Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 24,173, Nathaniel Fales, R.I.
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(8-1776)
SERVICE R. I.
Fales, Nathaniel
Elizabeth
NUMBER
W.24,173
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CONTENTS
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21.104[?]
Rhode Island
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Nathl. Fales
of Bristol in the State of R Island who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Throop of the Ret commanded by Col. Miller on the R Island line for 17 mos & 15 days
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Inscribed on the roll of R Island at the rate of 58 Dollars 34 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 22d day of Aug 1833 and sent John Cross Portsmouth, R I 
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Arrears to the 4th of March 1835 $116.68
Semianl. allowance ending 4 Sept.   29.17
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                                                     $145.85
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{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by D D Addison Clerk,
Book E  Vol. 2d  Page 109
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Declarations
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In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832.
State of Rhode Island }
County of Bristol } Sc.
On this Eighth day of December 1832, personally appeared in open Court, before the judges & justices of the Court of Probate of Bristol, in said county of Bristol, now sitting forewith is a court of record, Nathaniel Fales, a resident of sd. Bristol, in the state of Rhode Island, aged Eighty three 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, that is to say: In the time of the revolutionary War, in the month of December 1776 he belonged to the militia company in sd Bristol then under the command of Capt. William Throop of which said Company Joseph Reynolds and Jonathan Dimond were also officers - At this time the enemy by then Fleet and Army took possession of Rhode Island and the waters of Narragansett Bay, which almost surrounds our town of Bristol - At this time he was drafted for a month to stand guard on the shores of said town, immediately contiguous to the island of Rhode Island, which was then wholly in the enemys possession, , they having strong detachments of their army, encamped at different points of the Islands, and more especially at the North end, from which they could make a descent on said Town of Bristol, within thirty minutes, from any time they, should choose to start - this state of things compelled the americans to keep constantly a strong military force at the different guard posts, or strong points of defense in said town during the whole time that the enemy occupied sd. Island - and from said Month of December 1776 to the month of Nov. 1779 when they evacuated Newport and the waters of the Bay. he was continually drafted or allotted from said Company of militia, and ordered into the public Service, for one month at a time, to stand guard at the guard posts in said Town on the borders of the Bay - Although he is unable to state the exact days when he commenced and ended his numerous services, in the drafts or allotments aforesaid, during the aforesaid periods, yet he is conscious that he served for at least one half of the time - and for this time he doth solemnly declare - that by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory and the great lapse of time which has intervened, he cannot state on his oath the exact amount of his service, but according to the best of his recollection it is not less than the periods hereafter mentioned - namely, for seventeen and a half months in the militia as a private soldier, during the time of aforesaid that the enemy held possession of Rhode Island - During these many monthly drafts on allotments as aforesaid, he
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Served under the officers of said Militia company - and each of them at different times, at the guard posts and fort in said town. The officers of said company (all of whom have been dead a long time) also took times in their duty of command and were even all on duty at the same time. He has served at divers [sic] times during sd. drafts at Mount Slope Point. at Toppasquash Point battery - in the Neck to the North of the Town, at the Fort on the Highlands near Bristol ferry, and in Bristol Town. - This Company of Militia belonged to the Regt. of Col. Nathan Miller, of which Peter Church was Lt. Col. and Peleg Heath was Major - during the period aforesaid he saw General Cornell and Col. Crary of the state line - and many others whose names he does not recollect - 

And said Fales [illegible] that he faithfully served his country in the War of the revolution in the manner aforesaid, for the full term of seventeen & a half months in the Militia as a private soldier for which he claims a pension. [wavy line]

And he further declares that he was born in said Bristol on the 11th day of May Old Style 1749 and that he hath a record of his ages - that he has always resided in sd. town and nowhere else - where he still lives - that he never received any written discharge from said service - but was discharged verbally by his commanding officer - That he has no documentary evidence of said service - that besides the accompanying depositions, he refers to Rev. Henry Wight and Thomas Church Esq. who are citizens of said Bristol and his neighbours, who testify to his character for veracity, and their belief that he was a soldier of the revolution. 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 & year aforesaid}
Witness, Wm. Throop Clk.
Nathaniel Fales [signature]

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I [?] Henry Wight a clergyman residing in said Bristol & Thomas Church residing in the same, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Nathaniel Fales, who has subscribed and sworn to the aforesaid declaration, that we believe him to be Eighty three 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 to and subscribed} Henry Wight 
the day & year aforesaid}  [illegible]
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"Nath. el Fales, Son of Nath. el Fales Esq- & Sarah his wife was born May yr 11th 1749.

