Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 34,787, Nathaniel Eaton, Mass.
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Mass.  Eaton, Nathaniel S. 34787
Carded
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See letters of November 18 to the Pension agent & to N. L. Leonard
18090. Massachusetts
Nathaniel Eaton of West Springfield in the Stae of Massachusetts who was a private in the Regiment commanded Colonel Vose of the Massachusetts line, for the term of Three years.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month,to commence on the 20 of March 1820. Certificate of pension issued the 27 day of March and sent to John Hooker Springfield Massachusetts
Arrears to 4th of March 1821                       92:12
Semi-and. Allowance ending 11 Sept 1821 48
11 16/31                                                      $ 140:12 

{Revolutionary claim, }
{Act 18th March, 1818.}
(1 May 1820)
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Nathaniel Eaton
Hampden co.Penns.
?? Christian??
(Copy)
John Ingersol
Agt.
Springfield, Massachusetts 
Recd. 2 Sept 1820
Worth 8 10/100
Schedule and declaration
Col. Vose’s regiment 
Massachusetts line
15 February 1777
3 years
Found on the rolls
Admitted  Res?? Adams
2 March 21
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Original declaration ( stated to have been made on the 20th March, 1820 to be returned to the War department.
The original declaration is necessary to be resorted to in all cases, to determine the time when the pension shall commence or the certificate of of the judge before whom before whom it was sworn to, of the day, month, & year when it was made.

Side writing:
Massachusetts Hampden County - I hereby certify that the original declaration of the ?? applicant Nathaniel Eaton made before me on 6 ht Justice applying for a pension is ?? Nathaniel Eaton of Georgia hoped March 18, 1818 made as early as March 20 ?? I believe was ?? on that day, from the circumstances that ?? that day several affidavits were then taken before me to proclaim his service - ?? I in no case took affidavits before the application was made 
March 10th 1821
John Hooker
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Service Mass Eaton, Nathaniel Number S 34,787 Carded
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ME.E.
These two histories should be sent out together as this letter indicates.  It is not known whether or not they refer to the same [illegible]  March 14, 1929  Mrs. Ida [illegible] Cotton P.O.Box 153, Woodmont, Connecticut  Madam: I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 34787, it appears that Nathaniel Eaton enlisted At West Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, February 14 or 15, 1777, served three years as a private in Captain Orringh  Stoddard's Company, Colonel Joseph Vose's Massachusetts Regiment and was at the capture of General Burgoyne.  He was allowed pension from March 1820 (annotation appl not [illegible] March 14, 1929) at which time he was a resident of West Springfield, Massachusetts, aged fifty-eight years.  In 1829 he referred to his wife Betsey, aged thirty-one years, and stated that he had no children living with him.  There are no further data concerning his family.  It also appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, R3215, that Nathaniel Eaton married, January 31, 1085, in Suffield, Hartford County Connecticut, Susannah Hanchet.  On August 29, 1836, Said Susannah Eaton, a resident of West,
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Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, applied for a pension and stated that her husband had "been dead about fifteen years".  She alleged that he had served in the Revolutionary War and also in the war of 1812 (no dates, details or officers' names given for either service).  Her claim was not allowed, since, due to the date of her marriage as late as 1806, there was no provision of law under she was entitled at the time of her application, based on the Revolutionary War Service. It does not appear that she ever applied for pension on account of service rendered in the War of 1812.  Respectfully, E. W. Morgan, Actine Commissioner
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Rev 1812 War Section
Feb. 6, 1929
Winfield Scott
Dear Sir;
Received your letter of Feb. 1st, 1929.
Would like to know if there is a Nathaniel Eaton of West Springfield Mass. recorded on the Government Pension Rolls of the Revolutionary War? 
Your Truly
Mrs Ida E. Cotton
P.o.Box 153
Woodmont Conn
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34 787
INVALID
Nathaniel Eaton
Private Rev War
18 March 18
Vol 2 page 118

Sept 20, 1904  His ?? Caroline at Mendeck ??

1929x Mar 14, Hist to Mrs Ida E. Cotton, M.E.E
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A paper is returned in which the date of the original declarant is given by ?? was ?? in led ink - Diligent ?? has been made for the Declaration itself, but it is supposed to have been mislaid or destroyed by the reviewer as a paper of consequence
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Returned with a ?? form of declaration & schedule, under the law of 1 May 1820, in order to be properly fitted after a returned?? This ?? for further ??
13 June 1820
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I Justin Granger of west Springfield  in the County of Hampden  & Common Wealth of Massachusetts of lawful age do testify & say that I personally know that Nathaniel Eaton of said West Springfield did enlist into the Continental Service under ??  Abraham Robinson in ?? for part of the year 1777 as a private soldier, for the term of three years- I often saw him ??  land 6 ? 2 while he was in the service and ?? of said term of three years ?? soon after.  I have the Notes he obtained from the State of Massachusetts in ?? .  That I am a neighbor of said Nathaniel I know him to be very ??  I believe him to stand in real need of assistance from the Government for the ?? & further satin not.
Justin Granger
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Nathl. Eaton
Prin.
Col. Vose's
[illegible]
1777 - for 3 years.
Orig. ord. dated 20th Mar. 1920.
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(a) The whole of the form prescribed in the first section, to verify the amount of property of the applicant, the oath of the party, and the certificate of the clerk excepted, must be done while the court is in session.
(b) All are courts of record, within the contemplation of the act of Congress, 1st Which are expressly made courts of record by the laws of the state which create them; 2d Which have been solemnly adjudged, by the tribunals of the several states, to be courts of record, 3d. Which proceed according to the course of the common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in the point of amount, keeping a record of their proceedings; 4th Which have the power of fine and imprisonment; And courts which according to the course of the civil and canon law, having neither of those attributes, are not courts of record, although they may keep a registry of their proceedings, that it is a court of record, and state why it is such. -- (Opinion of the Attorney General of the U.S.) (c) If the declarant shall have served under more engagements than one, he should set forth the company, regiment, and line, or ship, vessel, or corps, in which he may have served, as also the time of entering, and the time and manner of leaving each service. (d) Here enumerate each article of real and personal estate, necessary clothing and bedding excepted, and subscribe the same.  The declarant must also mention his occupation, his ability to pursue it, the number and names of his family residing with him, their ages, and their capacity to contribute to their support, in order that the department may be enabled to decide whether the applicant is in such indigent circumstances as to be unable to support himself without the assistance of his country," comprehend those only who are incapable of supporting themselves without the aid of the government except by private or public charity.