Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 6300, Nathaniel Tower, Mass. New York Vt.
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SERVICE 
Mass. New York, Vt. | 

Tower, Nathaniel
           Lucy              |

NUMBER 
W. 6300
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No. 11885
Pennsylvania

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Nathaniel Tower of Susquehanna County in the State of Pennsylvania, who was a Private Corporal & Sargent in the company commanded by Captain Heath of the Regiment commanded by Colonel Walker of the Mass Troops, for 
21 days  Sergent                         3.36
4 months Corporal                    14.66
5 months 19 days Private          18.74
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                                              $   36.76

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Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania, at the rate of 36 Dollars 76 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th of March, 1834.

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Certificate of Pension issued the 9th of July, 1833 and sent to A. Dimock Montrose, Montrose, Pennsylvania.

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Arrears to the 4th of March, 1833.     $   73.52
Semi-anl allow ending 4 Sept 1833         18.38
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                                                            $   91.90

{Revolutionary Claim, }
{Act June 7, 1832}

Recorded by D. Brown Clerk, 
Book E   Vol. 5     Page 60
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No. 11885
Pennsylvania

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Nathaniel Tower of Susquehanna County in the State of Pennsylvania, who was a Private Corporal & Sargent in the company commanded by Captain Heath of the Regiment commanded by Colonel Walker of the Mass Troops, for
21 days Sergeant                            3.36
4 months Corporal                       14.66
5 months 19 days Private             18.74
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                                                  $ 36.76

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Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania, at the rate of 36 Dollars 76 Cents per annum, to commence on the 17 April 1836.

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Certificate of Pension issued the 24th day of Sept, 1836 and sent to A. Dimock Montrose, Montrose, Pennsylvania.

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Arrears to the 4th of March, 1837.      $ 18.38
Semi-anl allow ending 4 Sept 1837 

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{Revolutionary Claim, }
{Act June 7, 1832}

