Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16854, Elisha Haynes, N.H.

SERVICE
NUMBER
M.H.
Haynes, Elisha
S. 16854
Carded
CONTENTS

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New Hampshire Elisha Haines
of Manchester the State of N.H. who was a Private in the company comma by Captain _____ of the reg't comman by Col Morgan in the N.H. line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of N.H. at the rate of 80 Dollars. — Cents per annu to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 th day of June 1833 and sent to L. H. Haines (N.H. Rep.) Arrears to 4th of Sept 1833 $120. Pension allowance ending 2 June 1833 40. $160.
{ Revolutionary Class } { Act June 7, 1832 }
Recorded by J. H. H. Clerk, Book 2 — Vol. 125 Page 161.

Declaration of Elizabeth before the Superior Court Narragansett County September Term 1839.

State of New Hampshire Merrimack ss 3
On this seventh day of September A D 1832 personally appeared in open Court, namely in and before the Superior Court of Judicature for the State of New Hampshire now sitting in Concord in the County of Merrimack and insaid State for the Elisha Haynes, of Epsom, in said County of Merrimack, aged 71 years on the 15th day of next October, born in Greenland in said State but has lived in Epsom aforesaid nearly 60 years, and is the same identical Elisha Haynes, who made the declaration before the Court of Common Pleas for this said County of Merrimack on the third day of November A D 1831 in order to obtain the provision made by the Acts of Congress of the 18th of March 1818, and the first of May 1820 to which this declaration is annexed and is to be considered as additional thereto.
And in pursuance of the Acts of the first of May 1820 and the 18th day of March 1818, I do solemnly swear 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 to diminish it to bring myself within the provision of the aforesaid Acts of Congress nor have I nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, or debts due to me, nor have I any property other than what is contained in the Schedule annexed to the Declaration made before this Court of Common Pleas
November 1831 except the trifling addition and the privilege, and accommodation mentioned and explained herein below, and no other income, than the scanty proceeds of my feeble labour. That on the 18th day of March A D 1818 I had not, neither have I had at any time, between the said 18th of March 1818, and the present time, any property, securities, or debts, due to me: Nor did any person have on the said 18th of March 1818, nor has any person that since then, neither has any person at present, in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts or debts due to me. That on the 18th of March A D 1818 I had no property whatever except some necessary furniture and have since then owned and possessed no other kind of property, and since the said 18th of March A D 1818, no other change or changes have been made of my property, except the ordinary wear, decay decay of all, and destruction & renewal of part of said furniture, the whole though convenient and necessary for me,

and Wife) being of every trifling value: and would not sell for hardly any thing: And the said schedule: contains every thing that I own except an axe, hoe and shovel, and some other trifling articles not mentioned therein: but not amounting in value at the utmost to five dollars: The use of a Cow and the privilege also of feeding it on his land has been granted to me by my son John D. Haynes living in Boston, with also leave to occupy a small tenement of his in said Epsom, & cultivate a few Acres of his land, lying in said Town. And while I was blessed with health, & strength, and my wife able to labour, we were able to procure a tolerably comfortable living: and if our health & strength had continued, I should never have applied for the County of the Government granted for the benevolent purpose before mentioned (though I have for many years been advised to, apply) but being now troubled with a rupture in my groin, occasioned by a strain received some years since while assisting to raise a saw mill and with rheumatic pains in addition to the infirmities of age, and my wife confined to her bed with an incurable dropsy, and being able to labour very little myself, and my wife none at all; we must soon wholly depend upon private Charity for our support, and maintenance if I do not obtain the provision for which this application is now made.
My present Family consists of myself, my wife, and a young Grandchild, named Charlotte Johnson, about twelve years of age, who lives with us, to assist us, and we three, make our whole family. —
I have three daughters who are married & live from thirty eight, to fifty miles, from me —
I have four sons, namely John Dearborn, who lives in Boston (Mass) 60 miles from me James, who lives in Fishersville, and Jonathan who lives in New Hampton both in this State, the former 50, the latter 40 miles distance and Caleb who lives, in the same Town —
The three first have but small property, and Caleb has none, having recently been compelled to take the poor electors Oath, to get released from the precincts of the County Prison. None of my Children therefore can assist me, without injury to their families; and besides all (but Caleb who instead of being able to afford assistance needs it himself) live too remote from me, to afford me that occasional aid,

