Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 39896, Nathaniel Willson, R.I.
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R.I.        Willson, Nathaniel        S. 39896
             Wilson

Contents
In 1833 aged 69 yrs. res. of Bristol Cn, R.I
D. May 31, 1826
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19 169
Rhode Island
Nathaniel Wilson
of Bristol in the state of R. Island
who was a Private in the Compy commanded
by Captain Carr of the regiment commanded
by Colonel Richmond in the R Island 
line, for the term of one year

Inscribed on the Roll of Rhode Island
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on
the 16 of December 1828

Certificate of Pension issued the 20 of  Jany 1
and [Lentio} North Bullock
Bristol, R.I.

Partial
Semi anl. all'c ending 4 March 1826  $21.10
16.20/31                                               $21.15
  5.16
21.15                                             {Revolutionary claim
                                                       Acts March 18, 1818
                                                        and May 1, 1820}
                                                       March 1, 1828
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N. Willson



Copy of declaration
in Court
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United States of America
Rhode Island District County
of Bristol, sc.

Supreme Judicial Court September [illegible] A.D 1823
personally appeared in open court, being a Court 
of [illegible] within & for the County of Bristol aforesaid
Nathaniel Willson aged sixty nine years residing n the 
Town of Bristol i said County, who being first
duly sworn according to law doth on his oath
declare that he served in the revolutionary war as
follows (in order to obtain the benefit of the provission
of the act of Congress of 18th March 1818 and May
1st 1820) to wit that in November A.D. 1775
he enlisted for one year as a private in Captain
Billings Throop Company. Colonel William Rich's 
[illegible] regiment, which regiment was of the army
of the United States and of the Rhode Island line,
that on the death of said Captain Throop
Caleb Carr succeeded said Throop as Captain, that he
the applicant was after [illegible] in the fifteen
months service under Capt. Caleb Carr that
during his belonging to the army he was in the 
engagement upon Rhode Island when he was
wounded by a bayonet in the L arm, that he was also
in the battle of Long Island & was honorably 
discharged from the army & that he is now in the 
70th year of his age. And I the said Nathaniel 
Willson do further solemnly swear that I was
a resident citizen of the United States on the eight-
teenth day of March one thousand eight hundred
and eighteen: and that I have not since that
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time by gift [illegible] or in any manner whatever
disposed of my property or any part thereof with
intent thereby or to diminish it as to bring my
self within the provisions of our act of Congress ent-
itled "an act to provide for for certain persons engaged in
the land & naval service of the United States, in the 
revolutionary war, passed on the eighteenth day of
March, one thousand & eight hundred & eighteen: that
I have not nor has any person in trust for money,
property or securities contact or debt due to me
nor have I any income other then what is cont-
ained in the schedule hereunto annexed and by my
subscriber                                 Nath.l Willson
A schedule of the property and income necessary
clothing and bedding [illegible] of Nathaniel Wilson
   Seven chairs, chest with drawers, one chest
two [illegible] tables, six common [illegible] iron spoons, three
knives & forks, small old looking glap-paintings,
two coffee pots, 7 cups & saucers, tin teapot, Iron pot
tea kettle, dish kettle, two old brass candle sticks & 
[illegible], one hoe, one axe and this affidavit further
declares that he is poor and in need of the assistance
of his Country being to infirm for labour.
Nath.l Willson
Sworn to and declared on open Court on this
9th day of September A.D. 1823.
Witness Sam.l Coggeshell Clerk
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State of Rhode Island & c
Clerks  office of the Supreme Judicial
Court  September [illegible] A.D. 1823.