Recorded by WM Allison, Clerk,
Book    Vol. 1    Page 176


1881 Sept 12,
Received W.H. Tower, Military & Personal history
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State of Pennsylvania
Susquehanna County fs
On this sixth day of September AD 1836
personally appeared in open court of common pleas of Susquehanna County before Edward Herrick president
and his associates Judges of the same court, Lucy Tower, a resident
of Lenox Township in the county of Susquehanna and State of Pennsylvania aged seventy eight years Who being first 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 3 1836. That she is the widow of "Nathaniel Tower
who was a private, corporal and Sergeant in the Revolutionary War"
and who at the time of his death was a pensioner of the United States
under the Act of Congress of 7th June 1832, as will appear by his pension certificate from the War office of the United States dated the
9th day of July one thousand eight hundred and thirty three and
numbered 11 885 and hereunto annexed. She further declares
that she was married to the said Nathaniel Tower on the twenty
ninth day of November (1774) one thousand seven hundred + seventy
four, that her husband the aforesaid Nathaniel Tower died on
the seventeenth day of April last past, and that she has remained
a widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by [illegible]
ference to the proof hereunto annexed.
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and
year above written in open court
Lucy Tower
Geo Walker [illegible]
State of Pennsylvania
Susquehanna County fs
I George Walker Prothonotary of the
court of common pleas of said county do certify
that on the day of the date hereof the above named
Lucy Tower appeared in open court made oath to and
subscribed the above affidavit
In Testimony Whereof
I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office at
Montrose the sixth day of September AD 1836
For Geo. Walker Prot
H. Finch [illegible]
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State of Pennsylvania
Susquehanna County fs
On this sixth day of September AD 1836
personally appeared in open court of common
pleas of said County before Edward Herrick president and his 
associates Judges of the same court, Elkanah Tingley, a resident
of Harford Township in the said county aged seventy six years, who
being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath depose
and say that he is the brother of Lucy Tower the widow of
Nathaniel Tower late of Lenox township Susquehanna County
deceased and whose application for a pension on account of the
services of her deceased husband during the Revolutionary War is
hereunto annexed. That his said sister Lucy, was lawfully
married to the said Nathaniel Tower in the fall of the year
1774 before the Battle at Bunker Hill. That this deponent was
present at the marriage and well recollects the same. That the
said Nathaniel Tower died on or about the seventeenth day of
April last past and that his said sister Lucy has never since
been married.
Sworn to and subscribed on the day
and year above written in open court
and the court certify that the said
deponent is a credible person and
his testimony entitled to credit
By the Court. Geo Walker Prot.
Elkanh Tingley
State of Pennsylvania
Susquehanna County fs
Montrose Sept 6 AD 1836.
I George Walker Prothonotary of the court
of Common pleas of said County do hereby certify
that on the day + year above written the above
named Elkanah Tingley appeared in open court
made oath to + subscribed the above affidavit.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand
and seal of office the day and year aforesaid
For Geo. Walker Prot
H Finch [illegible]
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State of Pennsylvania
Susquehanna County fs
On this tenth day of
September AD 1832 personally appeared in open court
before the Honorable William Thomson and Davis Dimock,
associate Judges of the Court of Common pleas of Susquehanna
county now [illegible] Nathaniel Tower a resident of the
township of Lenox in the county of Susquehanna and state of
Pennsylvania aged eighty four 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 7th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United
States under the following named officers, and
served as herein stated.
He joined at the Town of Taunton
in the County of Bristol and State of Massachusetts, where he
resided in April 1775, in the alarms occasioned by the Battle
at Lexington and marched immediately to Roxbury near
Boston and joined a company under Capt Heath and 
remained at Roxbury three weeks then returned home.
He further states that he entered the service of the United States
at Taunton aforesaid the forepart of May 1775, and enlisted
in the Massachusetts Militia or Provincial troops (as they were then
called) under Capt Francis Liscomb, Lieut Randall was
attached to Col Timothy Walker's Regiment, Lieut Col. Nathl
Leonard, Major Abiel Mitchell and marched to Roxbury
near Boston and remained there in the service one month,
when his business requiring his attention at home (being a Tanner
and Currier by trade) he hired a substitute by the name of James
Stacey who together with himself served alternately one month
each at Roxbury aforesaid until the first of January 1776, when
the time of his enlistment being expired he was discharged.
That during one month while his substitute was in service,
on an alarm he was called on and joined an Artillery company
(to which he previously belonged) under Capt Crocker + marched
to Stades ferry, on Tauton river remained out three weeks
was dismissed and returned home. During the tour he served
in the company as an orderly sergeant.
And the said Nathaniel Tower on his solemn oath further
states that he removed from the Town of Taunton aforesaid
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Ruport, Bennington
to the town of County State of Vermont, and there, in the forepart of the month of May 1781, he enlisted in the Vermont State Troops for four months, under Capt. Brown and marched to Pittsford, was attached to a Regiment commanded by Col. Ebenezer Allen, Lieut Col. Sawyer & remained in the service at Pittsford until in September following the enlistment. When the time for which he enlisted being expired he was disharged and returned home. That during the tour of duty he served as a Corporal.

He further states - that at Ruport aforesaid in the Month of March 1781, he joined a Company of Vermont Militia, on an alarm and marched down to Castleton was out about two weeks and returned home. 

He further states, that from Vermont he removed to a place called Willsborough in Essex County and State of New York and there on an alarm was out in the militia about tow weeks, under no particular regulations or officers.

That during this campaign in 1775 he knew Gen. Washington, Gen. Ward, Gen. Heath. At Pittsfield he knew Gen. Ethan Allan.

That he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his services.  

He hereby relinquishes every claim to 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 to his knowledge.
Nathanel Tower

Sworn to and subscribed in open court September tenth AD 1832. }
Asa Dimock, Justice Probate

We Asahee Sweet --- residing in the township of Hartford in the county of Susquehanna and State of Pennsylvania, and Nathan Maxson residing in the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Nathaniel Tower who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be eighty-four years
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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
Asahel Sweet
Nathan Maxson

Sworn to and subscribed in open court, September tenth AD 1832 }
Asa Dimock, Prot }

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 mentioned applicant, was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the Court further certify that it appears to them that Asahel Sweet and Nathan Maxson who have signed the preceding certificate, are residents of the township of Harford / adjoining the township of Lenox in the County of Susquehanna, and are credible persons. 
By the court.
Asa Dimock Prot

State of Pennsylvania }
Susquehanna County s.s. }

I, Asa Dimock, Prothonotary in the Court of Common Pleas of Susquehanna County aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the general proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Nathaniel Tower for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office at Montrose, the tenth day of September AD 1832.
Asa Dimock, Js. Prob
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State of Pennsylvania }
Susquehanna County } s.s. 
Personally appeared before Hosea Tiffany, Esquire, one of the Justices of the Peace in and for Susquehanna County, Nathaniel Tower of the township of Lenox in said County, aged eighty four years, and an applicant for a pension under the Act of Congress of the Seventh Day of June 1832 and being duly sworn according to law, in answer to the interrogatories proposed by the regulations of the War Department under said Act of Congress, doth on his oath depose and say 
1st. That he was born in Cumberland, in the State of Rhode Island, on the 23rd day of June 1748
2nd. I now have in my possession a record of my age, contained in my family record.
3rd. When first called into service, I lived at Taunton, Bristol County and State of Massachusetts, from there I removed to Cheshire in the same state, then to the State of Vermont. then to Wellsborough in the State of New York, then back to Vermont and from thence about ten years since to the County of Susquehanna, where I now reside.
4th. He entered the service of his country as a volunteer as stated in his declaration. That during the enlistment for eight months in 1775, he hired a man as his substitute by the name of James Stacey to serve alternately with him, moth about, and that he gave said Stacey the wages paid by the government, and three dollars per month in addition thereto for his services.
5th. That the names of the Officers with the troops where he served were Col. Walker, Lieut. Col. Leonard, Major Mitchell, Col. Allen, Lieut. Col. Sawyer as stated in his declaration and that the general circumstances of his services are therein stated.
6th. That for his eight months service in 1775, he did receive a written discharge which was signed by Col. Walker, but that the same is now lost or destroyed.  That he also received a written discharge for his four months service in 1780 signed by Col. Eben. Allen which is also lost or destroyed which were the only written discharge he received.
7th. That Capt. Asahel Sweet and Nathan Maxson have testified to his character for veracity. That at the time of making his declaration, there was no Clergyman residing in his immediate neighborhood.
And the said Nathaniel Tower on his oath doth further depose and say, that by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively, as to the precise length of his service, further than is stated in his declaration, but that according to the best of his
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recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below and in the following grades. For four months during the year 1775, I served personally & for four months more by substitute in the Massachusetts state troops as stated in my declaration. And for three weeks in the same year, I served as a volunteer. For four months in the year 1780, he served in the Vermont State troops. For two weeks in the month of March 1781, he served in the Vermont Militia, and in the New York militia two weeks, all of which services are detailed in his declaration, and for such service he claims a pension.
Nathanel Tower

May 24, 1833 personally appeared before me, the said Nathaniel Tower, to me well known as a man of credibility and was sworn and subscribed his name to the foregoing. }
Horm. Tiffany, J.P.

State of Pennsylvania }
Susquehanna County fs }
I, Asa Dimock Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of said county do hereby certify that Hosea Tiffany, Esquire, whose signature in his own proper hand writing appears to the attestation of the foregoing deposition or affidavit subscribed is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Susquehanna, duly commissioned and qualified as appears of accord, and that full faith and credit should be given to his official acts.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office at [illegible] the twenty fourth day of May AD 1833.
Asa Dimock, J. Prot
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16640

Nathaniel Tower
Susquehanna County
Pennsylvania

Admitted 
21 days                 Lieut                              3.36
4 months              Corp                            14.66
5 months 19 days  Prv                              18.74
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10             10                                                 36.76

Asa Dimock
Montrose
Susquehanna County
Pennsylvania
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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 show what is necessary to be done. These 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. 
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A Statement, showing the service of Nathaniel Tower, Susquehanna Co. Penn.
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Period when the service was rendered | Duration of the claimant's service | Years | Months | Days | Rank of the claimant | Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. | Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. | Proof by which the declaration is supported 
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[First line] 
April. 1775 | blank | blank | 21 days | Blank | Age 84 | Traditionary 

[Second line] 
enlist 1775 | Served alternately with a substitute till January 1776 | Taunton, Bristol, Co. | Leonard. Maj. Mitchell | Mass. | Living Witness

21 days | Ms Sergt |

[Third Line] 
Enlist 1780 | Blank | 4 months | Blank | Corporal | Col. Allen, Lieut. Col Sawyer | Rufort, Connt | Blank  

[Third Line]
March 1781 | Blank | Blank | 14 days | Blank | Blank | Blank
  | Blank | Blank | 14 days | Blank | Blank | Willsborough, Essex Cty. N. York

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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 as 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. 
For general classes of cases were 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 } s.s. 
On this day of personally appeared (a) before A.B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) years, who being 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) , with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following 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, 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 relinquished 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 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 (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. 
I       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 and C.D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 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 as 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 also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. 
I,       Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify 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, 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 part will so state under oath, and 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 of 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 state I 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 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 it was 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 solider 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 propert 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 Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court of 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 given 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 a language so definite as to enable the Department to determin the amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: 
"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 the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according tot he best of his recollection, he served not less that the periods mentioned below, and in teh 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 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 is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly show under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement, the particular place or places where teh 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 papers 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 claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and the 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 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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July 17, 1939.
xxxxxxxxxxxxx
BA-J/CC
Nathaniel Tower
W.6300
Mrs. John W. Nicol
403 E. Kansas Avenue,
Walsenburg, Colorado.
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request
the Revolutionary War record of Nathaniel Tower, of Massachusetts,
who married Lucy Tingley.
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in
pension claim, W.6300, based upon service in the Revolutionary
War of Nathaniel Tower.
Nathaniel Tower was born June 23, 1748, in Cumberland, Rhode
Island. Names of his parents are not shown.
While a resident of Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts,
Nathaniel tower enlisted in April 1775, and served three weeks
as private in Captain Heath's Massachusetts company; enlisted in
the fore part of May, 1775, served four months as private in Captain
Francis Liscomb's company, Colonel Timothy Walker's Massachusetts
regiment; enlisted, date not stated, and served three weeks as
orderly sergeant in Captain Crocker's company of artillery. He
moved from Taunton to Cheshire, Massachusetts, then to Rupert
Bennington County, Vermont, and enlisted in the fore part of May,
1780, served four months as corporal in Captain Brown's company,
Colonel Ebenezer Allen's Vermont regiment; enlisted in March, 1781,
served two weeks in Vermont militia, details of this service not
stated. He moved to Willsboro, Essex County, New York, was called
on an alarm and served about two weeks, "under no particular
regulations or officers". He later moved back to Vermont.
The soldier was allowed pension on his application executed
September 10, 1832, then a resident of Lenox Township, Susquehanna
County, Pennsylvania, where he had resided about ten years.
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He died April 17, 1836, place of death not stated.
Nathaniel Tower Married November 29, 1774, Lucy Tingley,
Place of marriage and names of her parents are not shown.
Soldier's widow, Lucy, was allowed pension on her appli-
cation executed September 6, 1836, at which time she was aged
seventy-eight years, and a resident of Lenox Township, Susquehanna
County, Pennsylvania.
No reference was made to children.
In 1836, Lucy Tower's brother, Elkanah Tingley, was aged
seventy-six years and a resident of Harford, Susquehanna County,
Pennsylvania and stated that he witnessed the marriage of Nathaniel
and Lucy Tower.
No further family data are shown.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the
name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death
of Lucy Tower, widow of Nathaniel Tower, you should address the
Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division,
this city, and cite the following data:
Lucy Tower, widow of Nathaniel Tower,
Certificate #45
Issued September 24, 1836
Rate $36.76 per annum
Commenced April 17, 1836
Act of July 4, 1836
Pennsylvania Agency.
Very truly yours
A.D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.
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Sep - 26

Nathaniel Tower
Pension Application

16640
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Susquehanna County s.s.
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

I, Thomas Tiffany of the township of Herford County of Susquehanna & State of Pennsylvania being duly sworn according to law do depose and say that I am acquainted with Nathaniel Tower the applicant for a pension whose papers are hereunto annexed that I have service in the eight months campaign at Roxbury Massachusetts that he served every other month in Captain Francis [illegible] Company Col. Timothy Walkers Regiment. Further saith not
Thomas Tiffany

Sworn and subscribed
Before me this 28th day
of August AD 1832
Thomas Tiffany, J.P.
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Affidavit on
Mr. Towers application

State of Pennsylvania }
Susquehanna County, s.s. }
I, Asa Dimock Protonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of said county do certify - that Hosea Tiffany whose signature in his own hand writing is subscribed to the attestation of the written affidavit - on the 28th day of August last, an acting Justice of the Peace, in and for the said county - duly commissioned and qualified as appears of record.

