Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 10204, for Nathan Munn Lounsberry, Connecticut
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(3-1776)

SERVICE 
Conn.
Continental

Lounsberry, Nathan Munn
Sarah W.

NUMBER
W.10204
B.L.Wt. 510_160_55

CONTENTS
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Nov 18 1878 sent Claim for reimbursement to Wm S Weeks, East Clarenden Vermont  W.T[?]

Died 20 Sept, 1878.

6.149

Vermont Burlington
Sarah W. Lounsberry
widow of Nathan M Lounsberry
who served in the Revolutionary
N.Y.
war, as a private of artillery

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 100 dollars 00 cents per annum, to commence on the ["3d February 1853" crossed out]
26th April 1857.

Certificate of Pension issued 15th day of June 1857 and sent to  W.H. Smith
Rutland Vt:

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 3, 1853, Page 180. Vol. H
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33005
Vol. L. - 121.

2473 Act March 3 /55
Rec[?] March 17/55

Nathan M. Lounsbury
Private

Capt Joseph Thomas
Col John Lamb
US Conn Mil 

Ent abt 1st June 1780
Dis " " " 1783
War of the Revolution


Admit for 160 acres
May  1"/55
Boynton.

Warrant No 510 Issd May 1/55

Wm. T. Nichols [written over "Nicholas"]
Rutland
VT
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W.T. Nichols July 5 1855

4 Sept 1856

33,005
Vermont Burlington
Nathan M. Lounsberry 
of Rutland Co. in the State of Vt. who was a pri of Artillery in the ----- commanded by Captain ----- of the ---- commanded by ----- in the Revolution ["line" crossed out] for two years

Inscribed on the Roll of Burlington at the rate of 100 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 5th day of April 1852 and sent to  
Hon A.L. Miner 
H of R

Arrears to the 4th of 
Semi-anl. allowance ending
deducting former payments under act 18' March 1818, at $96 per annum

{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }

Recorded by H.R. Weightman Clerk,
Book E. 2 Vol. 31 Page 82
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2473
Claim of Nathan M Lounsberry
TO
BOUNTY LAND.

ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.

War of the Revolution

PRESENTED BY
W. T. NICHOLS,
Attorney, Rutland, Vt.
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[printed form, blanks filled by hand]

FORM OF DECLARATION FOR SURVIVING OFFICER OR SOLDIER.
State of Vermont COUNTY OF Rutland } ss.
On this twelfth day of March A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me William S. Weeks Justice of the Peace duly authorized to administer oaths within and for the County and State aforesaid Nathan M. Lounsbury [Lounsberry] aged ninety-nine years, a resident of Clarendon in the State of Vermont who being duly sworn, according to law, declares that he is the identical person who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Joseph Thomas  in the Second Regiment of Artillery, commanded by Col. John Lamb ['in the war' lined thru] in the orps of Artillery of which Gen'l Knox was Major Commandant in the Revolutionary war.
That he enlisted at Farmington, Conn. on or about the first day of June A. D. 1780 for the term of three years and continued in actual service in said war for the term of three years and was honorably discharged at West Point on or about the first day of June A. D. 1783 ['on account of' lined thru] as will appear by the muster rolls of said Company.

He makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which he may be entitled under the "act granting [granting] additional Bounty Land to certain officers and soldiers who have been engaged in the military service of the United States," approved March 3d, 1855.
He further declares that he has not received a warrant for Bounty Land under any  act of Congress, nor made any application, therefor, other than the one now presented.
[signed] Nathan M Lounsberry

Sworn to and subscribed before me, the day and year above written; and I certify that I believe the said Nathan M Lounsberry who signed and executed the above declaration, and is now present, to be the identical man who served as aforesaid, and that he is of the age above stated, and that I have no interest in said claim.
[signed] Wm S. Weeks Justice of the Peace.

State of Vermont, COUNTY OF Rutland } ss.
Personally appeared John C. Fenton and Elijah Sherman citizens of the said County and State aforesaid, who being duly sworn, depose and say that they are personally acquainted with Nathan M. Lounsbury, and that he is the person now present who signs and executes the within declaration.
[signed] John C. Tenter
[signed Elijah Sherman 

Sworn to and subscribed before me this twelfth day of March 1855 and I certify that the said John C Preston and Elijah Sherman are credible and respectable citizens.
[signed]  Wm S. Weeks Justice of the Peace
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[printed form, blanks filled byhand]

Know all Men by these presents, That I Nathan M Lounsberry of Clarendon County of Rutland and State of Vermont, have constituted and appointed W. T. NICHOLS, Esq., of Rutland, Vt., my true and lawful attorney, irrevocably, for me and in my name, to prosecute and receive from the United States the Bounty Land certificate, or warrant, due me under existing laws granting Bounty Lands for services rendered in the United States, in the different wars, and generally to do all lawful acts and things whatsoever touching the premises, and an attorney or attorneys under him, for the purpose aforesaid to make, and at his pleasure to revoke, hereby confirming all and whatsoever my said attorney shall in my name legally do or cause to be done in the premises.

In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal, this twelfthday of March 1855
[signed] Nathan Munn Lounsberry [Seal affixed at right]

Acknowledged and subscribed before me, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Rutland this 12th day of March 1855.
[signed] Wm. S. Weeks Justice of the Peace.

STATE OF Vermont County of Rutland } ss.
I hereby certify that I Wm. S. Weeks Esq., before whom the within declaration, affidavit, and
power of attorney, were made and executed, and who has thereunto subscribed his name, was at the time of so doing, a Justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn, and that his signature is genuine.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto signed my name and affixed the seal of the Rutland County Court for the County aforesaid, this 14th day of March 1855.
[signed] F. W. Hopkinson

[Illegible Court Seal affixed at left

[printed form, on edge]
2473
Claim of Nathan M Lounsberry
TO
BOUNTY LAND.
ACT OF MARCH 2, 1855.
War of the Revolution
PRESENTED BY
W. T. NICHOLS,
Attorney, Rutland, Vt.

