Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16019, Elnathan West, Mass. Sea Service
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE  NUMBER
Mass.  West, Elnathan  S.16019
Sea Service
carded
CONTENTS
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE NUMBER
Mass. West, Elnathan S.16019
Sea Service
carded
CONTENTS
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15325,
Massachusetts
Elnathan West
of Bristol in the State of Mass
who was a Private in the company commanded
by Captain - of the regt- commanded
by Col Marshall in the Mass
line for 6 mos. & Sea Service

Inscribed on the Roll of Mass
t the rate of 20 Dollars - Cents per annum,
commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 8th day of June
1833 and Sent Hon
J L Hodges Present
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1833 $40 -
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep " 10 -
$50 -

Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.

Recorded by J H McBlair Clerk,
Book E. Vol. 2. Page 91.

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79
Bristol
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16,736
Elnathan West
Private 6 Months

P. 262.
$20 -
of 6. 13 & 14th.
Feb 22d. 1833

J. L. Hodges
Present H R
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16,736
BRIEF in the case of [handwritten] Elnathan West [end handwritten]
of [handwritten] Bristol. Cy [end handwritten] in the State of [handwritten] Mass [end handwritten]
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

[all answers to the following printed questions are handwritten]
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? a Court

2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? -

3. How old is he? 77

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

[column headings: Period. Duration of Service. (Years, Months, Days.) Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.]

June '76 [crossed out: In 17] - 6 - private Capt Soper - Col Marshall
Oct or Nov 77 - over 4 - Seaman a U.S. Schooner fitted out at
Charleston S.C. - by - Livingston, U.S.
agent, to go to Cape Francois -

5. In what battles was he engaged? none mentioned

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Dartmouth Mass.

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by
incidental evidence, or by the rolls?
No Clergy's certif No living Witness - but Strong Traditionary evidence

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
Right

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above
mentioned.
[signature] W. C. Easton
Examining Clerk.
[handwritten] 13 Feb 33
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Elnathan West
16.736

J. L Hodges
H R

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State of Massachusetts - County of Bristol,
Ss.
On this second day of October 1832,
personally appeared in open Court, before
the Judge of the Court of Probate now
sitting at New Bedford in & for said County
of Bristol, Elnathan West resident
of New Bedford ^formerly Dartmouth in said County & State
of Massachusetts, aged seventy seven. years,
who being duly sworn according to law,
doth, on oath make the following declaration,
in order to obtain the benefit of
the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832:
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That he entered the service of the United
States under the following named officers,
& served as herein after stated, viz That
he enlisted for the term of six months, in
June 1776, being then an inhabitant
of Dartmouth in said County, (now New -
Bedford,) where he was born in the
year a.d. 1755 in the ^20th day of month of
December but has no record of his age
that he served the said six months, in
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Boston Harbour, at Nantasket,
Castle Island &c -  . in a company
commanded by Amasa Soper ^& in Col. Marshall's regiment, - one
Carver was major, under whose
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immediate command said company
was during said time - when that
term of Time was out, he was dismissed
but received no written discharge
That in the year 1777, he went to Charleston,
S.C. in a merchantship; & then
Court in act or Novr
& there ^to wit, in Octo. or Novr. went on board a United States
Schooner, [crossed out: by] fitted out by orders of
- - - Livingston, agent for the Continental
Congress, as I always understood;
went in said Schooner to Cape
Francois, after powder & other military
stores, which I was told came
there for the United States from France -
[left margin: 4 Mo.]
was four months & over on said voyage
or expedition - returned to Georgetown
about sixty miles from said Charleston -

