Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 22,226, for Nathan Slawson, Connecticut
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SERVICE   Conn.
Slawson, Nathan
Hannah
NUMBER  W. 22.226
B. L. Wt. 8017-160-55
soldier died Oct 1844
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New York No 24.985 
Nathan Slawson of Westchester Co. in the State of N. York who was a Private in the - commanded by Captain  - of the Regt. commanded by  Col. Thomas  in the Conn’t Troops line for 14 months 
Inscribed on the Roll of New York the rate of 46 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 day of March 1834 and sent to Hon. A. Ward H. R. 
Arrears to the 4th of March 1834   139.98 
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep 1834   23.33 
$163.31
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by D. Brown clerk
Book E. Vol. 4 , Page 123
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Increase 1945 
New York 
Hannah Slawson 
widow of Nathan Slawson who served in the Revolutionary war , as a Private 
Increased from $24.33. Deduct former payments 
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 46 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848. 
Certificate of Pension issued the 19th day of Dec. 48 and sent to Hon. Wm Nelson Ho of Reps
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 186 Vol.  4 
Reported 
Letter to Hon W. Nelson & New York & All [unreadable] Agency. Feb 26th 1849 
Certified corrected & returned Mch 28 /49 to Wm Valentine Albany
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application of Nathan Slawson 
no evidence [unreadable] times when service [unreadable]
28.858 
agregate [aggregate] of 3 mo without specifying tours disallowed 
Adm’d [admitted] 
14 mo pri
$46.66
Ward
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State of New York 
Westchester County }ss On this sixth day of December in the year of our Lord one Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty Three  Personally appeared before me Ezra Lockwood one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Westchester Nathan Slawson of the town of Pound ridge County & State aforesaid aged Eighty years on the Ninth day of January last past who being first duly sworn according to Law doth make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.    That he entered the service as a private Soldier in the Revolutionary War under Captain John Carter and Lieut Colonel John Meads Regiment this declarant then resided in New Caanan Fairfield County & State of Connecticut and was marched to the Lines in Westchester County and some times was in Fairfield County for the term of one month as a volunteer and then returned home this was some time in the fall of the year 1776.  In the month of July one thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy seven this Declarant was drafted for four Months in a company commanded by Captain Eli Read in said Company and was marched to Norwalk in Fairfield County some times to Stamford in said County and served his time out faithfully and was honorably discharged by his said Captain.   This Declarant was again drafted in the month of September one thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy Eight for four months and joined Captain John Carters Company was marched to Norwalk & Stamford Fairfield County aforesaid and to Mamaroneck in the County of Westchester aforesaid
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and served the said time in actual service faithfully and was then discharged by his said Captain.  That this Declarant volunteered a number of times between the aforesaid service sometimes was out two weeks at a time but how many times this Declarant cannot now recollect but verily believes it was more than three months.  That this Declarent removed to Poundridge Westchester County & State of New York in the spring of the year one Thousand seven Hundred & Seventy Nine that this Declarant was drafted for one Month in the summer following some time in the month of July in a Company commanded by Captain Samuel Lewis was marched on the lines so called in Westchester County aforesaid and served out the time faithfully and then returned home.  That this Declarant again volunteered his service and joined a company commanded by Captain Ebenezer Scofield for one month this was in the fall of the last mentioned year was marched to Peekskill in said County of Westchester.  That this Declarant was again drafted for three Months and was attached to Colonel Thomas Thomas Regiment - the Captain that commanded this Declarant cannot now recollect - was marched to the White Plains this was some time in the month of April one Thousand Seven Hundred & Eighty and served out the time faithfully in actual service and was discharged.  That this Declarant after this volunteered his services one under Captain Jehial Benton and under Captain William Fansher, Captain Ebenezer Slawson was out after the aforesaid service til peace took place -  this Declarant verily
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believes for at least one third of the time but as this last mentioned service was short periods at a time sometimes for two weeks at a time and not varying much from that - him this Declarant can only give his opinion as to the last mentioned period but well recollects he was very often called out and never refused when so called upon to join the American troops.  This Declarant always served as a private Soldier never had a Commission in the Army.  Was born in the town of New Canaan Fairfield County & State of Connecticut on the 9th Day January one thousand Seven Hundred and fifty three by the record kept in the family Bible.  That this declarent moved to Poundridge in Westchester County in the spring of the year 1779 where he has ever since resided.  This Declarant recollects the following named officers: Colonel John Mead, Colonel Thomas Thomas and the aforesaid named Captains with whom he served & there is a number of Officers the names of which this Declarant cannot now recollect.  This declarant believes the officers are all dead with whom he served in the Revolutionary war and knows of no person living who can testify to the service.   That this declarant is known in his present neighborhood to James Brown a Clergyman and to Horatio Lockwood both residing in the town of Poundridge in the said County of Westchester who can testify to this Declarants Character for veracity then belief of his age and their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution and
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he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that name is not on the pension Roll of the agency of any State.  
This Declarant never received any written Discharge from the service but always deceived a verbal one was always a true friend to the Independance and served for himself but never as a substitute and was drafted & volunteered as before stated and never left the service without an honorable Discharge from the proper officer 
Nathaniel Slawson
Sworn and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid before me Ezra Lockwood one of the Judges  &c in & for said County. 
