Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 2194, Nathan Comstock, Conn.
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Conn. Comstock, Nathan R 2194
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Nathan Comstock
For a Pension
25443

A. Nash B. Spa
agent
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State of New York
County of Saratoga

On this 13th day of April 1833 personally appeared before the Court of Common Pleas in for the county of Saratoga in the state of New York now sitting, Nathan Comstock, a resident of Galway in the county of Saratoga and State of New York aforesaid aged sixty eight years, who being first duly sworn according law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed 7th June 1832. That he entered into the service of the United States in the year 1780 and served as herein after stated.
He was born in the Parish of Welton in the town of Norfolk and county of Fairfield and state on Connecticut December 1st 1764 of which he has no record.
during the period of the revolutionary was he resided in the town of Norfolk and county of Fairfield and state on Connecticut where he lived until 1780 when he moved to Ridgefield in said county, where he lived until 1784 or5 when he moved to Half-moon in the county of Albany (now Saratoga) and state of New York where he lived about 8 or 9 years when he removed to Ridgefield in the county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut where he lived six years when he removed to the county of Saratoga in the state of New York afore said in the town of Galway where he has lived ever since and where he now lives.
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That he served as a Teamster & Contractor for the Army of the United States under a commissary of General Washington (his name he does not recollect) but during the Period of his service the commissary was changed but he does not recollect the name or names of any of them. And was in constant service from June 1780 until Jany 1st 1871 for at least six months & served as herein after stated. That from January 1st 1781 to January 1st 1782 he served in constant service at least nine months as herein after stated, and that from January 1st 1782 until January 1st 1783 he was in constant service at least nine months & from the 1st of January 1783 until November in the same year he was in constant service at least three months and served as herein after stated.

