Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 14802, Ebenezer Brewster Gould, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Gould, Ebenezer Brewster W 14802 Beulah
CONTENTS

1689
Let to 3 Auditor 4 Aug 57
Sister P. of Columbia Berlah your d. decea widow of Elizer B. Gault who died on the 10th March 1815 of Ontario in the State of N. Y. who was Sylvia in the Brigs commanded by Captain Ball of the Regt commanded by Col Shepard in the Meas line for
Inscribed on the Roll of Washington City at the rate of 255 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 11th day of March, 1838 & July 11th June 1838
Certificate of Pension issued the 30th day of June 1837 and sent to C. S. Tucker Esq
Annuity to the 4th of Present Semi-annual allowances ending
Two hundred 205: 33
Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3rd
Recorded by J. B. Wrightman Clerk, Book L Vol. 2 Page 112

V063
Inter
Shelburne April 29
See Vol 14 p. 40 - 8 mo. extra for Miss Roll - Col. Stephen Ent. Lieut. 1 Jan'y 1797 - resigned 12 Apr 1798
Concordia
W.M.
Investigate and write to James Wolcott for Allen's Mill Rec. Ontario Co.
Admitted
Lieut 15 & 12 days $205.33 Conf'd 8. - 29.33 Private 0. 9 1.00 $235.66 T. 11. 21
Col. Stephen
roll to 1 Jan'y 97 to 12 Apr 1798, Res.
Hon. M.H. Sibley W.H.

State of New York. County of Tompkins ss. Mindwell Canfield late Min- dwell Stevens being duly sworn deposits and saith that she is the daughter of one Ebenezer Stevens and Lucy Stevens his wife late of the town of Salisbury County of Litchfield and State of Connecticut deceased. that she had a sister by the same parents older than herself - whose name was Bula. that the said Bula - Stevens her sister some three or four years previ- ous to the commencement of the revolutionary war with Great Britain was to the certain know- ledge of this deponent and in her presence publicly married to one Ebenezer B. Gould at the house of the said Ebenezer Stevens of Salisbury County and State aforesaid. that after the commencement of the war aforesaid the said Ebenezer B. Gould entered the Am- erican army as this deponent understands and verily believes. and further saith not
Sworn and subscribed this 2 nd day of May 1837. before me. Timothy S. Lohman Justice of the Peace
Mindwell Canfield Mark
I do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Mindwell Canfield, and that her reputation for truth and veracity in the neighborhood where she resides is undoubted and that her statement is entitled to full credit and belief. Dated May 2 nd 1837. Timothy S. Lohman J.P.

State of New York
Tompkins County ss. I Arthur S. Johnson Clerk of said county do hereby certify that Timothy St. John before whom the foregoing affidavit was taken and whose name is subscribed thereto and to the foregoing Certificate, was at the time of taking such affidavit a commissioned Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified and that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Timothy St. John and do hereby believe his signature subscribed to the said affidavit and Certificate is genuine.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said County this 2 nd day of May 1837.
Arthur S. Johnson Clerk

Comptrollers Office Hartford Connecticut July 7th 1837
On application for evidence of the revolutionary services of Ebenezer B d Gould I have examined the Books & Papers in this office relating to such service, and certify that I have been unable to find any evidence of his service.
Wm Field Comptroller

Salisbury Oct 29. 1837
Dear
You inquiring respecting the Marriage of Ebenezer Gould Ebenezer Brewster Gould I cannot find it on our Records in this town
Yours C. Benton J. R.

State of New York Ontario County p d
Personally appeared before me Edward Bradley Esquire a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in said County, Jeremiah Jackson of the town of Canandaigua County aforesaid, aged 77 years - a Revolutionary Pensioner, who being duly sworn, doth depose and say, he was in the Company of Captain Caleb Kepp in Colonel William Shepherd's Regiment of the Massachusetts line, and being on duty at Paterkill in the State of New York in May or June 1777 he became acquainted with Lieutenant Ebenezer Morse Gould, in Captain Stephen Ball's Company in the same Regiment. The Brigade was commanded by General Glover, and from Paterkill we went to Albany in 1777, and from Albany marched to Half Moon point, near to the vicinity of Still water and came under General Schuyler's Command. After this General Gates commanded us - we were at "Bemis Heights" near Saratoga when General Burgoyne surrendered - after this, our Brigade was marched to Albany, and from Albany was marched to Kings Ferry, and crossed over to Jersey, and was marched to Valley Forge, at General Washington's head quarters, and often saw him there - spent the winter there - The next Spring went to Monmouth, and was in the Battle of Monmouth - after this went to Brunswick, and after this to Kings Ferry, on the Hudson River, and was then marched to White Plains, or near there - then marched to Horse Neck and then to Stamford in Connecticut, and from there to New Haven then to New London & Norwich the next day - was then marched to Rhode Island and came under the Command of General Sullivan - after Sullivan's retreat, we were marched to Providence, and went into winter quarters - The next Spring went back to New Haven under Commandant Colonel Shepard, then to Penn Bridge & Pounds ridge - Lower Saline, to Paterkill, on the Hudson and went into winter quarters nearly opposite Nut point - On the 29 th March following, this deponent got his discharge and went home to Brimfield in Massachusetts - at this time the said Ebenezer Morse Gould was in the same Regiment, and after this he did not see the said Gould, but he served with him for three years -