Town Clerk's office Bristol. R. Island, July 24th 1833. 
I certify the above to be a true copy from the Record in this office - 
Witness, Wm Throop Town Clk -

Witness. Wm. Throop, Clk.
I, William Throop, Clerk of the Court of Probate, for the aforesaid Town of Bristol, a Court of Record, do hereby certify that the foregoing, contains the original proceedings of the said court, in the matter of the application of Nathaniel Fales for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand , and seal of Office, the day and year heretofore written.
William Throop, Probate Clk. for Bristol, R. Island Lc -

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Henry Wright a clergyman residing in said Bristol & Thomas Church residing in the same hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Nathaniel Foles who has subscribed and sworn to the aforesaid declaration that we believe him to be eighty three 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.
Henry Wright 
Tho.s Church
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid witness Wm Throop

And the said courts do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogation prescribed by the war departments, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And they further certify that it appears to them that Rev. Henry Wright and Thomas Church who have signed the proceeding certificate are residents in said Bristol and are credible persons and that their statements is entitled to credits. 
Witness Wm. Throop Clk

I William Throop clerk of the court of Probate for the aforesaid Town of Bristol a court of record do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Nathaniel Fales for a pension. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office the day and year heretofore written. 
William Throop Probate Clk
for Bristol, R. Island &c
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23665
Nathaniel Fales
23665 [crossed out]
Rhode Island

Private 17 War [?]
&
506 15 Aug [?]

John Cross
Portsmouth RI
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Pension Office,
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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. 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.
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A Statement, showing the Service of Nathaniel Fales Rhode Island
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Period when the Service was recorded - years 17 months 15 days
Rank of the claimant. Prt
Names and rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Capt Throop
Names and rank of the General and Field officers. Col Miller
Battles in which the applicant was engaged. --
Country through which he marched. Mount Hope point Bristol
Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. 83 years Bristol Rhode Island 
Evidence by which the declaration is supported. Traditionary Evidence +2 witnesses [then swirl]
I am, respectfully, Your obedient servant, J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.

56.67
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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.
State Territory, or District of}
County of }
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 first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the
following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provion (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 named officers:

[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under
more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the
town or county and State in which he resided when he 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.
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 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.
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 applicacation (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 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?
{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 know 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 don, 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 sown 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 stat, 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, reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, 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;
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by 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 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 without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service.  This form of a declaration is highly objectional.  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; the 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. [centered on page]
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 [center on page]
[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 is note [j] applies in 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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Elizabeth Fales of Bristol in the state of R.I. who was a [blank] in the [blank] comma by [blank] in the [blank] line for 
Widow of Nathaniel Fales dec'd late a private in the war of the revolution.

Inscribed on the roll of Rhode Island at the rate of 58 dollars 34 cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March 1831. Amt [illegible]? by her late husband to be deducted

Certificate of pension issued the 18 day of Augus 1836 and sent Joseph M. Blake Bristol Rhode Island

Arrears to the 4th of March 1836 291.70
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept.   29.17
$320.87

Act 4 July 1836
{Revolutionary Claim}

recorded by DD Addison Clerk
Book [blank] Vol. 1 Page 103
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Date of death not on AB
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No. 132
Elizabeth Fales for a pension widow of Nath.l Fales dc'd


