Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 19487, Nathaniel Garfield, Mass.
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Service Number
Mass.
Garfield, Nathaniel W19487
Eunice BLWt 1886-160-55
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[Left Side of Page]
28538 New York
Nathaniel Garfield
of Alan Co in the State of New York
who was a Private in the Compy commanded
by Captain Harrington of the Regt. commanded
by Col Dyke in the Massachusetts
line for 2 years

Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of 80 Dollars ---- Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831

Certificate of Pension issued the 12 day of April 1834 and sent to Hon. H C. Martindale Ho. Regs

Arrears to the 4th of March '34
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep '34

$240
40
$280.00

Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7 1832. 

Recorded by Jno. Cromwell Clerk,
Book & Vol. 4 Page 102

[Right Side of Page]
Letter to Hon A G Hand of 3d Auditor
12th June 1840
Let. to Hon A. G. Hand,
Januy 14, 1840

Dead
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6th April 1838, from 4 Sept 1838 to 9th Feb 1839, the day of his death. Agt notified
16 June 1840

Let to Calvin Barn avd. Oct 31, '42
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Let to M. T. Clough Jan 18,/51

Reported 
January 18/49

3055
New York Albany 
Eunice Garfield 
widow of Nathaniel 
Mass
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private 

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars ~ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.

Certificate of Pension issued the 18 day of January 1849 and sent to M.T. Clough Ticonderoga N.Y. 

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 76 Vol. 4
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113.248 Act Mar 3/55 [March 3, 1855?]

Eunice Garfield
Wid [Widow] pf
Nathaniel Garfield, Priv [Private]

Capn [Captain] [two sets of ditto marks]
Col [Colonel] [two sets of ditto marks]
Private [underlined] Col [?] Dyke
Mass [Massachusetts] Mila [Militia]
War of the Revolution

US Pensioner under Act 1848

[Crossways over the above:] No. 13866 iss [issued?] Jany 11/56 [January 11, 1856 not sure of the 11]

[In a different hand:] Mrs [?] Lely 48-3055
AO.. 160 aco Jany 9/56 [January 9, 1856]
Dodge
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[written on what looks like the back of another document whose ink has bled through a bit]

In the Matters of Nathaniel Garfield

[in a different hand:] Nathl [Nathaniel] Garfield
9912 [or 1.99.12]

[in what looks like the original hand:] On rolls [can't read last word]
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State of New York} 
County of Warren} Ss: [Sirs?]
    On this Eighteenth day of September A.D. 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas now sitting Nathaniel Garfield a resident of Hague in the county of Warren and state of New York aged seventy one years, who being first duly sworn according to the Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832.
    That in the month of December A.D. 1776 but on what day of the month I do not recollect I enlisted as a volunteer in the company of Captain Moses Harrington as a private. The Regiment to which I belonged was commanded by Col [Colonel] Dyke. Nicholas Dyke I think was a part of the Massachusetts Malitia [Militia]. I have no recollection of the names of any other of the officers of the Regiment. I lived at that time in Sutton Worcester County Massachusetts and marched directly from Sutton to Dorchester H[?]rightly - and served there three Months. The Regiment occupied two forts There was one company of Artillery commanded by Capt. [Captain] Todd, which did not belong to Colonel Dykes Regiment. I received no formal discharge The company was drawn up + [and] verbally dismissed by the [a blot and an illegible word] - I do not recollect that the Regiment was designated by any particular number-.
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In the latter part of August or the forepart of September 1778 I enlisted in a company of Massachusetts Militia as the substitute of one John Millies in Capt [Captain] Belknaps company Col [Colonel[ ] Wade's Regiment. John Millies had enlisted for the term of six months and I took his plan about a month after the commencement of. his term and served four months I joined the army the day before the Battle of NewPort. The Marquis LaFayette commanded the division to which I belonged in the battle - I stood within a few feet of LaFayette when his horse was wounded in the neck by a grape shot - the battle commenced in the morning. The British advanced three times within about twelve rods of our line which was stationed behind a stone wall and was three times broken and compelled to retreat. The next night our army retreated from the Island - a path crosses at Howlands Ferry and a path over to Bristol. There were seven men killed in the company to which I belonged in this battle - Soon after this battle our Regiment marched to East Greenwich in Rhode Island and remained there until the Setting ice of Winter. Col [Colonel] Green's [Greene's]. Black Regiment of Regulars was stationed there at the same time - On leaving East Greenwich the Regiment marched to [word looks like Obdex] Newtown in the Lower part of Rhode Island and continued there
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until the expiration of my Term sometime in January 1779. I received no written discharge. The company was dismissed by Capt. Belknap. One of the Lieutenants of the company named was Seaver. I lived at the time of this enlistment in the town of Grafton, State of Massachusetts. I have no recollection of the No. of the Regiment in which I served. In the month of September 1779 I enlisted as a volunteer in Captain David Morris' Company, Col Jacob's Regiment of Massachusetts Militia at Grafton in the county of Worcester and marched there to Providence Rhode Island. After staying there a few days our Regiment marched out to the Island of Rhode Island wherefrom were kept in the Barracks, which had lately been evacuated by the British, and were engaged in guarding the stores of the hay wood, which has been left by the enemy. Col Angel's Regiment of Regulars was on the Island. When our Regiment arrived and I believe Col [unclear] of Olney's Regiment also but they soon after left to join Washington's army. This enlistment was for the term of three months. I was discharged in December 1779 by the captain as aforesaid. I do not know that our Regiment was numbered. I was kept on Rhode Is until discharged. At the time of this enlistment I resided in the town of Grafton Massachusetts.
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About the first of July 1780 I again enlisted as a volunteer at Rutland in the county of Worcester state of Massachusetts for Six months in the 12th Regiment of Militia State Regulars from Massachusetts commanded by Col. [Colonel] [can't read, ends 'rout' or 'routh'] + [and] served five months and fourteen days in the company of Capt. [Captain] [can't read insertion] Abraham Williams [insertion:] captain comm...[can't read the rest of the insertion] and was discharged on the 16th day of December 1780 at Westpoint in the state of New York The proof [proof?] of this service will be found in the [can't read] Discharge of Capt. [Captain] Williams - In the said discharge + [and] order for rations the word "Rutland" was erased + [and] the word "Barry" substituted by Capt. [Captain] Williams at my request for the following reasons. During this period of the war every town in Massachusetts was required to furnish a certain quota of men for the services + [and] the town paid their soldiers a certain sum besides what they received from Congress. I had been a short time before my enlistment residing in Barry but when I enlisted I lived in Rutland a neighboring town and I enlisted as an Inhabitant of Rutland. The town of Barry claimed me as an Inhabitant of that town + [and] a decision was had in their favor. I therefore requested the captain that tho [though] I enlisted as an Inhabitant of Rutland I might be discharged as belonging to Barry for facilitating the drawing of my pay from that town.
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In the month of March 1781 I enlisted as a volunteer in a company of Massachusetts Militia raised for the purpose of guarding British prisoners at the Rutland Barracks in the county of Worcester. I lived at the time of this enlistment in the town of Rutland county of Worcester. The company was commanded by Capt. [Captain] Timothy Ruggles - I continued in the service this time ten months at the Rutland Barracks when the company was dismissed by the captain as a company of Invalids had arrived from Boston to relieve us. James McHerring the orderly sergeant now resides as I am informed in the town of Hebron Washington County New York by whom I expect to prove the fact of my service in this term. No written discharge was received. I served in each of the above terms as a private in volunteer [can't read] as stated above and have no documentary evidence + [and] know of no person by whom I can prove my service during either of the above terms or any part of the same except as is above stated-
     And I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to any pension or annuity except the present + [and] further declare that my service is not on the pension Roll of the Agency of any state.