That he hereby relinquishes all claims
whatever to a pension or annuity,
except the present, & declares that -
his name is not on the pension roll
of the agency of any State
[signature] Elnathan West
Subscribed & sworn to the day & year first above written
H. Baylies, Judge of Probate
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I, Joshua Chandler of Fair Haven, formerly
Dartmouth, County of Bristol
& State of Massachusetts, aged seventy
four years, testify & say, that I
was in the army or military service
in 1776, & stationed on Castle Island
in Boston harbour, in a regiment
commanded by Colo. Marshall,
& that I [crossed out: well [illegible]] ^feel confident Elnathan
West, who ^I have long known since, was
there also during said term of Time -
For tho' I do not now distinctly
recollect there knowing him, being
not in the same company with
him, yet on conversing with
since, I am so fully convinced, that
he was in the said service, that
I have no doubt on the subject -
as he relates many events which
there & then occurred, to my certain
knowledge [signature] Joshua Chandler
Bristol Ss. Augt. 27th 1832
Subscribed & sworn
to
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to. before me
Alden Bradford.
Just. Peace
I also certify that I have known
said Chandler [crossed out: from] for fifty two or
three years - that he was in
the Regt. as above, [illegible] Father
being Lt. Colonel thereof [crossed out text],
& my older brother in said
Regt - at Castle Island in Boston
harbour in 1776 & that sd. Chandler
is a credible man
Alden Bradford
J. Peace
I further say, that I have no doubt said
West served, in the United States service
as stated in his application, in 1777,
at the South &- He is very infirm
as well as aged - Judge Baylies
who was aid to & with M. Genl. B.
Lincoln in Georgia & S. Carolina
says there was a Mr Livingston, an
agent of the government in that
quarter during some part of the war
of the Revolution - Joshua Chandler
I well know - he is very credible, & I [underlined] know [end underlined]
his statement or deposition is true
Alden Bradford. Just Peace
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[The following text is crossed out with two large X's, but is still legible: We
of New Bedford, County a Clergyman of Bristol & State
of Massachusetts, testify & say, that I am
acquainted with Elnathan West
of said New Bedford, formerly Dartmouth,
that I believe him to be about
seventy seven years of age, that he is
reputed & believed, in this place &
vicinity, to have been a soldier in
the revolutionary war, & that I also
am of that opinion]

I Latham Cross of New Bedford in
said County State aged fifty one
testify - say that I am well acquainted
with Elnathan West of said New Bedford,
formerly part of Dartmouth,
that in my opinion he is about seventy
seven years old, that he is reputed &
believed in this Town & vicinity, to have
been a soldier in the war of the Revolution,
& that I am also of that opinion
[signature] Latham Cross

I Richard Williams, Post Master, of New -
Bedford, County of Bristol & State of Massachusetts, testify, that I well know the
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said Elnathan West of said New Bedford,
who is very old, & has long been confined
in the poor house, & I fully believe that
he was a Soldier in the war of the
revolution, as it is so said & believed
in this town -
[signature] Richard Williams P.M.

Bristol, Ss - New Bedford, Octor. 3d- 1832
The aforenamed Latham Cross &
Richard Williams made oath
to the truth of the respective affidavits
above & within by them signed -
The said Cross is a very respectable
character & an overseer of the
poor in New Bedford
Said West has long been confined
to poor house, & is ^not known
to either of the Clergymen of the town,
who are all rather young
I know said West & am satisfied
from common report, that he was
some time a Soldier in the war
of the revolution -
Alden Bradford J.P.
Just. Peace
I also certify that said Cross & Williams
are credible & respectable persons -
Alden Bradford J. Peace

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And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion,
after the investigation of the matter & after putting
the interrogations 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
Latham Cross and Richard Williams who
have signed the preceeding certificates are
residents in the town of New Bedford in said
County of Bristol and are credible persons
& that their statement is entitled to credit -
H. Baylies, Judge of Probate

Commonwealth of Massachusetts-
Bristol Ss.
I Anselm Bassett Register of the Court of
Probate in and for said County do hereby
certify that the foregoing contains the
original proceedings of the said Court in the
matter of the application of Elnathan West
of New Bedford in said County, for a pension -
In testi whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of
the said rt the day & year first above written -
Anselm Bassett

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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Bristol Ss. I Anselm Bassett Register of the
Court of Probate in & for said County of
Bristol, do hereby certify that Alden
Bradford is a Justice of the Peace for
said County of Bristol & duly qualified
to administer oaths, and that the
signatures to the foregoing certificates
purporting to be his are genuine -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand & affixed the Seal of
said Court this fourth day of May
Eighteen hundred & thirty three
Anselm Bassett
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16.019
INVALID.
File No. 16.019
Elnathan West
Pri Rev War

Act: June 7" 32
Index: - Vol. 1, Page 400
[Arrangement of 1870.]