Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 19596, Nathan West, R.I.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
R. I.

West, Nathan
          Martha

NUMBER
W. 19596
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1384
New York Albany
Martha West
widow of Nathan West
R. I.
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a private.  Increased
from 80 dollars per annum

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 96 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the First day of July, 1848.

Certificate of Pension issued the 24 day of March 1851 and sent to 
H H Sylvester
Present

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 2, 1848, Page 244 Vol. 4
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9385
New York
Nathan West
of Essex County in the state of new York who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Olney of the Rhode Island line, for the term of 6 years

Inscribed on the Roll of new York at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 27 of May 1818

Certificate of Pension issued the 16 of April 1819 and sent to D. Ross, Elizabeth c.h.

Arrears to 4th of March 1819. Gms. 9/31   $74.32
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sept.....                  48---
                                                                $122.32

{Revolutionary claim,}
{Act 18th March, 1818.}

Cont.

Noticf. sent Dec. 7th. 1820
to G. Stow, Elizabeth cr. House
Essex County
N. York


Dead
Paid at the Treasury under
the Act of the 6. April
1838 from 11 March 1835 to the 1. April 1835 the day of his death.---Agent notified 5 Nov. 1838.
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3823
In the Matter of the Application of Martha West for a Pension

Md July 16, 1787
Wido. Apl 1, 1835

2970


Admitted
Private 2 years


Edward S. Cuyler Esqr
Elizabethtown
New York
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Declaration
In Order To Obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th July 1838 Entitled "An Act Granting half pay and Pensions to Certain Widows"

State of New York}
Essex County SS}

On this 26th day of September in the Year of our Lord 1838 Personally appeared in Open Court before the Honorable the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Essex at the Court House in Elizabeth town in Said County Marth West a resident of the Town of Minerva in the County of Essex and State of New York Aged Sixty Eight years who being first duly Sworn according to Law doth on her said Oath make the following Declaration in Order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 7th 1838 Entitled "An Act Granting half pay and Pensions to Certain Widows" - That she is the Widow of Nathan West, late of the Said Town of Minerva County and State aforesaid who was a Private in the Army of the Revolution and whose Services are duly set forth and proved in the Declaration of the said Nathan West for a Pension now on file in the War office of the United States, & upon which proof he was placed on the Pension list Roll of the New York Agency, the Sixteenth day of April 1819 as will now fully appear by his Pension Certificate a Copy of which is hereunto Annexed the Original having been Surrendered for the purpose of obtaining the [illegible] of his Pension  She further declares that she was Married to the said Nathan West on the Sixteenth (16th) day of July, in the year of our Lord Seventeen hundred and Eighty Seven (1787) at the Town of Vershire in the County of Orange and State of Vermont by Ebenezer West Esquire a Justice of the Peace that her said husband the aforesaid Nathan West died at Minerva aforesaid on the first day of April in the year One thousand
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Eight hundred and thirty five (1835).  That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the Service but the Marriage took place previous to the first day of January, Seventeen hundred and Ninety four Viz. at the time above Stated and further that she and the said Nathan West Always lived together as man and wife from the time of their Marriage, up to the day of his death, and that she has not since [illegible] but still remains the Widow of the said Nathan West deceased
Marth her X mark West
Sworn and Subscribed on the day and year above written in Open Court before the Judges of the same Court
Edwd. S Cuyler Clerk

State of New York}
Essex County SS}
I Certify that the above person Martha West could not write her name never having learned to write and I wrote her name & she made her Mark there to in Open Court I further Certify that this Court were Satisfied with the Statements made by her Orally in Addition to her aforesaid Declaration.
Edwd. S Cuyler Clerk
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War Department
Revolutionary Claim

I Certify that in Conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th of March 1818. --- Nathan West Late a private in the Army of the Revolution, is Inscribed on the Pension list Roll of the New York Agency, at the rate of Eight dollars per month, to Commence on the twenty Seventy day of May One thousand Eight hundred and Eighteen
Given at the War Office of the United States this Sixteenth day of April one thousand Eight hundred and Nineteen
J C Calhoun
Secretary of War

[seal written on page]

No 9.385

Payable Semiannually the first payment on this Certificate will be made on the 11th of September next in New York at the Branch Bank of the United States -- (Recorded). ---

Memorandum [illegible] 24 April 1824
Capt William Allen Col. Jeremiah Olney

Copy Nathan Wests Certificate.
Surrendered Sept. 26th 1838.

