Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 35917, Nathaniel Farmer, Md.
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(3 - 1776) 
SERVICE 
Md. 

Farmer, Nathaniel 

NUMBER 
S. 35917 

CONTENTS
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19.857 
Indiana 
Nathaniel Farmer 
of Fayette Co in the State of Indiana 
who was a Private in the Company commanded 
by Captain Griffin of the regiment commanded 
by Colonel Anderson in the Maryland 
line, for the term of two years. 
from ___ 1778 to to July 1780 
Inscribed on the Roll of Indiana 
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on 
the 9th day of October 1827 
Certificate of Pension issued the 4 of Jany 1828 
and sent to O. H. Smith, H. Reps 

Arrears to 4th of March 1828 - $38.96 
Semi-anl, all'ce ending
[sum bar] 38.96
{Revolutionary Claim, }
{Acts March, 18, 1818, }
{and May 1, 1820. }
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20.278 
Nathaniel Farmer's 
Declaration & Schedule 
Transcript from the 
Fayette Circuit Court 
[flourish]
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Be it Remembered that Amongst the Records of the Fayette 
Circuit Court is the following To wit, 
Nathaniel Farmer} 
Declaration & Schedule } 
To obtain a pension 
Be it remembered, that at a Term 
of the Fayette Circuit Court begun and held at the Court House, in 
Connersville, in the County of Fayette and State of Indiana, and on 
Monday the 10th day of September A.D. 1827 before the Honorable Miles 
C. Eggleston, President Judge of the third Judicial Circuit in the 
said State of Indiana; and Edward Webb Esqr. One of the Associate 
Judges of the Fayette Circuit Court in and for the said County of 
Fayette, And continued before the same Judges, until Tuesday the 
second Juridical day of said Term. Here at this day comes 
Nathaniel Farmer, a Soldier of the Revolutionary War, and agreeably to 
the act of the Congress of the United States, of the 18th of March 1818, 
and of the first of May 1820, filed his declaration and Schedule 
verified under Oath in order to obtain a pension, under the 
provisions of the Acts of Congress aforesaid in the words and figures 
following (to wit) "State of Indiana, County of Fayette, ss__ 
On this 11th day of September, A.D. 1827. personally appeared 
in Open Court being a Court of Record for the County aforesaid, 
according to the Constitution and Laws said State, Nathaniel 
Farmer, a resident in Said County, aged Seventy Years, who, being 
first duly Sworn according to law, doth on his oath, make the 
following declaration, in order to obtain the provisions made by 
the Acts of Congress of the 18th of March 1818, and the 1st of May 
1820: that he the said Nathaniel Farmer enlisted for the Term of 
three Years in the Spring of the Year 1778, in the State of Maryland 
in the Company commanded by Captain Griffin, in the regiment 
commanded by Coln.. Anderson, in the line of the State of Maryland 
that he continued to Serve in the Said Corps until the last of July 
1780, when he was discharged from the Service near Wilmington, in 
the State of Delaware, that he hereby relinquishes every Claim 
Whatever to a pension, except the present; that his name is not 
on the roll of any State to his knowledge, and that the following are 
his reasons for not making earlier application for a pension:_ At a 
former period and until ^within a short time, he was able, by labor and industry,
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and the assistance of Children, Strong and able bodied, to procure a living 
tho a very Humble one; that until lately his property afforded him 
considerable Subsistance, and his health and Strength until lately not 
much impaired, induced him to Struggle thro' the world, thus far, 
without applying for assistance to his Country's Gratitude; but now, 
his Children, his former help, have all left him; Old age, with its 
companions Sickness, and decay of body, have left his decrepit and 
tottering frame, much in need of a mite of assistance from that Country 
for whose Liberty a portion of his Younger Years were spent in the field 
of War. Age and disease have rendered unable for manuel 
Excercise, and poverty pressing upon him, induces him to make 
this his last appeal to an assisting power._ 
And in pursuance of the act of the first of May 1820. I do 
solemnly Swear, that I was a resident Citizen of the United States on 
the 18th day of March 1818, And that I have not, since that time, by 
gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof, 
with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the 
provision of the act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for 
certain persons engaged in the land and Naval Service of the United States 
in the Revolutionary War" passed on the 18th day of March 
1818, and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any 
property, or Securities, contracts or debts, due ^to me; nor have I any income, 
other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed and by 
me Subscribed_ 
Schedule of my property the day and year first above written 
[left column] 
[above dollar amt] $ Cts.. 
1 Breakfast Table _ 4.50 
1 Candle Stand _ 2.25 
1_ 12 Galln. kettle _ 2.75 
1_ 3½ Do _ 1.25 
1 Bake Oven & Bales _ 0.50 
1 Tea Kettle _ 1.00  
1 Skillet _ 0.37½ 
2 Beds & Bedding _ 20.00 
1 Set Tea Cups and Saucers _ --37½ 
2 Sets of plates _ --75 
1 Pewter dish _ --75 

[right column] 
[above dollar amt] $ Cts.. 
1 Flax Wheel _ 2.50 
1 Shovel Plow _ 1.00 
2 Weeding hoes _ --50 
1 Axe _ --75 
1 Clevis _ --25 
 3 Bottles 12½ each _ --37½ 
1 Flat Iron _ --50 
1 Fire Shovel _ --37½ 
3 Buckets _ --75 
3 Crocks _ 18¾ 
1 Cooler _ 18¾ 
[sum bar] 
Total $41.87½
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That since the 18th of March 1818, the following changes have been made in my property 

Column Title:
Occurred in 1818 not more occurred

Column Title:
Time of Sale
in June 1826
in  September 189_
in December 189_
in _____ 1896
in January 1896

his
Nathaniel Farmer
remarks

The family of the said Nathaniel Farmer ___ of himself and wife, she is to marry old, or about that, and no other pardon whatever, and he is almost ____ and his wife ____ to do any kind of ___ for a likelihood ____ the ___ order that is the ____ that the property mentioned in said ____ is revealed and estimated at 41 ___ 8% ____ ____ ____ ____ to the satisfaction of the ___ that the said Nathaniel Farmer did have in the Revolutionary War as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, for the ___ of nine months under one engagement on the continental _____
State of Indiana
Fayette County S.S.
I Johnathan M Canty, Clerk of the ___ ___ ___ Court of ___, do hereby ___ the above and foregoing to be a ___ ___ and ____ ___ of the second of all the proceeding in the above are at the ___ renaming of record in the Fayette ___ ___ ___.
In Testimony whereof 
"Love ___ ___ ___ ___ and____ the official of said ____ at ____ the ____ day of October A.D. 1827 
For McCarty ____ ____
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Indiana  del ____ _____
 
Of  _____ _____ _____ president _____
of the ____ _____ the _____ _____ of the state of Indiana including the Fayette ___ ___, do hereby ____ ____ _____ _____ _____
_____ _____ _____ _____ the ____ ____ ____ ____ ____, or the day of the date affair
_____ the _____ _____ _____ of ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ and as 
_____ fill faith and ____ and ___ to him ____ all, I do for the ____ _____ ____ the _____, ______, by time _____ to _____ _____, and _____ neither, in is due from of Law _____ _____ ____ ____ ____ ____ _______ _______ _____ ______ ____ ___ ____ of this 26, day of ____ 18_7
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Rev. & 1812 Wars Section.
April 16, 1927.
Honorable Albert R. Hall,
House of Representatives.
My dear Mr. Hall:
In response to your letter of the fourteenth instant, I have the honor to advise you, that from the papers in the pension claim, S. 35917, it appears that Nathaniel Farmer enlisted in Maryland in the spring of 1778, served as private and Sergeant in Captain Griffith's Company, under Major Anderson in the Third Maryland Regiment until March 1779.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 9, 1827, while living in Fayette County, Indiana, aged seventy years. His wife was then sixty-one years old and he had children, but no names are stated.
It has not been possible to identify a Revolutionary War pension claim, on account of the services of a William Davis of North Carolina Troops, who lived in Chatham County, N.C. had a wife Ann Marshall and children as described in your letter.
Very truly yours,
WINFIELD SCOTT.
Commissioner.
[Writing on left side of letter is illegible]
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35917
Revy INVALID

File No 35917
Nathaniel Farmer
Pri Rev War

Act 18 March '18
Index Vol 2 Page 132

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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1927 Apr. 16. Hist. to A. R. Hall.
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[Postmark]Annap MD Jan 2[end postmark]
Free
War Department 
Pension Office 
Washington
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Auditor General's Office
Annapolis 31st Dec. 1827.
Sir,
Your letter of 22nd has been duly rec'd and in reply, I have to state, that I have reexamined the rolls remaining in the office, and find the name of Nathaniel Farmer Sergt as set forth in my certificate without date of enlistment, and left out the rolls in March 1779. I find the name of Major Archibald Anderson on the depreciation pay roll, but it does not appear to what regt. he was arranged. I also find the name of Alexander Anderson, Colonel, in Army Ledger B. folio 147, whose account stands stated and Settled, July 31st 1778, for $542.51[?] it does not state to what Regt. he belonged.
Very Respectfully
Yr. Obt. Svt.
Thos. Karney
[To]
J. L. Edwards Esqr.
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[Postmark]Annaps MD Dec 12[end postmark]
free
Honbl O. H. Smith
House of Reps
Washington
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Auditor General's Office
Annapolis 12th Dec. 1827.
Sir,
I have carefully examined the Rolls remaining in the Office, for the names of Thomas Patton and Leonard Edleman, or Milton Eddleman, and they do not appear.
Enclosed is a Certificate, which is sufficient evidence, that Nathaniel Farmer, served in the Maryland Line, on continental Establishment.
I received a letter from Mr. Farmer + replied to it on the 9th Octr. last, and enclosed a Certificate therein, which Certificae I presume, he forwarded to the War Dept. ere thin,
I am very respectfully 
Yr. Obt. Svt.
Thos. Karney
[To]
The Honbe O. H. Smith.
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20278
Nath'l Farmer
18 March 1818

Hon O.H. Smith
H.R.

Hon. J.L. Edwards
Pension Office
Washington City
D.C.
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20278
Nath'l Farmer
18 March 1818

Hon O.H. Smith
H.R.

Hon. J.L. Edwards
Pension Office
Washington City
D.C.
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Washington Dec 14th 1827
HR
Sir, I enclose the record of Nathanl Farmer which I mentioned to you in a former [illegible], I also send such evidence of the claim to [illegible] as I have been able to obtain from Mr Kerany Auditor Genl of Maryland. I hope the endever may be deemed sufficient, and that you will have no difficulty in placing the old man on the pension role. 
Your obt Sevt O H Smith
Hon J L Edwards
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Auditor General's Office
Annapolis, 12th Dec

I certify that it appears by the muster rolls remaining in the office that Nathaniel Farmer Sergt enlisted in the Third Maryland reg't date of enlistment blank and in the column of remarks is written in red ink March '79 left out the rolls.

Thos Karney - Aud
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Albert R. Hall
11th Dist. Indiana
Congress of the United States
House of Representatives
Washington, D.C.
April 14, 1927.
Hon. Winfield Scott
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
My dear Mr. Commissioner:
Many thanks for your letter of the 12th giving the Revolutionary War Record of John Pfiefer.
As you requested, the following information is given as the only knowledge of Nathaniel Farmer and William Davis.
[handwritten] S35917[end handwritten]
Nathaniel Farmer probably enlisted from Chatham County, North Carolina. His daughter, Catherine Farmer, married Joseph Davis and later moved to Howard County, Indiana.
William Davis probably was from Chatham County, North Carolina. He was the son of John Davis and Mollie (Chamness) Davis. He married Ann Marshall and had nine children, Joseph, Jacob, Mary, John, Simon, Rebecca, Ezra, Mark and Anna.
Appreciating your kindness in sending me this information, I am
Very truly yours, Albert Hall