The team under his care during the period of his services aforesaid consisted of one yoke of oxen, a span of horses [unk] before a cart.
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In April 25, 1777, Samuel Deforest of the Parish of Wilton in the Town of Norwalk and State of Connecticut came to my Father's house when my Father was having the small pox for his second campaign & with a press warrant passed me and my Father's Team t transport a load of lead from Captain Raymond to Wilton where the continental stores were deposited at that time to Danbury which was performed that day. The next morning Governor Tryon appeared with his troops & burnt the stores & Town the most part to ashes.
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at this time my father was confined with the [crossed out th] small-pox as he had engage,d in a Second Campain in which he Emmediately Entered the Service of the united States. after His Recovery In 1777 and 177[8?] I was frequently called on with the team to which I Redily preformed. In the fore part of 79 I [inserted using caret symbol] was Determined [i inserted using caret] to List My father obtained Information he Left Camp Came Home and forbid Me the Last of December 1779 he Resign his Commission and Returd Home [illegible] of the Burst of a Cannon In October 1777 In Jarmintown action which Caus,d a Deafness to that amount and Still a Growing [next word crossed out] on him he found that he Could not [inserted using caret] Discharge his Duty for want of Hearing, & from this [illegible] Motive he Left the [next word crossed out] army- then he would not Suffer Me List_ I told Him if He would furnish Me with a good teem I would Volunteer and Draw for the army untill the war was Eended and Give up the Idea of Listing to which He [next word crossed out] agreed [next word crossed out] He then went and purchised a Stand for a public House, not much Difference of Half-way Between the Landing at pick skill & Landing at Norwalk In Connecticut [second n inserted using caret] the first of April 1780 [inserted using caret] my father moves on to his new Stand and open a public House & after this as soon as (next word crossed out) Circumstances wold admit My father Procured Me a good teem which was a Large pair oxen five years old a good Span of Horses and a new Cart __ [following sentence marked out that appears to say "Sometime in the month of June I Commence my first son] The officers of the army almost [next word marked out] daily pasing [word "by" marked out] on the road Made it their Stand at my Father's for [word "refresh" marked out] refreshment__ from this [words "my Father" marked out] Information Reaching Camp that He had [next word marked out] opened a public Hous on the Main Road to [next word crossed out] Connecticut Shores,  [next word crossed out] and [inserted using caret] Soon after this was known in camp, it was communicated to My father from ["of the" crossed out} Some of the Comissarys for him to Send a teem [next two words crossed out] to Norwalk and take a Hogshead of Rum and Some Salt which was under the Charge of James Betts __ This was in the Latter part of June 177[illegible] I then Commenced My [inserted using caret] servises with a Good [inserted with caret] teem [next two words crossed out] I took the Load from Mr. Betts Deliverd it to peekskill In an old Store Hous Belonging to Mr. Burchum or Burdsell I Do Not Remember which of these Names is Right one of the two_ I Returned, & was Sent off to [Sacigatrick or Sairgatrick] to the Bake House In Farefield County for [inserted using caret] a Load [next word crossed out] of Rye Biscuit which Deliver,d at peekskill and I Deliverd the Second Load of Biscuit from the above Bak House at peekskill My Father had an order for flax which was [inserted using caret] wanted on the North River as the British [illegible] had Destroyed all our navy ["in" or "on" inserted using caret] the River_ I went to [next two words crossed out] Greens
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Farms & procured a load of Fleece of Gershom Buckley & others, delivered the same at Pecks Kell- General Washington's Army was then encamped at Gallows Hill in Pecks Kill at this time the army wanted many necessaries, I was orderly the commanding commissary (dont recollect his name) to employ two teams, besides the one under my care to go to Black Rock in Fairfield where a guard was stationed and take three load of liquors (or rum) and convey it to Pecks kill for the use of the Army- which I performed this was my employment to the end of this year. The 1st January 1781 I was ordered to here five teams besides the one in my care & take loading at New Field which we did & delivered to Pecks kill for the use of the army, which loading consisted in rim taken from the Store of A & A Hubbell & were ordered to drove all night, & froze both feet & thurms & cars in account of which I was confined 6 weeks before I could walk & was not able to attend to business until 1st April ensuing, then was ordered with my teams & 2 other teams to go to New Haven at the Store of William & Samuel Williams & received our Loads for the use of the Army & delivered at Pecks kill I mistake not it was sent to West Point from this time I a transporting supplies for the use of the Army and frequently hired other teams & collected the loading on the Connecticut shores in the County of Fairfield & delivered the same to Pecks kill & to Crom Pond where a small garrison was kept near Captain Samuel Drakes- in August Count Rochambeau marched the French Troops from Rhode Island to West Chester County in the State of New York- I went with 12 teams, a driver with each, for transporting provisions & Forages for the use of the 2 armies, the drivers of teams were as follows 
Augustus Pulling, Jeremiah Burchard, Bartholomew Weed, James Hodge, Nathan Smith, Henry Rockwell, Elijah Keeler, Benjamin Barbay, Michael Warren, Abram Rockwell, James Scott & Elnathan Sturges these men I employed for the use of the 2 armies til both armies crossed the north river for the siege of Cornwalliss at York Town this given great relief in our sescion, to the Teamsters, not with standing the garrisons that were left must be supplied, as myself. I was steddy in service & called on some of the above named men with required, on the return of the French Troops in 1782 they encamped at Crom Pond on the Farm of Samuel Deavan
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while they were there encamped, I received orders fro the commissary to purchase 500 bushel of grain for the use of the French Army aforesaid also a quantity of Port wine I procured 330 bushel of grain & the Port wine ordered, and I employed the Teams & Teamsters before named with team under my care & conveyed those stores to Crum Pond & deposited them there according to orders, & that I continued in service as aforesaid until the American Army was disbanded in November 1783- he has above stated his services for the United States to the best of his recollection.