adm.d
17 mo 15ds
58.34



Jos M. Blake Esq
Bristol
R.I. a
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the thrice section of the act of congress of the 4th of July 1836.
State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations Bristol. On this first day of August AD 1836 personally appeared before the judges of the court of Probate now in session at Bristol in the county and state aforesaid Elizabeth Fales a resident in said Bristol aged eighty six 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 4th 1836.
That she is the widow of Nathaniel Fales late of said Bristol deceased for whose services as a soldier in the revolutionary war a pension certificate was issued under the act of June 7th 1832 and she refers to the declaration made by the said Nathaniel Fales before the honorable court of probate at their session holden here in December 1832 and the evidence which accompanied that declaration on the files of the pension office at Washington. 
The further declares that she was married to the said Nathaniel Fales on the twenty sixth day of September AD 1773 - that her husband the said Nathaniel Fales died on the twelfth day of February AD 1834 and that she has remained a widow ever since that period as will more fully appear by reference to the proof here to annexed - 
Elizabeth Fales
Sworn to & subscribed on the day & year above written before said court of probate - attest W.m Throop
And the said court do hereby declare this opinion that the above named Nathaniel Fales was a revolutionary solder and served as a above stated.
Attest W.m Throop Probate Clk

I W.m Throop Clk of the court of probate for the aforesaid said town of Bristol do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Elizabeth Fales widow for a pension. 
In testimony whereof I have hereto affixed my name and the seal of said court this Aug. 1 AD 1836
W.m Throop Prob. Clk.
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I William Throop of Bristol County of Bristol and State of Rhode Island on solemn oath depose & say That I am well and personally acquainted with Elizabeth Fales and an applicant for a pension under the act of the 4th of July 1836 her deceased husband Nathaniel Fales having been my own uncle. And I further depose that the said Nathaniel Fales widow who is the said Elizabeth Fales is still alive and has never been married since the death of her said husband who was the identical person to whom the pension released to in the declaration of said Elizabeth Fales on this same sheet was granted. 
Wm. Throop

State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations Bristol at Bristol this sixth day of August AD 1836 then personally came William Throop and signed and made oath to the truth of the afore going deposition before me and I certify that I am personally acquainted with said Throop and that he sustains a good character for truth and veracity. 
Jos. M. Blake
Just. of the peace
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Nath. Fales [illegible] & Mrs. Elizabeth Bradford both of this town were married ye 26th of September 1773.
per me John Burt pastor of a church in Bristol

State of Rhode Island & Bristol at Bristol in said county August 1st 1836 - I hereby certify that the aforegoing is a true copy from the record in the town clerk's office in said Bristol. 
Attest Wm. Throop T. Clk. 

I also further certify that the said Nathaniel Fales died in said Bristol on the twelfth day of Februrary 1834 as appears of record also  in said office attest Wm. Throop
T. clk. 

State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations Bristol 
Clerks office supreme Judicial Court August 6th AD 1836 I Greenwood Reynolds clerk of s.d court for said county of Bristol do hereby certify that William Throop is the present clerk and is day town clerk for the town of Bristol of the court of Probate for Bristol and has been such for several years last part and that said court of probate is one of record and I further certify that Joseph M. Blake before whom the deposition of William Throop afore written purport to have been taken is a justice of the peace for said county and has been such for several years last part and that the signature at the bottom of said deposition is in his own proper hand writing. In testimony whereof I do hereon set my hand and the seal of said court the day and year above written. 
Greenwood Reynolds Clerk
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June 4, 1934

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Pen[?]

BA-J/EEL
Nathaniel Fales- W. 24173

Mr. De Coursey Fales
14 Wall Street
New York, New York

Dear Sir:

reference is made to your letter of May 12, 1934, in which you request photostatic copies of papers on file in Revolutionary War claim for pension based upon service of Nathaniel Fales, of Bristol, Rhode Island, who served in Captain William Throop's Company , also, record of the Nathaniel Fales who rendered other service quoted by you from the 1925 year book of the Sons of the Revolution.

Your friend, Mr. Michael S. McCarthy, of this city, has just made inquiry by telephone in your behalf in regard to the matter stated above. It is regretted that your letter could not have been taken up for consideration at an earlier date.

No claim for pension has been found based upon service of a Nathaniel Fales, [name underlined] other than claim, W. 24173, which is that of the one from Bristol, Rhode Island.

The cost of photostatic copies is twenty-five cents a page. The number of pages to be copied in this claim is thirteen. Remittance should be made by money order drawn to the Order of the Treasurer of the United States.

Because you cannot get the information you desire as quickly through photostatic copies as by letter, the claim has been examined very carefully and the data found are given you herein. As these official reports have been accepted by various historical and patriotic societies as authentic, this may prove to be all that is required.

