Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 10,028, for Nathaniel Squier, New Jersey
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
New Jersey

Squier, Nathaniel

NUMBER
R. 10,028
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CONTENTS
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35,240
Nathaniel Squire
Pennsylvania
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State of Pennsylvania
Butler County } ss.

On this second day of September
A.D. One thousand eight hundred and forty one personally
appeared Nathaniel Squire, a resident of the County of
Mercer, in said State, aged seventy ["three" crossed out] two years, who being
first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make
the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of
the provision made by the act of Congress passed June the
7th 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States
in the year 1792 with Leiutenant Horatio Dayton, and served
in the [blank] Regiment of the New Jersey line, under the
following named officers. Captain Alexander Thompson
Col Lake Ontagon (or some name similar) that he left
the service after being therein, as a private one year
from the time of his enlistment- That he was inlisted in
a town called Elizabethtown Essex County, New Jersey
that he was taken from thence to "Governors Island" in the
bay of New York, and Here remained until discharged
on account of sickness, and that he kept his discharge
for a number of years, until it wore out - 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,

Nathaniel Squier

Sworn and subscribed the
day & year aforesaid
John Duffy associate Judge

1 Where and in what year were you born?
in Essex County st  of New Jersey 1771

2 Have you any record of your age; and if so, where is it?
Had a kind but it is lost
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5 Where were you living when called into the service;
where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and
where do you now live?
When inlisted I lived in Essex County New Jersey
After the War lived in Pennsylvania & now live
in Mercer County Pennsylvania

4 How were you called into service; were you draughted
did you volunteer, or were you a substitute; and if a
substitute, for whom?
I was inlisted a Regular soldier

5 State the names of some of the regular officers who
were with the troops when you served; such continental
and malitia regiments as you can recollect, and the
general circumstances of your service.
The officers were Col La Cantain Mage Tagord
Capt Alexander Thompson Lut Harrutian Datin

6 Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and
if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
I recd a discharge which was sined [signed] by Lit
Datin & Doctr John R Linch which Discharge
is lost long ago
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7 State the names of persons in your neighbourhood to
whom you are known, and who can testify as to your
character for veracity and their belief of your services as a
soldier of the revolution? David White John Randels
Daith Pallack Wm Rieves Esq Joseph Bayde

State your reasons, if any, for not making this application
in the County where you reside?
The reason is that of called on a Layer in
Muren to draw my applacation & he refused

State of Penna Butler County ss.

I, John Duffey One of the associate Judges in and for the
said County of Butler, in said State, do hereby declare my
opinion that the above named applicant, Nathaniel Squier
was a ["revolutionary" crossed out] soldier and served as he states

Witness my hand at Butler
this second day of September A.D.
1841.

John Duffy
Associate Judge

Butler County
State of Pennsylvania} ss.

I Jacob Zeigler Prothonotary of the Court of Cummon
Pleas in and for said County do certify that
the above named John Duffey was at the time of the
foregoing affidavit and Certificate, and now is, one of the
associate Judges in and for the said County of Butler, duly
commissioned as such, and that full faith and credit
is and ought to be given, and that the above and foregoing Signatures
purporting to be his are genuine.

Given under my hand and seal of office at Butler the 2d
day of September AD 1841.

Jacob Zeigler Pro.
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We the undersigned citizens of Mercer & Beaver County
in the State of Pennsylvania do hereby certify that we
have been acquainted with Nathaniel Squier who
is about to apply for a pension to the Genl Government
for many years, that he is a man of sober and moral
habbits, and is very old and infirm and in very
indigent circumstances, and much requires the aid of
of the Government to render the remnant of his life
comfortable

Robt Calman
John C. Tidball
S. W. Swift
J. Rissick
Leonard Johnson
Samuel Clark Jr
James Wallace
Wm Cairns
S. S. McGuffin
Ames Willson
Wm Pointer
W. F. Reynolds
A. Hawthorn
A. S. Hawthorn
Wm V Bay
Thomas Bay
A Chopin
J Stackhouse
John Greer
Otheria Van Horn
Saml W. Magill
Marinus King
Marinus King Jr
John Maitland

