Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 37,867, Elijah Clark, Conn

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn
Clark, Elijah
S. 37867
CONTENTS

4349
Connecticut Roll
✓ Elijah Clark Capt Hampshire Private 11 Connecticut line
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 8 th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 th of Nov 1818 and sent to Jonathan Brace Esq r Judge Hartford
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1818. Amt. \frac{27}{30} — 39: 20 Semi-ann. all ce ending 4 th March 1819 — 48: —
$ 87: 20
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818 }
78 Wac
Canton. Hartford Ct. March 19
Examined with Orig. Rolls Sept. 1883 No. 9.
John Brown sent to Thomas Chester Esq r 19 Oct 1883. Mr. Clark. St. Johnstown P.O. Clarkstown N.Y. 1887. Wife Ellen B. Clark

Elijah Clark
Elijah Clark, Jr.
Wyllys Conn. Reg 1778 to 1783
found him in Clifts Co. - at his home year but
Admitted

State of Conn & 3/10 County of Hartford 8/10
Elijah Clark of Canton in 1 st County being duly sworn doth depose & say that he served in the revolutionary war, on the continental establishment in the Conn line for about five years —
That he entered the service in the month of March 1778 to serve as a private during the war, & faithfully served until the armistice then when in June 1783 he was honorably discharged at West point, which discharge is now lost — He belonged at first to Capt Henry Champion's, Conn & Col Sam l Wyllys' Regt & when discharged he belonged to Capt Clift's, 2 nd Inf y Company in the 1 st Conn Reg t commanded by Col o Zebulon Butler —
That he is a resident citizen of the U. States has never had a pension — is in reduced circum- stances & in need of assistance from his country for support —
Elijah Clark
Sworn to & subscribed this 8 th day of April 1818
Before me Jonathan Breer Judge of the County Court for the County aforesaid

STATE OF CONNECTICUT, and County of Hartford. } ss. Hartford
I JONATHAN BRACE, Judge of the County Court, within and for said County, the same being a Court of Record, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction that Elijah Clark ————— who swore to and subscribed the foregoing affidavit, served as a private — in the Revolutionary war against the common enemy, and on the Continental establishment, for at least the term of nine months, and is a resident citizen of the United States, in reduced circumstances, and in need of assistance from his country for support. His discharge he also swears is
And in addition to the proof contained in the foregoing affidavit, and in support thereof, I further certify that it is proved to me by the testimony under oath of
who ————— credible witness, that the said served in the revolutionary war, as aforesaid ;
and from the like testimony of ————— that the said ————— is in reduced circumstances, and in need of assistance from his country for support.
In testimony whereof, I have caused the seal of the said Court to be hereunto affixed, and subscribed my name at Hartford aforesaid, this 8 th day of April A. D. 1818. Jonathan Brace Judge as aforesaid
April 8 th 1818
Sealed with the seal of said Court by direction of the Hon. a Jonathan Brace who is the Presiding Judge of said Court
Thomas Chester Clerk

STATE OF CONNECTICUT, County of HARTFORD,
ss. Special County Court, or Court of Common Pleas, holden by order of the Chief Judge of said Court, on the first Tuesday of August, 1820.
ON this 2 nd day of August, 1820, personally appeared in open Court, the same Court being a Court of record for said County, having the power of fine and imprisonment, Elijah Clark aged 60 years, resident in Ganton in the County of Hartford, who being first duly sworn according to law doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary War, as follows:
March 1770 I enlisted during the war under Capt Henry Chapman marched to West Point joined Col Samuel Wyllys reg t was in a great number of engagements while in service which was 3 rd years was at the taking of Lord Cornwallis at York Town during the siege was one of the number that stormed one redoubt & on the 19 th of April 1810 I applied for a pension was placed on the pension list of Conn t agency & have received a certificate No 4349.
"And 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 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 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."
  The use of 1/4 th acre of land & house to March 1822 which was calculated at $10 per year  $10    part of a set joiner's tools which have been in use upwards of 30 years  10    I have 3/ one an 4/6  1. 25    Elijah Clark  $ 21. 25  
my occupation has been that of a joiner but I am now a poor old broken down man unable to labor at my trade what little labor I perform at present is farming - my family in number that are not provided for my wife aged 47 years daughter Anna 21 years of age unable at present to support herself daughter Elvira 13 years of age out at present but no contract for any time daughter Chloe 10 years of age out at present but no contract for any time -

Ellen B. Clark
Dec: 16/49
The Pension due for services of Elijah Clark.
John E. Dugger Washington City
FREE
Comr. of Pensions Dept. of the Interior { Dec 31/49 }