Nathaniel Fales, the son of Nathaniel and Sarah, his wife was born May 11, 1749(Old Style), in Bristol, Rhode Island.

While residing at Bristol, Rhode Island, Nathaniel Fales enlisted in December, 1776, and served one month: in the year, 1777, he served on monthly tours, every other month beginning with February of that year: in 1778, on monthly tours every other month beginning with January:
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in 1779, Nathaniel Fales served in monthly tours during the month
of January, March, July and September. All of this service was rendered
as a private in Captain William Throop's Company, Colonel Nathan
Miller's Rhode Island Regiment and consisted of guard duty at the guard
posts in the town of Bristol, Rhode Island.
Nathaniel Fales was allowed pension on his application executed
December 8, 1832, while residing in Bristol, Rhode Island, where he
stated he had always lived.
He died February 12, 1834, at said Bristol.
The soldier married September 26, 1773, at Bristol, Rhode Island,
Miss Elizabeth Bradford. They were married by the Reverend John
Burt. Both were then of Bristol, and their marriage was recorded on
the record of the town clerk of that place.
Soldier's widow, Elizabeth, was allowed pension on her
executed August 1, 1836, at which time she was aged eight
and resided in Bristol, Rhode Island.

There is no reference to children.

In 1832, one Jonathan Fales, then aged eighty-one years and are
ident of Bristol, Rhode Island, made affidavit that he served in the same company with Nathaniel Fales during the Revolutionary War. He did not state any relationship to said Nathaniel. In same year, Joseph Munro, also of Bristol, Rhode Island, and aged seventy years, made affidavit that he served in same company with Nathaniel Tales in
the Revolutionary War.

In 1836, William Throop, a resident of Bristol, Rhode Island, stated that the soldier, Nathaniel Fales, was his uncle, William Throop did not give the names of his parents and there are no further family data.

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 the widow of Nathaniel Tales, Elizabeth Fales (W.24173), you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, citing the following data:
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Elizabeth Fales, widow of Nathaniel Fales, Certificate No. 12, issued August 18, 1836, rate $56.34 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, amount received by her late husband to be deducted, Act of July 4, 1836, Rhode Island Agency.

Very truly yours

A.D. MILLER
Assistant to Administrator.
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State of Rhode Island
County of Bristol

Personally appeared before me the undersigned a judge of the court of common pleas within and for the county of Bristol. Nathaniel Fales an applicant for a pension who been [illegible due to a ink spot] deposeth and saith that by reason of old age and the conseq[illegible], he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of [illegible] according to the best of her recollection he served not les than [illegible] ..tioned below in the periods of the war mentioned and in the following [illegible] : namely - who is Throops copmany of militia of Bristol in December 1776 one month as a private at Bristol in the same company in the months of February, April, June August, October and December in the year 1777 the times for one month each at Bristol - in the same company of militia in the month of January, March, Mary, July, September and November in the year 1778 Six times for one month at a time at s.d Bristol in the same companyu of militia in the months of January, March, July and September in the year 1779 four tours of one month each at s.d Bristol, making in all at least seventeen months served as a private solderi in the militia for which he claims a pension - I did there in Bristol at the guard posts in said town we were called out by to perform duty in the public service - our company was divided into two classes and we served by turns every month each man had to serve half of the time or hire a substitute to serve in his palce and Capt. Throop Lieutentant Dimond & Reynolds also served by tours - that partner of the compnay on duty were never all together at once part, and were frequently changed from one of the guard posts to another during one monthly service. I served at the station at Peck's farm on the neck often than at any other plan - I have served under all of the officers of an s.d company but but Capt. Throop was most on duty. - 
And I further solemnly declare that for all the time afore mentioned I was in actual military served and was not during that time engaged in any civil business and that said company in ordered into the public service by the state of Rhode Island. 
Nath Fales

