Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 24,982, for Nathaniel Slason, Connecticut
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3 -1776
SERVICE Conn.
Slason, Nathaniel Hannah
NUMBER W. 24982
Soldier died May 1, 1835. CONTENTS
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Connecticut 17734
Nathaniel Slason of Dundee in the State of Connt. who was a Lieut. & a Capt. in the Compy. commanded by Himself of the Regt commanded by Col Silliman in the Connect. line for 24 months.
10 mos. Captain [$] 200.00
14 do Lieutenant [$] 186.66
[equals] $386.66
Inscribed on the Roll of Connect. at the rate of 386 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831
Certificate of Pension issued the 17th day of Sept. 1833 and sent to Chs. Hawley, Stamford, Con.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833, [$] 966.65
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar. ‘34, [$] 193.33
[equals] $1159.98
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by Wm. R. Palmer Clerk, Book E, Vol. three Page 42
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200 [+] 160 [+] 26.66 [=] 386.66
admd 10 mo Capt [+] 14 mo. Lieut. [=] 24 m
160
386.66 [x] 2 [=] 773.32 [+] 193.33 [=] 966.65
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State of Connecticut County of Fairfield ss Probate District of Stamford
On this 2d day of August AD 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Probate in Stamford District now sitting, Nathaniel Slason, a resident of Devon in the County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, aged eighty seven 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 7th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers & served as herein stated. In August of 1776 he went in the Company of Connecticut Militia commanded by Capt Jonathan Bell, in Col. John … Regt to the City of New York, & served duty in the militia there till the Americans were … out, & afterwards at Harlan & Kingsbridge, until he had been on duty two months, then came home,
at the … from New York, said Regiment was the last which left the city, was afterwards a Lieutenant in the Militia Company, of Connecticut, commanded by Capt. Eli Reed of Norwalk, now dec’d [deceased], & was … in said Company in the winter of 1776 -7 as a Lieutenant on & about the lines in Rye, New Rochelle, Westchester, &c for two or three months, is not positive as to the time,
after this in the year 1777, was a Lieutenant in the Company of Town Guards … ,being State Troops, in said Stamford, commanded by Capt. Jesse Bell, and serving that season was in the fight at Ridgefield, in which Gen Wooster was killed, & was subsequently in the engagement with the British at Comps where they embarked,
was lieutenant in the Guards & in service as such at this time for one year, begining about the first of March of that year of 1777, served without that whole year as Lieutenant.
In 1779 the year Norwalk was … , was again a Lieutenant in said Guards, and acting Captain thereof, was on duty as such for a time, which he cannot now recollect, probably for nine months,
In 1780 was appointed Captain of the 11th Co. of the 9th Regt of Connecticut militia, & was out in command of the Company at Horse Neck for some time, His commission is herewith provided, in 1781 was appointed Capt. of the Guard in the Society of Middlesex in said Stamford, now Davies, his commission is herewith provided, under this Commission was out on a tour of duty of nine month this year in said Society. Declarant was also out
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on a great many short tours of militia duty, which he cannot particularize, was at Horseneck when Gen. Putnam went down the Rocks, once out on an alarm at North Castle when Moses Read was killed, then 1779, when declarant being Lieutenant acted as Capt. of the Guards, the real Captain Eli Read, in consequence of having been deposited was [illegible].
Declarant was born in said Stamford in January 13th 1748, resided in said Stamford when he entered the service, & has always lived there ever since the war, i.e. in Westport or Stamford, which has since been incorporated into the Town of Darien
always volunteered except when the militia was called out as stated above, when in New York in 1776 Silliman was the Col. of the Regt, but Lieut Col. Jno. Mead had the command of the Regt, Silliman being placed in charge of another Regiment.
Cannot now recollect the names of other officers nor important circumstances of the service, as his memory is much impaired by age. Has provided all the commissions he has in his possession, has had others which are lost, i.e., commission as Lieutenant, never received a written discharge, refer to Thaddeus Bell Esq & Joseph Mather of said Darien, & Nathan Warren of Norwalk in Fairfield County as witnesses, who know my character for veracity, & can testify their belief or knowledge of my services as a soldier of the revolution, his age is on the Records of said Stamford.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension, except the present, & declares that his name is not on the pension Roll or the agency of any State.
[signed] Nathaniel Slason
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid Chas Hawley Judge
State of Connecticut County of Fairfield ss Probate District of Stamford
On this 2nd day of August AD 1832, before the said Court personally appeared, Thaddeus Bell Esq, a resident in Darien in said County, who being first duly sworn doth on his oath in Open Court Depose & say, that in August 1776 he went to the City of New York in the Service of the United States, in the Connecticut militia commanded by Capt Jonathan Bell, now dec’d, in the Regt of which Lieut. Col. John Mead had the command, was there till the retreat from the city & after
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ward at Harlan & Kingsbridge till he had served two months. Nathl Slason, who has subscribed & sworn to the foregoing declaration, was on duty in the same Company, at the same places, during the same time.
Deponent is seventy three years old, has always known said Slason, & believes him to be eighty seven years old, his character for veracity is perfectly good. Deponent was a member of Capt Eli Reeds Company of Connecticut militia, of which sd [said] Slason was Lieutenant.
In the winter of 1776-7 said Company was out on duty in Rye, New Rochelle, & other places in New York for three months, as deponent thinks said Slason served then the whole time as Lieutenant, deponent was then also deponent was also in the year 1777 in the Town Guards of said Stamford for one year, as he thinks, beginning about first of March of next year, was during this year in the fight at Ridgefield, Jesse Bell commanded the company, & said Slason was Lieutenant & was at said fight & was in service in the Guards.
During the year or during the tour in the year Norwalk was burnt, deponent was orderly Sergeant in the Guards, this was the year 1779, said Slason was then Lieutenant & acting Captain of the Company, & were out on duty a tour of nine months, as deponent thinks, the service was this year in said Stamford.
Late in 1780, deponent was out in the 11th Co. 9th Regt of the militia one month in Horseneck, said Slason had command of the Company as their Captain during this time.
The next year 1781 deponent recollects that said Slason was Capt of the Guards in said Stamford, Middlesex Society, now Darien, & that he was out on duty for several months, deponent was not in the service with him at this time.
[signed] Thaddeus Bell
And on the same day before said Court personally appeared Joseph Mather of said Darien, who being duly sworn doth on his oath in open Court depose & say, that he is seventy nine years old, has always well known Nathl Slason who has subscribed & sworn to the foregoing declaration, his age as deponent believes is eighty seven, his character for truth is perfectly good, has just heard read the foregoing deposition of said Thaddeus Bell Esq, & of his own knowledge knows that said deposition is wholly true. Deponent was on duty with said Bell & Slason at New York, & in the events of
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1776-7 often in with them in the Guards in 1778 & 1779 & in the militia at Horseneck in 1780 as stated in said deposition, the service in the winter of 1776-7 was, as deponent believes, for three months, & at Horseneck for one month, the tours of service in the Guards are correctly stated in said Deposition.
