Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 4377, Nathaniel Hinkley, Mass.
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Ohio 22.676
Nathaniel Hinkley, ... Marietta in the state of Ohio, who was a P....& ... on the ... commanded
...Captain Mayberry of the ... commanded ... Col Francis on the ....  ... for 22 months.
              10 mo. Private  $33.33
                6 " ...     ....       $75.00
                6 ' ...  Ensign   $60.00
                                      $168.33

Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio
at the rate of 168 dollars 33 cents per annum, 
... commence on the 4th day of March, 1831,

Certificate of Pension issued the 2nd day of Dec. 1833 and sent to Geo Dunlevy, Marietta, OH.

Arrears to the 4th of Sep. 1833        420.83
Semi-anl. allowance ending Mar 34   84.16
                                                         $504.99
Revolutionary Claim
Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by Wm R Palmer, Clerk,
Book E Vol 8, Page 11

Dead
Settle to Hiram Gard  & 3 Auditor, 3rd of June 1841

Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 11 April 1838 draw
4 March to 3 Aug 1840. Agt
Notified 16 June 1841

Robert Smith, Apr 27 1854
Hon JO Norton 26th July 1854
1891 
March 23 AH Clark, relative to ... of David Read ...   ...
April 13 JB Reg Regnier  that David Reed gave no service by himself.     ....
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Mass. / Hinkley, Nathaniel / S.4377
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Washington March 11th 1854
Sir
I am requested by the heirs of Nathaniel Hinkley who was a Revolutionary Soldier to examine papers on file in the Pension Office in this case. They think there is arrears of Pension and land due them on account the Revolutionary Service of said N. Hinkley

They state that he commenced drawing a pension in 1828 and died in August 1840. He was pensioned I believe from Ohio -  Will you please furnish me such facts in this case, as your office affords as early as possible
Respectfully your obt servant
Robert Smith

Hon L.P. Waldo
Court of Pensions
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Nathaniel Hinkley Ohio -

admitted a pension in 1828 -- Probably from the act of 1818 - (ineligible)
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Nathaniel Hinkley
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The State of Ohio
Washington County ss

On this twenty seventh day of July A.D. 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Judge of the court of common Pleas of said County, now sitting, Nathaniel Hinkley, a resident  of Roxbury Township, County of Washington, and state of Ohio, aged Seventy six years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.

That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein viz.

In the year 1775 on or about the first of June he volunteered in the Township of Brunswick, Cumberland County, Massachusetts to serve in a Company commanded by Sergeant Ebenezer Coombs and was marched immediately to the mouth of the New Meadows River, where he was stationed and continued to serve the term of four months.

That about the last of Mary or first of June 1776 he enlisted at the same township of Brunswich with Lieutenant Thomas Berry to serve six months in the Massachusetts State Troops. in the company commanded by Captain Richard Mayberry, in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Ebenezer Francis, that he was in a day or two after his enlistment  marched from Brunswich to Dorchester Heights, when he continued to serve under the  officers last named until the expiration of the term of his enlistment and there discharged 

That in the month of June 1780 at Falmouth (now Portland in the state of Maine) he was appointed Quarter master by Brigadier General Samuel Thompson  and ordered to Castlin where he continued until the 15th of August followin when upon the arrival of two British Ships of War, he with troops and vessel there stationed retreat up the river some distance when the Frigate Warren, the ship Black P?  and the pirates ship Hunter were set on fire and abandoned, that he then returned to Falmouth and continued to serve at that place under Colone Mitchell until the expiration of the six months for which he enlisted and was there discharged by Colone Mitchell in the month of December --  that during this
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of services, about the fourth of August, he under the command of General Wadsworth was engaged in driving the British forces from a Breast work  near Castline, that in advancing to the attack a Shot was fired from the Breast work which killed Major Littlefield and sunt the Boat in which he was approaching -

That in May 1781 he was appointed and commissioned by Governer Hancock as Ensign, in Captain Benjamin Lamont's Company of the Regiment commanded by Colonel Samuel McCobb at Cox's head, mouth Kennebec River, wherein that capacity he served six months and was then discharged.

That the Commission and the several discharges named in the declaration were in his possession until the 10th of May 1829-when the dwelling in which he lived with his papers and all its other contents were destroyed by fire

The hereby relinquished every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on any pension roll or the agency of any State

Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Nathaniel Hinkley (signature)
Attest Geo Dunlevy (signature)

The Court then propounded the following interrogatories, to which Nathaniel Hinkly, upon his oath, said and answered as follows.

1st. Where and in what year was you born?
Answer In the town of Brunswich.County of Cumberland and State of Massachusetts, on the 4th day of August 1755

2nd Have you any record of your age; and if so where is it?
Answer: The record (ineligible) is upon the Town of Book at Brunswich, Cumberland County, Massachusetts.