State of Rhode Island Bristol
At Bristol July 25th 1833. Personally came Nath.ll Fales the above named deponent and made solemn oath to the truth of the said deposition and subscribed the same before me. - And I further certify that said deponent is personally well known to me and sustains a good character for truth and veracity. 
Wm. Throop Justice Court
Common Pleas
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The State of Rhode Island Sc - Clerks Office, Court of Common Pleas for the County of Bristol - I hereby certify that Wm Throop whose signature is affixed in his [illegible] own proper hand writing to the taking of the within Deposition, is a Justice of the Court of said, duly commissioned under the seal of said State, is engaged, thereon according to Law __
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hands, and affixed the Seal of our said Court this 25th day of July in the year 1838, and of American Independence the Fifty-Eighth __

Wm Bradford Clk
[underscore]
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I Jonathan Fales of Bristol in the County of Bristol and State of Rhode Island  aged eighty one years being duly sworn declares that Nathaniel Fales of said Bristol who is now an applicants for a pension has always been well known to me we have always resided in this town and near together - In the time of the revolutionary war we both belonged to the militia company in sadi Bristol then under the command of Capt. William Throop. The members of this company of militia was drafted oo attested for a month at time to stand gaurd in the public served at the guards posts in said town on the borders of the bays. This state of things lasted the whole time that the enemy held Rhode Island which was from December 1770 - to0 late in the year 1779. During all of this time I have seen said Nathaniel at divers and many times doing duty in the public service at the guard parts in s.d Bristol - I cannot state precisely the number of times that said Nathaniel served but it was a quest many times and I have no doubt but that he served his full show of half the time aforesaid - he further saith not. 
Jonathan Fales

Bristol 
At Bristol December 8th 1832
Personally appeared the above named Jonathan Fales and made solemn oath to the truth of his aforegoing Deposition and subscribed the same before me. And I further certify that said deponent is personally known to me and sustains a good character for truth and veracity. 
Wm. Throop Justice Court Common Pleas

State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Clerks Office Court of Common Pleas County of Bristol
I hereby certify that William Throop whose signature is affixed in his own proper hand writing to the taking of the above and foregoing depositions of Joseph Munro and Jonathan Fales was at the time and is now a judge or justice of the court of common pleas of said county of Bristol duly commissioned under the seal of said state and engaged the war according to Law. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of our said court this eighth day of December in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and thirty two. And of America
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Independence the fifty seventh. 
J. Lewis Clk
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Rev. Widow, &c

File No. 24173
Elizabeth Fales
Wid of 
Nathaniel Fales
Priv Rev War

Act: July 4th 1836
Index: Vol. A, Page 448

[Arrangement of 1870]
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1919 Mch 1 history to Rev. Dr. A. W. H. Eaton

1934 June 4, Hist. R. War
Coarsey Fales
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Also, Nath.l Fales act 32 R.I. at $58.34 War
Dec 12th Feb 1834. Arreas paid to that perceed. 
J.H.
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I Joseph Munro of Bristol County of Bristol and State of Rhode Island &c. Aged seventy years and engaged according to law depose that I have long been acquainted with Nathaniel Fales, of said Bristol who is now an applicant for a pension for services rendered in the war of the Revolution. 
Said Fales and myself belonged to the company of militia in said Bristol during the war of the Revolution which company was there under the command of Capt. William Throop, the duties of our company were very constant and regular particularly during the time the enemy held possession of the Island of Rhode Island in our immediate neighborhood, less than a mile distant where they had entrustments and an armed force and this state of affairs continued nearly three years. During this time on said company of militia did duty by monthly tours in two classes whereby each man served half of his time and I well recollect and know that said Fales performed his duty as well as any man he was thru a young man just settled in life and very active, in the expedition of General Sullivan on Rhode Island in 1778 he was unable to leave home in consequence of sickness in his family and furnished a substitute and immediately entered the service personally at home in such duty as were needed in the vicinity of his family. 
Joseph Munro

Bristol 
At Bristol December 8th AD 1832.
Personally appeared the above named Joseph Munro and made solemn oath to the truth of his afore going deposition and subscribed the same before me. 
And I further certify that said deponent is personally known to me and sustains a good character for truth and veracity. 
Wm. Throop Justice of the Court of Common Pleas
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48 Pinckney Street
Boston, Mass. 
February 19, 1919

Sir: 
I am very anxious to have the Revolutionary War records of Nathaniel Fales, Sr. of Bristol, R.I. born July 4, 1720, died Dec. 13, 1801, and also of Nathaniel Fales, Jr. of Bristol, R.I., born May 11, 1749 died February 12, 1834. May I
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ask you kindly to send them to me as soon as you conveniently can. 