Sworn to subscribed the day year [can't read last word] [signature in a different hand] Nathaniel Garfield
Thomas Chilubold [?] Clerk of War Com. Plus [?]
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State of New York, Washington County James McPherson of the town of Salem but late of Hebron in said county, being duly sworn, deposeth + [and] saith that he was acquainted with  Nathaniel Garfield, the applicant within named in the year 1781 that he does know that the said Nathaniel enlisted as a volunteer soldier some time in the Month of March or April an [and?] he believes in the year 1781, into Capt. [Captain] Timothy Ruggles' Company of Rutland in the County of Worcester in Massachusetts for twelve months as he verily believes - That he was employed in guarding the [can't read could be 'barracks'] of the British and that he actively saw and knew that the said Nathaniel was in the service of the United States in the War of the Revolution as a Soldier in the Militia of the State of Massachusetts - and that he did serve as within Stated during the said year;
Subscribed [?] and sworn that 28 August 1832 before -
[signature in a different hand:] John Willard first Judge Wash. [Washington] County Court
[in same hand as signature next to it; the semicolon after 'year' above is in the same ink:]
James M'Pherson [McPherson] [There is an X between the first and last names. Above the X is 'his' and below the X is 'mark']
I certify that I am well acquainted with the above named James McPherson + [and] that he is a credible person + [and] entitled to full belief - March 11, 1834
John Willard, first Judge

State of New York
Washington County Ss [Sirs]; I Jesse S. Leigh Clerk of the said County do certify that John Willard Esq before whom the above affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same first Judge of the said County commissioned and sworn and duly authorized by law to act as said Judge and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name above subscribed to be genuine + [and] his proper hand writing signature.
[To the left of this section is a crooked square that may be the seal] In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the said county this 28th day of August 1832
J.S. Leigh Clerk
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In open Court September 18". 1832.
     Nathaniel Garfield being duly sworn to answer_ Says _ He was born in Leicester in Mass's _ in 1760 _ has no record of his age- lived in Sutton & in Rutland, & in Barry, & in Grafton in Mas's _when went into the service. has lived thirty years in the state of New York now lives in Hague- volunteered- was a substitute one term for one John Millin_ served under Capt. Herrington, Col Dykis Reg't _ again under Capt. Belknap, (Col Jacobs is crossed out) Col. Wade_ again under Capt. More, Col Jacobs_, the general circumstances of his services are detailed in the records office doccu'ts which has been examined by him received a written discharge which is hereto annexed _ Mr. Charles Harris, & Mr. J.J. Cameron (Capt.Bailey is crossed out) - Eldie Grant _ Stephen Pratt will testify as to his character for veracity & their belief of his services in the Revolutionary War.  
                          before me
                            Seth C. Baldwin
                             rec'd Judge (illegible)
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State of New York }
Washington County }ss.  I Jesse S. Leigh  Clerk of the said county do certify that John Willard Esq. who has made the foregoing certificate of the credibility of Samuel McIlheron and whose name is thereto subscribed, is first Judge of the County of Washington and that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Judge and verily believe his name subscribed to the said certificate to be genuine and (seal obscures next two words) hand writing and signature of the said Judge. In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed  application(?) and affixed the seal of the said Court this 11th day of March 1834.
                                      J. S. Leigh
[sunburst shaped seal is affixed to bottom left]
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We William Grant a Clergyman residing in the town of Bolton Stephen Pratt of the same place and county of Warren and James J. Cameron of the town of Caldwell and County aforesaid hereby Certify that we are well acquainted with Nathaniel Garfield who has subscribed and Sworn to the above declaration . that we believe him to be seventy one years of age and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion.  
Subscribed & Sworn in open        Wm Grant
Court this 18th day of           James J. Connors 
September 1832 before me.     Stephen Pratt
Thomas Archibald                      
Clerk of Warren Common Pleas
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And the Said Court do hereby [words obscured by fold in paper] opinion after their Investigationns of this Matter and after putting the Interrogatories prescribed by the war Department that the above named aplicant [applicant] was a revolutionary Soldier and Served as he States and the Court further certifies that It appears to them that William Grant who has Signed the preceding Certificate is a Clergyman resident in the town of Bolton in the County of Warren and State aforesaid and James I. Carnerow [?] of the [crossed out: same town] town of Caldwell County + [and] State aforesaid and Stephen Pratt of the aforesaid town of Bolton Warren County + [and] State of NY [New York] and is a Credible person or persons and that their Statement is Intitled [entitled] to credit
I Thomas Archibald Clerk of the Court of Common pleas of the County of Warren do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the Original proceedings of the Said Court in the matter of the application of Nathaniel Garfield for a pension In Testimony whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and Seal of Office this Eighteenth day of September 1832
Thomas Archibald Clerk
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Declaration
State of New York County of Warren} Ss [Sirs]

On this fifteenth day of October one thousand eight hundred and forty two personally appeared before Stephen Pratt one of the Judges of Warren County Courts Eunice Garfield a resident of Hague in the county of Warren aged Eighty years on the Sixteenth day of November next Who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of congress passed July 7th 1838 Entitled an act granting half pay and pension to certain "Widows:" That she is the Widow of Nathaniel Garfield Who Was a private in the army in the War of the Revolution and She further Saith that She knows but Little about the particular services performed in the War of the Revolution by her husband the Late Nathaniel Garfield Deceased except what information she had received from her Said husband during his Life time that she had been informed by him that he Served in the War of the Revolution more then [than] two years that her husband the Said Nathaniel Garfield in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty four made application for a pension under the act of June 1832 and obtained a pension of Eighty Dollars per annum during his Natural Life that the pension certificate of the said Nathaniel Garfield Deceased was Sent to the War department of the United States by my agent Nathaniel Garfield (son of the Deceased) accompaning [accompanying] her application
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to [can't read word] the pension due to her said husband the said Nathaniel Garfield from the 4th day of September 1838 until the 9th day of February 1839 on which day the said Nathaniel Garfield died that she relies on the proofs and evidence furnished by her said husband the said Nathaniel Garfield to prove his services in the War of the Revolution at the time the said Nathaniel Garfield made his application to obtain a pension that she has good Reason to believe that the Said affidavits and papers furnished by her said husband the said Nathaniel Garfield and the pension certificate obtained from the War office of the United States by him are Now on file in the pension office at the War Department of the united States. She further declares that she was married to the said Nathaniel Garfield on the Sixth day of January in the year Seventeen hundred and Eighty Eight that her husband the aforesaid Nathaniel Garfield died on the ninth day of February Eighteen hundred and thirty nine - that She was not married to him prior to his leaving the Service but the Marriage took place previous to the first of January Seventeen hundred and ninety four viz: at the time above Stated She further declares that She has not Married Since the Death of her said husband the aforesaid Nathaniel Garfield and now remains the Widow of the aforesaid Nathaniel Garfield. She further declares that her Name previous to her being Married to the aforesaid Nathaniel Garfield was Eunice Woodward and that she was Married in the town of Greenwich in the State of Massachusetts
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Sworn to and subscribed [illegible]
on the day and year above
Written before Stephen Pratt
Judge of Warren County Courts

I hereby certify that I have been
Will acquainted with Eunice Garfield
the individual who has subscribed to and
Sworn to the above or foregoing Declaration
for the space of twenty years or more
and that she is a woman of unblemished
character and of undoubted truth and
Verasity and I further certify that
in concequence of old age and infirm
or bad heath the said Eunice Garfield
unable to attend Court to make
this or the above or foregoing Declaration

[illegible] 15th October 1884 [?] 

Stephen Pratt
Judge of Warren County Court
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     V     No   8480
  Eunice Garfield
          NY
Act 7. July 38
m 88.  d  39.       

(illegible) 1
(illegible)
 80$


Calvin Barnard
Hague
Warren Ct
N.Y.
[written sideways along right edge}
Stephen Pratt
Judge of Warren Court   county
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State of New York}
Warren County } ss
      Nathaniel Garfield resident of Hague in said county aged forty nine years being first duly sworn according to law says that he lived with his father Nathaniel Garfield named in the annexed declaration made by Eunice Garfield (Widow of the said Nathaniel Garfield)  That after this deponant arrived to the age of twenty one years he commenced business for himself and that his father the said Nathaniel Garfield from that time until he died lived with his deponant that the said Nathaniel Garfield died on the Ninth day of February eighteen hundred and thirty nine     This deponant further saith that the said Nathaniel Garfield made application for a pension in the year eighteen hundred and thirty four.   and did obtain a certificate granting him a pension of eighty dollars per annum during his Natural Life.  this deponant knows the fact of the said Nathaniel Garfield, Deceased, having the above mention pension certificate and that this deponant has reputedly acted as the agent of the said Nathaniel Garfield in drawing his pension this deponant further saith that as the agent of above named Eunice Garfield, Widow, of the aforementioned Nathaniel Garfield, Deceased, be sent the pension certificate of the afore said Nathaniel Garfield, deceased, to the War Department of the United States accompanying the application of the aforesaid Eunice Garfield; Widow, of the aforesaid Nathaniel Garfield, deceased in order to draw the pension due the aforesaid Nathaniel Garfield, Deceased.
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from the 4th day of September 1838 to the 9th day of February 1839   This deponent further saith that he was personally present at the birth of the aforesaid Nathaniel Garfield and that he died on the date heretofore stated and this deponent further saith that he has examined the books and papers of the aforesaid Nathaniel Garfield, deceased; and that he found amongst the papers of the aforesaid Nathaniel Garfield, deceased; carfully [carefully] preserved; the slip of paper hereunto annexed containing the Record of the age of the aforesaid Nathaniel Garfield deceased 

[the following note is superimposed over 6 lines of text; written in a different hand]
Nathaniel Garfield was borne [born] October the 26 In Lewiston the ye [year] 1760   Eunis Garfield his wife was borne [born] November the 16 1762 In Needham  
Sarah Garfield ws borne [born]  May the 15 1788 In [can't read location] to Natha [Nathaniel] and Eunis Garfield
I was marryed [married?] January the 6 1788 to Eunis Woodard

[Below the above note the original document continues]
saith that the Record contained on the said slip of paper hereto annexed is in the proper hand writing of the said Nathaniel Garfield Deceased
[Signed] Nathaniel Garfield

Sworn before me this 15th day of October 1842
Stephen Pratt Judge of Warren County Courts
I certify that Nathaniel Garfield who subscribed to the above affidavit is a man of good Moral character and of [word looks a bit like undoubt] truth and Veracity
Hague 15th October 1842
Stephen Pratt
Judge of Warren County Courts
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[This is another copy of the previous page with the obscuring attachment removed. Here is the missing text in context:]

....carefully preserved; the slip of paper hereunto annexed containing the Record of the age of the aforesaid Nathaniel Garfield Deceased and of Eunice Garfield his Wife and of the birth of Sarah Garfield their oldest daughter and also the day month + [and] year that the aforesaid Nathaniel Garfield Was Married to Eunice Woodard and this deponent further saith that the Record contained on the said slip of paper....
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County of Warren Town of Hague ss 
Calvin Barnard of Hague in said county aged forty nine years being first Duly sworn according to Law Says that he has been acquainted with Nathaniel Garfield, Deceased, and Eunice Garfield in the Declaration of Eunice Garfield, Widow, of the Said Nathaniel Garfield Deceased Named ever since the year Eighteen hundred until the Death of the aforesaid Nathaniel Garfield which took place on the 9th of February, 1839 and that this Deponent was personally present at the Death of the aforesaid Nathaniel Garfield and that it took place on the day above stated.   This Deponant further says that the Said Nathaniel and Eunice Lived together as husband and Wife for about thirty nine years to the knowledge of this Deponant   This Deponant further says that he Was Well acquainted with the hand Writing of the aforesaid Nathaniel Garfield Deceased, and that this Deponent has Examined the family Record of the marriage of the said Nathaniel Garfield and Eunice Woodard and that the said Record is in the proper hand Writing of the afore Said Nathaniel Garfield, Deceased, this Deponent further saith that he know that the said Nathaniel Garfield Deceased was a pensioner and drew a pension in his Life time of eighty dollars per annum. that this deponent was a Justice of the peace and that the aforesaid Nathaniel Garfield, Deceased has made his papers to draw his pension before this Deponent.      
(Signed) Calvin Bernard

Sworn before me on this 15th day of October 1842
[Signature in a different hand:] Stephen Pratt Judge of Warren County Courts
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I Stephen Pratt do Certify the I have been acquainted with Calvin Barnard  for some twenty years and do believe him to be a man of good moral character and a man of truth and veracity 
Stephen Pratt
Judge of Warren County Courts
[Below this is a fold of paper obscuring further writing sideways on the paper]
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State of New York
[left side of first five lines of text obscured by an official seal. I indicated missing text with ....]
....[Probably Warren County] Ss [Sirs] I Thomas Archibald Clerk of the County....Warren do hereby Certify that Stephen Pratt Esqr [Esquire]....before whom the written affidavits purports to have been Sworn was at the date of the Said affidavits a....of the County Courts of the Said County of Warren and further that I am acquainted with the hand Writing of this Said Judge and verily believe his name Subscribed to the written affidavits to be the proper hand Writing + [and] Signature
In testimony whereof I have hereunto Subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of the Said Courts this 22d day of October 1842
Thomas Archibald Clerk
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Service
Mass.

Garfield, Nathaniel
Eunice

Number
W19487
B.L.Nt 138866-160-55
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[This is a printed form filled in in cursive]

BOUNTY LAND CLAIM.
FORM OF DECLARATION
To be made by the Widow of an Officer or Soldier of the Revolutionary War.

State of New York}
County of Warren} ss. [sirs]
On this 14th day of April A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid, Eunice Garfield aged Ninety Two years, a resident of the Town of Hague in the State of New York, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Nathaniel Garfield, deceased, who was a Private Soldier in the Revolutionary War whos [whose] name was scribed on the Pension list + [and] who drew a pension at the rate of eighty dollars per Annum payable at the Pension Agency at Albany in the State of New York and the place of his residence was in the town of Hague in the County of Warren + [and] State of New York and further States as the Widow of Said Nathaniel Garfield she [thus does not receive?] a pension under the act of February 2d 1848 at the rate of Eighty Dollars per Annum Payable at the Pension agency in the City of Albany in the State of New York  To Which papers she refers for proof of her Husband's Services + [and] her Marriage.

She further states that she was married to the said Nathaniel Garfield in [blank] on the 6th day of January A.D., 1788 by one [blank] a [blank] and that her name before her said marriage was Eunice Woodard that her said husband died at Hague in the State of New York on the 9th day of February A.D., 1839 and that she is now a widow at the date of executing this her declaration.

She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the act approved March 3, 1855.

[Signature:] Eunice X Garfield [above the X it says 'her'; below the X it says 'mark]

AFFIDAVIT OF TWO WITNESSES.
We, D.C. Baker and Heland H. Garfield residents of Hague in the State of New York upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Eunice Garfield in our presence, and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be.
[Signatures:] D.C. Baker H.H. Garfield

The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be; and that I have no interest in this claim.
I hereby certify that the above named Eunice Garfield from age + [and] infirmity is unable to write her name Curtis Allen J.P.
Curtis Allen Justice Peace
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[This is a printed form filled in in cursive]

POWER OF ATTORNEY.

Know all men by these presents, That I, Eunice Garfield of the County of Warren and the State of New York and the widow of Nathaniel Garfield deceased, who was a soldier in the service of the United States, do hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint JOHN T. NEELY, Esq., [Esquire] of Washington City, D.C., [District of Columbia] my true and lawful attorney, irrevocably, for me and in my name, to prosecute and receive from the United States the Bounty Land certificate, or warrant, due me by virtue of my deceased husband's service in the United States, under existing laws granting Bounty Lands to the officers and soldiers, or their widows and minor heirs, for services rendered in the different wars, and generally to do all lawful acts and things whatsoever touching the premises, an attorney or attorneys under him for the purpose aforesaid to make, and at his pleasure to revoke, hereby confirming all and whatsoever my said attorney shall in my name legally do or cause to be done in and about the premises, as much so as if present myself.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 14th [the 4 is written over and could be a 7] day of April 1855
[Signature with 'her' above and 'mark' below the X:] Eunice X Garfield

Acknowledged and subscribed before me, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Warren and State of New York this 14th [the 4 is written over and could be a 7] day of April 1855
Curtis Allen Justice of Peace
State of New York}
County of Waren} ss. [Sirs]
I, Thomas Archibald Clerk of the County Court, in and for the County and State above mentioned, do hereby certify that Curtis Allen whose genuine signature appears to the foregoing declaration, affidavit, and power of attorney is, and was at the time of signing the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn; that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit; and that the aforesaid County Court, is a Court of Record, having general jurisdiction.
GIVEN under my hand and Seal of Office, at [can't read location] in the Said County this ninteenth [?] day of April A.D. 1855
Thomas Arcibald Clerk
[?] $0.25
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[this is a printed form]

NOTES.
    The declaration to be executed before a Justice of the Peace, or other officer authorized to administer oaths for general purposes.
    In the blank in the declaration the claimant must set forth according to the best of her knowledge or belief, the name and rank of the person on account of whose service the claim is presented; the day, month, and year, (if possible,) when he entered the service, and the time when the left the same; and, if under more than one engagement, the claimant must specify the particular periods; and the rank and name of the officers under whom the service was performed; the town or county, and State in which he resided when he entered the service; whether he was draughted, was a volunteer, or substitute; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged; the country through which he marched, with such further particulars as may be useful in the investigation of the claim; and also, produce the best proof the nature of the case will allow, as to the service of the deceased officer or soldier, and the time when he died   It must be clearly shown in what troop or company, and regiment or corps, he served, and the grade he held. Proof as to service must be had, either from the records of the War Department, the muster rolls, the testimony of commissioned officers, or the affidavits of persons of known respectability.
    If the fact be so that the claimant has no documentary evidence in support of the claim, set forth such facts in the declaration.
    But if the soldier was a pensioner then simply discribe [describe] him by giving the amount of pension he drew, the place of his residence, and the agency at which his pension was paid, instead of a description of his service.
    This declaration must be accompanied by satisfactory proof of the marriage, of the husband's death, and the present widowhood of the claimant. If there be a public record of the marriage, a duly certified copy of it should be forwarded, if possible. If there be none but a private or family record, such family record, or a certified copy of the same, should be forwarded, with the affidavit of some disinterested person proving the genuineness of the original and the correctness of the copy. If no public or private record of the marriage exist, or can be procured, that fact should be set forth in the declaration, after giving her maiden name; and in such case, other evidence--such as the testimony of persons who knew the parties in the lifetime of the husband, and knew them to cohabit as husband and wife, and to be so reputed--will be admissible.
    [right pointing hand symbol] In no case, however, will the mere statement of witnesses that the claimant is the widow ['is the widow' in italics] of the deceased be taken as evidence of the marriage; but the witnesses must state facts ['facts' in italics] and circumstances ['circumstances' in italics] from which they derive their knowledge or opinion that she is the widow of the deceased.
    If the claimant draws a pension under any act, instead of proving her marriage again simply set forth the fact in her declaration, and refer to said papers for proof of her husband's service and her marriage.
    The affidavit of two witnesses must be taken to establish the identity of the claimant.
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[a page from a journal?]

19912
Nat'hl [Nathaniel] Garfield
N.Y. [New York]

[in same hand and ink:]
h I j [?]

[very faint in another hand:]
Witness certified credible

[in first hand and ink:]
aonde [?]

[in second hand and ink, also very faint an illegible signature]

[in first ink and third hand:]
Hon. H.C. Martindale

[in first ink written over or crossed out, an illegible signature (last name possibly Paddock) and appellation in second faint hand then:]
Warren Co. [County] N.Y. [New York]
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Sir: 
The evidence is support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned.  The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form.  On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be  removed, before a pension can be allowed.  The notes and the regulation will shew what is necessary to be done.  These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace,  (thus:  }). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them, and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim. 

A Statement, shewing the Service of Nathaniel Garfield Warren ss N.Y.

[there follows a printed form with handwriting filling in the columns, summarized below:]

Enlisted in Dec. 76 He served 2 months 11 days as a private under Capt Harrington and Col Dyke in Mass. Currently aged 71 from Worcester Co. Mass. Evidence is [illegible]

In August of 78 He served 5 months  as a private under Capt Belknap and Col. Wade at the battle of NewPort in R.I. 

In September of 79 he served 2 months and 5 days as a private under Capt. Morris and Col. Jacob in R.I.

In July of 80 he served 5 months and 18 days as a private under Capt Morris and Col. Sprout 
{in the margin is written: 2 Regt U. S. regulatory map)
{illegible Col. ellack?} 81 He served 9 months and 11 days as a private under Capt. Ruggles

I am, respectfully, Your obedient servant, 
J.L. EDWARDS, 
Commissioner of Pensions.
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[a printed or typed form, not filled in]

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832

The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has bee construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c [et cetera] Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. [et cetera] Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.

Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1.  The Regular Troops.
2.  The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3.  Persons employed in the Naval service.
4.  Indian Spies.

    As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.

DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
[italics:] State, Territory, or District of County of} ss. [Sirs]

[Below, all letters in parentheses are italicized in the document]
On this    day of      personally appeared (a) before     A.B. a resident (b) of      in the county of       and State, Territory or District of       aged (c)       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 provion [provision] made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)      , with      and served in the      (e) regiment of the      line, under the following named officers:

[The following paragraph is in brackets in the document]
Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers, the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he enered [entered] the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [right-pointing hand symbol] this form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c [et cetera]

    He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of  
    Sworn to and [obscured word, probably subscribed] the day and year aforesaid.

[In brackets:] And then will follow the certificate of the Court.

     And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as e states.
I         of the Court of       do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of       for a pension.
     In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this     day of     &c. [et cetera]

    If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
    Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz [namely]:
    (k) We, A.B., a Clergyman, residing in the          and C.D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with         , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be     years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
    Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[in brackets:] And then will follow the certificate of the Court.
    And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A.B. and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the        and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.  
    I,         Clerk of the Court of       do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of       for a pension.

      In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this    day of     &c. [et cetera]

    Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
    If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A vey full account of the services of each person
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[a typed or printed form; all letters that are in parentheses appear in italics in the document; There are random inked marks throughout]
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
    The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
  1. Where and in what year were you born:
  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?
  5. State the names of some Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
  6. {[In italics]To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it?
  6. {[In italics] To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.

    The Court will see that he [the] answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
    The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons - one of whom should be a clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of the applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
    The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed on the subject.
    Applicants unable to appear in Court by reasons of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
    Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
    No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
________

[Each letter in brackets below appears italicized and in brackets in the document]
  [a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
  [b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
  [c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
  [d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
  [e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. [et cetera] A.B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best off his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: ---For------year-----months, and -----days, I served as a ----. For ---- months and ----days, I served as a ------; and for such service, I claim a pension."
    It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase [next five words in italics] about three or four months, is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c [et cetera] without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars repeating their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant  served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
  [f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
  [g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
  [h] The Clerk must give his certificate I every case.
  [I] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

[In italics:] Mode of authentication.
    In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

[In italics:] Proof of Service.
  [j] In a case were the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
 [right-pointing hand symbol] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
  [k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
  [l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
  [m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

[Signature:] W.L. Williams [can't read title]
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Honorable Andrew J. Hickey
House of Representatives
Washington, D.C. 

My dear Mr. Hickey:
In response to your letter of November 12, 1929, I have the honor to advise you that you are herewith furnished the information desired by Mrs. William C. Bryant, of LaPorte, Indiana.
From the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W.19487, it appears that Nathaniel Garfield was born October 26, 1760, in Leicester, Massachusetts. 
While a resident of Sutton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, he enlisted in December, 1776, and served three months as a private om Captain Ebenezer Belknap's Company in Colonel Wade's Massachusetts Regiment and was in the battle of Newport, Rhode Island. 
He enlisted in September, 1779, as a private in Captain Davide Moore's Company in Colonel John Jacob's Massachusetts Regiment and was discharged in December, 1779.
While a resident of Rutland. Worcester County, Massachusetts, to which place he had moved from Barre, Massachusetts, he enlisted about July 1, 1780, as a private in Captain Abraham William's Company in Colonel Sprout's Massachusetts Regiment and was discharged December 19, 1780.
He enlisted in March, 1781, and served ten months as
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private in Captain Timothy Ruggles' Massachusetts Company.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 18, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Hague, Warren County, New York.
He died there February 9, 1839.
The soldier married January 6, 1788, in Greenwich, Massachusetts, Eunice Woodard, who was born November 16, 1762, in Needham, Massachusetts.
She was allowed pension on her application executed October 15, 1842, at which time she was a resident of Hague, Warren County, Massachusetts. In 1855, she was a
resident of that place.
Children of Nathaniel and Eunice Garfield:
Sarah, born May 15, 1788, in Greenwich, Massachusetts, and Nathaniel, who was forty-nine years of age in 1842 and
was then a resident of Hague, New York.
Very truly yours,
EARL D. CHURCH
Commissioner.
enclosure
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Nathaniel Garfield
Mass
W.19487

[Upside down]

[several illegible words] 
Fore for Churchalled{?}
J Williston
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Nathaniel Garfield for last engaged for six months from the town of Barre Mass. State having served five months and thirteen days in the twelfth Mass. Regt and discharged from the Army and may return to Barry -  
Abraham William Capt. Com.y

Given at West point this nineteenth day of Dec. 1780
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Nathanil Gaffild (sic) has been served with provision in the last Mass. Regt up to and including the twenty first [illegible].
West Point 19th Dec [year is illegible]
A. Williams Capt. [illegible]
J Burnham AUL
Nathaniel Garfield 
Mass. W.19487
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Issuing Commissaries on the Route to Barry I will issue provision to Nath.l Gaffield Sufficient to support him home Agreeable to Gen.l Order of the 14th [illegible]; he producing regular Certificates on the back of his discharge of the number of rations drawn at their several stores - - -
Abraham Williams Capt: Corrid
West point 19th Dec.r 1780
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[illegible] [illegible] of [illegible]
right 6 mo.




[illegible]
24 [illegible]
80$
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State of New York
County of Warren ss
Town of Hague
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace of Said town and County Nathaniel Garfield Resident of said Town who being Duly sworn deposeth & saith that he employed one Jonathan Burnet Esq, of Essex county to wright the Declaration which he presented in open court in said County on the 18th day of September last past for the purchase of obtaining a pension under act of Congress past 7th June 1832, and that the said Brunet in stating his term of service in the year 1780 made a mistake and stated it to be five months and fourteen days in stead of five months and thirteen days and that he was Discharged by Captain Williams on the 16th day of December 1780 in stead if the 19th day and this deponent further saith that by Reason of old age and the consequent loss of eye sight and memory, when he looked over the papers before he presented that the length of the said term as above stated was stated one day to much and that the Date of his discharge was stated to be the 16th day in stead of the 19th Day and this deponent further deposeth & saith that his term of service in the year 1780 was five months and thirteen days and that he was Discharged by Captain Williams on the 19th day of December 1780 as will appear by the Discharge of Captain Williams attached to the Declaration which he presented in Court as above stated and this SIPE NINT further deposeth & saith that by Reason of old age & the consequent loss of Memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise period of time when he entered the service as a soldier in the year 1776 and in the year 1778 and in the year 1779 and in the year 1781 or on the precise time when he left the Service at the Expiration of the terms commenced in the aforesaid years 1776 = 1778 = 1779 & 1781 but according to the Best of his Recollection he served
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This 14th day of June 1833
Before me Calvin Barnard justice of the peace I the said justice hereby certify that I have been personally acquainted with Nathaniel Garfield the above Named deponent for more than thirty years past and have always[s] heard him Reputed as a Revolutionary Soldier and I do concur in the opinion and do hereby declare that my opinion is that the said Nathaniel Garfield is a person  whose statements are entitled to credit 
Calvin Barnard Justice of the peace

State of New York
County of Warren ss

I Thomas Archibald Clerk of the Said County do certify that Calvin Barnard before whom the preceding affidavit imports to have been sworn was at the date of the [illegible] And of the Justices of the peace in and for the Said County and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name Subscribed to the Said affidavit to be his own hand writing and Signatures
Witness my hand and seal of office this 14th day of June 1833 – 
Thomas Archibald Clerk
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Caldwell NY
Oct 24
                           free

Hon J.L. Edwards
Commission of Pensions
Washington City,
D.C.

[the following is written sideways]
No 8480   Oct 27 1842
NY
July 9, 1838
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Dear Sir
Inclosed I send you the papers inrelation to Mrs Eunice garfields claim for a pension (being the widow of Nathaniel Garfield Deceased)
Will you have the goodness to inform me of the Result of your Delidiecation thirean the first possible time and in so doing you will can for confer a favour on a Worthy old lady - and much oblige your Humble Servant
Calvin Barnard
Hague Warren Co
N york 18th October 
1842

Hon J.L. Edwards
Commissioner of pensions
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State of New York
County of Warren ss
On this 29th day of October 1850 personally appeared before the Subrouting Authority a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly authorized by law to administer Oaths, Eunice Garfield of Hague in the County & State aforesaid and made solemn oath in due form of Law. That she is the identical widow of Nathaniel Garfield deceased, who was a revolutionary Soldier and a Pensioner of the United States, that she now draws a Pension at the rate of Eighty dollars per annum, and that she believes herself entitled to an increase of pension, and asks for what ever may be found due her, under any of the acts and Resolutions of Congress which are applicable to her case – I also wish my Pension Certificate sent to Moses T. Clough my agent – or Attorney at Ticonderoga Essex County N.Y.
Eunice Garfield
Her X Mark – 

Sworn and Subscribed this 19th day of October 1850 before me
Alva Bevins – Justice of the Peace

Ir. Reaser. as of Nathaniel Garfield
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[This manuscript appears to be on the back of another one. Ink from the other side bleeds through]

State of New York Warren County} Ss [Sirs] I certify that the [can't read] named Pensioner Eunice Garfield from age + [and] infirmiity is unable to write her name. And that I am well acquainted with her the said Eunice Garfield + [and] know her to be the identical Widow + [and] Pensioner therein mentioned. Witness my hand this 29th day of October 1850
Alva Bevins Justice Peace

[In a different hand and ink:]
State of New York County of Warren} Ss [Sirs] I Thomas Archibald Clerk of the Said County do certify that Alva Devins before whom the [can't read] affidavit purports to have been Sworn was on the day + [and] the date of Said affidavit one of the Justices of the peace in and for the Said County and that I am acquainted with his hand Writing and [two words obscured by seal] his name Subscribe to the Said affidavit to be his proper hand Writing and Signature
    Witness my hand and Seal of Office this 18th day of November 1850
    Thomas Archibald Clerk

[The seal on the left appears to be two concentric circles embossed on a square. Can't read the text.]
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[Looks like the outside of an envelope made by folding a letter written on lined paper. Ink from the other side bleeds through]

free
Hon. [Honorable] J. S. Edwards
Commr. [Commissioner] of Pensions
Washington
D.C.

[sideways to the left of the address:]
Dec 3/50 [? December 3, 1850]
[Looks like a round stamp, illegible]
Cole
Eunice Garfield
3053
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[Another copy of the previous file, slightly clearer]

free
Hon J. S. Edwards
Commr. [Commissioner] of Pensions
Washington
D.C.

[sideways to the left of the address]
[In very faded black ink] Dec 3/50 [?December 3, 1850?]
[In very faded black, an illegible round stamp with '21' written in the center in the same blue ink as the rest of the address]
[in the original blue ink:]
Cole
Eunice Garfield
3053
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Ticonderoga N.Y. [New York]
Nov. [November] 21 1850

Dess [Dear Sirs?]
Enclosed is the application of Eunice Garfield for an increase of Pension + [and] for what may be found due her - I suppose [? obscured by smudge of ink as someone tried to insert the word 'be' somewhere in this sentence] she should have received or would now receive at the rate of $95 per year since she was pensioned.
Yours Truly
M. T. Clough

Hon. J. L. [S?] Edwards
Commr. [Commissioner] of Pensions
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[Envelope]

Free M.T. Clough

Hon. J. S. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
D.C.

[sideways to the left of the address:]
NY [New York]
[a round stamp that may say] Ticonderoga NY [New York] with 30 written in the center in the same ink as the address]
1897
M Cole
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Ticonderoga Aug 30 1848

Dess [Dear Sirs?]
Enclosed is Declaration of Eunice Garfield for New certificate of Pension under Law of 1848

Please forward
oblige
Yours truly
M.T. Clough

J.S. Edwards
Com [Commissioner] of Pensions
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State of New York County of Warren} Ss [Sirs]
On this twenty fourth day of August 1848 personally appeared before the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid Eunice Garfield a resident of Hague in the County of Warren + [and] State of New York aged Eighty Six years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the pension made by the Act of Congress passed on the 24th of February 1848 granite Pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the Widow of Nathaniel Garfield who was a Soldier of the United States during the Revolutionary War + [and] served in the manner and as Stated in his papers + [and] applications for a Pension on file in the Office of the Commissioner of Pensions being at the time of his Death a Pensioner under the Act of Congress passed March 18, 1818  that she cannot relate the Particulars of his revolutionary services - that she was a Pensioner under the Act of 17th June 1844 and received under said Act Eighty dollars per annum. She further declares that she is still a Widow -
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above mentioned before me
Alva
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State of New York
County of Warren SS.

I certify that Eunice Garfield above named is personally known to me & that from age and infirm, she is unable to write her name. [illegible]My hand this 24th day of August 1848
Alva Bevins Justice of the Peace


State of New York
Warren County SS.

I Thomas Archibald Clerk of the said County do certify that Alva Bevins before where this witness declares aforesaid [illegible] to have sworn [illegible] at this date of the [illegible] [illegible] of the Justice of the Peace [illegible] for the said county and that I am well acquainted with his handwriting and [illegible] believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit to be his proper handwriting and signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and official the seal of the said county this 21st day of August 1848
Thomas Archibald
Clerk of Warren County
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[this appears to be an envelope addressed to:]

  Mr. Crump
 Acting Com'r
 Pensions
 Washington 
 D C

[on the left edge is written:]
Jan 13. 1840
[below that is:]
 NY
Garfield

[on the right side is written:]
Hon A. C. Hand
HR
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Washington Jan 10 1840
Mr Crump, Acting Commr.
Dear Sir
[illegible] [illegible] [illegible] the form to her with the information desired within.
Respectfully,
AC Hand
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                     TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
                         Second Comptroller's Office
                                     June 13th, 1841
Sir:
        Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States,"  The widow of Nathaniel Garfield, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany, N. Y. Agency, at the rate of Eighty dollars 
and    cents (and    cents is crossed out) per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept. 1838, to the 9th, Feb'y 1839, the day of his death.
                        Respectfully yours,
                         Albion K. Parris
                            Comptroller.
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  Hag(in?)                                                  Paid 25


Hon J.L. Edwards 

     Commissioner of Pensions
        Washington City
                 D.C.
[written sideways]  March 1. 1843
                                NY
                                Eunice Garfield
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Dear sir,
     I understand that Congress has passed an act at this present session supplimentary to the former acts granting pensions to certain widows of officers and soldiers of the Revolution.
     I forwarded to you last fall the pension papers of Mrs. Eunice Garfield (Widow of Nathaniel Garfield, deceased).
     I received your latter dated October 31st, 1842 in which you state that Mrs. Garfield was not entitled to a pension under the act of 7th July 1838 as she was not a widow at the time of its passage.  Nor was she entitled under the act of 4th July 1836 as was testified she married after the war.
     and believing as I do that the act of the present Congress will cover the case of Mrs. Garfield I have to request you to oblige me by forwarding to me the papers which I sent you in relation to Mrs. Eunice Garfield claim for a pention ( including Certifications and affidavits, etc.)  Together with the copy of any Law that may have been passed at the present Session of Congress. (if such has been received at your office) With the instructions accompanying the same.
                           And much oblige
State of                          your humble Servant
New York                                   Calvin Barnard
Warren County
Hague February 18th, 1843
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J L Edwards Esq
      Comr. of Pensions
        Pension Office

[written sideways ]
No. 1
Hon H C Martindale
adm'd (?)
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       Washington, April 5th 1832
Sir,
     I enclose you the case of Nathaniel Garfield with the additional evidence just received from John Moss.
    He says the case is made out.  I hope it is so -and whether it be or not in exact compliance with your technical rules that you will feel yourself justified in sending a Certificate to 
                          Your Ob't & F'ful Serv't
                           Henry C Martindale

J L Edwards Esq
 Comm'r of Pensions
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     COMMONWEALTH  OF  MASSACHUSETTS
              _________________________________
          Secretary's Office, March 6th , 1834

I hereby certify,that, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain  in this department, it appears that the name of Nathaniel Garfield, as a private, is borne on a Muster Roll of Capt. Harrington's company in Col. Dike's Regt. where he is allowed from December 20th 1776      to the last of Feb'y 1777 two months and eleven days.                   m    d                                                                                                                                                   Nathaniel Garfield's name is found on an  2 = 11 
Abstract for Continental pay, due to Capt 
David Moore's Company in Col John Jacobs' Regt. where he is allowed from Sept 17th to Nov. 19th, 1779 for services and travel two months and five days.........                                        2 = 5                                                                                                                                      Nathaniel Garfield's name is found on a   4=16 
Pay roll of capt. Timothy Ruggles' company of Guards, doing duty at Rutland where he is allowed from March 15th to December  26th 1781
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    Amount brought over                  m     d
nine Months and nine days             4  =  16
                                                          9 =   9 
                                                          __________
                                                         13 = 25
Nathaniel Garfield claims for services under Capt. Belknap in 1778, the roll for Pay of Capt. Eben Balknap and his Officer is found from April 1st, 1778 to Jan'y 3d 1779, but the Mens names not mentioned.  
Nathaniel Garfield claims for services under Capt. Abraham Williams in 1780, but the roll he describes is not found in this Office. 
                      Edward D. Bangs  (illegible)
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                        2283
                        June 27 45
                        NY
                        Mar 3 43
                        Eunice Garfield

