Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File [BLANK], Nathan Hoit, Mass.
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SERVICE
Mass.

[star drawn above name]
Hoit, Nathan

NUMBER
no papers on file.

CONTENTS
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Mass.
Hoit, Nathan
no papers on file

The New Hampshire Agency book shows as follows:
Nathan Hoit, Lieutenant, Certificate No. 7321, dated March 5, 1819 rate of pension $20 per month, commenced April 24, 1818. died January 6, 1820. Act Mar. 18, 1818.
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The list of 1835, shows under Act Mar.18,1818, Strafford Co. N.H. Nathan Hoit, Lieutenant, annual allowance $240. sums received $408. Service Massachusetts Continental Line, placed on pension roll March 5, 1819, commencement of pension April 24, 1818. age 62 died January 6, 1820
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No papers found for above pension, and they must have been lost before 1860, as his name is not recorded on the two-letter combination books of all old war claims which were made in 1870.
AE Wilson, July 24 1924 Rev. War Section
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Wolfeboro NH
March 19, 1939

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Veterans Administration,
Washington D.C.

Gentlemen;
I would like the date and place of birth of Nathan [underlined] Hoit [/underlined] a Revolutionary Officer; also, the date and place of [underlined] death [/underlined]. Thanks very much.
Yours truly,
E.H. Mattison

[circular stamp that says received]
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Rev. and 1828
Wara Section

September 23, 1927

Henry D. Warren
Kendal Green, P.O. Box 58
Mass

Sir:
I have to advise you from the records of this Bureau, it appears that Nathan Hoit served as Lieutenant in the Massachusetts Continental Line, War of the Revolution, for which services he was allowed pension from, March 5, 1819, at which time he was living in Strafford County, New Hampshire, and aged sixty-two years.
He died January 6, 1820.
The date and place of his birth are not on record. There are no further data as to his ser-vices and no data as to his family.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.
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[stamp of the Society of the Cincinnati, an eagle with olive branches]

Society of the Cincinnati
in the State of New Hampshire

September 16, 1927.

Hon. Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

My dear Mr. Commissioner:
In order to verify our official records, we would appreciate it very much if you would send us the military record in the Revolutionary War of Lieutenant Nathan Hoit as set forth in his application for a pension for said service. He was granted a pension March 5, 1819, and he died January 6, 1820. His place of residence was Moulton-borough (?), Strafford County, New Hampshire. We are par-ticularly anxious to obtain, if possible, [cross out] [handwritten insert] from [/handwritten insert] the papers the place and date of his birth.
Thanking you for your previous favors to us, and hoping for an early reply, I remain,
Yours respectfully,
Henry D. Warren
Assistant Secretary

P.O. Box 58
Kendal Green 
Massachusetts

[circular stamp reading U.S. PENSION OFFICE SEP 17 1927]
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May 16, 1939

BA-J/AWF
Nathan Hoit
Revolutionary War

Mr. E.H. Mattison
Wolfeboro
New Hampshire

Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Nathan Hoit, officer in the Revolutionary War, from New Hamp-shire.
The records of this office show that Nathan Hoit was a Lieutenant in the Massachusetts Line, War of the Revolution.
He was allowed pension on account of this service, under the Act of March 18, 1818, at which time he was aged about sixty-two years, and a resident of Strafford County, New Hampshire.
He died January 6, 1820.
The date and place of birth of Nathan Hoit are not given, nor are there any data in regard to his family.
In order to obtain the name and address of the person who received the last payment of this pension, you should address The Comptroller Gen-eral, General Accounting Office, Records Division, This city, and furnish the following data:
Nathan Hoit, certificate #7321, issued March 5,
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1819, rate $20.00 per month, commenced April 24, 1818, Act of March 18, 1818, [handwritten] N. H. Agency [/handwritten]
Very truly yours
A.D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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[typed form filled in with handwriting]
THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12-9-41

Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*

NAME Hoit, Nathan GRADE Private LINE New Hampshire

WARRANT NUMBER 3199 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Dec, 24, 1799 to Jonathan Case, assignee

*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subse-quent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.