- This deponent was well acquainted with Captain Ball, and lived near him at Pompey in this State, when he died. The said Gould was in good standing in the army, and he never heard any thing prejudicial to his character as a soldier and officer - Since the peace he has not known him.
Sworn and subscribed this 30 th day of May 1837. before me Edward Bradley a Judge of Ontario County
Jeremiah Jackson
I Certify that the above named Jeremiah Jackson appears to be of the age herein set forth, and is a credible person - Edward Bradley, a Judge of Ontario County County
State of New York Ontario County Clerk's Office } I Stephen Sammons Deputy Clerk of said County do hereby certify that Edward Bradley whose name is subscribed to the foregoing affidavit of Benjamin Gould, and certificate as to the bodily infirmity &c of the said Gould and also to the affidavit of Abner Barlow & James Wolcott Jr and certificate as to their credibility &c and also to the certificate affidavit of Jeremiah Jackson and certificate of his credibility &c was at the time of taking said Affidavits and of making said certificates, a Judge of the County Courts in and for the County aforesaid, dwelling in said County, Commissioned and sworn and duly authorized to take the same And further that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of such Judge and verily believe that the signatures to the said Affidavits and certificates are genuine
Witness my hand and seal of Office this 22 nd day of July 1837
Stephen Sammons Dep. Clk

State of New York Ontario County ss 3
On this ninth day of February 1837 personally appeared before me, Edward Bradley Esquire, a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in said County, being a Court of record, Beulah Gould, a resident of the town of Richmond, County and State aforesaid, aged eighty four years, who being first duly sworn according to Law, cloth, on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed July 4. 1836. That she is the Widow of Captain Ebenezer Brewster Gould late of Granville in the State of Massachusetts. That the said Ebenezer first entered the service of the United States under Captain Ball in Colonel Shepard's Regiment, and marched to Cambridge at the time of the Battle of Bunker Hill, but did not arrive there until after the Battle. She remembers that he was ploughing when the alarm first reached there; and he done duty at Roxbury. He remained there nearly a year, and was at that time a Sargeant, and while there, he received a Commission as Ensign. The next year, as she believes, he went to New York. She does not know in what Corps. He was at Valley Forge, and at other places in the service, and was promoted and received a Commission as a Lieutenant, but she is unable to give the particulars of his service. She has seen two documents purporting to be his commissions, but she is unable to state any thing of their contents, nor does she now know whether they are in existence. She knows that he was in the service for three years or more, but from the infirmities of age is unable to give any further particulars of his service.
She further declares that she was married to the said Ebenezer Brewster Gould on the 11 th day of May, 1770, — at Salisbury in the State of Connecticut, and that her said husband died at Western, Onondaga County & State of New York on the 10 th day of March 1815. and that she has remained a Widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof herunto annexed.
That she is acquainted with Abner Barlow Esq.

Canandaigua, and knew him when he lived in Granville Massachusetts - That James Wolcott Junior married the daughter of this deponent, and that she now resides in his family Sworn and subscribed Beulah Gould before me, on the day and year first above written Edward Bradley
I the said Judge do certify that the above named Beulah Gould appears to be of the age herein set forth, and from bodily infirmity, is unable to attend court Ontario County ss Edward Bradley
Personally appeared before me, Almer Barlow of the town of Canandaigua in said County, aged 85 years, a Revolutionary Pen- sioner, who being duly sworn doth depose and say, that he knew Ebenezer Brewster Gould. He knew his father, who was a clergyman, and has heard him preach at Granville Massachusetts - and was once at his home in Salisbury Connecticut, in company with said Ebenezer Brewster Gould - - He knows Beulah Gould the widow of said Ebenezer, and says her maiden name was Stevens. He was in the same company with said Gould in Roxbury and vicinity, under Captain Sebbins Ball , in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Donnellson, Lieut Colonel William Shepard in which, said Gould was a Sergeant - and served with him, eight months (8) and with him all that time - The said Gould then enlisted for a year, under Captain Ball, and he was at Dorchester and vicinity - after this he did not serve with him, but he has understood and believes he was in the service for three years, and was an officer - After his return to Granville, he was called Lieutenant Gould - He was occasionally at Granville, where this deponent lived, at different periods of the war, and was at such times conveying apparel to persons in the army, from their families - - He heard of his being at New York and New Jersey, in the service of the United States, but does not know to what Corps he belonged - After the war, he came home to Granville, and lived there - This depo- nent left Granville in 1789 and removed to Canandaigua, where he now lives, and he understood and believes the said Gould removed to Onida County, in this state.
and subscribed before me, Almer Barlow Edward Bradley a Judge of Ontario County

of New York in County ss. On this ninth day of February 1837, appeared before me Elnora Bradley Esq. a Judge of the Court of Com- mon Pleas in said County, being a Court of Record, James Wolcott Junior, a resident of Richmond and County aforesaid who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declarations - That he knows Beulah Gould who made and subscribed the annexed affidavit to be the widow of Captain Ebenezer Brewster Gould as set forth in her said affidavit, that the said Ebenezer Brewster Gould died on the 10 th day of March A.D. 1815 in the town of Western County of Onondaga and State of New York that he the said James Wolcott Jr. attended his funeral and saw him buried - That he is the husband of Lovice E. the daughter of the said Ebenezer Brewster Gould and the said Beulah Gould; that the said Beulah Gould has since that time, remained a widow, and has resided most of the time with this affiant subscribed and sworn before me the day and year above written Elnora Bradley
James Wolcott Jr.
Certify that Alma Barlow and James Wolcott Jr. who have subscribed & sworn to the preceding, are credible persons - and I believe the said Alma Barlow to be of the age set forth
Elnora Bradley a Judge of Ontario County Court

