Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 19845, Elijah Hulbert, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Conn.
Hulbert, Elijah Ruth
W. 19875
CONTENTS

19. 1836.
R
Dead. See letter to P. of June 2 d 1835
New York
Elijah Hailbert,
of Columbia in the state of New York who was a Private in the Comp y commanded by Captain David of the regiment commanded by Colonel [blank] in the Comp y line, for the term of one year
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 25 of November 1823
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 of Oct 1823 and [blank] James Strong [blank] 12 [blank]
Arrears to 4th of Early Semi anl. all'ce ending 4 March 1823 $22.35
21
1. 33
1. 33
23. 36
$ 23.36
{ Revolutionary claim, Acts March 18, 1818, and May 1, 1820. }
March 1823

New York - 2634
Ruth Hulbert, widow of Elijah Hulbert, Coon, who was a pensioner under the Act of 18 th Mar. '18, and who died on the 25 th September 1831. of Columbia in the State of New York who was a P.M. in the Campy commanded by Captain Downes of the Regt. commanded by Burrill in the Co. H. N. York line for 10 m. 15 d.
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 3 $ - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 rd day of May '39, also seal and E. Wadsworth, E. Napack, N. Y.
Arrears to the 4 th of March - $ 10 $ - 00
Semi-annual allowance ending 17.50
Paid Sept. 4, 1839
$ 122 $ 50
{ Act July 7, 1838. }
Recorded by R Bendire Clerk, Book A Vol. 2 - Page 81-

Elijah Huribert Pensioner's Application
Certified Copy of Record of Death
Nov r 26 th 1823

State of New York Columbia County
vs Elijah Hulbert of the town of Canaan in the said State and County on this twenty sixth day of November one thousand eight hundred and twenty three personally appeared in open Court being the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Columbia aged Seventy years on the fifteenth day of June last who being first duly Sworn according to law. doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of Congress of the eighteenth of March eighteen hundred and eighteen, and the first of May, eighteen hundred and twenty - That he the said Elijah Hulbert enlisted for the term of twelve months about the seventeenth day of February, Seventeen hundred and seventy six (on the winter the American Army retreated from Canada) in the State of Connecticut in the Company commanded by Captain David Dows. in the Regiment commanded by Col. Charles Burrel in the line of the State of Connecticut on the Continental establishment, that he continued to serve in the said Corps until about eleven months thereafter when he was discharged from the said service at Piquenique in the State of New York - That he has no other evidence now in his power of his said service except Joshua Hamilton and Abel Jackson who belonged to the same Company with me now living in the County of Steuben and in pursuance of the act of the first May eighteen hundred and twenty I do solemnly swear that I was a resident Citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March 1818, 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 & Naval Services of the United States in the revolutionary war passed on the eighteenth 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 interest in any such other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed and by me Subscribed -

An Inventory of all My Real & Personal Estate
  Six old chairs worth about $1.50   One small Pot 75   two small dish kettles 1.50   One teakettle 72   five knives and forks 25   One piping Pan 50   One set of tea Spoons 18   One old table & stand 1.50   One pine chest 50   One Looking Glass 25   One set of tea cups & saucers 6   two fowls 12   two earthen milk pans 10   One tea pot 6   Six plates 25   One piece of broken Andiron 37   One wash tub 25   One bed board 18   9.03 
Bedding & clothing no more than is necessary for myself and family. hardly that - Real estate none
My occupation is that of a farmer unable to labor I have a wife her name is Ruth - she is about sixty years of age Sometimes she is able to work a little - and at other times she is not able to do anything - Given to and declared on the 26 th day of November before me in open court -
Elijah Hubert
Justice McKinstry clerk

110 I Justus McKinstry clerk of the Columbia County Court of Common Pleas do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the Schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the Record 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 foresaid Schedule is nine dollars & four cents. In testimony where- of I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this twenty sixth day of November A D 1823.
Justus W. McKinstry Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Columbia.