NOTES.
The declaration to be before a Justice of the Peace, or other officer authorized to administer oaths for general purposes.
State in what war, whether in the war with Great Britain, declared by the United States, on the 18th day of June, 1812, or either of the Indian wars, naming the same.
Then will follow the words " that he " whether the officer or soldier enlisted, volunteered, or was drafted.
If the claimant has presented his discharge with his former application which he made under any former acts, or had no discharge, let him state the facts in this declaration.
If the soldier rendered service in different wars, let him set forth each service fully in his declaration.
The affidavit of two witnesses must be taken to establish the identity of the claimant.
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STATE OF VERMONT, 
County of Rutland, ss. 
ON this 7th day of June 1825 personally appeared before the County Court for said county of Rutland in open court, (said court being a court of record, agreeably to the laws of this state, having the power of fine and imprisonment, &c.) Nathan M. Lounsbury resident in said county, aged 68 years, who being duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of Congress of the 18th March, 1818, and the 1st May, 1820, that he, the said Lounsberry enlisted for the term of three years on the 20th day of June in the year 1779 in the state of Connecticut in the company commanded by Captain J Thomas in the regiment commanded by Colonel John Lamb, Artillery in the line of the state of Connecticut & N York on the ----------- continental establishment; that he continued to serve in the said corps until June 1782 when he was discharged from the said service, in Westpoint [West Point] in the state of Newyork [New York] ["that his name has been placed on the pension list, and dropt therefrom on account of his property." crossed out] 
And in pursuance of the act of the 1st May, 1820, I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary war,” passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts, due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.
 3 Shaves[?] 1. ax, 1 barrell [barrel], 1 Clok[?] [clock?], 3 plains[], 3 kettles, 1 pot, 1 Spider, 3 platters, 12 plates, 2 bowls, 5 spoons, 3 knives, & forks, 4 Cups & Saucers, 1 tumbler, 1 teapot, 1 pr. Andirons, Shovel & tongs, 1 old hand saw, 1 Chest, 1 old Scythe, 1 old Shovel, 1 tub, 2 pails, 1 broken looking glass, 4 chairs, 1 table, 1 bible, my occupation is that of a Cooper, but from old age and the loss of my Eye Sight & want[?] of tools I am unable the work but very little, my family consists of my wife named Sally aged 29 years health pretty good, that he has no other evidence of his said services than what accompanies this declaration that he had no more property on the 18th March 1818 nor has he since had then what is contained in the above Schedule that he made application to be placed on the pension ["That since the exhibition of my first schedule, the following changes have been made in my property." crossed out] list in 1818 but owing to the difficulty of procuring proof of his services he has been unable to procure his name inserted on the pension list
Nathan M Lounsbury

Sworn to and declared on the 7th day of June 1825 before sd Court R. Pierpoint Clk 
I, Robert Pierpoint clerk of Rutland County Court do hereby certify, that it appears to the satisfaction of the court, that the said Nathan M Lounsbury did serve in the Revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months, under one engagement, on the continental establishment. I also certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the records of the said court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is Twelve dollars and [blank]
["cents" crossed out]
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, on this 26th day of Jany 1826
R. Pierpoint
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State of Vermont 
Rutland County ss -
On this 27th day of March AD 1852 Personally appeared in open Court before the Honorable Court of Chancery within & for the County of Rutland afsd. now sitting Nathan M. Lounsberry a resident of Clarendon in sd Rutland County aged 96 years who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States on the 27 of June 1780 he thinks, & served in the army for the period of about three years & four months- that his captain was Joseph Thomas, and his service was in Col. John Lambs Regiment (from Connecticut)
That he was a private of artillery and his service in Connecticut & New York mainly and was discharged by Gen. Washington at West Point N.Y-
That he made his declaration for a pension under act of 18 March 1818 before Hon Amos Thompson, Judge of the County Court in this Rutland County, and thinks his declaration afsd. was made in the year AD 1818.
That he was then & has ever since been very poor & thinks he was entitled to his pension from the date of his application under the laws of Congress as they were & have ever since existed & been enacted. That he was placed on the pension roll of this state and a pension Certificate issued to him of the date of February 4, 1826 granting him a pension of
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Eight dollars per month commencing the 26th day of January AD 1826, under acts of Congress of the 18 March 1818 May 1st 1820 and March 1, 1823- That he continued to draw his sd pension till the fall of 1834, & the discovery of the frauds of Mr. Temple- when his pension was suspended and so remained suspended till the 16th day of Oct 1835 when the war department ordered the Pension Agent at Burlington Vermont to resume payment of my pension at the decreased[?] rate of $8. per month- since which last named date I have been in the receipt of my pension at the rate of $96- per annum-
The Declarant further says that he was in no manner cognizant of or connected with any frauds or dishonest practices of Robert Temple and that he is not aware of the existence of any wrongs or improper conduct of sd Temple in the matter of his this declarants pension & that this declarant ought not to suffer on account of anothers wrongs in a matter with which this declarant had no connection-
He further says that the Seminnual payment due this applicant on the 4th day of Sept 1834 was drawn by the sd. Robert Temple & was in his sd Temples possession & not paid over to this declarant when sd. Temple died, & this Declarant was at the time informed & supposes it to be true that the United States Government seized the moneys of sd. Temple with his other Estate and among the rest the Semi Annual payment belonging to this Declarant, and this Declarant has never received that Semi Annual payment nor has this Declarant ever received his pension during the time he was suspended as afsd. &
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State of Vermont 
Rutland County ss 
On this 4th day of June AD 1857 personally appeared in open Court before the Honorable Court of Chancery within & for the County of Rutland afsd. now sitting in Rutland in sd. County it being a court of record Sarah W. Lounsberry a resident of Clarendon in sd. Rutland County Aged 60 years, first[?] who being duly sworn according to law on her oath makes the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions of the act of Congress passed on the 3d day of February 1853, And the other laws of the United States relative to pensions to widows of Revolutionary Soldiers married since the first of January 1800- That She is the widow of Nathan M. Lounsberry late of sd. Clarendon deceased who was a pensioner of the United States at the rate of $100 per annum, under the act of 7th June 1832 That his Certificate now in her possession is number "33085" And he drew his present at the Burlington Vermont Agency She further declares that she was married to the sd. Nathan M. Lounsberry in Troy New York by a Justice of the Peace by name of John Woodworth, on the 10th day of January 1825. That the sd. Justice she is informed is long since deceased & she cannot hear that he left any record of her sd. marriage. That the has a family bible record of sd. event made by her sd hus[band] in his own hand writing in his family bible which she now has & produces in sd. Court. Which record is in [illegible] words & figures towit [to wit] "Sarah W. Vanderhyden was born November the 4th, 1796 - and was married to Nathan M. Lounsberry January 10th, 1825-" that her name before her sd. marriage was Sarah W. Vanderhyden- She further declares that her sd husband Nathan M. Lounsberry died at Clarendon afsd. on the 26th day of April 1857 aged 10 years & 8 months-
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That she was not married to him prior to the 2d of January 1800, but was at the time above stated She further declares that she has not intermarried since the death of her sd. husband & is now a widow- For proof of his service she refers to Evidence now on file in the pension office- 
Sarah W. her X mark Lounsberry
Witness W H Smith 
Almira Shearman 
Subscribed & Sworn to in open Court before sd. Court of Chancery on the day & year first above writte 
F. W. Hopkins Clerk of sd Court of Chancery- 
And on the same day also appeared in open Court before sd. Court of Chancery Almira Shearman of sd Rutland a credible person, & being duly sworn says that She is the daughter of Nathan M. Lounsbury by a former marriage that She was present on the 10th day of January 1825 in Troy New York & Saw the sd Nathan M. Lounsbury & the sd. Sarah W. Vanderhyden now the same Sarah W. Lounsbury, who made the foregoing declaration, duly join in marriage by John Woodworth then a Justice of the peace said on sd [illegible]. That the sd. Justice died some fifteen years ago & She is not aware that any one then present but herself & sd. Sarah are now living- That the sd. Nathan M. & Sarah W. Lounsbury from the time of sd. marriage till the 26th day of April 1857 lived & cohabited together as husband & wife. And on that day the sd. Nathan M. Lounsbury died at Clarendon Vermont. She was present at his burial & saw his corpse- That sd. Sarah W. Lounsbury is his widow & is still unmarried- 
Almira Shearman 
Subscribed & sworn in open Court before sd Court of Chancery on the 4th day of June 1857 by sd. Almira Shearman- 
F. W. Hopkins Clerk of sd Court
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And on the same day also appeared in open Court before sd. Court of Chancery Solomon Foot, George T. Hodges & Alansen [Alanson] Dyer All credible witnesses residents of sd. Rutland & being duly sworn deposed & said that they have severally been acquainted with Nathan M. Lounsbury named on Pension Certificate No "33.005" under act 7 June 1832, And with Sarah W. Lounsbury who has made the foregoing declaration for about twenty five or more years past, and that during all of that time they have lived together  & been reputed & believed to be lawful husband & wife. That sd. Nathan is said to have died & they so believe on the 26th of April 1857. and sd. Dyer Swears that on that day he saw the corpse of sd. Nathan M. Lounsbury at sd. Clarendon, And all depose that sd. Sarah W. Lounsbury is his widow & has not married since his sd. death- That they have examined the family record of sd. Nathan M. Lounsbury an item of which is truly & correctly copied into the above declaration of sd. Sarah W. Lounsbury. That the sd. record is made in a bible published in 1793, is mingled with other family records of sd Lounsbury & is apparently genuine & should receive full credit as such, regularly made long since by sd. Nathan M. Lounsbury- 
Solomon foot
George T Hodges
Alanson Dyer
Subscribed & sworn to in open Court before sd. Court of Chancery on the 4th day of June 1857 by the sd. Solomon Foot, Geo. T. Hodges & Alansen [Alanson] Dyer. All of whom are credible persons- 
F. W. Hopkins Clerk of sd Court of Chany-
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State of Vermont
County of Rutland ss
I, F.W. Hopkins Clerk of the Hon. Court of Chancery within & for the County of Rutland afsd. which is a Court of Record, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of sd. Court in the matter of the application of Sarah W. Lounsbury for a pension and that the foregoing declaration & testimony was taken & sworn to in open Court before sd Court of Chancery at the session thereof this day in sd Rutland That the original family record of sd. Lounsbury apparently made long since & genuine is truly & correctly copied in sd declaration 
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of sd. Court of Chancery this 4th day of June 1857
F. W. Hopkins Clerk of sd Court of Chancery
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BA-J/ILL
Nathan Munn Lounsberry
W. 10204
Miss Mary W. Ellis
12 Harvard Street
Springfield, Vermont.
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Nathan Lounsberry who died April 26, 1857, and is buried in Rutland, Vermont.
The record of the above named soldier is furnished herein as found in the papers on file in pension claim, W. 10204, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
Nathan Munn Lounsberry enlisted sometime in June 1779, as private under Lieutenant Isaiah Thompson in Farmington, Connecticut, served in Captain Joseph Thomas' company, Colonel John Lamb's Regiment of Artillery, was in the Siege of Yorktown and at the surrender of Cornwallis, wintered at Philadelphia [wintered at Philadelphia crossed out], and was discharged at West Point, length of service three years.
The soldier stated that his father and four brothers served in the Revolutionary War, but he did not give the name of his father; the name of only one brother, David is shown, who lived in Southwick, Hampden County, Massachusetts, in 1823.
Nathan M. Lounsberry was allowed pension on his application executed June 7, 1825, at which time he resided in Rutland County, Vermont; in 1823[?], he resided in Wells, in said Rutland County; in 1835, he resided in Rutland, in that same county.
He died April 26, 1857, in Clarendon, Rutland County, Vermont, aged one hundred and one years, eight months; the date and place of his birth are not shown, nor the name of his mother.
Nathan M. Lounsberry married January 10, 1825, in Troy, New York,
[end of page letter]
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2.
[Letter continued from previous page]
Sarah W. Vanderhyden, who was born November 4, 1794; the place of her birth and names of her parents are not shown. Almire, soldier's daughter by a former marriage, was present at this marriage. The name of soldier's former wife, or date of that marriage are not shown. In 1857, Almira was living in Rutland, Vermont, her name then Almire Shearman. One Elijah Shearman was a resident of Rutland in 1855, no relationship to said Almira stated.
Sarah W. Lounsberry, the widow of the soldier, Nathan M. Lounsberry, was allowed pension on her application executed June 4, 1857, at which time she resided in Clarendon, Vermont. she died in North Clarendon, Vermont, September 20, 1878, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Wardwell, with whom she had lived about five years. It was stated that she was the last Revolutionary War pensioner of Vermont. No statement was made whether or not her husband was the last Revolutionary War soldier who received a pension while residing in that state.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER,
Assistant to Administrator.
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DIED.
LOUNSBERRY -- In North Clarendon, September 20, Mrs. Sarah W. Lounsberry, aged 87 years. 
She was the only remaining revolutionary pensioner in Vermont. She has drawn a pension of $100 since the death of her husband, Nathan Lounsberry, a corporal in the revolution army, who died at North Clarendon in 1857, at the age of 102 years. She has lived in the family of Mr. Joseph L. Wardwell for the past five years. She had, during that period, been unable to walk. Great credit is due Mr. and Mrs. Wardwell for their kindly care in making her last years comfortable. Her funeral was largely unattended, Rev. Mr. Morse officiating. The funeral was under the direction of William S. Weeks, Esq.