Witness my hand and seal of office at Montrose the tenth day of September AD 1832
Asa Dimock Prot.
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I, Thomas Tiffany before whom the written affidavit of Thomas Tiffany hereunto annexed was taken the 28th day of August last, do hereby certify that the above named Thomas Tiffany is and was at the time of  taking the affidavit, a person of credibility and to whose testimony full credit may be given, certified by me at Harford, the 24th day of May AD 1833.
Thomas Tiffany, J.P.

Susquehanna County s.s.
I, Asa Dimock Protonotary of the Court of Common Please of said county do hereby certify that Hosea Tiffany Esquire, whose signature in his own proper hand writing appears to the above certificate subscribed is an acting justice of the peace of Susquehanna County, and the same before whom the annexed affidavit of Thomas Tiffany was taken on the 28th day of August last, duly commissioned & qualified as appears of record. Witness my hand & seal of Office at Montrose, May 24, AD 1833.
Asa Dimock Prot.
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Payments to be made at Philadelphia by the Present U.S. Bk Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of Pennsylvania.

Recorded in the Pension Office in Book E, Vol. 5, Page 60 by D. Brown, Clerk.
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WAR DEPARTMENT 

Revolutionary Claim. 

I certify that, in conformity with the Law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Nathaniel Tower of the State of Pennsylvania Agency who was a Private, Corporal and Sergeant in the Revolutionary War is entitled to receive Thirty six dollars and Seventy six cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1834, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year. 

Given at the War Office of the United States this 9th day of July one thousand eight hundred and thirty three. 

John Bobb 
acting Secretary of War. 

Examined and } 
Countersigned }
 JL Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
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Montrose, Pa.
Sept. 18

pd. Sept 12
Act of July '36

Hon. J.L. Edwards - 
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City, D.C.
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Montrose Pa.
Sept. 7, 1836

Hon. J.L. Edwards

Sir,

The old lady, the subject of the enclosed applications is very needy; and an early decision on her claim will be considered a particular favour.

You will please to address me on the subject, at this place.

Respectfully,
Your humble servant
Asa Dimock
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1922 - May 10 Hist. to Alice L. Wood
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1939, July 17 - Hist. to Mrs. John W. Nicol

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Revy Widow, &c.

File No. 6300
Lucy Tower
Wid.
Nathaniel Tower
Sergt. Mass. Troops

Act:  June 7 / 36
Index : -- Vol. M, Page 278

[Arrangement of 1870]
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North Hector,
Schuyler Co, N.Y.
September 3, 1881

Pension Officer
Washington, D.C.

I am writing of a history of the Tower family, and find myself short of facts, which I supposed I had, in reference to Nathaniel Tower, of Revolutionary times, which perhaps may be supplied from your Department as his widow was a pensioner, for about four and a half years.

He was born in Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada, June 23, 1748, and died Lenox, Pennsylvania April 17, 1838.

What I want is 
1st. The time of his enlistment as a soldier
2nd. The Company, & Regiment in which he served
3rd. The time of his discharge

any other facts about him, his father's name etc. You may be able to furnish will be most thankfully received.

I herewith send a copy of some old pension papers which may assist you in your search.

Direct as per above and obliged. Yours
Wm N. Tower
Pastor, Bap. Ch.

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Pension Office US
Sep 8, 1881
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The following is a copy of certificate on which Pension was allowed:
"I certify that in conformity with the 3rd Section of the law of the United States of the 4th July 1836, Lucy Tower of Pennsylvania, window of Nathaniel Tower, who was a private, corporal & sergeant in the army of the Revolution is entitled to receive Thirty six dollars and seventy six cents per annum during the time he may remain [illegible], commencing on 15 April 1836 and payable semi-annually on the 4th March & the 4th September.

Given at the War Office of the United States this 24 day of September 1836.
C.A. Harris

[illegible] & countersigned Acting Secretary of War,
J.L. Edwards, Commissioner of Pensions."
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Pension Office F US
Mar 31, 1922

630 East Franklin Ave.
Minneapolis, Minns.
Mar 27, 1922

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:

Will you kindly give me the Revolutionary record of my ancestor, Nathaniel Tower?

He was born in Cumberland R.I., and was the son of Joseph and Judith (Briggs) Tower. He was born June 23, 1748.

He served both with Massachusetts and Vermont troops, and died in Lenox, Pa., April 17, 1838.

