Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 15093, Nathan Delano, New York

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(8-1776)
         SERVICE                                                  NUMBER
New York                   Delano, Nathan              S15093

CONTENTS                                                       Carded

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8678
New York
Nathan Delano
How and in the State of New York
who was a private in the Company commanded
by Captain King of the Regt commanded
by Col Willetts in the N.Y-
[?] for 22 mo.

Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of 73 Dollars 33 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 25th day of Apl [April]
1833 and Sent to
Wm Woods Bath.

Arrears to the 4th of [?] March 1833 $146.66
Semi-an. allowance ending 4 Sept.[?]    36.66
                                                           $183.32
                   { Revolutionary Claim, }
                   { Act June 7, 1832.       }
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk
Book E  Vol. 4  Page 27[?]

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State of New York    }
Steuben Countys[?] } Personally appeared before me the
undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the
said County Nathan Delano who being duly sworn
deposeth and Saith that by reason of old age and
Couse[?] queud loss of Memory he can not swear posi-
tively as to the precise length of his service but according
to the best of his recollection he served not less than
the periods mentioned below and in the following
grades: For one year and ten months I served as
a private and for such service I claim a pen-
=sion_
Subscribed and Sworn this } Nathan Delano
23d day of February 1833  }
before me Hiram Avarell[?]
Justice of the Peace

State of New York }
County of Steuben} Ss: I William H. Bull, Clerk of the 
County aforesaid, do Certify, that Hiram 
Avarel, Esquire, before * whom the preceding 
affidavit purports to have been sworn, and
was, as the date of the same, one of the
Justice of the Peace, in and for the said
County and that I am acquainted with his hand
writing, and [verily?] believe his name Subscribed to 
the said affidavit, to be his proper hand writing
and signature - Witness my hand + seal of 
office this 25th day of February 1833_____
 Wm H. Bull Clerk

[writing on the bottom appears to be from another page, maybe a couple below]

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State of New York
Steuben County, S.S. } Walter Patchin of the town of
Cohocton in said County + State doth depose
+ say that his[?] this deponent is well acquainted
with Nathan Delano of the town of Howard
in the County of Steuben in the said State of New York
that he this deponent became acquainted with
the said Nathan Delano  in the town of NewLebanon
in said State of New York in the year 1781 and that he
well new of the said Nathan Delano joining the
[armey?] of the revolution in the year 1782 and was 
acquainted with him the said Nathan while serving
in Captains Gray & Cannon companys in Colonel
Marinus Willetts regiment during the campains [sic]
in the year 1782 commencing on or about the
first of April of said year 1782 and this deponent
further saith that during the period of service of
the said Nathan Delano as aforesaid the said
deponent served in the said regiment and a part
of the time in same company with him and thus
became acquainted with the facts above
forth                 Walter Patchin_

State of New York    }
Steuben County SS  }
                                  I Paul C Cook a Judge of the County
courts of said County certify that on the 14th day
of July 1832 before me came Walter Patchin to me
know and Subscribed + made oath to the foregoing
affidavit_              Paul C. Cook
State of New York   }
Steuben County [?} } I David Rumsey Clerk of said county do hereby Certify that
Paul C. Cook Esquire before whom the above affidavit purports to
have been sworn was at the date thereof one of the Judges of the
Court of Common Pleas in and for said County and that I am
well acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe that
his name subscribed thereto to be his proper hand writing and 
signature __ Witness my hand + seal of office at Bath this 
16th day of October 1832     D. Rumsey

[Writing on the bottom of this scanned image appears to be from subsequent paged]

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State of New York     }
Steuben County .S.S.}  I Paul C Cook a Judge
of the County Courts of Said County before
whom the foregoing affidavit of Walter
Patchin was taken do hereby certify that
I am personally acquainted with the
said Walter Patchin+ that he is a person of credibil-
=ity and is fully entitled to credit_
Cohocton February 23d 1833
Paul C. Cook