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a Pension or annuity except the present and he declares that his name is not on the Pension roll of any agency, in any State.
Nathan Comstock
Subscribed & sworn to the day & year aforesaid in open Court
A Goodrich Clerk
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above names applicant was in the service of the United States & served as he states.

I Alpheus Goodrich Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Saratoga do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of Nathan Comstock for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this 13th day of April 1833.
A Goodrich Clerk
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The State of Ohio Licking County, fet,
Be it known that on this 16th day of September AD 1833, personally appeared before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace within and for said county, duly commissioned and qualified, Maria Smythe, widow, a resident of said County; and made solemn oath that she is a daughter and one the Heirs at law of Nathan Comstock deceased, a soldier of the Revolution, who was an applicant for a pension for his services under the laws of the United States, which application is on file at the proper Department, hitherto dishonored or suspend A. that she verily believes the said Nathan to have been justly entitled to said pension, and that she, being one of the heirs at law of said applicant, is personally interested therein. And the said Maria Smythe doth hereby appoint Amos H. Caffer of the County of Licking and State of Ohio and Joseph Howard of the City of Washington, D.C. as her lawful attorneys for her and in her name to apply for, prosecute, [unk] and receive from the United States any amount of pension that may have been due at my said ancestor Nathan Comstock or now die to his heirs for Revy services or otherwise; and for that purpose to examine all papers or documents in relation to said claim on file
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in the Department in Washington or elsewhere, and to do all things [unk] necessary to establish said claim. And to receive the certificate that may be issued, for the exclusive benefit of the heirs of said Nathan (said certificate to made payable at the city of Washington) This power to my said attorney is made irrevocable. Hereby ratifying and obtaining all that my said attorney may do, lawfully, in the premises by virtue of these presents.
Maria Comstock Smythe
Subscribed before me this 16th day of September AD 1833, and I hereby certify that I believe the said Maria Smythe to be directly interested in said claim as set forth, and to be the identical parties therein alleged.
C. M. Condict J. P.
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No 255443
Nathan Comstock Saratoga
County New York
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WAR DEPARTMENT
Pension Office
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Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7,1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and regulations will show what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus:}). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

A Statement, showing the Service of Nathan Comstock Saratoga County New York

Period when service was rendered: Served June 1780
Duration of claimant's service: 5 months
Rank of claimant: as a teamster
Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served:
Age at present and place of abode when he entered the service: 68 years, Fairfield County, Connecticut
Proof by which the declaration is supported: 4 witnesses papers properly attached

Period when service was rendered: Served June 1781
Duration of claimant's service: 9 months
Rank of claimant: "


Period when service was rendered: Served 1782
Duration of claimant's service: 9 months
Rank of claimant: "

Period when service was rendered: Served 1783
Duration of the claimant's service: 3 months
Rank of the claimant: "


I am, respectfully, Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832:
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced by this law:
1. The Regular Troops
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. Indian spies
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of
County of                              } ss.
On this     day of      personally appeared (a) before      A. B. a resident (b) of     in the county of      and State, Territory or District of      aged (c)    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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the united States in the year (d)    , with    and served in the    (e) regiment of the      line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. -> This form is to be varied so as to apply to cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency of the State of                          
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.                        A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I                             of the Court of               do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of                             for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this     day of     &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will made and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the         and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with                        , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be     years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, that it appears to them that A. B. and that C. D., who has signed the same is a resident in the
I,           Clerk of the Court of     do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of                       for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this      day of      &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
if such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the decxaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you live now?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6. To a Solider} Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
To an Officer} Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons- one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, by reason of bodily infirmity, atttend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.

[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine the amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of he loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For ---- year ----- months, and ---- days, I served as a --------. For ----- months and ---- days, I served as a --------; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months, is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely sate that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. this form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration is each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

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

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

2194
P.O.
Nathan Comstock
Service:

Enlisted:                         , 18
Discharged:                   , 18

Application filed:                       , 18

Alleges:

Re-enlisted:


Attorney:
P. O.