I Nathaniel Bayles Clerk of the County of Westchester State of New York do hereby certify that the Hon Ezra Lockwood before whom the foregoing Declaration of Nathan Slawson was made and sworn to was on the day of the date thereof a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County duly commissioned and sworn, and that I believe the signature subscribed to the following Jurat & certificates are his proper hand writing
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of Office & set my hand this 7th day of December 1833 
N. Bayles Clk
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State of New York 
Westchester County} ss We Alanson Ferris and Horatio Lockwood both residing in the town of Poundridge County & State aforesaid hereby Certify that we are well acquainted with Nathan Slawson who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be Eighty years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion 
Alanson Ferris
Horatio Lockwood 
Sworn and subscribed the 6th day of December 1833 before me Ezra Lockwood one of the Judges &c in & for said County 
And I the said Judge do hereby declare my opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, That the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And I do further certify that it appears to me that Alanson Ferris and Horatio Lockwood who have signed the preceding certificate are residents in the town of Poundridge in the County of Westchester and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit 
Ezra Lockwood  
And I the said Judge do also further certify that the above named applicant cannot from advanced age and bodily infirmity attend Court for the purpose of making his said application 
Ezra Lockwood
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Memorandum
Mr. Nathan Slawson was born Jan. 9th 1753
Miss Hannah Ferris was Born Oct. 22 1760
Married Oct 29th 1782
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Slawson, Nathan
Conn W. 22226
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Nathan Slawson was born Jan. 9th 1753 
Hannah Ferris was Born October the 22nd  
And they Were Married together according to [unreadable] God [unreadable]
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Slawson, Nathan
Conn. W. 22226
THE NEW TESTAMENT OF OUR LORD and SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST
Translated out of the ORIGINAL GREEK and wit the former Translations diligently
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6451
Hannah Slawson
Widow of Nathaniel
Rev
April 1 1895
NY
Act 4 July 1836
M 82 c 44
Rejected, married after the termination of husbands service.
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Declaration, In order to obtain the benefit of the third section of the act of Congress of the 4th of July, 1836. 
State of New York} ss 
On this tenth day of February in the year 1845. personally appeared before the undersigned one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Westchester in the State of New York Hannah Slawson a resident of Poundridge in the said County of Westchester aged eighty five years who being first duly sworn as 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 4th 1836.   
That she is the widow of Nathan Slawson late of the town of Poundridge aforesaid deceased, who was a Private in the Revolutionary War. That the said Nathan Slawson was called out into the service of the United States in the militia of the State of Connecticut in the County of Fairfield and that he served in said Militia at various times in said Fairfield County and in said County of Westchester at different periods, in all amounting to one year and a half, or thereabouts as this declarant is informed & believes to be true that the said Nathan Slawson obtained with proof of his said services as he was able to obtain and presented the same with his application to the Secretary of War and was placed on the Pension List (as per certificate) On the 29th day of March 1834 at the rate of forty six dollars and sixty six cents per annum; to which the declarant would respectfully refer the department of evidence of the service of her late husband - She further declares that she was married to the said Nathan Slawson on the 25th day of October in the year 1782, by the Revd Isaac Lewis then Pastor of the presbyterian Church in the Parish of Willow in town of Norwalk (now Willow in Fairfield County) and that her husband the aforesaid Nathan died on the 17th day of
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December last past, and that she has remained a widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed. 
And the declarent would further state that she has caused search to be made for a record of her said Marriage and has not been able to find any other or further evidence than that contained in her family bible which is hereto annexed and which was made upwards of fifty years ago, and contains a true Records 
Hannah Slawson her mark
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year above written before me 
Ezra Lockwood one of the Judges of Westchester Court of Com. Pleas 
I do hereby certify that the above named Hannah Slawson by reason of bodily infirmity is unable to attend Court for the purpose of making her aforesaid declaration
Ezra Lockwood one of the Judges of Westchester County Court 
State of New York 
Westchester County} ss David Potts of Poundridge in said County being duly sworn upon his oath saith, that Nathan Slawson late of Poundridge aforesaid, a Revolutionary pensioner, died on the 17th day of December last. That Hannah Slawson, the above named declarent is the widow of the said dec’d and has not been married since the decease of her said husband 
David Potts
Sworn to and subscribed, this 10th day of February 1845 before me 
Ezra Lockwood one of the Judges of Westchester County Courts 
I certify that David Pott the above named Deponent is a person of truth & veracity and that full faith and credit is to be given to his statement- 
Ezra Lockwood Judge &c
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State of New York, 
County of West-Chester,}ss I. Munson I. Lockwood Clerk of the County aforesaid, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That, Ezra Lockwood Esqr whose name is subscribed to the Certificate of the proof or acknowledgment of the annexed instrument, and endorsed thereon, was, on the day of the date of the said Certificate, a JUDGE OF THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS in and for the said County, residing in the said County, commissioned and sworn, and duly authorized to take the same. And further, that I am well acquainted with the hand-writing of the said JUDGE, and verily believe that the signature to the said Certificate is genuine. 
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said County, the sixth day of March 184. 
Munson Lockwood Clerk
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Town Clerks Office Norwalk Jan 31, 1845 
I hereby certify that I was appointed to the office of Town Clerk of Nowalk on the 11th day of December 1844 that on this 31st day of January 1845 I examined the Records of said Town and do not not find therein a record of the marriage of Nathan Slawson and Hannah Ferris, that the record does not recognize the relation of Husband and wife prior to Jan. 1794 and that they are not so regular and full as to raise a presumption against an alleged marriage within said Town 
Attest John A. Reed Town Clerk
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Vol S2 page 135.
63684 Act 3d March 55 
April 14 / 55 
Hannah Slawson Widow Nathan Slawson Private 
Pensioner New York 
Private 
Col. Jno Mead's Reg Conn’t Troops – 
Revolutionary War 
[unreadable]  8 17 [unreadable] Oct 11 / 55
Rolls of Capt Jno Carter’s Co.
