Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 17,094, for Nathan Simons, Connecticut
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
Conn.

Simons, Nathan

NUMBER S.17,094
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28185
Connecticut

Nathan Simons of Tolland Co. in the State of Connecticut who was a [illegible] in the com commanded by Captain Ferrill of the regt. commanded by Col. Huntington in the Connecticut line for 6 months Corporal 3 months Sergeant
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Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 37 Dollars -- Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 2d day of April 1834 and A Hendee, Hebron
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Arrears to the 4th of March   111.00
Semiannl. allowance ending 4 Sept  18.5
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$129.50
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{Revolutionary Claim
{Act June 7, 1832

Recorded by Dan Bridges Clerk

Book E2  Vol. 7.  Page 39
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State of Connecticut
TOLLAND COUNTY, SS. HEBRON PROBATE DISTRICT.

On this Twenty third day of August A. D. 1833, personally appeared in open court before Abner Hendee, Esq. Judge of the Court of Probate, for the District of Hebron, now sitting, Nathan Simons a resident of Hebron in the County of Tolland and State of Connecticut, aged 84 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 in the year 1775 about the last of June he inlisted into a company of State Troops under the command of John Ripley of Coventry who was Captain Thomas Terrill was Lieut and John Vaughn was Ensign for the term of five months. I was a Corporal in said Company-- We were marched to near Boston & joined the army of Gen Washington at Cambridge & performed duty in blockading the enemy in the Town of Boston & when our time was out Gen Washington called on our Regt to Volunteer one month longer-- Our Col Jedediah Huntington called out his Regt. & stated the Genl's wish & we volunteered for a
month longer & served that time out and were discharged the last of Dec 1775 the first of January 1776. Having served six months as a Corporal in infantry
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That in the year 1776 in the month of November our company commanded by Capt Tinker of Windham was detatched for a tour of three months at Providence Rhode Island - William Young was Lieut Samuel Young
was Ensign & I was Sergeant -- We were
marched to Providence & employed in
keeping guard (the Brittish army was then at New Port) and when our three months were out we were discharged, having served
three months as a Sergant.

He has no documentary evidence to show
his service. He furnishes the testimony of Elijah Wright who served with him at Boston in the year 1775. But cannot find any person who served with him in the 1776 at Providence although he has made all the search in his power.  The Officers he knows
are all dead & so are all his comrades in Capt. Tinkers company whose names he can recollect-- In his service at Providence he marched with his Regt the 5th Conn Militia commanded by Col Jedidiah Elderkin Lieut Col Storrs & Maj. [illegible] Brown.
He furnishes Nehemiah Ripley's Deposition as circumstantial evidence
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He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declare that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State.
He answers to the interrogatories propounded by order of the War Department, as follows:

1.  Where, and in what year were you born?
He was born in Windham on the 14th day of April 1739

2.  Have you any record of your age and if so, where is it?
He has no record of his age except in his Bible.

3.  Where were you living when called into service, where have you lived since the revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
He lived in Windham when called into services since then has lived in various places is poor & has no home excepting with his children in Hebron & Windham

4.  How were you called into service?  Were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? and if a substitute, for whom?
In his first service he inlisted & volunteered in his second he was drafted or [illegible]

5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers who were with the troops where you served, such Continental and Militia Regiment as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service?

