Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 16,846, Nathaniel Blakslee, Vt.
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5775
New York
Debbe Blakslee widow of Nathaniel Blakslee who was a pensioner under the Act of [blank] and who died on the 15. Aug. 1825 of Otsego Co in the State of New York who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Blakslee of the Battalion commanded by Col. Fletcher in the Vermont line for 8 mos. & 10 days
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Inscribed on the Roll of Albany, N.Y. at the rate of 27 Dollars & 11 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836. 
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Certificate of Pension issued the 14th day of September, 1840 and sent to T. R. Austin Otego, N.Y. 
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Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1840. $121.99
Semi=annual allowance ending 4.Mar. 1841 13.55
$155.54
{Act July 7, 1838}
Recorded by Wm. W. Edwards Clerk. 
Book A Vol. 2 Page 69
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Declaration
In order to Obtain the  benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th July 1838. Entitled "an act granting half pay and pensions to certain Widows - 
State of New York
Otsego County} ss. On this twenty first day of December 1839 personally appeared before me Mrs. Debbe Blakslee, a resident of the town of Otego in said County of Otsego, Aged Seventy Two Years who being duly sworn according to Law, doth, on her Oath make the following declaration in Order to obtain the benefit of the provision, made by the Act of Congress passed July 7th 1838. entitled "an act granting half pay and pensions to certain Widows." That she is the Widow of Nathaniel Blakslee, who was a Soldier in the Army of the Revolution, She further declares that she was married to the said Nathaniel Blakslee on the fifth day of August in the Year Seventeen hundred and Eighty five. That her husband the aforesaid Nathaniel Blakslee died on the Fifteenth day of August, 1825. That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January Seventeen hundred and Ninety four, viz, at the time above stated - 
/s/Debbe Blakslee
Sworn and Subscribed on the day & Year above written, before me
/s/Hiram Kinne Judge of Otsego County Court
I certify from my personal observation that the above ['Deborah' crossed out] Debbe Blakslee is on account of age and infirmity unable to attend in open Court and I have on that account administered the oath to her out of Court and that I believe her to be a credible person and worthy to be believed NB the word 'Deborah' erased by me
/s/Hiram Kinne Judge of Otsego County Court
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Single Free
Mr James Follett - merchant. - Otego
County of Otsego State of New York
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I Stephen Greenleaf of Brattleboro in the County of Windham and State of Vermont, having heretofore satisfied what I know in the premises, relative to the Publishing and Marriage of Nathaniel Blakesley and Deborah Reeve. - (at the request of the Agent of Deborah Blakesley Widow of said Nathaniel Blakesley deceased) Do annex this this supplement to my former testimony in the premises, namely, (as my age is required:) I here transcribe so much of Father's Records of the Births of his Children as relates to my own birth. "Stephen, our first Son, was Born at Boston (Mss.) January 3. "1759."This shows I was 81. years of age in Jan'y 1840. - AS to the day, or year in which said Nathaniel Blakesley & Deborah Reeve were published, or married, I ahve no means to ascertain; - but believe ['it' crossed out] him to have been published in the summer, of the year 1784 or 1785. and soon after Publishment, married. 
/s/Stephen Greenleaf.
Brattleboro May 21, 1840.}
State of Vermont
Brattleboro May 23, 1840. - 
Windham ss. Then Stephen Greenleaf of Brattleboro in the County aforesaid - personally appearing, and after being carefully examined and duly cautioned, made solemn oath, that the foregoing Deposition by him subscribed contains the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. - 
before me /s/Lemuel Whitney Justice of the peace - 
State of Vermont
Windham County Court Clerk's Office 
New Fane - May 26th A.D. 1840 - 
I Marshall Miller, Clerk of said Court, certify, that Lemuel Whitney is a Justice of the Peace, within and for said County, duly commissioned, and qualified, and that his signature, above written, is genuine - 
[court seal affixed] In Testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand and affix the Seal of said Court, the day and year above written - 
Attest - /s/Marshall Miller, Clerk
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Rev. WIDOW, &c. [initials: own]
File No. 16846
Debbe Blakslee Widow of Nathaniel Blakslee Priv. Rev. War
Act: July 7th 1838
Index: - Vol. A, Page 68
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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N. York
Debbe Blakeslee 
let. to T. R. Austin 15. April 1840 
to same 28 April 1840
Act July 1838
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State of New York
Otsego County - ss. On the twenty first day of December Eighteen hundred and thirty nine, personally appeared before me James Blakslee of the town of Otego in the county aforesaid, who after being duly sworn according to Law, doth on his Oath declares that he is acquainted with Debbe Blakslee, now of Otego, Otsego County, Widow of Nathaniel Blakslee, late of said town of Otego deceased, That he was present at the marriage of the said Debbe Blakslee with said Nathaniel Blakslee, - which marriage took place, at the town of Brattleboro Windham County State of Vermont, on the Fifth day of August, Seventeen hundred and Eighty five, that the said Marriage Ceremony was performed by the Rev. Mr. Reeves in said town of Brattleboro - that the said Debbe remained the lawful wife of the said Nathaniel Blakslee until his death - 
That the said Debbe now remains a widow and has never intermarried since the death of the said Nathaniel aforesaid That the maiden name of the said widow before her marriage was Debbe Reeves
/s/James Blakslee
Sworn to & Subscribed before me the day and year first above written
/s/Hiram Kinne Judge of Otsego County Court
I certify that the above named James Blakslee is a person of credibility, and worthy to be believed - 
/s/Hiram Kinne Judge of Otsego County  Court
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State of New York
Otsego County, ss. - 
On this twenty first day of December 1839 personally appeared before me Bradley Blakslee of the town of Otego in the County of Otsego, aforesaid, who being duly sworn according to Law, doth on his Oath, declare, that he was well acquainted with Nathaniel Blakslee, late of the town of Otego, dec'd and that the said Nathaniel Blakslee died at the said town of Otego on the Fifteenth day of August, Eighteen hundred and Twenty five leaving a widow, Debbe Blakslee - with whom he is acquainted, that the said Debbe - Blakslee is now living in said town of Otego, the she has not intermarried since the death of her said husband Nathaniel Blakslee aforesaid, that she the said Debbe Blakslee now remains his widow - 
/s/Bradley Blakslee
Sworn and Subscribed before me on the day and Year above written - 
/s/Hiram Kinne Judge of Otsego County Court
I certify I am personally acquainted with the above Bradley Blakslee that he is a credible person and worthy to be believed
/s/Hiram Kinne Judge of Otsego County Court
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State of New York
Otsego County} ss. I Jesse Rose clerk of said county do hereby certify that Hiram Kinne Esquire before whom the annexed affadavits of James Blakeslee, Debbe Blakslee and Bradley Blakslee purports to have been sworn was on the day of the date of these several affadavits a Judge of the Otsego County Court of Common Pleas duly commissioned & sworn, and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Judge and verily believe his signatures to the certificates thereof and the annexed certificates of credibility are genuine
[court seal affixed] Witness my hand & seal of office this 31st Day of December 1839
/s/Jesse Rose Clerk

