Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B.L.Wt-106-300, for Nathan Stoddard, Connecticut
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
Conn.
Stoddard, Nathan
NUMBER
B.L. Wt. -106-300
CONTENTS
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Primghar, Iowa
August 23, 1919

Pension Department
Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen,
Would you kindly give me the pension record of Captain Nathan Stoddard, also of Honorable Timothy Hinman. W. 1607
Respectfully
Doris Hinman
Primghar
Iowa
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The Heirs / Wt No 100

Capt Nathan Stoddard'
Claim Mil. B Land
No 106
Lodged by J. C. Smith
M.H. B .

Decr 29. 1917
M. 106-300 [illegible]
Capt. Conn. [illegible]
[illegible] Dec. 24. 1803
Nathan A. Stoddard
[illegible]
[illegible] John C. Smith
[illegible]
Connecticut
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Know all men by these presents that I Nathan
A. Stoddard of Woodbury in the County of Litchfeild [Litchfield] & State of Connecticut - Do by these present constitute & appoint the Honorable John C. Smith Esq Representative from the State of Connecticut in the Congress of the United States to be my lawful Attorney & in my behalf to receive any warrants for bounty lands which I may be entitled to [illegible] as heir to Capt. Nathan Stoddard who was killed
at the Siege of [illegible] fort in the year 1777
and as assigns to the other heirs of Stoddard -

Which County lands were allowed by an act of Congress the 16th of September 1776 & I do hereby empower my attorney to any necessary act or acts in my name & behalf for the
purpose of affecting the object afored [aforementioned] & give any discharge or [illegible] necessary [illegible]
Woodburry [illegible] 1801. Nathan A Stoddard

Woodbury Dec 1st 1801
Personally appeared Nathan A. Stoddard signer & sealer of the foregoing instrument & acknowledged the same to be his free act & and deed before me 
Nathanial Smith [illegible]
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Woodbury December 1st AD 1801
I hereby certify whom it may concern that there are no other heirs of Capt. Nathan Stoddard who was killed in [illegible] Fort, than the parties to a deed herewith transmitted
Nathaniel Smith
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Registered
of
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Department of War
Accountants Office
April 26th 1800
I certify that it appears by the Register of the Muster Rolls of the Connecticut line
on file in this Office that Nathan Stoddard
was appointed a Captain in Colo John
Chandlers Regiment on the 1 January
and died the 15th November 1777 but from
affidavit and Certificate of Colonel In Chandler
herewith that he was killed at the forge
of Med Fort in the year 1777 his Heirs
are therefore entitled to the County land
allowed by act of Congress passed the 16.
pursuance of a prior return-
September 1776 unless it has been granted in
W
Cammons
Heck Dept War
the
feet of War
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I know all men by these presents that We Timothy Hinman & Phebe Hinman  Japheth Binham & Sarah Binham all of Denby in the County of Orleans and State of Vermont.  Alden Sprague & Eunice Sprague of Haver Hill in the County of Grafton and State of New Hampshire.  Timothy Strong & Clarice Strong of Bethlem  in the County of  Litchfield and State of Connecticut  Truman Judson Olive Judson [written above Truman Judson] of Woodbury in the County of Litchfield aforesaid and Timothy Wheeler & Hannah Wheeler of Oxford in the County of New Haven and State of Connecticut aforesaid [abbreviation afores superscript d] each of us lawfull heirs and legal representatives of Capt Nathan Stoddard late of Woodbury in the County of Litchfield afersaid Do for and in consideration of a valuable sum Received [abbreviated Rec superscript d] to our full satisfaction of Nathan Stoddard of Woodbury aforesaid.  Have [abbreviation Atien? superscript d] released [releas superscript d] conveyed [convey superscript d] and confirmed unto him the said Nathan and to his heirs and assigns forever all our right title interest properly and Demand of in and unto any Military Bounty of Land that is or may be obtained for us or hour [sic - our] heirs in consequence of the servises [sic - services] of Capt Nathan Stoddard in the Army of the United State During the late war with Great Britain.  To have and to hold the above ***** ***** with the appertunances and priveledges then unto belonging to him the said Nathan Stoddard his heirs and assigns forever to his and Heir own proper use and *** of  Tm Hinman w** the said Timothy Hinman, Phebe Japheth, Sara, Alden, Eunice, Timothy Strong, Clarice , Truman, Olive, Timothy Wheeler & Hannah Do covenant with the said Nathan his heirs for our selves and him to warrant and defend  the above disented ***** against all person or persons claiming from by or under us or our heirs in witness where of we have here unto [word covered by paper]  our hands and seals the following Dates
[illegible] the word, Olive Judson [illegible - intertinerd?] before sight
Sept. 16th 1801 in presents of 
[list of signatures left side of page]
Ralph Tomlinson
Charles Kingsbury
Levi Tomlinson}
Deborah Tomlinson} witness for Timothy & Hannah Wheeler}
N. Doolittle
David Bellamy
}[to left of list of signatures] State of Vermont}
Orleans County} Duly on the 16th of Sept 1801 personally appeared Timothy Hinman, Phebe Hinman Japheth Binham & Sarah Binham signers and sealers of the foregoing instrument and [illegible] th same to be their free act and deed before me
Charles Kingsbury Just Peace

State of Connecticut}
New Haven County} Duly  Nov 21 AD 1801 personally appeared Timothy Wheeler and Hannah Wheeler signers & sealers of the foregoing intrument  ****** the same to be their free act and deed before me
Levi Tomlinson Just of Peace

[Signatures to right of previous section] 
{Timothy Hinman
Phebe Hinman
Japheth Benham
Sarah Benham
Timothy Wheeler
Hannah Wheeler
Timothy Strong
Clarice St[rong - paper shapes overtop]
Truman J[udson, paper shapes overtop]
Olive Jud[son - paper shapes overtop]

[lower left corner]
Litchfield County ss Woodbury
Duly *** personally appeared Truman Judson Olive Judson signers & sealers of the foregoing In
Litchfield County strument & acknowledge the same to be their free act and deed before me.
Nathan Preston Just of Peace

[Center bottom of page]
Litchfield County of Bethlem Dec 7th 1801 personally appeared Timothy Strong  & Clarice Strong signers of the foregoing instrument and [illegible] the same to be their act & deed before me 
David Bellamy Justice of Peace
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In reply to your request of __________, received ________________ for a statement of the military history of Mathias Stoddard [handwritten] a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in [strike through] his [strike through widow's] heirs [written above widow's] application for [strike through pension] [illegible] land on file in this Bureau.

[table headings]
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
LENGTH OF SERVICE.
RANK.
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. : CAPTAIN., COLONEL.
STATE.

Jany 1, 1777    ------    Captain   ------  John [illegible - Ch***dd**?]  Conn
killed Mar 15, 1777 at the seige of Mud Fort

Battles engaged in, Mud Fort [handwritten]
Residence of soldier at enlistment,   [illegible], Conn.
Date of application for [strike through pension] [written above pension] ba? land, 1801  Issued Dec 24, 1803
Residence at date of application, _______________
Remarks:  Heir in 1801 {Nathan A. Stoddard, & Truman and Olive Judson  of  Woodbury, **
[illegible, very faint, first line recognize a , ] Benham of Denby, Vt. Alden & Eunice Sprague of  Haverhill, ,NH.H. - Timothy - Clarice Strong
of  Bethlehem, Conn. -   - 
Timothy & Hannah Wheeler of Oxford, Conn.  
Respectfully, 


Commissioner
6-285C
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S
Rev. War Section.
September 3, 1919.
Doris Hinman,
Primghar,
Iowa.
Madam:
In response to your letter dated the twenty-third [illegible],
you are advised that the papers on file in this Bureau show that
one Nathan Stoddard of Woobbury, Connecticut, was commissioned
January 1, 1777,  a Captain in Colonel John Chandler's regiment
of Connecticut troops, and that he was killed November 15, 1777
in the siege of Mud Fort.
In 1801, an application was [illegible] for the bounty land
which would have been due said officer, by his lawful heirs, viz:
Nathan A. Stoddard and Truman and Olive Judson, of Woodbury Connecticut;
Timothy ^w. file 1607 and Phobe Hinman, Japheth and Sarah Benham of
Derby, Vermont; Alden and Eunice Sprague of Haverhill, New Hampshire;
 Timothy and Clarissa strong of Bethlehem, Connecticut;
and Timothy and Hannah Wheeler of Oxford, Connecticut; and a
Warrant numbered 106, for three hundred acres of land, was issued
December 24, 1803, to Nathan A. Stoddard aforesaid.
There are no further particulars of service, nor family
data on file.
Very respectfully,
E. C. [illegible]
Acting Commissioner.