Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 12585, Nathaniel Collins, Continental (Conn.)
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SERVICE
Continental (Conn)

Collins, Nathaniel

NUMBER
S. 12582

carded
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2266
Connecticut
Nathaniel Collins decd
of Canton in the State of Connt
who was an Artificer in the Compy commanded by Captain Pidgeon of the Regt commanded by Col Baldwin in the Conn.* line for two years 
(*Continental Line. Oct 21/05 Records corrected)

Inscribed on the Roll of Hartford at the rate of 240 dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831 & endg 2nd March 1835.

Certificate of Pension issued the 17th day of Nov 1851 and sent to L. M. Drury Esq
Canandaigua, N.Y.

Arrears to the 4th of 
Semi-annual allowance ending

Incd from $188

Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.

Recorded by H. R. Weightman Clerk,
Book E [portion of document missing] Vol. 3. Page 9
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Nath Collins - Serg
[illegible] 1 June 1777/a 3 years
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PENSION ACT OF 1832.
Declaration of Nathaniel Collins in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.

STATE OF CONNECTICUT.
County of Hartford              SS. Canton

On this 11th day of August 1832, before the Probate Court for the District of Simsbury in the County of Hartford and State of Connecticut being a Court of Record, having by law a Clerk and Seal, personally appeared Nathaniel Collins a resident of Canton in the County of Hartford and State of Connecticut aged eighty three 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 Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.

That he entered the service of the United States as a private in a company commanded by Captain Moses Pidgeon Lieutenant Moses Cook and Ensign of Barkhampsted in the County of Litchfield and State of Connecticut on or about the 2d day of July but the enlistment was dated 20 June  1777; that said company save time afterward belonged to a regiment of Artillery artificers commanded by Colonel Jeduthan Baldwin Lieutenant Colonel don't remember and Major don't remember   That he the deponent was enlisted for thirty six months, or 3 years, and continued to serve in the said regiment until on or about the 2d of June 1780 when he was discharged from the service, at or near a place called West Point in the County of Orange and State of New York; that when he entered the service, he resided in Barhamsted in the County of Litchfield and State of Connecticut and was marched from Barhamsted to Peekskill in the State of New York by the way of Litchfield in a direct course to Peekskill, from Peekskill, he went to Fishkill and from Fishkill to West Point where the company was mustered.  About the nineth of May 1778, Captain Pidgeon was tried by a court martial, for antedating the time of enlistment upon the muster roll and receiving [illegible] that he was found guilty and left the service, and succeeded in Command by Captain Moses Cook, who continued until about May 1779  when he left the company and placed  under the command of the said Nathaniel Collins who had acted as a sergeant from the time of his enlistment but had not received
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a written warrant: that said company continued under the command of the deponent until about the 15th of July 1779, when he the said Nathaniel Collins, the deponent, joined the company commanded by Captain William Sizer of Middletown Connt. and received a warrant from said Sizer dated September 13 1779 to exercise the Office of Sergeant in said Company of artificers, which warrant is herewith annexed as part of his evidence in support of this declaration, that he continued in said Sizer's Company in the capacity of Sergeant until he was discharged at West Point about the middle of June 1780 -  said warrant is marked No. 5.

And in further support of his declaration he the deponent introduces and annexes hereto the Affidavits of Eber Alford of Canton & also the affidavit of Reuben Messenger of New Hartford, who served with the deponent in Captain Moses Cooks company about one year (according to his best recollection from the latter part of Feby 1778 to Feby 1779 if he the deponent is not mistaken. Said affidavits are marked No. 1 & 2.  Also a muster roll of artificers in Captain Cooks Company taken in April & sworn to in May 10, 1779 marked 3.
Also Timothy Whiting sect of sundry carpenters tools dated July 18, 1779 . marked 4.
Also. In account of the service done by a party of carpenters, draughted from the line, dated Nov 1, 1779, and marked 6.
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also a certificate from the Revd Jaine's Burt a clergyman of the Town of Canton & Ephraim Mills Esq a respectable person in the same Town in relation to his character for veracity & general reputation of service as the revolution army was marked No. 7.  