State of New York
Respectfully & etc. On this 27th day of December 1838 before me Ebenezer Wadsworth a Commissioner of Courts in and for the County aforesaid personally appeared Betsey Bramhall of Chatham  Canada in the County of Colum- bia and State aforesaid aged fifty one years who first being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath say that she is daughter of Elijah and Ruth Hulbert who formerly resided in Canada aforesaid that she was born as she was informed and very believes on the twenty fifth day of April Seventeen hundred and Eighty seven that she is informed and very believes that her parents the said Elijah and Ruth Hulbert were married on the twenty eighth day of July Seventeen hundred and Eighty six that she is the oldest child of her parents who had nine children the second was born in January Seventeen hundred and ninety by the name of Elijah the precise time of the ages of the other children does not distinct- ly recollect but that she well remembers that the marriage of her parents with the age of the child then was recorded in a family bible which she is in- formed and very believes is destroyed as it was long since made a school book and a new one obtained in which said record has not been transcribed Subscribed and sworn Betsey Bramhall
the day above written before me and I certify that said Betsey Bramhall is a
credible person and that the word "Chatham" was used and the word Canada was intended before execution Eb Wadsworth - Commissioner of Courts

State of New York
Rensselaer County 3p: I Henry R Bristol clerk of the said County do Certify that Ebenezer Wadsworth Esquire before whom the annexed affidavit of Betsey Bramhall & Jesse Waterman appear to have been sworn was at the time of taking said affidavit a Commissioner of Records in & for the said County of Rensselaer duly appointed sworn & authorized to take the same. Also that I am well ac- quainted with the handwriting of said Commissioner & verily believe his signature within written to be Genuine
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County this 29 th day of December 1838
Henry R Bristol clerk.
Hon H Vail W.R.

State of New York
Respectful Company 3 rd . On this 27 th day of December 1838 before me Eben Wadsworth a Commissioner of the peace for the County aforesaid personally appeared Jesse Waterman of Chatham in the County of Columbia and State aforesaid aged Sixty Eight years who first being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath say that in the year Seventeen hundred and eighty five he commenced working at the trade of a Blacksmith in the neighborhood of Rev Elias Stull and within a few rods of his house in Columbia in Columbia Co. County aforesaid and consequently became well acquainted with him and his family that in the spring of the next year which was in Seventeen hundred and eighty six his wife died and that in summer following he was married to one Rachel Tribbee who was niece to this deponent who also resided near to him he thinks in Sodus. he was present as a witness to the marriage but knew that she went to live with him immediately after they were united to have been married and that they raised a family of children the oldest of which is Betsy Brant all whom affidavit is hereunto annexed and this deponent verily believes the facts set forth herein to be in all respects true
Subscribed and sworn this day Jesse Waterman
+ you above written before me and I certify that said Jesse Waterman is a credible person and that the matter contained in column his a County of of and was first declared before me E. Wadsworth
Commissioner of the peace

State of New York Columbia County ss. On this third day of September 1838 personally appeared before the undersigned one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County aforesaid Ruth Hulbert a resident of Chatham in said County of Columbia aged seventy one years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions of the act of Congress passed July 7th 1838 intitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows: That she is the widow of Elijah Hulbert who was a Soldier in the Revolutionary Army, and a pensioner under the act of Congress of March 18 1818 at the rate of ninety six dollars per annum that she believes his certificate was returned to the War Department when the residue of his pension was drawn after his death. She further declares that she was married to the said Elijah Hulbert on the sixteenth day of July in the year One thousand seven hundred and Eighty Six that her husband the aforesaid Elijah Hulbert died on the twenty fifth day of September One thousand eight hundred and thirty one - - - that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first of January Seventeen hundred and and ninety four (viz) at the time above stated and that she has again been married. Ruth Hulbert Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me and it appeared to me satisfactory that said Ruth Hulbert could not from bodily infirmity attend the session of the court of which I am a judge nor do I think she could do so at the next session thereof.
John Bull Junr.
Judge of County Courts

State of New York Columbia County ss.
I William Miller clerk of the County of Columbia do hereby certify that John Bull since before whom the foregoing declaration of Ruth Hulbert and affidavit of Sarah Fryber purport to have been taken was at the inspection date thereof a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County and which said Court is a Court of Record and further that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Judge and justly believe that his name subscribed thereto is his genuine hand writing and signature
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County this 3rd day of October 1838
W. Miller
Clerk of Col. County
Ruth Hulbert, declarant
N.Y.
Act 7. July 38.
In 46. d 31.
adm d
10
10mo 15.85 per
35
No deduction
Ed. Wadsworth
E. Massie N.Y.