6709
Debbe Blakeslee
Act. 1838
Married 5. Aug. 1785
Husband died 15 Aug 1825
adm'd
8 mo. 10 ds pri
$27.11/100
No deduction
T. R. Austin
Otego N.Y.
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State of New York
Chenango County} ss. 
James Blakeslee, being duly sworn testifies and says that he is Eighty two Years of age, the twenty seventh day of February last, that he lives in the Town of Otego, County of Otsego and State of New York, and has resided there twenty two years - previous to that he resided in Brattleboro Windham County, Vermont, that he knew Nathaniel Blakslee before his death, he died August the fifteenth Eighteen hundred and twenty five, and left a widow. which is now living in the Town of Otego, Otsego County New York, by the name of Debbe Blakslee, and she has not Married since his death, the said Nathaniel Blakslee, served under Captain James Blakslee and Colonel Samuel Fletcher, Nine Months at Castleton Vermont, in the Year Seventeen hundred hundred and Eighty One - in the Vermont Militia and in the Year Seventeen Hundred & Eighty the said Nathaniel Blakslee left him with his Father Captain James Blakslee and was gone Nine Months and this deponant understood at the time that they were stationed at West Point New York - Also in the Year Seventeen hundred & Seventy Nine the said Nathaniel Blakslee was with his Father Captain James Blakslee at West Point New York and on long Island Nine Months, and that during the war, the said Nathaniel Blakslee was out several times two or three months at a time, the particular places that he went to this deponant can not state, nor his officers for these short periods, and further this deponant saith not
/s/James Blakslee
"Seventeen" wrote on an erasure
Sworn and subscribed before me the 5th day of December 1839 And I certify that I am well acquainted with this Deponant James Blakslee and that he is a man of truth & veracity & entitled to belief
/s/Levi Bigelow First Judge of Chenango County
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State of New York
Chenango County} ss. 
John Dickerman being duly sworn testifies and says that he was Seventy five Years of age last March. that he resides in the Town of Guilford Chenango County, New York and has resided there, thirty Eight Years and that previous to that he resided in the Town of Brattleborough Windham County Vermont, that he knew Nathaniel Blakslee before his death. that this Deponant served with the said Nathaniel Blakslee in the Vermont Militia Nine Months in the Year ['Eighty' crossed out] Seventeen hundred & eighty one, in Captain James Blakslee Company in Colonel Samuel Fletcher Regament, this Deponant knew that the said Nathaniel Blakslee was from home with his Father Captain James Blakslee several times during the Revolutionary War, as a Soldier but can not state the particular place nor his field officers, and further this deponant saith not, 
/s/John Dickerman
Sworn and subscribed before me the 5th day of December 1839. and I certify that I am well acquainted with the deponant John Dickerman and that he is a man of truth and veracity and entitled to belief
/s/Levi Bigelow First Judge of the County of Chenango
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State of New York
Chenango County ss}
Davis Blakslee being duly sworn deposes and says, that he was Seventy three years of age last February, that he resides in the Town of Otego County of Otsego New York, and has resided there Nineteen Years, and previous thereto, he resided in the Town of Brattleboro, Windham County Vermont - that he knew Nathaniel Blakslee before his death that in the Year Seventeen Hundred and seventy nine Nathaniel Blakslee left home with his Father Captain James Blakslee as his waiter and went to West Point New York as this deponant was informed by the said James Blakslee, he was gone Nine Months and in the Year Seventeen Hundred & Eighty the said Nathaniel Blakslee was out with his Father Capt James Blakslee, about nine months at Schenectady and Stone [illegible] New York as this deponant was informed by them when they returned. and in the Year Seventeen hundred and Eighty One the said Nathaniel Blakslee, was with his Father Captain James Blakslee Nine Months at Castleton Vermont, in Colonel Fletcher's Regiment, that this deponant is a Brother to the said Nathaniel Blakslee and lived in the family with him, and knew when his Father Captain James Blakslee of a Nathaniel Blakslee left home & when they returned each Year and further saith not
/s/David Blakslee
Sworn and Subscribed the 5th day of December 1839 before me and I certify that I am well acquainted with the above Deponant David Blakslee and that he is a Man of truth and veracity and entitled to belief - 
/s/Levi Bigelow First Judge of the County of Chenango