WB. Feby 48 – 1945
Boynton
Ad 160 acres Oct 9th / 55
Dodge
Wm Lockwood 
Pound Ridge New York
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State of New York 
County of Westchester } SS. On this twenty eighth day of March A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me a Justice of the peace duly authorized to administer oaths within and for said County and State aforesaid Hannah Slawson aged Ninety four years, a resident of the town of Pound Ridge in said County and State who being duly sworn according to law declares that she is the widow of Nathan Slawson deceased who was a Private in the revolutionary war - that she does not recollect under what officer her said husband served, but would most respectfully refer to the evidence on file in the office of the Interior which her Said husband produced to obtain a pension under the act of Congress of the 7th June 1832- that he did obtain a pension certificate and was a pensioner to the day of his death;  that this declarant made application under the act of February 2nd 1848 for and obtained a pension certificate dated the 19th day of December 1848, and now draws a pension of forty Six Dollars and sixty six cents per annum - she further states that she was married to the said Nathan Slawson in the town of New Canaan on the twenty fifth day of October One thousand seven hundred and eighty two by one Mr. Lewis a Presbyterian Clergyman according to her recollection, that there is no public record of their marriage - that there was a family record of their Marriage and the leaf containing the same was cut out of the family bible sent with other papers to the war office at Washington in order to obtain the aforesaid certificate and said leaf has not been returned to this deponent and that her name before
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her said marriage was Hannah Ferris; that he said husband died at Pound Ridge on the about the Eighteenth day of December one thousand eight hundred and forty four and that she is now a widow. She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act approved March 3d 1855. 
Hannah Slawson her Mark 
We Michael Scofield and Andrew J. Fancher residents of the town of Pound Ridge in the State of New York upon our oath declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Hannah Stawson in our presence that we believe from the appearance a Statements of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents herself to be 
Michael Scofield 
Andrew J Fancher 
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written: and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons: that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be; and that I have no interest in this claim 
William Lockwood Justice of the peace
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State of New York  
County of Westchester} ss  John Hartford being duly sworn does on his oath say that he is a resident of Pound Ridge in said County and now aged sixty five years that he was well acquainted with Nathan Slawson deceased and with Hannah Slawson his widow for the space of thirty years last past that the said Nathan Slawson Slawson and Hannah Slawson lived together as husband and wife and was reputed so to be in the neighborhood where they lived, and that he never heard it doubted,   that she now is a widow – 
John Hartford
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 31 day of March 1855 
William Lockwood Justice of the peace  
State of New York 
County of Westchester} ss Albert Lockwood being duly sworn does on his oath say that he is now aged fifty six years that he is a resident of Pound Ridge in said County that he was will acquainted with Nathan Slawson deceased and with Hannah Slawson his widow for the space of thirty years last past that the said Nathan Slawson and Hannah Slawson lived together as husband and wife and was reputed so to be in the neighborhood when they lived and that he never heard it doubted, and that she is still a widow.
Albert Lockwood
 Sworn to and subscribed before me  this 31st day of March 1855 
William Lockwood Justice of the peace
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I hereby certify that John Hartford and Albert Lockwood are personally known to me. That they are credible persons, that their statements are entitled to full credit 
William Lockwood Justice   
In Testimony whereof I have set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Courts and County this Sixth day of April 1855 
Rob. R. Oakley Clerk
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I hereby certify that John Hartford and Albert Lockwood and personally known to me that they are credible persons, that their statements are entitled to full credit
William Lockwood 
STATE OF NEW YORK, 
County of Westchester, ss. 
I, ROBERT R. OAKLEY, Clerk of the County aforesaid, and also Clerk of the Courts in and for said County, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That William Lockwood Esquire, whose name is subscribed to the Certificate of the proof or acknowledgment of the annexed Instrument, and endorsed thereon, was, on the day of the date of the said Certificate, a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, residing in said County, elected and sworn, and duly authorized to take the same, according to the laws of the said State. And further, that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice, and verily believe that the signature to the said Certificate is genuine. 
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said Court and County, this Sixth day of April 1835 
Rob. R. Oakley Clerk
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Nathan Slawson
Admd
Ward
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WAR DEPARTMENT 
Pension Office, 
December 17, 1833
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 the regulations will shew 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 compling with this request greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim. 
Statement, showing the Service of Nathan Slawson
Period when the service was rendered.  Revy War fall 76  Duration of Claimant’s Service.  1 Month   Rank of claimant.  pri Names and rank of the Officers under whom he served.  Capt Carter  Colonel Mead   Age at present and place of abode when he entered the service.   80  New Canaan Ct.  removed in 79 to Westchester N. Y.   Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Traditionary
Period when the service was rendered. July 77   Duration of Claimant’s Service.   4 Months   Rank of claimant.  Pri    Names and rank of the Officers under whom he served.  Capt Eli  
Period when the service was rendered.  Sept 78   Duration of Claimant’s Service.  4 months   Rank of claimant.   Pri  Names and rank of the Officers under whom he served.   Capt Carter
Alleges several times out & claims 3 Months no officers
Period when the service was rendered.  79   Duration of Claimant’s Service.  1 Month   Rank of claimant. pri    Names and rank of the Officers under whom he served.   Capt Lewis No Col Named
Period when the service was rendered.   Fall 79   Duration of Claimant’s Service.  1 month   Rank of claimant.   Pri   Names and rank of the Officers under whom he served.   Capt Scofield
Period when the service was rendered.  Apl 80  Duration of Claimant’s Service.  3 months  Rank of claimant. Pri  Names and rank of the Officers under whom he served.   No Capt.,  Col Thomas
Was frequently called out til peace
I am respectfully 
Your obedient servant 
JAMES L. EDWARDS, 
Commissioner of Pensions.