Chicopee Dec r 18 th 1849
The President
Sir you may perhaps think I have taken great liberty in thus addressing one who is so different in station from myself but want often emboldens the most timid and those who feel deeply the woes of others are not so apt to reflect upon propriety as feeling. My Father was a Soldier of the Revolution he entered the service for one year himself and his brother at the expiration of which time they returned home to provide for the wants of their then widowed Mother but the contest still progressed and they returned again to the army nor did they part until the object was accomplished the pay which they received did them but little good as my Father & mine say for my uncle did not live until the close and my Father after suffering starvation frost and all the horrors of war was again restored to his family and friends but the perils which he encountered in the army so enfeebled his health that he had frequent fits of sickness which finally stripped him of his estates so that he became a bankrupt long before his death my Father and Mother have been dead nearly twenty five years my Father received a pension under the first act and after drawing

a few years had he advised my Mother to get her bounty found but on making application she was told that a man by the name of Fowler had taken it out and nothing is left to us My health is not good but when I look upon those who are so much worse of in life than I am I feel little disposition to complain for I have a Sister who is nearly blind and a brother who is and will be an inmate of the Mad house for life he spent all the avails of the work hard done to purchase land and found the title a bad one which was the cause of his derangement the original deed is said to be registered in Congress it being a part of the property of Mr Cawer of W.P. and transferred to his Son in law Mr Keeler he has no means of support for I cannot earn but two Shillings a day and am obliged to pay my board out of it and when talking with a friend the other day told her my intention she said she thought she had just the same work to risk for the pension which belonged to my Father from the time of his death up to this date she said she thought it belonged only to the Fathers but the estate of the Fathers have been spent in a round of nurses and medical attendants and they spent the best of their lives in the cause of their country - so that they have left to their Children nothing but an enfeebled Constitution and an empty purse

I Sir am not Ellen Douglas nor have I the right name but my request is the pension which once belonged to my Father from the time of his death up to this time he was Elizah Clark of West Simsbury Conn and I am his daughter with all due respect
Ellen B Clark Chicopee Mass.

37867
INVALID.
Rev
File No. 37867
Elijah Clark Rev Rev Rev
Act: 18 th March 18 th .
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 15
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Elijah Clark
4349 March 1819

Sworn to and declared by said Elijah Clark on the 2 nd day of August, 1820, before said Court, and it is the opinion of said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is
eleven dollars and twenty five cents. The use of said land worth ten dollars per annum
I, Thomas Chester
Clerk of the County Court or Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Hartford aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the record of said Court. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court on this 21 st day of August 1820
Th. Chester
Clerk of the County Court or Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Hartford.

Elijah Clark
4349
March 1849
[A large, faint, oval-shaped mark or signature.]

Ellen B. Clark
Dec. 16/49
For Pension due for services of Elijah Clark.
John G. Taylor Washington City
PAID
Comr. of Pensions Dept. of the Interior Dec 31/49

Chicopee Dec r 18 th 1869
The President
Sir you may perhaps think I have taken great liberty in thus addressing one who is so different in station from myself but want often emboldens the most timid and those who feel deeply the woes of others are not so apt to reflect upon propriety as feeling. My Father was a Soldier of the Revolution he entered the service for one year himself and his brother at the expiration of which time they returned home to provide for the wants of their then widowed Mother but the contest still progressed and they returned again to the army nor did they falter untill the object was accomplished. The pay which they received did them but little good as my Father & mine say for my uncle did not live untill the close and my Father after suffering starvation frost and all the horrors of war was again restored to his family and friends but the perils which he encountered in the army so enfeebled his health that he had frequent fits of sickness which finally stripped him of his estate so that he became a bankrupt long before his death. My Father and Mother have been dead nearly twenty five years. My Father received a pension under the first act and after drawing

a few years and he advised my Mother to get her bounty bond but on making application she was told that a man by the name of Fowler had taken it out and nothing is left to us My health is not good but when I look upon those who are so much worse of in life than I am I feel little disposition to complain for I have a Sister who is nearly blind and a brother who is and will be an inmate of the mad house for life he spent all the avails of the work hard done to purchase land and found the title a bad one which was the cause of his derangement the original deed is said to be registered in Congress it being a part of the property of Mr Caver of W S and transferred to his Son in law Mr Recker he has no means of support for I cannot earn but two Shillings a day and am obliged to pay my board out of it and when talking with a friend the other day told her my intention she said she thought she had just the same work to risk for the pension which belonged to my Father from the time of his death up to this date she said she thought it belonged only to the Fathers but the estate of the Fathers have been spent in a round of nurses and medical attendants and they spent the best of their lives in the cause of their country - so that they have left to their Children nothing but an enfeebled Constitution and an empty purse

I Sir am not Ellen Douglas nor have I the signing but my request is the pension which once belonged to my Father from the time of his death up to this time he was Eligah Clark of West Simsbury Conn and I am his daughter with all due respect
Ellen B Clark Chicopee Mass

37867
INVALID.
Rev
File No. 37867
Elijah Clark Rev Rev War
Act: 18 th March 18 th .
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 15
[Arrangement of 1870.]