Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 22602, Nathaniel Willmarth, Mass.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
Mass

Willmarth, Nathaniel
Wilmarth

NUMBER
S. 22602

CONTENTS
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8574 
Vermont 
Nathaniel Wilmarth 
Of Rutland Co in the State of Vermont 
who was a private in the Company 
by Captain Bliss of the regt commanded 
by Col Walker in the Mass ma 
for 1 year.
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 40 Dollars 00 Cents per annum 
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. Certificate of Pension issued the 15 day of Apl. 1833 and Sent to 
R. Temple Esq Rutland Vt.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833.        $80.00 Semi-and. allowance ending 4 Sept --  20.00 
                                                               $100.00 
{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832.      }
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk,
Book C Vol. 3 Page 57 
let Brown & Hopkins 27 July
1835
Let. To R. R. Thrall Aug. 16. ‘44
Let. to W. H. Smith 
Nov 10th 1849
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Nathaniel Wilmarth
Rutland Co Vermont

Admd
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WAR DEPARTMENT, 
Pension Office,                                         183 
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 Nathaniel Wilmarth
Duration of the claimant’s service.
Rank of the claimant. |Waiter|
October 1775 |2| Jany 1776 |2| Augt 1776 |3|
1 Decr 1777 |3| Fall 1777 |1| Fall 1778 |1| 
Sullivan’s comp about |14| days 
Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. |Capt Bliss |Capt Paine |Capt Cole |Capt Robinson |Col Walker |Col Carpenter |Genl Spencer
Company officers not recollected except |Lt Wheaton |Capt Hill 
Country through which he marched. 
Rosburg 
Marched to Hill Neck at Howland’s Ferry
Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period - 76 years
|Rehoboth Mass
Evidence by which the declaration is supported.
Traditionary & Clergyman & a living witness
Undefined
I am, respectfully,
 Your obedient servant, 
J. L. EDWARDS, 
Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 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. 