[signed] Joseph Mather
And in the same day before said Court personally appeared Nathan Warren of Norwalk in said County of Fairfield, who being first duly sworn doth on his oath depose & say that he is seventy two years old, well knows Nathl. Slason, who has subscribed & sworn to the foregoing declaration, believes him to be eighty seven years old, his character for veracity is perfectly good, Deponent has just heard read the foregoing deposition of Thaddeus Bell Esq, & of his own knowledge knows the whole of said Deposition to be true, for this deponent was in service with said Slason on every occasion in said deposition specified.
The several terms of service therein specified were all correctly stated, as deponent well recollects, deponent was in all the service in which said Slason was. In the year 1781 said Slason was Capt of the Guards in Middlesex Society, now Darien, & was out on duty for nine months, ending Christmas Day of that year.
deponent is positive as to this, for he was in the service in said Guards during the whole of this Tour, was discharged on Christmas day. In 1777 the Guards were out one year, & in 1779 nine months. The tours of militia duty are correctly stated in said Deposition.
[signed] Nathan Warren
Sworn to & subscribed by the said Thaddeus Bell, Joseph Mather & Nathan Warren respectively the day & year aforesaid. Chs Hawley Judge
Stamford Probate Office Apl. 24th 1833 I certify that Thaddeus Bell Esq, Joseph Mather & Nathan Warren who have severally & respectively subscribed & sworn to the foregoing depositions are all well known to me personally and are all credible persons Chs Hawley Judge
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We, Daniel Smith, a Clergyman residing in the Town of Stamford in Connecticut, & Thaddeus Bell residing in Darien in said State, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Nathl Slason, who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be eighty seven years old, that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution, & that we concur in that opinion.
[signed] Daniel Smith, Thaddeus Bell
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid Chas Hawley Judge
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier & served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Daniel Smith, who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman resident in the Town of Stamford in Connecticut, & that Thaddeus Bell Esq, who has also signed the same, is a resident in the Town of Darien in said State, & is a credible person, & that their statement is entitled to credit. Chas Hawley Judge
I, Samuel Lockwood Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Stamford in Connecticut, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Nathaniel Slason for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office, this 3d day of August AD 1832 Saml Lockwood Clk
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Let Edwards & Smith Dec 8 / 51 Rept to J. L. Edwards Apl 3 / 52 1891 June 16 91 history

204 Connect [Connecticut]
Hannah Sla [Slason]
widow of Nathaniel Sla [Slason]
Con [Connecticut]
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Capt & Lieut
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 386 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 day of Sept. 1848, and sent to Charles Hawley Stamford Connt [Connecticut]
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 337 Vol. 1
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State of Connecticut County of Fairfield SS Probate District of Stamford
On this 1st day of September AD 1838 personally appeared before the Court of Probate in & for the District aforesaid, Hannah Slason, a resident of the Town of Darien in the County of Fairfield & State of Connecticut, aged seventy eight years the 21st day of January last, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7th 1838 entitled, "An act granting half pay & pensions to certain widows."
That she is the widow of Nathaniel Slason, deceased, late of said Darien, who was in his life time & during the Revolutionary War, an Officer in the Army of the United States, that is to say in the public service of the United States, as she believes, in the militia of the State of Connecticut, &  the troops raised by said State of Connecticut for defense against the public enemy, & that he served much &, as she believes, more than two years as such against the enemy, he served as Lieutenant &, as she believes, also as Ensign, & possibly in offices inferior to that, & perhaps also as private.
But, as she did not many him until after the close of said War, she cannot give any particulars of his services, or with certainty of the number or character of the different offices in which he served, except that she believes he served as Ensign & Lieutenant both, as well in the militia as in the coast guards raised by said State of … against the enemy.
But said Nathaniel recd [received] a pension till his decease under, as she thinks, the law of 1832, & as an officer. She refers to his original application, & any supplemental application, if any, made by him for a pension, & the proofs accompanying the same, for a specification of his services, the grades in which he served, & the times & places & other particulars of his service, & grounds her claim on the services or the Services on which her said husband obtained his said pension. She has no documentary evidence to sustain her claim, having surrendered his certificate on drawing the
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arrears due at his decease. On reflection, she believes he served also as Captain, but refers again to his said application & the testimony therein.
She declares that her name before her marriage to the said Nathaniel Slason was Hannah Smith, that she was married to the said Nathaniel Slason by the Revd Moses Mather, then & for a great number of years afterwards, the settled & officiating Congregational Clergyman in said Darien, then a part of the Town of Stamford, on the twenty fifth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand Seven hundred & eighty seven, her marriage is recorded in the records of said Mather, as such Clergyman being the records of said Society were belonging to said Society.
That her husband the aforesaid Nathaniel Slason died on the first day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty five, that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the Service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January Seventeen hundred & ninety four, viz, at the time above stated, & that she has never again Married since the decease of said Nathaniel Slason, but has never remarried, & still is his widow, & that she has ever since his death resided & still resides in said Darien, & that her said husband resided in that place at the time his death, & died there.
Any representation of his services, or the offices in which he served, which she has made is made as matter of belief, not of knowledge. If she is mistaken, the documents at Washington to which the has referred will correct her. She refers to them & relies on them only.
The word "years" was interlined on the first page before signature or oath, also "31st " & "August" erased from the 1st line on the first page, & “1st” & “September” interlined before signature or oath.
[signed] Hannah her-X-cross Slason
Declarant being unable to write signed by her cross
Sworn to & subscribed also in presence of Chas Hawley, Joshua B. Ferris Judge
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And on the same 1st day of September 1838 before said Court of Probate personally appeared, George N. Slason of said Darien, aged thirty two years since the 10th day of February last, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath depose & say
that he well knows the above named applicant Hannah Slason, & well knew the said Nathaniel Slason, that he well knows said Hannah to have been the wife of said Nathaniel, & to be now his widow. That he the deponent was present when said Nathaniel died, & saw him die, & that he died at said Darien on the first day of May, one thousand eight hundred & thirty five. That said Hannah has never married since his decease but is still his widow, and he well knows that said Nathaniel was in his life time, & to the time of his decease, a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States.
The word "doth" was written as it now appears on an ink blue before signature or oath, also the word "the" in the 2nd line.
[signed] George N Slason
Sworn to & subscribed on the day & year aforesaid before me, & I certify that the Deponent is a credible person, that “31st” & "August" were erased from the first line & “1st” & "September” interlined before signature or oath, & "doth’ was written on an ink blue as it now appears before signature or oath. Joshua B. Ferris Judge
And on the same 1st day of September personally appeared before said Court, Josiah Whitney of said Darien, aged seventy four years, who being duly sworn, doth on his oath testify
that he is the brother of the above named applicant Hannah Slason, her maiden name having been Whitney, & she a widow by the name of Smith when she married the above named Nathaniel Slason. Deponent saw said Nathaniel & Hannah married by the Revd Moses Mather, now decd, then Pastor of the Congregational Church in said Darien, which then was a part of Stamford.
