Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 14550, for Nathan Spencer, New Jersey
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Spencer, Nathan
Service - New Jersey
Number - S.14550
carded

CONTENTS
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Let to W. S. Johnson, Jan. 26, 1836
On Tr.   Mar. 14 - '36
Transf to Albany from 14' March 1835 - Mar. 19' 1836
_________________________
Albany  No. 28,343
Nathan Spencer
Wantage in the State of New Jersey 
who was a private in the Compy commanded
by Captain Harker of the Regt commanded
_____ in the New Jersey [illegible] for 10 months

Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey
at the rate of 33 Dollars 33 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
certificate of Pension issued the 10th day of March 1934 and
Hon. T. Frelinghuysen Senator

Arrears to the 4th of Mar. 1834. .. 99.99
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4'. Sept. " .. 16.66
______________________
= 116.65
_____________
Revolutionary Cla [paper torn]
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by R. Burdine  Clerk
Book E - Vol. 3 - Page 132 -
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District of New Jersey
County of Sussex Ss
On this 12th day of September AD 1818 before
me the subscribers one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said County personally appeared Nathan Spencer aged fifty six years or thereabouts resident in
New Jersey Sussex County aforesaid who being by me duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make
the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress "entitled an "Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the "land and naval service of the United States in "The Revolutionary War; " That he the said Nathan Spencer Enlisted in the County of Sussex sometime in the month of March 1777 for the term of one year in
Captain Joseph Harker's Company of foot and that upon the expiration of the said time of enlistment he received his discharge, the said discharge he has lost, that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services,
that he is in indigent circumstances and prays the aid of his country
Nathan Spencer
Sworn and declared before me
the day and year aforesaid
Walter L. Skie
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I Walter L. Skie Judge of the Court of Common Pleas aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Nathan Spencer did serve in the Revolutionary war as
stated in the preceeding declaration against the common Enemy. And I now transmit the proceedings and Testimony taken and had before me to the secretary
for the department of War pursuant to the
directions of the aforementioned Act of Congress - I liken in certify that the said Nathan Spencer is in indigent circumstances-
Walter L. Skie 

State of New Jersey
County of Sussex
    Before me Walter L. Skie one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the
County afs. personally appeared Reuben Mosher aged seventy seven years or thereabouts who being
duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that on or about the Month of March 1777 he inlisted in Captn. Joseph Harkers Company for the term of one year at which time the above applicant also inlisted, that the said Nathan Spencer served in the said corps for the term of the year or thereabouts at which time to the best of his belief he recd his discharge and further
this deponent saith not.

Reuben Mosher 
X his mark

Sworn and subscribed before me
this 12th day of September 1846
Walter L. Skie
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of
the act of Congress pased June 7. 1832.
New Jersey-
Sussex County SS
On this Twenty Eighth day of August 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas now sitting at
Newton in and for said County Nathan Spencer of the Township of Wantage in said County who being being duly sworn according to Law upon his oath maketh the following declaration in order to obtain the
benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832.
That in the month of February of the year , 81- he entered the service of the United States by enlisting in
the Company of Captain Joseph Harker in Wantage Sussex Co. N.J. he then residing in said place - that
Solomon was Lieut : Wilhelmus Westbrooks Ensign
that the company was not attached to any Brigade were marched first to Newton Sussex Co. and from then to Sandyston along the Delaware River - the Company was divided and part lay at Fort Ficedenburg
 - among whom were this Deponent - remained there a short time perhaps a month when they went
down the River to Capt. Westbrooks Fort - remained there a short time, and then returned to Fort
Ficedenburg - there they remained till the winter when the company was dissolved, that this Deponent was in many scouting parties after the Indians- that William Hedglin enlisted at the same time as this deponent and was with him during the service - and can testify of his service - also Abram Westbrook was in the same Company under the
command of the Lieut at the Lower Fort
also Blandina Westbrook knows and will testify
of the service of Deponent - that there is no [illegible hyphenated word]  in his neighbourhood whom he can procure to give testimony of his character but that Andrew Willson Esquire one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said County
and Colonel Grant Fitch of Newton in said County are acquainted with him and will certify of his character and standing - that his age is Seventy years that he was of the age of sixteen years when he enlisted that the whole time of his service was Ten Months
that he has continued to reside in Wantage Sussex Co. New Jersey - that he never received a discharge
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and that no documentary evidence of his service
that he has the record of his age in the family
bible in the possession of this Deponent that he
hereby relinquishes all claim to any pension or annuity
except the present, and declares that his name
is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any
State
Nathan Spencer