Yours respectfully,
Mrs. Alice L. Work
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS 

SECTION 3-525 

W.F. 6300

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
BUREAU OF PENSIONS 

Washington, D.C., _____, 19 ___

In reply to your request of, received for a statement of the military history of Nathaniel Torres, a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. 

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[table] 

Dates of Enlistment | Length of Service | Rank | Officers Under Whom Service Was Rendered | Captain | Colonel | State 

[First line] 
Apr. 1775 | 3 weeks | Pvt. | Health | x | Mass. 

[Second Line] 
May 1775 | 4 mos. | Pvt. | Frances Liscomb | Timothy Walker | Blank 

[Third Line] 
May 1775 | 3 weeks | orderly Sgt. | Tracker | Blank  

[Fourth Line] 
May 1780 | Sept 1780 | Corporal | Brown | Ebenezer Allen | Vt 

[Fifth Line] 
May 1781 | 2 weeks | Blank | at Castleton | Blank | Blank

[Sixth Line] 
May 1781 | 2 weeks | no officers stated | Blank | N.Y.

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Battles engaged in : none stated
Residence of solider at enlistment, Tauhon, Bristol Co., Mass.
Date of Application for pension, Sept. 10, 1832/ His cl. was al.
Residence at date of application, Lenox, Susquehanna Co., Penn.
Age at date of application, born June 23, 1748 in Cumberland, R.I. died Apr. 17, 1836.
Remarks:
He married Nov. 29, 1774 Lucy Tingley. She was allowed pension on her application executed Sept. 6, 1836 while a res. of Lenox Township Susquehanna County, Pa. aged 78 years.
? [ There is no other data on file as to his family. ]
widow's bro

Respectfully,
Commissioner.
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Nathaniel Tower in Sept. 1832 was residing in Lenox, Susquehanna Co. Pa aged 84 years
While living at Taunton Mass. He, on the alarm of the battle at Lexington [Illegible]
Marched in April 1775 to Roxbury Mass. joining a company under Capt. Health after remaining 3 weeks returned home & enlisted under Capt. Frances Liscomb & attached to Col. Timothy Walker's regiment marching to Roxbury where he continued one month when it was necessary for him to return home (being a tanner & illegible] so he hired a substitute - James Stacy - who with himself served alternately one month each until January 7, 1776 when the term of his enlistment expired. During one month while his substitute was in service there was an alarm the [illegible] as orderly sergt Certy Co. (to which he formerly belonged) under Capt. Croker, marched to Stades ferry on the Taunton River where they remained 3 weeks.

He removed from Taunton to Ruport Bennington Co., Vt. & there in the fore of May 1789 he enlisted for 4 months under Capt. Brown as Corporal marched to Pittsford where attached to the regiment commanded by Col. Ebenezer Allen remaining at Pittsford until his time of serviced expired.

In March 1781 he joined an alarm at Ruport a company of militia marched down to Castleton remaining 2 weeks.

From there he removed to Willsborough, Essex Co., N.Y when on alarm he was out 2 weeks.

He stated before the Court that he was born in Cumberland, R.I. 

June 23, 1748 - He removed from Taunton militia to Cheshire Mass. then to Vt., to Willsboro NY then back to Vt. then about 1822 to the County of Pennsylvania now residing.

Lucy, his widow in Sept 1836 was residing in Lenox Pennsylvania aged 78 years

m: Nov. 29 1774  Lucy Tinsley or Tingley. Her broth Elkanah Tinsley was living in 1836 in Harford Susquehanna & per aged 76 years.

He died April 17, 1836
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403 E. Kansas Ave.
Walsenburg, Colo. June 1, 1939

Veterans Administration
A.D. Hiller, Ex. Assistant
Washington, D.C.

Ref. BA-J/CC

Dear Sir,

Your reference above refers to my inquiries concerning military records of W.M. Crittenden and Adam Johnson. As I have not been able to get further data, I shall ask you please to send me all available information in Pension Claim based on Rev. War Record of Nathaniel Tower  b. prob. 1725 of prob. Hingham, Mass. Wide, Lucy Tingley. Nancy (Tower) daughter and second of 12 children  b. Dec. 15, 1777 and M. Abiah Lindley (b. Bristol Conn) in Kingsbury N.Y. above from Tower genealogy, on p. 218 - Art. 244-108; Lindley

Yours very truly
Delphine Dumas Nicol
(Mrs. John W. Nicol)

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