Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 45316, Elijah Canfield, Continental (New York)

SERVICE.
NUMBER _____
SERVICE. Continental (New York)  Canfield, Elijah NUMBER S. 45316
CONTENTS

15 360 R  New York
Elijah Canfield
of Orange Co in the state of New York who was a private — in the regiment commanded by Colonel Lamb — of the New York line, for the term of three years
scribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of — 8 — Dollars per month, to commence on the 4 th of Sep 1819
ertificate of Pension issued the 22 d of Oct 1819 and sent to Joseph Morrill Esq r New Windsor New York
Arrears to 4th of Sep 1819 $ 10.26 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Mar 1820 $ 1.18
$ 48.26
19 Nov 29
{ Revolutionary claim, { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
Notification sent to Nathan Stark Esq 12 July 1820. Gorham N.Y.
Yr letter to C. Moneel Esq 7 April 1830.

Confidential Papers
For Judge Marshall -

District of New York
Orange County ss on the 4 th day of August Sept r 1819 -
Personally appeared before me the subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of common pleas in and for the said County, personally appears Elijah Canfield aged about 64 years, resident in the County of Orange, who being by me first duly sworn according to Law, - deposeth on his oath make the following declaration - 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 and Naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War that he since Elijah Canfield enlisted about the 15 th day of April 1777, at Fort Montgomery in the State of New York - in the Company Commanded by Capt Thomas Mather, in Colonel Sambes Regiment of Artillery - to serve in the said Company for the term of three years - and that he continued to serve the whole of the said term - in the said Company and Regiment, and that he was discharged in the year 1780 about the 15 th of April as near as he can

recollect, by the late Capt. Thomas Mathew, at the artillery Park near New Windsor in Orange County that he was in the Battle of Fort Monmouth 1778 and on the Western Expedition, in the Army Command by General Sullivan 1779 - and was attached to the Park Horses - and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of this country for support - and that he has no other means now in his power of his services -
Sworn and subscribed before me the day and year aforesaid Stephen Jackson
Elijah Canfield
I Stephen Jackson Judge etc, do hereby that the above applicant Elijah Canfield is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support -
Stephen Jackson

I, Stephen Jackson, Esq., as aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said Elisha Canfield did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy, and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and her had before me, to the Secretary of the Department of War. Pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress — Stephen Jackson
State of New York } ss. Orange County }
I James Wilkinson Clerk of the County of Orange & Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the said County Do Hereby certify that Stephen Jackson Esq. was on the fourth day of September 1810 one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas for said County of Orange (and now is a judge of the said Court) duly commissioned & sworn and authorized to administer oaths &c. And that I am acquainted with the handwriting of the said judge and do hereby believe the name or signature of Stephen Jackson subscribed to the affidavit annexed of Elisha Canfield and to the preceding certificate is the proper hand writing of the said judge.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of said Court and County. James Wilkinson Clerk

Elijah Canfield
Ad 15-280
no val.
Oct 19
[Faint, mirrored handwriting from the reverse side of the page]