#6149
[illegible]rendon, Vt. Nov 13/78 
[illegible]issioner of Pensions. 
[illegible] Mrs. Sarah W. Lounsberry a [illegible]ensioner Died Sept. 20th 1878. her pension Certificate does not contain the number of it. recorded under the act of Feb. 3rd 1853 Page 180 Vol. H, as she drew her Pension Sept. 4th there is not a great sum due on it she had nothing but her Pension for her support, and as she was an invalid it did not pay Mr. Joseph L. Wardwell for her board, say nothing about her last sickness and funeral charges, she left no child or relative living as she knew of. please send to me the blanks &c necessary to obtain what there is due on her Pension, to help pay Mr. Wardwell in part for her coffin &c. As I have made out Mrs. Lounsberrys voucher &c. for the last ten years, Mr. Wardwell requests me
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#6149
East Clarendon, Vt. Nov 13/78
Hon. Commissioner of Pensions.
You see that Mrs. Sarah W. Lounsberry a revolutionary pensioner Died Sept. 20th 1878. her pension Certificate does not contain the number of it. recorded under the act of Feb. 3rd 1853 Page 180 Vol. H, as she drew her Pension Sept. 4th there is not a great sum due on it she had nothing but her Pension for her support, and as she was an invalid it did not pay Mr. Joseph L. Wardwell for her board, say nothing about her last sickness and funeral charges, she left no child or relative living as she knew of. please send to me the blanks &c necessary to obtain what there is due on her Pension, to help pay Mr. Wardwell in part for her coffin &c. As I have made out Mrs. Lounsberrys voucher &c. for the last ten years, Mr. Wardwell requests me 
[bottom of page illegible]
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Act Feby 3 1853
Sarah W. Lounsberry

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
NOV 15 1878 
PENSION OFFICE
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See letter to R Temple Aug. 17. 1833
do. to same Sept. 12. 1833
let Jesse Gove 26 Feby 1835
" H Allen 17 Oct 1835
" Jesse Gove 28 Oct [illegible]
" to E.F. Hodges 7 august 1845.
" Hon S Foot June 23d 1846
" Pierpoint 18 Mch 1852

19.568.
Vermont R[?]
Nathan M. Lounsberry
of Rutland Cy in the State of Vermont who was a private in the Compy commanded by Captain Thomas of the regiment commanded by Colonel Lamb in the New York line, for the term of three years from June 1779 to June 1782

Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 26 day of January 1826

Certificate of Pension issued the 4. of Feby 1826 and sent to R. Pierpont [Peirpoint] Esqr
Rutland Vermont.

