Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 17829, Nathan Ballard, N.H.
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N.H.
Ballard, Nathan
S 17829
carded
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17829

The Committee of Safety of the Colony of
NEW-HAMPSHIRE.

To Nathan Bollard, Gentleman
-
GREETING.
WE, reposing especial Trust and Confidence in your courage and good Conduct.
do, by these Presents, constitute and appoint you the said Nathan Ballard to be first Lieutenant of the Company and in said Colony
for the Continental Service of which Benjamin Layton is Captain.

You are, therefore, carefully and diligently to discharge the Duty of a first Lieutenant
in leading, ordering, and exercising the said Company in Arms, both inferior Officers
and Soldiers, and to keep them in good order and Discipline; and they are hereby
commanded to obey you as their first Lieutenant, and you are yourself to observe and follow such Orders and Instructions as you shall, from Time to Time, receive from the
General and Commander in Chief of the Continental Forces, or any other your superior
Officers, according to military rules and Discipline in War, in Pursuance of the Trust
reposed in you.
Matthew Thornton [illegible]
Exeter, the Sixth Day of December A.D. 1775
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STATE
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
The Government and People of said State.
TO
Nathan Ballard, Gentleman 

GREETING:

WE reposing especial Trust and Confidence in your Fidelity, courage and good
Conduct, do by these Presents constitute and appoint you the said Nathan Ballard
First Lieutenant of the Eight Company in the Fifth Regiment of Militia within the said State of New Hampshire.
You are therefore carefully, and diligently to discharge the duty of a first Lieutenant
in leading, ordering and exercising said Company in
Arms, both inferior Officers and Soldiers, and to keep them in good order and
Discipline; hereby commanding them to obey you as their first Lieutenant
and Yourself to observe and follow such Orders and Instructions, as you shall from
Time to Time receive from the Council and Assembly of said State for the Time
being, and in their recess from their Committee of Safety, or any your Superior
Officers for the service of said State, according to Military rules and Discipline,
pursuant to the Trust reposed in you. In Testimony whereof we have caused the
Seal of said State to be hereunto affixed. Witness Meshech Weare Esq.
the President of our Council at Exeter, the twentieth day of December
Anno Domini 1774

M Weare
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Fille No.
17829
INVALID.
Nathan Ballard
Lieut.  Rev. War
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Act: June 7, 32
Index:- Vol. Page 433
(Arrangement of 1870.)
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New Hampshire
Nathan Ballard
died Jan'y 4 1835
of
Concord in the State of N H
who was a Lieut in the company commanded
by Captain Warren of the Regt commanded
by Gen Sullivan the NH line for 8 May 1775

Inscribed on the Roll of New Hampshire
at the rate of 106 Dollars 66 Cents per ann
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the
18 day of October
1832 and sent to Joseph C.
West Concord NH
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 $159.99
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar 33. $53.33
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$213.32
Book D
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by D Blair (?) Clerk 
Vol. 1st Page 143.
1890 Nov 13 H.P. Hitchcock history Prior
through Hon. Charles Syman
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No. 1130
Nathan Ballard
Concord
Pension Office
July 29 1832
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State of New Hampshire
County of Merrimack, July 16. 1832
On this day personally appeared before me, Samuel Green, an associate Justice of the Sup Court of Judicature
in and for said State, Nathan Ballard a resident of Concord in said County of Merrimack, aged eighty seven years, who being duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make
the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832
That according to the best of his knowledge and belief he was born in Andover, Massachusetts, in the year 1745,
lived there until he was about twenty two years old when he went to Wilton in the State of New Hampshire
that while living at Wilton in 1775, he received the Commission hereto annexed purporting to be under the hand of Matthew Thornton & immediately commenced duty
under it at Winter Hill, where he remained two or three months, soon after he went there Capt Benja. Taylor named in said Commission, died, after which the duties of Captain were discharged by him until he left that place

That in 1776 he received the other Commission hereto annexed under the signature of M Weare but cannot recollect the time he entered the service under it, but is certain he was in the battle at Bennington, that he is unable to state with confidence the term of
time he was in the service under this commission at Bennington & in that quarter, but thinks it must have exceeded four months. That after returning home he went to Rhode Island & served under Capt Mann,
thinks his Christian name was Benjamin - the term he served there he is unable to state particularly but thinks it must have been two months-
He well remembers that Genl. John Sullivan
was there but cannot recollect the name of any
other Officer -
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension
or an annuity except the present & declares that his


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ame is not on the pension roll of any agency in any State.
Nathan Ballard

The foregoing declaration was signed & sworn to the day & year first mentioned - before me Saml Green assoc Justice [illegible]

We, Reuben Abbot & Nathan Chandler, both of Concord in County of Merrimack & State of New Hampshire, hereby certify that we have
lived in the same neighbourhood with the within named Nathan Ballard who has subscribed & sworn to the within declaration
have frequently heard him relate his services in 
 the revolutionary War, from which, we believe, he rendered the States the services described in his said declaration.  Our
residence in the same neighbourhood has beenbetween thirty & forty years-

Reuben Abbot
Nathan Chandler

Subscribed & sworn to this 18th day of July AD 1832 Before me Sam Green as Justice
And I Samuel Green as Justice as aforesaid hereby declare that I have lived in the same Town & been acquainted with Nathan
Ballard the applicant & Reuben Abbot & Nathan Chandler who have subscribed the foregoing declaration for more than
thirty years, & know them all to be persons of undoubted veracity & think them entitled to full credit making suitable allowance for
mistakes arising from distance of time & failure of memory-
The applicant on his examination appeared to have lost his memory to a considerable extent & was unable to recollect any, except the most prominent circumstances of his services
The two latter altho very feeble in body appeared to have retained their recollection unusually well for persons of their advanced
age & I have no doubt they have all sworn to nothing more than
what they believed to be true.

The foregoing declarations were made at the respective dwellings of the applicant + witnesses, they being unable from
infirmity to attend the session of any of the Court of record
within the County in which they reside
Sam Green ass Just &
July 19. 1832-
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State of New Hampshire
Secretary's Office July 18. 1832.
I hereby certify that the above named Samuel
Green is an Associate Justice of the Superior 
Court of Judication in said State, duly constituted
and sworn, and that his signature within is
his own hand writing. In testimony whereof
I have hereto affixed the seal of this State
Ralph Metcalf Secretary
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1130
Nathan Ballard
1 Lieut
8 months
Adm
J. L. E.


Joseph C.  West in
Concord N H
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of Concord
in the case of William Ballard
in the State of New Hampshire
(Act 7 June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Judge of the Supreme Court
3. How old is he? 87
If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? Judge so certifies
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

Period: 1775
Duration of Service:  - Years 2 or 3 Months
Rank:  1st Lieutenant as Captain
Names of General and Field Officers
under whom he served.  Gen.
Capt. Benjn Taylor (Continental
-Capt. Taylor soon after he enlisted-
at Winter Hill

Period: 1776
Duration of Service:  --Years 2 Months
Rank 1 Lieut
Names of General and Field Officers
under whom he served.  Capt Mann (Ben?) in Rhode Island, Gen John Sullivan
in Vermont.

Period:  1776
Duration of Service:  --Years 4 Months
Rank -do
Names of General and Field Officers
under whom he served- do


5. In what battles was he engaged? Bennington
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Wilton.
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence,
by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? By Renton Abbott & Nathan Chandler, &
Commission in 1775 signed by Chairman committee of safety &
Commission in 76, signed by Mr. Weare.
Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? No certificate by a Clergyman

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case
Wm Ward Examining Clerk