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State of New York
Chenango County Clerks office s.s. I Alfred Purdy clerk of the County of Chenango do hereby certify that on the day of the date of the foregoing certificates of deposition taken before Levi Bigelow Esq. of James Blakeslee, John Dickamen (Dickman) & David Blakeslee, the said Levi Bigelow Esq was first Judge of the County Courts of the said county of Chenango dwelling in the said county commission and & sworn & duly authorised to take the said Depositions. And further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said first Judge & verily believe that the signatures purporting to be the signatures of the said first Judge to the said certificates of Deposition respectively are genuine. 
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County the 24th day of December 1839. 
/s/Alfred Purdy Clerk per D Henon D. Clerk
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State of Vermont, Windham County, ss. 
Town Clerk's Office Brattleboro' January A.D. 1840. 
I here certify that I the undersigned, Town Clerk of said Brattleboro' - have (by request) carefully examined the Records of Marriages in said Office and can find no record of the Marriage of Nathaniel Blakeslee to Deborah Reeve. (I further certify, that I was present at the Meeting when the said Nathaniel and Deborah were [illegible] for Marriage, and that afterwards they lived together as Husband and ['and' crossed out] Wife in the same Neighbourhood, in which I resided for many years previous to their Removal to the State of New York. - )
Attest. /s/Stephen Greenleaf Town Clerk of Brattleboro' afs.
State of Vermont
Windham County ss} Brattleboro' January 21st AD 1840. - 
Then Stephen Greenleaf of Brattleboro' aforesaid - Personally appearing, and after being carefully examined and duly cautioned made solemn Oath, that the foregoing written affidavit, or Deposition by him subscribed, contains the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. - 
before me /s/Lemuel Whitney Justice of the peace. - 
The foregoing affidavit, taken at the request of Mrs. Deborah Blakeslee to assist her in obtaining a pension, for services of her late Husband Nathaniel Blakeslee in the Revolutionary War. - 
Attest /s/Lemuel Whitney Justice of the peace -
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State of Vermont
Windham County Court Clerk's Office
New Fane January 22 AD. 1840 - 
I Marshall Miller, Clerk of said Court, do certify, that Lemuel Whitney is a Justice of the Peace, within and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and that his signature within is genuine - 
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand and affix the Seal of said Court, the day and year above written - 
Attest - /s/Marshall Miller, Clerk
Deponent [illegible] taking Deposition Clerk's certificate Postage
39+34+34+12 1/2 = $119 1/2
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State of Vermont
Secretary of State's Office
Montpelier June 4. 1840
I hereby certify that there is on file in this office a paper purporting to be "A Pay Roll of Capt. Blakeslee's Company in Col. Fletcher's Battalion & Gen'l Enos' Brigade in the service of the State of Vermont," on which Roll, in the list of privates, is the name of "Nath'l Blakslee," with an allowance for 148 days service commencing July 1st and ending November 25th 1781. Said Pay Roll appears to have been duly approved and paid. 
[official seal affixed] In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and the seal of this office this 4th day of June A.D. 1840. 
/s/Ferrand F. Merrill 
Deputy Secretary of State
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State of Vermont
Secretary of State's Office
Montpelier May 25, 1840
I hereby certify that there is on file in this office a paper purporting to be a "List of the names and sums of Capt James Blakeslee's Pay Roll for himself and company in the service of the State of Vermont from the beginning of the campaign 1781 to the 30th of June in s'd year, inclusive, taken from the original in the Pay Mas'trs office"; [margin note: 3 mo. 15ds] on which Roll, in the list of privates, is the name of "Nat'l Blakeslee" with an allowance of £3..4..11. Said Pay Roll appears to have been duly approved and paid. 
[official seal affixed] In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of this office this 25th day of May A.D. 1840. 
/s/Ferrand F. Merrill
Deputy Secretary of State
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[addressed envelope]
Otego NY
June 10 
[margin note: June 13 1840 - NY Address of Debbe Blakeslee,]
Free
J. L. Edwards
Commiss'r of Pensions
Washington D.C.
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[handwritten letter]
Otego Otsego Co. N.Y. June 9th 1840

