Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29,095, Ebenezer Conant, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Conant, Ebenezer
S. 29,095
CONTENTS

New York No. 32. 500.
Ebenezer Conant, Pri.
Captain Barnard's company of the Colonel Wiley's Regiment. N.Y. Crav.
Ratio of disability, _____
Date of discharge, _____
Time of closing the testimony, _____
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany, N.Y.
at Forty Dollars per year month, to commence on the 1 st January 1841.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29. of August 1846 and sent to Adriel Ely, Esq. Watertown, N.Y.
Arrears to 4th of March 1846 $207.12
Pemi-ant. all' ce ending 4 th Sep. 20. "
$237.12
Act of the 8 th August 1846.
Book E. 2 Vol. 4 Page 12
on Roll of Act 1832.
EP-
Date of death not on roll

Elbow
10965.
O. H. G. (agent)
Watertown N.Y.
X X

STATE OF NEW YORK, } ss. Jefferson County, }
ON this 11 th day of September 1832, personally appeared in open Court, before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for said County, now sitting, Ebenezer Coriacut a resident of Torrance in said County, 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 here-in stated. —
at Danbury Connecticut, thence in Jan'y. 1777 enlisted for six months under Capt. John Brainerd Col. Willys Regt. marched to West Point, assisted in building the Fort, by drawing timber by hand & otherwise, served his time out and there discharged again enlisted at Fishkill in the Fall of the same year under the same officers served five months and was discharged at a place called Devils Den in New Jersey. About first of April 1780 again enlisted at Farmington Conn. for six or nine months under Lieut. Peleg Heath Col. Willys Regt. Com'd line continental establishment served in New Jersey and was discharged in the Continental N. York  after having served the term for which he enlisted. — he was born in Windham Conn. in 1762, knows of no record of his age — Since the Revolution he has resided in Westfield Mass. — Sitsfield N.Y. and Torrance his present residence has no documentary evidence, and knows of no person whose testimony he can now procure, who can testify to his services, but refers to the affidavits of Amos B. Coriacut and Amos Barnes, forwarded with the schedule of this deposition to the War Dept. in July 1822.

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.
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
P. Burchard Clerk
86 yrs 2004
We , John Willson a Clergyman, residing in the Town of Watertown in said County, and Asa Gleason Jr residing in Lorraine hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Ebenezer Conant 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 to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
P. Burchard Clerk
John Willson Asa Gleason Jr
And the said Court 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 John Willson who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman, resident in the town of Watertown and that Asa Gleason Jr. who has also signed the same, is a resident in Lorraine and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, PELEG BURCHARD , Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Ebenezer Conant for a Pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of the Court, this 11th day of September 1832
P. Burchard Clerk

Ebenezer Conant says that he was Born in Mansfield Windham County Connecticut October 12 th 1762 and went to live with Ebenezer Bivin in Hartford Connecticut at the Age of ten years and at the Age of Sixteen or Seventeen he volunteered as a Soldier to go to West Point under Capt Barnard where I Served Six Months not long after my Return home before I went into the Service Nine Months for Ebenezer Bivin of Hartford Ct where I Served under Capt Pileg Heath for the above time agreed on and on my return Home I listed into the United States Service where I Served under my former Capt Heath the time listed for was Six Months but going into Winter Quarters and not Barracks Sufficient for the Army those whose term of Service had nearly Expired were Discharged the time I Served was 5 Months and Some Days and was honourable Discharged he says that he was at West Point in the Service when Major Andrews was there Stephen Lyons
Wife of Henry Lyons says that Ebenezer Conant is her Brother and that she has the examined Statement her uncle made and that it is in every respect correct she further states that she had one other Brother that went into the Service with her Brother Ebenezer by the Name of Amos she believes that her Brother and Amos did not go into the Service of the United States till Ebenezer had Served his Six Months term and she further states that after their Return Home converse freely of the many Incidents that transpired while acting as Soldiers Mr Lyons he has heard the family talk about the two Conants being in the United States Service and Always been to that he has never heard it Disputed by any one of Ebenezer Conant being a Soldier of the Revolution Capt Joseph Wilcox says he has been Acquired with Mr Conant for fifty years that he was always was considered a Soldier of the Revolution and further that that per the truth and veracity he is good Being a Member of the Presbyterian Church and in good Standing and I suppose if necessary affidavits of the above Statements and a great many of his being a Soldier of the Revolution To Adriel Ely Esqr - the above Statement taken by C Allen
I desire to excuse the many blunders on account of the Age of Information by C Allen