Sworn and subscribed the
28 August 1832 in open Court
Robert H McCarter Judge
We Abram Westbrook and
William Hedglin
of the said County do certify that we served in the
Company of Captain Harker and that we know
Nathan Spencer who has subscribed and sworn to
the above declaration and that we will remember
him to have been in the same Company and to
have done duty with us at the same time

Abraham Westbrook
Wm Hedglen X his mark
 Sworm and subrsibed in open cour this 28th August 1832...
Benj Hulsey

I, Blandina Wstbrook of the Township of e Sussex CoWantage. do certify that the Company (or part of
it) of Capt. Joseph Harker lay at the House of
my Father Peter Westbrook and that I recollect
hearing the name of Nathan Spencer as being
one of the Soldier in said Company this
was in the year 1781.

Blandiniah Westbrook

Sworn & subscribed in open Court
the 28 August A.D. 1832--
R H McCarter Judge

 I/We Andrew Willson Judge of said Court of the Township of Wantage and Grant Fitch of the Township of Newton Sussex
Do Certify that we are well acquainted with Nathan Spencer who has subscribed and sworn the above declaration and that we 
believe him to be of the {need the said Andrew Willson further declares of said Nathan}
age of Seventy years & that he is reputed and
believed in his neighbourhood to have been a
Revolutionary Soldier and that he concurs in
that belief.

Sworn & subscribed in open Court
this 28: August 1832-
Robert H Mc Carter Judge
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11282
Nathan Spencer, N.J.

Return e J.
Annual p

10 mo. $33.33

See the paper of Samuel
Helme No 2923
Hon T Frelinghusen
U.S.
Whitfeld P. Johnsen
Newton
Sussex Co
N.J.
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
5 June 1833
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned.  The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form.  On comparing these papers with the following rules and the subjoined notes you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed.   The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done.  Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }).  You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them;  and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim.
A Statement, shewing the service of Nathan Spencer of Sussex New Jersey

Period when the service was rendered. |
Enlisted 1781 
Duration of the claimaint's service. |
Years. | [blank]
Months.  | 10
Days. | [blank]
Rank of the claimant. |
Private
Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. | 
Capt. Joseph Harker - Lieut Solomons - Ensign Whilhemus Westbrook

Names and Rank of the General and Field Officers. | 
V
Battles in which the applicant was engaged. |
[blank]
Country through which he marched. |
To Newton in Sussex County then To Sandyston along the delaware - To Fort Ficedenburg To Capt. Westbrooks Fort

Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. |
Sussex Co. New Jersey  Aged 70

Evidence by which the declaration is supported. | 
Traditionary & Living Witness

Alleged to have been in  many Scouting parties of the Indians - but does not say whether or not it was during the above service.

x never joined a Brigade


I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged
in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of
County of
On this [blank] day of [blank] personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of
 [blank] in the county of  [blank] and State, Territory or District of [blank] aged (c)[blank] 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 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)[blank], with [blank] and served in the [blank] 
(e) regiment of the [blank] line, under the following named officers:
Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged,
sons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.] and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and per-
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he the Agency in the State of
declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of [blank]
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.    A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court]

