Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 10204, for Nathan Munn Lounsberry, Connecticut
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Nathan M Lounsberry
$12.00

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he urges that as he was in no manner connected with the improprieties of sd Temple & as there was no improper proceedings of sd. Temple in the matter of his sd. Lounsberrys pension he ought not to lose his pension during sd Suspension on account of the delinquencies of sd. Temple in other matters-
And the sd. Lounsberry further urges that under existing laws of the United States & rules of the War Department, he is entitled to an increase of his pension as well as the arrears afsd. not received by him, for which he makes this statement- And he hereby relinquishes every Claim whatever to a pension or annuity (unless he is entitled to his pension at and from an earlier date than he has received as afsd.) except the present, And declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any State- 
The sd. Nathan M. Lounsberry further declares that he is the identical person of that name to whom an original pension Certificate was granted which Certificate is now illegally withheld by Ruel Parker of sd. Clarendon, to compel this declarant to pay him. sd. Parker an old & unjust claim of some nineteen dollars and a large amount of interest which debt this declarant ought not & cannot pay. that sd. Parker obtained sd. certificate to make out the purpose[?] for drawing semi annual payments due this declarant, & has had it for in seven years, allowing it to be used semi annually but refuses to return it to this declarant send it forward[?] with this declaration-
Nathan M Lounsbeary
["Nathan M. his mark Lousnberry" crossed out and written over]
Sworn to & Subscribed the day & year aforesaid 
Witness
W.H. Smith
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And the sd. Court does hereby declare its opinion that the sd. declarant is of the age he declares, that he was a revolutionary Soldier & served as he States. And that his statements above can be relied upon as containing the truth- 
And the sd. Court further certifies that satisfactory evidence is shewn to sd. Court that the sd. Nathan M. Lounsberry is the identical person he declares himself to be in the foregoing declaration, and that his statement made above in relation to his pension Certificate is true- 
I, Fredk. W. Hopkins Clerk of the Court of Chancery afsd. do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of sd. Court in the matter of the application of Nathan M. Lounsberry for his sd. pension- 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of sd. Court this 27th day of March AD 1852 
F. W. Hopkins Clerk-
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State of Vermont 
Rutland County ss 
On this 15th day of August, 1835, personally came before the undersigned authority, Nathan M. Lounsberry of Rutland in said County, to me well known, who being duly sworn, doth depose and say, in explanation of, and in addition to his declarations heretofore made under the several acts of Congress of the 18. March, 1818; of the 1. May 1820; of the 1. March, 1823; and of all other declarations by him made for the purpose of obtaining a pension from the United States; that his given name is Nathan Munn, that he hath always been called by that name, that his proper name is Nathan Munn Lounsberry, and that according to his best recollection and belief he hath always written his name, Nathan M. Lounsberry 
And the said Lounsberry doth further depose and say, that when he inlisted [enlisted] into the service of his country, as heretofore stated by him, he doth verily believe, that he inlisted [enlisted] under the above mentioned name; but he cannot now remember, whether or not, he omitted his middle name on that occasion- if he did so, it was through mistake, and not by design or fraud. 
And as to the date of his inlistment [enlistment], the said Lounsberry further deposes and says, that it took place in June, of the year of Arnold's treachery. In his former statement, he has as he supposes represented, that he inlisted [enlisted] on the 20th of June, and such, he now thinks, was the fact; but that he did not join his company and Regiment, then lying at West Point, until a week afterwards,- which would carry it to the 27th. And he has heretofore stated, that he inlisted [enlisted] in the year 1778; and this, he believes, on more mature reflection, was a mistaken statement on his part; from the fact above mentioned, that it was done in the Summer before Arnold attempted to give up the Fort at West Point. He perfectly remembers his employment there, before that event: that among other things, he was engaged for 4 or 5 days, in carrying powder casks Thro' a bomb proof, by candle lights- and, that owing to the casks leaking, the powder on the floor became nearly over shoes - that business was superintended by an officer by the name, as he was then called, Capt Burbank, who would suffer no one to meddle with the lights, but himself- he had the overseeing, as deponent supposes and believes of all the fixed & unfixed ammunition. Deponent assisted, at the same time, in removing large quantities of cannon balls out of the fort, to a place back of the fort, according to his best recollection, between 40 and 60 rods distant. He also assisted in removing the cannon from the fort: several of them, with the carriages, were removed to Elderkin's landing on the north side of the point; the last gun taken down
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there, was a 24 pounder, and in descending the hill, the drag ropes behind broke loose, and the gun passed down by its own weight, went thro' the bakers shop, and into the river, as much as 8 rods, and was not, to his knowledge, taken out. In its passage, before it arrived at the bake-house, one man was caught by one of the fore-wheels, which ran over his thighs, and cut them both off. The whole of the guns were taken out of the fort, excepting 3 iron 18 pounders on the lower side of the fort next the water. In the winter after this 4 men of whom the deponent was one, were detached to go onto Constitution Island in the North River- the whole detachment consisted of two sergeants two corporals and about 25 men- most of whom were taken from Capt Savage's Company - Went on about the 1. Decr. and were relieved the last of Feby. or 1. March following In the Spring- probably of 1781 - all the troops that had not had the small pox, amounting to about 400, of whom the deponent was one, were sent to the Connecticut Huts[?], to have that disease; and out of the number, only one died, and that was a negro. After that, they were sent back to West Point- and from that, to Verplank's [Verplanck's] point- lay there a few days, and from thence were sent to White Plains- from there to Voluntine's [Valentine's] Hill to reinforce Genl. Washington's life-guard, who had been attacked by the Hessians- came up in time to give them a few shots, when the Hessians retreated into old fort Lee- when the americans were drawn up before the fort, and remained there thro' the day under arms, with a view to storm the fort. When we approached the fort, we found nobody there- the enemy had retired, and gone into fort Washington. From thence we returned to White Plains- stayed there a few days- the whole army collected, and crossed the river at Stony Point, and took up our line of march to Virginia. We made no considerable halt, till we arrived at Princetown [Princeton], where we staid one night & part of a day; and from that we went to Wilmington, the head of Elk River; from there we took shiping [shipping], and went down the bay to Annapolis, where we were detained by head-winds several days; from there we sailed to the mouth of the Potomac, & from thence to James River & thence up that River to a place a little south of Williamsburgh where we landed, and then marched up to the town. Here we lay, until the French Army and Washington's troops all got down to Williamsburgh, and to Gloucester; and here deponent drew 16 French Crowns, which was the only money he ever received during his service. After some 15 or 16 days, marched down to Yorktown; where, Washington marched on to the right; and the French army on to the left, with their Batteries. Deponent was there, at the siege, 21 days, and was every-other-day, on the batteries himself; was present and saw Cornwallis surrender. After that event, 3 or 4 days,
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I George T. Hodges of Rutland in the County of Rutland State of Vermont of Lawfull age depose & say, that I have been well acquainted with Nathan M Lounsbury of the same Rutland for many years, and that I have ever considered him a man of truth & veracity that I have read his statement relative to his pension made on the 15th day of August instant, and that from my, knowledge of the man, I have no reason to doubt and do verily believe the same to be true, and further this deponent saith not 
George T. Hodges 

State of Vermont, 
Rutland County ss
Be it known, that on the 17th day of August, 1835, George T. Hodges Esqr. who subscribed the preceeding [preceding] affidavit, personally appeared before me, and made solemn oth [oath], that the facts therein stated are true. And I do hereby certify, that the said Hodges is reputed to be a credible witness. 
S. Foot Justice Peace.
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24th March. 1835

Dear Sir,
On receiving your former letter I examined the Roll of Col. Lamb's Reg't in the Secretary's office, and did not find the name of Nathan M. Lounsberry: On receiving your letter of the 16th, further search was made, and the name of Nathan Lounsberry was found in my office, on a pay roll for 1781. This roll is for the year 1781; the certificates issued on this roll, have[?] interest from 1 Jan. 1782.
Respectfully yours,
A.C. Flagg.

Jesse Gove, Esq.
Rutland, Vt.
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Rutland Vt. 16, Feby. 1835.
Sir:
I have the honor to inclose [enclose] herewith the new declaration of Nathan M. Lounsberry, a revolutionary pensioner residing in this place. He informs me, that according to his best recollection, his original declaration does not state as much service as is here set forth. Nevertheless, he says that this statement is true, and can be made to appear (excepting the 4 months over the three years) from the Connecticut pay table, and from the returns in New York.
With due respect
Your obedient servt
Jesse Gove

To Honble. J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
City of Washington.
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War Department
Pension Office
August 17, 1833
Sir
Nathan M. Lounsberry's pension Certificate is herewith returned. He is not entitled to a higher pension than he now receives. The evidence on file shews that he was a Private, and not a Sergeant.
Very respectfully
Your Obt. Servt.
J L Edwards

Mr. Lounsberry served in the Artillery- & if he served 2 years as a private only he is, I believe, entitled under the late act, to receive $100. per am. He states that 18 ms. of his service was as Corporal not "Sergeant"-
A reconsideration is requested
R Temple
Rutland Vt.
15. Sep. 1833

R Temple, Esqr.
Rutland
Vermont
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Rutland (Vt.) Aug. 9. 1833
Sir
I served three years in Col. Lamb's Regt. of Artillery, and was corporal in Capt. Thomas's company, in the army of the Revolution- for which service I am now a Pensioner of the United States on the Vermont roll - I now enclose my certificate & request that my pension may be increased agreeably to the provisions of the Act of Congress of 7. June 1832. My present place of residence is Rutland, Vt.
I am Sir, respectfully 
your ObServt
Nathan M Lounsbeary
 
To Hon Lewis Cass 
Sec'y of War 
City of Washington 

Mr. Edwards 
The above applicant served 3 years- he says he enlisted in Connecticut & was transfered [transferred] with others to Col. Lamb's Regt. of N. York Artillery- That altho' his certificate says he was a private, yet he served the last 18 months as corporal. I rather think he made a mistake in his declaration in stating the time of his enlistment. it was probably in 1780 instead of 1779- I hope his application, with all [illegible], will be attended to soon. 
Respectfully yours &c
R. Temple
Aug. 9. 1833
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[substan]tiated [illegible], then it would be plain law upon general principles & but naked justice that this amt. to which he is shown to have been entitled, & he in no manner connected with Temples frauds, and the Government having seized & diverted[?] these funds, that the Govt. should refund to him 
If a new certificate is now to be issued under Act 7 Jun 1832 to him then the matter should be considered in this application, and he permitted to draw under such new certificate for the year & a half & more for which he has not recd. his allowance when he was entitled to it- 
I respectfully urge that having served for the long period he did & then discharged at the conclusion of the war and his service in the artillery, he is in entitled to an increase of his pension, and have no doubt but the Department will grant such an increase & permit the applicant to draw for the year & a half not drawn or recd. if consistent with your rules & the laws of Congress- 
If any further proofs are required upon any point, & it is within our reach it shall be furnished on notice from the Department- 
I am Sir very Resptly,
W.H. Smith
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(Vert) 
Rutland Aug 4th 1845 
A pension Certificate was issued 4th Feby 1826 entitling Nathan M. Lounsbury to a pension under the act of 1818 1820 & 1823, of $8 pr month. He has ever since recd of his allowance under this Cert, but has never had any back pay. 
Will you please to inform me what the records of the Office show upon this subject 
Will not the same papers that entitled him to his certificate establish his claim to his back pay? The records will of course show if any one has drawn his back pay & who. Will you favor me with all the information your office affords upon this subject 
The man is poor & really needs more than his pension to live upon -
I am Sir your Obt Servt
 E F Hodges
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Rev WIDOW, &c.

File No. 10.204
Sarah W. Lounsberry
Wid
Nathan M. Lounsb[illegible]
Privt Rev. War
Act: Feby 3d. 1853
Index:-Vol. A, Page 442
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White Water Wis.
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O. W. & N. Division
Department of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D. C.,

In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of Nathan M. Lounsberry, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, you will please find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. | LENGTH OF SERVICE. | RANK. | OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. | CAPTAIN. | COLONEL. | STATE. 
June 27, 1780 [crossed out "June 24, 1778") | 3 [written above two crossed out "2"] yrs. | Pvt. | Joseph Thomas | John Lamb (Art. Regt).

Battles engaged in, none men.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Town not given.
Date of application for pension, June 7, 1825
Residence at date of application, Rutland Co. Vt.
Age at date of application, 63 years
Remarks: Both he and his wid. Sarah W. were pensioners.

Very respectfully,

Commissioner.

Fred'k H. Quintard,
So. Norwalk, Conn.

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