Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 18692, Nathaniel Austin, Mass. Vt.
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Mass. Austin, Nathaniel S18692
Vt. carded
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2719
Vermont
Nathaniel Austin
of Addison Co. in the State of Vermont
who was a private in the company commanded
by Captain Hoskins of the Regt commanded
by Col. Jacobs in the Mass. Troops
for 2 years and more
Mass. & Vt.
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont
at the rate of 80 Dollars and Cents [lined out] per annum
to commence on the 4. day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 4 day of Decr
1832 and sent to U.H. Everet
Shoreham Vt
Arears to 4th of Sept. 1832
120.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4. Mch 1833
40.00
$160.00
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832}
Recorded by J M Cuffield Clerk
Book D Vol. 4 Page 44
Hon. Wm Slade,
June 13, 1840.
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State of Vermont}
County of Addison ss.}
on the 3d day of July AD 1832 Personally appeared in open
Court before the Judges of Addison County Court now
sitting Nathaniel Austin a Resident of Shoreham
in the County of Addison and State of Vermont
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
enlisted into the service of the United States under the
following named officers for the time of nine months
Viz) in Capt [?] Hoskins Company of Infantry in
Col Jacobs Regiment Gen Cornells Brigade and
General Sullivans Army and in the Continental
service that he then lived in Dighton in the State of
Massachusetts and that he served at the full time
of his enlistment and was honourable [sic] discharged at
Fall River in the State of Rhode Island and that he
was in the battle of Rhode Island at the time of
Gen Sullivan retreat, and again on the winter
of 1778 previous to his enlistment as aforesaid
he the said Nathanel Austen did one tour of
Militia Service of three months at [?] in
the State of Rhode Island in Capt Nicholds company
and again in March or April AD 1781. he the said
Nathaniel Austin entered into the continental service at
Putnam in the State of Vermont for the time of nine
months into Capt Capt [duplicate] Erick Fish Company of Infantry
in Colo Samuel Fletchers Regiment and that he served
out fully the time of his inlistment [sic] at Castleton
Vermont and was then honorable [sic] discharged and again
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on the day of his discharge as aforesaid at Castleton
aforesaid he the said Nathaniel Austin again enlisted
into Capt William Hutchins Company of Infantry
for the time of three months and served out
fully the time of his enlistment at Castleton
aforesaid and again immediately after, he the said
Nathaniel Austin enlisted into Capt Bakins Company
of Infantry in Major Bensons batallion [sic] for the
term of nine months and served the full term of
his enlistment at Castleton and that during the
[inserted] and has not written discharge or other documentary
whole time of his last enlistment his residence
[inserted] and [?] that time in Shoreham [?]
was at Rocklin Vermont
He herby relinquishes every
claim whatever to a pension or annuity at
except
the present and declares that his name is
not on the pension roll of the agency of
any State
Nathaniel his X mark Austin
Sworn to and subscribed the day and
year aforesaid
E. D. Barber Clerk