State of New York Columbia County ss. On this day
State of New York Columbia County ss
On this third day of September 1838 before the undersigned one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County aforesaid personally appeared Sarah Frisbee of Coeymans in the County aforesaid aged Eighty Six years who first being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath say that she is widow of Philip Frisbee who was father of Ruth Hulbert named in the foregoing declaration that said Ruth was residing with her father then the husband of this deponent at the time of her marriage to Elijah Hulbert that this deponent did not see them married but that she went away for that purpose and married as she was informed and only believing at said Hulberts house which was within a quarter of a mile from the then residence of this deponent and when she still remains and that she married them with her husband said Elijah Hulbert for many years and raised a number of children and some years before his death they removed to the town of Chatham that marriage of said Elijah and Ruth Hulbert took place some time in the summer or fall of 1786 but the precise month or day cannot be recited and this deponent further says that said Elijah Hulbert is dead that he died some years ago she thinks six or seven but cannot tell precisely and that said Ruth Hulbert has not remarried and was positively a widow on the 4th of July 1836 and still remains unmarried
Witness to the mark of Sarah
Frisbee G.W. Gay
for Sarah X Frisbee mark
Subscribed and sworn to the day above written before me and I certify that said Sarah Frisbee is a credible person
John Bull Jur.
Judge of County Courts.

June 18, 1934.
BA-J/ILL Elijah Hulbert W. 19845
Miss Jean Hulbert 838 West End Avenue New York City, New York.
Dear Madam:
You are furnished herein, at the request of Mr. H. H. Jenckes of this city, the Revolutionary War record of Elijah Hulbert. The data given are found in the papers on file in pension claim, W. 19845, based upon his service in that war.
Elijah Hulbert was born June 15, 1753, the place and names of his parents not shown.
He enlisted February 17, 1776 and served eleven months as private in Captain David Downs' company, Colonel Charles Burrall's Connecticut regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed November 26, 1823, at which time he resided in Canaan, Columbia County, New York.
The soldier died September 25, 1831.
Elijah Hulbert had a wife, her name not stated, who died in the spring of 1786. He married July 16 or 17, 1786, at his home in Canaan, New York, Ruth, the daughter of Philip Frisbee of said Canaan. The name of Ruth's mother is not shown.
Ruth Hulbert, soldier's widow, was allowed pension on her application executed September 3, 1838, at which time she resided in Chatham, Columbia County, New York, where she had moved with her husband, Elijah, some years before his death.
She died September 4, 1839.

Elijah Hulbert, the soldier, and his wife, Ruth, had nine children, the names of only two are shown in this claim: Betsey Brashall, who was born April 25, 1787 and, in 1838, resided in Canaan, New York; and Elijah, who was born in January 1790.
In 1838, Sarah Frisbee, the widow of Philip Frisbee, and the step-mother of Ruth Hulbert, was a resident of Canaan, New York, aged then eighty-six years. At that time, Jesse Wasserman, aged sixty-eight years and a resident of Chatham, New York, stated that he was present at the wedding of his niece, Ruth Frisbee, to Elijah Hulbert. In 1839, one Samuel Hamilton, a resident of Athens, Greene County, New York, aged seventy-five years, stated that he lived at his brother's house next to the home of Elijah Hulbert in Canaan at the time of Ruth's marriage to said Elijah Hulbert, further, that he (Samuel Hamilton) married July 3, 1787, Ruth's half-sister; the name of this half-sister was not stated.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, Assistant to Administrator.

kept in my lab January 31, 1931.
Robert Webster Allen 199 West Pearl Street Coldwater, Michigan.
Rev. & 1812 Wars Rev. & 1812 Wars Section LL
Dear Sir:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 19845, that Elijah Hulbert was born June 15, 1753, place not stated.
He enlisted in Connecticut February 17, 1776 and served about eleven months in Captain David Downs' Company, Colonel Charles Burrall's Connecticut Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed November 26, 1823, while a resident of Canaan, Columbia County, New York.
He died September 25, 1831.
The soldier's wife, name not given, died in the spring of 1786. He married July 16 or July 17, 1786 at his home in Canaan, New York, Ruth, the daughter of Philip Frisbee of that place, whose widow, Sarah Frisbee (Ruth's stepmother) was eighty-six years of age in 1838 and then resided in Canaan, New York. The name of Ruth's mother is not given.
Soldier's widow, Ruth Hulbert, was allowed pension on her application executed September 3, 1838, at which time she was aged seventy-one years and resided in Chatham, Columbia County, New York, where they had moved some years before the soldier's death.
She died September 4, 1839.
Elijah and Ruth Hulbert had nine children. Betsey Bramhall,

who was born April 25, 1787 and resided in Canaan, New York in 1838, and Elijah, who was born in January 1790, are the only names stated.
The War of 1812 and Revolutionary War records of this bureau fail to show a claim for pension on file on account of the services of Philip Frisbee, all spellings of the surname searched.
Very truly yours,
E. W. MORGAN, Acting Commissioner.

