Eliza Blunt, well known to me, and who is an applicant for a pension, and who being duly sworn, deposes and saith, that she was married at Preston in the State of Connecticut, to the said Eliza Blunt, on the 10 th day of September 1782, as she thinks, as she has stated in her original declaration. That they were married by a Mr. Southrop, who was a Justice of the peace in and for the county of New London in the said State of Connecticut. She cannot now remember the christian name of the said Southrop, owing to her age and infirmity, and consequent loss of memory. That the said Justice resided, as she thinks, in the town of Norwich in said county of New London. That she and her husband resided in said Preston on the east side of the river Thames, and the said Justice on the west side, and directly across the river from her husband's father's, and less than one mile apart. Said Justice lived about two miles from her father's. She does not now know that there was ever any record made of said marriage. And the said Justice as she is informed and believes has been dead for many years. After he married them he was made a Judge of the Court in New London County. That she is old and infirm and has not a full recollection of many things - but still she knows as well as she does any thing that she was married as aforesaid, and further saith not -
Sworn to and subscribed (by making her mark, owing to old age and infirmity) this 20 th day of May 1839, before me. and I certify that I am well acquainted with said deponent, and that she is a person of the most unexceptionable morals and the highest repute for truth and veracity, and her character & worth are an ornament to human nature. Sarah Miles, Justice of the Peace

State of New York Cortland County Clerk's Office
I Allen Simmons Clerk of said County do certify that Barak Miles before whom the within Affidavit purports to have been taken, was at the time of the same a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly elected and qualified, and further that I am well acquaint- ed with his hand-writing and readily believe his signature within is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Office this 23 rd day of May 1838. A. Simmons Clerk pro D. B. Cramfield Deputy

State of New York
Grenada County
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace of said County, Elisha Blount who being duly sworn deposes & saith that he was of old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise time when the different periods of his services commenced & ended but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below and in the following grades he served as a substitute for Daniel Walter for the term of Two Months he thinks in the months of September & October in the year 1778 at this time he served under Capt Moses Cook & Lieutenant wait I am not sure who was the Colonel
Eight months I served as an enlisted soldier in the Company of Capt Fitch Col Matthias Regiment General John Tyler's Brigade he enlisted he thinks in the month of July & was discharged in the month of March & was as he thinks discharged at New Haven by Col Mott
I served Three months as a substitute for one Zephaniah Bliss of Norwich in Connecticut he commenced in Sept 1780 & was discharged Dec r of same year Daniel Bales had the Command at Gashaw Point the above services were rendered at the different places as stated by him in the annexed original Declaration read by his Department I cannot say whether the ship Reuben was a privateer or a public Armed ship subscribed & sworn this 1 st day of May 1834 Elisha Blount before me E D Davis Justice
I certify that I am acquainted with Elisha Blount who has subscribed & sworn to the above Declaration he is a man of Truth and Veracity E D Davis a Justice of the Peace

State of New York County of Genesee
ss I. Timothy Fitch Clerk of said county certify, that Eleazar P. Davis before whom the within affidavit purports to have been taken and made was at the date of taking the same a Justice of the Peace in and for said county and that his signature to the within affidavit and certificate is genuine —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my official seal this fifth day of August 1834 —
Timothy Fitch Clerk By B. Pringle Deputy

William Eaton & Archibald Gary of the Town of Barn in the County of Schenectady State of New York hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Oliver Blunt of Barn in the County of Schenectady State of New York that we believe him to be seventy four years of age that he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and we concur in that opinion
Subscribed and sworn William Eaton
This 15 th day of Oct 1832 Archibald Gary in open court - Timothy Fitch Clerk in the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the estate and the matter of the orations therein presented 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 William Eaton and Archibald Gary who have signed the preceding Certificate are residents of the Town of Barn Schenectady County and are Credible Persons and that their Statement is entitled to credit
William Mitchell