Deponent could not state the exact time of the marriage from recollection, but it was a short time after the end of the Revolutionary war, & before the year 1790. Deponent lived a near neighbor of said Nathaniel at the time of his death, & attended his funeral. He died on the first day of May eighteen hundred & thirty five, & said Hannah has ever since remained, & still is, his widow. Deponent knows said Nathaniel drew a pension
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up to the time of his death as an officer in the Revolutionary Service.
[signed] Josiah Whitney
Sworn to subscribed the day & year aforesaid Before me, & I certify that the deponent is a credible person. Joshua B. Ferris Judge
And the said Court doth after a full investigation of the matter & upon the foregoing testimony, find that the applicant, Hannah Slason, is the widow of Nathaniel Slason, decd, who was in his life time, & at the time of his decease, a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States.
That she & said Nathaniel Slason were married by the Revd Moses Mather, now decd, then pastor of the Congregational Society in what is now Darien, then a part of Stamford, on the 25th day of April AD 1787. That said Nathaniel died on the 1st day of May AD 1835, & that said Hannah has never married since his decease, but is still his widow. Joshua B. Ferris Judge
I Sands Seeley Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Stamford in Connecticut, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Hannah Slason for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 14th day of September AD 1838. Sands Seely Clerk
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This is to certify that I find on the record of Marriages, kept by the late Rev. Moses Mather, D. D., the following entry; viz, “April twenty fifth seventeen hundred and eighty seven, Nathaniel Slason and Hannah Smith, both of Stamford, were married." E.D. Kinney, Pastor of the Church in Darien, Ct.
I, E.D. Kinney, as above, depose & say: that I sustain the office of Pastor of the Church in Darien, & that that the above certificate is a true extract from the record of Marriages kept by the late Rev. Dr. Mather, with the following exception of the date, which in the record is in fair, legible figures as follows, "1787, April 25,” E. D. Kinney, Pastor of the Church in Darien
State of Connected County of Fairfield ss. Probate District of Stamford
On this 1st day of September AD 1838 before the Court of Probate in & for said District personally appeared, the Rev E. D. Kinney, & made solemn oath that the foregoing certificate & affidavit by him subscribed are true, & I certify that I know the deponent, & that he is a credible person, and is pastor of the Church by him named. Joshua B. Ferris Judge
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Nathaniel Slason, heirs Claim for an increase of Pension Edwards & Smith Agts.
to place, Hannah Slason, as aforesaid deceased, in her Coffin, and having attended the funeral of Nathaniel Slason, deceased as aforesaid. William Andreas Wm Andreas
Sworn to & subscribed before me on the day and year first above written
William T Minor Judge of the County Probate for the District of Stamford
I also certify that the statements of the foregoing deponent
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State of Connecticut Town of Darien Fairfield County S.S.
Personally appeared before me a Judge of the Probate Court for the district of Stamford, being a Court of record in and for said Town, held on this sixth day of October in the year AD eighteen hundred and fifty one, Nathaniel Slason, who being first duly sworn doth declare and say,
that he is aged Seventy nine years, and a resident of said Town, County & State, That he including Mrs Mary Pelton, aged Seventy years & a resident of the Town of Warwick Orange County State of New York, & Francis Slason, residing in the Town of Rutland, State of Vermont, Sophia Mapes, Residing in New York City, and Mrs Julia Hoyt, a resident of the Town of Warwick Orange County, Mrs Cornelia Tiletston, a Resident of New York City, are the only surviving children of Nathaniel & Hannah Slason, Deceased, That Nathaniel Slason departed this life in the month of May in the year AD eighteen hundred and Thirty five, That Mrs Hannah Slason widow of the said Nathaniel
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Slason, deceased, departed this life on the Thirteenth day of February AD Eighteen hundred and fifty one, This declarant further states that his father, the said Nathaniel Slason, drew a pension of Three hundred & Eighty Dollars per annum, from the fourth day of March in the year AD eighteen hundred and Thirty one, up to the date of his death as aforesaid, and that his mother, the said Hannah Slason, drew a pension of Three hundred & Eighty Dollars per annum, from the fourth day of March in the year AD Eighteen hundred and thirty six, to the date of her death as aforesaid;
This declarant further states that Nathaniel Slason, his father, deceased, as aforesaid, was a Captain in the Revolutionary War between the United States and Great Britain, and that he served in said capacity for the space of Two years and upwards. This declarant further states that his said mother Hannah Slason, deceased, remained the Widow of Nathaniel Slason to the date of her death; This declarant therefore makes this declaration in order to obtain all arrearages due up to the time of his mother, the said Hannah Slason’s, Decease, And for The further proof of the within facts
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declarant therefore makes this declaration in order to obtain all arrearages due up to the time of his mother, the said Hannah Slason’s, Decease, And for The further proof of the within facts and statements made by him the said declarant, he exhibits the affidavits hereto annexed and accompanying this application.
[signed] Nathaniel his-X-mark Slason
Sworn to and Subscribed before me on the day and year first above written, William T. Minor Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Stamford
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State of Connecticut Fairfield County Town of Darien S.S.
Personally appeared before me a Judge of the County of Probate for the district of Stamford, being a court of record, held in said Town County and State, on this sixth day of October in the year A.D. eighteen hundred and fifty one, James G Weed, who being first duly sworn makes oath and says,
he is aged thirty five years, and a resident of said Town County and State. That he was personally acquainted with Nathaniel Slason, that the said Nathaniel Slason was reputed and always believed in the neighborhood where he resided to have been an Officer in the Revolutionary War, between the United States and Great Britain, That the said Nathaniel Slason departed this life on the first day of May A.D. eighteen and thirty five, several years previous to the death of his widow, leaving a widow named Hannah Slason, who died on the Thirteenth day of February in the year A.D. eighteen hundred and fifty one,
That Nathaniel Slason, the present applicant for arrearages of pension due his said mother, deceased, including Mrs Mary Pelton and Francis Slason,
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and Mrs Sophia Mapes, Mrs Julia Hoyt, and Mrs Cornelia Tiletston, are the only surviving children of Nathaniel and Hannah Slason, deceased as aforesaid,
That this deponent makes the foregoing statements from personal knowledge, having attended the funeral of the said Hannah Season. This Deponent further states that he is disinterested in the application of Nathaniel Slason for arrearages due his said Mother deceased.