(even if they were able) that my necessities require.
(Signed)
Elisha Hayne
The State of New Hampshire
Merrimack ss. Superior Court of Judicatum Sep. Term 1832
I Motes Eastman Clerk of said Court do hereby certify that this this paper is truly certified  copied from the records of said Court and that it appears to the satisfaction of said Court that said Hayne has made no further disposition or change of his property since the 10 th day of March 1810 and all the property in the portion of said Hayne's own and above what is contained in his schedule does not amount to more than five dollars. In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the Seal of said Court and subscribed the same with my own hand this 7 th day of September 1832
Motes Eastman

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Declaration of Elisha Haynes of Epsom N.H. made before the Dist Court of Common Pleas in the County of Merrimack Novem. 3 rd D. 1831.

State of New Hampshire County of Merrimack ss
On the third day of November A. D. 1831. personally appeared in open Court, namely in and before the Court of Common Pleas in said County Elisha Gaynes of Epsom (in said County) resident in said County, aged 70 years October 15 th 1831: born in Greenland, in the said State of New Hampshire, but has lived in said Epsom ever since he was eleven years old, who first being 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 18 th of March 1818 and the 1 st of May 1820, that he the said Elisha Gaynes enlisted according to the best of his recollection for three years at said Epsom (in January 1779) in said State of New Hampshire in the company commanded by Capt Amos Morrell in the Regiment commanded by Col o Joseph Cilley, in the line of the State of New Hampshire on the Continental establishment. and started from Greenland, in said State, and marched to Peekskill in New York, where he wintered, and served all the next summer on command, patrolling near the lines, detailed from the main army, at Morristown, in the Jerseys: went into winter quarters again at Peekskill, and served another summer in the Jerseys; and the next winter at West Point, and the next Spring march'd under Col o Morgan to Saratoga, and served on scouting parties, between

Fort Edward, and Lake George, Ticonderoga, Skeneborough, Fort Anne, and Saratoga, all the next summer, where in October he heard of the surrender of Lord Cornwallis, & was discharged at Saratoga, near the close of the war, in February 1782. Having served upwards of three years on the said Continental establishment, without intermission, from the date of his enlistment -
That he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension except the present - that his name is not on the roll of any State as a pensioner, and that the following are the reasons for not making an earlier application for a pension.
That as he had no children relying on him for support, he had determined never to apply for a pension, as long as he should be able to support himself, and his wife, by his labour -
That about a year since he was taken, and laid for eight weeks sick with a fever, and although his life was spared, he has never wholly recovered his strength, and the infirmities of age increasing upon him, he can no longer support himself & must depend wholly on charity. That my whole family consists of myself, and my wife Polly of nearly the same age, and she has been unable for ten years past, to do but little labour, indeed none, except a little sewing, or knitting.
And in pursuance of the Act of the first of May 1820.
I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 10 th 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 and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18 th day of March 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts, or debts due to me, nor have I any income, other, than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed. Blisha Hovey.
Sworn to and declared on the 3 rd day of November 1831 before the Justices of said Court.
I Moses Eastman Clerk of said Court do hereby certify that it appears to the satisfaction of the Court that the said Blisha Hovey did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy for the term of nine months under an engagement on the Continental establishment. I also certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of the said Court; and I also certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is Sixteen dollars and Thirty four cents.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court on this Third day of November 1831.
Moses Eastman

Schedule of the Property of Eliza Haynes on the 1 st of November A. 1831.
  One pig $ 2 00   One bed & bedstead & necessary covering 8 50   Five Shovel tongs & And irons 2 00   1 Table 0 50   1 Small do. 0 30   6 Chairs 20 Cents each 1 20   1 Old case of drawers (poor) 0 50   1 Meal chest 0 25   1 Frying pan 0 31   Iron pot (cracked) 0 25   An old Spinning wheel 0 50   $ 10 31 
Eliza Haynes