3rd Where were you living when called into service ; where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live?
Answer My home during all my service was at Brunswich, Massachusetts; in September 1789 I moved into Washington County in the State of Ohio (there the North Western Territory) and continued to  re
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reside there ever since.

4th How where you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? and if a substitute for whom?
Answer My first tour of duty I volunteer'd, the second I enlisted, the third and fourth I received appointments

5th State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troop as can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services -
Answer At new meadows river there was no troops stationed but the Sergeant's command to which I belonged at Dorchester heights, where w relieved the continental troops, there was another regiment of Milita I believe the Colonel of which was named Dyke, but I am not certain. At Castine besides Col Mitchell Regiment to which I belonged there was one commanded by Colonel McCobb and another by Major Littlefield - At   Falmouth one but Colonel Mitchel's and at Cox's head none but Colonel McCobbs -  The general circumstances of any service are as I have stated in my declaration

6th Did you ever receive commission or discharge from the service and if so by whom were they given and what has become them?
Answer I received an  Ensigned Commission from Governor Hancock also two discharges one from Colonel Mitchell and the other from Colonel McCobb, all which were destroyed by fire with my dwelling house about three years ago -

7th State the names of persons to whom you are known in present neighborhood and who can testify as to your character for veracity and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
Answer, Benjamin Dana Esq - Johnathan Sprague, Ephraim Ellis & David Reed-  

Nathaniel Hinkley (signature)
Attest Geo Dunlevy (signature)
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We Joseph Barker & David Reed  residing in the County of Washington and State of Ohio hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Nathaniel Hinkley who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy six years of age; that he is respected and believed in the neighborhood where he resided to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion 

Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Attest Geo Dunlevy, Clerk

Joseph Barker (signature)
David Reed (signature)

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories presented 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 Joseph Barker & David Reed who have signed the proceeding certificate, are residents of the County of Washington do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Nathaniel Hinkley for a Pension

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court this twenty eight day of July Anno Domini One thousand eight hundred and thirty two

Geo Dunlevy , Clerk
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State of Ohio Washington County so wit

An amendment to the declaration of Nathaniel Hinkley made in pursuance of the act of Congress of the 7th June 1832 to obtain a pension from the United States

David Reed Senior of Adams Township in said County aged sixty four years deposed says that Nathaniel Hinkley in the 1780 was appointed quarter master in Col ___Regiment for the term of 6 months by Brigadier General Samuel Thompson in which officer he served. He further says that the said Nathaniel Hinkley in the year 1781 was by John Hamcock Govenor of the State of Massachusetts Commissioned Ensign in Col    in the state of Massachusetts  commissioned Ensign in Col McCobb's Regiment in Captain Benjamin Lamot's Company and served in that capacity for the term of six months. Subscribed and sworn  on the twenty nineth day of July 1833 before me
Andrew Allison Justice of the Peace (signature)
David Reed (signature)

The State of Ohio
Washington County} I Andrew Allison a Justice of Peace in and for said County do hereby certify that the above deposition of David Reed  sen was by me taken on the twenty ninth day of July in the year of our Lord eighteen  hundred and thirty three said witness having been duly sworn according to law and I do certify that he is a respectable person and worthy of credit 

Given under my hand and seat this 29th  of July 1833

Andrew Allison Justice of the Peace
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State of Ohio Washington County To wit

Miss. Nancy Ackerson 

Of Watertown township in said Country age 18 1/2 years and Mrs Elizabeth Grubb of same place aged thirty five year and say that  Nathaniel Hinkley in the year 1839 lost his house  together with every other article of household furniture which he was then in  (?)  of by fire as also his book and papers which facts we know  above  having been present to the burning and which reduced him and family to extreme want

Nancy (X her mark) Ackerson
Elizabeth (X her mark) Grubb


Subscribed and sworn  to this 
30th day of July 1833
before me
Hiram Gard JP
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The State of Ohio I Geroge Dunlevy Clerk of the Court Washington County ss of Common Pleas within and for said  county certify that Andrew Allison and Hiram Gard, before (ineligible) the within depositions were taken were respectively Justices of the peace at the time of signing  the same and within and that the within signatures purporting to be theirs are genuine.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name this ninth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three

Geo. Dunlevy .Clerk


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22. 676
2.061
Nathaniel Hinkley 
Ohio


Adna 10 Mo prvt  --------------------33.33
"------6  quarter master --------------75
"------6 Ensign -----------------------60
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________________________________________168.33