Arrears to 4th of 
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 March 1826 $10,58
$10,58
18/32
2.58
8
------
$10.58

{Revolutionary claim, Acts March 18, 1818, and May 1, 1820.}
March 1. 1823
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2473
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
Received Mar. 17, 18["7" crossed out]55

Nathan M. Lounsberry
Capt. Joseph Thomas

Revolutionary War

Warrant No. 510
alld 160 acres may 1/55

W.L.[T.] Nichols
Rutland
Vt.
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Rolls-Lamb. for '81-
Claimants name Nathan Lounsberry
1 Jany '81 - rec'd
40£- for the year '80
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deponent was sent back to Williamsburgh, in charge and to take care of a Lieut. Burnside who had been wounded in the siege, and who died there of his wounds, and was buried by the side of General Scammel [Scammell], at the northwest corner of the Episcopal Church at that place. After burying Lt. Burnside deponent returned to Yorktown, and within a day or two, took shiping [shipping] with his Company, and returned to Wilmington, whence, we marched to Philadelphia, and took up winter quarters in the Brick Barracks, and remained there until towards Spring. Pretty early in the Spring, we went from there, up the river to Burlington, and lay there till into the latter part of Septr. or first part of October. From there we marched to West Point; where we remained, until discharged as heretofore related. 
And this deponent further testifies, that all the witnesses known to him, by whom he could prove the above mentioned services, are deceased, or removed to parts unknown to him 
Nathan M Lounsberry 

Rutland 15 Aug. 1835. Then personally appeared Nathan M. Lounsbury & made oath that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed is made agreeably to truth Before me S. Foot Justice Peace
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State of Vermont
Rutland County ss
I Robert Pierpoint Clerk of the County Court for the County of Rutland Certify that Solomon Foot is a Justice of the peace for said county duly commissioned and that his signatures to the foregoing certificates are genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court - at Rutland this 18th day of August A.D. 1835
R. Pierpoint
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Know all men by these presents that I Nathan M. Lounsbury of Clarendon in the County of Rutland and state of Vermont, now a pensioner of the United States, do hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint W. T. Nichols of Rutland in said county my true and lawful attorney irrevocably for me and in my name to prosecute my claim for additional or back pension to which I may be entitled under any of the laws of Congress or under any future act of Congress, general or special, and generally to do all lawful acts and things whatsoever touching the premises, an[?] [all?] attorney or attornies under him for the purpose aforesaid to make[?] and at his pleasure to revoke, hereby confirming all and whatsoever my said attorney shall in my name legally do or cause to be done in and about the premises as much so as if present myself 
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 20 day of June 1855

STATE OF VERMONT, 
COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE, 
RUTLAND, S. S. 
I, Fredrick W. Hopkins, Clerk of the County Court for the County of Rutland, being a court of record and having a seal, as here attached, do certify that Chas L. Williams Esq. was, at the date of the paper writings to which this is attached, and now is a JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, within and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified; that his signature to foregoing jurat and certificate is genuine; and that the said paper writings are executed according to the laws of this State, and are in due form; and that as such Officer, he is duly authorized by the laws of this State to take acknowledgements of Deeds and Depositions, and to administer oaths, &c. 

In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of Court, at Rutland, this 28th day of June Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and fifty- five 
HG Wood Deputy CLERK.
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Know all men by these presents that I Nathan M. Lounsbury of Clarendon in the County of Rutland and state of Vermont, now a pensioner of the United States, do hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint W. T. Nichols of Rutland in said county my true and lawful attorney irrevocably for me and in my name to prosecute my claim for additional or back pension to which I may be entitled under any of the laws of Congress or under any future act of Congress, general or special, and generally to do all lawful acts and things whatsoever touching the premises, an[?] [all?] attorney or attornies under him for the purpose aforesaid to make[?] and at his pleasure to revoke, hereby confirming all and whatsoever my said attorney shall in my name legally do or cause to be done in and about the premises as much so as if present myself
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 20 day of June 1855
Nathan Lounsberry

Acknowledged and subscribed before me a Justice of the peace in and for the county of Rutland and state of Vermont this 20th day of June 1855.
Chas. L. Williams Justice of the Peace
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Nathan M. Lounsberry
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Nathan L enlist Thomas Co 27 June 1780

Statement of Nathan M. Lounsbury of Rutland in the County of Rutland and State of Vermont, a Revolutionary Pensioner, inscribed on the pension Roll of the United States, the 4th day of February, 1826; made in conformity to letter of the Commissioner of Pensions dated the 17th of January 1835, addressed to Hon. Mr. Slade of the house of Representatives: 
I enlisted into the service of the United States on the 20th day of June, 1778, for three years, in Capt. Joseph Thomas' Company - Col. John Lamb's Regiment,- and continued in the service three years and four months- and was discharged by General Washington at West Point. I have lost my discharge, many years ago, and do not know now, nor never did know what became of it. 
When I first entered the service, I served six months in the Connecticut line; and my whole company was then transfered [transferred] to the New York line, in exchange for Sheldon's troop of Horse or light dragoons. 
The officers under whom I served were Col. Lamb, and Capt. Thomas, above named, and First Lt. Isaiah Thompson, and Second Lt. Alexander Clinton. 
I belonged to Connecticut while in the service. 
When I first enlisted, I went onto West Point, and remained there almost a year. I was there when Benedict Arnold went off to the British. From thence I marched to White Plains, and was in the action there. From there I marched to Virginia, and was present at the taking of Lord Cornwallis. From thence we returned to Philadelphia, and remained in the Brick Barracks during the winter. From thence we marched to Burlington in New Jersey. And from thence we marched to West Point- where I was discharged, as above stated. 
My whole service was in the Artillery, in the same Company and Regiment above named. 
The length of time I served I have stated before. When I made application for a pension, I resided in the township of Wells in the County of Rutland aforesaid; and I believe my declaration was sworn to before the Honble Amos Thompson, one of the Judges of the County Court, within and for said County of Rutland; and some of the
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papers were signed or certified by Robert Pierpoint Esqr. Clerk of said County Court.
The amount of pension per annum which I have drawn is ninety six dollars; and the last payment I received on the 4th of September, 1834.
Rutland, 16. February, 1835.
Nathan M. Lounsbeary