State of New York.}
Essex County SS}

I Certify that the foregoing is a true Copy of Nathan Wests Pension Certificate taken by me & the Original Surrendered to the Department Sept 26. 1838 to Obtain the Amount of his Pension for his Widow
Given under my hand & the Seal of Essex County the 26th day of September 1838
Edwd S Cuyler Clerk
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Copy
Nathan West
Pension Certificate

Surrendered Set 26
1838 by Widow

Martha West
[illegible] of Pension
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Thomas Keyes of Vershire in the County of Orange and State of Vermont hereby Certify that the following is a true Copy of the Record of the Marriage of Nathan West & Martha Titus West the Exception of the date which is expressed on the Original Record in fair Legible figures as follows -
"To whom it may concern, this may certify that Nathan West and Martha Titus both of Vershire was joined together in the bands of Marriage July Sixteenth (16th) AD one thousand seven hundred and Eighty seven (1787) per me
Ebenezer West Justice Peace"
Vershire Sept. thirtieth 30th AD one thousand Seven hundred and ninety (1790) the above Certificate [illegible] examined and recorded Verbatim
Attest Andrew Peters, T. Clerk
I Thomas Keyes above named depose and say that I hold the Office of Town Clerk in the County Town & State aforesaid and that the above is a true extract from the Records of said Town of Vershire with the exception above named as certified by me
Thss. Keyes } Town Clerk of Vershire

State of Vermont"
Orange County SS} Vershire Sept. 29th 1838 -
Sworn to and Subscribed before me 
Ian Corse Justice Peace
I also certify that the said Thomas Keyes is a person well known to me as a credible witness
Ian Corse Justice Peace
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State of Vermont}
Orange County SS}.  I Perley C Jones Clerk  of Orange County Court hereby certify that Ira Corse is a Justice of the Peace in aforesaid Orange County, duly Commissioned and qualified that his commission is dated on the first day of November AD 1832 and will expire on the 30th day of November AD 1838 & that the witness Signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In Testimony whereof I hereunto affix my Signature & the Seal of Said Orange County Court this 1st day of October AD 1838.

"[illegible]" by me -
Perley C Jones Clerk of Orange Co. Court

[seal affixed to page]
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[Handwriting is too faint to read accurately much of the top of the page.]


...on the first Day of Aprile one thousand Eight hundred and thirty five and that the said Martha West has Ever afterwards remained his widow and further this Deponent Saith not
Polly Jones.
Sworn and subscribed the Day and year above written before me  Elijah Jones Justice peace

State of New York}
County of Essex} SS  I Certify that I am personally acquainted with Polly Jones that she is a Credible Person that the above affidavit is intitled to full Credit I further Certify that I have Compaired the transcript Contained in Marth Wests Declaration written to be presented before the Court and find it to be a true Copy of Nathan Wests Pension Certificate
Elijah Jones Justice peace
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State of New York,
Essex County SS.
I Edwd S Cuyler Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County & State aforesaid do Certify that Elijah Jones Esquire before whom the foregoing affidavit was taken & Sworn to was on the date thereof a Justice of the Peace in and for Said County, Dwelling therein and further that his Signature to the [illegible] & Certificate aforesaid is his genuine Signature - And further that the Declaration of Martha West Certificate of the Record of her Marriage, Copy of Nathan Wests Pension Certificate & the affidavit [illegible] fastened together under the Seal of said Court
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto Set my hand & Affixed the Seal of Said Court of Elizabethtown this 20th day of November 1838
Edwd S Cuyler Clerk