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Ebenezer Brewster Gould , a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. N. F. 14802.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     1775. 8 mos. Sgt. Ensign. Lebbeus Ball. Danielson. Mass.   1776 3 yrs. Lieut. Lebbeus Ball. Wm Shepard.  
Battles engaged in, _____
Residence of soldier at enlistment, not stated.
Date of application for pension, Feb. 9, 1837. Her cl. was al.
Residence at date of application, Richmond, Ontario Co., N. Y.
Age at date of application, 84 years.
Remarks: Soldier mar. at Salisbury, Conn. May 11, 1770. Beulah dau. of Ebenezer & Lucy Stevens, and died Mch. 10, 1815 at Weston, Oneida Co., N. Y. She died June 5, 1837 leaving the following children: Beulah Ely; Ebenezer; John; Louisa wife of James Wolcott, Jr.; Lucy Evers; Orpha Alvord; Sally Redfield.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
ms.
February 11, 1924
Mrs. N. C. Guernsey 318 Perry St. Postoria, Ohio
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W.14802, it appears that Ebenezer Brewster Gould enlisted in 1775 and served eight months as Sergeant and Ensign in Captain Lebbeus Ball's Company, Colonel Danielson's Massachusetts Regiment..
He was commissioned in 1776 and served three years as Lieutenant in Captain Lebbeus Ball's Company, Colonel William Shepard's Regiment.
He married at Salisbury, Connecticut, May 11, 1770, Beulah, daughter of Ebenezer and Lucy Stevens. He died March 10, 1815, at Weston, Oneida County, New York.
She was allowed pension on her application executed February 9, 1837, while a resident of Richmond, Ontario County, New York, aged eighty-four years. She died June 5, 1837, leaving the following children: Beulah Ely, Ebenezer, John, Lovisa, wife of James Wolcott Jr., Lucy Ewers, Orpha Alvord and Sally Redfield.
Respectfully,
Commissioner

State of Wisconsin County of Dane ss.
I, Eliza Purdie, clerk of the Circuit Court of said state in and for said County do hereby certify that on the files of said Court is the joint affidavit of John & Alvord and William M. Harcus duly taken before Royal Buck a notary Public resident in said County of Dane setting forth that "they", the deponents, are each personally knowing to the fact that Mrs. Sarah Gould, late a pensioner of the United States and widow of Ebenezer Gould deceased, died on the 10 th day of June A.D. 1838. And that to the best of their knowledge and belief Mrs. Orpha M. Alvord is the only surviving rightful heir-at-law of the said Sarah Gould." And I further certify that said Circuit Court for said County is a Court of record.
Witness my hand and the seal of said Court at Madison in said County this fourth day of June A.D. 1857.
Eliza Purdie Clerk E.C.C. By J. V. Brigham Deputy.

Bounty Land claim
Mrs Orpha M. Alword Heir at Law of Ebenezer Gould. —
Chas. Tucker Washington D.C.

DEPARTMENT OF WAR.
Regulations for the heirs of Officers and Soldiers of the Revolutionary Army, who were slain by the enemy, or who have died since the war, and have not received land from the United States.
By an act of Congress of the 16th September, 1776, it is provided that the Officers and Soldiers who engaged for, and continued to serve during the war, or until discharged by Congress, and the heirs of such Officers and Soldiers as shall be slain by the enemy, shall receive land in proportion to their rank.
N. B. Those who engaged for three years, or for any other period than during the war, or who died of sickness, fatigue, or casualty, are not entitled to land from the United States.
The following declaration (and enclosed blank form of heirship) must be filled up and signed by the proper authorities :
State of Wisconsin } County of Dane . - }
I, Orpha M. Alvord , heir at law of Ebenezer Gould . dead, do, upon oath, testify and declare, to the best of my knowledge and belief, that Ebenezer Gould did enter the service in 1771, for the term of during the war and served as a private  ensign & lieutenant in the Regiment No. 5 under the command of Colonel Bald , of the Massachusetts line; and that he continued in the service aforesaid until the close of the war .
I further declare that I have never received a warrant for the bounty land promised to Ebenezer Gould on the part of the United States; nor do I believe that he ever received it, or transferred his claim to it in any manner whatsoever: therefore, do now make application for the same . — Orpha M Alvord
Know all men by these presents, That I, Orpha M. Gould — aforesaid, do hereby constitute and appoint Charles C. Tucker to be my true and lawful attorney, for me and in my name to demand and receive from the Secretary of War of the United States, a warrant for the quantity of land due to me as aforesaid; and my said attorney is hereby fully authorized and empowered to constitute and appoint one or more substitutes or attorneys under him, for the special purposes above expressed.
Attest,
Orpha M Alvord 
Personally appeared the abovenamed Orpha M. Alvord — subscriber to the foregoing declaration, and made oath to the same, and in my presence acknowledged the power of attorney thereto subjoined to be her free act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned.
Attest,
Royal Beck Notary Public Justice of the Dane County Wis
Before me, the foregoing instrument was written and acknowledged, &c., in the State of Wisconsin this 18 day of March 18 8 . The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this 18 day of March 18 8 . My commission expires March 188 . I have here- scribed my name and quality, at
C. Clerk, &c.