N.Y.O.R.
act of July 1838.
Butt Mulbert, susp d .
Let to Hon. H. Vail 19 th
Dec 1838
to same 6 th Feb 1839

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section
mee/ft/mm.
February 6, 1930.
Miss Regina E. Hulbert 600 West 140 Street New York New York.
Dear Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 19845, it appears that Elijah Hulbert was born June 15, 1753, place not stated.
He enlisted in Connecticut February 17, 1776, and served about eleven months in Captain David Downs' Company, Colonel Charles Burrall's Connecticut Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed November 26, 1823, while a resident of Canaan, Columbia County, New York. He died September 25, 1831.
The soldier's wife, her name is not given, died in the spring of 1786. He married July 16 or July 17, 1786, at his home in Canaan, New York, Ruth, the daughter of Philip Frisbee of that place, whose widow, Sarah Frisbee, (Ruth's stepmother) was eighty-six years of age in 1838 and then resided in Canaan, New York. The name of Ruth's mother is not given.
Ruth Hulbert was allowed pension on her application executed September 3, 1838, at which time she was aged seventy-one years and resided in Chatham, Columbia County, New York, where they had moved some years before the soldier's death. She died September 4, 1839.
Elijah and Ruth Hulbert had nine children. Betsey Bramhall, who was born April 25, 1787 and resided in Canaan, New York in 1838, and Elijah who was born in January 1790, are the only names stated.
Very truly yours,
EARL D. CHURCH Commissioner.

M. E. E.
August 17, 1929.
This letter was sent to Hon E. Hart Fern. House of Representatives Washington D.C.
From the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim.
#. 19845. it appears that Elijah Hulbert was born June 15, 1753, place not stated.
He enlisted in Connecticut February 17, 1776, and served about eleven months in Captain David Downs' Company, Colonel Charles Burrall's Connecticut Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed November 26, 1823, while a resident of Canaan, Columbia County, New York. He died September 25, 1831.
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The beginning of this letter is in the claim of Joseph De Wolf, S. 3280.

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I did not use the statement made by the widow that she had "again been married" as her widowhood was passed by the witnesses.
The soldier's wife, her name is not given, died in the spring of 1786. He married July 16 or July 17, 1786, at his home in Canaan, New York, Ruth, the daughter of Philip Frisbee of that place, whose widow, Sarah Frisbee, (Ruth's stepmother) was eighty-six years of age in 1838 and then resided in Canaan, New York. The name of Ruth's mother is not given.
Ruth Hulbert was allowed pension on her application executed September 3, 1838, at which time she was aged seventy-one years and resided in Chatham, Columbia County, New York, where they had moved some years before the soldier's death. She died September 4, 1839. - From Agency Book.
Elijah and Ruth Hulbert had nine children. Betsey Brashall, who was born April 25, 1787, and resided in Canaan, New York in 1838, and Elijah, who was born in January, 1790, are the only names stated.
Very truly yours,
EARL D. CHURCH Commissioner
One Samuel Hamilton married Ruth Frisbee's half sister on July 3, 1787. He was living in 1838.
The widow's uncle, Jesse Waterman was ae 68 yrs. in 1838 & then resided in Chatham N.Y.

Regiment of Connecticut Infantry. He was allowed pension on an application executed November 26, 1823, while residing at Canaan, Columbia County, New York. He died September 25, 1831.
Soldier had a wife, name not stated, who died in the spring of 1786. He married July 16 or 17, 1786, at Canaan, New York, Ruth, the daughter of Philip Frisbee of that place. She was allowed pension on an application executed September 3, 1838, at which date she lived in Chatham, Columbia County, New York and was seventy-one years old. They had a number of children, but no names were stated, except those of the oldest; Mrs Betsey Bramhall born April 25, 1787 and Elijah born in January 1790.
see negative slip A careful search of the records fails to show a claim for pension filed on account of the services of Elijah Hulbert Junior, in the War of 1812.
Very respectfully,
G. C. ... Acting Commissioner.