Witness present
Jesse Gove
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I David Lounsbeary of Southwick in the County of Hampden and Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age testify and say that my Brother Nathan M. Lownsbeary who now lives in Wells in the County of Rutland and State of Vermont enlisted as a Soldier on the Continental establishment in the Revolutionary War for the term of three years under Isaiah Thompson of Farmington in the State of Connecticut and served in the Company commanded by Capt. Joseph Thomas of Massachusetts, the time of my Brothers enlistment I do not now recollect but believe it was in the month of June 1779. I know that upon his enlistment he went into sd. service and was gone, and said to be in service during said term of three years - I saw him while he was in service at Yorktown, and at West Point and at several other places, soon after the expiration of the three years he returned home in his uniform- and I was in the service during the war I served in the Infantry and my sd. Brother Nathan M. in the Artillery, but during the ["term" crossed out] three years of his service I saw him frequently and know that he served his said term of three years.~ 
David Lounsbeary 

Hampden ss October 29th 1823. Personally appeared the sd. David Lounsbeary signer of the foregoing Instrument or Deposition and made solemn Oath that the same is true and I further Certify that the said David is to me known and is a person to be creditted [credited]~ 
Before me Edward Pynchon Justice of the Peace
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts 
Hampden County ss. 
I John Ingersoll Clerk of the Judicial Courts within & for said County of Hampden do Certify that Edward Pynchon is a Justice of the Peace within & for said County of Hampden and that full faith & credit is and ought to be given to all acts done by him in said Capacity and that the within signature is his proper hand writing - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the Court of Common Pleas this twenty ninth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight Hundred & twenty three 
John Ingersoll
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Nathan M. Lounsberry's Claim
April 11. 1835.

Comptroller of Connecticut
11. April. 1835.

[illegible]
Jesse Gove Esq
Rutland
Vermont

single

HAR[illegible]
APR 14
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State of Connecticut
Comptroller's Office
Hartford
11. April 1835
Jesse Gove Esqr
Sir. In the case of Nathan Lounsbury, there is nothing further, can be found, in relation to any service. it appears that he was credited on the Ledger for the Balance due on the regimental settlement as follows (viz) 
wages 6 months 4 days..... 15.6.8 
money due for blanketts [blankets].....9.0 
that he received........ 1.2.3 
Balance due 1 Jany 1781 14.13.5 
allowed 17 months interest..... 1.4.11 
----------------
£15.18.4

1782 October 22. charged with an order on the treasurer...... £15.18.9 
Your most obt. 
Roger Huntington
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[illegible]
Jesse Gove Esqr.
Rutland
Vermont

[illegible]BANY
MAR 24
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Comptroller's Office, 
Albany, March 24, 1835. 
I hereby Certify that the pay roll of the second or New York regiment of artillery commanded by Col. John Lamb, in the service of the United States of America for 1781, contains the name of Nathan Lounsberry, mustered for twelve months, at $40 forty pounds: And[?] that he [illegible] mustered in Thomas's Company of said Regiment of artillery. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name and affixed the seal of my office.
A.C. Flagg,
Comptroller.
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To
Honble. J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
City of Washington
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Comptroller of Connecticut
9. Mar. 1835

[illegible]
Jesse Gove Esqr
Rutland
Vermont

single

[Ilegible]ARTFO[illegible]
MAR [illegible]
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State of Connecticut 
Comptroller's office 
Hartford
9th march 1835

Jesse Gove Esq 
Sir
Your letter of 5th instant was recd. this morning the name of Nathan M. Lounsberry does not appear on the records in this office; the name of Nathan Lounsbury appears on the records as having entered the service in Col John Lambs' regiment on the 27th day of June 1780 and served untill the 1st January 1781 a period of 6 months and 4 days. there are no records here after that day- shewing the names of the privates in service- 
This is all that I find relating to the subject. In respect to fees, in this case I shall charge none for the other cases you can enclose two dollars and send by mail- 
Your most obt 
Roger Huntington 
Comptroller of Public Accounts
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R Temple, Esqr.
Rutland
Vermont

Mr. Lounsberry served in the Artillery- & if he served 2 years as a private only he is, I believe, entitled under the late act, to receive $100. per am. He states that 18 ms. of his service was as Corporal not "Sergeant"-
A reconsideration is requested
R Temple
Rutland Vt.
15. Sep. 1833

War Department
Pension Office
August 17, 1833
Sir
Nathan M. Lounsberry's pension Certificate is herewith returned. He is not entitled to a higher pension than he now receives. The evidence on file shews that he was a Private, and not a Sergeant.
Very respectfully
Your Obt. Servt.
J L Edwards
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Nathan M. Lounsbury's application for increase
from R Temple
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Rutland Vt June 28. 1818.
Sir
I forward herewith the Pr Atty of Nathan M. Lounsbery a Revolutionary Pensioner of this County and wish You to send me a copy of all the papers & correspondence pertaining to his pension
If his version of the matter be correct I cannot see why he is not entitled to some years back pension as he says he did not obtain any till 1826, though he made application for it soon after the passage of the act of March 18, 1818
I am 
Respectfully
Your Obt Servt
W.T. Nichols

Hon. L.P. Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
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Sarah W. Lounsberry
wid Nathan M.
S

[illegible]

RUTLAND Vt.
8 JUNE 1867

FREE

Hon. Geo. C Whiting
Comr of Pensions
Washington D. C

Free
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Hon John C Calhoun
Secty
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[illegible] page 109
Nathan M. Lounsberry
Rcd Feby 3. 1826
Robert Pierpoint [Pierpoint]
Rutland Vert

Admitted

Hon James Barbour
Secty of war
Washington, City

Pension Office

recd. 3d Feb. 1826
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Brief in the case of Nathan M. Lounsberry
Rutland County and State of Vermont
act 7 June 1832

Claim, ("original," or ["for increase." crossed out])

Proof exhibited, (if original.)

Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Allowed under Act of 18 March 1818 ["as" crossed out] at $96 per annum. He served 2 yrs in Lambs' Artillery & is entitled to $100 per annum

(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?

Name and residence of Agent
Hon. A.L. Miner
H of R

S. Cole
Examining Clerk.
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Rutland Vermont 
June 7. 1857 
Sir
I herewith send the Declaration & proof of Sarah W. Lounsberry, widow of Nathan M. Lounsberry deceased, a pensioner under act 7. June 1832 as private of Artillery whose Certificate is numbered 33.005 under sd. act- She asks a pension under act 3d Feby 1853 &c at $100. per annum from 26 April 1857 the day her sd. Husband died-
I trust the proof & papers will be satisfactory & pension granted- 
I am Sir Vry Resplly 
Your obt servt
W. H. Smith 

Hon Geo. C. Whiting 
Comr of Pens.
Washington
DC
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ow[illegible] wid
Full[?] 10204

PENSION OFFICE.
US
JUL 10 1882
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(PENSIONER DROPPED.)

U S Pension Agency,
Concord, N.H.
June 30., 1882.
Hon. Wm W. Dudley
Commissioner of Pensions.
Sir:
I hereby request that the name of Sarah W. Lounsberry act Feby 3 1853, who was a pensioner on the rolls of this Agency, under Certificate No. 6,149, and who was last paid at $100. per annum, to Sept 4, 1878, has been dropped, because ["of" crossed out] unclaimed three years~
(Overlooked in making up pensions reports.)
Very respectfully,
E.L. Whitford
Pension Agent.

Every name dropped to be thus reported at once.
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Brief in the case of Sarah W. Lounsberry, widow of Nathan M. Lansberry [Lounsberry]= 
Rutland County and State of Vermont, 
act February 3, 1853. 

Claim, ("original," ["or 'for increase.')" crossed out] 
Proof exhibited, (if original.) 
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance. 
Claimant's husband a pensioner under act of June 7, 1832, at rate of $100 per annum- 
Marriage proved by verified transcript from private record and parol. 
Claimant's identity, as the widow of the pensioner, his death on the 26th April 1857 and her present widowhood proved by several credible witnesses~
Allowance accordingly. 
(If for increase.) 
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what? 

W H. Smith Esqr 
Rutland, 
Vermont
Name and residence of Agent 

R Geddes
Examining Clerk.
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Ho. of Reps. April 1. 1852
Sir
I have the honor to forward to your department, the application of Nathan M. Lounsberry of Clarendon Vt. for an additional pension- also, a letter from W. H. Smith Esq of Rutland V.t- upon the same subject- 
You will please communicate with myself, or with Mr. Smith on the subject- 
I have the honor to be with much respect-
Yours &c
A.L. Miner

Hon J.E. Heath
Comr Pensions
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66

Nathan M. Lounsbeary
North Clarendon V.t.
March 9th

Free
Hon C.M Conrad
Secretary of War
Washington City

Refd to the Comr of Pensions for a reply.
Dept[?] Intr[?]
March 16/52

Respy refd. to Dept Interior & writer so informed-
War Dept
Mar: 13/52

Int
C
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Clarendon March the 6:th 1852 
To His Exelency [Excellency] 
Mr Conrad 
Sir I now Set down to address a few Lines to you stating my situation in which I am placed hoping there is some way of obtaining through your assistance some relief in regard to my back pay having noticed a Circular directing all persons who appeal from a decision of the pension office to address the application to your office if I understand it a right I feel as though I Come under that head I applied for a pension in A.D. 1818 and did not receive it untill 1828 Judg[e] Thomson of [illegible] of Rutland: Co Vt being at that time pension agent obtained it for me and said that all the back pay he could get was from January to March I then drew 96 dollars annually untill 1833 when by the death of Robert Temple who was pension Agent at that time my pay was stoped [stopped] for the term of one year nor Could I get it again untill I was obliged to obtain new papers which Cost almost all of the first six months pay which brought me into debt from which I have not been able to extricate myself being then as now aged an[d] infirm not able to do any kind of Labour to any amount and having myself and wife to provide for the pay that I receive is not sufficient to supply our daily wants without paying up any arerages [arrearages] which the Cold hand of averice [avarice] is pressing upon me
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and now my dear Sir this is what has given me the audacity to trouble you with this epistle hoping that there is a way for you through your agency and power to assist me in obtaining a small share of that independence which I together with a father and four brothers so manfully fought to gain not that I begrudg[e] the miserys [miseries] and privations that I then endured it is only to save me from suffring [suffering] now in my few declining days in this Land of plenty it is the opinion of some that there has been some fraud Comited [committed] by som[e] persons besids [besides] Temple or I should have got what back pay at the time of drawing my pension I wish you to make a therough [thorough] investigation of the mater [matter] and see if I have be[illegible] Dealt by and write as soon as Convenient and Let me know the result as I am at the advanced age of 97 years and it is not Likely that I Can Live much Longer and feel as though I wanted to be able to square up my accounts before I Leave to go to that born[?] from whence no traveler returns 
This from your Humble Servant 
Nathan M Lounsbeary
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✓ No 38.313
Nathan M Lounsberry,
Vermont [written over illegible word]
Act 7 June 1832

Add 2 yrs pri of artily $100 per annum, comg 4 March 1831, ded'g [demanding?] former payments under act of 18 March 1818 at $96 per anm

Burlington
[illegible, crossed out]

Hon A.L. Miner
H of R
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280
Rutland Vermont
March 30 1852 

To the Comr of Pens. 
Washington D.C. 
Sir
I herewith forward to the Department by Hon. A.L. Miner M.C. the declaration of Nathan M. Lounsberry a private of Artillery & who served some three years or more in the Connecticut & N.Y. line in the Revolution- 
He is now upon the Pens. Roll under Act 18 Mar 1818. The evidence in the Department I suppose supports his claims- His declaration for the benefits of the act under which he was finally pensioned I suppose was made in 1818, which should have entitle[d] him to a pension from that date, And the reason his claim was not allowed till Jany. 1826 is not understood, as he is well known to have ever been very poor & his claims to assistance equally meritorious[?] with other deserving recipiants [recipients] of the bounty of the Government, And his situation is now such, dependent upon public charity for his support, as to stimulate him to investigate his claims upon the Government, for full allowances made by the laws & rules upon such subjects- 
He also appears to have been a sufferer on account of the frauds of Mr. Temple in other cases & the necessary precautions & proceedings of the Government on account of sd Temples fraudulent transactions- Mr
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Lounsberry finds no fault that he was required after Mr. Temples death to substantiate his claims anew. but having done so & there appearing to have been no fraud or impropriety in the proceedings in his case, and the subsequent investigation showing that he had been & was entitled to his pension & that it was properly granted him in the onset[?], he & I on his behalf very respectfully but earnestly urge that the law & rules of the Department should not & probably[?] upon a proper & liberal construction[?] do not deprive him of his annuity while he was suspended & during the time necessarily taken by him in showing to the Department that he ought not to be or to have been suspended. That this being established & he restored to his pension, he should have been permitted to draw for the time his claim was in abeyance- His latter was not & should not be treated as an original application for a pension- In fact I learn[?] his latter testimony was taken under his original declaration, and payment resumed under his first Certificate, but that he was not restored to draw only from the time he was restored 16 Oct. 1835- 
If these premises are correct him[?] would seem[?] to be a pension from 4 Sept 1834 to 16. Oct 1835, which should now be paid to him & he swears he has never recd. it- From his declaration it also appears that the $48. his due 4 Sep. 1834 was drawn by Temple & in his possession when he committed suicide, and was seized by the government as part of his Estate- If this be so & the main facts and substan[tiated]
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most of the persons named[?] are found upon the enlistments of Thomas's Company for '81-
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Rutland Vt. 9. Octr. 1835 
Sir-
On reviewing my letter to you of the 17. August last, and the list of vouchers therewith transmitted in behalf of Nathan M. Lounsberry, I perceive that the certificate of Comptroller Flagg, dated the 24 March, 1835, and therein refered [referred] to, had been inadvertantly [inadvertently] omitted. I now hand you that certificate, and beg leave respectfully to call your attention to the subject, and to my letter above mentioned, and its accompanying documents. 
Since I wrote you last, Mr Lounsberry has been enabled to recollect the names of a few more of his comrades who belonged to Capt. Thomas' Company, and also some few circumstances of their services; which perhaps may the better enable you to judge of his identity. He says, that Thomas Gould, and Thomas Warner, both of Farmington, Ct., inlisted [enlisted] at the time he did, and that Gould was discharged in the spring - he thinks, in April- before he was. There were also in the Company Obadiah Hill, and Isaac Cooper of North Haven; and John or Isaac Jacobs of North, or East Haven, and Edmund Parker of the same neighborhood; Thaddeus Thompson and Ebenezer Linds of Woodbridge in New Haven County, Ct. And in the State of New York, Andrew Dowland, an Irishman; George Clark, an Irishman; ----- Chase, ----- Garland, and ----- Carrier, a Dutchman. Moreover, among the Connecticut men, there were 4 by the name of Peck: Hill Peck, he says, was at one time, orderly Sergeant, and rose to be a Lieut.; Benjn. Peck junr was drummer; they consisted of the father &, 3 sons; one of the sons, he says, was killed in action at Fort Montgomery. 
I am very respectfully 
Sir 
Your obt Servt 
Jesse Gove 