I Samuel Coggeshell Clerk of
said Court do herby certify that the foregoing oath
and the schedule thereto annexed and truly copies from 
the records of said Court and I do further certify
that it is the opinion of said Court that the amo-
unt in value of the property exhibited in
said schedule is ten Dollars.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand
and affixed the seal of said Court on the 22nd day
of September A.D. 1823.
Saml. Coggeshell, Clk
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Rev. and 1812 
Wars Section. 
March 10, 1924.
Susan B. Franklin, 
16 Division St., 
Newport, R. I. 
Madam; 
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 39896, it appears that Nathaniel Willson or Wilson enlisted in November 1775 and served as a private one year in Captains Billings Throop and Caleb Carr's Company, Colonel William Richmond's Rhode Island Regiment was in the battle of Long Island and in the battle of Rhode Island, where he was wounded in his hand by a bayonet, He afterwards served fifteen months in Captain Caleb Carr's Rhode Island Company. 
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 9, 1832, while a resident of Bristol, Rhode Island , aged sixty nine years. He died May 31, 1826. 
There is no data on file as to his family. 
The above noted is the only Nathaniel Willson or Wilson of Rhode Island, found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau. 
Respectfully, 
Commissionerl
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39896                                              1912 Nov. 14
                                                         History to
                                                      Mrs. L.F. Metcalf 
INVALID.                                       1924 - Mch.10.Hist to 
Revy                                              Susan B. Fraulcher
                                                     1924 - Mch.22- Hist-to Mrs
File N0.  39,896                              M.E. Middleton
Nathaniel Wilson
Prv      Rev War

Act: 18 March 18

Index: -Vol. S,   Page  567

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Evidence of Service
in the
Revolutionary war
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I, Samuel HIcks of Warren, in the County of
Bristol, in the State of Rhode Island, Esquire,
on solemn oath do testify and say that
I am now in the seventy seventh year
of my age, and I do further testify that 
I enlisted in the ompany of Capt.
Billings Throop, Col. Richmonds' Regiment
in the service of the Revolutionary war
in Novvember 1775 and continued
in said company under Captain
Caleb Carr,, the successor of said Throop
as commander of said company
till November 177six, that during all
said time I well recollect Nathaniel
Willson of Bristol in said county was
a private soldier in said company
and so continued till we were dis
charged from that post of the service
at the end of the year for which we
first enlisted.  Said Willson was to 
the best of my recollection a faithful 
soldier & I understand he is now poor
and in need of a pension but I am
not positively acquainted with his
circumstances as he lives at several miles
distance from me
Samuel Hicks
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State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Bristol fc. Warren Dec. 10th 1823
Personally came Samuel Hicks subscriber to the
within deposition and made solemn oath to
truth therof.  before me
Samuel Randall Justice of the Court of Common Pleas for the 
County of Bristol
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I, Caleb Carr of Warren, in the County
of Bristol, and State of Rhode Island
being duly sworn do testify and say that
while I was a Lieutenant in the company 
of Captain Billings Throop, in the Regi
ment of Colonel William Richmond
I was well acquainted with Nathaniel 
Willson, now of Bristol, is said county,
and I do testify that in November
A.D. 1775 said William was enlisted into 
said company as a private soldier.  I 
also well recollect that said Wiiilam con
tinued in said company under  me
when I succeeded Captain Throop as
commander of said company &
he continued also for the whole time
for which he was first enlisted which
was one year. I recollect perfectly well
that said William was with  me in 
a skirmish on Providence and also in
the Battle with me on Long Island
in 177six.  Said Carr further testified
that he is now in the eighty first
year of his age
Caleb Carr
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State of Rhode Island
Bristol fo.  Warren Dec. 10th 1823
Formally came Caleb Carr the subscriber to the within
deposition and made solemn oath to the truth
thereof.  before me
Samuel Randall Justice Court of Common Pleas for the County of Bristol