State of New York Orange County ss On this thirty first day of May one thousand eight hundred and twenty. In open court, to wit, the Court of Common Pleas this day held at the Court House in the town of Goshen in and for the County aforesaid the said Court being a Court of Record for said County by virtue of the statutes of the State aforesaid, conducting its proceedings according to the course of the Common Law keeping a Record thereof and having a jurisdiction unlimited in point of a- mount personally appeared Elijah Banfield aged sixty three years resident in the town of Minisink in said County who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows, to wit, in the Second Regiment in the company commanded by Captain Thomas Mackie of the New York Line. that the date of his original declaration is the fourth day of September in the year one thousand eight hundred and nineteen that the number of his Pension certificate is 15 360 And the said Elijah Banfield in open court as aforesaid doth take the following oath, to wit, "I Elijah Ban- field do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the Eighteenth day of March in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighteen. And that I have not since that time by gift, sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to being 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 18 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." And the said Elijah Banfield in open court as aforesaid produced the following schedule that is to say - First, being possessed of ninety seven acres of Land, on the tenth day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen - I conveyed away and assigned the above property to Isaac Reeve in the town of Min- isink together with some articles of personal property which I am now unable to enumerate In trust, for the payment and satisfaction of my creditors the prin- cipal of which are hereinafter mentioned, and the res- idue to myself and my heirs &c and I have been inform- ed and believe that my concerns are yet unsettled and that the residue will be very little after settling satisfying the legal claims against me. Secondly, At the period of the assignment of my property I was indebted as follows, to wit, To Cornelius Ray of the city of New York $500.00. James Everett and others, Loan officers $140.00. Moses Y Maas of Min- isink $116.00. David Reeve of Wallkill $100.00. Samuel Bennett of Wallkill $47.00. Widow Mary Banfield of Minisink $58.00 - To other persons whose names I am not able to mention, making my debts amount to more than $1100.00. 3 d I have no debts due to me - And the said Elijah Ban- field further states that his occupation was that of a Farmer - that by reason of age and infirmity he is unable to do any hard labour at all - that he has no family except his wife Mary aged fifty seven years, who is able in part to support herself by her own labour - Elijah Banfield Sworn in open court before Nathan S. White,

Stephen Jackson, Samuel S Seward Esquires judgments the 31 st day of May 1820 - (of no value) Jas W Witter clerk
State of New York Orange County } I James M c Clintock Esq. Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Orange do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and inventory are truly copied from the records of the said Court. And I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property of the exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is of no value. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hands and affixed the seal of said Court this third day of July 1820.
James M c Clintock Depty Clerk

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Elijah Canfield 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. F. 45316.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Apr. 15, 1777 3 yrs Pri. Thomas Machin Lamb. 2 d Continental Artillery N.Y.                                     
Battles engaged in, Fort Montgomery. Residence of soldier at enlistment, Enl. at Fort Montgomery, N.Y. Date of application for pension, Sept 4, 1819. His cl. was al. Residence at date of application, Minisink, Orange Co., N.Y. Age at date of application, 64 yrs.
Remarks: In 1820, he referred to his wife, Mary,  57 yrs. of age.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

1915, Feb. 1. History to Mrs. E. H. Bailey. Br.
45 316
Revy INVALID.
File No. 45 316
Elijah Canfield Pius Rev War
Act: 18 March 1818
Index: —Vol. 3, Page 74
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Payne Pillsbury Mar. 18 th 1839
Elijah Canfield Rev.
45,316
Mr. DePauh Pennsylvania Ave Washington City D.C.
San Francisco March 3rd free
Ent
Rec d . Mar 13 th 1839

22 nd Oct 1819
Sir
New York Penna Luzerne County March 9. 1839
I am requested by the heirs of Elijah Canfield formerly a revolutionary pensioner of Orange County New York (now deceased) if he was not entitled to Bounty land which has never been received by him or his heirs. Mr Canfield has been dead about ten Years and his heirs living in this State being in indigent circumstances have been unable to go to the State of New York to attend to the matter. he was about making an effort in relation to the bounty land which he claimed in pursuance of the then existing laws but at his death all proceedings was arrested.
I wish now to ask the Dept to examine the pension list roll of New York to ascertain what the nature of Mr Canfield's services were and thus be enabled to inform me whether or not his heirs are entitled to bounty land. If it is found favorable then they will

take measures for procuring the necessary evidences &c.
It is earnestly hoped that some information may be obtained from the Dept in relation to matter as early as convenient. The circumstances of the heirs are such as to excite sympathy, and if anything is due them it is greatly needed
Very Respectfully Your obed Servt Payne Pettebone

Charles Monell Esq
ans d
7 April 1830
for
Hon John H Eaton Secretary at War of the United States Washington City
on May 4 March 1820
By J. P. [unclear]
On

