Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 43675, Erastus Hill, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Hill Grastus or Hills
S. 43675
CONTENTS

7914 L New York Roll
Brastus Hill of Bristol — in the state of New York who was a private — in the regiment commanded by Colonel Elmore — of the Connecticut line, for the term of One Year — 1776
Inscribed on the Roll of New York — at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 28 th of April 1818 —
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 th of March 1819 and sent to Double Stephen Phelps Canandaigua N. York
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 108W \frac{3}{30} \frac{4}{31} — 81:83 Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 th Sept. 1819 — 48: —
129:83
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
29 Sep. 1820 Notication sent to Stephen Phelps Esq. Canandaigua, N.Y.

Stephen Phelps, Esq.; Judge, Canandaigua, Ontario County, New-York.
Erastus Hills, Col o . Elmore's regim t . Connecticut line, Revolutionary claim.
See endorsement in the case of David Gould.

State of New York } Ontario County } ss
On this 28 th day of April 1818 before me Stephen Phelps a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County Personally appears Erastus Hills aged 57 years resident of the town of Bristol in said County who being by me first duly sworn according to Law doth on his Oath make the following declar- ation in order to obtain the provisions 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 and that he the said Erastus Hill Enlisted in the town of Hartford in the County of Hartford and State of Connecticut in the Company commanded by Captain Theodor Woodbridge in Colonel Elmore's Regiment in the Month of May 1776 that he continued to serve in the said Corps until the Month of May 1777 when he was honorably discharged at Fort Stanwix in the State of New York and that he was in no battles and that he is in reduced circum- stances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support and that he has no other Evidences now in his power of his said service
Sworn to and declared the day and year aforesaid before me
Stephen Phelps
Erastus Hills

State of New York Ontario County S s
W. Stephen Phelps a Judge of the Court of common Pleas in and for said County and State do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Erastus Wells did serve in the Revolutionary War against the common enemy as stated in the preceding declaration and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the department of War pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned Act of Congress — Canandaigua April 28 th 1818 —
Stephen Phelps

Declaration of Coastal Hills April 28 th 1818
Adm l
The Honorable Secretary of War

I certify that I have known Mr. Bartholomew Barris the signer of this Deposition a number of years and I think from my acquaintance he is a man that may be depended upon. 21 st October 1818.
Daniel Langley Iffler
1818

I do hereby certify that Ensign Hills was in the Service and was in in the same in Elmer Regiment that I was in and in the Company of Theodore Woodbridge and that the said Ensign Hill engaged in the Service in the Spring Seventeen Hundred and Twenty Six to the Best of my knowledge and served till the next Spring to and saw time in April in the year Seventeen Hundred and Twentyseven the Defendant saith that he was sent on a furlough for Relief for the Fort to Albany to General Gales with Loden and in consequence of which Defendant saith he was not present at the time of the said Hill receiving his Discharge — and further the Defendant saith not Boston, Board
The above Deposition was taken & subscribed before me at Centerville this Twentieth Day of October in the year of our Lord 1818 Daniel Dugdale

State of New York
Ontario County
Joseph Gilbert of the Town of Bloom- -field in said County deposes and saith that he was an enlisted Soldier in the Company commanded by Capt. Shadon Woodbridge in Col. Olmuss Reg t of the Continental Army of the Revolution - and that on or about the last day of April in the year 1776 he was known to the enlistment of Erastus Hills as a Soldier into the same Company com d by Capt. S Woodbridge in Col. Olmuss Reg t - for the term called the years Service and that on or about the 16 th day of April 1777 the said E- -rastus Hills was honorably discharged having performed the Service agreeable to his enlistment - and further the said Joseph Says he is not interested either directly or indi- -rectly in the application of the said Erastus Hills for a pen- -sion from the Gov t of the U States - further this deponent saith not
Sworn and Subscribed this 29 th day of October 1814 before me Miriah Brooks one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County
Joseph Gilbert
I certify that Joseph Gilbert the above deponent is a credible witness whose testimony is entitled to full weight and credit
M c Brachs one of the judges etc
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Declaration of Castus Hills
April 28 th 1818
Adm l
The Honorable Secretary of War.

State of New York } Ontario County } ss Clerks office }
In testimony that Stephen Phelps whose name is subscribed to the foregoing certificate was on the day of the date of the same one of the Judges of the court of common pleas in and for the County of Ontario and that the same is his signature I herewith subscribe my name and affix the county seal at Canandaigua
this 9 th day of May A D 1818
Thos. G. Nair clk

The honorable the Secretary for the Department of War will please forward my last life note if allowed to Stephen Phelps Esqr. at Canandaigua who is my agent.
Erastus Hills
State of New York } Ontario County } I certify that by satisfactory Evidence and Personal knowledge that Erastus Hills the aforesaid Applicant is in Redwood Line within and kind of the assistance of his country for support. — Stephen Phelps Esqr. Judge of Ontario Common Pleas
Canandaigua Dec. 21 st 1818
State of New York } In testimony that Stephen Phelps whose Ontario County } name is subscribed to the foregoing Clerks Office } certificate and Ellicah Brooks whose name is subscribed to the affidavit herunto attached of Joseph Gilbert were at the respective dates thereof Judges of Ontario Common Pleas, and that Daniel Douglass whose name is subscribed to the affidavit of Bartholomew Banet herunto attached was on the day of the date thereof a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, and that the same are their respective signatures. I herunto subscribe my name and affix the seal of said County at Canandaigua this 21 st day of December 1818
Am. McIntire Clerk