Seriest of County of day of A.B. a resident (b) of personally appeared (a) before in the county of and State, Territory or District 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 provion made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) with and served in the (e) regiment of the 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 enered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.] He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he 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 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. of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of & 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 hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with and C. D. residing in (the same) subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be who has 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 day 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 and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. 1 Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the applicacation of for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of & 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 circumstances 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? 
6. 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 he 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 following words: of old age, and the 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, anddays , 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 period 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. 
—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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Nathl. Wilmarth 
12 months 
164.97 
Admd.
12 mo. - ?
40$
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State of Vermont 
Rutland Ss         }
On the 7th day of Sept. 1832 personally came Abel Cooper Esq. to me known & a credible witness, who being duly sworn doth depose & say, that he is acquainted with Nathaniel Wilmarth & was acquainted with him during the Revolutionary war— they lived about 4 miles apart & have since married sisters for their wives - he further says that he knew of said Nathaniel entering the service in the latter part of 1775 as stated by him, but does not remember seeing him there— and he knows of his serving three months in the fall of 1776 in Capt Cole: Company as stated by him in this declaration, the deponent being a Sergeant in the same company at the time— and the deponent has always understood & verily believes said Nathaniel performed all the services stated by him in this declaration 
Sworn before me the day & year above written  
                                               R.Temple 
                                                 Jus. Peace 
State of Vermont 
I Robert Pierpoint Clerk of Rutland County Court do certify that Robt Temple before whom the above affidavit was taken is a Justice of the Peace for said County duly Commissioned— and that the above is his signature 
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and fix the seal of said Court this 11th day of Sept. 1832
                             R Pierpoint
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STATE OF VERMONT,     }
RUTLAND COUNTY, SS. }
On this 7th day of Sept. A.D. 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Judge of the Probate Court of Rutland C0 now sitting, Nathaniel Wilmarth a resident of the County of Rutland and State of Vermont, aged 76 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 under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. In 1775 he lived at Rehoboth, about 4 miles South of Boston & in October of that year, Ensign Allen who was his cousin, requested him to join the company to which he belonged & serve him as waiter, his previous waiter having been taken sick & gone home & he acceding joined said company as a telestial, but does not remember the name of the man whose place he took— he belonged to Capt. Saml. Bliss: Company, in Col. Walker: Regt Lieut Walker who belonged to the same company died a short time before— and the deponent served as aforesd. two months at Roxbury in the lower barracks, where he was discharged with the 8 months men, in Decem. Some time in January following he enlisted in Capt. John Paine: Company to serve two months whilst the continental Regiments were filling up & was stationed at Winter hill the pre part of the time, & the latter part of the time in Dorchester when they went on to fortify the place on the hill- he was in service when the enemy evacuated Boston the 17 March, & marched into Boston with the first Division of Troops that went in to take possession-- Whilst at Winter hill a mortar that was taken from the enemy & planted on Winter hill, which they called the "Congress Mortar,” was burst the first time it was fired— and at another time he assisted in drawing a row-galley over land from Merrimack River to the Cay. The latter part of August 1776 he enlisted for three months into Capt. Simeon Cole: Company, Lt. Perry, Col. Carpenter: Regt of Militia, Lt. Col. Lane, & Maj. Williams, & marched to Horse Neck, where he served out his time & at Rye & along the sound, in guarding the lines— he belonged he thinks, to Genl Lincoln: Brigade, who was at White plains, The latter part of his time he was taken sick, & the Regt. marched to White plains, & he was left at Horse Neck with another soldier by the name of Goff, who died there— Lieut. Perry staid & took care of them part of the time. About the 1 of Dec 1777 he enlisted for three months to go to Rhode Island to guard the coast, & served in Capt. Enoch Robinson: Company, & was stationed at Howland: ferry; there was no other troops besides said company at Howland ferry at the time & he does not know as he was attached to any Regt - there were no Field officers there-- there were other troops stationed along the lines
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at short distances, the enemy being in possession of Newport— he was discharged at Howland’s ferry in March 1778. Previous to this, in the fall of 1777, he volunteered to go to Rhode Island under Genl. Spencer, & marched to Tivertown about a mile + a half above Howland: ferry, & was quartered in a house belonging to a Mr. Town, & served about one month, when the expedition failed & he was dismissed, but he does not remember the names of any of his officers except Sargeant Wheaton. He lived about 8 miles from Providence & was frequently called out on alarm, at Bristol & Warren— was at Warren when it was burnt & Col. Barton was wounded- he served as a guard one month at Bristol in Capt. John Hill: Company in the fall of 1778– he was also at the battle of Rhode Island as a volunteer under Genl. Sullivan & was in the rear Division back of Butts: hill & retreated with the Fatigue party across Howland: Ferry & served he thinks about a fortnight he does not remember his officers, as he joined only the day before the battle. He knew Genl Washington, Lee, Lincoln, Sullivan, Putnam & other Continental officers whose names he has forgotten— but does not remember to as to distinguish other Regts. or corps with whom he served. He never recd. any written discharge & has no documentary evidence, & knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his services, except his brother in law Abel Cooper Esq. He was born at Rehoboth the 19 Feb. 1756 - his age is recorded there. Since the Revolutionary war he has lived in Rehoboth about eleven years, & for the last 38 years he has lived in Ira, Vermont. He is known to the Rev. Joseph Parker, of whose Church he is a member, & to most of the people of Ira.
He 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 Willmark 
   R. C. Royce Regt
We Joseph Pecker a Clergyman residing in Ira and Justus Collins residing in the same place, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Nathl. Wilmarth who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 76 years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn and subscribed the}
Day and year aforesaid.     }. Joseph Parker   
         R. C. Royce Regt.          Justus Collins
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 Joseph Parker who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman, resident in Ira and that Justus Collins who has also signed the same, is a resident in Ira and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. 
I Rodney C. Royce Regt of the Court of Probate do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Nathaniel Wilmarth  for a Pension. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 11th day of Sept 
A. D. 1832              
R. C. Royce
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Revolution
22602 
INVALID. 
File No. 22 ,602 
Nathaniel Wilmarth
Pri  Rev War 
Act: -- June 7" 32”
Index:— Vol. 2, Page 452 
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Feb 26
RUTLAND. VT  Feb 20
From
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Comr. of Pensions 
City of Washington D.C.

