Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R 1676, Elisha Card, Conn. Continental

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn. Continental
Capt. Elisha
P 1676
CONTENTS

18- Elisha G and
and
10/50
Wash Agent.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of caption of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the appli- cations of for a pension. this day of 1850
person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
is a complete
who signed the same, is a resident in the county of Saratoga, State of New-York, and that who presented the foregoing certificate, is a clerk of the said court, duly qualified and sworn to the best of his knowledge, information and belief, that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the proceedings of the said court in the matter, and after putting the same to the test and to the best of his knowledge, information and belief, that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the proceedings of the said court in the matter, and after putting the
sworn, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
and that the court in that opinion. that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, who has resided and served in the above declaration; that we believe him to be of the age of 70 years or more; who has resided and served in the above declaration; that we believe him to be of the age of 70 years or more; county of Saratoga, State of New-York, and residing in the

Declaration, in order to obtain the act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
STATE, OF NEW-YORK, } ss. SARATOGA COUNTY, }
On this sixth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open court, before the court of Common Pleas of the county of Saratoga and State of New-York, now sitting, Elisha Carr , a resident of Corinth in the county of Saratoga, and State of New-York, aged seventy years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
He was born in Middle Town in the County New Port in the State of Rhode Island, February 8 th 1762. He has no record of his age.
He is known to Benjamin Coles Esquire of the Town of Corinth in the county of Saratoga and State of New-York & to Lewis Scott, Zebedah Mosier, Thomas Dibble, Isaac Edwards - John Pettit Esquire of the Town of Corinth - in said county who can certify to his character for veracity & their belief of his services as a Revolutionary Soldier.
He resided in the Town of Volun Town in the county of Windham in the State of Connecticut when he entered into the service of the Revolutionary War as a Volunteer for Nine Months & served from about the 20 th day of March 1779 to about the 20 th December 1779. He volunteered out of the company of Captain Mads Campbells of the Militia of the Town of Volun. Soon afterwards, that five soldiers were required by draft otherwise out of said company.

To go into the American Service & to Join the Conti- g after nental Army - that a few days after his said Engagement he & four or five other Volunteers of the same Company! Marched from Voluntown aforesaid to Hartford in said State & there recruits, & were joined by about twenty more men raised for the same purpose, from there to Danbury in the County of Fairfield in said County State & there from about 30 or 30 to 40 more recruits were added in all about 60 men, from there (after 2 or 3 days) stay we marched under the command of Genl  Putnam - from Danbury aforesaid to Ver Plank's Point & there did duty & were drilled for some days until in the State of New York, there he was employed by the Commanding officer Colonel E. Huntington to go on a Board of Boat, with about 50 others - & were engaged in transporting Military Stores, Provisions &c from Peeks Kill to Verplank's Point & to Stony Point - for a about One month - & he with about 40 more were or- dered & crossed the River & landed at Stony Point and from there and Marched to or near English Neigh- borhood - and he was there attached to Colonel Dugay's Regiment - under two Capt the  American Army at that place consisted of Brigades - one under Genl Parsons & the other under General Huntington

that he continued in said Regiment doing duty as a private aforesaid that he with the Army moved from place to place & made several new encampments, one time at the Old Stone Church & at Gaspau & some other places, names not remem- bered at time that he continued doing duty as aforesaid in the said Regiment until the term of his said Engagement was expired at Morris Town, he received a discharge signed by Colonel Durgy aforesaid about the 17 th December 1779, and drew rations & arrived home on the 24 th December his said discharge has been lost long since, He has no documentary or other evidence his said services
That he resided at the Town of Volun Town afore- said. When he entered into the service of the Revolution- ary War for Six months & served from the first Monday of May being training day 1780. & served for Six months as follows that he Volunteered out of the Company of Moses. Gannett of the Militia of the Town aforesaid, that three Sol- diers were required from said Company by draft or otherwise, that himself, John Wilder & William Almy, volunteered to go into the service and to join & assist the Continentals Troops, Marched to Danbury with the two, & other recruits fell in by the way - Lieut Roger Wells was there & we marched under his command to the Hudson River near Ver Plank's Point - & was there joined to Colonel Webb's Regiment of the Continental line of Connecticut

for several weeks (he thinks more than one month) he with the whole Brigade under General Stark Marched to Ver Planks Point he was then with a Company selected out of Colonel Webb's Regiment to cross to West Point & from there Marched to New Jersey with the companies from the other Regiments of the said Brigade - one Company out of each Regiment that he with his said Company were joined to Colonel Ogden's Regiment in General Clinton's Brigade in the Marquis La Fayette's Division that he served as a private soldier. Marched from place to place we were at Bergen Point & drove to English Neighborhood all the cattle & horses hogs they could find on the Point (supposing there to be British property) He continued doing duty as aforesaid 86 days until some time in October - he was present and saw Andre Executed - he served until La Fayette's Division was disbanded & each Company re- turned to their former Regiment - the Company to which he belonged returned to West Point under Capt Wells. Our former Capt. Wyllis was promoted & Wells left in command of the Company - we crossed to a place called Robert's Creek Beach on the East Side of the River (Hudson) under command of the said Wyllis (then Major) continued there build Fluts for the soldiers. continued some days at work as aforesaid & received a discharge signed by John P. Wyllis Major Commandant dated about the 20th December and arrived at Volun Town aforesaid the day after Christmas - his discharge is lost & he has no doc- umentary other evidence of the service aforesaid that during the Revolutionary War. He served at the Siege of Redoubt Four in New Port County & at Redoubt in the Creek of Redoubt Four