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State of New York }
[Ontario?] County     }  [H?] Benjamin Gauss of the
town of Bloomfield in the said County & State
doth depose & say that he this deponent is
well acquainted with Nathan Delano of the
town of Howard in the County of Steuben 
in the said State that he this deponent first
became acquainted with the said Nathan
Delano in the month of June in the year
of our Lord one thousand seven hundred &
Eighty one in the army of the revolution;
that the said Nathan Delano was serving
in the said month of June 1781 as a private
in Captain ________ Gray's company in
Colonel Marinus Willett's regiment in the
militia called new Revies [f]or nine months [???]
that the said Nathan Delano continued to
serve as a private in the said company and
in Captain James Cannon's company in the
said regiment until he was discharged at
the close of the war in the month of January
in the year of our Lord one thousand seven
hundred & eighty four; that the said Nathan
Delano while under Captain James Cannon
Command served in the State troops of the 
State of New York and served during the
whole period in the army of the revolution 
And this Deponent further saith that dur-
-ing the period of the service of the said
Nathan Delano as aforesaid the said Depo-
-nent served in the same Regiment and most
of the time in the same company with
him and thus became acquainted with the said
above set forth_ Benjamin Gauss
I certify that on the Eleventh day of July A.D. 1832
before me Orson Benjamin one of the Justices of the
Peace in & for the said County & state, personally
appeared Benjamin Gauss to me well known

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and subscribed & made oath to the fore-
=going affidavit. And I further certify
that the said Benjamin Gauss sustains
a [pain?] and unblemished character for
truth & veracity and is fully entitled to
credit        Orson Benjamin

State of New York } 
Ontario County ss.}  I, Charles Crane, clerk of said County
do hereby certify that Orson Benjamin, before whom the
foregoing affidavit purports to have been taken, was at the
date thereof, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County
and legally authorized to take the same: And I further cer
tify that I am well acquainted with his hand writing
and verily believe the signature "Orson Benjamin" [abo?]
to be his proper hand and signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my 
hand, and affixed my seal of office, at [Panan=
dai???], the eleventh day of July eighteen hundred
and thirty two -
Charles Crane [signed]
[flourish]
(Nathan Delano is written on the side)

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State of New York   }
Steuben County SS } On this sixteenth day of October AD. 1832
personally appeared in open court in the Court of Common
Pleas of the said County of Steuben now sitting Nathan
Delano a resident of the town of Howard in the said
County of Steuben and State of New York aged sixty eight
years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on
his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain
the benefits of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832_
That he entered the service of the United States under
the following named officers and served wherein stated
That about the first day of October in the year 1780 at New
Labanon [sic] then in the County of Albany where he then resided
he entered a Company of the Militia of the State of New York
as a Substitute for some person whose name he does not
now recollect_ That said Company was commanded by Cap-
tain Gideon King of the Regiment commanded by a Colonel
Whiting whose Christian name he does not recollect_ That from
New Lebanon the Company to which he belonged went up to
what was then called Half Moon Point where the City of Troy [Frog?]
now Stands and from thence crossed the North River and
went to Schenectady at which place he remained three or
four days when it was reported that the Indians had
attacked Scoharie[?], that they started with said Company
from Schenectady and marched one days journey towards
scoharie when the report above mentioned was ascertain
=ed to be false and the said Company returned to Schenec-
=tady and then went immediately by way of Albany back
to New Lebanon aforesaid where he was discharged after
having served about half a month_ That he did not
receive a written discharge_
That in the month of March 1781 and according to the
best of his recollection the fore part of that month
he enlisted at New Labanon [sic] in a Company of State troops
of the said State of New York for the term of three years_ That
at the time of his said Enlistment he was an apprentice and 
upon the application of his master he was discharged from
said enlistment as he understood in pursuance of some
law of the land_ That he continued a member of said Co_
=mpany only about fifteen days and unable to state the
names of any of the officers of the said Company for the
reason that the recruiting party with which he enlisted
did not muster with the Company until after he was
discharged_ that the name of the Serjeant [sic] Commanding
said [???isting] party was Bostwick-
That subsequently and about the first day of April
1781 having obtained the consent of his master he enlisted