File
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                              Rutland 19th Feby. 1835 
Sir
Agreeably to instructions from the Pension office addressed to the Hon William Slade, on 17 Jany 1835 I make the following statement as near as I can recollect, corresponding with my original declaration- 
In Oct. 1775 I engaged as a volunteer in place of a man who was taken sick and who had enlisted for the first eight months service, and served two months in Capt. Samuel Bliss’ Company and Col. Timothy Walker's Regiment at Roxbury- 
The winter following I enlisted for two months in Capt. John Paine’s company, and was a part of the time stationed at Winter hill, and the remainder of the time at Dorchester— Afterwards I enlisted for three months in Capt. Cole's Company in Col. Carpenter's Regiment and served at and about Horseneck, we went there for the purpose of defending the coast against the attacks of Benedict Arnold, and I served out my time- 
I again engaged for three months in the winter season in a company who went to guard the shore at and about Howland's Ferry on the East side of Rhode Island the Lieutenant of this company was —- Robinson - the Capt I do not remember. - here I served out my time —Afterwards I engaged in Spencer’s expedition to make an attack upon Rhode Island, which failed and I believe served about two months, and most of the time was stationed at Tiverton - In the fall and winter I served in Capt. Hill's company, two months this company was raised in Rehoboth to act as a guard at Bristol-- I was several times out upon alarms for a few days at a time, went out the time Warner was burnt, & at the time Conl. Barton was wounded.  I was engaged in some skirmishes at Horse-neck, but not in any battle-- During all the above services I belonged to Rehoboth Massachusetts, and all the above mentioned services were in the militia At the time of applying for a Pension I resided
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at Ira in the County of Rutland and my declaration was made before Robert Pierpoint Esq Judge of Probate for the district of Rutland —
The amount of my pension is forty dollars per annum and I was paid up to the 4 Sept. last. Very Respectfully 
Your obt. Servt.
Hon. Jas. L. Edward’s.     Nathanel Wilmarth 
I am personally acquainted with the applicant Nathaniel Wilmarth
 A L Brown  
Address Brown & Hopkins Rutland
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Nathl. Wilmarth 
claims to be restored to the Pension Roll Reuben R. Thiall
Rutland Vt. agent
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This affiant, Joseph Wheaton of Rehoboth in the County of Bristol and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, being duly sworn testificant says. I am acquainted with Nathanel Wilmarth, formerly of Rehoboth, and who, I understand, lives at present in the town of Ira and County of Rutland State of Vermont. He was in service in Capt John Paine’s company at Winter Hill & Dorchester Samuel Carpenter was Lieutenent of the Company in General Sullivans Brigade. I think the Colonel’s name was French, but am not positive. I belonged to the same company and enlisted at the same time. Wilmarth was in service two months in said company as a private. I do not know what service he had been in previously. I also know that said Wilmarth was in Captain Simeon Cole's Company two months, at Horse Neck, and other places in Connecticut and New York. The company belonged to Colonel Carpenters Regiment. I was in the same company. These services were in the year 1776. We were discharged in November from Carpenter's Regiment, and I entered immediately on board the Galley Spitfire stationed near Howlands Ferry, and remained there upwards of four months. I know of said Wilmer being in Captain Hills Company of Militia, at Howlands Ferry. I knew Lieutenent Robinson and that he was an officer of militia but do not know whether said Wilmarth was under him or not. I know of said Wilmarth being in service at Howlands Ferry while I was in the Spitfire, but cannot speak definitely as to the length of time. Said Wilmarth was afterwards in Captain Sylvanus Martin's Company of Colonel French’s Regiment, in Spencer’s Expedition. He was there a month. I was orderly sergeant in the same Company. And further this affiant saith not. 
                         Joseph Wheaton 
Providence} in North Providence this third day of October A.D. 1835 then appeared the aforenamed Joseph Wheaton and made solemn oath to the truth of the aforegoing Affidavit by him subscribed. Before me 
                   John H. Weeden 
                   Justice of the Peace}
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This affiant, Jonathan Nash of Rehoboth in the County of Bristol and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, being duly sworn, testifies and says. I knew Nathaniel Wilmarth, formerly of said Rehoboth, now of the town of Ira and County of Rutland State of Vermont, and that he was in service in the Militia in the Revolutionary War. Said Wilmarth was in Captain John Paine’s Company, Colonel French's Regiment, under General Sullivan at Winter Hill, and Dorchester for the term of two months. I was in the same company. Said Wilmarth was afterwards in service in Captain James Hill’s Company three months, in the Winter of 1776 at Howlands Ferry. I was in the same company the whole of said term. The next of said Wilmarth’s service that I know of was in Captain Sylvanus Martin’s Company of Colonel French’s Regiment of General Spencer’s Brigade. His term of service there was one month. I was in the same company. This last term of service was in the Fall of the year 1777. The Lieutenant of Captain Hill’s company was Enoch Robinson. And further this affiant saith not.                                        Jonatha Nash Providence Ss} In North Providence this third day of October A.D. 1835 then appeared the aforenamed Jonathan Nash and made solemn oath to the truth of the aforegoing Affidavit by him subscribed, before me— John H. Weeden 
                                            Justice of the Peace
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                     BY HIS EXCELLENCY,
                       John Brown Francis 
Governor, Captain-General and Commander in Chief of the State of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations. 
BE IT KNOWN, that the name "HENRY BOWEN to the afore-written attestation subscribed, is the proper hand writing of Henry Bowen, Esquire, who, at the time of subscribing the same, was Secretary of the State aforesaid, duly elected and qualified according to law: Wherefore unto his said attestation, full faith and credit are to be rendered. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of said State to be affixed at Providence, this third day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five and of Independence the Sixtieth 
John Brown Francis 
BY HIS EXCELLENCY'S COMMAND. 
Henry Bowen 
Secry State
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State of Rhode Island and 
            Providence Plantations 
Secretary's office October 3d AD 1835. 