I am, Sir, 
Faithfully yours, 
Arthur W.H. Eaton

Address
Rev. D.A.W.H. Eaton
48, Pinckney St
Boston, Mass.
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U. S. Soldiers' Pension Office,
Washington, D. C.

May 12, 1934.

Dear Sirs:
I am a direct descendant of Nathaniel Fales, who was born in Bristol, Rhode Island, on May 11, 1749 and died there on February 12, 1834, I understand that he made application for a pension from the United States Government for services in the Revolutionary War. I understand the pension records contain affidavits from Joseph Munroe of Bristol, Rhode Island, and Jonathan Fales, of Bristol, Rhode Island, to the effect that Nathaniel Fales served in the Revolutionary War. I am advised that he actually served in December 1776, February, April, June, August, October and December, 1777; January, March, May, July, September and November, 1778; and January,
March, July and September, 1779; in all 17 months service.

I am applying for membership in the Sons of the Revolution and have set forth the above in my application. They advise me that this is at variance with the service of Nathaniel Fales, as carried in their year Book of 1925, and
which is as follows:
"Fales, Nathaniel (1749 - 1834 )
Private, Captain Ebenezer Battle's Company, Colonel William McIntosh's Regiment, Massachusetts Militia, December 11 - 30, 1776; Corporal, Captain Benjamin Lamont's Company, Colonel John Allen's Regiment, Massachusetts Militia, October 1 December 31, 1777; Private , Captain Robert Smith's company, Lieutenant- Colonel Symms' 
 detachment of Guards, February 26 April
26, 1778, at Boston; Private, Captain Ebenezer Everett's Company, Colonel William McIntosh's Regiment, on expedition to Rhode Island, August 1 -- September 14, 1778; Captain, with his company, marched to Major Bagaduce on the expedition, by orders from General Lovel, July 6 -- August 26, 1779."
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U. S. Soldiers' Pension Office
5 / 12 / 34.
I should therefore appreciate a photostatic copy of Nathaniel Fales' pension application, his record and any and all papers and affidavits submitted in connection therewith. I will, of course, be pleased to defray any charges and expenses incurred in this connection.
above. I should also appreciate any information or records that you could give me in reference to the Nathaniel Fales mentioned
in the year book of the sons of the Revolution, and quoted above. 

With reference to the Nathaniel Fales of Bristol, Rhode Island, of whom I am a descendant, as stated above, I understand that there was filed with his application for pension an affidavit by William Throop, Town Clerk of Bristol, by Joseph Munroe of Bristol and by Jonathan Fales, of Bristol, to the effect that they served in the same company with Nathaniel Fales. I understand that he belonged to the Militia Company of Capt. William Throop, and that Joseph Reynolds and
Jonathan Dimond were also officers at that time. That he later served in the Militia Company of Col. Nathan Miller's regiment
of which Peter Church was Lt. Col. and Peleg Heath was Major.

I would appreciate any information that you could give me both as to the Nathaniel Fales mentioned in the year book of the Sons of Revolution and the Nathaniel Fales of whom
I am a descendant. As stated above, if this involves any expense I shall be glad to defray same.

Very truly yours,
De Couney Fales.

DeCF-
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In reply to your request of received for a statement of the military history of Nathaniel Fales 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.
W.241173
DATES OF
ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT.
Dec.
2
1778
1779
LENGTH OF
SERVICE.
.
as
Miss
RANK.
Private
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
William Throop
COLONEL.
STATE.
R.F.
Battles engaged in, [check]
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Bristol, Rhode Island.
Date of application for pension, Dec. 9, 1832. His claim allowed
Residence at date of application, Bristol, Rhode Island always
Age at date of application,  born May 11, 1790. O.S. at Bristol, R.I.
Remarks: soldier Nathaniel Fales Jr. married at Bristol, Sept. 26, 1773 Elizabeth Bradford
He died Feby 12, 1834, and she was allowed pension on her application executed Aug. 1. 1836 while eighty-six years of age & resident
of Bristol. R.I. 

Respectfully,
Commissioner.