[seal affixed to page]
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Schedule

Real Estate I have none either in law or Equity in possession reversion or remainder
Personal Estate property 2 old horses one Cow 1 waggon 1 stewpot 1 spider 1 tea kettle 1 sett tea cups & Saucers 3 Knives & 3 forks 3 Bowls 1 tea pot 3 teaspoons 1 pair fire dogs 1 looking glass 1 tumbler 1 Sugar 1 pepper Box 1 grater
I have no other property nor any securities contracts or debts due to me nor any income whatever Except my pension but am indebted to the amount of one hundred fifty one dollars - And the said Nathan West further declares on Oath as aforesaid that by occupation he is a farmer - that his age renders him unable to support himself by his labor except occasionally in a very moderate manner - that his family consists of himself & his wife Marth aged fifty one years - & unable to labor sufficient to support herself
Nathan West
Sworn to & declared on the 26 day of September 1820 before me Thos Stower Clerk

State of New York}
Essex County SS.}  I Ashley Pond Deputy Clerk of the County of Essex aforesaid & of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the same do hereby certify that the foregoing oath of Nathan West & the Schedule thereto annexed are truly copies from the records of the said Court & I do further Certify that it is the opinion of aforesaid Court that the total [illegible] value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is Seventy five dollars & no more and I do also further certify that the aforesaid Court is a Court of record having the power of fine & imprison
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State of New York
County of Essex SS  On this twenty sixth day of September 1820 personally appeared in open Court, in the court of Common Pleas held in and for the County of Essex in the State of New York being in & Court & Court of record for the said County Nathan West - aged fifty eight years in March next, resident in Minerva in the said County who being first duly Sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows to wit that he Enlisted in January or February 1777, he enlisted in the company of Capt. William Allen in the regiment commanded by Col. Jeremiah Olney in the Rhode Island line of troops for the term  of during the war & Served accordingly untill the close of War  That his original declaration is dated was made on the twenty seventh day of May 1818, that he received a Certificate thereon Numbered (9385) and I do swear that I was a resident Citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818 & that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any other manner Disposed of my property or any part thereof, with interest thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within in the provisions of an 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 & that I have not nor has any person in trust for me nor have any property or Securities contracts or debts due to me nor have any income other than what is Contained in the Schedule hereto annexed & by me Subscribed --
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ment.  In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court at Elizabeth town this 7th day of October 1820
(in the absence of Thos. Stower Clerk)
Ashley Pond Dep. Clerk
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Nathan West
9385
April '19

Minerva
Essex Co
NY

Con
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Nathan West
Fifer
Rhode Island Line
1777 - 6 years

Service admd


Nathan West oath
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State of New York
Essex County SS:  Nathan West being duly Sworn says that in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven he enlisted in the army of the revolution on the Continental establishment in the Rhode island line to serve for during the war and that he did serve faithfully until the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty three when he was honorably discharged which is lost - that he served as a fifer during that time - and that his captain name was William Allen and his colonel Jeremiah Olney 
Sworn and subscribed this 26th day of May 1818 before me
John Baker JP
Judge of Jus Com Pleas
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[Cannot read the top part of page with any accuracy.]

I, Daniel Ross [illegible] Judge & do certify that the within named Nathan West is in very reduced circumstances and that he [illegible] needs the assistance of his country for support - July 20th 1818 -

Dan. Ross Just. Judge
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Rev. & 1812 Wars Section

February 27, 1924

Mrs. Bertha C. D. Olson
Northfield
Minn.

Madam:

I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W.19596, it appears that Nathan West was born in March 1753.

He enlisted in January or February 1777 and served until 1783 as Fifer in Captain William Allen's Company, Colonel Jeremiah Olney's Rhode Island Regiment.

He was allowed pension on his application executed May 27, 1818, while a resident of Essex County, New York.  He died April 1, 1835, at Minerva, Essex County, New York.

He married at Vershire, Orange County, Vermont, July 16, 1787, Martha Titus (both of Vershire, Vermont).  She was allowed pension on her application executed September 26, 1828, while a resident of Minerva, New York, aged sixty-eight years.

They had a daughter, Polly Jones, aged forty-six years in 1838.

There is no further family data.

Respectfully,


Commissioner
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Martha West

[postmark]
ELIZABETHTOWN NY
AUG 24

80$

3671 Aug 28/43
Martha West
March 20'/42
NY

Hon J. L. Edwards
Com of Pensions
Washington City
D. C.


E. Williams Eqr
Elizabethtown 
Essex Co
N.Y.
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State of New York}
Essex County} SS
On this 16th day of June in the year One thousand Eight hundred and Forty three Personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the peace of the County of Essex Martha West a resident of the town of Minerva in the County of Essex aged Seventy three years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 3d of March 1843 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War.  That she is the Widow of Nathan West who was a private in the Army in Col Olneys regiment in which he served and that the annual amount of the pension which she received under the act of July 7th 1838 was Eighty dollars She further declares that she is still a widow.  Martha West
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before A. P. Morse Justice of the peace

I hereby certify that the above named Martha West is personally Known by me
A. P. Morse Justice
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State of New York}
County of Essex SS}  I Edward F. Williams Clerk of the County of Essex and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County do hereby Certify that Absolum P. Morse, Eqr who took the within declaration and who made the within Certificate was on the day of the date of the same a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County duly elected and qualified residing within the said County and duly authorized to act as such and further that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Justice and verily believe the official signatures within "A. P. Morse", to be genuine

In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official Seal at the office of the Clerk of said County this 23rd day of June A. D. 1843.

E. F. Williams Clerk

[seal affixed]


You may send Ch to E F Williams
Elizabethtown
Essex Co
New York
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for a statement of the military history of Nathan West, 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.   Wid. 19596.

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
Jan. or Feb. 1777

LENGTH OF SERVICE.
1783

RANK.
Fifer

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
William Allen

COLONEL.
Jeremiah Olney

STATE.
 R. I.

Battles engaged in, 
Residence of soldier at enlistment,
Date of application for pension, May 27, 1818  His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Essex Co. N.Y.
Age at date of application, born Mar. 1763 - He died Apr 1. 1835, at Minerva Essex Co. N.Y.
Remarks:  Sol. mar. at Vershire Orange Co. Vt. July 16, 1787 Martha Titus (both of Vershire Vt) She was al. pen. on an ap. Sept. 26, 1838, while a res. of Minerva N.Y. ag 68. A dau. Polly Jones, no further family data
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Albany 2970

Martha West
widow of Nathan West
who was a pensioner under the Act of March 1818 and who died on the 1st April 1835 of Essex Co. in the State of N.Y. who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain - of the Rgt. commanded by Col. Olney in the R. Island line for 2 years

Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 80 Dollars per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.

Certificate of Pension issued the 27th day of Mary 1839 and Sent to Edward S. Cuyler, Elizabethtown, N.Y.

Arrears to the 4th of March '39  --- 240.00
Semi=annual allowance ending 4 Sep.    40.00
                                                          $280.00

{Act of July 7, 1838.}

Recorded by D. Brown Clerk,
Book A. Vol. 2 - Page 109
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admitted


EBH H Smith
Chestertown
N.Y.
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State of New York}
County of Warren}
On this 19th day of July 1848 personally appeared before Uri Young a justice of the Peace duly authorized by law to administer Oaths, Martha West a resident of the Town of Minerva in the county of Warren aged seventy Eight years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in Order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 2d February 1848 granting pensions to widows of Persons who served during the Revolutionary War.  That she is the widow of Nathan West who was a private in the army of the Revolution (but does not recollect the name of the officer or officers under whom or the regiment in which he served) And the annual amount of the Pension she received under the act of 17th June 1844 was Eight Dollars
She further declares that she is a widow
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and Year above written before
Uri Young Justice Martha her X mark West