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at New Lebanon on aforesaid for the term of Nine months in
a Company commanded by a Captain Gray whose Chris
=tian name he does not recollect of the regiment comman-
ded by Col Marinus Willett_ that he went from New Lebanon
& Albany where he remained about three weeks and from
thence marched to Scoharie[?] at which place about the
middle of June three Companies were consolidated into
two companies by which arrangement he was attached
to a Company commanded by Capt. James Cannon_
That he remained at Scoharie until sometime in the
month of September of the same year when he marched
with the last mentioned Company to what was then
called Fort Plain where he was engaged some time
in guarding the Fort and adjacent County and
erecting buildings for winter quarters. that some time
in the same fall he marched from Fort Plain in to John_
=stown Montgomery then [Tryou?] County and from thence
to German Flatts at Fort Herkimer and while the said
Regiment was at [?] at that place he was engaged with
a detachment [sent?] out for the purpose pressing horses to
carry provision and stores for th[i?] supply of the forces
that were to march against Oswego- that he [weu?] with
the forces under Col. Willett to Oswego and on their Arrival
in sight of that place the expedition was from some
cause to him unknown abandoned and they returned
to Fort Herkimer_ That this was in the winter of 1781-2 and 
the snow was so deep that the [vau?] of the Army wore
Snow Shoes- That while he lay at Johnstown his said 
time of nine months expired and he again enlisted at
that place for the term of three years and continued in
the said service in same Company without intermission
That after their return from Oswego the Company to which
he belonged lay at Fort Herkimer until the fall of year
1782 and during that time were guarding the fort and
cutting out a road and repairing bridges on the road from that
place to Fort Stanwyx [sic] now Rome in the County of Oneida
That in the fall of the year 1782 they left Herkimer and retired
to Schenectady to Winter Quarters where the applicant [now?]
[lived?] until about the middle of January 1783 when he
was discharged at that place by a written discharge
signed by Capt. Cannon according to the best of his recollection
that he has lost the said discharge several years since
That he was born in the town of Lanesborough in the
State of Massachusetts on the 16 November 1764- He has
no record of his age and knows the same only from his
recollection of the information given to him by his parents-

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That he lived after the war a Short time at New Lebanon
aforesaid, then removed to Scoharie [?]ill, then Albany
now Scoharie County several years and he thinks about 
twenty years_ then to Harpersfield Delaware County about [?]
four years, then to Chemung, Tioga County where he
lived until 1812 then to Dansville Steuben County
where he lived about a year_ then to Spartan Livingston
County about four years and from thence to Howard
Steuben County where he now resides and has resided
since the time of his first removal to that place_
That the annexed affidavits are all the evidence he
has been able to procure- That he thinks the deponent
Gauss[?] is mistaken one year as to the time of his discharge
from the service _ That in his present neighborhood he is
known to Jonathan Robinson, Genl[?] Daniel H Bennell
Elisha Hawks, William Goff Esq, Col Simeon Bason
Hubbard N[?] Rathbun
and others who can testify as to his character for veracity.
and their belief of his services as a Soldier of the revolution_
He hereby relinquishes every[claim?] whatever to a pension
or annuity[?] except the present and declares that his
name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state
Sworn to and Subscribed the }  Nathan Delano
day and year aforesaid           }
M[?] L Ravesly[?] Bop[?] clk
Steuben County
[We?] Joseph Jacobs a clergyman residing in the Towne of
Howard Steuben County [Leemon?] Hamilton of same Town
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Nathan
Delano who has subscribed and sworn to the above dec-
laration_ that we believe him to be sixty eight years
of age_ that he is reputed and believed in the neighbor-
hood where he resides to have been a soldier of the
Revolution and that we concur in that opinion
sworn to and Subscribed this }       Joseph Jacobs[?]
day and year aforesaid           }       Leemon Hamilton
Me[?] L Ravesly Dep[?] Clk
Steuben County

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And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion
after the investigation of the matter and after putting
the interrogations prescribed by the war department
that the above named applicant was a revolutionary
soldier and served as he states_ And the Court fur-\
ther certifies that it appears to them that Joseph Jacobs
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman
resident in the Town of Howard and that Leeman Ham-
ilton who has also signed the same is a resident in the
same town and is a credible person and that their
statement is entitled to credit
[?] Martin [S.?] Rumsey deputy clerk
of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County of
Steuben do hereby certify that the foregoing contains
the original proceedings of the said Court in the
matter of the application of Nathan Delano for a pension
In testimony whereof I have here unto set
my hand and seal of office this sixteenth
day of October Eighteen hundred and
thirty two__ M. S. Rumsey ep Clk
Steuben County 

[written at the bottom, turned 90 degrees]
No number 
In the Matter of 
Nathan Delano
application for a          }
pension_

admitted
22 mo private
[$?]