        Recognized.                 Contract
        Cert. of Dis.     Searched for         , 18
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Revolutionary Pension
claim act June 7, 1832
Tours of Nathan Comstock
decd

Cole

Recd Mar 23/54

Joseph Howard
Washington City,
D. C.
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Washington City
September 21, 1853

Respected Friend-
herewith enclosed is a power of attorney from Maria Comstock Smythe, daughter and one of the heirs of Nathan Comstock, deceased, who was a soldier of the revolutionary war- who appears to have been an applicant for a pension. Please allow me the privilege of an examination of the papers in his case, The power of attorney is to Amos H Caffer Esq & myself- the former of Newark Ohio.
I remain very respectfully your friend,
Joseph Howard


Hon. L. P. Waldo
Commr of Pensions
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New York
Revo.
Nathan Comstock
Rejected
[unk line]
Augt. 33
2194
act 7 June '32
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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the United States
We the undersigned inhabitants of the Town of Galway County of Saratoga and State of New York, have been acquainted for many years with Mr. Nathan Comstock who has been an inhabitant of the said town for the last thirty three years, and who has from our earliest acquaintance with him to the present time supported and unblemished character, and whose benevolence and goodwill to the unfortunate, has justly entitled him to the confidence and respect of his numerous acquaintances therefore we esteem him a worthy and respectable citizen and beg leave to represent to your honorable body that Mr. Nathan Comstock has seen better days, but is now reduced to indigent circumstances by reason of long and protracted sickness in his family and other numerous misfortunes is reduced to great want, and from age and infirmities is totally unqualified to gain a subsistence for himself and an aged and infirmed wife, who have no other means of subsistence but his manual labour. And from facts represented to us we have no hesitation in saying that it is our candid opinion that Mr. Comstock was an early friend and patriot of the American Revolution and that he rendered important services to Government in the Bloody and painful strugles to throw off the yoke of deposition imposed on us by a foreign and tyrannical agressor, and with the utmost pleasure express our unequivocal opinions that he has meritorious claims upon the Justice and magnammity of the American Government for a compensation for his services.
Galway 23d Dec 1831
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Joseph Van Every  
Mathias Can Every
Isaac M Van Every
Philo D Keeler
Thaddeus Folliott
Bradley Folliott
Zephaniah Warran
Seth Warren
Lunsery Sweet
Jeremiah Hall
Robert Speir
Major Northrup
Lewis Stone
Jonathan West
Martin L Curis
Jonathan Edgcomb
E W Curtiss
Abijah Gilbert
Abijah Comstock
James Hall
Alexander S Platt
Philih Green
Chester Stebbins
Uriah Corner
J H Mead
Thomas Muirs
R M Livingston Jur
Pellatiah Nichols
Ira Barberry
Gilbert Sean, late
C. W. Swan
Hugh Alexander
[unk] Otis
Phile Dancky
Earl Stimson, my agent
Nathan Thompson
Samuel Stilwall
Eli Smith T. Clerk
Thos. Alexander
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To the Senate & House of Representatives of the United States in Congress assembled.
The undersigned respectfully represent that they have for many years been acquainted with Nathan Comstock of the town of Galaway in the County of Saratoga, that he is a worthy honest and respectable man, that he was engaged in the service of the Country in the Revolutionary War as the undersigned has always understood and believe and during the war performed valuable services- that Mr. Comstock is now in indigent and straightened circumstances and claims and needs the bounty and justice of his Country and your petitioners would be gratified if your Honorable Body would pass an act awarding to him such aid and relief as to your Honorable Body shall seem meet and be just in the premises all things considered.
Dated Dec. 29th 1831
John Dunning Sheriff of Saratoga County
James Thompson first Judge f Saratoga County
G F Comstock
Harvey Grnager} Judges
Oran G. Otis 
member assembly
Elisha Bowell Late Judge
Ebenezer couch
Member of Assembly Jeremy Rockwell Late Judge
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George Palmer Judge
Thomas Palmer Clerk
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Nathan Comstock
for pension
25755