That he resided at the Town of Volun Town in the County of Windham & State of Connecticut when he entered the Service of the Revolutionary War. as Volunteer of the Militia of Captain Moses Campbell, Company of Connecticut Militia & served under Capt Moses Cleveland for Six Weeks. that he entered into the Service aforesaid in the Town of Grotton in the County of New London in the State aforesaid in August or September — 1781. that immediate after New London was destroyed by Arnold (the Traitor). he with the Company to which he belonged were employed in keeping guard & repairing the damages sustained by the Enemy on the Fort Griswold & that he continued there doing duty as aforesaid under the aforesaid Captain Cleveland, Lieut. Gagevin. & etc. when Pierce was Ensign this was the only Company at Fort Griswold during the said term. he with the Company aforesaid were billeted out amongst the Inhabitants. he boarded with Widow Avery & at the end of Six weeks he was dismissed by Capt Cleveland aforesaid at Fort Griswold He has no documentary or other Evidence of the aforesaid service He knew Col. Duryee. General Parsons. Col Webb. Col. Meigs. —

that during the Revolutionary War he resided at the Town of Middle Town in the County of New Port in the State of Rhode Island & in the Town of Volun Town in in the County of Windham and State of Connecticut, and ever since the Revolutionary War he has resided in the Town of Volun Town aforesaid & in the Towns of Greenfield, Hadley & Corinth in the County of Saratoga & State of New York, and that he now resides in the Town of Corinth in the County of Saratoga & State of New York he has resided in this County for the last thirty five years. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a Pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the Pension roll of the agency of any state
Elisha Ford
- sworn and subscribed the day & year aforesaid in open Court
Thomas Palmer Clerk

We, Thomas Dibble  Thomas Dibble a clergyman, residing in the county of Saratoga, State of New-York, and John Pettet Lewis Scott. Zebedee Mosher residing in the Town of Coeymans who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be Seventy 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 day and year aforesaid.  in open Court  Thomas Palmer Clerk  Lewis Scott  Zebedee Mosher  Thomas Dibble
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 abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the court further certifies, that it appears to them that Lewis Scott of the Town of Coeymans in the county of Saratoga, State of New-York , and that Zebedee Mosher & Thomas Dibble who has also signed the same is a resident in the Coeymans person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
1. Thomas Palmer , clerk of the court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Saratoga do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Elisha Gard for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this 9 day of
Thomas Palmer Clerk
 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 service.  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. 
Gen'l Plank's Point - I was there joined to Colonel  Malley's Regiment of the Continental line of Connecticut

January 19, 1932
BA-J/EEL
Mrs. G.F.Curtis 64 Lincklarn Street Cazenovia, New York
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter relative to Elisha Card, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The data furnished herein are obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, R.1676, based upon the military service of Elisha Card in that war.
Elisha Card was born February 8, 1762, in Middletown, Newport County, Rhode Island.
During the Revolutionary War, he resided in said Middletown and in Voluntown, Windham County, Connecticut, after which he moved to New York and resided in Greenfield, Hadley and Corinth, Saratoga County, that state.
While residing in Corinth, New York, where he had then lived for thirty-five years, he applied for pension September 6, 1832, and alleged that during the Revolutionary War he belonged to a company of militia of the town of Voluntown, Connecticut, commanded by Captain Moses Campbell, and that on March 20, 1779, he was selected from that company to go into the regular service, marched to New York, served one month under Colonel E. Huntington and was engaged in transporting supplies, after which he joined Colonel Durkee's Connecticut Regiment and served until December 17, 1779; that he again volunteered on the first Monday in May, 1780, served as a private in Captains John P. Wylllys and Welles' Company, Colonel Webb's Regiment, and was discharged December 20, 1780, and that during this service he witnessed the execution of Major Andre; that he enlisted in August or September, 1781, and served six weeks in Captain Moses Cleaveland's Connecticut Company and was stationed at Fort Griswold.
His claim was not allowed as he failed to furnish proof of the

alleged service as was required by the pension laws.
There are no data as to his family.
The above is the history of the only soldier named Elisha Card found on the Revolutionary War records of this office.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator.

EJECTED
1676
1932-Jan 19- Chief to all S.T. Curator 1932
P. O. Elisha Cook
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges List of suspended claims printed in 1852, shows cause
Re-enlisted: of suspension as follows:
"Not being on the designated rolls, he is required to produce living witnesses"
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

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Elisha Card
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War Department Pension Off July 8 / 1833
Sir
The claim of Elisha Card has been again examined & suspended - He alleges a Continental service at a period of the Revolution for which there are full rolls in this office - They do not sustain his claim to any extent, but on the contrary raise such a presumption against it which can only be rebutted by two credible wit- nesses - His papers are placed on file
W. T. June
A. Nash Esq Ballston Spa Saratoga N.Y.