State of Rhode Island
Bristol fr. Clerks Office & Com. Pleas for said County
I Richard Smith Clerk of said Court do hereby certify
that Samuel Randall Esquire, whose signature is set to the 
above certificate in his own proper handwriting is one of
the judges of said court at the present time and was such
at the date of his said certificate.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the seal of said court
this eighteenth Day of December AD 1823
Richd Smith
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Evidence 
of
Poverty
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I, Henry Wight of Bristol, in the county
of Bristol, in the State of Rhode Island,,
pastor of the the Catholic Congregational
Society in said town on solemn oath
declare, that I am and have long been
acquainted with Nathaniel Willson
of said Bristol, the person alluded to in 
the respective depositions of Caleb Carr
& Samuel Hicks, and that I am one
of his neighbours, and that he is most
unquestionably a very poor as well
as an infirm old man and
that he has become incapable of 
much bodily labour and must in 
all human probability suffer with
want, unless he soon has the aid
of his country or the assistance of
other public or private charity or
relief.
Henry Wight
Bristol
Bristol, Dec 19th Personally came
the Rev. Henry Wight, subscriber to the above
deposition & made solemn oath to the truth
thereof  Before me
Nathl Bullock Jus Peace
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I, Allen Wardwell of Bristol, in the
County of Bristol, in the State of Rhode
Island , dr. Esquire, of lawful ofc and
sworn according to law do testify & say
that I have been acquainted with said
Nathaniel Willson of said Bristol from the
time of my youth to the present day
and am  now one of his neighbors,
and I have every reason to suppose
that he is very poor, and so much
so as to be destitute of many of the com
forts & even necessaries of life. and
this deponent has no doubt that he
the said Willson suffers from day to 
day as a result of his poverty.
The deponent would further add that
he well knows that said Willson
was in the service of his country
during most if not all of the
War of the Revolution. that he
has always been an honest [illegible]
[illegible] & industrious man but has
now become too old & of late too
infirm for labour.
Allen Wardwell
Bristol 
Bristol, Dec 19th 1823
Personally came Allen Wardwell subscriber
to the above deposition & made solemn oath
to the truth thereof.  Before me 
Nathl Bullock J. Peace
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I, Ichabod Davis of Bristol in the county
of Bristol in the state of Rhode Island &
of lawful age & sworn according to law
do testify and say that I am well
acquainted with Nathaniel Willson of
said Bristol, that he is poor & destitute
of many of the comforts of life and
in the opinion & belief of this deponent
that he is in need of the assistance of
his country, that the deponent has 
no doubt that if such relief is with
held that said Willson must suffer
for the [illegible] of life.  said Willson is
now very infirm & is almost totally
deaf.    Nathl Bullock
State of Rhode Island 
Bristol 
Bristol, Dec 19th 1823
Personally came Ichabod Davis the [illegible]
to the above deposition and made solemn
oath to the truth thereof
Before me
Nathl Bullock J.P.
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19.0six8
Nathaniel Willson
Bristol Co R.I.
Nathaniel Bullock
Bristol, R.I.
Recd 2six Dec. 1822
Honourable John C. Calhoun
Secretary of War
Washington D.C.
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Bristol, T.I. Dec sixteenth 1823
Sir,
I take the liberty of inclosing [enclosing] to your
department the application of Nathaniel
Willson of this place for a pension.  I hope
and trust the documents will be found
satisfactory.  But should there be any
deficiency of proof or informality in
the manner of making it, I should be
glad to have it suggested to me.  Should
a pensioner certificate be found, it could
be inclosed [enclosed] either to him or to me
Hon John C. Calhoun  Your Obe't Sevt.
Nathaniel Bullock
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16 DIVISION STREET 
NEWFORT, R.I. 
The Pension Office, 
Washington D.C. 
My dear Sirs: I should be very grateful for any information that you could give me about Nathaniel Wilson of Bristol Died May 31 1826. His name appears in a pamphlet of the R.I. pension roll, as receiving a pension beginning Dec. 16 1823, as the first payment, but placed on the rollJan 26 1824. The pension was withdrawn under some special act, but later renewed. The date of his death here recorded corresponds with date in Arnold's Vital Statistics of R. I. 
In the “Spirit of 76 in R. I.”, page 26 his name appears as in Capt. Caleb Carr's Co. Later the same name appears as Corporal Col. Crary's regiment. Iam anxious to see if both records refer to the same man. 
If you can also refer me to the proper society to furnish Marker's for soldiers graves of the Revolutionary war I should be grateful.
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Very sincerely yours, 
Susan Braley Franklin. 
I am writing for a descendant of his who has raised money to put up a stone at his grave in Bristol and is anxious to supply the marker if there is such appropriate to Rev. Soldiers. 
[round stamp] U.S. PENSION OFFICE C FEB 1924
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Newport  Feb. 18, 1924
To the Head of the Pension Bureau
Dear Sir
I write to you for information
concerning a Revolutionary soldier.
Nathaniel Wilson, my Great Grandfather.
I have been hunting for a year to
find out the different date to join
the D.A.R.'s and have at last
found it. and to [illegible] find that he
was a pensioner and that there is
14 pounds 5 shillings & 4 pence still
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due him, he lies in an unmarked
grave. and I wondered if the government
would do anything about a stone or
help me to do so.  I and others of my
relitions [relations] know just where he is
buried, as our Grandfather (his son)
is burried [buried] in the same lot & we
were told all about our Revolutionary
Grandfather being buried there.  and
my father has always kept the lot
in order & marked so we should
always know the place. but there has
never been a stone up.
I have taken the liberty to write
and ask you if there is a possible
chance in any way as those things
are receiving notice these times & I would
like to have his grave [illegible] marked
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if possible he is
Nathaniel Wilson [Willson] of Bristol R.I.
Born Jan 2  1755
Enlisted Oct 10 177six
Roll of Capt. Caleb Caris co
Under Col Wm Richardson Regiment
afterward commanded by
Col Archibald Crary
Married Nov 5  1799 
Placed on Pension Roll Jan 2six  1824
Died May 31  182six
Trusting I may hear from you I am
Very Respectfully Mrs. E. Middleton
20 Second st
Newport, R.I.
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Whitinsville. Mass.
Nov 9th 1912