Wm Woods,
Bath N.y.

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no number
Nathan Delano
admitted.
22 mo. Private.
5.14
[L?]. [35 35?]
P-228

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[It is not easy to transcribe a form, partially because once published, some of the spacing changes, so please refer to the form for the format]
BRIEF in the case of Nathan Delano
of Howard_ in the State of - New York -
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 68 years-
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 

Period.                     Duration of Service.             Rank.       Name of General and Field Officers
.                                                                                                   under whom he served.
.                                Years,     Months,     Days.    As a     { Col. Whiting Reg', N. York Mil-
about                                                                                   Capt G Kings   Co's  Substituted.
1: Oct. In 1780- __    about [2/2?]____                    
March   1781 #___    about _________         15       _______   not stated_____ enlisted
April ___[??]___          --------------9 ------            _______  { Col.l M[?] Willett Reg}__ 0o[?]
non stated [?]                                                                    { Capt Gray'           Co [3?]
Discharged about midday[?] }-----------------     _______     Ditto_____   go___    [go?]
of June 1783 ---

5. In what battles was he engaged? non stated 
6. Where did her reside when he entered the service? not stated
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by
incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  by witnesses__ one certified to be
credible__ + the traditionary evidence of two others
one a clergyman __ Certif'd  by the Court to be credible person
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
.   ___ not attached according to the regulations 
X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above
mentioned.
E, Stephens [signed with a flourish]
Examining Clerk.

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[handwritten in the top left corner] [Our?]
O.W. and N. Division.                3--525.
[F.B.F.?]                    DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
[Ins?] File 15093            Bureau of Pensions,
Rev War                               Washington, D.C., Mar. 8, 1906

Sir:
     In reply to your request for a statement of the military history
of Nathan Delano, a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR,
you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his
widow's) [words in parentheses are crossed out] application for pension on file in this Bureau.

DATES OF                    LENGTH OF                              OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED
ENLISTMENT OR           SERVICE                 RANK                                                                                                  STATE.
APPOINTMENT.                                                                     CAPTAIN.                            COLONEL.
Oct 1, 1780                   1/2 mo.                   Pvt.              Gideon King.                            Whiting                           N.Y.
Mar 1781                      1/2 mo.                     "                 ----------                                  ------------                      N.Y.
Apr 1, 1781                      9 mo.                     "                Gray / James Cannon               Marinus Willett                N.Y.
Jany 1782                        1 yr.                        "                James Cannon                          "                 "                    N.Y.

Battles engaged in, ----------------
Residence of soldier at enlistment, New Lebanon, then in Albany Co, N.Y.
Date of application for pension, Oct. 16, 1832. His claim was allowed
Residence at date of application, Howard Steuben Co. N.Y.
[Age at date of application - is crossed out] Born Nov. 16, 1764, at Lanesborough, Mass
Remarks: He lived after the war a short time at New Lebanon; then
returned to [Schoharieville?], Schoharie Co., there for 20 years; then to Harpersfield
Delaware Co. for 4 years; then to Chemung, Tioga Cp. til 1812; Dansville 1 year;
Sparta, Livingston Co. 4 years; then[?] to Howard, Steuben Co., N.Y.
Very respectfully,
Mr. G. D. Genung
Waverly, Tioga Co., N.Y.                                                        Commissioner.

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COPY.

L.M.H.                     April 17, 1906.

Hon. John W. Dwight,
House of Representatives,
Washington D. C.

My dear Mr. Dwight,
In response to your letter dated April 14, 1906 and
received April 16, 1906, I have the honor to advise you that
a history of the service of Nathan Delano, a Revolutionary
War soldier, (Inv. File No. 15093) was furnished Mr. G. D.
Gemung of Waverly, New York, on March 8, 1906, and on March
17, 1906, Miss Mary W. Muldoon of 41[3?] Chemung Street, Waverly,
New York, was informed that the date of soldier's death was
not stated and that this Bureau was unable to furnish copies
of papers in such claims owing to lack of a clerical force
available for that purpose, but that any one designated by
her would be allowed to examine and copy such papers.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

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Copy.
Inv. File #15093,
Nathan Delano.
Rev. War.

L.M.H.                        March 19, 1906.

Mrs. Mary W. Muldoon,
No. 418 Chemung Street
Waverly, New York.