Jethro Tibbetts Deposition

I Jethro Libbee of Allenstown in the County of Merrimack and State of New Hampshire depose and say that I am 76 years of Age, and that I was a Soldier in the Revolutionary War & Stationed for a time at Fort Constitution on New Castle Island in the State of New Hampshire and that I have for a long time been acquainted with Elisha Haynes of Epsom in said County the same Elisha Haynes that is now applying to be placed on the Pension roll of the United States, - that I was knowing to the said Elisha Haynes' enlisting in the Revolutionary War at Epsom aforesaid I think in the year 1779, and in the Company Commanded by Capt Amos Morrill and afterwards saw him dressed in the Continental uniform - and knew that he was for a long

absent as I supposed and understood in the service of the United States in the war of the Revolution - and saw him when he returned (dressed in his uniform) which was, to the best of my remembrance in the year winter of 1782 - his signature by his mark. Jethro X Sibbee mark
State of New Hampshire Merrimack ss June 7 th A.D. 1832
Personally appearing the said Jethro Sibbee, and after the said Depositions had been written agreeably to his express declaration, and read intelligibly to him subscribed the same by his mark as above, and made oath to the truth thereof.
before me Philip Carrigain
Just. Peace
State of New Hampshire
Merrimack ss. July 14 th 1832 - I hereby certify that the said Jethro Sibbee above named, who subscribed & made oath to the truth of the above Deposition before me, is a man of good character & a perfectly credible witness - Philip Carrigain Just. of the Peace
Just. of the Peace

I James Babb of Epsom in the County of Merrimack State of New Hampshire Physician, depose and say that I am well acquainted with Elisha Haynes the Revolutionary Soldier and the same Elisha Haynes now applying to obtain the provision of the Acts of Congress passed for the benefit of Continental Soldiers in the war of the Revolution, who might fall in need thereof and that the said Elisha Haynes was taken sick of the Ty- phus Fever, at his residence in Epsom aforesaid in the Au- tumn of 1830. I was his Physician, indeed the only one who attended him during that Sickness which lasted upward of two months. For a time his life was despaired of; and his recovery was slow, and the Fever left him for a long time much enfeebled and debilitated, and he still complains of weakness and debility as the effects of that sickness. I have seen him not unfrequently, & understand he is not able to labour, at present, and has not since his sickness, which could not be expected from his feeble health & ad- vanced age - I also certify that his wife has a confirmed dropsy, & unable to leave her room without help, and that said Haynes is poor, and has no property whatever to my knowledge.
State of New Hampshire
Merrimack ss -
June 9 th 2. 1832
Sworn & subscribed before me
James Babb Philip Carrigan Just. Peace

State of New Hampshire Manchester June 9th 1832.
I hereby certify that James Ball, within named, who subscribed and made oath before me to the truth of the within deposition, is an eminent and respectable Physician, belonging to said Town of Ossipee, and a perfectly credible witness -
Philip Carrigain Justice of the Peace
Doct. James Ball Deposition

Doc: James Babb Deposition

I James Babb, of Epsom, in the County of Merrimack and State of New Hampshire, a practising Physician, do hereby depose, and certify, that when I made my first certificate in support of the application of Elisha Haynes of Epsom, aforesaid, for a pension, I did not then know that the said Haynes was, and is troubled in addition to his other infirmities, with Inguinal Hernia, although I had attended him as a Physician, in sickness. I have since discovered the fact, and now state, and depose that in addition to his other infirmities, the said Haynes is a bursted man, with a rupture in the groin, and is obliged to wear a Truss.
James Babb
State of New Hampshire Merrimack ss June 15 th 1832 I subscribe & swear before
Philip Carrigain Justice of the Peace
State of New Hampshire
Merrimack ss June 15 th 1832 I hereby certify that the above subscriber James Babb, is a respectable Physician of said Epsom, and a credible Witness
Philip Carrigain Just. of Peace