To Honble. James L. Edwards 
Comr. of Pensions 
City of Washington
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Let to H Allen 17 Oct 1835
" Jesse Gove 17 Oct.-
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Rutland Vt. 19. October 1835 
Sir-
Having waited, very patiently, for near two months, expecting your answer to my letter of the 17. of August last,- I am under the necessity of informing you, frankly, that the fault, if any, has been altogether with myself. I allude to the claim of Nathan M. Lounsberry. 
I had supposed, until the 9th instant, that I had forwarded in August all the documents referred to in my letter of the 17th of that month. And supposing that M. Flagg's Certificate was the only one omitted, I did not examine further, for the other documents which I had refered [referred] you to, and transmitted that, alone. A further examination, to day, brings me again in the vocative, for the vouchers from Connecticut. I now send you, accordingly, the original papers heretofore refered [referred] to, from the Comptroller of Connecticut, the one dated the 9th of March, 1835, and the other, the 11th of April, 1835. 
I am very respectfully 
Sir 
Your obt servt 
Jesse Gove 

To Honble James L. Edwards 
Commr. of Pensions 
City of Washington
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Rutland Vt 17. August 1835
Sir,
Since the receipt of your favor of the 26. February ult. I have entered into a pretty extensive correspondence, to ascertain if possible the particular date of the inlistment [enlistment] of Nathan M. Lounsberry, and, also the time when he "assumed" his middle name. Not having succeeded as to the date of the inlistment [enlistment], I communicated to him the result of my investigations, and at the same time inquired of him, If there was not some event which he could recollect, that would assist him in ascertaining the year in which he actually inlisted [enlisted]. On reflecting for a time on the subject, he said, that it was the summer before Arnold's treachery; and then went on to relate, much more in detail than I have judged necessary to do in his deposition, the various services he performed at West Point, previously to the attempted surrender. 
His original papers, under the act of 1818, were drawn up, the says, by Judge Thompson of Poultney in the western part of this County; and that he, Lounsberry, was then told (by whom he dont recollect) that Arnold's defection took place in 1778; which was the reason of his stating, as he further informs, that his inlistment [enlistment] was made that year. His mistakes in this point, and in that of the day of the month when this inlistment [enlistment] was made, are I trust now sufficiently explained, by his particular account of the times, places, and other circumstances of his services. Should you be satisfied that his story respecting his services be true, as thus explained; the identity of his person cannot, I should think, be longer questioned. Nathan, and Nathan M. must have been the same person, if it be true that Nathan was at the several places and performed the several services described by Nathan M. more especially if there was not, as you inform, another Lounsberry in Capt. Thomas' Company. Besides, it may be remarked, that in those days, when officers could not always be had from the best educated men, it was probably thought by them, no very great error nor injury, in the hurry of transcribing rolls, to omit, altogether, the middle name in one so very long as that of Nathan Munn Lounsberry. Instances of false orthography in names, it is known, are of frequent occurance [occurrence]. And that this error in transcribing Lounsberry's should be ascribed to the cause just mentioned, is an obvious inference, and under the circumstances must have great wright in strengthening, if it does not positively establish the supposition. Regarding, as I respectfully do, the identity of the
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person of Nathan M. Lounsberry, with that of the same patronymic on the Rolls of Capt. Thomas, as thus settled; I now hand you the proofs of his services; which are, 1. A letter from the Comptroller of Connecticut, dated 9. March, 1835; 2. A Certificate from the same officer, dated, 11. April, 1835,- both proving 6 months & 4 days service; and 3. A certificate from A. C. Flagg, Esqr. Comptroller of the State of New York, dated the 24. March, 1835, proving one years service. 
In considering this subject, I beg you, Sir, to bear in mind, that Temple has had no agency whatever in preparing that portion of the documents that fix the amount of pension; and that therefore, the severity of the rule laid down by you on the 17. January last, ought not, as is respectfully insisted, to be enforced in this case. The gentleman who, as I understand from Lounsberry, drew up the papers under the act of 18. March - Judge Thompson - I know to be a man of unblemished character, and who could never be induced by any considerations to stoop to a dishonorable or dishonest act - much less, to such acts as have been established against the person just mentioned. 
And, as to the other papers, drawn under the acts of May, 1, 1820, and Mar. 1, 1823, whoever drew them up, the contents, whatever they may be can now have no weight in depriving Lounsberry of his pension on that account. He is now sufficiently poor, and actually needs, for his comfort, not only his present pension, but also the back pay for his actual services- and of which, he has sworn, that he never received but 16 crowns. 
Supposing it might of use to acquaint you with the standing of Lounsberry in this vicinity for truth and veracity, I have shown his present declaration to Majr. George T. Hodges, the President of the Bank in this place, who has very willingly drawn up an affidavit to that and another point; which I herewith inclose. 
I am very respectfully 
Sir 
Your obt. Servant 
Jesse Gove 

To Honble James L. Edwards 
Commr. of Pensions 
City of Washington
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Pen:  Act 7" June 32.

Vt: Roll

May 1"/55

Boynton.
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2473
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Rutland Vt. March 14, 1855
Sir
Enclosed please find the application of Asa Brewster, Elijah Sherman & Nathan M. Lounsberry for Bounty Land under act of March 3d, 1855.
If the forms [illegible] in these cases are not such as are adopted by the Department please forward me, such forms & instructions as the Department adopt.
I am 
Very Respectfully
W. T. Nichols

Hon. L.P. Waldo
Comm of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.
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Comptroller's Office
State of New York

I certify that Nathan Lounsberry is on the pay roll of Captain Joseph Thomas's Company, in the second Regiment of New York Artillery for the year 1781, in the service of the United States, filed in this office; and that it appears from the said pay roll that the said Lounsberry served twelve months from the first day of January 1780.
Albany 23. November 1824
Ephm. Starr
Dep Comp
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510

160 acres
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no 6.764
Sarah W. Lounsberry
widow of 
Nathan M. Lounsberry
"Rutland Co. Vermont
"Admitted Act Feby 3/53, at rate if $100 per annum commencing from April 26, 1857, when the husband died-
"Service, 2 years a private of Artillery
"Pay widow-
"Certificate to W. H. Smith Esqr
Rutland,
Vermont.
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N