Pension Bureau
Washington D.C.
Is there anything on the 
Pension Roll concerning
Nathaniel Wilson [Willson] of Bristol R.I.
who served in the War of the Rev
he was born in 1755 and died
182six.  he served in Col. Archibald
Crary's Regiment.
Thanking you for any information
to be found I am 
Yours truly
(Mrs.) L.F. Metcalf
1six10 Pleasant Dr.  Whitinsville, Mass.  [note my number six will not print]
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Rev. and 1812 
Wars Section. 
March 22, 1924.
Mrs. M. E. Middleton, 
20 Second St., 
Newport, R. I. 
Madam; 
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 39896, it appears that Nathaniel Willson or Wilson enlisted in November 1775 and served as a private one year in Captains Billings Throop and Caleb Carr's Company, Colonel William Richmond's Rhode Island Regiment, he was in the battle of Long Island and battle of Rhode Island, where he was wounded in the hand by a bayonet. He afterwards served fifteen months in Captain Caleb Carr's Rhode Island Company. 
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 9, 1832, while a resident of Bristol, Rhode
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Island, aged sixty nine years. He died May 31, 1826. 
Relative to stone for Revolutionary War soldiers grave you should apply to - quartermaster General's Office, Cemeterial Branch, Washington, D. C. 
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
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Nathaniel Willson
S.F. 3989six
Nov. 1775 1 yr Pri Billings Throop Wm. Richmond R.I.
                             Caleb Carr

Afterwards 15 mos Caleb Carr          check mark

Battles  Long Island; wounded in hand in battle of R.I.
Residence  not stated
Date  Sept. 9, 1823.  His cl. was al.
Residence  Bristol, Bristol Co. R.I.
Age  sixty9 years.  He died May 31, 182six
Remarks  There is no data relative to family.
The above noted is the only Nathaniel 
Willson of R. I. found on the Rev. War records of this Bureau
Note Date of death taken from Agency Book