[signed] James G Weed
Sworn to & subscribed before me on the day and year first above written. The interlineation on the other side of the words, ‘several years previous’ & the word ‘Nathaniel’ on this side of the deposition were made previous to execution. William T. Minor Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Stamford
I also certify that the statements of the foregoing deponent are entitled to full credit, and I believe him to be of the age stated in his the foregoing Deposition. William T. Minor Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Stamford
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State of Connecticut Fairfield County Town of Darien S.S.
Personally appeared before me a Judge of the Court of Probate for the district of Stamford, being a court of record, held in said Town County and State, on this sixth day of October in the year A.D. eighteen hundred and fifty one, William Andreas, who being first duly sworn makes oath and says
he is aged sixty four years, and a resident of said Town County and State. That he was personally acquainted with Nathaniel Slason, mentioned in the annexed declaration, that the said Nathaniel Slason was reputed and always believed in the neighborhood where he resided, to have been an Officer in the Revolutionary War, between the United States and Great Britain,
That the said Nathaniel Slason, died during the month of May, in the year A.D. eighteen hundred and thirty five, leaving a Widow named Hannah Slason, who died on the Thirteenth day of February in the year A.D. eighteen hundred and fifty one. That Nathaniel Slason, the annexed declarant, including Mrs Mary Pelton and Francis Slason, Mrs Sophia Mapes, Mrs Julia Hoyt,
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Nathaniel Slason, heirs Claim for an increase of Pension Edwards & Smith Agts.
and Mrs Cornelia Tiletston, are the only surviving children of Nathaniel & Hannah Slason, deceased as aforesaid, That he is disinterested in the said application of Nathaniel Slason. That he makes the foregoing statements from the fact of his having assisted to place, Hannah Slason, as aforesaid deceased, in her Coffin, and having attended the funeral of Nathaniel Slason, deceased as aforesaid.
[signed] William Andreas Wm Andreas
Sworn to & subscribed before me on the day and year first above written. William T. Minor Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Stamford
I also certify that the statements  of the foregoing deponent are entitled to full credit, and I believe him to be of the age stated in, his, the foregoing deposition. William T. Minor Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Stamford
STATE OF CONNECTICUT COUNTY OF FAIRFIELD, COUNTY COURT CLERK’S OFFICE, SS.
I, Thomas Robinson CLERK of the County Court, within and for Fairfield County, and keeper of the Seal thereof hereby certify
THAT William T Minor ESQUIRE, was on the 6th day of October, 1851, and now is, Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Stamford in said County duly appointed, commissioned and sworn, having full power and authority by the laws of this State to administer Oaths; that full faith and credit may and ought to be given to his official acts and attestations; that I am acquainted with his hand writing, and believe that the signature in the instrument hereto annexed, purporting to be his, is his genuine official signature.
In Testimony Whereof, I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said Court, at Norwalk in said County and State, on this 6th day of October A. D. 1851. Thomas Robinson Clerk.
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION. 3-525 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS, Washington, D. C., Nov. 12, 1921
In reply to your request of __ , received __ for a statement of the military history of Nathaniel Slason, 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.
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. | Aug. 1776 | Winter 1776-77 | March 1777 | 1779 | 1780 | 1781
LENGTH OF SERVICE. | 2 mos. | 2 or 3 mos. | 1yr. | 9 mos | 1 mo | 9 mos.
RANK. | Pvt | Lieut | “ [Lieut] | Lieut & Acting Capt | Capt | “ [Capt]
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. | CAPTAIN. | Jonathan Bell |  COLONEL. | Jno. Mead | Eli Reed | Jesse Bell | in Town Guards Stamford | " [in Town Guards Stamford] | in Town Guards Stamford
STATE. | Conn.
Battles engaged in, Retreat from New York; Harlem; Kings Bridge; Ridgefield
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Stamford, Fairfield Co., Conn
Date of application for pension, Aug 2, 1832 al [allowed]
Residence at date of application, Darien, formerly part of Stamford, Conn
Age at date of application, b. Jan 13 1745 in Stamford, Conn
Remarks: He mar. Apl. 25, 1787 in Stamford, Conn., Hannah Smith, whose maiden name was Whitney, a widow; he d. May 1, 1835 in Darien, Conn., & she lived there when al. pen on an ap ex. Sept 1, 1838 at 78 yrs; she d. Feb. 13, 1851, survived by the following children by soldier: Nathaniel age 79 of Darien, Conn.; Mrs. Mary Pelton age 70 yrs, and Mrs Julia Hoyt of Warwick, Orange County., NY; Francis of Rutland Vt.; and Mrs. Sophia Mapes, and Mrs. Cornelia Tiletson of NY City
Respectfully, Commissioner.
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52 Allston Heights Allston Mass Oct. 18th, 1921
Rev Mr Washington Gardner
Will you please send me statement of service and family of Capt. Nathaniel Slason. He served in the Revolution from Stamford & Darien, Conn., and was Pensioner under act of 1832.
Very truly yours K. M. Kelcey
[stamp] RECORDS DIVISION OCT 22 1921
[stamp] U. S. PENSION OFFICE D OCT 20 1921
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2138 Connecticut Hannah Slason widow of Nathaniel Slason, who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832, and who died on the 1st May 1835, of Fairfield Co., in the State of Ct., who was a Capt & Lt in the __ commanded by Captain __ of the Regt commanded by Silliman Col in the Ct. line for 10 mos Capt. 14 “ [mos] Lt.
Inscribed on the Roll of Cont. at the rate of 386 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22d day of Mar. 1839 and sent Chs Hawley Stamford Ct.
Arrears to the 4th of Mar. ‘39, $1159.98
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept. “ [‘39] 193.33 [equals] $1353.31
Act July 7, 1838. Recorded by D. D. Addison Clerk, Book A Vol. 1st Page 208
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4142 Connecticut Hannah Slason, widow of Nathaniel Slason, who was a Capt. & Lieut., in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 386 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2nd day of Jany 1844. and sent to Charles Hawley Stamford, Conn
Act of March 3, 1843. Recorded in Book A Vol. 1 Page 76.
let to W Lockman Sept 7 ‘46 Reported
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Washington 11 Oct, 1851
Sir, Enclosed is the declaration of Nathaniel Slason, heir of Nathaniel Slason, a decd pensioner on Conn. Rolls, asking for an increase of pen his Fathers pension, with the affidavits of James G. Weed & Wm Andreas as to heirship & the death of the widow, & the affidavits of Thaddeus Bell & Henry Weed as to the service of said Nathaniel Slason, on which the increase is asked.
Please report to us, Very Respectfull Edwards & Smith
J. E. Heath Esq Com Pensions
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State of Connecticut Comptrollers Office Hartford Dec. 26th 1851
I certify, that on application for evidence of the service of Nathaniel Slason, as a Captain in the war of the Revolution, I have examined the books and documents remaining in this Office relating to that war, and do not find any Pay Roll of the service of Capt. Slason, or his Company.
