Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 19748, for Nathan Pratt, Massachusetts
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
Mass.

Pratt, Nathan

NUMBER
S.19748
carded
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CONTENTS
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1710
Massachusetts
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Nathan Pratt
of Shrewsbury in the State of Mass
who was a Private in the company commanded
by Captain [blank] of the regt commanded
by Col Dana in the Mass
line for 6 mos Corporal
9 " Private
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Inscribed on the Roll of Mass
at the rate of 52 Dollars -- Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 9th day of Nov
1832 and sent George Holson
of Worcester now present
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Arrears to 4th of Sep 1832 $78.-- ["50" overwritten]
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar 33. 26.--
[total] 104 --
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by I H p [?] Blair Clerk,
Book D. Vol. 2nd Page 75.
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Revolution 19748
INVALID.
File No. 19,748
Nathan Pratt
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7" 32"
Index:-- Vol. 2, Page 327
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Nathan Pratt
Declaration

[inverted]
Pr. 9 mo
Corpl. 6 mo
[illegible] 80
$52
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Worc (may be seen through hole?]

DECLARATION, in order to secure the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
COUNTY OF WORCESTER, ss.

ON this Sixth day of September in the year of our Lord, eighteen hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open Court, before Nathaniel Paine, Judge of Probate now sitting Nathan Pratt a resident of Shrewsbury in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged seventy two years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7th 1832.

THAT he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.

that in Autumn of the year of our Lord Seventeen hundred & Seventy eight, he resided in Shrewsbury aforesaid, & that he was drafted -- (the day & month in which he was drafted he is not able to recollect) into the Massachusetts Militia Then in the service of the United States, and performed three months [2 words underlined] duty at Dorchester Point, near Boston The Hill command Boston Harbour. The duty performed there was in making fortifications. The officer under whose direction he was when on fatigue duty he is not able to recollect, at other times he was under the orders of a Sergeant by the name of Jeddediah Tucker who is long since dead. That he has no documentary evidence, and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure other than that contained in deposition -- A.

Also, that in the year 1779, he resided in said Shrewsbury, and in the month of October in said year he was drafted for the term of three [underlined] months into the same service as aforesaid in the Company under the command of Capt Isaac Harrington, and that the said company first marched to Claverack, in the County of Columbia State of New York & there joined the Regiment Commanded by Col Dana. After remaining at said Claverack a few days all the troops there marched to Albany, where they remained several weeks, then marched to Niskayuna in the County of Schenectady, State of New York, where they remained until the service for the term for which he was drafted had expired & then he was verbally discharged, for evidence of this service see deposition -- B.

Also that in the year 1780, he resided in said Shrewsbury, and in the month of June in the same year he [illegible] volunteer for the term of six months [2 words underlined] in the Continental line of regular troops, and marched immediately to Leicester in said County of Worcester where he passed muster before Maj Washburn. Thence he marched directly to West Point, State of New York & joined the company commanded by Lt Henry Marble in the 15th Regiment of the Massachusetts line of Regular troops command by Col Timothy Bigelow in Gen Glover's Brigade. The troops remained a few days at West Point and then crossed the river Hudson to Robinson's farms, where they remained about three weeks Thence the Brigade went down the river to Peekskill where the army concentrated, and recrossed the river into New Jersey thence down the river to Orangetown, where the campaigned opened.
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Shrewsbury, and in the month of June in the same year he [illegible] volunteer for the term of six months [2 words underlined] in the Continental line of regular troops, and marched immediately to Leicester in said County of Worcester where he passed muster before Maj Washburn. Thence he marched directly to West Point, State of New York & joined the company commanded by Lt Henry Marble in the 15th Regiment of the Massachusetts line of Regular troops command by Col Timothy Bigelow in Gen Glover's Brigade. The troops remained a few days at West Point and then crossed the river Hudson to Robinson's farms, where they remained about three weeks Thence the Brigade went down the river to Peekskill where the army concentrated, and recrossed the river into New Jersey thence down the river to Orangetown, where the campaigned opened. The said Campaign was rendered memorable by the treachery of Gen Arnold and the execution of Maj Andre. The troops after many movements & the closing the said Campaign returned to West Point for winter quarters, and that in the latter part of the month of December following when the time had expired for which he had enlisted, he was regularly discharged, and that he has no documentary of this service. For evidence of this service see deposition C.

Also that in the year 1781 he resided in said Shrewsbury, and that in the month of September [a line appears to be missing] months [underlined] into the Massachusetts Militia then in the service of the United States, in the company commanded by Capt Daniel Bowker which marched directly to Peekskill State of New York where the company joined Col Webb's Regiment. There was also there three Regiments of Regular troops with which our Regiment did duty & the troops remained at said Peekskill untill they went to winter quarters, to the highlands below West Point, & there he remained until the time had expired for which he enlisted & then he was regularly discharged, & that he has no documentary evidence of this service -- for evidence of this service see deposition - D. And that he was born in said Shrewsbury.

