Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R 5262, Eleazer House, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
House Eleazer.
9R 5262
CONTENTS

13,290 Eleazer House
5 P. 359
29 a/p. 33
I. Knoe
   Period Duration of Service Rank Number of Casualties and Field Officers      

BRIEF in the case of  Eleazer House  vs. of Jurin  in the State of N. York  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? open court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 73 years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. As a Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served. Gen.   Years, Months, Days.     In 1777 6 Private Capt. A. Pittibone } connect Col. Eno. or Enos } state troops   thence in 1778 6 Sergeant Capt. J. Hale, Forage Master — do   Not specified 1 Waiter Col. H. Woodbridge  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None stated  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Hartford County — Connecticut  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional evidence alone  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? they are correctly authenticated 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Wm. Gordon Examining Clerk.

13.290 Eleazer Housers v Declaration

State of New York
Saris County ss: On this 27 th day of May in the year 1833 personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace of said County Jared House of Lowville in said County, who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that his father Eleazer House named in the annexed declaration died on the 30 th day of January last
That this deponent knows nothing of the services rendered the United States by his father  in the Revolutionary War except what he has heard his father say on the subject, and that he knows of no person who can testify to his services. But that this deponent has no doubt that his father did serve as a private in the Connecticut State Troops in the year 1777 at least Six months as stated in the declaration of his father hereto annexed
Also that in the year 1779 he served in the Connecticut Militia One month as stated by him. Making Seven Months service besides team service.
Jared House
I certify that the above named Jared House to me known as a man of truth and veracity appeared before me and made oath in due form of law to the truth of the above affidavit on the day & year above written
Amos Milburn Justice of the Peace

Clerk's Office Lewis County
I Carlos P. Sainz Clerk of Lewis County do hereby certify that on this day personally appeared before me the within affidavit and to me known to be the person whose name is subscribed to the same and acknowledged to me that she executed the same for the purposes and consideration therein expressed. Given under my hand and seal of office this 27 th day May 1833 Carlos P. Sainz Clerk

State of New York Lewis County ss:
On this twentieth day of September in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in Open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Lewis now sitting Eleazer Douse a resident of the Town of Turin in the County of Lewis and State of New York aged seventy three years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated
In the year 1777, he enlisted for six months in the Connecticut State Troops and served under Captain Abel Pettibone , Lieutenant Thomas Stephens , in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Eno or Enos . That he served as a volunteer and entered the service about the last of May or first of June and was discharged about the first of December having served six months . That he marched from Hartford Ct. to Hudson thence to West Haven from thence to Fishkill N.Y. thence to Perks Kill thence to West Chester then to White Plains then to Horse Neck at which place he was discharged.
That in the year in thirty 1778, he again enlisted under Captain Timothy Dalo Forage master in the Connecticut State Troops and served as a teamster. That he enlisted for six months and served his time fully out - That he cannot state the particular time of entering the service but that he served during the summer season - That he went from Hartford Ct. to Fishkill N.Y. crossed the River to the Town of Newburgh where the Continental troops were
In the year at the time the British

landed at New Haven he served one month in the Connecticut Militia and served as a waiter to Colonel Mark Woodbridge That he marched to New Haven then to East Haven and was then dismissed —
That he resided at the time of entering the Service in the town of Glastenbury Hartford County Connecticut That he has no documentary evidence and knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his Service
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of the Agency of any State
Eleazer House
Sworn to & Subscribed } the day & Year aforesaid Carlos P. Scott Clerk
The People Way — a clergyman residing in the Town of Tarin in the County of Lewis and Jonathan Rogers residing in the said County hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Eleazer House who has subscribed and sworn to the above Declaration that we believe him to be Seventy Three years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Rufus W. W. } Jonathan Rogers
Sworn & Subscribed the } day & Year aforesaid Carlos P. Scott Clerk

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 he states: And the Court further Certifies that it appears to them that Rural War
who has signed the preceding Certificate is a clergyman resident in the Town of Turin in said County and that Jonathan Rogers who has also signed the same is a resident in said town County and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit
I Carlos P. Scovil Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Lewis do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Eleanor House for a Pension In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of my office this twentieth day of September One thousand eight hundred and thirty two Carlos P. Scovil Clerk

State of New York Lewis County } ss:
I certify that at a court of common pleas held at the Court House in the Town of Martinsburgh in and for the county of Lewis on the 16 th day of September 1834 it was proved before the Judges of said Court to their satisfaction that Eleazer House late of Turin in said County who was an applicant for a Pension under the Act of June 7. 1832 died at Turin aforesaid on the 30 th day of January 1833. leaving a Widow to wit Abigail House who also died on the 6 th day of March 1833; and that the children of said Eleazer House now living are Leonard House of Turin aforesaid Anson House of Rochester N.Y. Jared House of Louisville N.Y. Joseph House of Turin aforesaid Abby Barstow wife of Amos B. Barstow of Turin and Hovey wife of James Murdock B. of the City of Ulca; all of whom are now living
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of my Office This Sixteenth day of September in the Year of our Lord One thousand Eight Hundred & thirty four Carlos P. Scovil Clerk

REJECTED
5262
P. O.
Ebenezer Housen
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18 .
Discharged: _____, 18 .
Application filed: _____, 18 .
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18 .

New York
Revol
526 Eleazer House
Suspended
See letter to G. Knapp
27 Aug h '33
See letter to same } See let 7 Oct '34 24 April 1834 } to G House
Act 7 June 1832

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Eleazer House which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? yes Team service not provided for - the applicant must show the date of his service, and VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? yes
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? yes
XIV. †If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. ‡Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
† QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
‡ QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
¶ In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

Sauville 22 Sept
Am
Eliza Moore
J. L. Edwards Esquire Commr. of Pensions Washington D.C.