Hon J. L. Edwards

D Sir,
I herewith beg leave to transmit to you, true several certificates of the Sec'y of the State of Vermont of the services of Nath'l Blakslee dec'd, and Also Certificate of Stephen Greenleaf, relative to the Marriage of Debbe Blakslee with the said Nathaniel 
I would further Observe that the Rev'd Mr Reeves, has been dead some 40 years and that no record or papers of him age at this day to be found. 
I am Sir very Respectfully Your Ob't Serv't
/s/T. R. Austin
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[handwritten letter]
Otego Otsego Co. March 4 1840

Hon J L Edwards

dear Sir,
I beg leave herewith to forward you the Certificate of the town Clerk of Brattleboro Vt. in support of the application of Debbe Blaksee for a pension, before transmitted - 
Very Respectfully Your Ob Serv't
/s/T. R. Austin
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[addressed envelope]
Otego N.Y.
March 4
[margin notes: Mar. 10 1840 Deborah Blakeslee N.Y.]
Free
Hon: J. L. Edwards
Commiss'r of Pensions
Washington
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[addressed envelope]
Otego NY
Jun 17
[margin notes: Jan 22. 1840 6709 N.Y. July 7 1838]
Free
Hon: J. L. Edwards
Commiss'r of Pensions
Washington
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[handwritten letter]
Otego Otsego Co N.Y. July 17, 1840

Hon. J. L. Edwards
Commiss'r of Pensions

Dear Sir,
I herewith enclose the application of Debbe Blakslee, widow of Nath'l Blakslee dec'd for a pension 
When the papers are passed upon please advise me.
I am Sir very Respectfully Yr Obt Serv't
/s/T. R. Austin