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I [blank] of the Court of [blank] do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of [blank] for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this [blank] day of
[blank] & c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A.B., a Clergyman, residing in the [blank] and C.D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with [blank] who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be
[blank] 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.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do 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 A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the [blank] and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the [blank] and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, [blank] Clerk of the Court of [blank] do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of [blank] for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal [blank] of office, this [blank] day of [blank] & c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person-
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal
means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted
; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected.
All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there
subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account
of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State
troops of Virginia.
1.  Where and in what year were you born?
2.  Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3.  Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4.  How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?
And if a substitute, for whom?
5.  State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such
Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6.  {To a Soldier.{  Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it?
{ To an Officer. {  Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7.  State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
     The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons -one of whom should be
the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.
If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
     The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party.  And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
     Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to
perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
     Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper
Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
     No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the
opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
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[a]  The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b]  The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c]  The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d]  The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e]  Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had.  Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the
loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason
of old age, and in consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:--For---year----months, and --- days, I served as a -----. For ---- months---- and --- days, I served as a -----; and for such service I claim a pension." 
     It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the person for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months,
is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.  Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable.  It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f]  The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g]  The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h]  The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i]  The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the
papers.

Mode of authenticating papers.
     In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains
the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

Proof of Service.
[j]  In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as
the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged.  The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
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The notes from  [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops,  The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k]  This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l]  If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m]  The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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Nathan Spencer
Private
77 ----- 1 year
not on pension roll of
of
N. J.
N. J.
File this with Sussex court
a o 32 - 28343
NS

the Regt and line in
which the claimant
served must be mentioned

X

See records
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State of New Jersey
County of Sussex SS
Before me Walter L. Skie one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County personally
appeared William Hedglin aged fifty nine years or thereabouts who being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that some time in the month of March in the year 1777 [writing crossed out] (the precise day and month he does not recollect)
he inlisted in
Captn. Joseph Harkers Company for the term of one year on or about which time the within named applicant Nathan
Spencer also inlisted for the like term of one year
that the said Nathan to the best of this deponents recollection and belief served in the said corps for and during the time of one year and after the expiration thereof received his discharge and further
this deponent saith not
Sworn and subscribed before me
this twelfth day of Feby. A.D. 1819 
Walter L. Skie  }
William Hedglin  X his mark
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State of New Jersey
Sussex County SS

I Ephraim Green [ ]Clerk of the Court
of Common Pleas in & for said County of Sussex do certify that Walter L. Skie Esquire who has taken the within mentioned affidavit was at the time of taking and
Signing the same one of the Judges
of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County
duly commissioned and sworn and to all
his acts as such full faith and credit is and
ought to be given - In Testimony whereof
I have hereunto subscribed my name and
affixed the seal of my office this fifteenth
day of February A.D. 1819 -
E - Green [ ]
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State of New York
Tioga County Ss,
 On this second day of March A.D. 1836. before me the subscriber, a Justice of the peace for the said County of Tioga personally
appeared Nathan Spencer, who on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company commanded by Captain James Harker in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Solomons 
if I am not mistaken in the service of the United States; that his name
was placed on the pension roll of the State of New Jersey from whence he
has lately removed; that he now resides in the Town County of Tioga
State of New York where he intends to remain, and wishes his pension
to be there payable in future. The following are his reasons for removing from Sussex County, New Jersey to Tioga aforesaid, the sale of
his property in the former place & the purchase of property in the
latter, together with the fact that some of his children reside in
the latter place  - By reason of infirmity & ill health this deponent
Subscribed before me
unable to write & therefore makes his mark
Nathan Spencer X his mark
 Sworn & Subscribed unto me
this second day of March 1836.
Osee Hall Justice of the Peace

Tioga County ss: Jonathan Catlin of Tioga Town & County & State of New York being duly sworn deposes & says that he has been
personally acquainted with the above named Nathan Spencer for an amount of thirty years past from such acquaintance, from 
 public reputation & from the
Certificate in his possession he has no doubt that said Spencer
is the identical person who is entitled to the pension as set forth
and claimed by him in the preceding affidavit . Said Spencer is the person described in said affidavit. and further deponent
saith that he is unable to write & therefore makes his mark for his signature March 1, 1836. Jonathan Catlin  X his mark

I Osee Hall a Justice of the Peace of said County of Tioga do hereby
certify that the above named Jonathan Catlin made oath & subscribed the above affidavit before me the  first day of
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March A.D. 1836. and that the said Witness Catlin is a person of veracity. Tioga Town & County N.Y. March 1, 1836.
The interlineation afterwards "for as much as thirty years past" was
J. Catlins affidavit made before signing
Osee Hall J. P.
State of New York
Tioga County Ss}