George Dunlevy
Marietta
Ohio
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WAR DEPARTMENT 
Pension Office
30 Nov 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 you case in 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 show what is necessary to be done.  The points to which your attention is more particularly directed you will find marked in the margin with a brace (this: }).  You will when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will by compiling with request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim
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A STATEMENT, showing the Service of Nathaniel Hinckley

Duration of the claimant's service         Rank
4 months----------------------
6 months-----------------------------
6 month------------------------quarter master
6 months-----------------------Ensign

I am respectfully 
Your obedient servant
JAMES L. EDWARDS
Commissioner of Pensions
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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 volunteered and who were bound to military service but no those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, & c,. Teamsters, Boatmen &c. Person who served on board of private armed vessel 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, mucicians or privates, will, in the first instance make application by transmitting the following declaration which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law & 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 } ss
County of 

On this (blank) day of  (blank)lly ank)  (a) before A.D.___a resident (b) of ____________in the county of ______________ and State, Territory or District of ___________aged (c) ____________ years who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832. That he enlisted in the army of the United States in the year (d) __________, with ___________and servied in the ____________(e) regiment of the _______line, under the following named officers:

[here set forth the names aned 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 militia volunteers navy &c]

He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present and he declares that his name is not on  the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of 
Sworn to 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 (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.

I _______________________of the Court of _______________ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of  ____________________ for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (I) this____day of ______&c.

If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in not (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a person 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 subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing with the following additions viz:

(k) We, A.B. a Clergyman , residing in the _____and C.D, residing in (in the same) hereby certify that we are well acquainted  with (blank) 
who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration;  that we believe him to be  (blank) years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he reside to have been a soldiers of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days 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 who has signed the proceeding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the (blank) and that C.D. who has also signed the same is a resident in the (blank) and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.

I (blank) Clerk of the Court of  (blank) do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceeding of the said Court in the matter of the application of (blank) for  a pension.

In testimony where, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office  this (blank) day of  (blank) &c.
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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 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?
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 service.
6. To a Soldier { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service , and if so, by whom was it given and what become of it? 
---To an Officer { Did you received a commission, and if so , by who was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood and who can testify as to your character, veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.

The Court will see the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him two respectable persons - one of who 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 believe in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. Id one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will 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 party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry 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 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 is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.

No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832 and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure taken and authenticated before a Court of Record showing the services of the deceased the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services the title of the claimant and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
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[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 be invariably mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental give the name of the l officer or soldier me 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 cuable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a cased 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 that the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: _____ For ____ year ________months _________ and days, I served as a  _______; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and 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 years in the militia & without specifying the tours, the name of the officers, and other partculars respecting their service. This form of a declaraqtion is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shows unders what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed: tht the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in a garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in say civil persuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispeusable.
[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 distinguised from any other seal, or 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 affidabvit, 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 the case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he mus prove his services by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants 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 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 no6 [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 be all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration
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Nathaniel Hinkley

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186.33
336.66
8416
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420.83
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168.33
        2
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336.66
 84.16
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420.82




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 Nathaniel Hinkley
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State of Ohio Washington County ss

Before me Hiram Gard a justice of the peace for said county personally came David Read who being duly sworn according to law, deposeth and saith he became acquainted with Nathaniel Hinkley a revolutionary solider first in the year 1780 from seeing him act in the capacity of Quarter Master and from other frequent interviews at (?)and from seeing him act in the capacity of Ensign at Cox's Head in the year 1781 which the said Read was acting in the capacity of waiter--and further this deponent saith not
David Read (signature)

State of Ohio Washington County ss

Personally came before me Hiram Gard a justice of the peace for said County David Read who was duly sworn according to law and I am satisfied from the testimony of Andrew Allerson that he is a man of respectability and worthy of credit
Given under my hand and seal this fourth day of Nov 1833

Hiram Gard, JP (seal)
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The State of Ohio 
Washington County ss

I George Dunlevy Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and foresaid County certify that Hiram Gard is a  Justice of the Peace as within and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are severally genuine

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name  this twentieth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three

Geo. Dunlevy Clerk (signature)
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State of Ohio Washington County
Before me Hiram Gard a justice of the Peace for said county personally came Ephraim Ellis & Isaac Silverthorn, respectable citizens of said county who being duly sworn according to the law, deposeth and saith that they verily believe Nathaniel Hinkley of the county aforesaid to be of the age of seventy eight years, and it is the general belief in his neighbourhood that he is a person who has performed military service during the Revolution and further these deponents sayeth not.