I James M c Culcheon an Presbyterian ordained Clergyman, & an acting & officiating Minister of the Gospel, for the Free Will Baptist Society, in the Town of Epsom in the County of Merrimack, & State of New Hampshire, do hereby certify that I have long been and will be acquainted with Elisha Haynes of said Epsom, the same identical Elisha Haynes that made his declaration before the Hon ble the Court of Common Pleas of this State in for the County of Merrimack, at the November Term of said Court D. 1831. in order to obtain the provision made by the Acts of the Congress of the 18 th of March D. 1818. and the 1 st of May 1820 for the benefit of poor Soldiers of the Revolution, and is still ap- plying for the same, and that I believe the said Haynes to be upwards of seventy years of age, and and that he is reputed, and believed, in the neighbour- hood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution & that I concur in that opinion: and that the said Haynes is now & has been for many years past a very poor man, and I believe him to be a man of integrity & that his statement on oath may be relied on James M c Culcheon

I Andrew O. Evans Justice of the peace and of the Quorum in and for
State of New Hampshire Merimack ss September 7 th D. 1832 the within said James W. Butcher personally appearing made solemn oath to the truth of the within Certificate by him subscribed before me Philip Carrigain Justice of the Peace & of the Quorum for said County
State of New Hampshire Merimack ss 3. Septem r 7 th D. 1832
I hereby certify that the Reverend James W. Butcher who has subscribed and made oath to the within certificate, is a licensed & ordained clergy- man of the Free Will Baptist denomination of regular standing and now officiating as such for a society in Epsom in said State & County (and the largest religious Society in said Epsom) and that his character for piety, and for truth and veracity stands so high that the utmost credit is due and to be given to all his acts, attestations, declarations, allegations or certificates. Philip Carrigain Justice of Peace &c.
I Andrew O. Evans Justice of the peace and of the Quorum in and for the County of Merimack do hereby certify depose that I am now and have long been acquainted with Elisha Waynes of Epsom in said County the same Elisha Waynes that made his declaration before the Court of Common Pleas of this State for Merimack County November Term 1831 in order to obtain the Provision made by the acts of Congress of the 18 th of March 1818 and the first of May 1820 for the benefit of Poor Soldiers of the Revolution and is now applying for the same and that the said Elisha Waynes is upwards of seventy years of age and that he is respected and believed in the neighbourhood, where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and I the said Andrew O. Evans do further depose and say that I have been particularly acquainted with the circumstances of the said Elisha Waynes as to property for these twenty years past as I have always

lived within a few Miles of him and am very sure that he was a very poor man on the 14 th of March 1818 and has been poor ever since and that he had no property to dispose of then or since except a little necessary furniture I have always considered him a man of integrity and that his Statement under oath might be relied on and I have no doubt he served as a Soldier of the Revolutionary war
Andrew O. Evans
State of New Hampshire
Merrimack ss September 7 th D. 1832. Personally appearing the said Andrew O. Evans subscribed and made oath to the truth of his the preceding certificate & deposition before me
Philip Carrigain Justice of the Peace
State of New Hampshire
Merrimack ss September 7 th 1832 I hereby certify that the said Andrew O. Evans, who has subscribed & sworn to the preceding certificate & deposition is a Magistrate (as stated) and a Gentleman of great respectability and of a fair unblemished character for truth & integrity and that he is a perfectly credible witness and that the utmost credence may safely be given to his testimony, certificate & deposition. I Samuel Cochran Junior a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Merrimack aforesaid. Certify and depose that I perfectly concur and agree with the above certificate made by Andrew O. Evans Esquire as I live within a few Miles of said Haynes and have been well acquainted with him for more than thirty years last past I believe him to be more than seventy years of age I further depose that said Haynes was poor & destitute on the 14 th of March 1818 and that he still remains poor and destitute I have no doubt he served as a Soldier in the Revolutionary war - and I never heard him doubted as to truth & veracity I know of no charge in or of his property since March 1818
Samuel Cochran Jr
State of New Hampshire
Merrimack ss September 7 th D. 1832. Personally appearing the said Samuel Cochran Junior and subscribed and made solemn oath to the truth of his, the preceding Certificate, and Deposition before me
Philip Carrigain Just: Peace