Taylor 4 Rev. Pens
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J. W. Edmonds
Chas. L. Livingston
Theron Bly
Heman Landon
Daniel Twitchell
James Humeston
William Seymour
Philip Lennebaker
Joel Tallmadge
Ily Hamblin
Erastus Hamilton
Israel Pludbatt
David Thorp
Robert Coffin
Geo, W, Patterson
Edmond G. Purdee
Fr: Granger
Isaac VanDernwarker
Henry Norton
John Headed
Erastus Woodworth
Reuben D Dodge
S. G. Andrews
Amasa Thompson
Leonard Hardenburgh
M Myers
Jarius B Hernan
Jno W. Sawyer
Isaac W. Bishop
S M Stilwells
Lemuel Hough
John Elliot
Henry Hawkins
Philip Alaxender
Gee S Silford
Gideon Ostrander
J. V. Amaon
Aaron Burrell
Andrew Dickson
Vincent Whitney
Silas Phillips
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To the Congress of the United State in Senate & Assembly convened
The undersigned members of the Legislature of the State of New York respectfully represent that from the papers & proofs presented to them the case of Nathan Comstock of the town of Galway County of Saratoga and State of New York is deserving of some relief. It appears that during the revolutionary war he performed the duties of a commissary to a considerable extent & in that service laid the foundation of his present infirmities. He is extremely poor but highly respectable & the undersigned believe it consistent with Justice that he is in his hour of distress [unk] be aided by the country which he assisted in its hour of need.
The undersigned therefore desire that a law may be passed by your Honorable Body for his relief.
Albany April 24th 1832
Oran G. Otis
Ebenezer Couch
James Brisnen Just.
Isaac Gere
Wm C Crane Wm Duty
Thomas Armstrong
E. Litchfield
Jona S. Conklin
Saml Colwell
Saml L Homme [unk]
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Jacob Mersereau,
Edwin Dodge, 
D M Westcott, 
John Mc Lean, 
Hermon J Quackenboss, 
Ichabod Ross, 
John F Hubbard, 
Wm J Dodge,
 James Coulter, 
J G Mc Dowell, 
Samuel Rexford
, Coe S Downing, 
N P Hellmadle, 
Hosea Bennett,
 A M Masters, 
Josiah Fisk, 
Levi Beardsley,
 Daniel Dygert, 
John M Williamson,
 John Palmer, 
L W, 
Jno C Kemble,
 Peter Wood,
A Salisbury,
 Alpheus Sherman, ,
 W H Seward, 
Henry A Foster,
 A C Disbrow, 
Allan Mac Donald
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State of Connecticut
Hartford County} ss. Wilton April 22nd 1833
I hereby certify that the within named deponent Isaiah Gregory (now deceased) was a man of respectable standing in the community and that his character for truth and veracity was unimpeachable.
Hawley Olmstead Justice of the Peace

Deposition of Isaiah
Gregory in favor of
Nathan Comstock
of Galway, Saratoga
County, State of
New York