Sworn to and subscribed before me at Roxbury in said County. 
This second day of November 
Eighteen hundred and thirty three
Isaac Silverthorn
Ephraim Ellis

Hiram Gard J.P. seal

State of Ohio Washington County
Personal came before me Hiram Gard a justice of the Peace the above named Isaac Silverthorn & Ephraim Ellis, signers of the above deposition and acknowledge the same to be their [indistinct] and from personal acquaintance with the said witnesses I am satisfied that they are persons of respectability and whose word may be taken.
Given under my hand and  seal this 2nd day of November 1833
Hiram J.P. seal

State of Ohio Washington County
Before me Hiram Gard a justice of the Peace for same county personally came to me Mrs Sarah Hinkley, aged about sixty years, of Roxbury in said county who being duly sworn according to law, deposeth and saith that Nathaniel
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State of Ohio, Washington County
Before me, Hiram Gard a justice of the peace for said county personally came Rev. Jacob Lindley, Presbyterian Clergyman, at Waterford, in the county county (sic) aforesaid and Benjamin Dana a respectable citizen of the same place, who being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that from thirty years' acquaintance with Nathaniel Hinkley a revolutionary soldier who now applies for a pension we verily believe him to be of the age of seventy eight years, and believe it is the general belief in his neighbourhood that he was in the Revolutionary Service and further these deponents sayith not.
Rev'd Jacob Lindley
Benjamin Dana

State of Ohio Washington County
Personally appeared before me Rev. Jacob Lindley and Benjamin Dana, signers of the above affidavit, who were duly sworn according to law, and I am satisfied from personal acquaintance that the said Rev. Jacob Lindley and Benjamin Dana are respectable citizens and worthy of credit.
Given under my hand and seal at Roxbury on this fourth day of Nov, 1833.

Hiram Gard, J.P. seal

State of Ohio Washington County
Personally came before me Hiram Gard a justice of the peace for said county Sarah Hinkley, the signers of the second affidavit on the first page of this sheet who was duly sworn according to law and I am satisfied from the testimony of Ephraim Ellis and Isaac Silverthorn that she is a respectable person and worthy of credit. Given under my hand and seal on this 4th day of Nov 1833.
Hiram Gard J.P. seal
for same county


Nov 4
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Washington April 24th 1854

Sir,

Nathan Hinckley drew a Revolutionary Pension until his death Aug 3rd 1840 from Ohio. It seems he was pensioned for the following periods of service:

to wit  10 Months as a private              $33.38
             6 do as a Quarter Master         $75.00
             6 do as an Ensign                     $60.00
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                                                            $168.33
His heirs think he should have drawn more or that he was entitled to more than he drew. I would respectfully request an in examination into this case with a view to an increase of the pension.

I am very Respectfully your 
Robert Smith


Hon L.P. Waldo
Court of Pensions
Washington 
D.C.
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Second Comptroller's Office
June 10th, 1841

Sir,
Under the act of the 6th of April 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," The widow of Nathaniel Hinkley , a pensioner on the roll of the Ohio Agency, at the rate of one hundred + 68 Dollars and 33 Cents per annum, under the law of the 9 June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March to the 3rd August 1840.

Respectfully yours

Albion K. Parris
Comptroller


To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present
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David Reed &
Nathaniel Hinkley
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War Department
Pension Office
November 1832

Sir

The declaration of Daniel Read has been examined, and it is herewith returned. There is no evidence that he was regularly enlisted, and subject when called upon to perform the like duties with the other enlisted soldiers of the Company. Until this can be shown his claim cannot be allowed.
In the case of Nathaniel Hinkley, additional evidence is required as to his service as Quarter Master and Ensign. His declaration is returned.
Nathan Rice's claim is admitted and a certificate is enclosed for him.

Respectfully yours

J.L. Edwards

George Dunlevy Esq
Marietta 
Ohio
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Nathaniel Hinkley 32319 paid 32863

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C22 676
R 5029 [strike through]:
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32319
Nathaniel Hinkley
Pensioned in 1831
(see Pa 166 Vol. 3)
See if David Reed testified in this claim.
f so see if any of Reed's service is mentioned.
Howard Clark

stamped as follows:
O.W.&N. DIV
Mar 20 1891
Chief's Desk
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4377

INVALID

File no: 4377
Nathaniel Hinkley

  Rev War

Act: June 7th 1832

Index:- Vol. A, Page 172

[Arrangement of 1870]
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Pension Office
24th July 1854
Ohio Rolls                 )   Nathaniel Hinkley
Act 7th June 1832    )   So what time paid?
$168.33 per annum  )  When did he die?

S Cole
for Court 2

Francis Burt Esq.
Third Auditor
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Nathaniel Hinkley, Act 1832. $168.33 per annum
Did 3 August 1840. Paid.

Edward G. Rinds
Acting 3rd Auditor