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.

[signed] Nathan Pratt

Before Nath'l Paine Judge of Probate for the County of Worcester
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We George Allen a Clergyman residing in the said Shrewsbury and Fort'n Harrington residing in said Shrewsbury hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Nathan Pratt who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be Seventy two years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and we concur in that opinion.

[signed] Geo. Allen
[signed] Fort't Harrington

Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Before Nath'l Paine Judge of Probate for the County of Worcester

And the said court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interogatories [sic] prescribed by the War Department, that the above mentioned applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the court further certifies, that it appears to them that George Allen who signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the said Shrewsbury and that Fort'n Harrington who has also signed the same is a resident in the said Shrewsbury and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.

[signed] Nath'l Paine Judge of Probate for the County of Worcester

I Theophilus Wheeler Register or Clerk of the Court of Probate for the County of Worcester do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Nathan Pratt for a pension & that Nymphas Pratt & Nahum Harp annexed affidavits were made, are Justices of the Peace in said County [illegible] to & that they signed the same. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of Office this 7th day of September in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty two.

[signed] Theoph's Wheeler Reg'r of the Court of Probate for the County of Worcester in Massachusetts
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A & B

[Worc]ester ss Commonwealth of Massachusetts

I Jonathan Harrington of Shrewsbury in the County of Worcester & Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age to testify & make oath, do say that in the year of our Lord seventeen hundred and seventy eight, I resided in said Shrewsbury, and that I was then & have been ever since intimately acquainted with Nathan Pratt at that time and ever since a resident of said Shrewsbury, and that I knew of his doing a tour of duty in the Revolutionary war at Dorchester near Boston in said Massachusetts the exact time when said Pratt performed said tour or how long said tour was I am unable to state, but I know that said Pratt performed said tour prior to the 1779, because I was in the service with said Pratt in the years of 1779 & 1780.

And I the said Harrington further say that in the year of our Lord seventeen hundred & seventy nine in the month of October in the same year I enlisted as a volunteer for the term of three months [2 words underlined] into the Massachusetts Militia then in the service of the United States & that Nathan Pratt aforesaid entered the same service at the same time with me in the company commanded by Capt Isaac Harrington & in Col [blank] Regiment & when the time had expired for which we entered said service we were verbally discharged, during said time we were principally stationed at Niskayuna in the County of Schenectady & State of New York.

[signed] Jonathan Harrington

Worcester ss August 11th 1832
Then the above named Jonathan Harrington personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the facts contained in the above statement by him subscribed, before me, & I certify that I know said Harrington & that he is a credible witness.

[signed] Nymphas Pratt Justice of the Peace
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D
Worcester ss Commonwealth of Massachusetts

I Joseph S Temple of Shrewsbury in the County of Worcester & Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age to testify & make oath do say that in the year of our Lord seventeen hundred & eighty one, I resided in said Shrewsbury, and in the month of September in the same year I entered as a volunteer into the Massachusetts Militia then in the service of the United States and that Nathan Pratt of said Shrewsbury entered the same service at the same time with me in the company commanded by Capt Daniel Bowker & in Col Webb's Regiment & that said Pratt remained in said service with me for the term of three months [2 words underlined] & then we were verbally discharged. During the [line out: whole] principal part of said time we were stationed at Peekskill in Westchester County State of New York.

[signed] Joseph S Temple

Worcester August 10th 1832
Then the above named Joseph S Temple personally appeared & made oath to the truth of the facts contained in the above statement by him subscribed before me, & I certify that I know said Temple & that he is a credible witness.

Nymphas Pratt Justice of the Peace
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Henry Marble for Nathan Pratt
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(C)
I Henry Marble of Westborough in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, do testify and say that in the year of our Lord seventeen hundred & eighty I held a commission as a Lieutenant in the Massachusetts line [lined out: of Militia] of Regular troops then in the service of the United States, and was Commadant of a Company in the fifteenth Regiment which was under the Command of Col Tim'o Bigelow and that Nathan Pratt of Shrewsbury in said County of Worcester did as a good & faithful soldier serve six months in the Company under my Command.

[signed] Henry Marble

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Worcester & town of Westborough, this Nineteenth day of July in the year of our Lord one Thousand eight hundred & thirty Two --

Then personally appeared Henry Marble and made oath to the truth of the facts contained in the above Affidavit by him subscribed, before me,

Nahum Harrington Justice of the Peace