Madam:-

In response to your letter dated March 14, 1906, and
received March 15, 1906, you are advised that the records of
this Bureau do not show the date of death of Nathan Delano.
For date of last payment of his pension you should
apply to the Auditor for the Interior Department, Treasury
Department, citing the following data, Cert. No. 81678. Is-
sue April 25, 1833, Act of June 7, 1833, Agency New York.

This Bureau is unable to furnish copies of papers
in such claims owing to lack of a clerical force available
for that purpose, but any one designated by you will be al-
lowed to examine and copy them.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

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[X mark in the upper left corner]

House of Representatives U.S.
Washington D.C.

April 14, 1906.
[round ink stamp (like a postal stamp) with the date Apr 17, 1906 and O. W. & N. Div. Files]

Hon. V. Warner,
Commissioner of Pensions,
City.

My dear Mr. Commissioner:
The enclosed letter is from one of the leading
men of my district and if it will not involve too much
trouble, I would be glad if the information he desires
could be furnished him.

Yours very truly,
John W. Dwight [signed]

DICTATED.

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United States Post Office,
Waverly,
Tioga County,
State of New York,
April 9, 190

Hon. John W. Dwight,
Washington, D. C. 

My dear Congressman: 
My son is endeavoring to establish his eligibility to
membership in the Sons of the Revolution and to do so needs
to prove the army record of one Nathan Delano. Miss Muldoon,
who has been writing historical articles for the Free Press,
has the matter in hand and the following letter from her will
explain itself. Am I asking too much if I ask you to kindly
secure this information for me! As I understand it, upon request
from you to the pension department the information will be readily
furnished.
Respectfully your,
D.-R.B.B.            George D Genung

[Stamped: APR 16 1906 CONGRESSIONAL U.S. Bureau of Pensions]
[Stamped: APR 17 1906 O. W. & N. DIV]

[Handwritten on the side]
The letter of Miss Muldoon Referred to
herein was not write this letter when
it reached [itu?] O.W.+ N. Div. [Aiu?] Apr. 17. [7?]

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[Div.?] 15093

Waverly, New York, March 14, 1906

Mr. V, Warner,
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir,
With reference to yours of March 8, addressed
to G. D. Genung of Waverly, N.Y., regarding the military
history of Nathan Delano, a soldier of the Revolu-
tion, will you kindly inform me if it is possible
for your department to furnish me a complete
copy of the pension application of said Delano, and
if so, what is the fee, if it be a stated one? Also,
is if possible to ascertain from the department
records in what year said Delano died, or
ceased to draw pension?
Yours of March 8th bears file marks
as follows; F. B. F. [Sm?] File 15093, Rev. War.
Yours respectfully,
Mary W. Muldoon. [signed]
418 Chemung St_
Waverly, N.Y.

[Stamp: MAR 15 1906 U.S. PENSION OFFICE]

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[Stamp on left: FEB 16 1906 O. W. & N. [DIV] FILES]
United States Post Office,
Waverly,
Tioga County,
State of New York.
Feb. 13, 1906.   , 190

U. S. Pension Commissioner,
Washington D.C.

Sir: 
Will you kindly give me what information you can  , if
any concerning Nathan Delano or Delino.  We think he served
in the revolutionary war and drew pension while living in
Bath, N. Y. It may have been while living in the county of
Chemung. We think he died some time between the year 1830
& 1845. He served in the New York regiment and lived at
different times in Delhi, Chemung and Bath. He may have
served in a Pennsylvania regiment. We are very desireous [sic]
of getting this recorded and will greatly appreciate any
information you can give us.
Respectfully yours,
D.- R. B. B.          G. D. Genung
   [Per.?] R. B. B.

[Stamp: FEB 15 1906 U. S. PENSION OFFICE]

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Mar, 8, 1906_ Hist to G. D. Genung. F. B. F.
1906 Mar 17. M. W. Muldoon as
to death last payment + copies
of papers. [aw?]
1906 Apr. 17 - Hon. John W. Dwight M. C. [wifd?]
that [lust?] + date was furnished as above. [initials?]


15093
INVALID.
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File No. 15,093
Nathan Delano
Priv. Rev. war
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Act: Jun 5th 1832
Index:---Vol. 1, Page 94
[Arrangement of 1870.]