[The following writing has X over the entirety]

I Theodore Drake Dept. Clerk
of the County of
Tioga County
of Tioga do hereby certify that Osee Hall whose name is subscribed to the above certificate was at the time a Justice of the Peace and duly authorized by law to execute
the same & testimony whereof. I have here
unto suscribed my name and affixed
the Seal of the said County
this 4th day
of March
A D 1836

Theodore Drake Dep Clerk
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State of New York
Tioga County Ss

I Theodore Drake Deputy Clerk of the County
of Tioga in the State of New York do here
by certify that Osee Hall whose name
is subscribed to the above certificates was
at the date thereof a Justice of the Peace
of said County & duly authorized by law
to administer oaths & execute the duties
of said office That I am well acquainted with
the hand writing of said Hall & know
that the signature of said Osee Hall
subscribed to the foregoing
certificate is
his proper hand writing In testimony whereof I have here unto inscribed my name
and affixed the seal of said County this
fourth day of March AD 1836
Theodore Drake Deputy Clerk
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14.550
INVALID.

Rev War
File No. 14,550

Nathan Spencer
Priv. Rev. War
---
Act: June 7th 1832
Index: -- Vol.  1,  Page  354
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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State of New Jersey
11.282
Nathan Spencer
Application for Pension
under act of June 7.
1832.-
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And the Court do hereby declare their
opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the questions prescribed by the war
department that the above named applicant
was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he
States And further that the said Andrew
Willson who has signed the preceeding certificate
is a resident of Wantage Sussex County and is
one of the judges of this Court, and that
Grant Fitch-- who has also signed the
above certificate, is a resident of Newton in the same County and that they are credible persons
and whose statements are entitled to credit.
and also that there is no Clergyman of his
Neighbourhood whom he could produce to testify
of his character or service-
Benj Halsey
Aa Hasen}
Judge &c

New Jersey
Sussex County SS

I Joseph E Edsall Clerk of the sd
Court of Common Pleas do certify that the
foregoing contains the Original proceedings of the said Court in the matter
of the application of Nathan Spencer for a pension In Testimony
whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and the seal of said Court at Newton
this Eleventh day of September AD 1832
J E Edsall Clk
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Oswego Village March 4, 1836.
Dear Sir-
I send you the application of Nathan Spencer
of this neighborhood, an old Soldier, whose name as a pensioner is on the New Jersey roll where he has heretofore drawn his money. having removed to this County he wishes
to have his name placed on the List in this State that he may draw his money here.
Will you
have the goodness to attend to this matter for the old man & sending the necessary evidence that he may
obtain the back pay, as he has drawn nothing for a year past. We have nothing of interest with viz.  Our people are somewhat engaged in prosecuting the public objects designed for the benefit of the place-- We have agents
now in Albany attending to our application for a Bank & for a division the Coy.  About all unite in both districts in the latter project - Gen Rail Road property I presume excites more interest. And it would be in that our prospects are flattering-- The Senate however
may refuse & unite with the house. It is however I hope otherwise. Our friend W. Pumpelly has since good measure regained his health. health generally
prevails. Our severe winter still remains. Snow 2 or 3 feet.  But we are all mercifully provided for. Your family are all I believe well. May the Lord be with you & bless you & in due time return you to your family
& friends.
Yours Sincerely
Wm Platt

Hon. L. B. Leonard
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Newton Sussex Co. N.J.
Jany 18. 1836-
The undersigned has the following
question to proponent to he Pension Dept
relative to the Drawing of pension when Certificate has been received
N. Spencer late of Sussex County N.J.
has a Certificate of Pension under act of 1832.
and not drawn his pension. this the Trenton Records. Co. since March 4; & after drawing prior to that time he removed to Osego
N. York. he has sent his docas on to me
with a request that it might be protect
N. J.
the question therefore is where
is the proper place to make application
for the payment of it? - & will a Certificate from a Justice of the Peace in N.Y. be sufficient for that purpose-
A reply is respectfully requested
I have the honor to be --
W. S. Johnson
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P. Dickinson
Mar. 14th 1836