base of copy Branta Hill Elmore
7914 20 Mar. 1819
Sep '19

STATE OF NEW-YORK,
ONTARIO COUNTY, ss.
On this twenty first day of August 1820 personally appeared in open Court, (being a Court of Common Pleas in and for said county, and constituted a Court of Record by proceeding according to the course of the Common Law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, and keeping a record of its proceedings, and recognized as such Court by the laws and judicial decisions of said State,) Erastus Hill in said county, who, being aged fifty nine years, resident in the town of Bristol 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:
first in the company commanded by Capt: Theodore Woodbridge in Col. Elmore's Regiment commencing in April or May 1776 and was discharged in May 1777
and that he made application for a Pension on the twenty eighth day of April 1818 and that he received a Pension Certificate, No. 7914 And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth 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, 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, viz.
  One table  2.50  1 pot  1.50  1 dish kettle  1.50  2 old trunks  2.00  7.50    6 knives & forks  1.00  6 Iron Spoons  .50  1 Spider  .75    2.25    1 frying pan  1.00  1 tea pot  .25  Cups & Saucers  .37  3 old irons  1.50  3.12    6 Chairs  3.00  1 large wheel  1.50  1 small Do  2.50  plates  .42  7.42    4 bowls  .63  1 large bowl  .50  1 earthen platter  .75  3 brooks  .25  2.63     $22.92  
Erastus Hill
And I do further swear and declare that I am by occupation a farmer and that in consequence of having the asthma I am totally disabled from working for a living. my family consists of my wife Sally aged forty eight years rather weakly, my daughter Rowena aged seventeen years.
Erastus Hill
Sworn to and declared the 21 st day august 1820 in Open Court before me
Wm Rogers
a judge of Ontario Com. Pleas

ONTARIO COUNTY, ss.
I, John Van Fosen Clerk of said county, do hereby certify, that the foregoing Oath, and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court; and I farther 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 twenty two dollars and ninety two cents. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this 22 day of August 1820
J Van Fosen Clerk of the Court aforesaid, in and for said County.

June 2, 1939.
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Mr. George McK. Roberts 570 Lexington Avenue New York City
BA-J/ady Erastus Hill S.43675
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter of April 5, addressed to The National Archives, in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Erastus Hill of Ontario County, New York. Your letter has been referred, for reply, to The Veterans Administration, custodian of Revolutionary War pension claims.
The data contained herein were obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, S.43675, based upon the military service of Erastus Hill in that war.
The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of Erastus Hill, the name is also shown as Hills, are not stated.
Erastus Hill enlisted in Hartland, Hartford County, Connecticut, served as private in Captain Theodore Woodbridge's Company, Colonel Elmore's Connecticut Regiment and was discharged April 16, 1777, having served one year.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 28, 1818, at which time he was fifty-seven years old and a resident of Bristol, Ontario County, New York.
In 1820 his wife, Sally, was forty-eight years old, and his daughter, Rowena, was seventeen years of age. There are no further family data.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name of person paid and possibly

the date of soldier's death, you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D. C., and cite the following data: "Erastus Hill, Certificate No. 7914, issued March 20, 1819, rate $8.00 per month, commenced April 28, 1818, Act of March 18, 1818, New York Agency".
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

1939 June 2. Hist. to Geo. M c A. Roberts Q.D. y s
43 675 INVALID.
Pay
File No. 43,675
Crastus Hill
Rev Rev War
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 5 , Page 227
[Arrangement of 1870.]

THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form K-8 (Rev. 11-21-38)
Division of Reference
REFERRAL SLIP
DATE April 10, 1939
INQUIRY FROM:
Mr. George McK. Roberts 570 Lexington Avenue New York, New York
DATED: April 5, 1939
SUBJECT:
Information concerning the Revolutionary War service of Erastus Hill.
RESPECTFULLY REFERRED TO: see ok United States Veterans Administration Washington, D. C.
And the writer so informed.
P. H. Hamer
CHIEF DIVISION OF REFERENCE

April 10, 1939
Mr. George McK. Roberts 570 Lexington Avenue New York, New York
My dear Mr. Roberts:
This is in reply to your letter of April 5, 1939, regarding the pension claim for the Revolutionary War service of Erastus Hill.
The pension records of the veterans of the Revolutionary War are in the custody of the United States Veterans' Administration. We are, therefore, referring your letter to that office for consideration and reply.
Very truly yours,
P. M. Hamer, Chief Division of Reference
RT:rt

GEORGE MCK. ROBERTS 570 LEXINGTON AVENUE NEW YORK CITY
April 5, 1939.
National Archives Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:
Will you kindly furnish me with a brief digest of the pension claim for the Revolutionary War service of Erastus Hill , who is listed in the Pension Record of 1835, in Ontario Co., N.Y., page 198.
He was pensioned for service in the Conn. line, and appears to have served from July 1st to December 8th, 1780, in the Second Regiment.
I would like data as to his service record, and any facts as to his age, birthplace, marriage, death, names of children, etc. that may be available.
This is desired for a family record and your kindness in supplying the information will be greatly appreciated.
Very truly yours,
A handwritten signature in cursive script, reading "George McK. Roberts". The signature is written in dark ink and is positioned below the closing "Very truly yours,".
GMcKR:grp