The Westchester service must be susceptible of proof & should be produced
[unreadable]
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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 in this law:  
1. The Regular Troops.  
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.    
3. Persons employed in the Naval service.             
4. Indian Spies.                 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first in stance, 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 A.B. a resident (b) of personally appeared (a) before in the county of and State, Territory or District years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the in 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) 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 the 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 that of Agency in 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 hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of for a pension.               
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of & c.            
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.          
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz: (k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be and C.D. residing in (the same) who has years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.                 
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.                 
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]     
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.               
I, Clerk of the Court of contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension. 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 of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration 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 now live?               
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?              
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.           
6. To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? 
To an Officer. {Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what Town officer has become of it?              
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.                 
The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.         
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons -one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates. 
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject     
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.        
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed 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 declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can cure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the person of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.        
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.    
[b]   The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.     
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.    
[d]  The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served. 
[e]  Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had.        
Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: 
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:--For---year - months , and days , I served as a - months and --- days, I served as 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 the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months, is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority ; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.    
[f]  The law makes the relinquishment indispensable. 
[g]  The opinion of the Court is always required.  
[h]  The Clerk must give his certificate in every case. 
[i]  The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.               
Mode of authenticating papers.              
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.         
Proof of Service.         
[j]  In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the wife nesses, 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 note [j]  applies to continental troops only.     
[k]  This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases. 
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact. 
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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Reported
New York 1445  N. York
Hannah Slawson 
widow of Nathan Slawson who served in the Revolutionary war , as a private 
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 34 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848. 
Certificate of Pension issued the 11. day of Sept. 1848 and sent to Wm Lockwood Poundridge N. Y.  
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 186 Vol. 4
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Reported 
Increase 302 Albany N York 
Hannah Slawson widow of Nathan Slawson who was a Private in the Revolution 
Husband died 19 Dec. 44 
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 46 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 19th day of Decr 1844. 
Certificate of Pension issued the and 19th day of Dec. 1848 
Hon. Wm Nelson House of Reps 
[Act of JUNE 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book  A  Vol  2  Page 86 
Increased from $24.33 – 
Deduct former payments
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Birth Record
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8017 
160 acres
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[stamp] WHITE PLAINS NY APL 3
FREE
63684
L. P. Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D. C.
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No. 63684 
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855. 
Received April 14, 1855  
Nathan Slawson 
Rev War 
Warrant 8017-160-55 
Wm Lockwood 
Pound Ridge N. Y.
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Pound Ridge Augt. 19 / 48 
J. L. Edwards Esqr 
Dr Sir 
Enslosed you the declarations of Hannah Slawson and Mary Smith if they are correct you will please forward to me certificate for them and oblige yours &c 
Wm Lockwood
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Nathaniel Slason
1776 Oct 2 Mo per Capt I Bell Col Mead Decem 13 Lieut Capt Eli Recd Col Mead
1777 Nathan Slason
1777 Jany 23 2 mo per Capt Carter Col Mead
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6451 
Hannah Slawson NY 
Rejected
Let to Wm. Lockwood July 30 ‘45
Hon J. H. Anderson  June 12, 1846 
Let to W. Lockwood Sept 23 ‘46
Act June 17 1844
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Nathan Slawson N.Y. Act June 1832 $46.66 per ann  
To what time was he last paid 
G. C. A.
Pension Office Nov 27. 1846 
Paid to 19th Decr 1844 the day he died 
A .B. T.
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22.226 Widow 
3—068.
( Old No. 8 -- 049. ) 
Bureau of Pensions. 
Nathan Slawson 
Decr 6, 1833 – 80 Poundridge N. Y. 
Born Feby 9 1753 in Conn. CN
Fall 76 New Canaan Conn
Capt Jno Carter
Col Mead
Svt 1 mo
Aug 77 Capt Eli Head
Col 1
Pvt 4 mo.
Sept 78. Capt Carter 
Col – 
Svt 4 mo.
Capt Col pr 3 mo
July 79 Capt Samuel Lewis NY Col – pri 1 mo
79 Capt Scofield  NY Col -   1 mo
Apl 80 – Capt – NY.  Col Thomas pri 3 m. 
Mar [married] Hanna Ferris
Oct 25, 1782 Norwalk Conn
S. Dec 17 1844
No Bat [battles]
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[stamp] NOV 16 1901 FILES
[stamp] U.S. PENSION OFFICE D NOV 18 1903
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Boone Iowa Nov 11 1913
E. T. Ware 
Commissioner Pensions 
Washington D.C. 
Dear Sir I wish to know if the folow name apear on the Pensions Roll of the Rev. War 
Nath Slanson State Conn – 
Nathaniel Green 
or the Brotts 
My Father name was James Aaron Brott State N.Y. 
Mrs Arvilla Goble 
Boone Iowa 
124 Story St
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[stamp] RECORD DIVISION OCT 11 1911
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747 JuIney St. 
Brooklyn. N.Y. 
Oct 9 1911
Gentlemen 
Will you give me  the record of Capt Nathan Slawson from Conn in the War of the Revolution, & oblige  
Mrs. L. W. S. Stevens 
[stamp]  U.S. PENSION OFFICE D OCT 11 1911
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ed
vy Dept.
23420
Hist to
Revy WIDOW, &c. 
File No. 22226 
Hannah Slawson 
Wid of Nathan Slawson 
Act: Feb. 2d. 1848. 
Index: - Vol. M, Page 420 
[Arrangement of 1870.] 