(attest to merit) E H Smith

I further certify that the above deponent is personally Known to me
Uri Young Justice
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State of New York}
Warren County} SS
I Thomas Archibald Clerk of the Said County do hereby Certify that Uri Young before whom the within affidavit is Declaration purports to have been Sworn was on the day of the date of the Same one of the Justice of the peace in and for the said County And that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his named Subscribed to the Said affidavit to be his proper hand writing and Signature 
In Witness thereof I have hereunto Set my hand and affixed the Seal of the Said Court, this 26th day of July 1848
Thomas Archibald Clerk

[seal affixed to page]
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Winthrop, Maine
May 18, 1933.

Pension Roll-
Revolutionary War Dept: -
Gentlemen -
Can you give me the addresses of the Nathan Wests who were on the Revolutionary War pension lists:
There are three Nathan Wests and their pension numbers were:  27227, 31235, and 26855.  Thanking you, I am
Sincerely
Mrs Mae Wold
Winthrop
Maine

refer her to
Gen. Acct Off
for all 3
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[various postmarks and stamps from 1907]

THE SPACE ABOVE IS RESERVED FOR POSTMARK
POSTAL CARD
THE SPACE BELOW IS FOR THE ADDRESS ONLY.


Commissioner of Pensions,
Department O,
Washington,
D. C.
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Kindly send me as soon as possible the pension record (Revolutionary War) of all those pensioned by the name of West, living in Essex Co., New York.  We are anxious to get the Revolutionary record of a Mr. West whose given names was Ebenezer, we believe, and who died at the home of his son Nathan West at Minerva, Essex County, New York about 1822, or 1823, aged near 90 or over.  This Mr. West was a native of Rhode Island.
Yours hastily,
Nancy C. Morrow.
Tidioute, Pa.,
Oct. 28, 1927.
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Commissioner of Pensions-
Washington - D. C.

Dear Sir -

Please send me the pension record of Nathan or (Nathaniel) West born Mar. 22 - 1763.  Enlisted in Revolutionary Army 1777.  Nathan or (Nathaniel) West wife's name was Martha Titus after Nathan or (Nathaniel) West death the pension was continued to his wife until her death.
Thanking you for the favor.
Yours Truly
Mrs Bertha C. Dunlap Olson
Box 34 Northfield Minnesota
Jan. 24 - '/24
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[stamped]
U. S. PENSION OFFICE
JUN 6 1903

Commissioner of Pensions
Washing
D. C.

Sir:
Will you kindly send me a record of the War Services of a Nathan West of Essex Co New York who received a pension as a Revolutionary Soldier of the Rhode Island line.  If possible give me the name of the place where he enlisted &c.
and oblige
Mrs Norman W Evans
Dodge Center
Minnesota
June 2d 1903
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A pension was also granted his widow Martha West about 1840.







[stamped]
U. S. PENSION OFFICE
JUN 6 1903
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Rev
WIDOW, &c.

File No.  19,596
Martha West
Widow of 
Nathan West
Pri Rev War

Act:  Feb 2d 48

Index:--Vol. M, Page 322

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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June 9 - 1903 His. to Mrs. Norman W. Evans Dodge Center Wis

1907 Nov. 6. Hist to Nancy C. Morrow AW

1924 Feb. 22. Hist to Mrs. B. C. D. Olson

1933 June 5. MM Mae Walf Hist. referred to Fen. Acctg. Office for date of last payment name & address of person pd. etc -- M. L. B.
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Reported

1384
New York Albany
Martha West
widow of Nathan West,
who served in the Revolutionary 
war, as a private.

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars 0 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.

Certificate of Pension issued the 23 day of August 1848 and sent to EB & E. H. Smith
Chestertown N.Y.

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 240 Vol. 4
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Chestertown
N.Y. 30 July

Mrs Cole

MU

Mr. J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
D C
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Chestertown 29th July 1818

Sir

Enclosed we send you Martha Wests Declaration which if correct will you please forward to us her certificate or instruct at if any thing further is wanting
oblige
Yours Respectfully
EB & EH Smith


Mr J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
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Albany N.Y.
Nathan West on roll at 1818 to what time paid
VL
John Jarry Esq

Died 1st April 1835 paid to that period
JH
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June 5, 1933

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Nathan West, S. 11713
Nathan West, W. 14131
Nathan West, W. 19596
BA-J/MMHF:MLB

Mrs. Mae Wolf
Winthrop, Maine

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the addresses of three soldiers with name Nathan West who were listed as pensioners under Numbers 27227, 31235 and 26855.

Your citations do not pertain to the records of this office, so the information given below of the three soldiers with that name found on the Revolutionary War records of this office may not pertain to the ones in whom you are interested.  To obtain the dates of last payment of pension, and the names and addresses of persons paid, in the claims of the three found on the records of this office, you should address the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:

Nathan West, Certificate No. 21600, issued October 1, 1833, rate $41.33 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act June 7, 1832, New Hampshire Agency.

Nathan West, Certificate No. 15394, issued June 11, 1833, rate $80 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act June 7, 1832 (Mass.) and his widow, Marcy West, Certificate No. 2704, issued June 29, 1839, rate $80 per annum, commenced November 2, 1838, Act July 4, 1836, Massachusetts Agency.

Nathan West, Certificate No. 9385, issued April 16, 1819, rate $8 per month, commenced May 27, 1818, Act March 18, 1818, New York Agency, and his widow, Martha West, Certificate No. 1384, issued March 24, 1851, rate $96 per annum, commenced July 1, 1848, Act February 2, 1848, New York Agency.

Very truly yours



A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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Payment to be made at Albany
by Thos. W. Olcott Esq
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of New York
Incd to $96 [illegible] $80
comy 1 July 1848

Payable on the 4th September and 4th March


Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under act February 2d, 1848, Page 240 Vol. 4.
Leo. Jenkins Clerk.

H H Sylvester
Present


ys-
in Minerva 47 - 1848
Previous in Hoosic Rensalear Co
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WAR DEPARTMENT.

WIDOW'S PENSION.

I certify that in conformity with the act of February 2d, 1848,
Martha West,
widow of Nathan West,
who was a private -- in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Eighty dollars per annum, commencing on the 4th of March, 1848, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.

Given at the War Office of the United States this 23d day of August one thousand eight hundred and forty eight.

W. L. Marcy
Secretary of War.

[seal affixed to page]

Examined and Countersigned.
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.
By F. S. Evans
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3333.

New York Albany
Martha West
widow of Nathan West
who was a Private in the Revolution for 2 years

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars -- Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.

Certificate of Pension issued the 6th day of Decr. 1843
and sent to 
E. Williams
Elizabethtown
Essex Cty
N York

[Act of March 3, 1843.]

Recorded in Book A
Vol. 1 Page 116.




Rejected
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Treasury Department,
Second Comptroller's Office,
Octr. 29 1838.

Sir:

Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Martha West, widow of Nathan West a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany N.Y. Agency, at the rate of Eight Dollars and  Cents per month, under the law of the 18th. March 1818 has been paid at this Department, from the 4 of March 1835 to the 1st April 1835 day of his death.

Respectfully, yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.


To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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3822
NY Dec 11
7 July 1838

Elizabethtown N.Y.                              Free
Dec 6

Hon. J. L. Edwards.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington 
D. C.
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Elizabethtown Essex County
N.Y. Decr. 4th 1838

Dear Sir
I Enclose & Send the Declaration of Widow Martha West together with her proof for the purpose of obtaining a Pension [illegible] Every thing as Satisfactory as I [illegible] at will You will please forwd her Certificate to me. -
I am Respectfully,
Your Obt Servt.
Edwd S Cuyler



J L Edwards Esqr 
Comr of Pensions