In the book known as "Haskells Receipts,” I find several entries for the service of Capt. Nathaniel Slason and his Company, which are as follows,
1st, Under heading, “The United States Tr. To the State of Connecticut, for sundry expenditures, for the service and Expense of Guards on the Sea Coast for the defense of said State, viz,”
1777, June 6 Capt Nathanl Slason / Guard at Stamford £ 113. 19. 4 1/2
1782 Jany 24th Capt Nathanl Slason / " " [Guard at] Fairfield £ 783. 10. 10 specie
1782 Jan. 23d Capt. Nathanl Slason / Post " Greenwich £ 41. 4. 11 State mo.
1782 Feb. 7th Capt. Nathanl Slason / Guard " Fairfield 256. 12. 2 specie
The several accounts above are charged to “War,” on the books of the Pay Table Office, now in this office, R. G. Pinney Comptroller by Geo. Robinson Clerk
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Poundridge Aug 31, 1846
Sir I had the honor to receive a communication from you, informing me that the application of Hannah Slawson [Slason] for pension had been adjusted. I am not informed what amt [amount] of pension she is entitled to, as she never drew a pension, she cannot draw it by the forms we use for drawing pensions under the act of 17th June 1844. You will please inform me the amt [amount] of pension She is entitled &c
I am Sir Very Respectfully Your obt Servt William Lockwood
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We desire to see the papers Nathaniel Slason, a pensioner on Conn, [Connecticut] Rolls, Edwards & Smith
10 Oct. 1851 W Cole If authorized, permit
Ex by the above
Oct 10 51
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[J. L.] Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington
Charles Hawley Stamford, Con.
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Stamford Oct. 10, 1843 Hon. J. L. Edwards
Sir I enclose an application by the widow of Nathl. Slason decd. for the years addition to the pension she drew under the three years law. Please communicate to me the result & oblige.
Your respectful servant Chs. Hawley
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Stamford Ct. Sept. 14, 1838 Hon. J. L. Edwards
Sir I forward the application for a pension of the widow of Capt. Nathl. Slason decd. late a pensioner under the law of 1832. Please communicate the result to me. Your respectful & obt Sevt Chs Hawley
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Washington 29 Dec 1851
Sir, Enclosed we send the Certificate of Comptroller of Connt. [Connecticut], showing payments to Nathaniel Slason, as Captain, in 1777 & in 1782, We believe he was allowed for 10 months as Capt. in 1780 & 1781, & 14 months as Lieut., This we believe clearly shows him entitled to an increase.
Very Respectfully Edwards & Smith
J. E. Heath Esq. Comr. Pensions
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1611 Hannah Slason Wid of Nathl Com Act July 7 1838 Mar [Married] 1787. d [died] 1835 Allow $386.66 per ann [annum] Chs. Hawley Esq Stamford Ct
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Frank H Platt NY Feby 28 1891 Capt Nathl Slasson [Slason] Con [Connecticut]
[stamp] MAR 14 1891
[stamp] U S PENSION OFFICE MAR 4 1891
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1837, 1881.
OFFICE OF CHARLES S. PLATT, Successor to GEO. W. PLATT, Refiner, Assayer and Dealer in Bullion, Nos. 29 & 31 GOLD ST., AND GOLD COURT, New York, Feby 28 1891
To the Commissioner of Pentions [Pensions]
Dear Sir I am desirous of getting information of my Great Grand Father Captain Nathaniel Slason of Darien Connecticut, who was in the Army of the Revolution and afterwards received a pension. Also information of his ancesters [ancestors]. My object is, that I may Join the society of the Sons of the Revolution.
If you can put this evidence in shape, please let me know soon, also what would be a fair recompense for the services. By giving this immediate attention you will greatly oblige. Yours truly Frank H. Platt
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[stamp] OLD WAR & NAVY FILES NOV 3 1898
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No. 140.
HARRY F. WEST, PRESIDENT., GEORGE K. JOHNSON, VICE PRES’T., HENRY C. BROWN, SEC’Y & TREAS’R., JESSE J. BARKER, ACTUARY., JOHN W. HAMER, MANG’R OF LOAN DEPT., HENRY C. LIPPINCOTT, MANG’R OF AGENCIES., HENRY H. HALLOWELL, ASS’T SEC’Y & TREAS., JACOB LEITHMANN, COMPTROLLER., JOHN J. McCLOY, SUPERVISOR OF APPLICATIONS AND DEATH CLAIMS
Incorporated 1847. Purely Mutual. The Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company PHILADELPHIA. FRANCIS W. SLAUGHTER, SPECIAL AGENT, 1420 CHESTNUT STREET. October 31st 1898
Pension Bureau Washington D.C.
Can you furnish me with a certificate of a pension of Nathaniel Slason, who was a Captain of the home guard of Stamford Conn. in 1781, he was born Jan. 2, 1745, and died May 1, 1835. Trusting that you will be able to comply with my request, I am, Yours truly, Francis W. Slaughter 1420 Chestnut St. Philada [Philadelphia]
[stamp] U. S. PENSION OFFICE. H NOV 2 1898
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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. W. 24982. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS, WASHINGTON, D. C., November 14, 1898.
Sir: Replying to your recent communication you are advised that Nathaniel Slason made an application for pension on August 2nd, 1832, at which time he was 87 years of age and residing in Fairfield County, Conn., and his pension was allowed for two years' actual service as a Lieutenant and Captain in the Conn. troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time he served under Col. Silliman. He enlisted at Stamford, Conn. His widow, Hannah, made application and received a pension for the service of her husband as above set forth.
Very respectfully, Commissioner.
Mr. Francis W. Slaughter, 1420 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Penna.
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Declaration. In order obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 3d March 1843 granting pensions for one year to certain widows who have received pensions under the act of July 7, 1838.
State of Connecticut, County of Fairfield ss.
On this 2d day of October AD 1843 personally appeared before me Charles Hawley, a Justice of the peace in for the County aforesaid, Hannah Slason, a resident of the Town of Darien in the County of Fairfield aforesaid, aged eighty three years since January last, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed on the 3d March 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War.
That she is the widow of Nathaniel Slason, late of said Darien, now decd, who was an officer, & she believes, a Lieutenant & Captain both, in the Army of the United States during the Revolutionary War. She believes his services were rendered in the State Guards, Coast Guards, & militia in the Western part of the State of Connecticut, but as she was not married to him ‘till after the close of the war, she cannot now, at her very advanced age, state any particulars of his rank or services with confidence.
He however drew a pension, & enjoyed it until his death, & for the particulars his rank, services, the corps & places in which he served, she refers to the documents on file in the pension office, in support of his application for a pension, & also to those accompanying her application for a pension, as his widow, she having drawn & enjoyed such pension for five years, ending March 1841, & the latter documents will also shew evidence of her marriage to him, & she also refers to the files of said Pension
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office for the amount of pension she then drew, as she Surrendered her certificate after receiving her last installment, & cannot now State with entire confidence what the amount was; but she thinks, & this is according to her best recollection, subject however to be corrected by reference to said documents of files, that the annual amount was three hundred & eighty six dollars & sixty six cents. That the last installment she received of her said pension was drawn on the 4th March 1841, and she further declares that she is still a widow.