Miss Jean Hubert 838 west End ave new york city
Revolutionary soldier Elijah Hubert - No. 19845 Col. Burrel's Conn. Regiment Feb 1776 - Dec 1776
Personal request
June 13 - 34
Mr. H.W. Jenckes

Waterloo, N.Y.
Aug 26. 1919.
Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
Dear Sir"> Dear Sir
Elijah Heubner, my great grandfather was born at Canaan N.Y. Dec. 22. 1790 & removed to this place in 1817. In a letter from his father, Elijah Heubner, dated Chatham N.Y. Sept 27. 1829, the writer states that he is getting to

in making his application. I will very much appre- ciate any information you can give me from your records and would like to know also if Elijah Jr served in the war of 1812. no claim. see negatue clip
Very truly yours
Murray Hiebert
Murray Hiebert
Director of the Port and Commissioner of Docks of the City of New York

Miss Regina E. Hubert- 600 West 140 Street New York New York.
Personal Request Jan 31, 1936.

Handwritten signature or initials, possibly "P" or "R", oriented vertically.

199 West Pearl Street, Coldwater, Michigan. January 10th, 1931.
The Commissioner of Pensions, Bureau of Pensions, Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C.
My dear Sir :-
Will you kindly inform me whether or not the records of your department contain mention of either or both of the following as serving in the Revolutionary War or the War of 1812 ?
Colonel Philip Frisbee (Frisbe). Elijah Hulbert (Hurlbutt). These two men are given as heads of families in the first United States Census of New York State, (1790), and as living in Canaan Town, Columbia County, New York.
Elijah Hulbert married Ruth Frisbee, daughter of Col. Frisbee, and they had several children, viz. Alvin, Elijah, Jr., ---, Alvin removed to Western New York, and settled, probably, at or near Leroy, N.Y.
The bracketed names above are spelled according to the Census of 1790.
I desire service record for both of the above mentioned men, and will greatly appreciate any assistance that you can give me.
Yours sincerely,
Robert Webster Allen
Member: Mass.Soc., Mayflower Descendants; Mish.Soc., Sons of the American Revolution; N.E.Historic Genealogical Society; Institute of American Genealogy.
RWA/P.

1919 Aug. 29. History to Matray Hulbert
1929 - Aug 17, Hist to E. Hart Fern, His sister in claim of Joseph DeWolf, S. D. 280, M.E.
1930, Feb. 6, Hist to Miss Regina E. Hulbert, M.E.
1931 - Jan. 31 - Hist. to Robert Allen - L.L.R.
1934 - June 18 - Hist. to Miss Jean H. ... J.L.
Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 19.845-
Ruth Hulbert
Wid. of Elijah Hulbert Prior Rev War
Act: July 7th / 88
Index: - Vol. 24 , Page 357
[Arrangement of 1870.]

State of New York 3
Oniess County 3 p on this 4 th day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty three before me Thomas H Hamilton one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said County personally appeared Joshua Hamilton and after being duly sworn according to law did on his oath say that he was personally acquainted with Elijah Hurlbert before and during the revolutionary war. that he the said Elijah Hurlbert did enlist with this deponent into Capt Daniel Downs company in Colonel Charles Burrows Regt of Infantry in the Connecticut line in the month of February in the year seventeen hundred and seventy six that they were shortly after mustered & marched to a place call'd the Suckers in the province of Pennsylvania that the said Elijah Hurlbert in company with this deponent continued to serve in said Regt for more than three months in the service of the United States and that the said Elijah was honorably discharged at Concordia in the State of New York. and this deponent doth further say that he only believes the facts set forth in the application (now before him) of the said Elijah are strictly true and that the said

Elijah is now in such indigent circumstances as absolutely to require the assistance of His Country for a Support
I was to declare this 7 th day of July A.D 1823 before me
Joshua Hamilton
Th o H amilton J o
I certify that Joshua Hamilton the above deponent is a man of truth.
Th o H amilton J o
State of New York
Dutchess County
on this 7 th day of July in the year 1823 before me Thomas H amilton one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County Personally appeared Joel Jackson who being duly sworn did on his oath say that he was personally acquainted with Elijah Hurlbert an applicant for a pension, before and during the Revolu- tionary War that he was knowing to him the said Elijah Hurlbert's enlisting into Capt d Daniel Downs Company in Col t Charles Burrells Reg t some time in the year 1776 that