May 2796 
[unreadable] to C G Watson, City (sec j  FNB
Novr 19 1903 Mrs. Arvilla Gable Boon Iowa
1911 Oct 13 Hist. to Mrs. G. W. S. Stevens. V. L.M.
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information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.  
Slawson  Nathan Slawson or W. F. 22226 
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.  Fall of 1776   LENGTH OF SERVICE.  1 mo.    RANK.  Pvt.  OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. Captain John Carter  Colonel John Mead   STATE  Conn
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.  July 1777   LENGTH OF SERVICE.  4 mos.   RANK.   OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.  Captain Eli Read
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.  Sept 1778   LENGTH OF SERVICE.   4 mos.   OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.  Captain John Carter 
Between above services 3 mos.  no officers stated
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.   July 1779     LENGTH OF SERVICE.  1 Mo.  OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.  Captain Samuel Lewis
STATE  N. Y.  DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.    Fall 1779   LENGTH OF SERVICE.  1 Mo  OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.  Captain Ebenezer Scofield  
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.  Apr. 1780   LENGTH OF SERVICE.  3 mos.     
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.  Colonel Thomas Thomas
Afterwards at various times – Captain Jehiel Boston  Captain William Fansher  Captain Ebenezer Slawson
Battles engaged in, 
Residence of soldier at enlistment, New Canaan, Fairfield Co. Conn
Date of application for pension, Dec 6 1833, his cl. was al [his claim was allowed]
Residence at date of application, Poundridge Westchester Co. N.Y.
Age at date of application, b. [born] Jany 9 1753 at New Canaan Conn. d. Dec 17, 18 or 19, 1844
Remarks:  Soldier married Oct 25, 1782 Hannah Ferris who was born Oct 22 1760.  She was allowed pension on an application executed Feby 10, 1845 while a resident of Poundridge N. Y.
The above noted is the only Nathan Slawson or Slanson &c
Very respectfully
Commissioner
Statement of Comptroller of N. Y. Apr 10 1846 not used as identity of soldier not proved
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Albany N.Y. January 16th 1849 
Sir
The enclosed pension Certificate in the case of Hannah Slawson are made payable in Albany instead of New York City.   I have enquired at both Agencies and am informed that no instructions have been received at either, she resides in Westchester County, please correct the Certificate and furnish the N York Agency with instructions to pay, and forward the pension Certificate to me 
I am your very respectfully 
Wm Valentine 
J. L. Edwards Comm of Pensions Washington
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No 387. 
Hannah Slawson 
widow of Nathan 
NY 
Act 17 June 1844 
(Rejected under Act 4  July 1836.)
admd 7 mo 9 day pri
$24.33 
pen 19 Decem. 1844 
William Lockwood 
Poundridge NY
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Payment to be made at J. A. Stevens City N. York Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of City of Issue New York 
Payable on the 4th September and 4th March 
Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book D. Vol.   2   Page 86.
D. H. Wood Clerk
Issue Certificate at the rate of $46.66 per annum from 19 Decem 1944
Deducting what has been paid at 24.33 per 
[unreadable]
Hon Wm Nelson House of Reps
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WAR DEPARTMENT
Widow's Pension. 
I certify that in conformity with the act of June 17, 1844 Hannah Slawson, of New York widow of Nathan Slawson who was a Private in the Connecticut Troops and died on the 19th. day of December 1844 is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Twenty Four dollars and thirty three cents per annum, commencing on the 19 December March, 1844, and terminating on the 4th of March, 1848, unless the Pensioner shall marry or die before the last mentioned date; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage or death 
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 30th day of November one thousand eight hundred and Forty Six 
W.L. Marcy Esq 
Secretary of War.
Countersigned. J L Edwards Commissioner of Pensions.
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302
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Poundridge N.Y. May 17, 45 
Horatio Lockwood 
Name Mrs Hannah Slawson's pension papers been rec’d 
L86 Sec May 20/45
Pension Office 
NY 
Han Slawson 
NY. 38 
11591 Jan 13th 
[unreadable] 15  March 45
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Poundridge May 27th 1845 
Dear Sir
I am requested by Wm Lockwood Esqr of this place to write you in relation to an application for a pension for Widow Hannah Slawson of Poundridge Please to inform him whether you received the papers and what has been done as the old Lady is poor and infirm- - 
I am truly yours 
Horatio Lockwood
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State of New York 
Comptrollers Office}  I hereby certify as appears from a Pay Roll now remaining in this office that Nathan Slawson service as a soldier from January 18th to March 24th 1781. being two months and nine days under Capt Saml Lewis & Col. Thomas Thomas for which a certificate was issued for the amount of £26.2.77-
Philip Phelps prest
Albany 10th Apl 1846
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Hon J. L. Edwards
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Albany N.Y. Decr 1st 1848 
Sir 
Enclosed is the Declaration of Hannah Slawson widow of Nathan Slawson, deceased, for an increase of her pension under the Resolution of July 1st 1848.  And herewith return her certificates under the Act of June 17th 1844 and February 2 1848 
I am Yours very respectfully 
Wm Valentine 
J.L. Edwards Esqr 
Comr of Pensions Washington.
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5  Pound Ridge NY 
Sept 19  
J.L. Edwards Esq 
Com of Pensions 
Washington City D.C. 
Han Slawson Wid
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Poundridge Sept 19th 1844 
Sir 
You sum to have mistook the person referred to in my letter of the 31st ult, the person referred to is Hannah Slawson widow of Nathan deceased late of the town of Poundridge.   She never has been placed on the pension Roll but made application last Spring the papers were presented at your office by Hon. J.H. Anderson M.C. In letter of the 12th June last you stated that the aggregate of 7 months 9 days services were shewn to have been performed by Nathan Slawson for which his widow Hannah Slawson now receives a pension under the act of June 17th 1844. as I have been unable to ascertain the amount of pension she is entitled. You will please inform as soon as may be convenient 
Your humble servt. 