The word "amount" was interlined in the fourth line above this before signature or oath.
[signed] Hannah her-X-mark Slason
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year above written before me, & I certify that I well know the applicant, & that she is a perfectly credible person, & that I am satisfied of the truth of all the allegations of her application, & that she subscribed the same by her mark because unable this defect of ages & unsteadiness of hand to write her name.
Chs. Hawley Justice of Peace
Sworn to & subscribed also in presence of Maurice Hoyt
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office for the amount of pension she then drew, as she Surrendered her certificate after receiving her last installment, & cannot now State with entire confidence what the amount was; but she thinks, & this is according to her best recollection, subject however to be corrected by reference to said documents of files, that the annual amount was three hundred & eighty six dollars & sixty six cents. That the last installment she received of her said pension was drawn on the 4th March 1841, and she further declares that she is still a widow. The word "amount" was interlined in the fourth line above this before signature or oath. [signed] Hannah her-X-mark Slason Sworn to & subscribed the day & year above written before me, & I certify that I well know the applicant, & that she is a perfectly credible person, & that I am satisfied of the truth of all the allegations of her application, & that she subscribed the same by her mark because unable this defect of ages & unsteadiness of hand to write her name. Chs. Hawley Justice of Peace Sworn to & subscribed also in presence of Maurice Hoyt
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State of Connecticut Fairfield County Court Clerks Office [Bridgeport?] October 6th 1843
I William H Noble Clerk of the County Court within and for the County of Fairfield, & Keeper of the Seal thereof, and the commissions of the Justices of the peace within and for said County, hereby certify that Charles Hawley Esq was on the 2d day of October A.D.1843, and now is, a Justice of the peace within and for said County of Fairfield, duly of appointed & commissioned as such with an authority by the laws of said State, to take acknowledgment of deeds and other instruments in writing, and to administer oaths and take depositions, and that the signature to the instrument herewith annexed, purporting to be his, is in truth his genuine official signature, the same having been acknowledged as such in my presence, and from my acquaintance with his handwriting.
In testimony whereof I have herewith affixed my hand and the seal of said Court on the day and year of October first above mentioned AD 1843 Seal Wm H Noble Clerk
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JONATHAN TRUMBULL, ESQUIRE, Captain General and Commander in Chief, in and over the STATE of CONNECTICUT, in AMERICA.
TO Nathaniel Slason GENT GREETING.
YOU being by the General Assembly of this State accepted to be Captain of the 11th Company or Trainband for the 9th Regiment in this State
reposing special Trust and Confidence in your Fidelity, Courage, and good Conduct, I DO by virtue of the Laws of this State, me thereunto enabling, appoint and impower you to take the said Company into your Care and charge as their Captain carefully and diligently to discharge that Office and Trust, exercising your inferior Officers and Soldiers in the use of their Arms, according to the Rules and Discipline of War, ordained and established by the Laws of this State, keeping them in good Order and Government, and commanding them to obey you as their Captain, and you are to observe all such Orders and Directions as from Time to Time you shall receive, either from me, or from other your superior Officer, pursuant to the Trust hereby reposed in you.
GIVEN under my Hand, and the public Seal of this State, at Hartford, the first Day of December A.D. 1780. Jon’th Trumbull
By His Excellency's Command, George Wyllys Secretary
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No 1200
JONATHAN TRUMBULL, ESQUIRE, Captain General and Commander in Chief, in and over the STATE of CONNECTICUT, in AMERICA.
TO Nathaniel Slason GENT GREETING.
YOU, being by the General Assembly of this State accepted to be, appointed to be Captain of a Company of Guards in the Society of Middlesex Ordered by Act of the General Assembly at their Sessions in February A Dom 1781
reposing special Trust and Confidence in your Fidelity, Courage, and good Conduct, I DO by virtue of the Laws of this State, me thereunto enabling, appoint and impower you to take the said Company into your Care and charge as their Captain carefully and diligently to discharge that Office and Trust, exercising your inferior Officers and Soldiers in the use of their Arms, according to the Rules and Discipline of War, ordained and established by the Laws of this State, keeping them in good Order and Government, and commanding them to obey you as their Captain, and you are to observe all such Orders and Directions as from Time to Time you shall receive, either from me, or from other your superior Officer, pursuant to the Trust hereby reposed in you.
GIVEN under my Hand, and the public Seal of this State, at Hartford, the third Day of April A.D. 1781. Jon’th Trumbull
By His Excellency's Command, George Wyllys Secretary
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Nathl. Slason Town of Darien Set off 1820
Born in Stamford Jany 13, 1745 when resided & entered Service that part
Commissd. Capt. Dec. 1, 1780 of a Co. in 9th Regt. Trainband
“ “ [Commissd. Capt.] April 3, 1781 of Co. of Guards in Society of Middlesex ordered by the Genl. Assembly of Connt. Died May 1, 1835
In Augt. 1832 living in Darien Fairfield Co. aged 87 years
Mar. to widow Hannah Smith April 25, 1787 at Darien Maiden name Hannah Whitney
She applied for pension while living in Darien Sept 1838 age 78 years She died Feby 13, 1851
Geo. N. Slason of Darien in Sept 1838 Age 32 rer Feby 10 1838
Josiah Whitney " [of Darien in Sept 1838 Age] 74 rer brother to widow Hannah
He served 2 months 1776 in the militia under Capt Jon Bell & Col Silliman & Lt Col John Mead in NY City until evacuated, Sept 15, 1776, then in Harlem & Kingsbridge, his regt was the last that left the City
Afterward he was Lieut in Militia under Capt Eli Reed & out on duty in winter 1776 -7 as Lt. at Rye NY, Rochelle Westchester Co. NY for 2 or 3 months, & also in 1777 as Lt. in town guards of Stamford under Capt John Bell, & in the battle at Ridgefield, April 27, 1777, when Danbury was burnt, as well as [illegible] when the [illegible] embarked on their war efforts. Served one year from March 1777.
The term Norwalk was burnt, July 12, 1779, he was out as Lt. of the Guards, but acted as Capt at that time, out 9 mos. Appd. Capt in 9th regt. Dec 1, 1780, & out in comd. of Company at Horse Neck for some time over a month, April 3 1781 appd. Capt of the Society of Middlesex in Stamford, now Darien, & out 9 months, during the year one of the tour was at Horse Neck when Genl Putnam made his famous ride down the rock to escape Capture at North Castle when Moses Reed was killed.