He has stated all the circumstances of his service he can recollect his age & forgetfullness does not enable him to recollect more.  He has lost his warrents if he ever had any as a Sergeant or Corporal has the documents of E. Phelps showing his service as Corporal in 1775
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6. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so by whom was it given, and what has become
of it?
He had a discharge from his first
service but has [illegible] it he has [illegible]
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your neighborhood, and who can testify
as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution?
He is known to the Rev Alpheus Gur
& to Col Simon House who can testify to
his character for veracity & their belief of
his services as a Soldier of the Revolution
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid-
Nathan Simons
We, Alpheus Gur, a clergyman residing in the town of Hebron
in the County of Tolland, and Simon House residing in [illegible] Hebron
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Nathan Simons
who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be Eighty four years of
age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resdies to have been a soldier of the Revolu-
tion, and that we concur in that opinion. Sowrn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Alpheus Gur
Simon House
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 the Rev. Alpheus Gur
who has signed the precceding Certificate, is a Clergyman resident in the town of Hebron
and that Col Simon House
who also signed the same, is a resident in the town of Hebron in Tolland County
and is a creditable person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I Cyrus Mann, clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Hebron, do hereby certify the foregoing
contains the original proccedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Nathan
Simons for a Pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of
Office, this 23rd day of August A.D. 1833.  Cyrus Mann Clerk.
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Elijah Simons
Deposition
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I Elijah Simons of Chaplin, Windham County and State of Connecticut of lawful age testifys and says that Nathan Simons of Windham in said county and state served in the regular army in the year 1775 in  Capt John P[illegible] company in Col Jedidah Huntington's Reg't that while in the service in the year aforesaid the said Natan was at labor on the barracks when he received a sever wound on the left leg by the cut of a carpters adz which by means of said would the said Natan was unable to perform duty for several months

Elijah Simons 
Elijah Simons [illegible]

Windham County SS Chaplin June 15th 1829
Personally appeared Elijah Simons signer of here above deposition and made oath to the truth to the truth of the sworn before me.

Luther Ripley Justice of the Peace
State of Connecticut Tollard County
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26 575
Nathan Simon
[unreadable]
For 1775 Capt
& Sagt 9 months, 
Capt 6- -$22.-
Sagt 3- 15-
$37.-

[signed bottom of page] A Hendee
Hebron
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[unreadable]

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 sub joined 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 compling with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim
A Statement,showing the service of Nathan Simons
June 1775 y [months] [crossed out] Corporal, Corporal
1776 3 [months] Sagt
I am, respectfully,
your obedient servant,
J.L. Edwards,
Commissioner of Pensions
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF jUNE7, 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, mucicians 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) ________, who being first 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 person 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 of 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 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 application of ________ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have 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
There are rolls in the Office of Comptroller of Public and of service in 1775 which are the best evidence.
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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 corrobating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be at 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 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 known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.  The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.  The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons - one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.  If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party  And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.  
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.

[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides.  If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had.  Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled.  In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"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 to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the 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. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service.  This form of a declaration is highly objectionable.  It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served:  the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged.  The magistrate who may administer the oaths must  certify to the credibility of the witnesses and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. 
[i] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops,  The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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January 10, 1837.
Madam:
replying be has request for information concerning the 
military records of Jesse Slayton and Nathan Simons,
soldiers of the revolutionary War, you are advised as follows:

Jesse Slayton made an application for pension on
July 21, 1833, as which time he was 70 years of age and
residing in Rutland Court, and his pension was allowed
for six months actual service as a private in the Mass.
reps, Revolutionary War, a part by the time he served
under Capt. Fisk and Col. Tyler. He enlisted at Mandon, Mass.
his widow, Betsy made application and received a pension
for the service of her husband as above set forth.

Nathan Simons made an application [illegible]
August 23, 1833, as which the was 84 years of age
residing at Hebron, Corn, and his pension was allowed for
six months actual service as a corporal and three months
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service as a sergeant in the Connecticut troops, Revolutionary Was: a part of the time he served under Capt. John Ripley and Col. Hartington.  He enlisted at Windham, Conn.
Very respectfully,
Acting Commissioner.

Miss Dessie L. Lathrop, 
14 Bishop Street,
New Haven, Conn.
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17094
No. 17094
Nathan Simons
Sergt Rev War
June 7th 32
Vol. 1, page 343
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Jany 4 ‘97 Histy to
Miss M. O’Laughlin
Willimantic, Conn
[unreadable initials]
Jan. 18/97 History to
Miss Bessie L. Lathrop
New Haven Conn.
L.W.B.
Feby. 5. 1897 History to Miss
Mary O’Laughlin
Willimantic Conn.
Feby. 19. 1897, History to
Miss Bessie Lathrop-
New Haven, Conn.
(sur Wid- 19.368)
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17859
…
Nathan Simons
Rev
1-0
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Nathan Simons
Invalid- Con.
Rejected see letter to
L.Hendee, Nov. 16. 1829.
[crossed out] 2196
[crossed out] 2196
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Tolland County SS
Coventry July 11th, 1828
This my Certify that I have been acquainted with Elijah Wright Esq for a long length of time and that he is considered to be a man of truth and veracity, and I know him to be a man of respectability 
[signed] Nathan Howard Justice of the Peace
State of Connecticut & Wyndham County July 17th 1828 
I certify the above named Nathan Howard is a Justice of the Peace in & for the County of Tolland duly authorized to administer oaths & take acknowledgements & in the State of Connecticut 
[signed] Jonah Lincoln, Judge of Probate for the District of Windham
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Doctor Cogswell
Certificate
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Hartford Oct. 14th 1828
To Whom it may concern
I hereby certify that Doct. James Cogswell, who was a Brother of mine, [inserted] (James dea) was a surgeon, in the Continental Army, the lying at Mayberry, in the year 1775. 
[signed] Major J. Cogswell M.D.
I can further certify that Maj. Jn. Ripley died in this City, Jamestown? [unreadable]-
[signed] Major J. Cogswell M.D
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John Baldwins
Certificate
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Windham Connecticut June 26th 1829
The Papers of Mr Nathan Simons on his application for a Pension were taken by me from the Pension office to lay before the Committee on Military Pensions and were left in the office of the Clerke of the House of Representatives by sd Committee as they informed me
[signed] John Baldwin
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Stamp: (illegible) Office Dec 15 1996 US

Stamp: OLD WAR & NAVY
             DEC 17 1896
              FILES
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S  Monday Dec 12, 1896.
U.S. Pension Office
Washington D.C.
Please give the revolutionary record of Nathan Simons, Pensioner 1832, Windham Co., also the date of his death and oblige,
Respectfully yours.
[signed] Mary O’Laughlin
Willimantic Conn
L. Box 190
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Stamp: PENSION OFFICE 
             F. JAN 11 1897 US

Stamp:  OLD WAR & NAVY
              JAN 19 1897
              FILES
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Willimantic Ct. Jan 8. 1896.
Commissioner Pensions
Washington D.C.
Dear sir:-
Thanking you for found record date regarding Nathan Simons pensioner from Windham Co of 1833, would further ask the date of the death of said pensioner, which I intended to have asked in previous communication
Respectfully yours,
[signed] Mary O’Laughlin
Box 190
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February 5, 1897

Madam:

     Replying to your communication of recent date, in which you request further information concerning Nathan Simons, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, you are advised that he date of the soldier's death can possibly be ascertained upon application to the Hon. Auditor for the Interior Department, Treasury Department, giving the soldier's full name and military record as set forth in this bureau's letter of January 4, 1897, together with the following data: - Certificate number, 38,185, Connecticut Agency, Act of June 7, 1832.

Very respectfully,

Miss Mary O' Houghlin,

Commissioner.

Willimantic, Conn.
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Stamp upper lefthand corner:
     This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services.
     Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department.  Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.
           
                O. W. & N. DIV.
                REVOLUTIONARY.

L. W. B.
I. 17094.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,

January 4, 1897.

Madam: - 
     Replying to your request for information concerning the military e record of Nathan Simons, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, you are advised that he made an application for pension on August 23rd, 1833, at which time he was 84 years of age and residing at Hebron, Conn., and his pension was allowed for six months actual service as a corporal and three months service as a sergeant in the Conn. troops, Revolutionary war: a part of the time he served under Capt. John Ripley and Col. Huntington.  He enlisted in Windham, Conn.

Very respectfully,

Commissioner.

Miss Mary O'Laughlin,
Willimantic, Conn.
L. Box, 190.
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MM
14 Bishop St.,
New Haven, Ct., 
Dec. 16, 1896.
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:-
I have been referred to you for proof of the Revolutionary service of my great great grandfather, Jesse Slayton, I do not know where he lived when he enlisted, but his first child was born in Brookfield, Mass. in 1782, and later the family lived in Montpelier, Vt. The Secretary of State of Vermont informs me that on referring to a published list of Revolutionary Pensioners from Vermont, which is in the State Library at Montpelier, he found the name of Jesse Slayton as receiving a pension for service in the Massachusetts line. Can you furnish me a copy of Jesse Slayton’s record of service as filed with the original application for pension? Also the date when pension was granted and when payment on it ceased?
I would also like to ask about the following:
Nathan Simons, residing in Windham County, Conn., was drawing  pension in 1832. Can you
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tell me when the payment on his pension ceased? Also, was the service for which Nathan Simons drew this pension, rendered between July 10 & Dec. 17, 1775, while he was corporal in the 10th Cr., 8th Regiment, Connecticut Continentals?
If you can give me the above information, I will be exceedingly obliged to you,
Respectfully yours,
[signed] Bessie L. Lanthrop (Miss).
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Comptrollers Office,
Novr 4th 1833
I Elisha Phelps, Comptroller of Public
Accounts of the State of Connecticut, do certify
that it appears by an authenticated copy of
a pay roll of the 19th Co. in the 8th Regt raised
by order of the Gen. [illegible] of the colony of Connecticut July 1775,
that Nathan Simons served therein as a
Corporal from the 10th day of July, to the 17th day of
December 1775, being five months & seven days
There is no evidence in this office, showing the
length of time, those who volunteered, at the
request of General Washington to remain after
their enlistment had expired, served at 
Roxbury, said company commanded by Capt Ripley in Col. [illegible] Regt

On the 6th day of September 1776 the
Council of Safety ordered the fifth regiment of
Militia, & several others, to be called out &
equipped, & to march towards New York

On the 11th day of October 1776, it appears
by the journal of the Council of Safety, that, "A
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consultation was had concerning the expedition 
of Colonel Richmond & Livingston Long Island
& a mode of preparation adopted which His
Honor the Governor to in hand to give the
necessary order&c with all possible secrecy
and W Shaw was sent home with orders
to forward said expedition as fast as possible.

Upon the journal of the Council of Safety
under date December 6th 1776, in the following order
viz: Orders were given to several regiments of
the militia to march to New London in the
defence of the County against the invasion of
of the enemy also letter to Gen. Washington ┃
& others for the needful assistance de

Under date December 7th 1776 the
Council of Safety made the following order
viz," On receiving intelligence that a large
flat of British men of war & Transport
are proceeding up Narragansett Bay and
towards New Port & Providence orders were
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"given to the Eastern Regiments to make ready
and march into the State of Rhode Island to the 
defence of the Country against any depredations 
from said fleet"

Also, that there is charged upon the
books of the Pay Table, under date June 13th
1777, to the United State, "to order on Treasury
per Capt Nehemiah Tinker for hospital expence
5th Reg Militia to New York, 96 $4.5.2"

No roll of Capt. Tinkers company has been
read or any any evidence of the duration
of their service
E. Phelps
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Hebron Ct. December 23 AD 1833
Sir,
Herewith return the application
of Nathan Simons for a Pension with
all the evidence can find to support it
In reply to the objection against the claim
for one months extra service in 1775 I ask 
here to say - that his witness Elijah Wright 
who testifies positively to that fact is one of the
most respectable men in Coventry, has
often represented that town in the Legislature
of this State & was a member in 1831 in addition to
his statement & that of many others who served
in that campaign I would refer you to the
History of the army for that year. In M[illegible]s
life of Washington Vol 2 Page 270 of the first
edition it is stated that on the last day of Dec
1775 all the old Troops not reenlisted were
disbanded in his service at Providence in
1776&7 he states he was in Capt Tinkers Comp
& his witness sd Ripley says he was in Lieut.
Tinkers Company. This is true as to both of
the men I find on the Records at Hartford
that Tinker & Youngs were commissioned
at the [illegible] 1777 Tinker as Capt
Young Lieut. Young Ensign as stated by our
regulation of the Militia the soldiers have
their Company Officers & if a man was chosen
Captain after the [illegible] as we then
had two [illegible] each year, he would take
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the command of the Company & act
as Capt but his commission would
not be granted untill the next session 
of the Legislature when it would be dated
back to the date of the order directing
the Company to choose their Office

At the time he made his declaration
he claimed a service of three months in
Capt Tinkers Company at New London.
in 1779&80 But as he had no proof
of it I advised him to abandon it which
he did in examining the Comptroller
office I find Tinkers Company was
out as he stated & I have annexed the
evidence for the purpose that if his
present claim is not allowed he might
have the privilege of adding it to this 
& have the papers returned again-- But
should you think him entitled as
his papers now are it will be as well
perhaps as if he had more he has no
family in [illegible] he supports himself
by travelling about begging in winter
The lodges in a poorhouse having no friends
I have this stated his case as briefly as
I can & I hope I shall be able to satisfy
you his is intitled to what he claims
I have the honor to be you
Obt Sert
Abner Hendee

Hon James L Edwards
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Comptroller Office
Nov 5th 1833
Elisha Phelps, Comptroller of Public
accounts of the State of Connecticut do
certify that upon the books of the pay
Table, under date February 24th 1780,
there is charged to the United States, the
pay roll of Capt. Nehemiah Tinker, at
New London, 359. 3.0. 
E. Phelps
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The Army Surgeon
TH, Trumbull
New London
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Windham May 8th 1828.
Sir,
The person hereof Mr.  Nathan Simmons represents himself as a Pensioner of the Revolution Army of the U.S. and wishes to be inscribed on the Pension list roll as an invalid from certain wounds had he states he heed When in said service and when in the line of his duty, and refer him to you as a man of strict truth and veracity so far as my information extends and think him poor and destitute and entitled to the gratitude of his country for serving rendered the same. 
yours Respectfully, 
Nathan Howes
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 We agree in the within contents of the
within letter
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JC
Alfred Young
Justice Peace
Alfred Howes
Anson Young
Erastus Fitch
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John Brown
Jonah Lincoln F P [District?] Windham
This Reply formerly of the Judges of the County Court agreeshttps://catalog.archives.gov/images/misc/drag.png with the Common
in regard to his share unto repent he servers or disability
resided in the event he knows him nothing
I certify that I served in the year 1775, in a Regiment commanded by to which I Jediah Huntington and Mr. Nathan Simmons served the same Regiment
[our thingr bury]
late Inspector General
in the duty of the United States
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Mr. Mitchell of Ten
Nathan Simon's case
" Dec 30, 1829

Military Pensions
-
June 20, 1821
Report ys to his
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20th Congress
2d Session
Congress of the United States
In the House of Representatives
December 30, 1828.
On motion of Mr Baldwin
Resolved, That the Committee on Military
Pensions be instructed to enquire into the expediency of
placing the name of Nathan Simons, a revolutionary
soldier, on the pension list.
Attest M. Clarke
Clerk
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Certificate of
Mr E Wright
Coventry
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I Elijah Wright of the town of Coventry in Tolland 
County State of Connecticut do certify and say
that I know Nathan Simons of Windham in
Windham County State of Connecticut & that I
know him to have been in the Revolutionary war 
in the Company of Capt John Ripley in the
Regiment under the command of Col Jedediah
Huntington in the year 1775 in the first year
of the war at Roxbury
Elijah Wright
Coventry April 10th 1828

Tolland County of Coventry the 10th day of April AD 1828
Personally appeared Elijah Wright and
made oath to the truth of the above
Certificate by him subscribed before me
Levi  Sweetland Justice of Peace

State of Connecticut Windham County May 29th 1828
I certify that the above named Levi Sweetland is a Justice
of the Peace in and for the County of Tolland duly
authorized to administer oaths & take acknowledgements &c
in the State of Connecticut and that his name thereto subscribed
appears to be his usual signature
John Baldwin M.C.
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Andover Ct
6th November  F R E E

The Hon The Secretary of War
Washington City

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Pension Office
13th Nov. 18??
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Andover Ct 6th November 1829 -
Hon the Secretary of War
D. Sir-- Inclosed are the papers of
Nathan Simons & a Commission of Hon Wm
Bristol U.S. District Judge for the State of Connecticut
authorizing me to take & send you the same--

In the absence of the Law in his case I may
have been informal - If so will you have the
goodness to inform me & be pleased to place the
papers in a proper light to secure (if possible)
the Pension of the applicant-
I have the honor to be with much respect
your obedient Servant
Leonard Hendee
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July 18 Free
Hon Samuel Southard
Secy of War
Washington

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Pension Office
23 July
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Windham July 18. 1828
Sir, 
Herewith you have the application
of Mr Nathan Simons to be inscribed 
on the [illegible] pension list roll of the
army of the revolution who is my opinion
ought to be placed thereon, if any
further evidence of the facts besides the
enclosed should be necessary please
inform me
Yours &c
Respectfully
Nathan Howes Atty
for said applicant

Saml Southard Esq.
War Department
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I Thomas Reed of Windham in Windham County
and State of Connecticut Testify and say that I
Know Nathan Simonds of Windham in Windham
County & State of Connecticut and that I know
him to have been in the Revolutionary war in
the year 1775 at Roxbury in the Company of
Capt John Ripley which Company belonged
to the Regiment commanded by Colo Jedediah
Huntington at which time sd Simonds
was at work on the Barracks and there got
wounded as I understood and that I knew
him to be lame at the time
Thomas Reed

State of Connecticut
Windham County SS
Personally appeared Thomas Reed and
made solemn oath to the truth to the foregoing
Deposition by him subscribed this 23d day of
April 1828 Before me John Stanford Justice Peace

State of Connecticut, Windham County.
May 29th 1828 I certify that the above
named John Stanford is a Justice of the Peace
within & for the County of Windham duly
authorized to administer oaths and take acknowledgements
in the State of Connecticut and that his name
there subscriber appears to me to be his usual signature
J. Baldwin M. C.

State of Connecticut Windham in Windham County July 17th 1828
I certify that I am acquainted with the above named Thomas Reed
On consider him to be a man of truth and veracity
Jonah Lincoln Judge of Probate for the
District of Windham
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S Fuller
certificate
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I certify on honor that I have seen
the sd Nathan Simons named in the 
commission from Judge Bristol to Lenard 
Hendee Esq. - I have inquired into,
and examined his situation, and from 
the best information to be obtained
his case, and information on which
place entire confidence, and from 
a critical and professional examination 
of his case I am of opinion
that the facts stated in the sd Nathan's
deposition, which I have seen
and read, are true, in regard to 
the disability he has experienced, and
does at this time experience, in consequence 
of a wound stated to have
been received during the war of
Revolution & certified and signed
this 5 day of November A.D. 1829
By S. Fuller D.M
[illegible signature]

State of Connecticut
Tolland County ss Andover 5th November 1829
The above named Silas Fuller M.D. is a reputable
Physician & Surgeon
Leonard Handee Commissioner
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Hon William Bristol
Commission to Leonard Hendee
Leonard Hendee Esq.
Postmaster
Andover Ct.

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NEW HAVEN
OCT 21
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To Leonard Hendee Esq of Andover in the State of
Connecticut  Greeting-

Whereas it is represented to me by Nathan Simons of
Coventry in the County of Tolland and State of Connecticut
that he was a soldier in the Revolutionary war and
while engaged in the public service against the Common
Enemy was disabled by known wounds and that 
he is entitled to a pension by reason thereof from
the United States.
Now. Know ye that I William Bristol Judge
of the District Court of the United States reposing
Special trust and confidence in Leonard Hendee Esq
of Andover in the State of Connecticut, Do hereby
Constitute and appoint him the said Leonard Hendee 
Esqr a Commissioner to take the requisite and
necessary affidavits and testimony in support of the said Nathan Simons claim
to a pension as aforesaid, in conformity to a certain 
act of the Congress of the United States passed the
16th day of April AD 1806, entitled an act to provide
for persons who were disabled by known wounds rcd
in the revolutionary war, which said act was reviewed 
and continued by various subsequent acts of the Congress
of the United States; and where said testimony has
been duly taken you are to [illegible] & direct the case
to the Secretary of the Department of War of the United
States
Given under my hand seal at New Haven the
21 day of October AD 1829
Wm Bristol
Judge of the District Court
of the United States [illegible]
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Dear Sir,
Yours of the 19 [night] was no this day
it is possible the act of 10th April may have
continued in same by a subsequent act of 
Congress, and of not, as the proceeding may be the cause of burying the subject again before
there who have the power of extending [okay] ┃
I have the that [scar] on the whole to face and you ┃a [pediatrician] to take the testimony October 22 1829-
L Hendee E
Yours respectfully
W. Bristol
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Nathan Simons
Deposition
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Nathan Simons of Lawful age do testify & say that on the 10 day of July
1775 I enlisted a soldier in Capt John Ripley Company Jedediah Huntington
Regiment for five month & went with a company to Roxbury in Massachusetts
against the common Enemy & at the request of the commander in chief &
other officers I volunteered my services for half month longer during
which period of time being a [illegible] was ordered by the commanding
officer to work on the Barracks & worked there forty five days untill
I received a wound from an [illegible], which struck my shin bone and through
the calf of my leg which confined me for more than three months &
was a running sore for some weeks after & I have ever since been lame
and subject to cramps in that leg & has in a great measure disabled me of
getting a living by Manuel labor ever since. The reason for not applying
for a pension years ago is that I never here of the act of April 10 - 1806
untill a year ago last March & my Capt & Col being both dead & almost
all my fellow soldiers it has caused some delay to obtain the necessary proof
to substantiate my claim for a pension. I am poor & destitute & often 
have pain which deprive me from walking for several weeks together
and live principally on the liberality of my Friends. In the fall & winter of
1776-7 I was detached in the Militia to go to Providence in Capt Hezekiel Binits
Company for three months & served my tour of Duty afterwards I was
detached to go to the Northward against General Burgoyne but the situation
of my domestic affairs were such that I could not go & hired a substitute to
go in my name which cost me fifty Dollars I was also detached to go to New
London several times & as a Sargent in the Militia I had to go in the
night & warn the men & went with them to New London & did the
duty assign me & returned, & I lost by the depreciation of the
Public Moneymore than five hundred Dollars -
Andover Ct 5th November 1829
Nathan Simons

Tolland County of Andover State of Connecticut
Personally appeared on this 5th day of November 1829
Nathan Simons and made solemn oath that the
foregoing deposition by him subscribed is true

before me Leonard Hendee Commissioner
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I certify that for many years I have been personally 
acquainted with Hezekiah Ripley Esquire
that he is a Gentleman of very respectable Character
with Jonah Lincoln and Alfred Young Esquires
I have no particular acquaintance that from
General Reputation and the Offices they held
I can say their characters are respectable
City of New London
May 21, 1828-
Jeremiah Brainerd

The Subscribed to the have, is a Judge of the
Superior Court of the State of Connecticut.
John Baldwin M. C.

To the Honorable James Barbour Secretary of war, the
Petition of Nathan Simons of the town and County of Windham
and State of Connecticut humbly sheweth that in the year
1775 he enlisted into the Continental service in the army
of the United States in a company commanded by Captain
John Ripley, and regiment commanded by Jedediah Huntington
for the term of five months, that he faithfully
Served during said term and was honorably discharged
that while in said service and in the performance of his
duty in assisting in building barracks he received a
wound in his leg by the stroke of an adze which cut off
a nerve, subjected him to the cramps, in his sd Leg and by
means of which he has suffered great pain and distress.
and has been and is in a great degree thereby disabled
from labor, and is wholly destitute of property, and
has no means of subsistence except for charity, he therefore
prays that he may be put on the lot of invalid pensioners.
that with others under like circumstances he may enjoy the
bounty prescribed by law  and dated at Windham this 23rd day
May AD 1828
Nathan Simons

State of Connecticut Windham County 
May 29th 1828 Personally appeared Nathan Simons the signer
of the above petition and made solemn oath to the truth of the facts
therein stated before me Samuel Parker Justice of Peace
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State of Connecticut Windham County May 29th 1828
I certify that the within named
Samuel Perkins is a justice of the Peace within &
for the County of Windham duly authorized to administer
oaths & take acknowledgment in the State of Connecticut 
and that his name there subscribed appears to me to
be his usual signature
John Baldwin Member Congress
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The Deposition of Nathan Simons of Windham in the State of
Connecticut in addition to what has already been stated begs
leave to say that he belonged to a detachment of the militia
which served against the common enemy at Providence R. I.
November 1776 for the time of three months- and that 
he further served by a substitute in a detachment of the militia for the
term of four months in the year 1777 and he would further
state that the wound he received in the service was a running
wound and never healed for four months & that Doct James Cogshall was the
Surgeon that dressed his wound, and he would further say
that the leg in which he was wounded is subject to the
cramps and is now so lame he is unable to labor and that he
lost above five hundred dollars in the public money paid
him for his service & he would further state that the reason
why he did not make application before for a pension was
because he did not know of the act of Congress of 1805
& 1808 entitled an act to provide for persons who were
disabled by known wounds received in the revolutionary war
and that he was employed himself as a farmer and Mason
since he left the service, and that Windham has
always been his place of residence and is at this time
Nathan  Simons

Windham, Nov. 19th 1838
personally appeared the above named Nathan Simon, and made
Solemn oath that the above statement subscribed by him
was the truth before me Jonah Lincoln Justice of Peace
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Windham County
State of Connecticut Windham Nov 11. 1833
At a Court of Probate for the District of Windham Chauncy

F Charland Judge present personally appeared Nehemiah Ripley in his 73 years of age in open Court, testifies and says
that late in the fall of 1776 Lieut. Nehemiah Tinkers Comp
of Militia, were all drafted to go to Providence R.I. and
according to his best recollection, there served two months
or more, for he recollects of their returning to Windham at
the breaking up of Winter should think some time in
March, as the tracting had become very bad also
further states that Mr. Nathan Simons a resident of Windham
was a corporal in said Company, and thinks that he
performed that tour of duty to R. I. but cannot say for
a certainty, but knows of his being a member of said
company at that time, as a corporal, and being afterwards promoted to a Seargeant and Ensign and
said Simon was a respectable and efficient citizen
further more the deponent sayeth not, sworn and subscribed
to in open Court the day and year above written
Nehemiah Ripley
Further in relation to the doings of said Court in taking
the above deposition, the Court do certify that the Deponent
Mr Nehemiah Reply is well known to the Court as a
respectable citizen of sound mind and of credible
standing in society, and his statements entitled to
full credit. In testimony whereof the Court has ordered
the Clerk to subscribe his name and affix the seal of
Court the day and year above written
Thomas Gray Clerk
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Application of
Nathan Simons
26.575
Abner Hendee
Hebron Court
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I Elijah Wright of Coventry in Tolland
County & State of Connecticut aged 73 years
do testify & say that on the eighth of
June 1775 I enlisted into a company
of State Troops commanded by Capt John
Ripley, 
Lieut John Vaughn
Thomas Terrill

Ensign for the term of five & were
marched to the vicinity of Boston & joined
the army of Genl Washington at Cambridge
where he remained until the term had by[ser?] where our Regt was called upon to volunteer for
one month longer & that I with others did
volunteer for one
month after the expiration of the term I
was discharged having served
six months
and I will remember that 
Nathan Simons was a Corporal in
the same company with me & that he served during the term that I served. I was discharged at the same time having served six months as a 
Corporal
Eliza
Wright
2
State of Connecticut Tolland County
Hebron Probate District
Personally appeared in upon Court before Abner
Hendee Esq Judge of the Court of Probate for so.
District Elijah Wright signer of the foregoing affidavit
made oath that the same contains the truth &
nothing but the truth And this Court certifies
that the E. Wright is a man of truth that
his statement is entitled to credit
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and affixed the seal of so. Court this
23rd day of August AD 1833
Cyrus Mann Clerk