W. Lockwood 
J. L Edwards Esq 
18 Dec 44
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Comptrollers Office, Connecticut Hartford April 29 1846} 
On application for evidence of the service of Nathan Slawson in the Revolutionary war, I have examined the documents in this office relating to that war, and do not find any payrolls of the companies commanded by Capt John Carter and Capt Eli Read, nor of any of the companies composing Col. John Meads Regt. but in the pay Table Books find the following entries: 
August 20 1776. Col John Mead S r 
To Cash paid you by Jesse Root Esqr in acct for your Regt Militia to New York --- 500-0-0
Februy 20, 1778 United States S r 
To order on Treasurer for Col John Mead for sundry Services done by Regt of Militia as for Rolls --  585-19-0 ½ 
Feb 21 1778 War S r 
To order on Treasurer for Col John Mead for amount sundry payrolls for his Regt for Guarding sea coast &c 1378.9.9 ½ 
from the above entries it appears that Col John Mead exhibited to the pay Table Committee the amount due his Regt and drew on the Treasurer for the same 
A Carrington, Comptroller
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Payment to be made at Albany by 
Thos W. Olcott Esq 
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of New York 
Issue Certificate at  $46.66 per annum 
Payable on the 4th September and 4th March 
Pr 2 Feby 48 deducting what has been paid at 24.33 if any 
Recorded in the Pension Office on the of an Roll of Pensioners under act February 20,1848, Page 186 Vol 4
Leo Jenkins
Hon William Nelson House of Reps.
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WAR DEPARTMENT. 
WIDOW'S PENSION. 
I certify that in conformity with the act of February 2, 1848, Hannah Slawson widow of Nathan Slawson who was a Private in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of twenty four dollars and thirty three cents per annum, commencing on the 4th of March, 1848, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage. 
Given at the War Office of the United States this 11th day of September one thousand eight hundred and forty eight  
J. G. Mason 
Acting Secty of War
Examined and Countersigned. J.L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions. 
By F. S. Evans
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No 1945
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Albany Pension Agency 
Decr 23d 1848 
James L. Edwards Esquire
Commiss of Pensions 
Sir 
By your letter of the 19th inst. we are instructed to pay Hannah Slawson, widow of Nathan Slawson, under the act of 17th June 1844 & 2 Feb 1848, at the increase to $ 46.66.
Mrs. Slawson's name is not on our roll under the act of 17 June 1844, and we were instructed by your letter of the 27th Sept. last to strike her from the roll of 1848.
The apprehend there must be some mistake in her case and request you further instruction, in regard to it. 
I am Sir, very respectfully your obed Sevt 
Thos W. Olcott 
Pension Agt for L. Jenkins
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House of Rep 2 Feby 1849 
Sir
It seems that the Pensions to which Hannah Slawson Widow of Nathan Slawson & Mary Smith widow of Daniel Smith are entitled under the act of the last session, were made payable in Albany instead of the City of N. York where their pensions were made payable under the former acts.  I have supposed that their pensions are now made payable at Albany instead of N. York by mistake or inadvertence.  These widows both reside in Westchester County and have easy & frequent access to the City of N. York, whilst they are subject to considerably inconveniences & expense if compelled to send to Albany for their pensions.  
I am desired to request the Commr of Pensions to cause the place of payment to be changed to the City of New York - Will the
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Commr of Pensions cause this to be done & let me know when it is done, or if any thing is required to be done or the part of the widow to have this change made.  Be good enough to let me know what it is & it will be done. The last Certificate to these windows I believe were issued in Sept. last 
Respectfully 
Your obt svt W. Nelson
J. L. Edwards Comr of Pensions
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HS
Ad
30244
Admitted
Wm. Lockwood
Poundridge N. Y.
Page 66

State of New York 
Westchester County }ss On this 16th day of August 1848 personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid Hannah Slawson a resident of the town of Pound Ridge in the County of Westchester aged eighty eight years who being by me duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 22nd February 1848 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of Nathan Slawson who was a private in the Army of the Revolution and she does not recollect the name of the Colonel who commanded the regiment he served in.  That she received a pension under the act of congress passed the 17th June 1844 at the rate of twenty four dollars and thirty three cents. She further declares that she is still a widow.  
* The word cents was interlined before executing the above 
Hannah Slawson her mark  
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me 
William [unreadable]
State of New York, 
COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER, ss. 
I MUNSON I. LOCKWOOD, Clerk of the County aforesaid, and also Clerk of the Court in and for said County, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That William Lockwood Esquire, whose name is subscribed to the Certificate of the proof or acknowledgment of the annexed Instrument, and endorsed thereon, was, on the day of the date of the said Certificate, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the said County, residing in the said County, commissioned and sworn, and duly authorised to take the same, according to the laws of the said State. And further, that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice, and verily believe that the signature to the said Certificate is genuine. 
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said County Courts, the Eighteenth day of August 1848 
Munson I Lockwood Clerk
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State of New York 
Westchester County} ss On this 16th day of August 1848 personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid Hannah Slawson a resident of the town of Pound Ridge in the County of Westchester aged eighty eight years who being by me duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 22nd February 1848 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of Nathan Slawson who was a private in the army of the Revolution and she does not recollect the name of the Colonel who commanded the regiment he served in.  That she received a pension under the act of Congress passed the 17th June 1844 at the rate of twenty four dollars and thirty three cents. She further declares that she is still a widow.   