We Josiah Pond and Noah Jones both of Shoreham
in the County of Addison and State of Vermont duly
certify that we are acquainted with Nathaniel Austin
who has liberated and have to the above declaration that We
believe him to be Seventy two years of age that he
is uprite [sic] and believed in the neighborhood where he resides
to have been a soldier in the Revolution and that we
[illegible] in that opinion
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforsd
Noah Jones
Josiah Pond
E D Barber Clerk
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No 1208
To U. H. Everett
23d Oct 1832
Suspended
P - 49
Admitted
2 years & more
Private 811
U. H. Everett
Shoreham
Vt
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BRIEF in the case of Nathaniel Austin
of Addison County in the State of Vermont
(Act 7 June 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?
In a County Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he?
72 years.
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period.
In 17 not stated
not stated
March or April
1781.
not stated
not stated
Duration of Service.
Years,
Months,
9
3
Days.
Rank.
As a
private
do
do
do
do
Names of General and Field Officers
under whom he served.
Continental army
Capt. Hoskins Col Jacobs
Tour of militia duty officers not
┃ mentioned
Capt. Fish
Capt Hutchins
┃ Capt. Backen Maj. Brenson
5. In what battles was he engaged?
Attack on Rhode Island
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?
Dighton Massachusetts
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence,
by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?
the first period the witness proves that he was in service during
period of at least part of it, another proves his service in
30 & 4th periods
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
Correct
Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case
above mentioned.
. Duffield Examining Clerk
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.
3 - 525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C.,
In reply to your request of
for a statement of the military history of Nathaniel Austin
a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for perceived
on file in this Bureau. S. 1892
DATES OF
ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT.
Winter 1778
LENGTH OF
SERVICE.
3 mos.
9 mos
G Mr
3 Mos.
┃ 9 mos
RANK. Pvt
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
Apr 1778
Mch 1781
Jacob Harkins
Immediately.
Josiah Fish
Immediately
William Hutchins
Samuel Geth
Mary
Mary
Vt.
Brookins
Major Procinos
Vt.
Battles engaged in, Rhode Island.
Residence of soldier at enlistments Dighton, Mass. and Brooklin Vt
Date of application for pension, July 3, 1832, His claim was allowed
Residence at date of application, Shoreham, Addison Co. Vt.
Age at date of application, 72 years.
Remarks: No fame data
Nickols
COLONEL.
STATE.
6 -- 2856
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
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file No.
18692
INVALID.
Nathaniel Austin
Rev War
Act: June 32
index: -- Vol.
, Page 13
Arrangement of 1870.)
1915. Dec. 1. history to Mrs.
Jennie Buxton M.
15 Dec 13 Junie Buxton
to apply to and
. Dept
ch 9. History to Mrs.
W. Seelye
M. B.
25: history to James
M.B
I
16
Charles
16 Ap
Clark
May 3
Chas. W. Judge
& no claim is on file for widow
Nath Austin
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STATE OF VERMONT,
County, ss.
BOARD D. BARBER, Clerk of the County Court for the
County of Madison, do hereby are that the annexed documents contain
the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application
Nathaniel Austin for a pension
be testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and
of said Court this 12th day of July A.D.
1832
Edward D. Barber, Clerk
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Declaration of Nathaniel Austin
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And the said
Court do hereby declare their
opinion, after the investigation of
the matter and after putting
the interrogatories
prescribed the War Department,
that the above named applicant
was a revolutionary soldier and
served as he states; and the Court also
certify that
it is made to appear to them
^[insert] his competent testimony
the said Nathaniel Austin is a
person of veracity
[illegible] entitled
to credit, and that from personal
acquaintance with Noah Jones and
Josiah Pond, whose certificate is here
with transmitted, they consider them
persons of veracity, whose statements
are entitled to credit and
that the other
witnesses, whose affidants [sic] accompany
this declaration, are unknown to them
Edward D. Barber Clerk
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Wm Burrows
Affidavit
Nathaniel Austin's Case
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State of Vermont   on the 3d day of July
Addison County ⎬ A.D. 1832, Personally appeared
William Burrows of Crown Point in the County of Essex
and State of New York in open Court before the
justices of Addison County Court now sitting
who being duly sworn according to Law doth
testify and says that he has been
acquainted with Nathaniel Austin of Shoreham
in the County of Addison and State of Vermont
since the month of March or April AD 1781.
at which time the said Nathaniel Austin was a
soldier in Capt Josiah Fishes Company of
Infantry in Colo Samuel Fletchers Regiment then
stationed at Castleton Vermont and was
personally knowing that the sd Nathaniel
Austin served in said Fishes company the
term of nine month and can also [?]
that on the day that he was discharged at
Castleton from his nine months service as aforesaid
that he the said Nathaniel Austin again enlisted
into the service of the United States in Captain
William Hutchins Company for the time of
three month and I further certify and say
that the aforesaid Nathaniel Austin is the same
identical Nathaniel Austin who has this day made
before Addison County Court his declaration for the 
purpose of procuring a pension under the act of
Congress passed June 7 1832 and further say not
Wm Burrows
Sworn & subscribed the day year above written
E. D. Barber Clerk
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Affidavit of
George Austin
Nathaniel Austins Case
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I George Austin of Townshend County of Windham
& State of Vermont of lawful age do depose testify
and say that I am well acquainted with 
Nathaniel Austin who now resides in Shoreham
in the County of Addison and State of Vermont
and have always known him, intimately.
Since we were boys, that in the forepart of
April AD. 1778 the said Nathaniel Austin
& myself enlisted at Dighton in the State of
Massachusetts, into Capt. Jacob Haskins
Company of Infantry. The name of our Lieut
was French, our company belonged to Col.
Jacobs' Regiment, Gen. Cornell's Brigade and
Gen. Sullivan's Army - Nathaniel Austin
& myself enlisted into & served in the said company
mentioned above-
I served in the company with
said Nathaniel, three months, at the expiration of
which time I returning home & left the said Nathaniel
still in the army, how long he remained in
the
service after that I cannot distinctly he recollect,
but have always understood & believed that
he enlisted for and served the full term of nine
months at that time in Capt. Hoskins' Company
And further this Deponent saith not-
George Austin

State of Vermont}
Windham County}
Townshend March 22nd AD 1832
There, George Austin of Townshend in the County of Windham personally appearing and after being carefully examined
did duly cautioned made solemn oath that the
foregoing deposition by him subscribed contains
the whole truth & nothing but the truth.
Before me
Wm R. Shafter
Justice of the Peace
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I hereby certify that George Austin the maker
of the
foregoing deposition, is well known to me
and is a credible person
Wm R. Shafter
Justice of the Peace

State of Vermont -
Windham County Court Clerk's Office,
New Fare March 24. A.D. 1832
I certify that William R. Shafter, Esquire, is
one of the Justices of the Peace within
and for the County
of Windham aforesaid, and that the within and preceding
appear to me to be his signatures -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and affixed the Seal of said County Court
on the day and year above written
James Elliot, Clerk
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No 1208.
Declaration of Nathaniel Austin
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I Horace Stowell of Crownpoint in the County
of Essex and State of New York do testify and say
that I have been acquainted with William
Burrows of Crownpoint in the County of Essex
and State New York about twenty years last
past and that he is the same identical William
Burrows who made his Affidavit before Addison
County Court on the 3d of July AD 1832 in the
case of the application of Nathaniel Austin
for a pension under the Act of Congress of the
7th of June 1832 and that the said William
Burrows is a man of truth and veracity
and that his testimony is entitled to credit
and further this deponent saith not -
Sworn and subscribed this
3rd day of November 1832.
Horace Stowell
Before me Udney H. Everest Justice Peace
I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with
the above named Horace Stowell and ┃
that he is a credible witness
attest Udney H. Everett Justice Peace
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I Edward Wells of Bridport in the County of Addison & State of Vermont
do testify & say that I have been personally acquainted with William Burrows
of Crownpoint in the County of Essex & State of N York upwards of twenty
five years last past & that he is the identical William Burrows who
made his affidavit before Addison County Court on the 3d July AD
1832 in case of Nathaniel Austin application for a pension under the Act
of Congress of June 7th 1832 & that the said William Burrows
is a man of truth & veracity & his testimony entitled to credit & further this deponent
saith not.
Sworn & subscribed this 13th day of Nov. A.D. 1832}
Edward Wells [signature]
Before me Udney H. Everest Justice Peace

I hereby certify that I am acquainted with the
above named Edward Wells and that he is a
credible witness
Attest Udney J Everest Justice Peace

State of Vermont}
Addison County ss} I Samuel Swift Clerk of the County Court for
the said County of Addison, do hereby certify that
Udney H. Everest, before whom the foregoing affidavit
of Edward Wells, and the accompanying affidavit
of Horace Stowell were made, was at the
time a Justice of the peace for said County, and
his name thereto subscribed is his own Signature
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed
the seal of said Court this 17th day of November 1832
Saml Swift Clerk
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Shoreham Addison County Vermont
Nov 19. 1832.
Sir
I herewith forward the application of Nathaniel
Austin for a pension under the act of
June 1832. also the affidavits of Edward
Wells and Horace Stowell. Mr Nathl Austin
wishes that his certificate be forwarded to me as
soon as his pension is granted
yours Respectfully
Hon Lewis Cass Sectary of War
Udney H Everest
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Rev Sec
H
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28 Elm St.
Glens Falls, N.Y
April 26, 1916.
To the Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir, Nathaniel Austin of
Dighton, Mass. & Brooklin, Vt. & who
resided at Shoreham, Vt. when
he applied for pension and who
served under Captain Nichols, Haskins
Fish, Hutchins & Brookins, in the
Rev. War. died in Orwell, Vt.
in 1840. I understand his wife
Anna M. received a pension
after his death if so will you
please send me the official paper
to prove it. Thanking you for this
favor I am yours truly
Mrs. Charles W. Seelye

