Pension: Alexander Phelps, 1832: Orford, Grafton County, New Hampshire

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Alexander Phelps Revolutionary War Pension Application

This abstract is from a book called "N. H. Revolutionary Pension Papers",
abstracted & prepared by Mrs. Amos G. Draper 1917-1922
It is available at the New Hampshire Historical Society.


Alexander Phelps Revolutionary War pension
S#22933
Connecticut & New Hampshire Service

August 24, 1832 Alexander Phelps of Orford, Grafton County, New Hampshire,
seventy-two years of age, deposed:
that he enlisted in June, 1776 for two months under Capt. David Tarbox,
Col. Hosford, Connecticut Regiment, at New Rochelle, N. Y., and served
out his term;
that in March, 1778 he enlisted at Orford, N. H., under Capt. Charles
Nelson, Col. Timothy Bedel for one year; marched to Albany N.Y., where
they joined the forces under Gen. Stark; served eight months for
although the regiment was raised for one year, it was disbanded November
27, 1778.
                              Alexander Phelps

March 20, 1832 Hon. Phineas Parkhurst of Lebanon, N. H., seventy-two
years of age, testified that in 1778 Timothy Bedel of New Hampshire was
appointed by the Continental Congress a Colonel and raised a regiment
which received the same pay and rations as other Continental regiments;
that Solomon Cushman of Norwich, Vt., and Charles Nelson of Lyme, N. H.,
were Captains in the regiment. "I enlisted into Capt. Solomon Cushman's
company in 1778 and knew Alexander Phelps who served in same regiment
but under Capt. Charles Nelson; marched to Albany, at the same time with
him and "both of us continued in said regiment till it was discharged."
                              Phineas Parkhurst

March 27, 1832 Zebedee Cutting of Lyme, N. H., testified that in 1776
Alexander Phelps who then resided in Hebron, Conn., "and myself with
others were drafted for a tour of two months to go to New York in
defense of our country, the British being expected to land at New York
about that time. Phelps and myself served as privates in the company
commanded by Capt. David Tarbox", Col. Obediah Hosford. "We went to New
York, served the term of two months and I returned home to Hebron.
                              Z. Cuttin.

March 14, 1832 Elias Stevens of Royalton, Vt., seventy-seven years of
age, testified that in March 1778 he enlisted under Col. Bedel; received
orders to enlist Soldiers and did so. Two companies marched to Albany in
June, 1778, that there was a man named Alexander Phelps in Capt.
Nelson's company, "who was, I understood a nephew of Col. Wheelock, who
marched to Albany at the time I did, and continued in service until the
regiment was discharged. I was a Lieutenant in Cushman's company. All my
papers were burned when Royalton was burnt by the Indians in 1780. We
received three months pay at Albany, and the residue some years after in
Pierce's final Settlement notes and I sold mine for three shillings a
pound."
                             Elias Stevens.

Claim allowed and Certificate 5509, New Hampshire Agency was issued
February 11, 1833, Act of June 7, 1832.

September 9, 1836 Alexander Phelps applied for a transfer as he expected
to move to Lawrenceville, Tioga County, Pennsylvania.

August 24, 1839 his name was transferred to the Albany, New York Agency,
as he had moved to Cattaraugus County, N. Y., to reside with his
brother, Ralph R. Phelps.

(This should not be confused with the application for pension of Phelps,
Alexander, Conn. Service, S11240. He enlisted from Lyme, Conn., where he
then resided, in 1777, aged seventeen years; lost a leg at the battle of
Monmouth, and in 1786 received an Invalid pension and in 1836 a regular
pension, while a resident of Killingworth, Conn. These two are the only
Revolutionary Pensioners, named Alexander Phelps from any state. BMD.)