State of Connecticut
Fairfield County ss.} I Thomas B Osborne Clerk of the County Court within and for the County of Fairfield in said State of Connecticut do hereby certify that Hawley Olmstead Esquire whose name appears to the certificate on the other side hereof is now and for more than one year last past has been a Justice of the Peace for said Fairfield County duly commissioned and duly authorized to administer oaths; and I further certify that the signature to the certificate on the other side hereof purporting to be his, is genuine and in the proper hand writing of the sd Hawley Olmstead. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County Court in Fairfield this 28th day of September AD 1831.
Thomas B. Osborne Clerk of said County Court
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State of Connecticut
County of Fairfield } ss. Wilton
Isaiah Gregory of Wilton in the County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, being sworn in due form of Law, says, that he is well acquainted with Nathan Comstock of Galway in the County of Saratoga, and State of New York, and that he was also acquainted with him, the said Nathan Comstock, during the Revolutionary War.
And said Deponent further says, that the said Nathan Comstock was employed in the Department of the Commissary of the Revolutionary Army of the United States, in procuring and transporting provisions for the use of said Army, in constant service for a period not less than two years.
Isaiah Gregory
Sworn to and subscribed this 26th day of Sept. AD 1831. Before me
Hawley Olmstead, Justice of the Peace for Fairfield County
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State of Connecticut
County of Fairfield} ss. Wilton
Jabez Comstock of Wilton the County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, being sworn in due form of Law says, that he is well acquainted with Nathan Comstock of Galway in the County of Saratoga and State of New York, and that he was also acquainted with him, the said Nathan Comstock during the Revolutionary War.
And said Deponent further says that the said Nathan Comstock was employed in the Department of the Commissary of the Revolutionary Army of the United States in procuring and transporting provisions for the use of said Army in constant service for a period of not less than eight months.
And Deponent further says, that the said Nathan Comstock, while in the service aforesaid in the winter season, was so much exposed to the inclemenary of the weather as to have both of his feet to frozen that he was unable to walk for more than six weeks.
Jabez Comstock
Sworn to and subscribed this 30th day of April AD 1831, before me,
Hawley Olmstead Justice of the Peace for the County of Fairfield
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State of Connecticut
Hartford County} ss. Wilton, April 22nd 1833
I hereby certify that the within named deponent Jabez Comstock sustains a respectable standing in the community and a fair character for truth and veracity.
Hawley Olmstead Justice of the Peace

Deposition of Jabez
Olmstead in favor
of Nathan Comstock
of Galway, Saratoga
County, State of
New York

State of Connecticut
Fairfield County ss.} I Thomas B Osborne Clerk of the County Court within and for the County of Fairfield in said State of Connecticut, do hereby certify that Hawley Olmstead Esquire whose name appears to the certificate on the other side hereof is a Justice of the Peace for the sd Fairfield County & duly empowered to administer oaths & take affidavits; and I further certify that the signature on the other side hereof purporting to be his, is the proper hand writing of the said Hawley Olmstead. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of sd County Court in Fairfield this 30th day of April AD 1831.
Thomas B. Osborne Clerk of sd County Court
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Saratoga County
State of New York} ss. Town of Galway
I Zalmon Pulling do hereby certify on oath that in the time of the revolutionary war I lived at that time with Augustus Pulling my father in the Town of Ridgfield in the County of Fairfield in the State of Connecticut, and that my father was nigh neighbour to Nathan Comstock, now of Galway, and at that time was sent on an errand to the house of the said Nathan by my father to see of a load of provisions were ready to convey to the French Army, it was at that time garrisoned at Gram Pond and I further then understood that the said Nathan Comstock was employed in the service of the united States, in the Commissary Department, and I this Deponent further saith that I was well acquainted with Augustus Pulling, Jeremiah Buchard, Henry Rockwell, Elijah Keeler, Benjamin Barbary, Abraham Rockwell, and Elnathan Sturges as mentioned by Thadeus Folliot in an accompanying affidavit and have no reason to doubt but what they might be employed in the Commissary Department as mentioned by Thadeus Folliot in his affidavit.
Zalmon Pulling
Subscribed and sworn this 10th day of April 1833 before me
Robert Speir, Justice of the Peace for Saratoga County
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Saratoga County, ss.
I Robert Speir the Justice within named do hereby certify that I have been acquainted with Nathan Comstock whose name appears on the within affidavit for about fourteen years last past and that he has always sustained an irreproachable character.
Robert Speir of Galway

Saratoga County, ss.
I, Robert Speir the within named Justice do hereby certify that I am acquainted with the within deponent Zalmon Pulling farmer in Providence in said County, that he is a person of good moral character and a credible witness.
Robert Speir Justice of the Peace for Saratoga County
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State of New York
County of Saratoga} ss. town of Galway
Thaddeus Folliott of Galway in the County of Saratoga and State of New York being sworn in due form of Law says that he is well acquainted with Nathan Comstock of Galway in the County of Saratoga and State of New York and that he was also acquainted with him the said Nathan Comstock during the revolutionary war. And said Deponent further says that he the said Nathan Comstock was employed in the Department of the Commissary of the revolutionary Army of the United State, in procuring and transporting provisions for the use of said Army, in constant service for a period of not less than two years, the said Deponent further saith that he is fully satisfied in his own mind that the said Nathan Comstock, while in the winter season was so exposed to the inclemency of the weather as to have both his feet frozen, so that he was unable to walk for more than six weeks as I had it from the man that attended him. and this Deponent further saith that he is well acquainted with Augustus Pulling, Jeremiah Burchard, Bartholomew Weed, James Hodges, Nathan Smith, Henry Rockwell, Elijah Keeler, Benjamin Barbary, Michael Waren, Abraham Rockwell, James Seth and Elnathon Sturges, and that he has no reason to doubt but that the above Nathan Comstock employed them in the Commissary Department as above named.
Thaddeus Folliott
Sworn and subscribed this 10th day of April 1833 before me
Robert Speir Justice of the Peace for Saratoga County
Erasures and interlinations done before signed.
Robert Speir Justice
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Saratoga County ss.
I Robert Speir the within named Justice do certify that I am acquainted with the within Deponent, Thaddeus Folliott, Farmer in Galway in said County that he is a person of good moral character and a creditable witness,
Robert Speir, Justice of the Peace of Saratoga County

State of New York
County of Saratoga} ss. I Alpheus Goodrich Clerk of the County of Saratoga, do certify that Robert Speir before whom the within affidavits purports purports to have been sworn and who also signed the certificates to the character of each deponent, herein was at the date thereof one of the Justice of the Peace in and for the said County, and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit & certificates to be his proper hand writing and signatures.
Witness my hand and seal of Office the sixth day of June 1833.
A Goodrich Clerk
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State of New York, Saratoga County ss.
Jacob St. John of the Town of Milton in the County of Saratoga and State of New York, Elder of the Baptist Church, being duly sworn says that he was a private in the company commanded by Captain Henry Whitney of the town of Ridgfield, County of Fairfield in the State of Connecticut, in Colonel Migets Regiment during the Revolutionary war.
And this deponent further says that he was at the time aforesaid and now is acquainted with Nathan Comstock, at present of Galway in the said County of Saratoga, that the said Nathan Comstock belonged to the same company & regiment, and did duty therein, at the same time with this deponent as a musician, during the said Revolutionary war.
And the deponent further says that according to the best of his recollection and belief the said Nathan Comstock belonged to the company aforesaid and did duty therein as a musicians for two or three years, the precise time this deponent cannot now recollect.
And this deponent further says that the said company was frequently called into the service of the United States, particularly in case of Alarms, during the time this deponent & the said Nathan Comstock served therein as aforesaid.
Jacob St John
Sworn & subscribed to the 4th day of December 1829 before me.
Thomas Palmer Justice of the Peace in & for the County of Saratoga
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Saratoga County ss: I Thomas Palmer the Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Saratoga within named, do certify that I am personally acquainted with Elder Jacob St John the deponent within named, that he is a person of good moral character & a credible witness.
Witness my hand the 23d January 1832.
Thomas Palmer 
Justice

Saratoga County ss: I do certify that Thomas Palmer whose name is subscribed to the Jurat of the within affidavit & to the certificate was at the dates thereof a Justice of the Peace in & for said County acting under the authority of the State of New York.
Witness my hand & seal of Office the 23d January 1832.
Thomas Palmer
Clerk