Mr Ely Dear Sir if it is amongst the possibilities to obtain a Pension for Mr Conant you will confer a favour on a needy worthy Revolutionary Soldier whose Strength of Mind as well as Debilitated Body may soon wear out for the good of his country a great part of his time he has to be helped out of bed to eat his Meals if you obtain it you will be well Requited Rewarded Yours truly Clark Allen
Peter Heath was sent 1 Aug. 77
Under 24 Oct 1780
Capt Barnard
1762 17  1779
John Barnard Capt 1 Aug. 77
6 Mths under Capt John Barnard 9 do do left Peter Heath  6 " " " " "
Christopher Conant got letters at Port Office Adams } lives in terraria
Mr & Mrs Lyons live in terraria Moline a
5. E. Conant

1.
Ebenezer Conant
Copy in order of dates
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State of New York } Jefferson County } ss On the 8th day of July 1873 personally appeared in open court, being about of record by a Law of the said State Ebenezer Conant of the Town of Sorraine in said County aged sixty three years, who being first duly sworn ac- cording to Law doth on his oath make the follow- ing declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of Congress of the 18th day of March 1818 and of the 1 st May 1820. that in the said Ebenezer Conant enlisted for the term of nine months the last of March or first of April 1780 at Farmington Connecticut in the company com- manded by Lieut. Heath in the Regt. com- manded by Col. Sam l . Wyllis Connecticut line con- tinental establishment, — that he served the United States in said company for the full term of nine months and was discharged at the Highlands on the North river about the first of January 1781 — that he had previously served the United States Eleven Months at two different periods, and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said service except the affidavits of Amos B. Conant and Amos Darrow, and in pursuance of the act of the 1 st May 1820, I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818; and that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the pro- visions of an act of Congress entitled an act to

provided for certain persons engaged in the Land & Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War, passed on the 18th day of March 1818, and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities, contracts, or debts due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed.
Schedule
one 2 year old heifer - 4 Sheep & 3 Lambs one pot 1 Milk Kettle 1 Tea Kettle 1 Spider - 1 Bed Iron 1 Trunk 7 plates 3 cups & Saucers 1 Tea pot 1 Cream cup 4 Bowls 4 Bainmrs 4 Pears 7 Bottles 1 Cream pot 1 Knife 1 Pail 2 Tubs 1 old Rock Bbl 2 old chests 1 Table 4 old chairs 2 old wheels 1 small Sooking-glass 1 set Knives & forks 4 Spoons 2 old axes - 3 Rakes 1 Sickle - 1 pair cards 1 Trowel 1 Stone hammer - 1 Iron Wedge - 2 Iron chains 7 old drag teeth.
Ebenezer Covan
He further states that his occupation is a Mason but has been unable to labour for three or four years past in consequence of being constantly afflicted with the Rheumatism. his wife Eleanor is sixty one years of age - his son Manning is sixteen years of age, which comprises his family residing with him. He soon to be dead and on the 8th day of July 1843 before
H. H. Sherwood Clerk
I Henry H. Sherwood Clerk of the court for Jefferson County do hereby certify that the foregoing oath, and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the record of said court, and I do further certify that it is the opinion of said court that the total amount in value of property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is thirty six dollars and fifty

Two cents, In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court on this 13th day of August 1823.
H H Sherwood Clerk