I certify that at the session of the General assembly of said State holden on the first Wednesday of May last, John H Weeden was elected a Justice of the Peace for the Town of North Providence in the County of Providence in said State, during the term of one year: and that he has been commissioned accordingly as appears of record in this office.
 Witness Henry Bowen 
                       Secry State
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This affiant Joseph Wheaton of Rehoboth in the County of Bristol and Commonwealth of Massachusetts being duly sworn testifies and says.
I was acquainted with Abel Cooper formerly of that part of Rehoboth now called Seekonk and know that he was in service in the Militia in the Revolutionary War in the year 1776. Said Cooper was in Captain Cole’s Company of Colonel Carpenter’s Regiment at Horse Neck and other places two months Said Cooper was one of the Sergeants in said Company. I was in the same company during that time.
                           Joseph Wheaton 
Providence Sc} In North Providence this third day of October A.D. 1835 then appeared the aforenamed Joseph Wheaton and made solemn oath to the truth of the aforegoing affidavit by him subscribed before me.  John H. Weeden
                                          Justice of the Peace
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                                                Free
Jany 22 1844
J. L. Edward’s Esq.
Comm. Of Pensions
Washington City
District of Columbia
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Rutland Vt. 16. Jany 1844 - 
Dear Sir 
Enclosed I send you the affidavits of Joseph Wheaton and Jona. Nash, proving the service of Nathl. Wilmarth for the purpose of getting hem restored to the Pension Roll. He was in hopes to have procured other testimony to prove other services but his witnesses are dead. Please inform me if any thing further will be required in his case—
 yours &c 
Rueben R.  Thiall
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158 
Rutland Vermont
Nov. 3d, 1849
 Jas. L. Edwards Esq 
Coms of Pens 
Washington D.C. Nov.  
Sir,
Allow me to inquire if any compendence was had with the Department by the late Col. Jesse Good of this place in relation to the case of Nathaniel Wilmarth formerly a pensioner under the Act 7 June 1832, whose pension was drawn by Mr Temples. And  who was suspended in 1834– And if so, what is the situation of that claim and what is wanting to establish the right of  sd. Wilmarth to a pension?- Has testimony been forwarded to Department, & if so what— Col. Good’s papers in the case have fallen into my hands.- 
Yours very Respectfully 
W. H. Smith