That he saw General Washington, Putnam, General Samuel H. Parsons of Connecticut, General Greene & many other officers at West Point.  Also Gene McDougal.

And in reply to certain interrogatories prescribed by the War Department and propounded by the Court, the deponent further declares,

1st. That he was born at Farmington now called Bristol, in the County of Hartford and State of Connecticut on the 22d day of September 1749 

2d. That the day and year of his birth is recorded in the Records of the Town of Farmington & copied therefrom into the Records of the Town of Barkhampsted.

3d.  and 4th.  That when he was called into service, he resided at the place or town as herein before stated; and served in the manner set forth in the preceding declaration.

5th.  That the general circumstances of his service are detailed in the preceding declaration, and also the names of such officers & c. as he distinctly recollects.  

6th. That he received a written discharge from the service from Captain Sizer which discharge was sent to the War Department in 1818 when he the deponent applied for a pension under the Act of March 1828.

7th. That he is personally known to Jairus Burt a Clergyman of the said Town of Canton & Ephraim Mills Esq. of the [illegible]town and many others.

who are respectable persons in the neighborhood where he now resides, and can testify as to his character for veracity, and also their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution.

And the said Nathaniel Collins hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State.

Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.  Nathaniel Collins, X  his mark

And the said Court to 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 Revd Jairus Burt is a clergyman in the Town of Canton, and that Ephraim Mills, Eber Alford and Reuben Messenger whose affidavits are hereto annexed are credible persons, and that their statements are entitled to credit.

I, John O. Pettibone Judge of the Probate District of Simsbury do in the absence of the Clerk of said court hereby certify that the foregoing, contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Nathaniel Collins for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this 11th day of August 1832.

John O. Pettibone Judge for the Probate District of Simsbury.
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State of Connecticut 
County of Hartford ⎬ SS Canton April 3d 1837 Know all men by these present 
that I David Ackart of Canton Executor 
of the last will & testament of Nathaniel 
Collins decd, late of said Canton do hereby authorize constitute and appoint 
S M Drury Esq of Canandaigua New York
 my Sole time & lawful attorney to proceed 
in my name for me & my behalf any 
& all claims I have or ought to have upon 
the United States Government by reason of 
the services of the said Nathaniel Collins late of said Canton decd as an Artificer in the War 
of the Revolution 
and the said S M Drury is 
hereby authorized to take all steps he may deem necessary & proper on the 
premises 
Hereby revokes any & all power of 
attorney heretofor granted (if any there be)
by me in the premises  
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal at said Canton 
this third day of April 1837, 
Signed Sealed & delivered 
in presence of 
David Ackart 
Edward Ackart 
Charles Robinson  
State of Connecticut 
County of Hartford Canton April 3 1837 
Personally appeared David Ackart 
Signer & sealer of the above power of Attorney to in well known & acknowledged they are to be his free act & deed before me 
Charles Robinson Notary Public
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information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension of file in this Bureau Nathaniel Collins S.F. 12585

table
Entry 
Dates of Enlistment or Appointment - July 2, 1777
Length of Service - blank
Rank - 1st line - Pvt
            2nd line - blank
            3rd line - Sgt
Officers under whom service was rendered
Captain: 1st line Moses Pidgin
               2nd line: Moses Cook
                3rd line: Wiliam Sizer
Colonel: Jeduthan Balwin (2nd and 3rd line blank)
State Connecticut (2nd and 3rd line blank)
discharged June 1780

Battles engaged in, (checkmark)
Residence of soldier at enlistment: Barkhampstead, Litchfield Co. Conn.
Date of application for pension, Ag 11, 1832, This I was al
Residence at date of application: Canton, Hartford Co. Conn.
Age at date of application: Born at Farmington now Bristol Hartford Co, Conn. Sept 22, 1749
Died at Canton Conn. Mar. 2, 1835
Remarks:
soldier left no widow Children: Rachael Gridley, Sally Newell and Lavina Webster were living in 1851
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Sergt Collin's
Warrant
Sept. 1st 1779