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(M.B.A. - S. F. 18692 - Rev. War)
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Rev Sec
West Pawlet, Vt.
Mar. 24, 1916.
Commissioner of Pensions
Dear Sir. - Please will you send
me the military record of Nathaniel
Austin of Berkley who was private in
1775, Capt. Peter Pitts' Co. Col. Timothy Walker
1778, " James Nichols " " John Daggett
1780 " Ebenezer Paul's Co.
also of
Nathaniel Austin
1780, Capt. Enoch Nobles Co. Col. John Ashley
1780 alarm at Bennington, Vt.
Roll sworn to at Sheffield.
Thanking you for this favor
I am Yours truly
James H Clark
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(illegible)
Glens Falls, N, Y.
28 Elm St.
Feb. 29, 1916
To the Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
Please will you send me the military his of Nathaniel Austin, who enlisted from Dighton, Mass., & Brooklin, Vt. his claim was allowed July 1, 1882, and resided at Shoreham, Vt. Fought under Captains Nickols, Haskins, Fish, Hutchins, & Brookins.
Also, of Benedict Egleston or Eggleston who enlisted at Stonington, Conn, claim allowed Apr. 8, 1818, and resided at Dornet, Vt. Fought under
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Captains Allyn & Hopkins & Col.
Samuel B. Webb
Thanking you for this favor
I am yours truly
Mrs. Charles W. Seelye
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Rev Sec
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West Pawlet, Vermont
Dec. 4, 1915.
To the Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir
I am received in regard
to Nathaniel Austin Rev. soldier which
was the one I was seeking, for
which I thank you. The
number of which is M.B.H;
J.F. 18.692;
Rev. War.
He served in Mass. & Vt. & resided
at Dighton, Mass & Brooklin, Vt when
enlisted, & lived at Shoreham, Vt
when applied for pension.
now what I wish to learn
is the date of which he received
his last pension & residence at that
time. To thus determine
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[ink stamp]
US PENSION OFFICE
DEC 6 1915

date of death. If you
tell me this I will greatly
appreciate it. Thanking you
I am Yours truly
Mrs. Jennie Buxton
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Rev sec
West Pawlet, Vt. Nov. 23, 1915.
To the Commissioner of Pensins
Washington D.C.
Dear Sir, - In regard to
Nathaniel Austin who had a son
Edmund N. born 1778, I cannot give
further data only I think he died
at Shoreham, Vt. enlisted from
New York State
I would like the Revolutionary War
service of Eliakim Perry
who m. Dec. 18, 1740 Sarah Ivy & had
children David, Sylvanus, Abigail & Elizabeth.
by a second marriage had Seth, Azor, Eliakim
Ozias & Ezekiel. He was a Capt in the
Rev. & served under Col. Pepperell of R.I.
Thanking you for information received
I am Yours truly
(Mrs.) Jennie Buxton
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Vt M
Rev. War Section.
Mrs. Charles W. Seelye,
28 Elm Street,
Glens Falls, N. Y.
Madam:-
May 3, 1916.
Nathaniel Austin,
In response to your letter dated the 26"" ultimo,
you are advised that a careful search of the Revolutionary War
records fails to show that a claim for pension was ever 
filed by any one as the widow of Nathaniel Austin, S. F. No. 18,692,
a history of whose service was furnished you March 9, 1916.
For the date of the last payment of his pension
and probable date of death and person to whom it was paid,
you should apply to the Auditor of the Interior Department,
United States Treasury Department, citing the following data: Nathaniel Austin, 
"Certificate 2,719, issued December 4, 1832
at rate of $80, per annum from March 4, 1831,
under Act June 7, 1832, at Vermont Agency."
Very respectfully,
G M Saltzgaber
Commissioner.
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Rev. War Section.

December 13, 1915.

Mrs. Jennie Buxton
West Pawlet, Vt.
Madam;
In response to your letter dated the 4" instant, you are advised that in order to obtain the date of last payment of pension and place of residence of Nathaniel Austin, Sur. File No. 18,692, Rev. War, you should apply to the Auditor for the Interior Department, U. S. Treasury Department, citing all the following data:
"Nathaniel Austin, Certificate No. 2,712, issued December 4, 1833, at the rate of $80. per annum, from March 4, 1831, under the Act of June 7, 1832, at the Vermont Agency."
Very respectfully,
G. M. Saltzgaber
Commissioner