                $80 pension     
            Calvin Barnard
                Caldwell
                     N.Y.
[written across this is  the following address]

Caldwell NY
June 25

Hon J. L. Edwards                freee
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City 
D.C.
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                       Declaration 
State of Newyork }
County of Warren } Ss
Town of Hague } 
       On this 16th day of June 1843 personally appeared before the undersigned a justice of the peace of the said town and county Eunice Garfield a resident of Hague in the Said County of Warren aged eighty years who being first duly Sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of congress passed on the 3d of March 1843 granting pensions to Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War - that she is the Widow of Nathaniel Garfield who was a private Soldier in the army of the Revolutionary War __ that she cannot tell the regiment in which the the said Nathaniel Garfield served ___ ( but thinks it can be obtained by refferance  to the papers now at the War department furnished by the Said Nathaniel Garfield when he applied for his pension. That She received under the act of July 7th 1838  Eighty Dollars per annum commencing on the 4th of March 1836 and ending on the 4th of March 1841 as will appear by refferance to the Record of a certificate granted to this applicant at the War department of the United States on or about the 20th day of March 1843.  She further declares that she is still a widow.
Sworn to and Subscribed}      Eunice Garfield
on the day and year above}
written before         Josiah C House 
                                        Justice of the Peace
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                   State of Newyork County of                                                                                                                   W                                   Warren
                                    Hague   June 1843
Dear sir
     Herewith I send you the declaration of Mrs Eunice Garfield in order to obtain the benefits of the act of 3rd March 1843
     You will find by reference to the Books in your department that Mrs. Garfield obtained her pension certificate under the act of July 7th 1838 about the 20th day of March Last past.  
     Should the declaration of Mrs. Garfield prove satisfactory to you- you will forward to me her certificate as soon as your commissioner will permit off.

Dear sir    Can grand children draw back pension where the children of the (deceast?) are all dead and what corse would have to be pressed in that case
     Your answer (rest of line is obscured) above inquiry _ when you forward the certificate for Mrs. Garfield.
                          will much oblige your
                           Obedient & humble Servant
                            Calvin Barnard
                              Hague
                                Warren Co
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State of New York
[illegible] County
J. Thomas Archibald, a clerk of the Said County do certify that Hon. Josiah C. House before whom this widow affirmed reports to have here sworn was at the date of the same one of the[illegible] of the [illegible] in and for the said county, dwelling in the said county and [illegible] i am well acquainted with [illegible] [illegible] and only believe his name subscribed to this date written affidavit to be lies proper handwriting and signature.
In testimony whereby I [illegible] subscribed [illegible] [illegible] [illegible]the seal of this [illegible] County this 24th day of June 1843.
Thomas Archibald, Clerk
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13.866
[illegible]
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8480
NY
Sent to Calvin Barnard, Oct 31, 42
Act 7 July 38
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1897 New York Albany
Eunice Garfield widow of Nathaniel Garfield who was a Private in the Mass Line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of $80 Dollars-Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1843
Certificate of Pension issued the 8th day of Sept. 1843 and sent to Calvin Barnard, Caldwell, N.Y.
Act of March 3, 1843
Recorded in Book A
Vol 1 Page 106
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New York-7098
Eunice Garfield widow of Nathaniel Garfield, who was a pensioner under the Act of 7 June 32 and who died on the 9 February 1839-of Warren Co in the State of New York, who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Harrington of the Reg't. commanded by Col. Dike, in the Massachusetts line for 2 years.
Inscribed on the Roll of [illegible] at the rate of 80 dollars - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20th day of March 42 and sent to Calvin Barnard, Hague, Warren Co., New York
Arrears to the 4th of Semi Annual Allowance ending $400.00
Act July 7, 1838
Recorded by Clerk
Book A-Vol. 2-Page 80
Re[illegible] March 21, 45
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Congress of the United States
House of Representatives
Washington, D.C.

November 12, 1929



Hon. Earl D. Church
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

Dear Mr. Church:
Mrs. William C. Bryant, 1514 Indiana Avenue, La Porte, Indiana, is endeavoring to clarify the record of her great grandfather, Nathaniel Garfield, a Revolutionary soldier.  She has asked me to write you to learn whether or not he was ever pensioned.
I inclose for your consideration a statement showing his record from the Pension Roll, Washington County, New York, which I wish you would return with your reply. (Written in margin: This was returned to Hon. A.J. Hickey Nov. 15, 1929. W.C.S.)
Mrs. Bryant advises me that Nathaniel Garfield was born in 1760 at Leicester, Massachusetts, and died February 9, 1839, at Hague, Warren County, New York, and was buried at Hague.  His wife's name was Eunice Woodward Garfield and they lived at Shoreham, Vermont, before removing to Hague, New York.
Thanking you for your attention, I am Sincerely yours, A.J. Hickey
(Stamped: Revolutionary & 1812 Wars Section, Bureau of Pensions, Nov 14, 1929
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Answered through Hon. Andrew J. Hickey
Nov. 15, 1929

Laporte, Ind. 
10-16-1929

Dept. of Interior
Bureau of Pensions

Dear Sirs,
I am very desirous of obtaining authentic information as to a pension granted Eunice Woodard Garfield, widow of Nathaniel Garfield-Revolutionary soldier, who served with the Green Mountain Boys.  Nathaniel Garfield enlisted from Shorham, Vermont and died in Hague, N.Y.
I would like to get his service
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record in order that I may establsh eligibility to membership in the The Daughters of The American Revolution.
Thanking you for any information given me.  I am Very Sincerely,
(Mrs. Wm. C-Camilla Olney Bryant, 1514 Indiana Ave
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1929 Nov 15 list to Hon. Andrew J Hickey for
Mrs. Wm C Bryant [illegible] [illegible]
WIDOW, & c.
File No. 1947
Eunice Garfield, widow of Nathaniel Garfield [illegible] in Rev. War
Act: February 2nd/48
Index:-Vol. A, Page 265
Arrangement of 1870