No 5
Sergeant Collins warrant
fir a pensioner
Sept 1 1779

Nathaniel Collins
S. File 12585
Continental Conn
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William Sizer  Captain of an Independent Compy of Artificers in the Service of the United States of America
To Nathaniel Collins

Greeting
I do by these presents reposing Special Confidence in your Fidelity Courage and Good Conduct, Constitute and appoint you the sd Nathaniel Collins to be Sergeant in the aforesaid Company of Artificers, and I do hereby authorize and empower you to Exercise your said office, in a due discharge of the duties thereof, which you are Carefully and Diligently to attend as a Sergeant as aforesaid,  to the trust hereby reposed in you, afar which this is your Sufficient Warrant.
Given under my hand at West point New York State this 1st Day of September 1779
And in the 4th year of American Independence--
Wm Sizer Capt.
[stamp] THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES
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10. Hist. to L.D. Drury  V.L.M.

Rev War 12585
INVALID
File No. 12,585
Nathaniel Collins
Artificer Rev. War
Act: June 7" 1832
Index: Vol. A, Page 78
[Arrangement 1870]
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2266
Connecticut
Nathaniel Collins
of Gauton in the State of Connect
who was a Ser: of An in the Compy commanded by Captain Ridgeon of the Regt commanded by Col Baldwin in the Connt. line for 3 years
Continental Line
Oct. 21/05
Records corrected j.
inscribed in the Roll of Connecticut
at the rate of 188 Dollars --- Cents per annum,
to commence in the 4th day of March 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 day of Nov. 
1832 and sent to S. H. Parsons
Hartford Cont.
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1832
$282
Semi=anl. allowance ending 4 M. 1833 94
$376
{Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832}
Recorded by E.D. Bullock Clerk,
Book D Vol 5 Page 36

2265
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2426
Nathaniel Collins
of Canton Connt.
Declaration &c
under the Act of 7 June 1832
3 years in the Regular Troops
177-1778-1779-
Sergeant in a Company
of Artillery Artificers
very inform
advit
Leng if Artificers &188 pr ye
sent S. H.Par[torn page]
Hartfo
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Brief in the case of Nathaniel Collins, decd kate of
Hartford County and State of Connecticut
act 7 June 1832

Claim, ("for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original)
Is it documentary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Artillery Artificer- Increased from
&188 to $240 per annum
S. Cole
Examining Clerk
Name of residence of Agent
L. M. Drury
Canandaigua
N Y
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Nathaniel Collins Decd
Incd to $240. dedg' $188
per annum. comig
4 March 1831 & ends
2 March 1835. payable 
to David Ackart, Excr
& he benefit of
Rachel Gridely
Sally Newell &
Lovina Webster, only
living children

L.M. Drury
Canandaigua 
N Y
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Nathaniel Collins
Declaration
Eber Alve
unt to Canton
Mills Port officer
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I Nathaniel Collins late of Barkhamsted county of Litchfield
a State of Connecticut - but now of Canton County of Hartford state
aforesaid being of the age of Eighty three years do declare that I
enlisted for the term of three years and that I served the said term
of three years in the time of the continental army in the revolutionary war- that said service was performed at West Point, Fishkill 
White Plains in the state of New York during the years 1777-
1778 & 1779 and that I received a regular discharge for said term
of enlistment- which discharge has been mislaid or lost
Nathaniel Collins
State of Connecticut 
Hartford County 
Can't June 23rd 1832
Personally appeared the above named Nathaniel Collins &
made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing declaration
by him subscribed before me 
Ephraim Mills Justice of the Peace
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No. 2
Rueben Messenger
Affidavit
de Nathaniel Collins
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I Reuben Messenger of New Hartford in the County 
of Litchfield & State of Connecticut of lawful age
do testify & say that I am well acquainted with
 Nathaniel Collins formerly of Barkhamsted in said
County, now of Canton in the County of Hartford &
State aforesaid & was knowing to his serving in the
Revolutionary war in Capt. Moses Cook's company at
West Point - that he enlisted for the term of three
years & as I believe served the full term, but 
I was with him during a part of said term only
 I am not personally knowing to his serving the whole
term of three years & I further testify that the said
Collins was a Sergeant in said Company 
Reuben Messenger