Prepared October 1, 1936 but not sent. Placed in claim for future use.EL.
The data which follow are obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, S.29095, based upon the military service in that war of Ebenezer Conant.
Ebenezer Conant was born October 12, 1762, at Mansfield, Windham County, Connecticut. The names of his parents are not shown. When ten years of age, Ebenezer went to Hartford, Connecticut, to reside with Ebenezer Bivin: no relationship of Ebenezer Bivin to Ebenezer Conant was shown.
Ebenezer Conant enlisted at Danbury, Connecticut, January 7, 1777; served six months as a private in Captain John Barnard's Company, Colonel Samuel Wylllys' Connecticut Regiment and assisted in building a fort at West Point; he enlisted in the fall of the same year, at Fishkill and served five months under the same officers; he enlisted at Farmington, Connecticut, about April 1, 1780, and served nine months under Lieutenant Peleg Heath, Colonel Samuel Wylllys' Connecticut Regiment.
After the Revolution, he resided in Westfield, Massachusetts, Litchfield, New York, and at Lorraine, Jefferson County, New York.
He received pension by special act of Congress, approved August 8, 1846, at which time he was a resident of Jefferson County, New York.
In 1823, soldier stated that his family then residing with him consisted of his wife, Elenor, aged sixty-one years and a son, Manning, aged sixteen years. The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of Elenor are not stated.
Soldier had a brother, Amos Conant, who served with him and a sister, who was the wife of Henry Lyons: she and her husband lived at one time at Lorraine, New York. In 1823, one Amos B. Conant made affidavit in Erie County, New York: his relationship to the soldier was not shown.
(date of death not on A.B.) _____

1894/2
Ebenezer Conant, Jefferson Co. N.Y.
O. Hungerford Watertown, N.Y.
Recd. 19 Aug: 1823.
Conant enlisted, for 6 months, July 15. 1780, It was discharged Dec. 4. 1780. so say the Rolls
Starr Regiment.
also amos, the Witness.
Rejct. No. Sept. 2. 1823
for Letter to O. Hungerford
CONANT, EBENEZER (CONN.)
S-29095

Watkinsville N York Aug. 23
Sir In regard to the schedule & evidence of Ebenezer Conant, for the purpose of being placed on the Pension Roll.
I also return the Pension Certifi- cates of Judiah S. Conant & James Hunsford both of whom died im- mediately after the 4th of March last, and no pay will be applied for by the heirs.
Yours Respectfully O. Hunsford
J. S. Edwards Esq.
The pension certificates of Judiah S. Conant, and James Hunsford, were not received with his letter.

29095 Rev INVALID.
File No. 29,095
Ebenezer Conant Rev
Act: 6" August 46"
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 81
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1936-Oct 1-Advised Mrs R. H. Shumway that Ebenezer Conant's number is not 29728 checked for further info. ET

October 1, 1936
XXXXXXXXXXXX
BA-J/MHF/eal
Mrs. Ralph W. Shumway Mexico New York
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Ebenezer Conant, who, you state, was placed on the pension roll of Albany, New York, under the Act of June 7, 1832, pension number 29728.
There is no claim for pension on file based upon service in the Revolutionary War of an Ebenezer Conant, of Albany, New York, under the Act of June 7, 1832, with pension number 29728.
If you will furnish as much as possible of the following data in regard to the Ebenezer Conant, in whom you are interested or if you find that you have been misinformed in regard to the citations, and will furnish the correct data in regard to the pension, another search of the records will be made in your behalf: approximate dates of birth and death, places of residence at enlistment and after service and given name of widow. It will expedite the matter if you will return this letter with your reply.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

10965
no
2195
1832

Ebenezer Conant Private of Capt. John Barnard's company of Col. Willis's regt. special act Aug. 8. 1846 Place on roll among the pensioners of June 7. 1832 law.
Albany Roll
$40 per ann. to com- mence January 1. 1841.
best: to Adriel Ely Watertown N. York

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
RECEIVED
2195
P. O. St. Lawrence Canal
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____ _____
Re-enlisted: _____ _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____ _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

Ebenezer Conant New York Revo: Act 7 th June 1832
Rejected see letter Decr. 12 th 1832 to C. Hungerford - do to Hn. J. C. Chittenden May 26. 1840. to A. Ely to Oct 1845
Let. to Hon. W. J. Seaman Feb 6. 1846. - Nothing of any importance to this case & as there was important matter more other cases did not wait out.