The word cents was interlined before executing the above 
Hannah Slawson her mark 
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me 
William Lockwood 
Justice of the peace  
I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Hannah Slawson and that she is a person of good moral character that her statements are entitled to the fullest credit 
William Lockwood Justice of the peace
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State of New York 
Westchester County} ss. On his 16th day of January in the year 1834 personally appeared before me Ezra Lockwood one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County Levi Tuttle of New Canaan in the County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut who being by me duly sworn according to Law doth de pose and say- That he is well acquainted with Nathan Slawson of Poundridge named in the annexed application and has been acquainted with him during and since the Revolutionary war. That the deponent well remembers that the said Nathan Slawson was a soldier in Capt. Eli Read's Company and the deponent served with him four months or upwards. That the said Nathan was in the service at other times and under other officers which whose names the deponent does not now recollect during the two succeeding campaigns and as the deponent believes, as he well recollects that he frequently saw said Nathan in the American service under arms at different places. That he saw the said Nathan in the service at a place called Saw Pit and at other places in Westchester County but does not recollect the names of the officers or the exact period of service.
Levi Tuttle 
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid before me 
Ezra Lockwood one of the Judges &c of Westchester County. 
I do certify that Levi Tuttle who has subscribed and sworn to the above affidavit is a credible person and that his statement is entitled to credit 
Ezra Lockwood Judge Westchester Co
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State of New York 
Westchester County} ss On this sixteenth day of January in the year of our Lord 1834 Personally appeared before me Ezra Lockwood one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County Nehemiah Lockwood of New Canaan in the County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut aged sixty three years who being by me duly sworn according to Law, doth depose and say that he is well acquainted with Nathan Slawson named in the annexed application, and has known him for nearly sixty years. That the said Nathan Slawson was hired as a laborer by the father of this deponent in the Summer of the year 1778. That the deponent well remembers that the said Nathan was drafted as a private soldier in the summer of that year and marched with an Officer to join the American service. That the said Nathan was engaged in guarding in the field at the time he was called for and the deponent has no recollection of his returning that season. The deponent has no recollection of the name of the Captain of the Company to which he belonged.
Nehemiah Lockwood
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid before me Ezra Lockwood one of the Judges in & for Westchester County 
I do certify that I am well acquainted with Nehemiah Lockwood who has subscribed and sworn to the above deposition and that he is a credible person and his statement entitled to full credit 
Ezra Lockwood Judge &c
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State of New York 
West Chester County} ss I Nathaniel Bayles Clerk the County of Westchester State of New York do hereby certify that Ezra Lockwood before whom the foregoing affidavits of Nehemiah Lockwood and Levi Tuttle were sworn to, and whose name is subs scribed to the Jurats thereto and the certificate of character following was on the day of the dates thereof a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County duly appointed and sworn, and that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of said Judge and believe the several signatures subscribed aforesaid as his are genuine 
In witness whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said County this 27th day of January 1834 
N Bayles Clerk
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Nov 27 46
Ser
Hannah Slawson
Pound Ridge
Mar 24
J. L. Edwards Esqr
Commr of Pensions
Washington D. C.
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Pound Ridge Nov. 21. 1844 
Sir
In your letter of the 28th September last informing me that Hannah Slawson widow of Nathan Slawson is entitled to a pension of $24.33 per annum - please send me a certificate for that amt that she may draw her pay.   
I am very respectfully Your Obt Servt 
Wm. Lockwood
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645  April 1 1845  Poundridge Mch 26/45
Han. Slawson
Pension Office
July 4 1836
[unreadable]
March 27
Free
Wm. L. M.C. 
Senate
Washington
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Free 
W. L. Marcy Esq. 
Secretary at War 
Washington City D. C.
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Poundridge March 26. 1845 
W. L. Marcy Esq 
Sir 
I here enclose the declaration &c of Hannah Slawson W. of Nathan Slawson dec’d in order to obtain a pension for her.  
Please inform me as soon as convenient what action is had upon it-- and say much oblige 
Your humble servt 
William Lockwood
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Washington 8th Dec. 1848 
Sir 
I respectfully call your attention to the inclosed cases for Pensions to Widows of Revolution soldiers  
Respectfully Wm. Nelson
- J. L. Edwards
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63.684
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Pound Ridge April 10th 1855 
L. P. Waldo Esq 
Dear Sir 
Please find enclosed, five declarations of widows for bounty lands, any communication you may wish to make to please direct to Poundridge, this I shall mail at White Plains.  
I make this statement because some time, I have letters directed to the place where mailed mine instead of place of residence 
Very Respectfully yours 
William Lockwood
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June 4 1846
Addl to case
Hannah Slawson
No
Hannah Slawson
Widow of Nathan
NY
Act 17 June 1844
Hon Joseph H. Anderson H.R.
This case must be add’l 43 as 38 – she is the widow of Nathan of NY – get No. May 30 Wm. Lockwood [unreadable] Act 36
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State of New York 
Westchester County } ss 
Be it known, that before me Robert S. Hart first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County aforesaid personally appeared Hannah Slawson and made oath, in due form of law, that she is the widow of Nathan Slawson who was a private in the militia in the Revolutionary War. That she is unable to give further documentary or other evidence of the service of the said Nathan Slawson than is contained in the declaration and proofs annexed thereto, made by said Nathan and presented to the Secretary of war upon which he obtained a Pension Certificate granting him a pension of forty six Dollars and sixty six cents per annum during his natural life, to which the affiant begs leave to refer except the proof hereto annexed.  The affiant further declares that she was married to the said Nathan on or about the 25th day of October 1782.   That she has no other record or proof of said Marriage than was contained in her family Bible and which was annexed to her application for a Pension and presented more than a year ago to which she also begs leave to refer.  
That she was aged 86 years on the 22d day of October last.   That the said Nathan Slawson died on December the 18th day of 1844. That she has not intermarried but continues to be a widow. That she now resides in Poundridge in the said County of Westchester and has resided there for the space of sixty two years past; that previous thereto she resided in New Canaan Connecticut.  
That she now makes this affidavit for the purpose of drawing a Pension under the act of Congress passed on the 17th of June 1844 entitled "an act to continue the Pensions of certain widows” – 
Hannah Slawson her mark
Sworn to & subscribed on this 22d day of May 1846 before me 
Robert S. Hart First Judge of Westchester Court of Common Pleas
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State of New York, 
Westchester County, SS 
I, Robert S. Hart, first judge of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do hereby certify, that Hannah Slawson, the applicant within named cannot from bodily [unreadable]
State of New York, 
County of Westchester. } ss 
I MUNSON I. LOCKWOOD, of the County aforesaid, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That Robert S. Hart or whose name is subscribed to the Certificate of the proof or acknowledgment of the annexed Instrument, and endorsed thereon, was, on the day of the date of the said certificate Judge of a Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County, residing in the said County, commissioned and sworn, and duly authorised to take the same. And further, that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Judge and verily believe that the signature to the said Certificate is genuine, and that Judges of the degree of Counsellor of the Supreme Court 
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said county on the Twenty sixth day of May 1866 
Munson I Lockwood Clerk
June 4 1846
No. Hannah Slawson widow of Nathan NY act 17 June 1844
Add’l to case
Hannah Slawson
Hon Joseph H. Anderson
HR
This case must be addl 43 as 38 – she is the widow of Nathan of NY – get No.
May 30 Wm. Lockwood judge
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State of New York, 
Westchester County, SS. 
I, Robert S. Hart, First Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do hereby certify, that Hannah Slawson, the applicant within named cannot from bodily infirmity attend the Court for the purpose of making her declaration &c 
Robert S. Hart First Judge of Westchester County Court of Com. Pleas 
June 4 1846  
No. Hannah Slawson widow of Nathan NY act 17 June 1844 
Add’l to case Hannah Slawson 
Hon Joseph H. Anderson HR 
This case must be addl 43 as 38 – she is the widow of Nathan of NY – get No. May 30 Wm. Lockwood judge
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Declaration
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State of New York 
County of Westchester} ss On this twenty fourth day of October one thousand eight Hundred and forty eight before me William Lockwood a Justice of the Peace in and for said County personally appeared Hannah Slawson Aged eighty nine years the twenty second Instant Oct,  who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to Obtain the benefit of the Resolution of Congress of July 1st 1848.   That she is the widow of Nathan Slawson who in his life time was a pensioner of the United States at the rate of forty six Dollars and sixty six cents per Annum under the Act of June 7th 1832.   That she now receives a pension at the rate of twenty four Dollars and thirty three cents per annum under the act of February 2nd on 1848 and she now claims the same amount in as was received by her husband as aforesaid as well as the arrears of pension due her under the Act of the 17th of June 1844 In support of which claim she refers the pension Department to the evidence on file in that office and to the Resolution aforesaid, she further declares that she is now a widow 
Hannah Slawson her mark
Subscribed and sworn to before me her this 24th day of October 1848 
William Lockwood  Justice of the peace 
State of New York, COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER, ss. 
I, MUNSON I. LOCKWOOD, Clerk of the County aforesaid, and also Clerk of the Courts, in and for said County, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That William Lockwood Eqr whose name is subscribed to the Certificate of the proof or acknowledgment of the annexed Instrument, and endorsed thereon, was, on the day of the date of the said certificate, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the said County, residing in the said County, commissioned and sworn, and duly authorised to take the same, according to the laws of the said State. And, further, that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the Justice, and verily believe that the signature to the said Certificate is genuine. 
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said County Courts, the First day of November 1848 
M. I. Lockwood Clerk
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State of New York 
County of Westchester} ss On this twenty fourth day of October one thousand eight Hundred and forty eight before me William Lockwood a Justice of the Peace in and for said County personally appeared Hannah Slawson Aged eighty nine years the twenty second Instant Oct,  who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to Obtain the benefit of the Resolution of Congress of July 1st 1848.   That she is the widow of Nathan Slawson who in his life time was a pensioner of the United States at the rate of forty six Dollars and sixty six cents per Annum under the Act of June 7th 1832.   That she now receives a pension at the rate of twenty four Dollars and thirty three cents per annum under the act of February 2nd on 1848 and she now claims the same amount in as was received by her husband as aforesaid as well as the arrears of pension due her under the Act of the 17th of June 1844 In support of which claim she refers the pension Department to the evidence on file in that office and to the Resolution aforesaid, she further declares that she is now a widow 
Hannah Slawson her mark
Subscribed and sworn to before me her this 24th day of October 1848 
William Lockwood  
Justice of the peace 
I certify that the Declarant is personally known to me and that she is the identical person above named.  
William Lockwood
Justice of the Peace
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from Wm. Valentine
Albany NY
Declaration
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Rep’d [reported]
New York 302. 
Hannah Slawson widow of Nathan Slawson who was a Private in the Conn Troops 
Husb. died 19th Decr 1844. 
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 24 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 19th day of December, 1844. 
Certificate of Pension issued the 30th day of Nov. 1846 and sent to Wm. Lockwood Poundridge N.Y. 
[Act of JUNE 17, 1844.] 
Recorded in Book  A   Vol. 2   Page 86.