In this deponent then resides in the same town with the said Elijah - that the said Elijah was ministered and married from the State of Connecticut as was then the general report to Connecticut, that he and the above deponent Joshua Hamilton enlisted into the same Company about the same time and were absent for about one year, that this deponent has been well acquainted - with the said Elijah Harkness and Joshua Hamilton since the revolutionary war that they are men of truth and this deponent verily believes the facts set forth in the said Elijah's application & the affidavit of the said Joshua Hamilton are thirty true, and further this deponent saith not
Sworn to & Declared this 8 th day of July A.D. 1823
before me"> before me J. H. Hamilton J.P.
Joel Jackson
I certify that Joel Jackson the above deponent is a man of truth
J. H. Hamilton J.P.

State of New York Clerk's Office, Oneida County.
¶ Eliasaph Dorchester, Clerk of the county of Oneida do hereby certify that Thomas H. Hamilton, whose name is subscribed to the within certificates, and before whom the within affidavits were made, was on the day of the date of the same, a Justice of the Peace in & for said county, duly commission- ed and sworn; that I am acquainted with his hand writing, and that the signature of Th. H. Hamilton within is the proper hand writing of the said Justice.
Witness my hand and the seal of the said county, this 9 th day of July 1823.
Eliasaph Dorchester, Clk.

Washington Nov 12. 1823.
Sir,
I send you the case of Elijah Helbout. When decided, let me know - Yours &c.
James Strong
L. Edwards Esqr
Parson Blair

Office Park U States New York May 27 1835
Sir
I enclose for your examination the Papers in the case of Elijah Hulbert Dec'd, His name was placed on our Semi-annual Report of Dec r 1833 under the head of "unclaimed Pensions &c"
I am Very Respectfully Your obed Servt
Isaac Lawrence Dist. Acting as Agent for Pensioners
Daniel L. Edwards Esq r Commissioner of Pensions

2571 (2615)
NY
7 July 1838
James L Edwards Esqr Commissioner of Pensions War Department Washington City

East Napau N o Oct. 9. 1838
PL Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions
Enclosed is the declaration of Ruth Hulbert Widow of Elijah Hulbert late a Pensioner of the United States together with the affidavit of her step-mother Sarah Tryba who will remember that she was married in 1786 but does not remember the day, nor the precise time of his death And for more conclusive evidence of his death and of her identification as his widow reference is had to the documents accompanying the power to draw the pension of pension due to said Elijah at the time of his death All of which please to examine and report to me as soon as convenient
Very Respectfully Your obedient Servant
E. Wadsworth

Affidavit of S. Hamilton in support of the claim of Ruth Hullett
Dr. Wadsworth

State of New York
Greene County 3 d on this 23 rd day of April 1839 before the undersigned a Judge of County Court in and for the County of said personally appeared Samuel Hamilton of Athens in said County aged seventy five years who first being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath say that he formerly resided in Canada in Columbia County aforesaid that he was there in the year 1784 and remained there for about ten years and was near neighbor to one Elijah Hall at who was married to one Ruth Fisher in the year seventeen hundred and eighty six some time in summer but the precise day he cannot distinctly remember that he was present at their wedding and saw them married he well recollects that it was one year before he was married to a half sister of the said Ruth and that the marriage of this deponent took place July 3 rd 1787 that at the time of the marriage of the said Elijah & Ruth this deponent was single and lived at his brothers next house to & joining lands with said Elijah that said Elijah and Ruth were married at the house of said Elijah he being a widower and her kissed at the time
Sworn & Subscribed to me before me the day & year above written - V. D. Carty that the above named Samuel Hamilton is a credible person
Stephen Hichcock - One of the Judges of the Court in & for said County of Greene

State of New York Greene County ss. }
I certify that Sylvester Nichols Esq. before whom the within affidavit was sworn, was at the date of the same one of the Judges of the County Courts of the said County duly commissioned & qualified & that his signature to said affidavit is genuine.
Witness my hand & the seal of the said County this 23 rd day of April 1839.
William T. H. Hermance Clerk

State of New York Greene County } On this 23 rd day of April 1839

18,930
Elijah Hulten
Hon: James Strong, A.R.
Recd. 13 Dec. 1823-
Edw. H.
Pension
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Recd 13 Dec. 1823
Longfellow

170n. 11. Wall
6. Feb. 1839
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set forth by record evidence if to be found , if not, by the testimony of a credible witness who can specify the date of his or her own
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