Goshen, N.Y. March 30 th 1835
Dr Sir,
29 Oct 1835 answered
Will you do me the favour to inform me whether Elijah Canfield was returned to your office as a Soldier of the Revolutionary War in the New York line? and whether he received an honorable discharge? if there is such a return in your office will you send a Certificate of the facts above so certified that it will be evidence to the Legislature of this State of the facts therein containing as he has lost his discharge and by some mistake his name has not been returned to the Secretary of State's office of this State and of course no patent issued for his Military bounty land and cannot now without a special application to the Legislature of this State - will you also inform me whether the one hundred acres promised to him by the United States has been laid out and if so where it is situated and whether a patent has been issued and if not what course he must take to procure the same
The Hon Secretary at War of the United States
I have the honor to be Your most obedient Humble Servant
Charles Moneill

you have likewise the deposition of Seth Stockton
Elyah Canfield Declaration of. —
Forward by Joseph Morell of New Windsor Orange County N.Y.
Adm.
New Windsor N.Y.
The foregoing is a true copy of the original
Joseph Morell Deposition

State of New York Orange County —
ss. I James L. Wilkin Clerk of the County and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County Do hereby certify that Nathan before whom the within Affidavit was taken was on the fourth day of September 1819 a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Orange duly Commissioned & sworn and authorized by the Law of the State of New York to administer oaths &c. And that I am acquainted with the handwriting of the said Justice and do verily believe that the signature Nathan Stark subscribed to the said Affidavit is the proper handwriting of the said Justice
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court & County — this six day of July September 1819 Jas. Wilkin Clerk.

State of New York County of Orange
vs Eusebius Austin of the Town of Wallkill - and Benjamin Wood of Goshen both of the county aforesaid being duly sworn on their oaths depose and say that they are well acquainted with Elijah Banfield an applicant for a Pension named in the proceedings here- unto annexed that he is a resident in the town of Minisink in said county and that they well know the said Elijah to be in reduced circumstances also states in aid of the assistance of his candidacy for support
Eusebius Austin Benjamin Wood
Subscribed and sworn to this 4 th day of September 1819 before me Nathaniel Stark Justice of the Peace

State of New York
Orange County ss. Jonathan White of the Town of Goshen of the said County being by me duly sworn according to Law - deposeth and saith, that he has been well acquainted with Elijah Can field , who is an affidavit for pension, that he knew him before the Revolutionary war - and that he knew him when he was a Soldier in Thomas Matchens Company of artillery, and that he this deponent was a Soldier in the said Company in the War of the Revolution - first the said Canfield was taken out of the Company at Tioga when on the western expedition with General Sullivan to go with the Penna. horses - I think he got his discharge the year after we retired, in the Spring of 1780 - and that I am Satisfied he served three years in the said Com- pany and always supported the character of a good soldier -
Subscribed before me the 29th day of July 1819 -
Jonathan White
Joseph Morris, Commr. etc.
I certify that I am well acquainted with Jonathan White and have known him for many years, and that he is a credible witness -
Joseph Morris Commission

State of New York } ss I James W. Wilkin Clerk of the Orange County } County of Orange & Clerk of the
Court of common pleas for said County Do Hereby Certify That Joseph Morrell before whom the within affi- davit was taken was a Commissioner residing in the County of Orange and was on the day of the date thereof Duly Commissioned & Sworn and Authorized by the Laws of the State of New York to administer Oaths, &c. And that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Commissioned and do verily believe the signa- ture Joseph Morrell subscribed to said affida- vit and the within Certificate is the proper hand writing of the said Commissioner
In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court and County the 6 th day of September 1819
James Wilkin Clerk

Ref...
L.H. PLUMB, President. S.W. PLUMB, Vice Pres.
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E.H. BAILEY, Cashier. W.C. FLICK, Ass't Cashier.
The Union National Bank.
Capital $100,000. Surplus $250,000.
Greator, Illinois
Pension Bureau
War. Department. Washington D.C.
will you please send me a copy of the Pension paper of Elijah Canfield of Orange Co. New York who served in the Revolutionary war - also a copy of the Pension paper of Peter Stout who served from Allegany Co. New York in the war of 1812. Possibly he served from Dutchess Co. His wife was Naomi Luther - Mrs. E.H. Bailey