State of Connecticut 
County of Litchfield New Hartford June 22, 1832
Personally appeared the above named Reuben
Messenger, to me personally known as a credible
witness, & made solemn oath to the truth of the 
foregoing affidavit by him subscribed
before me 
[signature] WM G. Williams Just. of the Peace
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7
Certificate as to the gene
reputation &c of
Nathaniel Collins
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WE, Jairus Burt a clergyman, residing in the town of Canton in the County of Hartford and State of Connecticut and Ephraim Mills residing in the same town hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Nathaniel Collins, a resident of said Canton who is an applicant for a pension under the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832; that we believe him to be Eighty three years of age; that he is generally reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he now resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Jairus Burt
Ephraim Mills

State of Connecticut
County of Hartford
} SS Canton
On this 9th day of August 1832 before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace for the County  aforesaid, personally appeared The Rev. Jairus Burt, who is a clergyman residing in the said town of Canton and Ephraim Mills who is a credible person residing in the same town--and made oath that the preceding certificate by them subscribed is true, and I further certify that their statement is entitled to credit.
Wm H. Hallock, Just. of Peace
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No 1
Eber Alfords
Affidavit
de Nathaniel Collins
services in 1778 & 14779
as an artificer in Captain
Moses Cook Company
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I Eber Alford of Canton Count of Hartford and state of 
Connecticut of lawful age depose and say that I am well acquainted
with Nathaniel Collins formerly of Barkhamsted County of 
Litchfield State aforesaid but now of said Canton and was knowing to his serving in the
revolutionary war in Cape Moses Cooks company at West Point
that he enlisted for the term of three years and as I believe 
served the full term, but as I was with him during a par of said
term only I am not personally knowing to his serving the whole
term of three years and I further testify that the said Collins
was a Sergeant in said company
[signature] Ever Alford
State of Connecticut 
Hartford County Canto June 23rd 1832
Personally appeared the above named Eber Alford to me formally
known as a credible witness and mad column oath to the truth of
the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed before me
[signature] Ephraim Mills Justice of the Peace
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Nathaniel Collins
Conn
Act 7th June 1832
2266
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State of Connecticut}
County of Harford}
Canton Apr 3d 1832


I Luther Higley Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Canton in said County do certify that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited in said Court that Nathaniel Collins was a sergeant of the artificers in the war of the Revolution & was a Revolutionary pensioner at the rate of one hundred & eighty eight dollars per annum that said Collins was a resident of said town of Canon in said County of Hartford state of Connecticut & died in said town on the 2d day of March AD 1835 leaving no widow but leaving three children now living named Rachael Gridley, Sally Newell &  Lovina Webster.
And I further certify that David Ackart of said Canton is the executor of the last will & testament of said Nathaniel Collins duly appointed and qualified to get in that capacity.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the official seal of said Court of Probate at said Canton this 3d day of April AD 1832
Luther Higley Judge of the Court of Probate for the district of Canton
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Northampton Institution for Savings,
NORTHAMPTON. MASS.
OLIVER WALKER 
PRESIDENT
S. D. DRURY
TREASURER.

Dec 2, 1907

U.S. Pension Office
Washington.

Will you kindly give what information you can concerning Nathaniel Collins, a Connecticut pensioner residing in Hartford County in 1832 Nov. 22
Also of Chas Swift a Conn Pensioner residing in NY in 1818.

Yours respectfully,
S.W. Drury

PENSION OFFICE A 
U. S.
Dec 8 1907
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
From VAH-51
12-5-41

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

NAME Collins, Oliver
GRADE Corporal
LINE Crane's Continental Artillery (Massachusetts)
WARRANT NUMBER 3988
ACREAGE 100
ISSUED Jan 10, 1800
To -- not shown --

The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives