Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 23,477, Nathaniel Warren, New York

SERVICE
New York
Warren, Nathaniel
NUMBER
S. 23,477
CONTENTS
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New York 24.809
Nathaniel Warren.
of P'keepsie in the State of New York who was a Private in the Comp'ty. commanded by Captain White of the P'ty. commanded by Col. Worcester in the N.Y. ma line for 14 months, & 18 days.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York, at the rate of 48 Dollars 65 Cents per annum. to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7th day of March 1831, and sent to J. C. Hammond. Berlin. N.Y.
Arrears to the 4th of March, 31 $145.95 Pension allowance ending 1st Sep't 31 24.32
$170.27
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by El. Brown Clerk. Book E. Vol. 4 Page 129
Death not on A.B.

Old Co 14665
Nathaniel Warner Rensselaer co. New York
The above claim was recd. - from Jonathan Warner Admitted some were admitted some rejected & some private 14 mo & 18 days - 16. 18. 19 - whether this was admitted or 5. 16 ob. rejected can't be May 6 th 1833 told - P. 375 his old papers however are not on file either among rejected or supd -
A. G. Hammond Berlin New York

3.66 7.32
BRIEF in the case of Nathaniel Warren of Rensselaer in the State of New York (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 74  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     Volunteer In 1775 May 16 th December As a Gen.   Enlisted 1776 4 X Capt White   1 Capt Walker, Col. Munster   1 Capt. Fitch, Maj. Guernsey   Enlisted 1781 4 Capt Skinner, Col. Willit  
Refers to former application under act of 1818 for evidence to support this petition.
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Johnstown  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Columbia county, N.Y. 
6.66 7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? traditional
29.58 36.64 8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Not connected as required
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
J. G. Bradford Examining Clerk.
X The two first terms stated to be "one year" on Rolls of Capt White 4 mo & 18 days See Vol. 2. p 6 \begin{array}{r} 4 \\ 2 \\ 4 \\ \hline 10 \end{array} 18

Proclamation
23477/ INVALID.
1936 July 15: hist. to Mr. Stanley L. Mack. M.S.
File No. 23477
Nathaniel Warren
Rev. Rev. War.
Act: June 7 th 82 nd
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 195
[Arrangement of 1870.]

That in the Year 1775 he resided in the town of New Berlin in the County of Columbia & State of New York - That in the Month of May of that Year he volunteered in the Militia of said State & went to Albany & joined his company under Captain George White & marched to Fort George then to Saundage then to Crown Point. Then back to Fort George when he was stationed till the fall when after St. Johns was taken - he marched to said last place (St. Johns) when he remained till December of the same Year when he enlisted under Captain Walker in Colonel Morriston's regiment for four months soon after which he marched to Mountness when he remained till the first part of January when he returned to St. Johns when he was stationed till he was discharged which was on the first day of May 1776 that he arrived at home about the 16 th of May Having been gone engaged constantly in the service as above stated about one Year - That in the fall of 1776 he served one Month in the Militia at Fort Edward & Johnstown under Captain Fitch his Major was Peter Earnsey - That after this but what Year he does not recollect he served one Month in the Militia at Cherry Valley don't recollect his officers names That in the Year 1781 he enlisted for four months under Capt. Skinner in Colonel Milet's Regiment & served on the Mohawk River at Fort Plain & Fort Herkimer & C. and was in a battle at Johnstown that he served this time out and was discharged at Fort Plain about the last of October of the same Year - That about twelve Years ago or more This deponent made application for a pension under the act of 1818 and at that time furnished the affidavits of Justus Johnson & Beriah Holcomb who then testified to a part of the above services both of whom are now dead & This deponent refers the department to their said affidavits which he supposes are now in the office of the War department - That he knows of no person now alive who can testify to his services & that he has no documentary evidence thereof - That he has resided but a short time at his present residence & therefore is unable to procure the certificate of any clergyman who is acquainted with him in his present neighborhood -
To the prescribed interrogatories put by the Court he answers. 1. He was born in the town of Housatonic in the State of Conn.

necticut in the Year 1758
 2. Has no record of his age - he had one but it was burnt up with the house that contained it -  3. He lived in the said Town of New Lebanon when he entered the service where he has lived most of the time since the revolution & now lives in the town of Berlin County of Rensselaer & State of New York -  4 & 5. For answers to these Interrogatories he refers to his above statement -  6. He never received a written discharge -  7. He is known to very few people in his present neighborhood but in the town of New Lebanon aforesaid he is known to the Reverend Mr. Church and Mr. Tilden P.M. who can testify as to his character for veracity & their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution - 
To the fifth Interrogatory put by the department on the return of the papers the applicant amends his declaration by the following prescribed affidavit -
Rensselaer County ss. Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace of the County of Rensselaer aforesaid the above account Nathan Warren who being duly sworn deponeth 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 services but according to the best of his recollection he never met left the period mentioned below and in the following grades - For one year and three months as a private and for three months as a corporal and for such service I claim a pension -
Sworn and subscribed before me this
25 th day of May 1833.
John W. Watson Justice of the Peace
Nathaniel Warren
State of New York
Rensselaer County ss. I hereby Certify that John Whitford Esqr. before whom the above affidavit was taken and sworn was on the day of the date of the same one of the Justices of the Peace in & for the said County. And that I am well acquainted with his handwriting and justly believe his signature above subscribed to be genuine. In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court - the not

July 1832.
Henry R. Bristol Clerk Mr. S. Howard Junr. Esqy.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State, or (if any,) only on that of the agency of the State of
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Archibald Bull Clerk
March 1832
Truman Pratt  residing in the Town of Berlin and I Truman Pratt residing in the Town of Berlin hereby certify that I am acquainted with Nathaniel Warren who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that I believe him to be seventy four years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he has resided to have been a Soldier of the Revolution, and that I concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Truman Pratt
Archibald Bull Clerk
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier , and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Truman Pratt who has signed the preceding certificate, is a resident resident in the Town of Berlin and that  the said Truman Pratt and is a credible person, and that his his statement is entitled to credit.
I, Archibald Bull Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Rensselaer do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Nathaniel Warren for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this Second day of October 1832.
Archibald Bull Clerk

Nathaniel Warner Application for Pension 14505
Declaration, in order to obtain
the act of Congress of June 7, 1832.
Form for State Troops, &c
Printed & Sold by Kemble & Hooper, 8 State-st. Troy, N.Y.
State of New York, } ss. County of Rensselaer
On this thirteenth day of October 1832 personally appeared in open Court, before the Judges of the Court of Common pleas of said County now sitting, Nathaniel Warner a resident of Pittsfield county of Rensselaer and State of New York, aged seventyfour 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 7, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.

STANLEY L. MACK CLERK OF MUNICIPAL COURT
THE CITY OF DULUTH
MUNICIPAL COURT
DULUTH, MINNESOTA
June 23, 1936
United States Veterans Bureau, Washington, D.C
Gentlemen:
RE: Rev. War Record of NATHANIEL WARREN .
Information is respectfully requested as to such information as you may have available on the military and family record of the following Rev. War soldier:
NATHANIEL WARREN , believed to have served in the NY Militia. I understand that he was placed on the pension roll, March 7, 1834, aged 75, at a time when he was residing in Rensselaer County, N.Y. He may also be the same person by that name who, according to the Federal Census of 1790 for New York State, lived in the Town of Caanan, Columbia County. If he was a pensioner, please furnish me with his Certificate No.
Yours very truly
Stanley L. Mack 330 City Hall Duluth, Minn.

July 15, 1936
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BA-J/MCS Nathaniel Warren, S.23477
Mr. Stanley L. Mack 330 City Hall Duluth, Minnesota
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your request for information relative to Nathaniel Warren, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, S. 23477, based upon the military service of Nathaniel Warren.
He was born in Sharon, Connecticut, in 1758. The names of his parents were not given.
While a resident of New Lebanon, Columbia County, New York, he enlisted in May, 1775, served in Captain George White's New York company until sometime in December, 1775, when he enlisted in Captain Walker's company in Colonel Worcester's New York regiment and was discharged the first of May, 1776. He enlisted in the fall of 1776 and served one month with the New York troops under Captain Fitch. He next served one month in the New York militia at Cherry Valley, names of officers not given. He enlisted in 1781 and served four months in Captain Skinner's company in Colonel Willett's New York regiment, was in the battle of Johnstown and was discharged the last of October, 1781. One year and three months of his service was as private and three months was as corporal.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 3, 1832, at which time he was living in Berlin, Rensselaer County, New York, where he stated had lived only a short time having lived in New Lebanon most of the time since the Revolution. His pension certificate #24809 was issued March 7, 1834.
The papers in this claim contain no data relative to soldier's family.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator