Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 9326, Elias Deo, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Deo, Elias in Dreye
S. 9326
CONTENTS
carded

32.919
Pennsylvania Star Elias Deyo
Brewster in the State of Penna is a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Livingston of the Regt commanded by Col. Wissinford in the Revolution for 8 months Elias Deyo son of Elias Deyo Records corrected Dec 12/1846
Inscribed on the Roll of Pittsburgh at the rate of $6 Dollars 66 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 th day of Septm 1831 and sent to W. G. Wade Esq.
Arrears to the 4th of Semi-annual allowance ending W. G. Wade
H. H. Wightman Clerk { Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. 5. Page 18

Elias Root's History
Elias Root's History

Elias Oco lived during the Rev. war in the town Housatonic Co. Mass. enlisted in the town of Lanesboro for 9 months in 1782 under Lieut. Cornelius Dubois - Capt Livingston Col. Williams or Vitzvilt - Served the 9 months - was horribly discharged - was never drawn a Pension - was entitled under the act of 1818 - Did not know when to find it - had no property at that time - worked out by the month to support himself & family - Born in Housatonic Mass - July 16. 1762 - was 20 years old when he enlisted - His wife - Maria - whose maiden name was Brown - was living with him at Alford in Housatonic - Saw E. Oco & Lieut. Dubois when they started to join the Army - No other person known to be living who knew that Oco went into the Army - was hired in Crawford Co. Pa. for 24 years last past - previous to that lived in Tioga Co. Mass - 15 years - Age 83. last July 16th - Dies in Brn Crawford Co. Spring P. O.
Dated Decr Oct. 15. 1845
19 D. O. [Signature]
45 83 62

Crawford County, Pa.
I hereby certify, that Ida Sturdivant is an active Justice of the Peace in and for said County, and that the within signature is her true and lawful signature and seal, this 9th day of Feb. 1846.
Jas B. M c Farland Prothonotary
✓ No. 37,296 Elias Deyo
Pa.
Act 7 June '32
Adm 8 mos per § 26:11 per annum. Comg 4 March 183
Albany.
W.G. Wade. Rose N.Y.
Act 7 th June 1832.

In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June 1832
State of Pennsylvania } County of Crawford } ss. On this 9th day of February 1846 in open court held in and for said County at Meadville in said County by personally appeared Elias Geo, a resident of Penn- sylvania, known to me to be the person described in and who in the County aforesaid, Aged Eighty Three Years the 16th day of last July, 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 ac- cording to the best of his knowledge & belief he was Eighty Three Years old the 16th day of last July - That during the Revolutionary War he lived in Hurley Ulster County New York - That he enlisted as a private in the Spring of 1782 for nine months in the town of Hopewell in said County under Capt. Abraham Livingston and Col. Frederick Weissenfelt - That Colonel I, Elias Geo, entered the service with this detachment and was subsequently appointed Lieutenant under Capt. Livingston in whose com- pany this detachment served as a private during the nine months for which he enlisted - That at the expiration of the term for which he enlisted he was honourably discharged and returned to Hurley Ulster County New York - That he continued to reside in that vicinity until about thirty five years since, when he moved into Tioga County Pa. - where he remained about fifteen years - That from Tioga County Pa. he came into Crawford Co- unty Pa. where he now resides, and has for nearly four years last past - That he has never applied for the pension due him, because he supposed he would be required to prove his service by living witnesses, and since the Act of 1832 he has not known where to find even one man who was in the service with him, or saw him in the army - That having been informed recently that the pension due him might still be obtained, and being now aged - informs, and in part, this deponent claiming his right to the benefit of the Act of Congress of June 7th 1832 - That he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present; and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Army in any State - That this deponent does not know of any person living who knew that he enlisted, or has said to have enlisted with the exception of his wife Maria -
Sworn and subscribed the day & year aforesaid in open court, before me
Elias Geo
Presiding officer of the court - Rev. Jesse E. Church a Clergyman, residing in the town of Spring, Craw- ford County and State aforesaid, and Elisha Bowman, residing in the same town, County and State, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Elias Geo of Penna. of said County, who is named above, and is by him presented for a Pension - That we believe him to be Eighty Three Years of age as represented by him; that he is respected and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a Soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Jesse E. Church
Sworn to & subscribed before me This 6th day of February 1846
Elisha Bowman
Asa Stewart J. Pease
I certify that I am personally acquainted with Jesse E. Church & Elisha Bowman who have subscribed the above Certificate. That they are both residents of the town of Spring, Crawford County Pennsylvania. That the said Jesse E. Church is a Clergyman in good and

regular Standing, and that the said Elisha Bowman is a highly respectable Man - Sustaining an unimpeachable character for Truth and Bravery -
Stewart J.P.
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 such. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Jesse C. Church of Spring in said County who has signed the preceding Certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the town of Spring, Crawford County, Pennsylvania, and that Elisha Bowman, who has also signed the same, is a resident in the same town, County and State, and is a credible person, & that their statement is entitled to credit. and further that the words "of Spring in said County" in this Certificate of the Court, were erased before signing -
Garfield Thomas Presiding Officer of the Court
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania } County of Crawford ss }
I James E. McFarland, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Elias Doo for a pension, and that Garfield Thomas before whom the foregoing proceedings were had, was at the time the presiding officer of the Court in & for said County duly commissioned and qualified, & to all whose official acts full faith and credit are due, and further that the signature purporting to be his is genuine
Witness my hand, and the Seal of said Court at Meadville February 9th, 1846 -
Ja. E. McFarland Clerk
State of Pennsylvania } County of Crawford ss. Personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace for the County aforesaid Maria Doo of Penn in said County Aged about Eighty Years. After being duly sworn according to law Depneth & saith, That she is the Wife of Elias Doo who is by her present applying for a Pension as a soldier in the war of the Rebellion - That she was personally acquainted with the said Doo before he entered the Service of the United States - That at the time the said Doo was said to have enlisted, this deponent was staying for a time at the house of Conrad Alverdorf in a small village called Hensley Street - That the said Doo & Comrades, J. Dubois & others from Hensley Street together, and it was said at the time, and so far as the knowledge of this deponent extends, universally believed in that place, that the said Doo & Dubois had joined the Army, That she has never heard any person since that time doubt this fact - That she distinctly recollects seeing & looking at the said Doo & Dubois, as they passed the house where this deponent was then staying - carrying their guns - Knapsacks &c and that she continued to look at them until they were out of the village -
Subscribed & sworn before me This 6th day of February 1846 Attest Mariah Doo her mark
Stewart J.P.

I certify that the above named Maria Deo is a Respectable Person and worthy of Credit—
John Stewart L.P.

State of New York County of Ulster 755.
Personally appeared before the undersigned a justice of the peace in and for said County John Van Eyck of the town of Hurley in said County who after being duly sworn according to law, deposes and saith that he is seventy seven years old the first day of April last that he has always resided in this town since his earliest recollection - That he was well acquainted with Elias Deo who resided in this town during the war of the Revolution and for several years subsequent - That he well recollects that Elias Deo was a soldier in the war of the Revolution that during the latter part of the war there was a Regiment or company of soldiers stationed in Hurley - This deponent well recollects that there was a Colonel Mervell, a Captain Livingston and Lieutenant Cornelius Dubois connected with that service - That while the above mentioned company or Regiment was stationed in the town of Hurley this deponent well recollects that he frequently saw Elias Deo with military equipments and knows he was called a soldier - That the said Deo afterwards married a girl by the name of Polly Brown - and this deponent is sure the said Elias Deo who is applying for a pension is the same Elias Deo that was a soldier in the war of the Revolution as stated above - This deponent establishes his age by a family record he thinks he was about twelve years old when he saw Deo in the service and thinks it was near the close of the war - That Abram Faltenburg and Abram Briskel was soldiers in the same company with Elias Deo.
Sworn and subscribed before me This 6th day of November 1847.
John Van Eyck
John Van Eyck De Witt justice of the Peace
I certify that for the last forty years I have been well acquainted with the above named John Van Eyck that he is and has been a highly respectable man that he is a member of the Dutch Reformed Church in good and regular standing and that his character for truth and veracity is good.
John Van Eyck De Witt J. P.

State of New York Ulster County - } ss.
I Benjamin McHosbrack, Clerk of the County of Ulster, certify that Ten Eyck Dvitt Esq. is a magistrate as above, and that the foregoing signature, purporting to be his is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my official Seal of Office and subscribed my name this Sixth day of November 1847.
B McHosbrack Clerk of Ulster County
I certify, that I am well acquainted with John Ten Eyck who has signed the within affidavit, That he is a man of high Respectability, and that any statement made by him is entitled to full Credit.
B McHosbrack
Report to John G. Curtis - Huron Wayne Co. NY

Revtrans
9326 INVALID.
File No. 9326
Elias Deyo ★ Brn. River Wap
Act: July 7 th 1838
Index: —Vol. 1 , Page 93
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Elias Deyo ★ Records corrected, Dec. 12, 1904. S.

extract from report, " Apr 22-181. If it be shown by the certificate of the Comptroller of New York, that Abram Kattenberg & Abram Crapst. served in the same co. & at the same time, he is allowed to have done a pension will be granted."
Jan'y 11/57
Elias D. D.
claim
Revolutionary Pension
H. H.
Pa 203 32
I ask this can now -amend, & think the proofs sufficient. If not I would like the defects pointed out.
Massachusetts

Brief in the case of Elias Deyo , Crawford County and State of Pennsylvania act 7 June 1832.
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Documentary proof from the Comptroller's Office, New York, & living witnesses who served with him.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Name and residence of Agent.
W. G. Wade Rose N.Y.
J. Cole Examining Clerk.

1841 Huron NY Jan'y 8. Addres. Susan Kepner Engraving resp. (Mrs. Geo.)
free
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Court of Pensions Washington City D.C.

Sturges Mylary 8, 1848.
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Sir
on the 5th of Nov. last, I for- to your proof from Albany - in the case of Elias Doo, of P. a. and have Recd. no answer. Though I have Recd. a Report in an other case where the proof was for. in Decmbr - May I ask for an Examination of the Doo. case as soon as is practicable
Very Respectfully Yours John G. South

Nov 11 47
Not in
Policy deco
Hon. J. S. Edwards
Court of Pensions
Washington City
D. C.

Nov 9th 1847
Enclosed is additional Proof in the box of Elias D. of Pa. — Aaron Certificate of witness Character under Clerk's Certificate

Sept 8. 1846
Dear Sir
Eliza Steele
Eliza Steele
Dom
J. L. Edward Com y of Pensions Present

Washington Sept. 9. 1846.
Sir
I enclose herewith the affidavit of R. G. Murray Esq. & the explanatory statement of J. F. Curtis Esq. of New York, to meet the objections in your report of 22 d June last to me in the case of Elias Deyo, an applicant for a pension from N.Y. It is believed this will be satisfactory to show the Department that his statement was made without a knowledge of the evidence of the Comptroller & Sec'y, certificates, & consequently entitle him to the benefits of that evidence, the case is therefor respectfully submitted for re-examination.
Very Respectfully Your obed Servant Nathan Lake
Hon J. L. Edwards Commr of Pensions, Present.

Aspen 6/96.
after 6-26
to
Edna D. D.
Aug. 7. 1832
Hon J. L. Edwards Comm. of Pensions Present.

Washington April 3 d 1846 u -
Sir I enclose herewith the claim of Mr Elias D r . of Crawford Co Pennsylvania for a pen- sion under the law of 7 th June 1832 for services per- -formed in the Revolution in the State of New York and for Messrs. Weisfelft Capt Livingston &c - accompanied by the certificate of the Secretary of Comptroller of the State of New York as to service, you will observe the reason he assigns in his declaration for not having made earlier application, it is believed the claim is made out agreeably to the requisitions of the act amendment & that the proofs will be entirely satisfactory in the adjustment of his case
Very Respectfully
Your M c Servant
Nathan Lake
Wm J. L. Edward Comm ee of Pensions Present.

June 17/47 Huron N.Y. Hurst — 3 Asst. reviewing decision in case of Elias Dean
free
Hon. J. L. Edwards Comm. of Pension Washington late 28

Huron May 31 1847
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Sir - acting as the agent of Elias Doo in presenting his Pension claim, I am constrained by him to submit a Review of his claim - The proof already filed was obtained by me and for to Mr. Seake of Washington, and by him presented at the office - and from Mr. Seake I have Rec d a copy of your last Report. That Report puts an eternal quietus on the claim - it requires proof from the dead - I have searched thoroughly, and do not believe that one of Elias Doo's associates in arms lives to make the affidavit required in your last Report - But you say he should have asserted his claim sooner; at the first interview had with Elias Doo in relation to his Pension the question was asked "Why have you not applied for your pension before this time - The answer of the old man was "That long since last My discharge, and was told that I could not obtain My Pension without it - For the last twenty years Mr. Doo, has lived almost unknown to the world in the most mountainous part of Pa - with no one to care for him - Excepting his companion in misery leaving no children or any other companion living - are not the circumstances that surround the man sufficient excuse for his not asserting his claim sooner - on Must the privations and hardships of

of hast life - deprive him of the pittances briefly and him — It is not true that Elias Doo made the statement of his services to suit the Comptroller Certificate - but it is true and has been proved - (and more proof on that point can be obtained if necessary) that he first made the statement precisely as set forth in his Declaration without any knowledge of the Records at Albany —
acquainted as I am with the Equity and justice of of Your own decision - I have presumed to call Your attention to again to the claim hoping that if You cannot now Grant the Pensions Your will at least put the Requisition among the possibilities
Yours with much Respect John H. Curtis

Huron NY Feb 5th 1882
free
Hon. J. L. Edwards Comm. of Pension Washington City

Huron Wayne City Feby 5 th 1848
Hon. H. L. Edwards
I would wish to call Your attention to the case of Elias Doo, of Pa - about the first of November last & for proof in this case which I thought would be satisfacto- ry - I do not yet receive any answer to that proof - which was obtained at much ex- -pence and trouble - am extremely anxious to know whether that proof is Recd. and on file - May I ask an answer to this letter
Yours Respectfully &c John H. Burke

Huron May 24 1848
Hon - P. L. Edwards
Sir
I cannot Refrain from calling Your attention once more to the case of Elias Deo of P. a.
The aft. of John Van Eyke, I did suppose would be satis- factory. to establish the claim - as it covered nearly all the objections made in the first & second Report
But Dr. Crum in his Report. of 19th Febry. says "that the testimony of those only. will be deemed satisfactory who were themselves in service with claimant & whose names are found on the Rolls
Cannot Col o Edwards. be satisfied short of such proof - If not the proof & the claim sleeps forever - I ask You once more to review this claim
Do not let the fact of Deo's Declaration in relation to his service. agreeing so accurately with the Record of service - prejudice the claim - I do believe and I think  believe it is sufficiently shown in testimony that the statement made by Deo in relation to service was made before he on any other occasion. had made search of. or knew what the Records showed. in relation to service - The history of Deo. as I think it is shown in proof. is that he is an honest illiterate Dutchman - that for the last 25 or 30 years has lived in the thinly settled and mountainous part of Western P. a. That he was informed that he could not obtain a

Pension because he had lost his Discharge. Consequ- -ently he did not apply sooner
I would also call Your attention particularly to the affidavit of John Van Eyke, and the testimony of the Justice and clerk of the County, of his character for truth & veracity.
Very Respectfully Yours &c
John H. Burts

Hon. J. S. Edwards Commr. of Pensions Washington City D.C.

Hon. J. S. Edwards
Warren Aug 25 th 1846
Sir
I have Recently from Mr. Beak Esq. of Washington a copy of Your Report of June 22 nd in the case of Elias Doo. His Declaration was drawn up by Mr. and the proof collected to substantiate his claim - and under the circumstances I feel called upon to give you all the information I possess in Relation to the facts which I understand to constitute Your Objections to giving a Certificate. —
Last fall Mr. Murray a friend of mine who was traveling through Western Pennsylvania forwarded to me by Mail a Statement as made by the said Doo in Relation to his services during the War of the Rev. & his claim to a Pension. together with a Power of Attorney signed by the said Doo in which I was appointed his agent for the purpose of prosecuting his claim to a Pension. Having but very little confidence in claims of this kind - I did not feel willing to incur any Expense or trouble without knowing whether the Records at Albany showed that the statement of Doo was in some measure at least in accordance with facts - I therefore wrote to Albany and learned that the Records fully corroborate his statement - I then obtained his Declaration and all the proof. Probably that even will be obtained in the case and sent them to Your Office through Mr. Beak - My Power of Attorney from said Doo was dated Oct 15. 1845. Previous to that time I had no knowledge of him — In Relation to his not claiming his Pension sooner I can only say that from the best information I have been able to obtain on that point it appears that he resides where he now resides 24 or 25 Years since - That it was then a Wilderness & is still an obscure place - That he stands alone in the world having no children or other connection except his wife living that he knows of - he does not know of any person living that he knew during the Revolutionary War or for some Years subsequent. In short that he is an honest ignorant Dutchman
Yours with Due Respect John H. Curtis

In pursuance of a law passed the 27th of April, 1784, entitled "An act for the settlement of the pay of the Levies and Militia, for their services in the late War, and for other purposes therein mentioned," the following certificates have been issued, bearing interest at five per cent. per annum, viz :
31 st Dec r 1782
Elias Deyo
Prin
$ 21
6 8
7 mo 20 ds
STATE OF NEW-YORK,
COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE, Albany, 19 th March 1846.
I hereby certify the above to be true extracts from Book No. 1. — now remaining in this office, and that the service for which the certificates above named were issued, were performed under the following officers, viz :
First—under Capt. Gilbert Livingston Col. De Witt Wippenfels Regt.
Second " " " " " "
Third " " " " S. C. Hagg, Compt. " "
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State of New York Wayne County S.S.
Personally appeared before the subscriber a judge of the court in and for the county aforesaid Roswell G. Murray of lawful age, who after being duly sworn according to law deponeth and saith, that on the fifteenth day of October eighteen hundred & forty five he said for the first time Elias Deo of Beaver Bradford County Pennsyl- -vania, and learned from him that he was a soldier in the war of the Revolution, but was not receiving a pension, that this deponent then made a memorandum of the facts as stated at that time by the said Deo in regard to the length of his service, the names of some of the officers under whom he served &c. that the attached is the identical memorandum, made on the said fifteenth day of October eighteen hun- -dred and forty five, and has been in the possession of this deponent ever since - That this deponent was whole- ly unacquainted with the said Deo up to that time, and had no knowledge of any records in the State of New- -York showing that he had performed service in the war of the Revolution and from the conversation had with the said Deo at that time, this de- -ponent was then and is still fully of the opinion that he (Deo) did not then know that there was any record proof of his service in existence. That this deponent stated to the said Deo at that time stated to this deponent at that time that he had never applied

for a pension, and assigned as the reasons, that many years before he heard of Soldiers claiming pensions for services in the Revolutionary War he had moved to a distant part of the State from that in which he resided during the War. Had lost his discharge - did not know where to find any person who served with him and supposed his claim could not be collected. That this deponent is sure, that the date of the attached memorandum, is correct as he has in his possession another paper which he knows was executed on the same day, and which bears the same date and also a book of entry which contains proof of the same fact.
Subscribed and sworn before me this 20 th day of August 1846
Amos Snyder
a Judge of Wayne County Courts
I certify that I am personally acquainted with Roswell G. Murray who has signed the above affidavit, that I consider him to be a man whose character for truth and veracity is above suspicion and that any statement he may make can be relied on.
Amos Snyder a Judge of Wayne County Courts
State of New York
Wayne County ss: I hereby certify that
Amos Snyder Esq before whom the above affidavit was taken was at the time of taking such a Judge of the County Courts of said County and duly appointed & sworn and authorized to take the same. And further that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of said Judge and verily believe the signature purporting to be his to the above affidavit & depositions are genuine. Witness my hand & seal of Office August 22, 1846 at Lyons.
Saxon B. Hunt Clerk