Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 20,779, Nathan Hawley, Conn.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE  NUMBER
Conn. Hawley, Nathan. S. 20.779
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Connecticut
Nathan Hawley. $4.
Increased Pension.
Col Sherman's Conn Regt
Ratio of Disability Certified }  Total.
Evidence [illegible] Octbr. 30, 1815
Approved by Committee

Duplicate certificate issued 22 Febr. 1826 and sent to Perry Smith, New Milford, Cont.
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Found certificate issued 23 Decr. 1823 and sent to the Hon G. Tomlinson H R
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We Stephen Middlebrook and Elijah Middlebrook the commissioners named in the annexed commission do hereby report that we have carefully examined the said Nathan Hawley and our opinion is that the nature of the said Nathan's disability is such that it totally prevents him from obtaining a [subsistence] by manual [labor].
As witness our hands in Trumbull this 30th day of October AD 1815.
Stephen Middlebrook } Physician
Elijah Middlebrook } Physician

District of Connecticut ss at Trumbull in Fairfield County in said district on the 11th day of December A.D. 1815. Personally came and appeared before me Judson Curtiss one of the Justices of the peace in said Town of Trumbull & county aforesaid; the said Stephen Middlebrook and Elijah Middlebrook and made oath that they had carefully examined Nathan Hawley (in the annexed commission named) and that the above opinion which they have subscribed as to the nature of his disability is their opinion.
Sworn before me Judson Curtiss Justice of Peace
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FORM CROSSED OUT-

Original Claim.

UNITED STATES.

DISTRICT, Ss.

I, _____ Judge of the District Court of the United States of America for the _____ District, BY AUTHORITY of an act of Congress, passed t he 25th day of April, 1812, entitled, "An Act to revive and continue in force an Act to provide for persons who were disabled by known wounds received in the Revolutionary War, and for other purposes," -- DO HEREBY ESPECIALLY [AUTHORIZE] AND COMMISSION _____ of the county of _____ and District of _____ to take all evidence pursuant to the rules and regulations of the said Act for substantiating the claim of _____ of the town of _____ in the county of _____ and district of _____ to be placed on the Pension List of the United States by reason of known wounds received in said war, or since, (as prescribed in the 4th section of "an Act concerning invalid [pensioners]" passed the 25th of April, 1808),--while in the actual service of the United States, and in the line of is duty. And when the same shall be completed, to return the evidence, affidavits, certificates and proceedings had hereupon, together with this commission, to the Secretary for the Department of War.

Given under my hand and seal at _____ the _____ day of _____ in the year one thousand eight hundred and _____
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Increase of Pension.

UNITED STATES.

Connecticut DISTRICT, Ss. Thatford in Jan
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RULES AND REGULATIONS
FOR
SUBSTANTIATING CLAIMS TO A PENSION
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VID. "An act to provide for Persons who were disabled by known wounds received in the revolutionary "war," passed the 10th of April, 1806, revived and continued in force for six years longer, by an Act of the 25th of April, 1812.

"SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That in substantiating such claim, the following rules and regulations shall be complied with; that is to say: all evidence shall be taken on oath or affirmation, before the Judge of the District, or one of the Judges of the Territory in which such claimant resides, or before some person specially [authorized] by commission from said Judge.

"Decisive DISABILITY, the effect of a known wound or wounds, received while in the actual service and line of duty against the common enemy during the Revolutionary War, must be proved by the affidavit of the commanding officer of the regiment, corps, company, ship, vessel or craft, in which such claimant served; or of two other credible witnesses to the same effect, setting forth the time when, and place where, such known wound or wounds were received--and particularly describing the same.

"The  nature of such DISABILITY, and in what degree it prevents the claimant from obtaining his subsistence, must be proved by the affidavit of some reputable Physician or Surgeon, stating his opinion either from his own knowledge and acquaintance with the claimant, or from an examination of such claimant on oath or affirmation, which when necessary for that purpose, shall be administered to said claimant by said Judge or Commissioner. And the said Physician or Surgeon, in his affidavit, shall particularly describe the wound or wounds from whence the disability appears to be derived.*

"Every claimant must prove, by at least one credible witness, that he continued in service during the whole time for which he was detached, or for which he engaged, unless he was discharged, or left the service in consequence of some derangement of the army, or in consequence of his disability resigning his commission; or was after his disability in captivity or on parole, until the close of the Revolutionary War. And in the same manner must prove his mode of life and employment since he left the service, and the place or places where he has since resided, and his place of residence at the time of taking such testimony.
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*RESOLVED, by the Senate and House of Representative of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary for the Department of War, return to the respective District Judges, the names of all such persons, as have been transmitted to him by the several District Judges pursuant to the Act for the Regulation of Claims to Invalid Pensions, and in whose cases the examining physicians have neglected to specify the ratio of disability; together with such defective returns of physicians. And the said District Judges, respectively, shall forthwith cause the examining physicians to specify the several rates of disability which have been so neglected; or, in case of sickness, death, or removal of one or both such physicians, to make new appointments, and cause the several rates of disability to be specified, and by the said physicians returned to them as soon as may be ; of which they shall make return to the Secretary of War, &c. &c. &c.
VIZ Law of the 18th April, 1796.--Laws of the U.S. Vol. 3, page 374.
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"Every claimant shall by  his affidavit give satisfactory reasons why he did not make application for a pension before, and that he is not on t he pension list of any state; and the Judge or Commissioner shall certify in writing, his opinion of the credibility of the witnesses, whose affidavits he shall take, in all those cases, where by this act it is said the proof shall be made by a credible witness or witnesses. And also, that the examining Physician or Surgeon is reputable in his profession.

"SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said Judge of the District, or person by him commissioned as aforesaid, shall transmit a list of such claims, accompanied by the evidence, affidavits, certificates and proceedings had thereon in pursuance of this act, noting particularly the day on which the testimony was closed before him, to the Secretary for the Department of War," &c. &c. &c.--"And it shall be the duty of the Judge or Commissioner aforesaid, to permit each claimant to take a transcript of the evidence and proceedings had respecting his claim, if he shall desire it, and to certify the same to be correct."

"SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That an increase of pension may be allowed to persons already placed upon the Pension List of the United States, for disabilities caused by known wounds received during the Revolutionary War, in all cases where justice shall require the same: Provided, That the increase, when added to the pension formerly received, shall in no case exceed a full pension.

"Every invalid making application for this purpose, shall be examined by two reputable Physicians or Surgeons, to be [authorized] by commission from t he Judge of the district where such invalid resides; who shall report in writing, on oath or affirmation, their opinion of the nature of the applicant's disability, and to what degree it prevents him from obtaining a subsistence by manual labor, which report shall be transmitted by said Physicians or Surgeons to the Secretary for the Department of War," &c. &c. &c.
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Extract from an Act of Congress of the 25th of April, 1808, entitled "An Act concerning Invalid Pensioners."

"SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That any officer, non-commissioned officer, musician or private, who has been wounded or disabled since the Revolutionary War, while in the line of his duty, in t he actual service of the United States, whether he belong to the Military Establishment or to the Militia, or any volunteer corps, called into service under the authority of the United States, may be placed on the Pension List of the United States, at such rate of compensation, and under such regulations as are prescribed by the act, entitled "An Act to provide for persons who were disabled by [known] wounds received in the Revolutionary War," passed April the tenth, one thousand eight hundred and six."
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Hawley, Nathan
His name appears on a list of applicants for invalid pension returned by the District Court for the District of Connecticut submitted to the House of Representatives by the Secretary of War on March 2, 1795 and printed in the American State Papers  class 9, page 167.

Rank: Corporal and private
Reg't: Col Webb's
Disability: Wounded by a musket ball in his thigh
When and where disabled, 1777, White Marsh
Residence: Stratford.
To what pension entitled; One third
Remarks; Enlisted March 28, 1777, for the war; on the rolls in 1781.
Evidence complete.
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May 22, 1933
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Nathan Hawley-S.20779
BA-J/AWF

Mrs. J. B. Butter
651 East Seventh Street
York, Nebraska

Dear Madam:

The data furnished herein were obtained from the papers on file in pension claims, S.20779, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Nathan Hawley.

The date and place of his birth are not given, and names of parents not shown.

Nathan Hawley enlisted March 28, 1777 and was a private and corporal in Captain James Beebe's company in Colonels Webb's and Isaac Sherman's Connecticut regiments, was in the battle of White Marsh, where wounded in the thigh by a musket ball, and continued in the service until in 1781.

He was allowed pension from September 4, 1791, on account of disability resulting from the above noted wound. He was then a resident of Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, and in 1826 was living in Litchfield County, Connecticut.

There are no data in this claim relative to his family.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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I Frederick Wolcott, Clerk of the County Court on Court of Common Pleas within the County of Litchfield in the State of Connecticut, certify that Chandler Merriman and Perry Smith, Esquires, were on the 22nd day of December AD 1825 and that they now are Justices of the Peace within & for said County, legally commissioned & qualified, & that full faith and credit are due to their official acts & Certificates.
Witness my hand & the Seal of said Court at Litchfield in said County this fifth day of January AD 1826.
Frederick Wolcott, Clerk.
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United States of America
State of Connecticut ss
Be it known that I Joseph Backers, Notary Public for the said State of Connecticut serving in the Borough of Bridgeport in the said State, Do hereby certify that Samuel C. Blackman Esquire of Newtown in said State of Connecticut now is & for more than one year last past has been a Justice of the Peace for the County of Fairfield in said State of Connecticut and that all his official acts as Justice of the Peace are entitled to fully faith & credit in Court & Country.
In testimony whereof I have granted these Presents under my hand & seal of Office at the Borough of Bridgeport this sixth day of December AD 1820.
Joseph Backers Notary Public
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State of Connecticut County of Fairfield} ss: Newtown
On this 4th day of December 1823; before me the Subscriber, a Justice of the peace for the said County of Fairfield, personally appeared Nathan Hawley, who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain James Beebe in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Isaac Sherman, in the Service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of Connecticut, but has never received a formal certificate, so far as he recollects and verily believes, and now wishes to obtain one.
Nathan Hawley
Sworn and subscribed to, before me the day and year aforesaid.
Samuel C. Blackman  Justice of the peace
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Conn-
I am very anxious to find his birth-place and where he passed away - so any data pertainting to Nathan Hawley - (my great great grandfather_, will be greatly appreciated -
Yours very truly, 
Mrs. L. W. Sherman.
P.O. Box 541
Sacramento, Calif.