Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 37839, Elijah Cheney, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Conn.
Cheney, Elijah
S 37839
CONTENTS

12,834 2
Connecticut Elijah Cheney
of Hampton in the state of Con who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Durkee of the Con line, for the term of one year
scribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 11 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 of July 1819 and to Hon. Zephaniah Swift, Windham, Connecticut
Arrears to 4th of March 1819  84.36
Semi-ann. all'ce ending Sept 1819  48
10. 20/ 4/ 134.36 10/ 30/ 31/
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued on the roll under the law 1 May 1820
Dead. letter to Pension Agt Sept. 2 o 1834
Examined with Orig.
Rolls Aug. 1883
M.G.
Verification sent to David Bates 10 July 1820 Windham Court

37 839 Rev INVALID.
File No. 37 839
Elijah Cheney Rev Rev End
Act: 15 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 82
[Arrangement of 1870.]

To the Hon. J. C. Calhoun Secretary of War of the United States of America. These certify that Elijah Cheney formerly of Pomfret in the State of Connecticut now of Hampton in said State enlisted himself a Soldier in Capt. Stephen Brown Company in the twentieth Regiment in the Continental Army commanded by Col. John Durkee in the Month of January A.D. Seventeen Hundred & Sixty Six and that he served in said Company & Regiment till the first of January A.D. Seventeen Hundred Sixty Seven when he was honorably discharged the whole Regiment being discharged at that the last period. That said Cheney is poor & needs the bounty of the United States to those in his circumstances given under my Hand at Pomfret June the 18 th A.D. 1819.
Thos Grosvenor Captain in said Regiment
State of Connecticut Windham County ss.
Pomfret June 18 th A.D. 1819.
Personally appeared Hon. Thomas Grosvenor subscriber to the above certificate and made solemn oath to the truth of the facts therein stated & that said Cheney is poor & unable to support himself.
Sworn before me Thos Grosvenor Justice of the Peace
Furthermore I am well acquainted with the above named Elijah Cheney & that I am knowing to his receiving a pension from from the Town of Pomfret for the support of himself & family.
Thos. Grosvenor Justice of the Peace

Samuel Cleveland of Brooklyn County of Windham & State of Connecticut do testify & say I was a soldier in the Continental Army in the year 1776 & in the Regiment commanded by Col. John Durkee & was at the time well acquainted with the within named Elijah Cheeney who was a soldier in 1 st Regiment & in Capt. Stephen Brown's Company and I well knew that he served for the full term of one year and was discharged with the Regiment in January 1777 Samuel Cleveland
State of Connecticut Windham County ss Brooklyn June 22 nd 1819
Personally appeared Samuel Cleveland. signed to the foregoing certificate and made solemn oath to the truth of the facts therein stated and I further certify that I am well acquainted with the deponent & that full faith & credit ought to be given to his testimony
Sworn before me
Wm Robinson Justice of Peace

District of Connecticut, ss.
At a Special Court of Common Pleas , holden at Winsted within and for the County of Windham, in said district—
ON this 27 th day of June A. D. 1820, personally appeared in open Court, being a Court of Record for the County aforesaid, [Having the power of fine and imprisonment,]
Elijah Cheney of Hampton in said County , aged Sixty nine years, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath declare, that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows, viz : That he enlisted for the term of one year — Sometime in the month of  January in the year 1776 — in the State of Connecticut in the company commanded by Captain Stephen Brown in the regiment commanded by Colonel John Durkee in the line of the State of Connecticut on the Continental establishment : that he continued to serve in the said corps until Sometime in the month of February 1777 when he was discharged from the said service in  on the North River
in the State of New York I am a farmer by occupation, unable to labor by reason of a total disuse of my right hand. I have a wife named Beulah aged 54 generally healthy. I have three children, Chester aged fourteen  Sophrona aged thirteen & Marvin aged nine years, generally healthy. I have been under the necessity of applying to the town of Pomfret for support & have been supported by said Town of Pomfret in part for seven or eight years past — I am a Revolutionary pensioner. I made application on the 11 th day of April 1818. The number of my Pension certificate is 12,935
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th day of March, 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 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, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen ; 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.
Elijah Cheney
A Schedule containing the whole estate & income of Elijah Cheney taken June 25 th 1820
  2 old Tables 75 cts 6 old chains 50 cts 1 Tea kettle cracked 25 cts $1. 45   1 Dish kettle cracked 25 cts 1 Iron Bason 30 cts 2 old Pails 20 cts 1. 75   1 Wash tub 20 cts 1 old Desk 50 cts Brookery & Glass ware 125 cts 1. 95   Potter 1.67 1 old tin Samovar 12 cts 1 Looking Glass 50 cts 2. 29   Amount carried over $ 6.44 