E. Conant
Pensioner of N.Y. Law of 1832 for Washington
from Abad Joy
Oswego Co. N.Y.
Wm L Babcock National
Jan 31 - 53 -

State of New York } ss. Chester Conant being duly COUNTY OF Oswego } sworn according to law, deposes and says that he is the son of Ebenezer Conant deceased, to whom a pension was probably due, and who was an applicant for a pension from the State of New York that this deponent is directly interested as one of the claimants in said claim.
Chester Conant Mark
Sworn and subscribed before me this 2 day of November 185 2 and I do hereby certify that the said Chester Conant is a respectable person, and that I have full faith in the truth of the above statement sworn to by him as being directly interested in said claim.
Gilbert C Forsyth Justice of the Peace
Know all Men by these Presents, That I Chester Conant  son of Ebenezer Conant deceased, to whom a pension was probably due, was an applicant for a pension from the State of New York do hereby constitute and appoint READ JOY, of Ovid, N. Y., my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name as one directly and personally interested, as also for and in behalf of all others interested in the claim or application for a pension as above mentioned.
Witness my hand and seal, this 2 day of November 185 2
SEALED AND DELIVERED IN THE PRESENCE OF
Read Joy Gilbert C Forsyth
Chester Conant Mark
STATE OF New York } County of Oswego } Be it known that on the 2 day of November 185 2 before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County and State, duly authorized by law to administer oaths and take acknowledgements, personally appeared Chester Conant above named, and duly acknowledged the above Power of Attorney and affidavits to be his act and deed.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand the day and date above mentioned.
Gilbert C Forsyth Justice of the Peace

HR — 239.
Ebenezer Leonard

An act for the relief of Ebenezer Conant, of the County of Jefferson, State of New York.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby authorized and required to place the name of Ebenezer Conant on the pension list, at the rate of forty dollars per annum, to commence the first day of January, in the year, one thousand eight hundred and forty-one.
Approved August 8. 1846.
Department of State
August 28 th 1846
I certify that the above is a true copy of "An act for the relief of Eben- ezer Conant, of the County of Jefferson, State of New York," transcribed from, and compared with the original roll on file in this Depart- ment.
M. P. Root
Chief Clerk.

Watertown Jefferson County New York Aug. 19. 1846
Sir
I enclose the application of Ebenezer Barnes for a Pension Certificate The old man is in extreme poverty, his certificate is needed immediately Very Respectfully Yr Obedient Servt
Admiral Ely
I also enclose herewith the application of Lois Matteson for P. Cert Yr Obedient Servt
Col. S. L. Edwards Com d of Pensioners Washington

Eleazar. Conant. app. for Pennia out under law for his relief. afford Aug 8. 1846 Adiel Ely Atty

State of New York
Jefferson County ss. I Ebenezer Conant of the town of Lorraine, County and State aforesaid being duly sworn according to Law depose and say that I am the identical person named in an Act of Congress passed in the Month of August 1846 entitled "An Act for the relief of Ebenezer Conant of Jefferson County New York". This Act as I am informed grants to me a pension. Adriel Ely of Watertown New York is my attorney and I hereby respectfully request that the Commissioner of Pensions would send the certificate of Pension to which I am entitled under said Law to said Ely.
Sworn & Subscribed this 15 th day of August 1846 before E Sabin Justice
His Ebenezer X Conant Mark

EBENEZER CONANT.
[To accompany bill H. R. No. 239.]
FEBRUARY 17, 1846.
Mr. SEAMAN, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, made the following
REPORT :
The Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Ebenezer Conant, of the county of Jefferson, State of New York, report :
The petitioner represents that he enlisted in January, 1777, for 6 months, under Captain John Barnard, Col. Willys's regiment, in the war of the Revolution, and served his time out. In the fall of the same year, he enlisted again under the same officers, and served five months, and was discharged. About the 1st of April, 1780, he again enlisted under Lieut. Peleg Heath, Col. Willys's regiment Connecticut line, and served nine months .
Amos Barnes and Amos B. Conant testify as to the nine months' service. The justice certifies that Amos Barnes and Amos B. Conant are credible witnesses, and entitled to belief.
John Willison and Asa Gleason, jr., testify, that it is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where Ebenezer Conant resides, that he was a soldier of the Revolution, and they concur in opinion. The court of common pleas in and for the county of Jefferson, State of New York, after the investigation of the whole matter, declare their opinion that Conant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states, and that John Willison, and Asa Gleason, jr., are credible persons, and entitled to belief.
All the above papers are regularly executed and sworn to. Other papers are offered in proof, but the committee do not consider them of any importance.
The committee consider that the nine months' service is sufficiently established to entitle the petitioner to a pension, and they therefore report a bill for his relief.
Ritchie & Heiss, print.

Ebenezer Conant Petition

To the Congress of the United States
The undersigned your petitioner a resident of Jefferson County New York respectfully represents that your petitioner was born in Middlesex Windham County Connecticut Oct. 12. 1762, at the age of 10 years went to live with Eleanor Bivin of Hartford and at the age of 16 or 17 volunteered under Capt. Barnard and served six months in the war of the Revolution and soon after his return again went into the service and served 9 months as a substitute for said Eleanor Bivin and at the expiration of this period enlisted for six months under former officers and served until the army went into winter quarters, when on account of the inefficiency of Barracks, was discharged as was also all of the men whose period of enlistment was nearly performed - Your petitioner is unable from loss of memory to give a more explicit account of his services than refers to his papers on file in the Pension Office & prays for the passage of a law placing him on the Pension list at such rate as shall appear to the wisdom of Congress just & as in duty bound will ever pray
his Eleanor J. Conant Swink

Petition of Eliza Conant for a Pension
December 15, 1845. Referred to the Com. on Rev. Pensions Feb. 17, 1846. B. X. No. 239 Mr. Hunsicker
Papers on file
80

Watertown Dec. 8, 1815
My dear Sir
I send you the petition of Ebenezer Conant I have no doubt he is entitled to a Pension. I procured a search in the Comptrollers Office Connecticut and recd a Certificate, which is on file with his papers in the pension Office - The Certificate of Mr. Conington shows not quite 6 months, this was the last com- paign & in the year 1780 - I send the other half of Conington's letter, the first being the Certificate. It shows his views of the case & may be of service before the Committee -
We are all in good health, My best respects to Mrs. H.
Yr Friend
Adriel Ely
Hon. O. H. Hovey M.C.

Adair Esq r ,
10 Oct. 1845

Pension Office 169 October 10. 1845
Sir,
The papers sent to this Office by you in the case of Ebenezer Conant have been examined and filed. In his declaration in 1832 Claimant alleged he enlisted in 1777 for 6 months under Capt John Barnard Col Willis Regiment and assisted in building the fort at West Point, and again enlisted and served 5 months in same Company and Regiment and in 1780 he again enlisted for 9 mo under Lieut Skath, in same Regiment. Skath was a Lieutenant in Purnam's Regiment Company. The numerous Rolls of Col. B. that Company now in this Office, discredit this statement altogether, his name not being found upon any one of them. If Conant performed any service in that Regiment it must have been in employment at building forts under Civil Contract which affords no ground for a pension.
Mr Ebenezer Conant, shown by the Certificate of the Comptroller of Connecticut to have been in service in 1780 under Lieut. Col. Sill was from Hartford. Claimant was a citizen of Danbury at the time of his alleged enlistment. His claim is altogether unsupported by testimony of any kind.
Abel T. Taylor Acting Secy Pension Office

J. L. Edwards
Oct 16. 1845

(Copy)
Pension Office, October 10th 1845.
Sir,
The papers sent to this Office by you in the case of Ebenezer Conant have been examined and filed.
In his declaration in 1832 Claimant alleged he enlisted in 1777 for six months under (late) John Barnard, Col. M'Leish, Regt. and assisted in building the Fort at West Point, and again enlisted and served five months in same Company and Regiment, and in 1780 he enlisted for nine months under Lieut. Heath in same Regt. Heath was a Lieut. in Barnard's Company. The muster rolls of that Company now in this Office, discredit this statement altogether, his name not being found upon any one of them. If Conant performed any service in that Regt. it must have been an employment at building Forts under Civil Contract, which affords no ground for a pension.
The Ebenezer Conant shown by the Certificate of the Comptroller of Connecticut to have been in service in 1780 under Lieut. Col. Sillway from Hartford. Claimant was a Citizen of Danbury at the time of his alleged enlistment.
This claim is altogether unsupported by testimony of any kind.

Am. Sir, Very respectfully Yours Ob. Servt. J. L. Edwards. (Signed)
Adrial Ely, Esq. Watertown, New York.

10965
Ebenezer Conant N.Y.
S.H.T.
Act. 1 June '32

Watertown Luff to New York
Sept. 13. 1845
Sir
Ebenezer Conant of the town of Lorraine in this County, applied under the act of June 1832, not long after the passage of the act, & I believe through Mr Hunsford of this place for a pension. His claim, I believe, has lain suspended for want of proper evidence to the present time & his papers are on file in your office. I enclose a statement of his claim which was sent to me by one of his neighbors Maj. Genl. Allen. I do not know what his original declaration was, but this I know that owing to some disease the man has for years suffered under great weakness of mind and loss of memory - By this statement it appears that he first served under Capt John Barnard 6 Months. John Barnard was Com'd a Capt 1 Jan. 1777 - His next period is for the term of 9 Months as a substitute for Ebenezer Bevin under Capt. Heath - & then under the same Capt for 6 Mths, but says that he served less in consequence of insufficiency of Barracks for winter Quarters for which reason that when term had nearly expired was discharged. This last period of Service appears to have been in 1780 & for 4 Mo. 20 days according to the certificate of the Comptroller of Connecticut, which I send herewith - It appears also from this certificate that Capt Barnard was in service

for the year 1777, in which year & in which year any longer claims to have served five months I find no evidence to substantiate the 9 Mths. service performed as substitute for Bevis -
I hope you will review this case and come to the conclusion that some the evidence herewith will justify you in granting a certificate of 6 months - 1777 & 4 Mths 20 days in 1780 making 10 Mths. 20 days -
Mr Carrington in a letter in return the certificate says that this certificate embraces all the evidence in possession of his office. He adds "Polly Heath was a Levies in Wyllys Regt as late as Janry. 1780 and this is all that is found of him - Of the second term of service I can find nothing and the third term does not appear to have been under Heath but Lt Col. Sill. The 2.8 months men enlisted by Capt Barnard were short levies, one of them I suppose was Ebenezer Conant and have no doubt, but this was the case. The levies although under Continental Officers did not belong to the line hence their names do not then appear" In making the enquiry of Mr Carrington I copied the enclosed statement of the old man's services.
Very Respectfully yr Ob-dut Admiral Eddy
Col. J. L. Edwards Comd of Pensions Washington

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David Ely Esq
Watertown Jefferson County N. Y.

Sir. I know not what the certificate will avail, but hope it will be of service. It is the best our books will admit of. Of the second term of service I can find nothing. Peleg Heath was a Lieut in Wyllys Regt as late as Jan 1780, and this is all that is found of him, and the third term of service does not appear to have been under Heath but Lt Col Sill. The 2 & 8 months men enlisted by Capt Barnard men & women were short service, one of them I suppose was Ebenezer Conant and have no doubt but this was the case. The men although under Continental officers did not belong to the line, hence their names do not there appear.
As yet I have not succeeded in the case of Zadok Huntly, and fear shall not. Benjamin Kellogg's name does not appear. as he was of New London likely his service was there and its vicinity. and of that service we have no pay rolls, nothing but a list of the Capt. who were in service there.
Our records do not show the residence of Continental soldiers except those who received family supplies - William Pierce does not appear to have received any.
Respectfully Ed. Lansing
Aug 18. 45

Cook of Scranton Ebenezer Conant
Adams Esq
Watertown
N.Y.
Aug

Comptroller Office, Connecticut
Hartford August 11-1845 E 5
On application for evidence of the service of Ebenezer Corral in the war of the revolution, I find the following evidence of Capt John Barnard's service in that war under whom he claims to have served. In the pay Table books are the following entries.
  United States  Dr     To amount Capt John Barnard's Acct rendered for rations for his company, Wyllys Regt 1777 -  10 10 -     Do do for 2 8 mo men, do  10 13-4     1778 Capt John Barnard  Dr     May 12 To order on Treasurer in acct for his company  25 - -     1778 To seven Blankets received of the Hovg. Selectmen of Hartford for one of his Co of his Co  22 11-6   
I also find in this office a paper headed Pay roll for the new Levies in Lieut Col Gills Company, Connecticut Regt 1780 containing the name of Ebenezer Corral, or Ebenezer Corral, Private, July 15. Decm 15th. 4 months 20 days. £2 11 9-6-8 - Hartford -
A Barrington, Comptroller

Hon. T. C. Chittenden
May 26. 1840,
OB.