1 County of Saratoga } State of New York } ss. I John Pettit the Justice of the Peace. before whom the annexed affidavit was subscribed & sworn by Caleb Bailey, on the 9 th day of November 1830 do hereby certify that from many years acquaintance with him I believe him to have been of suitable age & in circumstances to have known the facts by him stated in the said af- fidavit and I further certify that he is reported in the neighborhood where he lives to be a person of character for veracity & that I concur in that opinion & believe that his statement is entitled to full credit. Witness my hand this 9 th day of April 1833.
John Pettit Justice peace

State of New York County of Saratoga } ss.
Alpheus Goodrich Clerk of the court of common pleas in & for said county. Do Certify that John Pettit who subscribed his name to the within Certificate, was at the date of the same one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said County and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the said Certificate to be his proper hand writing & Signature
Witness my hand and seal of office the 10 th day of April 1833
A Goodrich Clerk

Elisha Gard for a Pension
P294
14 14 1/2
2 witness reg d
Suspended
Amended case
Not on Rolls of Blankies or Webb's Repts
Claim
2 witnesses reg d 33
A. Nash agent
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State of New York
Saratoga County ss:
On this Eleventh day of April in the year of our Lord 1833 personally appeared in open court before the Court of Common Pleas of the said County now sitting Elisha Card the applicant within named whose declaration is hereto annexed who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare & say that in regard to his service of nine months set forth in his declaration he did volunteer in the manner therein stated out of Captain Campbell's company of Militia as a recruit with others & did serve as therein stated for that term - that he was ordered to furnish himself with his own clothing & blanket which he did accordingly - that at the expiration of his said term of service he received a discharge stating in substance as follows that Elisha Card a new levy or recruit is discharged the service of the United States having served his time as a faithful soldier - that he drew a gun, bayonet & cartridge box, which he returned to the armory &

took a receipt for the same from the Superintendent of the armory, which receipt he delivered to Col Dugay at the time of his discharge.
Subscribed and sworn
this 11 th day of April 1833
In open court.
A Goodrich Clarke
Elisha Cane
County of Saratoga } b.

State of New York County of Saratoga } ss.
Personally appeared before the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Saratoga & State of New York Now sitting. Elisha Gard named in the declaration to which this is attached, who being duly sworn, saith that at the time of his application before said Court in September 6 th 1832, there was no Clergyman residing in his neighborhood, who could certify respecting his age and belief of his services  age & general belief in his neighborhood relative to his services Revolutionary Services nor is there any Clergyman residing there at this time to whom he is known
Sworn & Subscribed this 10 th day of April 1833
Elisha Gard
In open Court - A Goodrich Clerk
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after investi- gation made under under oaths that a Clergyman could not be produced in Court by the said applicant without too much inconvenience & expense to the applicant
I, Alphens Goodrich Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Saratoga do hereby certify that the foregoing con- tains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Elisha Gard for a Pension
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office the Eleventh day of April 1833
A Goodrich Clerk

I have been acquainted with Elisha Gard within named more than Twenty years. His general character is good. I have never heard his character for truth impeached.
Barton April 25. 1833
John W. Taylor

I Caleb Bailey of the Town of Collins in the County of Erie in the State of New- York. Do depose and say. That in the years seventeen hundred and seventy nine and seventeen hundred and eighty. I was a resident in the town of Voluntown in in the County of Windham & the State of Connecticut. and that I was a near neighbour to Elisha Cerd who now resides in the town of Corinth in the County of Saratoga and State of New York
That I know that the said Elisha Cerd did in the years 1779 & 1780 engage to serve in the Army of the revolution and that I did understand from men of the said neighbourhood that he actually did serve also had engaged in the Army of the United States that the said Elisha Cerd actually did serve in the United States Army for the in the two years above mentioned and also that it was always understood in the neighbour- hood that he served as a volunteer also that I belonged and was attached to the Compa- ny of Militia from which the said Cerd entered when he entered in  such such service as above stated
Caleb Bailey

Town of Greenfield Saratoga County, N.Y.
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Saratoga & State of New York. The within named Caleb Bailey personally known to me and esteemed of good reputation and made oath to the within written State- ment that it is true and correct according to his knowledge and belief this ninth day of November 1830
John Pettit Justice Peace
State of New York Saratoga County ss: I Thomas Palmer Clerk of the County of Saratoga do certify that John Pettit before whom the within Affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same, one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said County, and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and fairly believe his name subscribed to the above Certificate to be his hand writing -
Witness my hand & Seal of Office the sixth day of September 1832
Thomas Palmer Clerk

Cazenovia, N. York. 64 Lincklam Street Dec. 14-1931.
U.S. Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:-
Will you kindly inform me if there is an " Elisha Lard " from East Greenwich, R. I. on the Pension rolls? or any data on Revolutionary service available? Thanking you for past kind favor.
Yours Sincerely.
Lotta Courtney Curtis. D.A.R. Registrar.
(Mrs G. H.)