Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 6541, for Nathaniel Lyford, New Hampshire
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SERVICE
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Privateer

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Leyford, Nathaniel

NUMBER
R.6541

CONTENTS
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3-081.
CONGRESSIONAL.

No. __________
NAME OF CLAIMANT:

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P.O. { All 3 Lyford  - NH

NAME OF SOLDIER:

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Co.  ________,  Reg't _____________
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The above-named claimant is, to the best of my knowledge and belief, a bona fide resident of the District which I represent; and this inquiry is not made at the request of any pension attorney or claim agent.

I desire to be advised as to Revolutionary service of persons named on the attached slips
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[signed] F.E. Guernsy, M.C.
March 4, 1912
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These slips are exclusively for the use of Representatives in Congress and when used by any other person will not receive consideration.
Representatives will greatly aid the Bureau of Pensions in giving them an early answer, if they fill and use these slips in making calls in pension cases.

[signed] J. L. Davenport,
Commisioner

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1912 Mar 6,
Letter to 
F.E. Guernsey HR

[printed form, blanks filled out by hand] 
[lined thru] Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873. [/lined thru]

6541 REJECTED [stamped]
P.O. __________________
Nathaniel Lyford
Service: ________________
Enlisted: __________________________,18__.
Discharged: _______________________,18__.
Application filed: __________________,18__.
Alleges: __________________

Re-enlisted: __________________

Attorney: __________________
P. O. __________________
    
_________ Recognized.       _________ Contract.
_______ Cert. of Dis.  Searched for _________,18__.
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Nathaniel Lyford
Private - [crossed out] N H [New Hampshire]  troops  
Worthen's Co:. Mooney's regt.
8 Months.

8 months as a private.
Applicant infirm, certified by Kidge April 4, 1833
Rejected

5 mo's 24th

did not serve 6 months

Letter to F. S Thomas
Augusta Me. Feb 6, 1844

6541
R.C. Vose,
Augusta,
Me.
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State of Maine.
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We Jonas Weston a Clergyman, residing in the town of Livermore in the County of Oxford and Jesse Stone residing in the same town, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Nathanel Lyford who has subscribed and sworn to the annexed declaration; that we believe him to be seventy 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.
[signed] Jonas Weston
[signed] Jesse Stone


State of Maine.
Oxford ss.- Sworn and subscribed this tenth day of September A. D. 1832
Before me,
[signed] Renel Washburn Justice of the Peace.

Renel Washburn Esq is a Justice of the Peace.
And the Rev Jonas Weston is a clergyman residing in the town of Livermore and Jesse Stone of the same town is a credible person, and their statement is entitled to be believed.
[signed] Nathan Weston Jun'r
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Declaration.
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In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.

STATE OF MAINE, KENNEBEC COUNTY, } ss.
On this Seventh day of July A.D. 1832 personally appeared before the Hon. NATHAN WESTON, Jun'r, a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court, of said State Nathaniel Lyford a resident of Livermore in the County of Oxfor and State of Maine, aged seventy 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 provision made by the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year 1779 with Captain Ezekiel Worthen and served in Col. Mooney's regiment of the New Hampshire line or troops under the following named officers: Worther Captain, Mooney Colonel, that July 1779 he enlisted as a private in that company and regiment, and that he continued to serve until the first of February 1780, when he was verbally discharged at Providence, Rhode Island.
That about the middle of May 1781, he entered as a mariner for a cruise on board the private armed Ship Minerva of sixteen guns, of Newbury Park, Moses Brown commander, served the cruise and was verbally discharged at Newbury port the first of November 1781.
That in the month of February 1782 he again entered as a mariner on board the private armed Ship Elizabeth of Newbury Port of twelve guns, Cutting commander, sailed from Cape Anne, and after being out 24 days was taken by the British Frigate South Hampton, and was carried into Kingston, Jamaica, where he remained in prison six months, then made his escape, and returned home in October 1782.
And to the interrogatories propounded under the instructions of the department, he answers: that he was born in Brentwood New Hampshire in 1762 where he supposes his age is recorded, and where his home was during his revolutionary services, that in 1790 he moved into what is now Fayette Maine, that in 1794[?] he removed to Livermore Maine,where he now resides. That under Col Mooney, he served in and
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And to the interrogatories propounded under the instructions of the department, he answers: that he was born in Brentwood New Hampshire in 1762 where he supposes his age is recorded, and where his home was during his revolutionary services, that in 1790 he moved into what is now Fayette Maine, that in 179[?] he removed to Livermore Maine,where he now resides. That under Col Mooney, he served in and near Rhode Island. That his naval service he has stated above. That he never took any written discharge. That any of his neighbors will testify to his character for veracity, and belief of his services, and he names the Rev Jonas Weston, and Jesse Stone Esq.

He hereby relinquishes every claim 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.
[signed] Nath'l Lyford

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid, Before
[signed] Nathan Weston Jun'r Just S. J. C. [Junior Justice Supreme Judicial Court]

And the said Judge does hereby declare his opinion that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states.
[signed] Nathan Weston Jun'r

State of Maine, April 4, 1833.
It has been made to appear to my satisfaction that the
above named applicant by reason of age & infirmity cannot
without prejudice to his health appear in open Court to renew his
declaration & again to make oath to the same.
[signed] Nathan Weston Just S. J. C.
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I Asa Hutchinson of Fayette, Kennebec County, Maine aged seventy two years, do upon oath testify & declare that I served with the within named Nathaniel Lyford in Rhode Island, that I know that he was in Capt. Worther's Company & Col. Mooney's Regt from July 1779 until January 1780 as I served in the same regiment with him & upon my being discharged in sd January I left him still doing duty in said Regiment. have no doubt that he completed his service as he has stated.
I well know him to be a man of veracity.
[signed] Asa Hitchinson

Subscribed and sworn to, July 17 1832, the deponent being a credible witness,
Before
[signed] Nathan Weston Jun'r Just S.J.C [Justice Supreme Judicial Court]

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State of Maine.
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KENNEBEC, ss. ─ I, JOHN A. CHANDLER, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts held within and for the County of Kennebec, hereby certify that the Hon. NATHAN WESTON, Jun'r, before whom the within proceedings was had, is a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of said State; I also certify that the within contains the original proceedings of the said Judge, in the matter of the application of Nathaniel Lyford for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court, this 15th day of October A. D. 1882.
[signed] A. Chandler
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March 6, 1912.

Hon. Frank E. Guernsey,
House of Representatives.

My dear Mr. Guernsey:

In response to your personal request of the 4" instant, I have the honor to advise you that the papers executed in 1832 and 1833and  filed in Bounty Land claims Warrant # 1913 for 200 acres, shows that Thomas Lyford enlisted in 1775 and served as Lieut. under Colonel Poor and other officers of the New Hampshire line to the end of the war
Soldier died in 1805, and the bounty land due to him was issued in full satisfaction for his for his services for the benefit of the following and only heirs: his children Fifield of Cabot, Vermont, Thomas of Cabot, Vermont, John of Woodbury, Vermont, Peter of Woodbury, Vermont, Catharine of Woodbury, Vermont, wife of Isaac Hill, Betsey of Woodbury, Vermont, wife of Benjamin Streeter; and his grandchildren John Bruce, legal representative or Mehitabel Bruce deceased, daughter of said Thomas David Lyford of Woodbury, Vermont, Thomas Lyford of Cabot, Vermont, Catharine Elmore wife of Orin Elmore of Elmore, Vermont, Jonathan Lyford of Calais, Vermont, Roxana Hoyt wife of Stephen Hoyt of Cabot, Vermont, Harvey Lyford of Cabot, Vermont, Mercy Whitcher wife of Calvin Whitcher of Cabot, Vermont, Sydney R. and Harrison Lyford both of Cabot, Vermont, all legal representatives of David Lyford, deceased.
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From the papers in the claim of Fifield Lyford, Wid-File No. 8,072, Rev. War, it appears that he was allowed pension on an application executed March 4, 1829, while sixty-seven years of age and a resident of Cabot, Vermont. 
Soldier states that he enlisted at Northfield, New Hampshire, in December, 1775, in Captain Jeremiah Clough's company, Colonel Enoch Poor's regiment, New Hampshire line, and served one year: March 1, 1778, in Major Whitcomb's corps of New Hampshire Rangers and served one year; May or Juner 1780, in Captain Ebenezer Webster's company, Colonel Nichols' regiment New Hampshire line, was one of General Arnold's life guard at the time of his desertion and served five months. 
He married in Cabot, Vermont, December 25, 1817, Judith K.---. He died April 18, 1846, and she was allowed pension on an application executed March 24, 1853, while a resident of Cabot, Vermont. She died April 11, 1854.
In 1829 his daughters Celinda aged twenty-eight years and Rosetta aged eight years, are referred to. 

The papers in the claim of Nathaniel Lyford, R. File No. 6,541, show that he applied for a pension on a declaration executed July 7, 1832, while a resident of Livermore, Oxford County, Maine.
Soldier states that he was born in Brentwood, New Hampshire, in 1762, and alleges that in July, 1779, while a resident of said Brentwood, he enlisted as Private in Captain Ezekiel Worthen's company, Colonel Mooney's regiment,
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3.

New Hampshire line, and served until February, 1780; in May, 1781, he entered as Mariner on board the privateer "Minerva", Moses Brown commander, and served until November, 1781; February 9, 1782, entered as Mariner on privateer "Elizabeth", Cutting commander, was captured by a British frigate after cruising twenty-four days, and imprisoned in Kingston, Jamaica whence he escaped in six months.
His claim was rejected, on the ground of insufficient proof of six months military service as required by the Act of June 7, 1832, under which he applied.
There is no data on file as to his family. 

Very respectfully, 

Commissioner.