Henry McReynolds
David White
John Allan A. Lewis
Robt Wallace
Hollock
Jn Boyd
Thos Halls
R. W. McCleary
John C Patton
William Moore
Charles B weaver
Saml Byers
Hiram Swift
Lot Watson
Robert Crocker
Joseph Emery
John Frazier
John Willson
White McMillan
G Burlow
John Wilkison
D Tidball jr
Robert R King
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Crawford County, SS.
State of Pennsylvania
Before me the Subscriber one of the Justices of the
peace in and for said County, personally came
Lot Lewis, who being duly sworn according to Law
saith, that he has been acquainted with Nathaniel
Squier for more than sixty years, that he enlisted
in the regular service in the year seventeen
hundred and ninety two or three, he enlisted for
three years, and served one year in the regular
service of the United States, and then discharged as
an invalid, the deponant further saith not

Lot Lewis

Sworn and Subscribed
July 2d 1841
J. R. Finley

State of Pennsylvania
Crawford County } ss

I do hereby certify that J R Finley
is an acting Justice of the peace duly authorised
to act as and that purporting to be his signature
to the foregoing proceeding is in his own
proper hand writing. In testimony whereof
I have hereunto signed my name and affixed
the Seal of Court at Meadville this
3d day of July 1841.

John P Davis
Prothonotary
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Pennsylvania
Mercer County ss

Personally appeared before me a Justice of the peace in
and for said County, James Squier who being duly sworn
sayeth that he has been well acquainted with Nathaniel Squier
from the time of his birth (and he believes the said Nathaniel
is now about seventy two years of age) that about the year
1792 or 1793 he enlisted in the regular service and was stationed
on Governors Island near New York and after remaining
in the service some time he returned home discharged as an
invalid- that he has seen his discharge many years since but
does not recollect distinctly at this time what was in it- that
from the best of his recollection the said Nathaniel was discharged
on account of injury sustained by a fall from some part of
the Garrison

James Squier

Sworn and subscribed the 15th day
of July 1841 before me
Jno Reynolds

State of Pennsylvania
Mercer County ss I A A Douglass Prothonotary of the Court of
Common pleas in and for the County
Mercer do certify that John Reynolds
Esqr before whom the foregoing affidavit
was taken was at the time of administering
the same and now is an acting
Justice of the peace in and for said
County duly Commissioned and sworn
and that to all his official acts as
such full faith and credit is and ought
to be given and that the signature
purporting to be his is genuine.

Given under my hand and seal of office
at Mercer the 6th day of August AD 1841

A A Douglass Pro
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R552
All Sept. 8.
5 Sept. 1841
Pension Office-
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Butler, Pa. 2d Sept. 1841.

to the Secy. of War
Washington City

Dr Sir.

Enclosed I send you the application
of Nathaniel Squire for a pension. Also depositions proving
his services. Mr. Squir is in indigent circumstances. It
is therefore hoped that his application will receive the
immediate attention of the Department.

Very Respy Yours &c
John N Purviance
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[Stamp] BUTLER Pa. SEP 2

FREE

To The Secretary of War
Washington City
District of Columbia
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Pennsylvania
Mercer County ss

personally appeared before the Subscriber a Justice
of the peace in and for said County Doct William Shaw a
Practicing Phisician of said County who being duly sworn
according to law sayeth that he has been well acquainted
with Nathaniel Squire for more than twenty years past
that he is a man of steady and sober habbits and in very
indigent circumstances and unable from old age and general
weakness of Body to procure a subsistence by his own
labour

William Shaw

Sworn and subscribed the 12th
day of June 1841 before me
Jno Reynolds
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Nathaniel Squire
Pennsylvania
Rejected
See let. 8th Sept
1841 J. N. Purviance
Let to Hon. S. Henry Jan 29 1842
let 20 Aug't 42 G. Green
service after 1783
10028
Act 7 June 1832
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[line crossed out:]
Act of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1872
10.028
P. O.
Nathaniel Squire
Service: __
[Stamp:] REJECTED
Enlisted: __, 18 .
Discharged: __, 18 .
Application filed: __, 18 .
Alleges: __
Re-enlisted: __
Attorney: __
P. O. __
__ Recognized. __ Contract.
__ Cert. of Dis. Searched for __, 18 .