State of New Hampshire
Merrimack ss. September 7 th 1832
I hereby certify that the said Samuel Cochrane junior who has subscribed and sworn before me to the preceding Certificate & Deposition, is a Magistrate for the County of Merrimack as stated, and a gentleman whose character is well known to be good for truth and integrity, and that perfect credence is due and to be given, to his certificate, deposition or testimony of any kind.
Philip Carrigain
Just. Peace & Quorum
The State of New Hampshire
Merrimack ss.
I Moses Eastman Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature within and for said County do hereby certify that Samuel Cutcher whose name is subscribed to the within certificate is an ordained Minister of the Free Will Baptist denomination in the Town of Epsom in said County and I believe the same to be his genuine signature - Also that Andrew C. Evans and Philip Carrigain whose names are subscribed to the within certificate respectively are justices of the Peace and of the quorum within and for said County, and I believe the same to be their genuine signatures - Also that Samuel Cochrane jr whose name is subscribed to the within certificate is a justice of the Peace within and for said County, and I believe the same to be his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the Seal of said Court and subscribed the same with my own hand this Seventh day of September 1832
Moses Eastman
Reverend James M. Cutcher Andrew C. Evans Samuel Cochrane Jr Philip Carrigain

State of New Hampshire
to whom these presents shall come
Greeting
Be it known that William Ham June, Robert D. Snodgrass, Thomas D. Merrill, and D. L. Locke, are Justices of the Peace, in and for the County of Merrimack in the State of New Hampshire, and that Jo- siah Sanborn and Philip Carrigain are Justices of the Peace and of the Quorum in and for said County, all duly constituted, & ap- pointed, and that to all their acts, and attestations as such, full faith, and credit are due, and to be given both in & out of the
State In testimony whereof I have affixed the Seal of the State this 14 th day of July A.D. 1832
Nathl. M c Call Secretary.

16854 INVALID.
File No. 16854
Clara Hughes
Mr. P. M.
Act: 1872
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 185
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Certificate of Selectmen & Town Clerk of Epsom N.H.

We the Subscribers being Selectmen & Overseers of the Poor of the Town of Epsom, in the County of Merrimack & State of New Hampshire hereby certify that Elisha Hayne, (the same Elisha Hayne who has applied or is now applying to obtain the provisions of the Acts of Congress passed for the benefit of those continental soldiers in the war of the revolution who might be in need thereof,) and is reputed and considered a revolutionary soldier, and is poor, and in possession of no property, to the best of our knowledge. It is reputed an honest man
State of New Hampshire Merrimack ss. June 15 th 1832. Subscribed and sworn to by the said Nathan Pickford, Frederick Sanborn & Eliphalet Wiggins before me. (Philip Carrigain Justice of the Peace)
Nathan Pickford Frederick Sanborn Eliphalet Wiggins
Selectmen & Overseers of the Poor
W. L. Locke Clerk of the town of Epsom
whereby it is hereby certified that Nathan Pickford, Frederick Sanborn and Eliphalet Wiggins who have subscribed the above certificate are Selectmen and Overseers of the Poor of Epsom aforesaid duly elected and qualified and that these said three are all the Selectmen and Overseers there are in said town as the Board in said Epsom always consists of three members only.
Epsom June 15, 1832. W. L. Locke, Town Clerk of said Epsom
State of New Hampshire Merrimack ss. June 15 th 1832. I hereby certify that the above names W. L. Locke subscribed the above certificate in my presence, and that he is a justice of the Peace and Town Clerk of the Town of Epsom duly elected & qualified, and that to all his acts & attestation as such, full faith and credit are due & to be given - and I also certify that the above named Nathan Pickford, Frederick Sanborn, and Eliphalet Wiggins, subscribed the above certificate in my presence and that they three are the whole Board of Selectmen & Overseers of the Poor for said Town of Epsom, and all men of good character for truth & integrity & fully credible.
I hereby certify that the above names W. L. Locke, Nathan Pickford, Frederick Sanborn, and Eliphalet Wiggins, subscribed the above certificate in my presence, and that they are all men of good character for truth & integrity & fully credible. Philip Carrigain Justice of the Peace

Thomas D Merrill
Jonah Parsons Esq.
Certificate

Thomas J. Merrill Jewett + Parsons Esqrs. attorneys

We the Subscribers being Magistrates in the County of Merrimack and State of New Hampshire and living in the Town of Epsom in said County do certify that we are well acquainted with Elisha Haynes of Epsom aforesaid the same Elisha Haynes who has applied to obtain the provision made by the Acts of Congress of the 18 th of March 1818 and the 1 st of May 1820. for the benefit of those Continental Soldiers in the War of the Revolution who might fall in need thereof and that the said Haynes is reputed and considered a Revolutionary Soldier and that he is poor and possesses no property whatever to our knowledge: and we do further certify that to the best of our knowledge the said Haynes sustains a fair character for truth & integrity and that his declaration on oath may be wholly relied on, according to the best of his recollection & memory.
State of New Hampshire Merrimack ss June 9 th 1832, Subscribed and sworn to by the said William Ham Jr Robert Knapp & B. L. Locke Epsom before me Philip Carrigane Just. Peace & Quorum
William Ham Jr Robert Knapp B. L. Locke Justices of the Peace
I hereby certify that the above Subscribers namely William Ham Junior, Robert Knapp, & B. L. Locke are all Justices of the Peace in and for the County of Merrimack in said State and all Gentlemen of great respectability & integrity & perfectly credible as witnesses.
Philip Carrigane Just. Peace & Quorum

We the Subscribers being Magistrates in the County of Merrimack and State of New Hampshire, and living in the Town of Epsom in said County, do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Mr Elisha Haynes of said Epsom, who has made application to be placed on the Pension Roll of the United States, in the New Hampshire line, and that the said Haynes is reputed and considered, a revolutionary Soldier, and that he is poor, and destitute of property, according to the best of our knowledge
Given under our hands at Epsom aforesaid June 9. 1832
Thomas D. Merrill Justice of the Peace
Josiah Sanborn Justice of the Peace
State of New Hampshire Merrimack ss June 9th 1832
Subscribed and sworn to by the said Thomas D. Merrill and the said Josiah Sanborn before me Philip Carrigain
Just. of the Peace & Guardian
I hereby certify that the above subscribed Thomas D. Merrill is a justice of the Peace in & for the County of Merrimack, and the above subscribed Josiah Sanborn a justice of the Peace and of the Guardian in & for said County of Merrimack, that both the gentlemen are of truth and integrity and of great respectability, and that their testimony is entitled to perfect credit.
Philip Carrigain Just. Peace & Guardian
Just. of the Peace & Guardian

Samuel Moses Annual Report Deposition

I Samuel Nones of Epsom in the County of Merrimack and State of New Hampshire aged 67 years depose & say that I have been for upwards of fifty years acquainted with Elisha Haynes of Epsom aforesaid, the very person now making an application to be placed on the pension Roll of the United States, on account of his services in the War of the Revolution, and his poverty, and inability to earn a livelihood; and that I perfectly recollect that I saw the said Elisha Haynes during the Revolutionary War at said Epsom, and that he was a soldier in said War, and belonged to the Continental Army, and served to the best of my knowledge

and information in said army upwards of three years - I often saw him at said Encamp during said war dress'd in the Continental uniform, see where once I recollect it was in the winter I saw him soon after his return, (as I understood on furlough) and saw him several times during that winter, and about the time he departed for the said Army in the Spring but I cannot recollect whether it was in the year 1780, 1781, or 1782 - but I am sure it was during the Revolutionary war, and one of those years - I have always understood from said Hagner and others in

said Epsom and other places that said Haynes was a soldier in the war of the Revolution & served three years, in said war, and believe this to be the fact, but I never accompanied him to the army, or saw him there — as I never joined the army, although I enlisted. — And I the said Samuel Moses do further depose & say that I was born in Epsom aforesaid & have always been acquainted with said Elisha Haynes — Samuel Moses Judge 7 th 1832.
State of New Hampshire Merrimack ss. June 7 th D. 1832.
Subscribed & sworn before me
Philip Carrigain Just. Peace.
State of New Hampshire Merrimack ss. July 14 th 1832. I hereby certify that the above named Samuel Moses , who subscribed & made oath to the truth of the above deposition before me, is a man of fair character and a perfectly credible witness & that his testimony may be safely relied on.
Philip Carrigain Just. of Peace etc.

John Ham's Deposition

I John Ham of Epsom in the County of Merrimack & State of New Hampshire formerly a soldier in the war of the Revolution. & since for the term of ten years a captain in the Militia in said Epsom do on oath depose & say that in the year 1780 I was a soldier in the Continental Army, in the Revolutionary war, and was in the month of June or July of that year stationed about three weeks at West Point on Hudson River - I was in the Company comman- ded by Ensign Neal M c Gaffey, of Epsom or rather by Major Wait, and in the Regiment commanded by the then Col n Henry Dearborn of the New Hampshire Line - and while there, I constantly saw Elisha Haynes of said

Epsom, who was also a Soldier, and then stationary at West point - during that summer I was marched to Morristown and other places in the Jerseys, and returned to West point some time in September or the first of October in the same year namely 1780. where I again saw the said
Elisha Haynes and still a soldier on service
And I do further depose and say that I knew and was well acquainted with Elisha Haynes before he entered the said service, and have known him for more than forty years since, indeed ever since he has lived in said Epsom and am perfectly certain that the said Elisha Haynes whom I saw at West point as aforesaid is the same identical Elisha Haynes that has made

a Declaration before the Court in Merrimack County in order to obtain the provision made by the Government of the U. S. for those soldiers in the war of the Revolution who might stand in need of it, which declaration this deposition is given to support June 6 th 1832
John Narn
State of New Hampshire
Merrimack ss, June 6 th 1832 —
Personally appearing the said John Narn subscribed to this deposition, & made oath to the truth thereof, before me — Philip Carrigan
Justice of Peace
State of New Hampshire
Merrimack ss, July 11 th 1832
I hereby certify that the said John Narn who subscribed & made oath to the truth of the above Depo- sition before me is a man of respectability, & credit, and a perfectly credible witness.
Philip Carrigan Justice of the Peace

I Benjamin Page of Chechester in the County of Merrimack and State of New Hampshire, formerly a Soldier in the War of the Revolution, & now a pensioner do under oath depose and say — that some time in the month of November 1781 — I joined, & entered into a Company on duty in said war at Charlestown in N.H. aforesaid (on Connecticut River) then commonly called No 4 . That the said Company was commanded by Capt. Pearson of Rye N.H. and the Regiment then stationed at No 4 - to which said Company belonged, was comman- ded by Col. Runnels of Londonderry, and Major Marston of Greenfield both of N.H. aforesaid.
That I had previously enlisted at Portsmouth N.H. which was my last enlistment - (having) served years before

and was order'd to join said Company at D o 4
which I did as aforesaid and there found
Elisha Haynes of Epsom in said County
and State a Soldier in said Company. —
That in a few days after the Regiment was
ordered to Castleton in Vermont, and the said
Elisha Haynes and I march'd together in the
said Company, & with the said Regiment to Castle
ton, and soon afterwards to Fort Anne in
New York. — That according to the best of
my recollection the said Haynes was then dress'd
in the Uniform he had before worn in the
Continental service, and I then understood from
him and others, that he had before that been
a Soldier for some years in the war of

the Revolution in the Continental Service — but don't recollect of ever seeing him at any time or place, than those mentioned, and on the marches between them — Indeed as I had then lived at Northampton, & he at Ephraim, we had never before met — or if we did — had never before form'd any acquaintance But I am perfectly confident and certain that the said Elisha Haynes, who has made the Declaration at the Court of Common Pleas in this County, November Term D. 1831 — to obtain the provision made by the Acts of Congress for the relief of those poor Soldiers of the Revolution who might need it, which declaration this deposition is to support is the same identical Elisha Haynes, that I saw a

Soldier in the aforesaid Company with me at Charles- town in this State, and march'd with him as aforesaid to Castleton in Vermont & Fort Anne in New York. Benja a Page
June 6 th 1832
State of New Hampshire } D. 1832 Merrimack ss. } June 6 th personally appearing the said Benjamin Page subscribed and made oath to the truth of this Affid deposition before me
Philip Carrigain Just. of Peace
State of New Hampshire Merrimack ss. July 14 th 1832
I hereby certify that the above named Benjamin Page who subscribed and made oath to the truth of the above Deposition before me, is a man of very correct & orderly habits, of good reputation for truth & integrity and a credible witness — Philip Carrigain
Just. of Peace Merrimack

Certificate of the Secretary of the State of New Hampshire

North Chechester (New Hampshire)
December 1832.
Sir
I would respectfully solicit that the consideration of the case of the unfortunate Elisha Daynes may be resumed. He is an Applicant for the provisions of the Acts of March 1818 and May 1820. His claim was suspended in June last, because the claimant has given no account of property disposed of since March 1818.
As the Claimant had no property then, and none since, either to keep, or dispose of, and as I could gain no information, what farther course to pursue, from the best informed in this Quarter, I sent to the proper & only place for instructions. — But the flood of business
* The general Certificate of the credibility of Witnesses was some time unaccountably missing — But most of them are official men duly qualified, & appointed, & sworn, and therefore presumed credible.

Hon d J. L. Edwards Pension Department of the War Office City of Washington

that pour'd in upon your Department, consequent to the Act of June last, probably prevented any reply.
However at the next Session of the Superior Court of our State in this County, Hayner made the accompanying De- clarations, additional to the other, and his case is supported by the sanction of two Courts of Judicature, all the Municipal officers, & Clergymen of his Town, and all the Magistrates in his vicinity: — all Gentlemen of probity & respectability. (If every other Inhabitant of his Town had given his testimony, in his favour the evidence would not have been so strong.) Indeed Hayner ought to have applied a dozen years ago, and I am now the more solicitous that he should succeed, at thisthate hour least, as from his peculiar pride, and independence of feeling, he has not only been far, very far from harbouring any desire to abuse the bounty of the government, or the Nation, but would not even accept it, while he could earn his livelihood by his labour.
I receive nothing for my services for Revolutionary Pensions

and certainly would not affect in any way claim (which if success- ful,) would tend to misappropriate the sacred provision of the Acts referred to.
If the poor claimant succeeds I would respectfully solicit that his pension might date from November 1831. when he for made his first Declaration, the other being merely additional, & in continuation.
His poverty in March 1812. and ever since, is a fact which no subsequent declaration of his did or could change, or make surer.
He is now burthened with a sick wife, and is himself af- flicted with Hernia (which he concealed as long as possible from his Physician a fact which exhibits something of the peculiar character & disposition of the man) and if not placed on the Pension Roll, or relieved by the Town, must inevitably suffer.
The Hon ble J. M. Harper of the House of Representatives to whom I shall write as soon as I think he shall have arrived at Washington will attest to the uprightness, respectability & credibi- lity of many of those witnesses whom he knows. — I have the honor to remain with perfect
Hon ble J. S. Edwards Esq. respect & consideration Sir P. very obedient Servt. L. Carrigain Pension Department of the War Office. City of Washington.

Free
Genl J. L. Edwards Esq. War Office
Pension Department City of Washington

E. Haynes
act
March 18. 1878
Altered to act June 7 th 1882
Adm?
pln: to cm:
7 Sept. 1882
Hon. J. M. Harper
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