Nathan M. Lounsberry
Vt- [illegible] 1832

FREE
     
RUTLAND VT.
JUN 28

Hon. L. P Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City D.C.
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my address is on the enclosed Document. Please return all these Papers - in your reply -

Whitewater Aug 7"/99.
Wisconsin -

To Commissioner of Pensions -
Dear Sir: I have the honor to be a Granddaughter of one Nathan M. Lounsberry - A soldier of the Revolution - one of Col Eathan Allens [Ethan Allen's] "Green Mountain Boys" I think - he was a Capt, but am not positive - he died in Rutland - Rutland Co - Vt. in the spring of 1857 - His wife
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was living - in 1861 - and drawing a small Pension - since which time - I have not heard from her - Here are names of others, in Vermont who died the same year - also soldiers of the Revolution
Ebenezer Robinson - Abial Morse - Jerathial [Jerahmeel] Doty

PENSION OFFICE. 
U.S.
H
AUG 10 1899

There must surely be records of some of them, and if of some - why not all? I wish to know his status, in the Army - and any item concerning him will be greatly appreciated and if any expense is incurred please inform me - & oblige -

[illegible] & N. DIVISION
[illegible]G 12 1899
RECEIVED
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GEORGE H. AMES,
DEALER IN STOVES, TIN AND SHEET-IRON WARE, GRAIN AND MEAL.

U.S.P.B.
OLD WAR & NAVY FILES.
JAN 23 1897

OW&N
ECL

HAYDENVILLE, MASS. Jan. 20th 1897.

L

D L Murphy
Commisioner [Commissioner] of Pensions Dear Sir
can you give me the name of the Regement [regiment] that Nathan Lounsbery served in in the Revolutionary war he was a Pensioner and died at Clarendon vermont april 26th 1857 at the age of 101. years 7 months and 17 day and was my great Grandfather, and I am ["axx" crossed out] anxious to find out in what part, of the army he was. so I can hand down his record to my children. my self and Brothers his only Decendents [descendants] served in the late Rebelion [rebellion]
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on the union side
and as we feel Proud of our ancestry. I should be very glad if you could give me the name of my Great Grandfathers Regt. I supose it will give you some Trouble, but iff [if] I can get the Information I shall be very Thankfull [thankful] for it.
Yours Truly
George H Ames

[stamp reading "US Pension Office Jan 21 1897"]
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US POSTAL CARD

[stamp, illegible]

US POSTAGE
ONE CENT

WRITE THE ADDRESS ON THIS SIDE-THE MESSAGE ON THE OTHER

[stamp] DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
NOV 15
1878
PENSION
OFFICE

Wm S. Weeks Esq.
East Clarendon
Vermont
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U. S. PENSION AGENCY,
Concord, N. H., Oct 16 1878
REVISED STATUTES -- Sec. 4718. If any pensioner has died, or shall hereafter die; or if any person entitled to a pension, having an application therefor pending, has or shall hereafter die, his widow, or if there is no widow, the child or children of such person, under the age of sixteen years, shall be entitled to receive the accrued pension to the date of the death of such person. Such accrued pension shall not be considered as a part of the assets of the estate of deceased, nor liable to be applied to the payment of the debts of said estate in any case whatsoever; but shall inure to the sole and exclusive benefit of the widow or children; and if no widow or child survive, no payment whatsoever of the accrued pension shall be made or allowed-- except so much as may be necessary to reimburse the person who bore the expenses of the last sickness and burial of the decedent, in cases where he did not leave sufficient assets to meet such expenses. 

["In" crossed out] case of Sarah W Lounsberry deceased, ["please state whether the pensioner left either a widow or minor children under 16 years of age." crossed out]
If ["neither, and" crossed out] claim is made to reimburse the person who bore the expenses of last sickness and burial of decedent, application for blanks and instructions should be made, by the claimant, to the Hon. Commissioner of Pensions at Washington, D. C. And the claim must be established and receive the approval of the Hon. Commissioner before further action can be taken by this Agency.
["If, however, the pensioner left either a widow or" crossed out, rest of text below possibly crossed out] such minor children, a voucher will be prepared and sent from this Agency, and upon its return, properly executed, will be paid at once.
In your reply, give name of Agency at which pensioner was paid previous to Consolidation. And if the deceased was either a Dependant [dependent] Father, War of 1812, or Navy pensioner, state that fact also.
Very respectfully,
E. L. WHITFORD,
Pension Agent.
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Feb 16 - 94 - In examining the papers in the case I fail to find the orig dec. under the act of 1818.
Frank Shapleigh
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L. W. B.
W. 10204.

This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services.
Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the
archives of many of the original States.
O. W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,

October 13th, 1899.

Madam:-
In response to your recent communication you are advised that Nathan M. Lounsberry made an application for pension on June 7th, 1825, at which time he was 63 years of age and residing in Rutland County, Vermont, and his pension was allowed for three years' actual service as a private in the Conn. troops, Revolutionary war. Place of his enlistment not stated. He served under Capt. Thomas and Col. Lamb.
His widow, Sarah W., made application and received a pension for the service of her husband as above set forth.
Very respectfully,

Acting Commissioner.

Mrs. C. M. Palmer,
103 Janesville Street,
White Water, Wisconsin.
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W. 10,204
L. W. B.

February 12, 1897.

Sir:
Replying to your request for information concerning the military record of Nathan Lounsberry, a solider of the Revolutionary War, you are advised that he made an application for pension on June 7, 1825, at which time he was 63 years of age and residing in Rutland county, Vt., and his pension was allowed for three years' actual service as a private in the Continental Estab of Artillery ["United States Artillery" crossed out], Revolutionary War; a part of the time he served under Capt. Thomas and Col. Lamb. (place of his enlistment not stated)
His widow, Sarah, made application and received a pension for the service of her husband as above set forth.
Very Respectfully,

Commissioner.

Mr. George H. Ames,
Haydenville, Mass.
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Miss Mary W. Ellis
12 HARVARD STREET
SPRINGFIELD, VT 
July 8, 1934

Veterans Administration
Washington, D.C.

Sirs - In our search for the graves of Revolutionary soldiers buried in Vermont, we found the grave of Nathan Lounsberry buried in Rutland. He died April 26, 1857 and was nearly one hundred and two years old, being born Sept. 8, 1755. That death date seemed rather late for the death of a Revolutionary solider and we wondered if there was any way to learn if he was one of the last to pass away at least in Vermont. Our State Dep't could not give us information and the U.S. War Dept referred us to you. Can you help us with any data on the subject? We thought it was worth looking up.
Thank you,
Mary W. Eillis.
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So. Norwalk Conn. Jan'y 30th 1894
Mr. Wm. Lochren Commissioner
Dear Sir
Will you kindly when convenient give me the military history of Nathan Lounsbury a Soldier of the Revolutionary War and a pensioner I think he must have enlisted from Stamford Conn he died in Vermont at the age of something over one hundred year and must have been toward the last of the Revolutionary Pensioners to die. I think he was born at Stamford Conn. in 1751 and did not die until 1854 or 1855.
Very Respectfully
Fred'k H. Quintard.