Served officially March June 1777 Stamford Guard | Jany 1782 Fairfield | “ 1782 Greenwich Fort | Feby 1782 Fairfield Guard
Served 6 mos 1780 on Coast guard from fall to Juy 1781 | served 6 mos 1782 on Coast guard 6 mo
Nathaniel Slason of Stamford Conn. filed his affidavit dated Oct 6, 1851, & stated that he was a surviving son of Nathaniel & Hannah Slason aged 79 years & other surviving children were Mary Pelton aged 70 years residing in Warwick Orange County NY, Francis Slason living in Rutland Vt
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Sophia Mapes living in NY City | Julia Hoyt living in Warwick Orange Co NY | Cornelia Tiletston living in NY City
The two first children must be by a former marriage. He was Lt under Capt Eli Reed in Dec 1776. He was Private in Capt Jon Bell Co Oct Dec 24 & Dec 26 1776 he was Lt under Reed
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State of Connecticut County of Fairfield SS Probate District of Stamford
On this 22nd day of April AD 1833 before the Court of Probate in & for said District personally appeared, Nathaniel Slason, of Darien in said District, who being duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath in open Court depose & say,
in addition to his declaration heretofore made under oath of August 2d 1832, that he is quite confident his services in 1776 & 1777 in Capt Eli Reeds Co. as Lieutenant was for three months, he is thus confident because since the date of his previous declaration he has consulted with other Rev soldiers of that time, & they will agree with him in his recollection.
In my service in the town Guards as Lieutenant in 1777, the year beginning as stated in my original declaration about the first of March, I was constantly out in steady field service guarding the points & shores of Stamford, & during all this time was absent from my home, except an occasional visit.
The Declarant is also confident that his tour of service in 1779 was nine months, during this time he was Lieutenant & acting Captain, as stated in his original declaration, in 1780 served one month as Captain, as stated in said original declaration, in Horseneck. Under his commission as Captain of the Guards in 1781, as stated in his original declaration, he performed a tour of duty of nine months, commencing immediately after the date of my Commission, for part of this service was guarding the points & coast from the enemy who constantly infested the Shore.
All the Services above stated were Constant services in the field. I was all the time absent from my home except occasional & infrequent visits, & was constantly absent from my own private business, & devoted to the service of the public. And further, the Companies & corps in which my services were rendered were regularly embodied corps of troops, raised & ordered out by competent public authority.
The Declarant is very aged, & in consequence of his great age, is not able to recollect the names of officers & the circumstances attending his service as he could a few years ago. He knows he as told nothing but the truth, & he knows that he served his Country faithfully, & hopes that the frailty of memory necessarily consequent in old age will not deprive him of that pension which his services deserve, according to the provisions of the law relative to pensions. He will not attempt to be more particular in giving the names of officers or stating circumstances for fear he may fall into mistakes this the
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partly of his memory.
The Deponent deposeth & saith that by reason of old age & the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively, except as he has already done, 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, & in the following grades:
for two months I served as a private, in Jonathan Bell’s Company as stated in my original declaration; for three months, I served as a lieutenant, in Capt. Eli Reed’s Company as stated in my original declaration; for one year, I served as a lieutenant, in Capt Jesse Bell’s Co. of Town Guards as stated in my original declaration; for nine months, I served as Captain as acting Captain, being then but a lieutenant, in said Town Guards as stated in my original declaration; for one month, I served as a Captain, in the 11th Co. of the 9th Regt as stated in my original declaration; & for nine months I served as a Captain, in the Guards in the Society of Middlesex as stated in my original declaration; & for such service I claim a pension.
Declarant would further state that he was elected a lieutenant by the company to which he belonged, & served in that capacity for some time before he recd his commission, & this may have been the case in respect to his services or a part of his services as Captain, but he always, when in service as lieutenant or Captain, as stated in his original declaration, was recognized as such, & drew pay & rations as such.
[signed] Nathaniel Slason
Sworn to subscribed the day & year aforesaid Chs. Hawley Judge
I, Samuel Lockwood, Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Stamford in Connecticut, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Nathl Slason for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand & Seal of office, this 24th day of April AD 1833 Saml Lockwood Clk
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Declaration In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of 2d February 1848 entitled "An act making further provision for surviving widows of soldiers of the Revolution.”
State of Connecticut, Fairfield County SS
On this second day August AD 1848 personally appeared before the Subscriber, a Justice of the peace in & for the County aforesaid, Hannah Slason, a resident of the town of Darien in the said County of Fairfield & State of Connecticut, aged eighty eight years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed on the 2d February 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War,
That she is the widow of Nathaniel Slason, late of said Darien, now decd, who was a Captain & Lieutenant in the army or military forces of the United States in the Revolutionary War. She cannot now state in what Regiment or Corps he served, but refers therefor to the proofs upon which he obtained his pension as a soldier of the Revolution, which, as the supposes, are on file in the Pension Department at Washington.
That she drew & received as his widow a pension, under the act of June 17th 1844, at the rate of three hundred & eighty six dollars sixty six cents per annum, and she further declares that she is still a widow.
[signed] Hannah her-X-mark Slason
Sworn to & subscribed on the day & year above written, before me, the word "ninety” being first written by my mistake, then erased, & the words “eighty eight” interlined before signature or oath. Charles Hawley Justice of Peace
Sworn to & subscribed also in presence of Ann E Slason
State of Connecticut Fairfield County ss
I Thomas Robinson Clerk of the County Court in & for the County aforesd & keeper of the seal thereof, & of the Commissions of the Justices of the Peace for sd. County, do certify that Charles Hawley esq is now, and on the 2d day of August, the date of the foregoing Declaration, was a Justice of the Peace for sd. County, duly commissioned & acting as such, duly authorized by the laws of this State to administer oaths, that his commission is dated June 23d 1848, & will expire the 19th day of June 1849, & that the above signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of sd. County Court this 11th day August 1848. Thomas Robinson Clerk
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I certify that the words, “And the said Slason was Captain after peace was declared,” were interlined before signature & execution. William T Minor Judge of the Court Probate for the District of Stamford
Lieutenant of a Company of Coast Guards commanded by Captain Nathaniel Slason aforesaid, at which time he, this deponent, was taken prisoner and confined in New York City, for the term of four months and eleven days, and after his release, on his return home, Captain Nathaniel Slason was still in command of a Militia Company.
This deponent further states that he performed six months service, in the year AD seventeen hundred and Eighty Two, in a Company commanded by the said Captain Nathaniel Slason, and the said Slason was Captain ‘til after peace was declared, & that he, this deponent, is a United States pensioner, & placed on the pension roll of the state of Connecticut, & That he is disinterested in the application of Nathaniel Slason
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State of Connecticut Fairfield County Town of Darien S.S.
