Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 33,292, Elijah Hazeltine, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Hazeltine, Elijah
833292
CONTENTS

A. 678 Massachusetts
Elijah Hazeltine
of Andover in the state of Massachusetts who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Sprout of the Massachusetts He, for the term of Eighteen months
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 31 of March 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 of Sept 1819 and sent to Jno. Davis Esq Boston Mass
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1819 137.31 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 March 1820 48.
17 mo 31/30 $ 185.31
{ Revolutionary claim, { Act 18th March, 1818. }

District of Massachusetts ss.
I Elijah Hazelton of Andover in the District of Massachusetts a resident citizen of the state on oath declare, that during the war between the United States of America & the kingdom of Great Britain commonly called the revolutionary war; that from the commencement of said war I served them as a private soldier in the militia of Massachusetts for the space of eight months; that I afterwards enlisted into the service of the United States for Emerson's company, Supper's regiment, Massachusetts Line and the term of nine months & continued in said service during said term; that I afterwards enlisted again into the continental service as a private in Captain Bradford's company of light infantry of the second regiment of the Massachusetts line commanded by Colonel Prescott; that I continued to serve for the term of three years; that I continued to serve for the period of eighteen months when peace having been concluded between the United States & Great Britain, I was discharged.
Elijah Hazelton Mark
Massachusetts District ss. Before me March 1818.
Sworn to before me M c Davis Dist Judge Mass Dist

No 75
Elijah Baretton Min Baptist M o P o ng 9 Months
[Decorative flourish]
The period of service must be specified, and proved by ordi- nary proof, and certified by the charge.
Admitted
14 Sept 1819
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July 24. 1819 New Evidence marked A & B.

The within named Elijah Hazleton from further on oath declares, that he is in such reduced circumstances in life, as to stand in need of assistance from his country for support Elijah his Hazleton mark Witness J. H. Davis
Mass. Dist. Ct. Boston 5. March 1819
Sworn to before me
J. H. Davis Judge Mass. Dist.

MASSACHUSETTS DISTRICT, ss.
5 March
A. D. 1819
Elijah Haskins
IT appearing to my satisfaction, that Elijah Haskins subscriber to the annexed declaration, sworn to before me, did serve in the revolutionary war against the common enemy, as stated in said declaration, I now transmit the testimony in the case, with the proceedings had thereon, to the Secretary of the department of war, pursuant to the directions of the Act entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war;" the testimony and proceedings in the premises being the declaration aforesaid, with the accompanying documents marked together with this certificate.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the District Court of the United States for this District to be hereunto affixed.
J. D. Doolittle
} Judge of the District Court U. S. Massachusetts District.

MASSACHUSETTS DISTRICT, ss.
5. March 1819.
I AM satisfied that the above named, Elijah Haskleton by reason of his reduced circumstances in life, is in need of assistance from his Country for support.
J. Davis { District Judge U. S. { Massachusetts Dist.
TO THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF WAR.

33 292 Recy INVALID.
File No. 33, 292
Elizah Kuytine Pm Rev Rec
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 3, Page 175-
[Arrangement of 1870.]

A John Smith's Affidavit for Elizabeth Hazelton

I John Smith of Mount Desert in the County of Hancock, District of Maine, & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Yeoman do testify and declare that I enlisted in the year 1781, in the month of May into the Second Regiment of the Massa- chusetts Line, of the American Army of the Revolution; for the term of During the War - that I faithfully served the United States until the close of the War - and was honorably discharged from the Army on the 10 th day of June 1783 - and do also declare, that I was well acquainted with Elijah Hazeltine who was a Soldier belonging to Capt Robert Bradford's Company of the said Second Massachusetts Regiment (and I belonged to Capt Henry Sewell's Company) and that the said Elijah Hazeltine entered the said Regiment as a Soldier more than a year before I left the service, and also that he was a good and faithful Soldier, while we were in said Regiment - I also further declare, that I have known him e- ver since the close of the war - and he is a person who has always had a good mo- ral character and is the identical Soldier who served with me. JOHN SMITH

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Suffolk, ss. Boston, ss.
On this eighth day of July A.D. one thousand eight hundred and nineteen before me, William Stevenson, Notary Public, by legal authority admitted and sworn, dwelling in Boston, and a Justice of the Peace for the County of Suffolk, personally appeared John Smith and made oath that the within declaration, by him subscribed, is true. I further certify that the said deponent produced satisfactory proof that he is a witness worthy of full credit.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Notarial Seal the day & year above written.
William Stevenson Not Public Gast Penn

I, Silas Morton of Pembroke County Plymouth and Commonwealth Mass'achusetts do hereby certify that I served the United States in the War of the Revolution as a Ser t in the Second Regiment of the Massachusetts Line of the American Army from the Year 1777 to the Close of the War and that I knew Elijah Hazelton who belonged to the said Regiment who had lately made application for a Pension to the Government of the United States agreeably to an Act of Congress of the 18 March 1818 and at his request I have examined the Original Books of the said Regiment and find recorded that the said Elijah Hazelton enlisted on the 2 nd Day of April 1782 for the term of Three Years and that he served as a good Soldier in said Regiment from that time until June 1783 at which time I left the service and I have examined the list of all those Soldiers who deserted or were guilty of any crime and his Name is not to be found among them - I am satisfied that he served until he received an Honorable Discharge.
Silas Morton Ser t

The Commonwealth Massachusetts
Simsbury J. Boston July 7. 1819. Personally appeared before me Samuel Blagden Notary Public by legal authority, appointed & sworn & duly qualified Boston aforesaid, Silas Merlon, and made full to the worth of the annexed certificate by him subscribed, and I certify that the said Silas Merlon is personally known to me, and that full faith and credit is to be given to his declarations, in each of said counts.
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my Seal of Office the day of June above written
S Blagden Notary Public