  Amount Brought Over  $6.44    6 Knives & Forks 50 c 1 Stone Pot 25 c  75    3 Small earthen Pots 20 c  20    1 Shovel & 2 old Baskets 34 c  84    1 Old Axe 20 c 1 Old linen Wheel 75 c  95    1 Smocking 1.17 c  1.17    Poor Old house & two acres & one quarter of land  65.00     $75.35    Elijah Cheney
12835 14 July 1819
20 Elijah Cheney
Sworn to and declared on the 27 th day of June A. D. 1820, before the Court of Common Pleas, for the County of Windham, in the district of Connecticut.
Attest. David C. Bolles Clerk.
I, David C. Bolles Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Windham, in the State of Connecticut, do hereby certify that the foregoing Declaration of Value and the Schedule thereto annexed, 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 exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule, is Seventyfive Dollars, and 35 Cents. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said Court, on this 29 th day of June A. D. 1820.
David C. Bolles Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for Windham County.

L: Swift, Esq; Judge.
Elijah Cheney. of Hampton, Conn.
Deputy Dist. Atty. 1 year Not found on the Conn.
nolle. —
11. Apr 1818
See endorsement in the cases of Benjamin Bagbee and Philip Squire.
admitted
& sent to L. Swift Esq Windham. Conn.

I Elijah Cheney of Hampton, in the County of Windham and District of Connecticut now a resident citizen of the United States, do depose, declare, and say that in the month of January 1776 I enlisted as a soldier for the term of one year, in the Company commanded by Capt n Stephen Osborn, and in the Regiment commanded by Col l John Durkee, in the Connecticut line of the continental Army of the continent , and served in said Army during the term of my enlistment and was discharged on the first day of January 1777 - That not supposing my discharge to be of any consequence I took no particular care of it and it has been lost and is not now in my possession - I am now Sixty Six years of age, incapable of labour by bodily infirmity without little property - shall have received a partial support from the town to which I belong - and from my reduced circumstances have need of the assistance of my Country for my support.
Windham April 11 th 1818 - Elijah Cheney
State of Connecticut ss Windham April 11 th 1818
Personally appeared before me Stephen Swift Chief Judge of the Superior Court of the State of Connecticut Elijah Cheney Subscribed to the foregoing declaration and made solemn oaths to the truth of the same.
Attest Stephen Swift

I Daniel Tilden late of Lebanon in the State of Connecticut now of Warren in the State of New York, and now on business at Windham in the State of Connecticut, do testify and say that I was in the Continental Army in the year 1776 - that I am well acquainted with the within named Elijah Cheney, and will recollect, that he was at that time a Soldier in the Continental Army, and that he served in the same regiment to which I belonged for the term of one year according to my best knowledge and belief - Dated at Windham the 11 th day of April A.D. 1818.
Daniel Tilden
State of Connecticut ss. Windham April 11 th 1818
Personally appeared before me Lephaniah Swift Chief Judge of the Superior Court of the State of Connecticut Col o Daniel Tilden Subscriber to the foregoing declaration and made solemn oath to the truth of the same Attest Lephaniah Swift
Whereas it appears to my satisfaction from the within declaration of the within named Elijah Cheney and from the foregoing deposition of Col o Daniel Tilden that the said Elijah Cheney served in the revolutionary war against the common enemy for the term of one year in the Connecticut line of the Continental Army as he has testified in the within declaration.
I do therefore certify and warrant the aforesaid testimony to the Secretary of the department of War, pursuant to an act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war.
Attest by Lephaniah Swift Chief Judge of the Superior Court of the State of Connecticut

State of Connecticut Windham to Hartford 25 June A.D. 1819 To the Hon. Secy of the Department of War
The Subscribed Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for Said Windham County respectfully certifies that the enclosed Deposition of Colonel Thos Grosvenor and that of M c Nair Cleveland together with this document from the Hon. Swift H on Silas and the one this day. At the request of Elijah Cheney I would inform the Hon Secretary that I am fully Satisfied that Cheney did serve one year as a private Soldier in Capt. Stephen Brown's Company in Col Durkee's Regiment in the Connecticut Line of the Continental Army against the common enemy from the 1 st Jan y 1776 to 1 st Jan y 1777 as stated in Col Thos Grosvenor's deposition. There is not the least Doubt but that Mr Cheney is very poor as to property and is in need of assistance from his Country for support. Certified per David Bolles Judge W. Plumb
I David Bolles Clerk of the County Court in & for the County of Windham in the State of Connecticut do certify That David Bolles Esquire is Judge of said County Court, that the above signature is his hand writing, & full faith & credit ought to be given to his acts as such. I do further certify that Lemuel Grosvenor & Vine Robinson Esqrs. before whom Affidavits have been made respecting Mr Elijah Cheney, an Applicant for a Pension under the Act of Congress of March 18 th 1818, are duly enrolled as Justices of the Peace in & for said Windham County & full faith & credit ought to be given to their acts as such.
In testimony whereof I have subscribed my name & affixed the Publick Seal of said Court at Windham in December this 28 th day of June Anno Domini 1819
David Bolles