Nathan Spencer
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Extract of a letter from New Jersey
Agency, dated Mar. 16 1836
Your favor after 14th inst, is such
"Nathan Spencer a pensioner under the act of June 7,1832 (not 1836) at $33. 33/100 dols per annum was paid up to the 4th March
1835"
payment handed back to Mr
Wilson - Mar. 19. 1836
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J. L. Edwards Esqr.
Comr of Pensions
Herewith is enclosed
the supplemental affidavit in the case
of Nathan Spencer of N.J. which
is hoped may be found sufficient.
The undersigned would beg the attention of the Department to
the case of Abraham Westbrook
and Abram Vancampen whose
claims for services are similar to that of
Nathan Spencer & Wm Hedglen since
deceased. I said I would ask if they have not
under the circumstances
substantially complied with the requisitions of the Department--Impossibilities should be asked of no man.
Previous have been allowed for the same
kind of service, one instance I known & refer the Dept to it. Wm T H
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Helm of Pike Co. Pa.

some of them (& especially Van Campen) is poor and necessitous, and an 
early and favourable disposition of his
claim would be
grateful to him in
his infirmity. We ask it how a case not as a favor but as a
matter of right
Verry Respectfully &
Whitfield P. Johnson
Newton N.J. April 7 1834
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Nathan Spencer
N. Jersey
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State of New Jersey
Sussex County SS
I joseph E Edsall Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Sussex do hereby certify that Rober H McCarter and Joseph Y. Miller are Justices of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and sworn. and that their signatures subscribed to the annexed depositions are genuine. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Seal of Office at Newton this 4th day of March 1834
J.E. Edsall Clerk
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New Jersey
Sussex County Ss
Personally appeared before me the
undersigned a Justice of the Peace of said County Abraham Westbrook who being duly sworn according to
Law upon his oath saith that he knows that
Nathan Spencer enlisted in the Company of Captain Joseph Harker at Wantage as this Deponent believes in Sussex County N.J. in the spring of the year 1781, but the exact
time this Deponent cannot specify - he thinks in March of that year, that Deponent was in same company and enlisted about the same time  -that he was at Fort Firedenburgh- & Fort Westbrook
when Deponent was stationed -that the Company
was not as Deponent thinks attached to any
Brigade, but it was the Jersey Line - Major Westbrook (who was in the militia) was the highest in Rank & Deponent thinks - took the command
of the company of Capt. Harker while he was
on the Delaware River near Fort Fredenburgh
that the Company were seperated for some time & lay at different places that Deponent served Ten months and was dismissed at Sandyston
that Nathan Spencer served the same length of time
as Deponent Ten Months and was dismissed
at Fort Fredenburgh - that deponent does not
know whether said Spencer received a certificate of his service or not- and further saith not. 
Abraham Westbrook
Sworn & Subcribed before me this
thirty first day of July AD 1831
Robert H McCarter
Justice of the peace
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I do hereby certify that I am acquainted with Abraham
Weston by whom the foregoing affidavit is made is a credible person, and that his statements are entitled to
full faith and credit
Robert H. McCarter
Justice of the Peace

New Jersey
Sussex County SS
Personally came before the undersigned a
Justice of the Peace of said County, Nathan Spencer who
being by me first sworn according to law upon his oath
saith that the company in which he was ,was not attached
to any Brigade--but was under command
of a militia colonel (unkrant) on the Delaware
River, while stationed near and at Fort Freedenburg
the name of the Major who commanded at
Fort Freedenburg was Westbrook under whose
command deponent was when at that Fort.
That by Reason of old age and consequent loss of
memory he cannot state the exact time of his service
but he can speak with all name that the time of
his service was Ten months as a private for which I claim a Pension the said Ten
months being exclusive of the time I served
on scouting parties.
Nathan Spencer

Taken & before me
this 23d August A.D. 1833.

Jos. Y. Miller

I Joseph Y. Miller, before when the above affidavit was taken
do certify that the above named Nathon Spencer  the Deponent in the above affidavit--is a credible person & that his
Statements are entitled to Credit Augt 23d 18383
Jos. Y. Miller