Personally appeared before me a Judge of the Court of Probate for the district of Stamford, being a court of record held in said Town County and State, on this Sixth day of October in the year A.D. eighteen hundred and fifty one, Henry Weed, who being first duly sworn according to law, makes Oath and says,
That he is aged eighty seven years, and a resident of said Town County and State. That he was personally acquainted with Nathaniel Slason, previous to his death, and knew him since childhood, and that the said Slason, mentioned in the application of Nathaniel Slason his son, was the identical Nathaniel Slason who was a Captain in the Revolutionary War, between the United States and Great Britain, That the said Slason, served in the said capacity, Two years and upwards.
This Deponent makes the foregoing statements, and the within facts, from his, this deponent’s personally knowledge. That in the year A.D. Seventeen hundred and eighty, from the fall of the said year to the twenty second day of July, in the year A.D. Seventeen hundred and eighty one, he this
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Deponent, was a private in a company of Coast Guards commanded by Captain Nathaniel Slason, aforesaid, at which time he this deponent was taken prisoner and confined in New York City, for the term of four months and eleven days, and after his release, on returning home, the said Captain Nathaniel Slason was still commanding a company of Militia.
This deponent further states that he performed six months service as a private, in the year A.D. Seventeen hundred and eighty two, in a company commanded by the said Captain Nathaniel Slason, That he this deponent, is a United States pensioner and placed on the pension roll of the State of Connecticut. That he is disinterested in the application of Nathaniel Slason for arrearages of pension due to his mother, the said Hannah Slason, deceased.
[signed] Henry Weed
Sworn to & subscribed before me on the day & year first above written
STATE OF CONNECTICUT COUNTY OF FAIRFIELD. COUNTY COURT CLERKS OFFICE, ss.
I, Thomas Robinson, Clerk of the County Court, within and for Fairfield County, and keeper of the Seal thereof, hereby certify — THAT William T Minor ESQUIRE, was on the 6th day of October, 1851, and now is, Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Stamford, in said County duly appointed, commissioned and sworn, having full power and authority by the laws of the State to administer Oaths; that full faith and credit may and ought to be given to his official acts and attestations; that I am acquainted with his hand writing, and believe that the signature to the instrument hereto annexed, purporting to be his, is his genuine official signature.
In Testimony Whereof, I hereunto set my hand and affix the Seal of said Court, at Norwalk in said County and State, on this 6th day of October A.D. 1851 Thomas Robinson Clerk
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Deponent was a private in a company of Coast Guards, commanded by Captain Nathaniel Slason aforesaid, at which time he this deponent was taken prisoner and confined in New York City, for the term of four months and eleven days, and after his release, on returning home, the said Captain Nathaniel Slason was still commanding a company of Militia.
This deponent further states that he performed, six months service as a private, in the year A.D. Seventeen hundred and eighty two, in a company commanded by the said Captain Nathaniel Slason.
That he this deponent is a United States pensioner and placed on the pension roll of the State of Connecticut. That he is disinterested in the application of Nathaniel Slason for arrearages of pension due to his mother, the said Hannah Slason, deceased.
[signed] Henry Weed
Sworn to & subscribed before me on the day & year first above written. William T. Minor Judge of the Court of Probate for the Stamford district
I also certify that the statements of the foregoing deponent are entitled to full credit, and I believe him to be of the age stated in his the foregoing deposition. William T. Minor Judge of the Court of Probate for Stamford district
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STATE OF CONNECTICUT COUNTY OF FAIRFIELD. COUNTY COURT CLERKS OFFICE, ss. I, Thomas Robinson, Clerk of the County Court, within and for Fairfield County, and keeper of the Seal thereof, hereby certify — THAT William T Minor ESQUIRE, was on the 6th day of October, 1851, and now is, Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Stamford, in said County duly appointed, commissioned and sworn, having full power and authority by the laws of the State to administer Oaths; that full faith and credit may and ought to be given to his official acts and attestations; that I am acquainted with his hand writing, and believe that the signature to the instrument hereto annexed, purporting to be his, is his genuine official signature. In Testimony Whereof, I hereunto set my hand and affix the Seal of said Court, at Norwalk in said County and State, on this 6th day of October A.D. 1851 Thomas Robinson Clerk
day of over in the year AD eighteen hundred and fifty one, Thaddeus Bell, who being first duly sworn makes oath and says,
That he is aged ninety two years, and a resident of said Town, County, and State. That he was personally acquainted with Nathaniel Slason previous to his death, and that the said Slason mentioned in the declaration of Nathaniel Slason his son, was the identical Nathaniel Slason who was a Captain in the Revolutionary War between the United States and Great Britain, that the said Slason served in said capacity, Two years and upwards.
This Deponent makes the foregoing statements and the within facts from his this deponent’s personal knowledge; That in the year seventeen hundred and seventy Seven, the said Slason was Lieutenant of a company of Militia and that he
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State of Connecticut Town of Darien Fairfield County S.S.
Personally appeared before me a Judge of the Court of Probate for the district of Stamford, being a Court of record held in said Town County and State, on this sixth day of October in the year eighteen hundred and fifty one, Thaddeus Bell, who being first duly sworn makes oath and says, That he is aged ninety two years, and a resident of said Town, County, and State. That he was personally acquainted with Nathaniel Slason previous to his death, and that the said Slason mentioned in the declaration of Nathaniel Slason his son, was the identical Nathaniel Slason who was a Captain in the Revolutionary War between the United States and Great Britain, that the said Slason served in said capacity, Two years and upwards. This Deponent makes the foregoing statements and the within facts from his this deponent’s personal knowledge; That in the year seventeen hundred and seventy Seven, the said Slason was Lieutenant of a company of Militia and that he
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this deponent was a Private in the same Company; That they were at the Battle of Ridgefield; That from the fall of the year AD seventeen hundred and eighty, to the Twenty Second day of July AD in the year seventeen hundred & eighty one, he this deponent was orderly Sergeant of a company of Coast Guards, commanded by Captain Nathaniel Slason aforesaid, at which time he this deponent was taken prisoner, and confined in New York City, for the Term of four months and eleven days, and after his release on his return home, Captain Nathaniel Slason was still in command of a Militia company.
This deponent further states that he performed six months service in the year AD seventeen hundred and Eighty Two, in a company commanded by the said Captain Nathaniel Slason, and the said Slason was Captain ‘til after peace was declared;
that he this deponent is a United States Pensioner, & placed on the pension roll of the State of Connecticut, That he is disinterested in the application of Nathaniel Slason for arrearages of pension due to his mother, the said Hannah Slason, deceased.
[signed] Thaddeus Bell
Sworn to & subscribed before me on the day & year first above written. William T. Minor Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Stamford
I also certify that the statements of the foregoing deponent are entitled to full credit, and I belive him to be of the age stated in his the foregoing Deposition. William T. Minor Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Stamford
I certify that the words, “And the said Slason was Captain ‘til after peace was declared,” were interlined before signature and execution. William T. Minor Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Stamford