Pension Office, May 26. 1840.
Sir,
In compliance with your request I enclose herewith Certified Copies of the papers of Ebenezer Conant, for the purpose of being used before the Committee on Rev. Pensions;
Hon. J. C. Chittenden WQ

May 14. 1840
Baltimore Mr. Raper 14 Hon. L. D. Edwards Copy Raper
# Rep! Mr. Filer. May 16. Hon. J. C. Chittenden Ha Comm. of Pensions Washington City

House of Representatives, May 13 th '40.
Sir:
I will thank you to furnish me with either the original or a copy of the papers of Elmer Conant of New York (Suffolk County) which are on file in your office. I want to use them before the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions.
Very Respectfully, Your obed Servt C. C. Chittenden
Wm.
James S. Edwards Board of Pensions.

Hungerford 12 Dec 1832
Pl.
Recorded Vol. 8. Page 138.
151.

War Department Pension Office Nov 12 1832
Sir
The claim of Ebenezer Conant has been examined - He alleges three enlistments, in the Connecticut line on Continental establishment and refers to the evidence accompanying his application under the act of Mar. 18. 1818 for proof of them -
Those The evidence relates to the last term only, which by the records amount to 4 mo. 19 days - His name is not found on the rolls for the terms of service which he alleges to have performed in Col. Wyllys Regt His claim is therefore rejected This papers placed on file
No letter Recd 27. Sept 1832 act T. June
A. Hemenford Watertown Vt.

State of New York } Amos B. Conant Erie County } being duly sworn accor- ding to Law, doth on his oath depose and say that he was well acquainted with Ebenezer Conant during the Revolutionary War that the said Ebenezer enlisted into the service of the United States for the term of Nine Months in the Spring of the Year 1780 at Farmington Connecticut in a Company commanded by Capt or Lieut- Heath in the Regt commanded by Col. Wells Connecticut Line Continental establishment, that he served his full term of Nine Months in said Company and Regt. And was discharged some time in the winter of 1780 or 1781 in the Highlands on the North River State of New York. and further this deponent saith not. Amos B. Conant. Sworn to before me this 11 th day of June A.D. 1823
Asa Warren J. Squire
Y. S. Squire

I do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Amos B. Conant the within deponent, and that he is a credible witness and a man of undoubted veracity.
Erie County June 11 th 1823
State of New York Erie County ss.
ASA WARREN I Jacob A Barker clerk of the county of Erie do hereby certify that Asa Warren before whom the within affidavit was made was on the date of the said affidavit a Justice of the peace in and for the County of Erie duly commissioned and sworn, and that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and verily believe the signature subscribed to the Deponent and the certificate is the proper hand writing of the said Justice.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of the said Court. Sixteenth day June 1823.
Jacob A Barker Clerk

State of New York County of Albany ss }
Amos Barnes being duly sworn according to Law
Doth on his oath Depose and say that he served a Colonel in the Revolutionary war in a Regiment commanded by Col. Samuel Hillys in the Connecticut Line under Continental Establishment and was ordered to Ebenzerfort Serving in the same Regiment in the year 1780 for Nine Months and further the Deponent saith that
Amos Barnes
Sworn to Before Me this 30 th Day of June A.D. 1820
Amos Woodworth J.P.

Clerks Office Oneida County
I, Eliasaph Dorchester Clerk of the County of Oneida do Certify that Amos Woodworth was on the 30 th day of June last past a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Oneida duly appointed and sworn and authorised by Law to perform the duties appertaining to the Office of a Justice of the Peace and that full faith may be given to all acts of his in that capacity In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County this 8 th day of August 1823
Eliasaph Dorchester Clerk By Thomas M. Francis Dp. Clerk