DEPARTMENT OF WAR.
Regulations for the heirs of Officers and Soldiers of the Revolutionary Army, who were slain by the enemy, or who have died since the war, and have not received land from the United States.
By an act of Congress of the 16th September, 1776, it is provided that the Officers and Soldiers who engaged for, and continued to serve during the war, or until discharged by Congress, and the heirs of such Officers and Soldiers as shall be slain by the enemy, shall receive land in proportion to their rank.
N. B. Those who engaged for three years, or for any other period than during the war, or who died of sickness, fatigue, or casualty, are not entitled to land from the United States.
The following declaration (and enclosed blank form of heirship) must be filled up and signed by the proper authorities :
State of Wisconsin County of Baye. - }
I, Orpha M. Alvord , heir at law of Ebenezer Gould. decd. do, upon oath, testify and declare, to the best of my knowledge and belief, that Ebenezer Gould. — did enter the service in 1771, for the term of during the war and served as a ensign & lieutenant  privat in the Regiment No. — under the command of Colonel Bald , of the Massachusetts line; and that he continued in the service aforesaid until the close of the war.
I further declare that I have never received a warrant for the bounty land promised to Ebenezer Gould. — on the part of the United States; nor do I believe that he ever received it, or transferred his claim to it in any manner whatsoever: therefore, do now make application for the same. — Orpha M Alvord Alvord
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, } ss. STATE OF WISCONSIN, }
I, WILLIAM A. BARSTOW , Secretary of State of said State. Do Hereby Certify That Sayal Bruck , whose name appears subscribed to the foregoing instrument of acknowledgment, has been duly appointed and commissioned a NOTARY PUBLIC in and for the County of June State of Wisconsin, that he was, at the time of signing the same, legally acting as such; that he is fully authorised by law to administer oaths, protest notes, and take acknowledgment of Deeds and other instruments in writing; and that full faith and credit are due and should be given to all his official acts as such officer.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Great Seal of the State of Wisconsin.
Done at Madison , this Second day of June , A. D. 1851.
William A. Barstow Secretary of State.
By John W. Hunt

The State of Wisconsin, } ss: Dane COUNTY, }
TO Orpha M. Almond
GREETING:
WHEREAS, Burleigh Good late of Richmond, Ontario County State of New York — as is alleged, died intestate, having while living and at the time of his death, goods, chattels, credits and estate, within this County, by means whereof the granting administration of all and singular the goods, chattels, credits and estate, and also the auditing, allowing, and final discharging of the accounts whereof, doth belong to us.
THEREFORE, we do grant unto you, the said Orpha M. Almond full power, by these presents, to administer and faithfully dispose of all and singular, the goods, chattels, credits and estate: to ask, demand, recover, and receive the debts which were due unto the said deceased, while living, and at the time of his death did properly belong; and to pay the debts which the said deceased did owe, so far as such goods, chattels, credits and estate will thereunto extend, and the law require. Hereby requiring you to make, or cause to be made, a full, true, and perfect inventory of all and singular, the goods, chattels, credits and estate of said deceased, which have, or shall come to your hands, pos- session, or knowledge, and the same so made, to exhibit, or cause to be exhibited unto our County Judge and Judge of Probate, for the County aforesaid, at or before the Sixth day of January A. D. 1851 and also to render a just and true account of your Administration, at or before the expiration of One year from the date hereof, to obey all orders and decrees of the Court; and also to render a just and true account of your Administration when thereto lawfully required.
In Testimony Whereof, we have caused the Seal of our County Court for the County of Dane and State of Wisconsin, to be hereunto affixed.
WITNESS, N. B. Eddy Judge of the County Court for said County, this Sixth day of October A. D. 1851
N. B. Eddy Leo Loomis

(Copy)
State of New York } County of Ontario } ss.
I, Thomas Hall, clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County, (the same being a Court of Record) do hereby certify, that at a Court of Common Pleas, held in and for said County, before the Judges thereof, at Canandaigua on the 15th day of May 1838, it was proved by the adduction of testimonies, satisfactory to the said Court, Beulah Gould, late of the Town of Richmond in said County, widow of Ebenezer B. Gould, who was a private, Corporal, and Lieutenant in the Revolutionary War, died on the fifth day of June 1837 , that she was a pensioner of the United States, under the Act of the 4th. of July 1836, and that she left seven children , and the only children, her surviving, all of whom are twentyone years of age and upwards, viz—
 Beulah Ely of Western, Oneida Co. N. York  Ebenezer Gould of Lee, Oneida Co. N. York  John Gould of Onondaga New York  Lorisa Molcott of Richmond, Ontario Co. N. York  Lucy Ewers of Brockport, Monroe Co. N. York  Orpha Alvord of No.            No.            No.  Sally Redfield of Lode Chautauque Co. N. York 
all of whom are still living, and residing as aforesaid.
Seal of the Court.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court, this fifteenth day of May 1838, Thomas Hall, clerk of Ontario Co. Court,

34,
Madison Wis.
Sept 6. 1831.
Asaph M Alvord
Rel: to arrears of pen- sion due the Estate of Bulah Gould decd.
For W. G. G.
✓ Ref'd: Cost of Pensions for answer Sept 2nd } Sept 15/31 }

Interim
Madron Wisnussen Sept 6 1851.
to his Excellency President Lillmore I address you upon a petition that was granted to my Mother Sarah Gould three hundred and some odd Dollars my dear Mr Edwards when in office wrote me the amount due and called for the former Certificate but that is not in being we did not think it good for anything after Drawing the amount it was given for but I have sent Mr Tucker all the testimony required but still they refuse to pay it I am an Old Lady 86 Sixty 4 years Old and have been advised to write to Mr Lillmore upon the subject and I Earnestly desire that your Excellency will bestow one thought and apply it to your heart to Do as you would have others do to you in like circumstances but god forbid that your spirit ever be as poor in this worlds goods as to want a home but may you lay up treasure in that world where there is no poverty nor lone nor tears but Love and Joy and peace through a Crucified Redeemer - - - - - but there are reasons many why I should have the small amt in the office first my Father was a revolutionary Soldier 8 years was paid of in Continental money which was worth nothing Some 400 Dollars and was an invalid during his life and we do not know that he even had his Certificate for his County land from Government but Mrs Tucker will of ascertain the fact whether E B Gould ever had his Certificate for land from Government or not pleas to give one kind thought to my request and I remain your humble Servant Orpha M Alvord

Brulah Gould, Dec d A.H.
Act 4 July 1836,
Int d h $235:33 bed g former sayd at $205:37. per ann. Comg 4 March 1831 & end g 10 June 1838. Pay able to
Orpha M. Wood, only sur g child
Washington City
C.C. Tucker, Present

Washington D.C. May 12. 1851. - Hon James E. Heath Commissioner of Pensions Sir.
I herewith forward a Power of Attorney from Mrs Orpha M. Alvord, authorising me as her Agent to obtain arrearages of Pension due to her as the heir at law of Bulah Gould deceased, for the purpose of obtaining an abstract of the proofs now on file in the Pension Office, and also ascertaining what additional evidence, if any, is necessary to establish the claim.
The following is a history of the case - Mrs Bulah Gould was the widow of Ebenezer B. Gould, a soldier in the Continental line of Massachusetts in the Revolution.
During Mr Van Buren's administration, Mrs Gould's application for a Pension was presented by the Hon E. D. Potter, of Ohio. About $1400. was allowed, and this amount paid at Canandaigua, New York. At the time the claim was allowed, Mr Edwards then Commissioner of Pensions informed Mr Potter, that (exclusive of the $1400 then allowed,) there was about $223. still due to Mrs Gould. Why this was withheld is unknown. Mrs G. died on the 10 th of June of the year the Pension was allowed, without making application for the arrearages due. Mrs Alvord as heir at law of Mrs Bulah Gould is now desirous of obtaining the amount due.
The Pension Certificate has been lost or destroyed.

and cannot now be produced.
Will you please inform me at your earliest convenience. If this amount is due to the Heir at law of Bulah Gould and if so what additional evidence, other than that now on file in the Pension Office, will be necessary to establish her claim.
Very respectfully
Your Obedt Servt.
Chas. Lucker. —

Treasury Department Pension Office August 4 th 1859.
Sir
Payment has been demanded at the Agency in this City upon the enclosed pension certificate, and the witnesses have been referred by the Agent to this Office for an opinion as to their competency. Will you oblige me by stating at what Agency the "pension payments" now require to be collected, and make very respectfully
Yours at the Service J. S. Gallagher Asst.
James E. Smith Esq. Commissioner of Pensions

State of Wisconsin } S (Dane County)
Orpha M. Hood being first duly sworn, says that she is directly interested as claimant for money due to Ebenezer B. Gould deceased, by virtue of an act of Congress, for services by him rendered as a soldier in the Revolutionary war, and first made payable to Bulah Gould, his wife, now also deceased; being heir at law of the said Ebenezer B. Gould and Bulah Gould. Subscribed and sworn to before me { Orpha M. Hood this 2 nd day of May A.D. 1851
H. M. Root Notary Public Wisconsin

I know all men by these presents, that I, Alpha M. Alvord, of the Town of Madison, County of Dane, and State of Wisconsin, have made, constituted, and appointed, and by these presents do make, constitute, and appoint Charles C. Tucker, of the City of Washington, and District of Columbia, my true and lawful attorney, for me and in my name place, and stead, to, receive the sum of money due me from the United States, as per act of Ebenezer D. Gould, late of the Town of Rome, County of Oneida, and State of New York, deceased, said sum, being a part of a pension granted to said Ebenezer D. Gould, by virtue of an act of Congress for services by him then rendered, as a soldier in the revolutionary war, and first made payable to Buelah Gould his wife, now also deceased. Giving and granting unto my said Attorney, full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever therein and necessary to be done in the premises, as fully, to all intents and purposes, as I might or could do, if personally present, with full power of substitution and revocation; hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney or his substitutes, shall lawfully do, or cause to be done, by virtue hereof. In witness whereof have hereunto set my hand and seal this day of May A.D. 1851
Signed Sealed and delivered in presence of H. H. H. H. H.
Alpha M. Alvord

State of Wisconsin } ss. Dane County }
On this first day of May A.D. 1854 personally appeared before the undersigned (a Notary Public of Wisconsin) Orpha M. Wood, and acknowledged the within instrument, by her seal and subscription, to be her free act and deed.
H. H. H. H. Notary Public

Brief in the case of Paulah Gould, Decd, widow of E. B. Gould Washington County and State of District of Columbia act 4 July 1836
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
In this case an error was made in the computation of the pension, $205:33 was allowed - the widow was entitled to $235:33 per annum. Admitted at the latter rate commencing 4 March 1831 & ending 5 June 1837
Name and residence of Agent.
C. C. Tucker Present
S. Cole, Examining Clerk.

Treasury Department Pension Auditor's Office August 5 th 1858!
Sir
We have respectfully to return the certificate in the case of Betsy G. Galt for an increase of her pension, and to call your attention to the enclosed copy of a document on the files of this Office, by which you will find evidence that the pension was first on the 5 th June 1837, and not on the 10 th of June 1838, as stated in the certificate. And further, that Betsy G. M c Alister was not the only surviving child of the deceased, but that she left seven "sur- viving children" as named in the certificate of Com't.
Very respectfully Yours & etc. &c. J. S. Callahan Aud.
James E. Heath Esq. Commissioner of Pensions.

Washington D.C. June 12. 1831 Hon J. E. Heath Commissioner of Pensions
Sir. I enclose a Clerks Certificate of Heirship as required by your letter to my address dated the 17 th of May ult. to obtain arrearages of Pension due Orpha M. Alvord, as only heir at law of Bulah Gould deceased, amounting to $30 per annum from March 4. 1831. to June 10. 1838. the day of Mrs Bulah Gould. A power of Attorney was sent with my letter to your office dated the 11 th of May ultimo.
I enclose also an application by Mrs Alvord for the Bounty Land due her as heir at law of Ebenezer Gould deceased. The evidence now on file in the Pension will afford all the requisite proof of service
Very respectfully, Your obt Servt Chas. Tucker. —

Department of the Interior, Washington, October 28, 1857.
Sir,
I herewith send you the Pension Certificate in favor of the heirs of Ebenezer B. Gould, dated the 11th of August 1857, and certain papers connected therewith which were left at this Department this morning by the 2nd Comptroller of the Treasury.
It will be observed that in the Certificate the words "or the Administratrix, Orpha M. Alvord" have been inserted in a hand writing different from that in which the Certificate was made out.
I have to request that you will state whether this addition to the phraseology of the Certificate was made surreptitiously or not, and if it was not whether the payment of the pension to an Administrator or Administratrix is in accordance with the previous practice of the Government.
I am Sir,

Very respectfully Yr. Obedient Alex. A. A. Street Secretary.
Samuel Heath Esq. Convent of Pensions.

Washington D.C. Dec 5. 1857. —
Hon James E. Heath. Commissioner of Pensions. }
Sir.
I would respectfully call your attention to some papers now on file in your office, and ask an early adjustment of the matter to which they refer. —
These papers consist of Pension Certificate issued in Aug. last to the heirs of Beulah Gould formerly a Pensioner under the Act of July 4. 1836. and the necessary vouchers for drawing the money from the Pension Agent in this city. An order for the Agent to pay this money has been given by you, but I learn that the papers have again been sent to your office by the 2 d Auditor for a re-examination. —
As there has been much delay with this case, I would most respectfully urge that some action be had upon it at an early day, and if it be found correct, that the papers be returned to the Auditor, in order that the amount due may be obtained.
Very respectfully,
Your Ob t Servt.
Chas. C. Tucker.

Washington D.C. August 20. 1851. Hon Jas E. Heath. Commissioner of Pensions Sir.
I would respectfully call your attention to the Pension claim of Mrs Orpha M. Alvord, heir at law of Mrs Beulah Gould late a Revolutionary Pensioner, for the purpose of asking an early adjustment of the same.
A Pension Certificate was issued in favor of Mrs Alvord on the 30 th of June last, and when presented to the Pension Agent for payment it was referred to the 3 d Auditor for examination, and by him referred back to the Pension Office.
I have been informed by the Auditor that a letter has been received from your office, stating that the Certificate has been cancelled and a new one issued but that the new one has not been sent to him. —
I would respectfully request that this new certificate be sent to the Auditor's office without delay
Very respectfully Your Ob t Serv t . Chas. L. Tucker. —

Concord N.H. Aug 23, 1857.
Sir,
I herewith return to you the Pension certificates of Rachel Miner and Beulah Gould as requested.
Very Respectfully Your Ob t Servt L. D. Stevens,
Hon J. P. Heath Comm r of Pensions Washington

Payment to be made at Washington City by R. W. Satterlin Esq Agent for paying pension- ers, in the Agency of
District of Columbia
Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book I. Vol- ume I. Page 442 by
Clerk.
H. W. Weightman

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
Claim for Military Service.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States,
of the  Penelope Gould deceased who was the widow of Ebenezer B. Gould, was entitled to a pension under act 4 July 1836, and having died on the 10 th June 1838, her only surviving child Orpha M. Almond , is entitled to the amount at the rate of two hundred and thirty five 33\frac{1}{3} dollars per annum from 4 th March 1831. to 10 th June 1838, when she died, deducting former payments at the rate of two hundred and thirty five 33\frac{1}{3} dollars per annum.
Given at the Department of the Interior, thirtieth day of June one thousand eight hundred and forty fifty one
Alex r H. Stuart
Secretary of the Interior.
Examined and Countersigned. }
J. E. Heath
Commissioner of Pensions.

Dec. 10 - 1857
Ref to papers Dec 10 - 57 in case of Bendale Gould died
Col. C. L. Lusk Present
Hon James E. Heath. Commissioner of Pensions. —

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OFFICE OF CLERK OF HERKIMER COUNTY WILLIAM QUACKENBUSH, COUNTY CLERK
HERKIMER, N. Y., January 27th 1913.....191
Commissioner of Pensions, Old War & Navy Division Washington, D.C.
W 14802
Dear Sir.-
I would thank you for information concerning the Revolutionary services of Ebenezer Brewster Gould who served as lieutenant in Col. William Shephard's Massachusetts Line regiment.
Kindly advise if there is any expense connected with this search and I will promptly remit.
Yours truly,
(Miss) Mary E. Steele
The Van Kirk Germantown, N.Y.

Me 2 stamp recd Stamp ret'd w/ Box 165 June 7, 1917 DeKalb Junction N.Y. Commissioner of Pensions v Red Jacket Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir: as I am trying to trace my ancestry back to a Revolutionary I write to you to find out if you could tell me if there was an Israel Stevens on the New York or Connecticut pension roll. If there was where was his residence, when did he begin to draw his pension and when did he die and what was his age at any? Was there a pensioner by the name of Ebenezer Gould on the Connecticut or New York rolls. If there was could you tell me the same about this man as Israel Stevens. Thanking you in

Advance.
Very Truly Yours, Roger Williams

Beulah Gould, dec d
Inc d to $235:33 per annum deduct former pay d at $205:33 per annum Comm g 4 March 1831, & ending 5, June 1837, payable to
Beulah Ely, Ebenezer Gould, John Gould, Lovisa Wolcott, Lucy Evers, Orpha m Alvord & Sally Redfield, only surviving children
H. C. Roll
J. S. Gallagher, 3 d Auditor

318 PERRY ST. FOSTORIA, OHIO
Jan. 8, 1924
Bureau of Pensions Washington D.C.
Will you please send me the copy of application for pension of Ebenezer Brewster Gould in the Continental Army - Lieut. Col. William Shepard's regiment 1777 - 1778 from Mass. his wife was Beulah Stevens Gould.
This record is for the purpose of proving up my D. A. T. R. papers.
Mrs T. R. C. Guernsey.

NATIONAL SOCIETY UNITED STATES DAUGHTERS OF 1812
HEADQUARTERS OFFICE OF PRESIDENT NATIONAL MRS. SAMUEL PRESTON DAVIS 523 Capitol Avenue, Little Rock, Arkansas
Honorary President National Mrs. Alice Bradford Wiles, Chicago National Chairman Membership Certificates Mrs. Samuel Williams Earle, Chicago
Kaskaskia Chapter Regent Mrs. Charles E. Davidson, Greenville, Illinois Sangamo Chapter Regent Mrs. Howard C. Ogden, Springfield, Illinois
ILLINOIS STATE BOARD
President—Mrs. James Augustus Ostrom, 5514 Hyde Park Boulevard, Chicago, Phone Dorchester 0171 First Vice-President—Mrs. Arthur J. O'Neill, 6755 Ridgeland Avenue, Chicago Second Vice-President—Mrs. Moses C. Nixon, Gladstone Hotel, 6200 Kenwood Avenue, Chicago Third Vice-President—Mrs. Franklin M. Miller, 50 Cedar Street, Chicago Fourth Vice-President—Mrs. William Thomas Scott, "Willrose Farm," Chrisman, Illinois Fifth Vice-President—Mrs. Wm. Finney Williamson, 2231 Asbury Avenue, Evanston, Illinois Recording Secretary—Mrs. Howard A. Hoeing, 1401 Olive Avenue, Chicago Corresponding Secretary—Mrs. Joseph Johnson, 478 Drexel Avenue, Glencoe, Illinois Treasurer—Mrs. George Andrews Abbott, 730 North Grove Avenue, Oak Park, Illinois Registrar—Mrs. William Wallace McPherson, 6726 South Honore Street, Chicago Historian—Mrs. William D Dreiske, 206 N. Kenilworth Avenue, Oak Park, Illinois Librarian—Mrs. Henry James Howard, 1132 Wesley Avenue, Oak Park, Illinois
Nov. 27. 1926.
Bureau of Pensions. Washington D.C.
Mrs. by McPherson not as described
Dear Sir:
Have you the Pension Record of William Norris who was killed in Battle of Lake Erie. Mar. of 1812.
His widow was living in Covington (Wyoming Co.) then Genessee Co. in Mar. 1818.
Yours respectfully.
Gladys P. McPherson.
(Mrs Wm. Wallace McPherson). (over)

Have you pension record of Ebenezer Brewster Yould of Granville, Hampshire Co. Mass. Revolutionary Service, had wife Beulah.

Aug. 20-1926 Friday.
229 WEST STATE STREET TRENTON NEW JERSEY
Dept. of the Interior. Gentlemen -
Kindly send me any records you may have of the services of - Ephraim Wolcott - who enlisted in Captain Giles Wolcott's Company in the Expedition against Canada - & died - January 1-1825.

He married - in June - 1962 Mabel Burnham - of East Hartford. -
He was born - 5.2.1940 - He was the son of
Roger Wolcott - who married - 1st. Mabel Nutbury of Windsor - in 1928 - and secondly - Eunice (Colton) Ely 6.19.1959. - Being born in 1940 he was born of first wife -
They were Connecticut people. - (Smile)

Wanted also — any records you may have of Service of — Captain Ebenezer D. Gould of Rome N.Y. — who — according to the "Wolcott Genealogy" was a Captain in the Continental Army.
His daughter — Looria Emily Gould Married James Wolcott on 11.13.1814.
She was born — 7.15.1792 at Rome N.Y. and died at Lockport about 1854.
An Early reply will be much appreciated by — Oly. Wood — (Mrs. John)

Henton, New Jersey — September - 6. 1926.
Pension Bureau Dept. of Interior.
Gentlemen; When I wrote you — perhaps a fortnight ago — for Pension Certificate on land grant of — Captain Ebenezer Brewster Gould — of Rome — New York — I supposed that he had served in a N.Y. Regiment. —

So many soldiers in the Eastern & Middle states had "land grants" in "The Empire State" — in payment of their services — that in documents down, to look up his military record elsewhere — as N.Y. records did not suffice it — only The Wolcott Genealogy —
According to Mass. Soldiers & Sailors in the Revolution — I find that he was of Granville, Mass. — was not a Captain — but first —

a "Minuteman" in April 1775 - in reformed to "The Lexington Alarm" - later a Colonel - Sergeant - & first Lieutenant . The title of Captain may have been an honorary one - acquired after the war -
I want - for a D.A. Prof  Prof - date of his birth & death - Marriage if possible. - His wife - according to 8th Hatchers of Granville - Mass.
Her Bendale - no Surname given.
Those things often are named on a Pension Certificate - or Land - Grant. -
His son - John - b. at Granville 1771
His son David - b. " " 1774. -
His daughter Louise Emily - born at Rome - N.Y. 1792. He He probably died there. I think a land grant must
have sent him there. He
He was the son of Rev. Ebenezer Gould and Amy Brewster his wife Rev. Ebenezer had various families - so I cannot find out where the son E. B. Gould
was born or baptized. He

The information if allowed to do so.
An early reply will be appreciated
By  O. G. Moses (Mrs. John Moses)
Registrar - N. J. Soc. Col. Dames - in New Jersey -

L.
If it is possible to give me any further information concerning him especially date of his marriage & death — I shall be properly grateful — and would gladly pay for

Jan. 22, 1896. Mil. history to Anson Wolcott City.
1913, Feb. 7. History to Fr. Mary E. Steele.
1917, June 14. History to Roger Williams Esq.
1924 Feb. 11. Hist. to Mrs. P. C. Guernsey
1926 Jan. 15. Hist. to Mrs. Wm. W.
McPherson Me. I
1926 Oct 6. Hist. to Mrs. Jos. Moses Me. I
Re: WIDOW, &c.
File No. 14802
Benjamin Gould
Widow of
Ebenezer B. Gould
Corp. Rev. War
Act: July 4 th 1836
Index:—Vol. a , Page 280
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Albany 1687
Beulah Gould
widow of Ebenezer B. Gould
who died on the 10. March 1875 of Ontario Co, in the State of N. York who was a Private, Corp. Lieut. in the company commanded by Captain Dales of the Regt commanded by Col. Shepard in the Mass. time for 9 days Private - - - - - 00. 99 8 months Corp. - - - - - 29. 33 15 " 12 days, Lieut.
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 205 Dollars 33 Cents, per annum. to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8th day of Jan'y. 1838 and sent to Hon. M. H. Sibley, H.R.
Arrears to the 14th of Sep. '37. 1334. 66 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar. '38. 102. 66
$1437.33
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3 }
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk, Book A. Vol. 2 - Page 109
Let Hon. E. D. Potter March 25/50 Let to C. C. Tucker 17 May 51

1.689
Cash returned & sent to 3rd Div 2 Sept 1837 let to Orville Aldrich 29 " Sept 1837 let to Secy of the In 22 Oct 37 " " C. C. Tucker " " " " " " " " " " " Secy of the In 18 Nov 37
District of Columbia Saylah Gould deceased widow of Ebenezer B. Gould who died on the 18 Nov 1815 of Manhattan in the State of N.Y. who was a Private in the Comp commanded by Captain Bull of the Regt commanded by Col. Shepherd in the Mass line p Mass
Inscribed on the Roll of Washington City at the rate of 235 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831 & Aug 5 th June 1837
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 th day of August 1837 and sent to D. S. Gallagher Esq 3 rd Auditor Arcars to the 4th of Semi-annual allowance ending
Paid from $205.33
Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3 rd
Recorded by J. P. Mayhew Clerk, Book Vol. 2 Page 442
442

WCS
January 15, 1926
Mrs. William W. McPherson 6726 S. Honore St. Chicago, Ill.
Madam:
I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 14802, it appears that EBENEZER BREWSTER GOULD enlisted in 1775 and served eight months as Sergeant and Ensign in Captain Lebbeus Ball's Company, Colonel Danielson's Massachusetts Regiment. He was commissioned in 1776 and served three years as Lieutenant in Captain Lebbeus Ball's Company, Colonel William Shepard's Massachusetts Regiment.
He married at Salisbury, Connecticut, May 11, 1770, Beulah, daughter of Ebenezer and Lucy Stevens.
He died March 10, 1815, at Weston, Oneida County, New York.
His widow, Beulah, was allowed pension on her application executed February 9, 1837, at which time she was a resident of Richmond, Ontario County, New York, aged eighty-four years. She died June 5, 1837, leaving the following children: Beulah Ely, Ebenezer, John, Lovisa, who was the wife of James Wolcott Jr., Lucy Evers, Orpha Alvord and Sally Redfield.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
October 6, 1926
Mrs. John Moses 229 W. State St. Trenton, N.J.
Madam:
I have to advise you that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 14802, that EBENEZER BREWSTER GOULD enlisted in 1775 and served eight months as Sergeant and Ensign in Captain Lebbeus Ball's Company, Colonel Danielson's Massachusetts Regiment. He was commissioned in 1776 and served three years as Lieutenant in Captain Lebbeus Ball's Company, Colonel William Shepard's Massachusetts Regiment.
He married at Salisbury, Connecticut, May 11, 1770, Beulah who was the daughter of Ebenezer and Lucy Stevens.
Ebenezer Brewster Gould died March 10, 1815, at Weston, Oneida County, New York.
His widow, Beulah, was allowed pension on her application executed February 9, 1837, at which time she was a resident of Richmond, Ontario County, New York, aged eighty-four years. She died June 5, 1837, leaving the following children: Beulah Ely, Ebenezer, John, Lovisa who was the wife of James Wolcott, Jr., Lucy Evers, Orpha Alvord and Sally Redfield.
Respectfully,
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner
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